Vegetarian Star

Poker player Annie LePage makes raw mango and coconut sushi in this video where rice is substituted for a nut pate in the recipe.

LePage has her daughter to thank for going vegan, as she says in a new PETA PSA for vegetarianism.

Given the fact she has children, LePage is extremely upset that companies like McDonald’s market their less than healthy and cruelly sourced products to kids.

“If kids really saw what goes on behind the scene, instead of that silly clown, I don’t think they would want to eat it so much,” she says in the PSA, which can be seen below. Grab a pen and jot down the ingredients to the veggie sushi, which are displayed across the screen as LePage prepares it.

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Packaged foods are not always associated with health, but in a world with college classes, over time, children and two working parent families, the idyllic scene of a home cooked meal over a kitchen stove with fresh vegetables picked straight from the garden doesn’t always screen regularly in everyone’s homes.

Prevention has named their 49 best ready to eat foods for those that need convenience, but don’t want to increase their health care costs from the consequential high blood pressure, obesity or other ailments related to diet. As expected, plant based foods like whole wheat pasta made the list and tofu is #7, when judged by a panel of nutrition experts, specifically Nasoya Tofu Plus with extra vitamins.

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Megan Mullally is 51 and proud of it!

The actress who’s appeared in Will & Grace, 30 Rock and New Adventures of Old Christine says she tries to eat organic whenever possible, though that’s not always easy, depending on where she’s living.

“I try to eat all organic foods, but I’m not rigid about it. I’m going to visit my mother, and I don’t think organic food has hit Oklahoma City yet,” she told Parade. “Let’s see, I never have caffeine. I drink water, herbal tea, and juice.”

A 1986 article in the Ludington Daily News revealed the Oklahoma raised Mullally followed a mostly vegetarian diet.

“I try to eat well whenever possible,” she said. “I’ll have some chicken and fish, although I’m mostly vegetarian. I like lots of grains and potatoes, too.”

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Serena Palumbo

Serena Palumbo is a contestant on this seasons’ “The Next Food Network Star,” which premieres on June 7. Palumbo discovered a vegan friendly alternative to sugar and honey through a friend, and lists it as one of her most prized kitchen ingredients.

“I always have some agave nectar handy–my friend Matthew Kenney, a great chef who prepares some delicious vegan food, introduced me to it years ago during a cooking class. I started using it as a sweetener and never went back,” she told the Huffington Post.

Agave nectar is touted as more healthful than sugar because of its low glycemic index, and it makes vegans happy when they don’t want to use honey in tea or other items, but some should be cautious about making it their only sweet replacement.

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“Once you fully understand it then you see that everything is replaceable and that’s why I created a virtual replication of McDonald’s. If my daughter wants to have a burger and chips, she can have it. It’s just the chips are oven-baked and the burger is meat-free, but tastes like a burger. Everything is replaceable. If she wants a cake, she can have a cake. If she wants ice cream, she can have ice cream.”

—Heather Mills, in an interview with Birmingham Post, on how a vegan/vegetarian diet doesn’t mean giving up traditional foods, just replacing with with ones made from plant based ingredients. Heather has replaced many animal products in her line of Redwood Wholefood faux meat and cheeses.

From faux burgers, faux cheese and egg substitute powders in vegan desserts, what’s your favorite way to replace animal ingredients in your diet?

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Erykah Badu "Vibe"

Erykah Badu is burning up the stands, appearing on yet another magazine cover this month.

First, there was the JET issue, and now Vibe features Badu on the June/July 2010 edition.

Inside Badu discusses how both her diet and her family decisions have permanently changed her life.

“I was 27 when I had Seven. I was already a vegetarian. I had been for 10 years. I had started making choices that would shape me for the rest of my life. I never thought to measure by each child. My children are six years apart. It wasn’t planned, just how the relationships rolled out. I’ve had three unorthodox marriages of sorts. I’ve had the benefit of having substantial amount of time with people, mind-building time.”

More at Vibe.

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"The Omnivore's Dilemma" Michael Pollan

The National Association of Scholars has compiled a report titled “What Do Colleges Want Students to Read Outside Class?” that accuses colleges of designing summer reading programs for incoming freshman that include books aimed to “either explicitly promote a liberal political agenda or advance a liberal interpretation of events.”

Michael Pollan‘s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” is on the association’s list and is said to be “promoting environmentalism and animal rights.” Yes, a real waste of reading, that’s for sure.

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Homer Simpson may be a meat eating, donut devouring, less than fit character on The Simpsons, but the guy who lends his voice to the nuclear power plant dad is anything but.

According to Hispanic Business, Dan Castellaneta is a teetotaler vegetarian who exercises every day and practices yoga.

Earning approximately $400,000 per episode, Castellaneta pulls in roughly $8 million a year for his “D’oh!” talents.

That’s more than enough to buy all the organic food he wants from Whole Foods.

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