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Meatless Monday Recipe–Laura Bush Vegetable Soup

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, August 6th, 2012 in Food & Drink, Meatless Monday Recipe, Recipes.

Laura Bush

Who’s says Texas is all about the cattle?

This week’s Meatless Monday recipe bears the name of a very famous former First Lady that hails from a land known for steak and not seitan.

That doesn’t mean the Bushes never enjoyed anything vegetarian.

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Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton has discovered what many vegetarians and vegans have known for quite some time–that yoga is a great way to relax and wind down and keep with the diet’s principles of not harming any being.

“Ever since his heart scare, Bill has looked for ways to help him relax,” a source said, according to Radar Online.

“He has a hectic life, he travels a lot on business as an ambassador for the U.S. and needs something to keep him sane.

“Meditation offers him that, he has a mantra that he likes to chant and after every session he feels transformed and full of positive energy.”

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“The Great Food Truck Race” To Get Prickly And Vegan Soon

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, August 3rd, 2012 in Film & TV, Food & Drink, Reality TV.

The Great Food Truck Race

An upcoming episode of The Great Food Truck Race will have the contestants cooking vegan on the road!

The August 26th premiere titled “Attitude at High Altitude” has Tyler Florence and the team traveling to Flagstaff, Arizona, cooking with some rather unusual “local” ingredients.

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Marilu Henner

Marilu Henner was crowned grilling champion in the contest sponsored by Live with Kelly that pitted her vegan portobello entree against Ashanti’s chicken dish.

The celebrities were competing for their favorite charities and Henner won $25,000 for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an organization promoting plant-based diets as a solution to many of today’s common health problems like heart disease, diabetes and obesity.

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Arian Foster

“Everybody is a nutritionist now and they’re an expert on protein. Every day, every single day somebody knows something new to do. I just smile and say, ‘OK.’ “I didn’t just blindly stop eating meat. I know what I’m doing.”

Arian Foster, on the fact that he didn’t wake up yesterday and decide to trade beef for a steady diet of blueberries. He woke up a long time ago and realized eating cows wasn’t cool. And that blueberries need to be paired with a protein-rich non-dairy beverage like soy milk in a smoothie.

Photo:  AJ Guel/Creative Commons

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Thomas Tadlock

Thomas Tadlock has worked as a celebrity fitness instructor, professional sports consultant, MTV’s Hottest Body trainer and is the CEO of Express Results Boot Camp, a fitness boot camp in Orange County, California.

Tadlock has an interview on tape with Masters Audio Club, where he discusses the secrets to fitness through a healthy diet.

For Tadlock, healthy diet means plant-based.

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Seamus Dever

“Eight years ago, I read [Eric Schlosser’s] Fast Food Nation. It brought my attention to the gigantic machine that abuses animals and the people who work in the industry. And my dad was vegetarian, so I didn’t grow up with the stigma people attach to it: that you’ll become anemic, or have trouble walking up steps.”

Seamus Dever, actor who plays detective Kevin Ryan in the ABC series Castle, in an interview published in the September 2012 issue of Vegetarian Times.

Photo: Jennifer/Creative Commons

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Natalie Coughlin Takes On Fava Bean Hummus

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink, Recipes.

Natalie Coughlin

Natalie Coughlin, USA Olympic swimmer who follows a mostly plant-based diet, enjoys making a Moroccan spread that is very similar to hummus with chickpeas or garbanzo beans.

“I love fava beans. I really like making a hummus with fava beans, and that’s actually one of the things I grow in my garden. I love eating the leaves and the beans.”

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