Vegetarian Star

Christmas dinners are equally about the smells as they are the tastes.

There’s nothing more pleasant than a kitchen filled with vegan aromas like dairy and egg-free desserts, a medley of vegetables enhanced with olive oil and spices and a well-seasoned plant-based protein dish.

Carla Hall must be just as fond of Christmas smells as she is the flavors, and she’s put together her own version of a potpourri to freshen up your household for the holidays.

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Looking for coupons and discount codes online is the latest way to find deals and save money. There are online coupons for mainstream grocers, specialty grocery stores, restaurants and other types of retailers. It’s easy to search to find exactly what you’re looking for. For example, a search like Voucher King will lead you to a popular discount site offering voucher codes for a variety of stores. At first glance, it may appear as if some of these sites don’t cater to vegetarians. There can be a lot of coupons for establishments that are known for their meatier items, such as fast food restaurants. But there are still plenty of opportunities to save.

If you hate shopping in person, like having products delivered to your doorstep or simply don’t have the time to stand in line at the store yourself, online shopping is the best way to go. Using electronic coupons also makes you a better environmentalist. Save trees, skip the daily and Sunday papers and their piles of glossy advertisements and subscribe to the digital version instead. Here are a more few ways you can use coupons and save online for vegetarian and vegan purchases.

Don’t Neglect Mainstream Online Grocery Stores:
You don’t need to shop at expensive natural foods or organic grocery stores to get all your vegetarian staples. You can find plant-based necessities at the most unlikely of places. Even drugstores sell a variety of nuts.

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If you’re like most people, bugs bug you.

Not that you don’t love them. Not that you won’t fiercely campaign to protect their habitats and all, especially when they are being threatened by even bigger, nastier bugs like deforestation and harmful chemical pesticides.

But when it comes to living side-by-side, you’d rather the bugs stay on theirs.

Daphne Oz, host on The Chew and author of The Dorm Room Diet, has a formula for a natural insect repellent that’s safer for humans and bugs alike.

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This year, the Pasadena Showcase of Design will feature greening the garage space with garage designer to the stars Garage Envy. Ed Begley Jr. is one of Garage Envy’s clients.

Begley Jr. spoke to the Pasadena Showcase of Design, giving his thoughts on how existing, older homes can be made more sustainable.

“The one thing I like about the Pasadena Showcase house is that they’re doing as much repurposing as possible–saving as much timber and brick and stone and tile and everything and not putting it in a landfill,” Begley says in the video.

“Oh, we’re going to put up a new energy efficient home,” Begley says of the builders who aim to go green but may be wasting much in the process. “Ok, that’s good on one end that you have an energy efficient home, but how did you get there? What kind of materials did you waste in the process?”

The Pasadena Showcase House of Design is open from April 17-May 15, 2011.

The video featuring Begley Jr. can be viewed below.

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Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian are reported to be fans of eco-friendly Ecoya Candles and are said to be filling their hotel rooms with them as they film for their new show, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, which is set to debut on E! in January 2011.

Ecoya candles are all hand-made from soy wax versus the traditional petroleum based paraffin. So what? Does that mean it will hurt less when Kim accidentally spills wax on her bosom? No, but buying soy candles is the better choice to avoiding hurting your health and the environment and you might just help a local farmer in the process.

Find out why after the jump.

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If you eat vegan and wear vegan, you should also be sleeping vegan.

Consumers on the lookout for natural, earth-friendly mattresses may be disappointed to learn many use wool as an alternative to the chemicals required to make them flame-retardant.

Danny Seo, eco stylist and consultant on CBS’ The Early Show and Better Homes and Gardens, unveils the Simmons Natural Care Mattress line in this video, made from rubber-tree based latex and a foam enhanced with soy. Now you can sleep, eat, relax, watch TV or do, ahem, any other activity on a completely animal-free bed.

From Ecorazzi:

“The mattress is made primarily from natural rubber tree based latex — a biodegradable material that’s also hypoallergenic and naturally dust mite, mold and mildew resistant. Beneath the latex is a layer of base foam enhanced with soy. The use of soy, as opposed to traditional foam, means that less petroleum was used in the manufacturing process, which ultimately leads to a lighter carbon footprint.”

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Lisa Edelstein Coco Eco Mag

The lovely Lisa Edelstein is gracing the cover of Coco Eco Magazine. Inside, this longtime vegetarian shares her advice for transitioning into a meatless diet, what she feels are the most important green issues and more.

Edelstein must love the idea of Meatless Mondays, because she recommends going vegetarian for a day to help people get adjusted and acquainted.

“Slowly jumpstart your culinary journey with a once-a-week commitment by leaving the animal products out of your repertoire for a single day/three full meals.”

“View it as a fun experiment rather than as a sacrifice – you might just discover that the food addictions you once had for bad-body-munchies end up shifting over to edibles that actually make you feel revitalized (and are healthy, to boot).”

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Alicia Silverstone will deliver the keynote speech at the Natural Products Expo East, the East Coast’s largest trade show for natural, organic and healthy products on Oct. 13-16, 2010 in Boston, MA.

As a vegan and author of the diet, lifestyle and cookbook The Kind Diet, Silverstone’s presence at the conference complements the dozens as vegetarian, vegan and organic products that are scheduled for the showroom. Familiar names of food, body care and more can be found on the exhibitor list, such as Aubrey Organics body and hair care products, Barleans, Bi-O-Kleen, Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, Cherrybrook Kitchen Inc. vegan desserts, Clif Bar & Co. and more.

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