Vegetarian Star

John Salley sat down with the LA Times for a brief Q & A on his vegan diet.

The retired basketball star and health advocate has a lot to say about veganism, including the fact he wants more schools to offer vegetarian and vegan entrees as part of the regular menu options.

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Constance Marie is like many mothers in the world who may sometimes struggle with getting their children to eat their vegetables.

The Switched at Birth actress even went so far as to join a mom’s group where the leader was a therapist and confused her with vague, new-agey advice about fighting and avoid food battles.

“I realized a lot of children don’t like their vegetables,” Marie writes as People’s Celebrity Blogger. “NEWSFLASH: I am a vegetarian. I also wanted to raise my child vegetarian — there was no way I was going to raise a vegetarian who hated vegetables.”

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James Cameron, director known for blockbuster hits such as Titanic, Avatar, Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Aliens, has not only recently become a vegan, he’s recruited his entire family to do so.

Some family members were less willing recruits than others. Specifically the underage ones.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Cameron says he thinks his children are just too young to grasp the concept of the moral dilemma of eating animals. Or it could be that they’re craving hamburgers too much.

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The Healthy Lunchtime Cookbook, a collection of recipes from 54 children who participated in the First Lady’s contest to create entrees from fresh, wholesome, unprocessed ingredients for a chance to sit at the very first kids White House State dinner, is now available for download.

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This fall, school children across the country will have access to more fresh fruits and vegetables, more whole grains and more vegetarian options as part of the revamp of the USDA Nutritional Guidelines for School Lunches. The new standards are part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act signed into law by President Obama.

In addition, an initiative called a “friendlier food environment” will hopefully make things a lot easier for vegetarian school children, allowing them to access plant-based items like tofu and legumes, according to Agriculture Under Secretary for Food Kevin Concannon.

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Michelle Obama invited kids from each of the 50 states and their families to the first ever kids White House State Dinner. The children were winners in the First Lady’s Healthy Lunch Contest, where they were encouraged to create recipes from whole foods, emphasizing fresh fruits and vegetables and grains.

One attendee and winner, 8-year-old Finwe Wiedenhoeft from Mineral Point, Wisconsin, has a terrific flexitarian story behind the family’s winning Barbecue Cheddar Chickpea Burger recipe.

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“The meals children eat at school … are often high in saturated fat and lacking in fruits and vegetables. You can’t make it to the Olympics without making wise food choices.”

—Hope Solo, in a letter to Congress back in 2010, urging it to pass the Healthy School Meals Act. Solo helped the U.S. Women’s Soccer team bring home a Gold this year at the London Olympic games.

Photo: Ampatent/Creative Commons

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Michelle Obama has announced the winners in the White House’s Healthy Lunch Contest. The champion chefs will be invited to a kids’ “state dinner” where some of the lnches will be served.

The winning list is very vegetarian friendly, with some vegan options, such as the Vegan Sloppy Joes and Kale Salad. There’s even a winning tofu recipe.

Here’s a list of some veg-friendly kid-approved recipes that won Mrs. Obama’s taste buds.

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