Vegetarian Star

When most of us think of bean dip, we usually think of pinto beans. But when Food Network’s Giada de Laurentiis makes bean dip, she uses an Italian kidney bean called cannellini.

These beans are whipped into a puree in the food processor to resemble thick mashed potatoes and then seasoned with salt and pepper.

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It’s a tough job, but there are plenty of perks to living and working in the White House.

Like having tasty salads prepared by White House chef Cris Comerford.

Comerford appear on the Today show to demonstrate two vegetarian recipes, one being a green salad with orange herb dressing.

Unless you’re a vegetarian rabbit, salads alone aren’t normally fulfilling. But they can be made so by adding numerous plant-based proteins like beans, nuts, and in the case of this salad, edamame.

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Growing up, everyone had a favorite meal they’d routinely request from chef mom.

Bethenny Frankel’s toddler Brynn may not always be able to vocalize what she wants yet, but not spitting up or throwing these lentil burgers in mom’s face is a sure sign she’s happy with what Bethenny is serving from the home menu.

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There’s nothing worse than reading a can of veggie soup and discovering some genius put beef or chicken stock in it.

The experience can be so frustrating, it makes you want to make your own!

Alicia Silverstone is helping her Kind Life blog followers this week by giving them a recipe for veggie broth by Madeleine Ignon, a San Francisco artist.

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If there’s any food Carrie Underwood requests while she’s on the road, it must be vegetarian pizza.

The country music singer shared a simple recipe for pizza on a tortilla wrap with Self a few years ago, and now the site has revealed another favorite pie that features mixed greens and faux peppersoni.

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Vegetarians have come to loathe side dishes, as the phrase usually means mashed potatoes and green beans are the only items edible during Thanksgiving dinner with the omnivore relatives.

But side dishes don’t have to come from a can and Martha Stewart demonstrated several side salads on Today that can push the iceberg lettuce and French dressing off the table for good.

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Her lemonade brings all the boys to the yard and helps prevent animal cruelty at the same time.

Gwyneth Paltrow recently set up a lemonade stand which raised money for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty.

Paltrow was accompanied by her children Apple and Moses, plus one more addition to the beverage business–a Maltese dog named Daffodil.

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Top Chef season 4 and Top Chef All Stars season 8 competitor Dale Talde has teamed up with Annie Chun’s, Inc. to create several Pan-Asian recipes featuring the company’s products.

There are three signature recipes available, and one features a vegetarian dish made with Annie Chun’s Shiitake Soy Ginger Sauce and Soba Noodles with tofu steaks, snap peas and asparagus.

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