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Joe Yonan With “NPR” On Coming Out As A Vegetarian (Audio)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, March 11th, 2013 in Audio, Food & Drink, Journalists.

Joe Yonan

Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan has an interview with NPR on his recent decision to go vegetarian and devote his regular newspaper columns to plant-based eating.

Yonan’s “coming out as a vegetarian,” as NPR puts it, as a writer for a major national paper isn’t the only thing that sounds odd and surprising.

Yonan also hails from cattle country.

He grew up in west Texas eating “steak and barbecue and all sorts of meaty goodness.”

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Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake‘s recent SNL skit transformed him into a block of tofu cheering on quinoa, brown rice and kale.

Dancing the trendy and popular “Harlem Shake,” Timberlake borrows melodies from favorite club tunes like “Freak Out,” and “Ice, Ice Baby” and replaces the lyrics with catchy, vegan ones like “Veg Out,” and “Brown Rice Baby.”

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Richard Blais

Richard Blais has a tasty dessert to accompany his meat-free chili.

His chocolate mousse with avocado is touted as a healthier alternative to regular mousse because it lacks the heavy cream and eggs used in the traditional dessert.

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“Shape” Magazine Vegan Meals For A Better Belly

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, March 8th, 2013 in Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.

Shape Magazine

Shape Magazine has published a set of vegan recipes filled with ingredients to help stave off starvation, maintain blood sugar and keep your metabolism in check.

Summer’s just around the corner and consuming these 6 Flat-belly vegan meals may make your trip for buying swimwear a lot easier.

So what are these sexy belly meals and what do they contain?

Apple Cinnamon Oats:
“In a study in the journal Metabolism, people who ate a diet including almonds lost more body fat than those who didn’t eat the nuts.”

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“Betty Goes Vegan” Authors On Vegan Trial And Error Process

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, March 8th, 2013 in Food & Drink, Recipes.

Betty Goes Vegan

The art of creating a great vegan dish isn’t just something you wake up and do.

There may be dozens of failed tofu egg scramblers, a burn roux with vegan butter and several patties of seitan that look as if the devil had a hand in messing them up.

Dan and Annie Shannon, authors of a cookbook that removes all the animal products from classic Betty Crocker recipes, had similar experiences when recreating dishes for Betty Goes Vegan.

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Joe Yonan Eat Your Vegetables

The editor of the Washington Post food section has gone vegetarian and plans to share the recipes that now get his best critique.

The 204 page book from Ten Speed Press will be available in August.

Joe Yonan begin documenting his plant-based journey with his Cooking for One column.

Each new vegetarian food adventure would correspond to a similar expedition in his kitchen.

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“Bachelor” Catherine Giudici Gives Up Gluten For Lent

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, March 8th, 2013 in Film & TV, Food & Drink, Reality TV.

Catherine Giudici

Catherine Giudici of this season’s Bachelor is giving up gluten for lent.

In a recent Tweet, the vegan blogger told fans she’s not normally gluten-free, but she’s giving it up for the Christian holiday that asks followers to give up an item or two for a period of six weeks.

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Los Angeles Schools Adopt Meatless Mondays

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, March 7th, 2013 in Children, Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.

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Children attending schools in Los Angeles Unified School District can now eat vegetarian at least one day a week.

Last month, the second largest school district in the country took meat off the menu for Monday, joining dozens of other educational institutes, corporations and health care companies that have made it easier for employees and patrons to eat healthier.

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