Vegetarian Star

Daniel Negreanu is making veggie converts with his barbecue seitan.

On Twitter, the champion poker player bragged that even a meat loving Texan gave the wheat meat the thumbs up.

“Earlier @texdolly tasted a piece of my Seitan. You know it’s gotta be alright when a BBQ eatin’ Texan says he likes it. Kudos @dnassistant.”

This led to a response from someone who Tweeted, “@realkidpoker stop trying to convert people!” to which Negreanu replied, “@RaSZi ya cause Doyle is totally going Vegan now, right.”

One highly tasty and addictive way to barbecue seitan is to use Dr. Pepper or other similar cola in the sauce (e.g. non high fructose corn syrup soda like Hansen’s). This recipe for Dr. Pepper Barbecue Seitan has you creating seitan from scratch using vital wheat gluten flour, ketchup, hot sauce and soda for the sauce and a spoonful of peanut butter.

Don’t ask why the PB is there, just taste the results and appreciate its place!

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Tony Gonzalez October Gonzalez for PETA

“People are really liking that all-natural niche. It’s something that people are recognizing, that you have to put good stuff in your body because it affects what you get out of your body.”

—Tony Gonzalez, during an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on his protein powders, All-Pro-Science, one of which is completely vegan, sourcing protein from brown rice, pea and hemp.

Eh, maybe not everyone wants it as natural as Tony and his wife prefer it for this ad against fur, but yeah, you get the idea.

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Photo: Phil Cavali

“If I was just another vegetarian, tree hugging, biology graduate asking people to give up meat and stop using plastic bags, I don’t know how many people would be listening to me. But because I drive a race car, I have an ability to reach a new audience of people that most environmentalists are probably not talking to.”

—Leilani Munter, (from Savings) race car driver who’s publicly spoken out about environmental and vegetarian issues, and often incorporates green themes into her racing, such as placing recycled bins at the track and selling t-shirts made with recycled materials.

Leilani recently took the time to record a PSA on the oil spill in the Gulf Coast. Sure hope her influence helps prevent a catastrophe like this again.

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Has one of basketball’s bad boys gone veggie?

Ron Artest was said to have eaten a late night vegan dinner after the game in Staples Center where the Lakers beat the Phoenix Suns 128-107 on Monday.

The forward/shooting guard worked with animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, in a campaign to spay and neuter pets after he experienced a series of incidents where authorities had to remove dogs from his home.

Artest cited PETA as the organization that helped turn him around and taught him how to care properly for his animals.

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Has Michael Vick been elevated to sainthood?

The NFL player convicted for his involvement in dog fighting activities is scheduled to host a celebrity party at the MI-VI Club at Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino in Hallandale Beach in Florida where his guests will be met by protesters, according to an article in Palm Beach Post.

But representatives from the Humane Society of the United States say Vick’s work with the organization has actually steered youth from following down his path.

“He has been effective in helping young men choose a better path,” said John Goodwin, the Humane Society’s manager of animal fighting issues. “He is the example of how dogfighting is a destructive, dead-end activity with enormous consequences.”

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Mike Tyson‘s interview with the YES Network’s Center Stage airs tomorrow night.

Previous gossip has already revealed Tyson’s announcement that he’s vegan, and here’s a little more explanation from the interview preview.

“I’m a vegan. I don’t eat anything. I’m starving myself, but in order to live I have to die. I feel awesome, and it’s scary.”

Vegans might at first get upset that Tyson’s comment is saying a vegan diet means not eating anything that taste good or it means you’re hungry all the time, but it’s important to note Tyson says he does feel “awesome.”

Plus, he may be on a temporary very restrictive diet until he resolves some health issues, hence the “in order to live,” statement.

Although animal rights activists have criticized his Animal Planet show about pigeon racing, Take On Tyson, it was his love for his possessions that drew him to fighting to begin with.

“I come from this really macho area, so they take my money, take my pigeons, and one day a friend of mine said, “fight back.” And I fought. I had a high-pitched voice, I was really obesely overweight, and so I would never go to school. But, this guy: took one of my pigeons, and my friend said “fight him.” I fought him, and I don’t know, I guess I beat him up and stuff.”

Lesson learned: Don’t ever mess with man’s pigeons! That guy’s lucky he kept his ear.

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They say you can tell a lot from an NBA player by the contents of his locker.

That’s why we’re only getting positive vibes from Phoenix Suns’ Amar’e Stoudemire, who has a copy of the book, Becoming Vegan by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina, on the shelf.

Becoming Vegan is a one stop vegan guide for everything meat, fish, dairy and egg-free, including best sources of calcium and protein, good fats, vegan eating for infants and children, pregnancy and breast feeding.

Stoudemire, who recently spoke about his 4 day vegan fast and has also posed in an anti-fur ad for PETA, probably paid close attention to the section on maintaining top performance as a vegan athlete.

Written by two dietitians, one of the co-authors, Brenda Davis, has served as the chair of the American Dietetic Association’s Vegetarian Nutrition Practice Group.

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NFL player Tony Gonzalez showed up to the set of Good Day Atlanta to discuss why he changed his diet to one that is mostly plant based and created his protein powder, All-Pro-Science.

Gonzalez demonstrated one of his favorite morning shakes using the vegan version of his protein powder, made of pea, hemp and brown rice protein.

Banana and acai juice are just two of the ingredients to this deliciously looking shake that sounds perfect for anyone from a vegan triathlete to a vegan stay at home warrior mom to start the day.

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