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If you missed the chance to score tickets to Martha Stewart‘s vegan episode, you’ve missed out on a treat. Set your TiVos now, because the domestic diva will be hosting some pretty cool famous vegans and making delicious, animal-free dishes.

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It’s a good day when mainstream brands of junk food recognize everybody needs healthier junk food.

Frito-Lay has announced it’s cleaning up the ingredient lists in more than 60 of its products, including Lay’s flavored potato chips, Tostitos tortilla chips, multigrain SunChips and Rold Gold pretzels.

Say good-bye to FD&C Red 40 and monosodium glutamate,  two items linked to hyperactivity in children and headaches and obesity, respectively. Instead, Frito-Lay performed taste tests among customers and found ways to incorporate items like molasses, malted barley flour and paprika to improve the flavors of its products.

Tim Fink, director of Frito-Lay’s seasonings team said it best when he said: “If the ingredient isn’t in a consumer’s cupboard, can we get it off the label?”

So what can we expect to see on the changed labels?

Here’s an example of the old and new labels on Frito-Lay’s Salt and Vinegar Chips.

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It may be hard finding a juicer in the South American village where Valerie Cruz‘s character Zitajalehrena “Zee” Alvarez plays a doctor joining forces with other colleagues to bring medical care to a remote area in Off The Map.

Good thing when the show’s done filming for the day, she can go home and enjoy her arugula and whatever other green or fruit she chooses to pulverize.

Cruz told Shape she’s been juicing regularly for several years.

“I noticed a difference in my body–how I feel, how my skin looks,” Cruz said.

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Meatless Mouthful–Tal Ronnen Says It’s Not All About Tofu

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, March 24th, 2011 in Chefs, Food & Drink, Meatless Mouthful.

“I think it’s a cliche that you are just stuck with it. I use tofu when it’s appropriate or in its traditional use form–in little pieces. In India, it’s lentils; South America, it’s quinoa; and in Asia, it’s soy. There are really great ways of getting protein and how the rest of the world gets protein.”

–vegan chef and author of The Conscious Cook Tal Ronnen, on the stereotype that everything vegetarian is made from tofu.  The next time someone sings to you, How Do You Get Your Protein?, answer them with this list of vegan sources.

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Wynn Las Vegas Hosts Vegan Cooking Course For Vegas Uncork’d By Bon Appétit

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, March 24th, 2011 in Chefs, Food & Drink.

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Steve Wynn‘s switch to a vegan diet has rubbed off on his employees, his restaurants and even his will. Now it’s rubbing off on a world class wine and food festival in Las Vegas, Vegas Uncork’d.

On May 7, Wynn Las Vegas will host a vegan cooking course, Viva Las Vegan, as part of the festival by Bon Appétit. Vegan chef and author of The Conscious Cook, Tal Ronnen, will co-host the event.

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Chantelle Houghton Promotes Vegetarian Starter Kit In Leafwear

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, March 24th, 2011 in Actresses, Food & Drink, Models.

Chantelle Houghton has already made it clear she’s not into limp wieners.

Now, she’s giving more clues about what she looks for in another person by helping to promote PETA UK’s revised vegetarian and vegan starter kit at Covent Garden, a former fruit and vegetable market in England.

Dressed more modestly than some of her lettuce wearing predecessors who’ve donned skimpy cabbage bikinis, the former Celebrity Big Brother contestant and winner chose a short dress made of greens.

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This year Farm Sanctuary celebrates 25 years of educating the public about animal welfare issues and pushing for reform.

In addition to its campaigns and acres of lands featuring free-roaming farm animals rescued from abused situations, Farm Sanctuary accomplished something significant to the vegetarian movement by convincing Burger King to put a vegetarian patty on the menu.

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Jonathan Mann is known for writing a different song each day, making anywhere from $100-$500 for the projects he does for other people, including one for Steve Jobs to explain what to do if you don’t like your iphone dropping calls.

Mann, a vegan, has penned song #810 titled, “Vegan Myths Debunked,” where he sings a duet with Ivory King discussing where to get protein, calcium and answers all the questions omnivores asks like, “Then, why I do I have these teeth,” referring to the assumption human mouths are best designed to tear meat apart.

Funny, folky and very catchy.

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