Vegetarian Star

Tori Spelling revealed 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me to Us Magazine, and several of these secrets lead us to believe Spelling has the potential to be both a great animal activist and vegetarian.

For example, she works with rescue animals and took in cats–even though they make her sneeze!:
“I’m allergic to cats, but I had three of them for years because they’re supercute and I work with rescue animals.”

She wants to open her own animal sanctuary up one day:
“One day, I want to open an animal sanctuary to house all the homeless, unwanted and abandoned animals.”

If we can’t get her off meat completely, she’d likely do well as a pescatarian:
“Could live on sushi and be really happy!”

She’s got that small farmer, grow you own mentality:
“I dream of living on a farm. I want chickens, goats, cows and horses! We want to grow our own veggies and fruits and make our own milk and cheese!”

Vegetarian Star suggests Tori make her own vegan cheese.

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Martha Stewart hosted actress Andie MacDowell on a recent episode of The Martha Stewart Show to make a completely vegetarian dish.

Broiled black pepper tofu with soy lemon dipping sauce, soba noodles with vegetables and mint, and baked apricots with almond topping for dessert was on Martha’s menu for Thursday, which is described on her website.

“This vegetarian meal tastes exotic but is surprisingly simple. Tofu broiled in a pepper marinade is served with a tangy lemon- and ginger-flecked sauce. Soba noodles with carrots and sugar snap peas are healthful and satisfying.”

Keeping the meal healthy, dessert consists of fresh fruit lightly sprinkled with brown sugar and topped with almonds.

You may grab the recipes for all components of the meal at Martha Stewart.

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Vegan Soul Kitchen author Bryant Terry instructs how to properly roast your tofu in this recipe for Rosemary Roasted Tofu Cubes.

“Most people are used to eating tofu with a soft texture,” Terry says in the video.

“Roasting is a dynamic way to give it a crispy texture on the outside and creamy on the inside.”

Flaccid tofu no more!

Watch the clip so the next time you make tofu for your friends and family, they’ll beg you to disclose how you got that crunch.

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In Gwyneth Paltrow‘s latest edition of her online newsletter Goop, she features celebrity chef Jamie Oliver as he shares his thoughts on eating, health related issues from bad food and the return of cooking and eating with the family.

Thought provoking points are brought in the conversation, such as sourcing better quality ingredients, knowing what’s in your food and how Oliver remains so cute despite all that hard work he does in the kitchen.

GOOP: What is it like being so brilliant and so cute all at the same time?

Jamie Oliver: Ahhh! Bless you Gwyneth. Well I at least try to be brilliant, and I was cute as a baby but I think those qualities are probably very debatable subjects these days!

For a recipe that won’t make you vomit like Paltrow’s sickening sweet comment, try Oliver’s Classic Spaghetti recipe at Goop.

There’s absolutely no jars of sauce involved as you create it fresh from scratch. Using diced tomatoes, fresh basil, olive oil and other spices, you can use this recipe to create a meal that’s vegetarian/vegan without processed ingredients.

Plus, it makes an excellent, simple recipe to start with if you’re beginning to teach your kids how to cook something besides Pop Tarts.

To get the recipe, visit Goop. To watch Oliver be cute, tune into ABC on Fridays at 9PM for Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.

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Future Food, a show challenging two chefs to make food that’s more environmentally friendly, premieres tomorrow on Planet Green.

On a future episode of Future Food titled “Burger Wars,” a faux chicken nugget is created using tofu and corn on the cob.

Although there aren’t any birds in the recipe, 4 eggs are called for.

4 ears of corn (whole, on cob)
1 pound of tofu (firm)
1 cup of hickory wood chips
1/2 gallon of water
4 eggs
1 tablespoon salt, plus additional for seasoning flour
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
Vegetable oil

The eggs are added just before the patty nuggets are formed, so more than likely they serve to keep the mixture together instead of adding any substantial flavor, which indicates this might work well with a vegan egg replacer.

Planet Green has advice for those without a smoker:

“A makeshift smoker can be made by putting your wood chips in the bottom of a deep “hotel pan,” which is a large rectangular pan with tall sides, and a similarly sized hotel pan with perforations placed on top of the wood chip pan. Heat this over a flame until wood starts to smoke, add your items to be smoked, and cover with a lid.”

Grab the instructions for making corn on the cob tofu chicken nuggets.

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The Genesis awards will air April 24 and 25 on Animal Planet.

During the ceremony, Vegetarian Times editor caught up with several celebrities to ask about their favorite vegetarian meals.

Boo Boo Stewart answered, “Tofu, my mom makes it all the time!”

For those that don’t have Boo Boo’s mom around (or any mother who will still cook for you once you’ve reached, oh, dunno 35 years of age or so) there’s help.

Renee Stewart explained all the details of her fabulous Japanese style tofu at the awards, with the best simplicity.

“Drain it; cut it in cubes; drizzle it with sesame oil and soy sauce; and sprinkle it with dried chives, sesame seeds, and dried seaweed.”

Yum.

Boo Boo should never move out of mom’s house.

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The only animal Tony Denison from TNT‘s The Closer eats is fish, but he used to be a vegan before succumbing to cheese.

“I like Parmesan cheese too much,” Denison told Mother Nature Network.

Of all the cheeses to have a culinary affection for, Parmesan may be one of the worst.

As a hard cheese, manufacturers often use an animal based enzyme obtained from a calf’s stomach called rennet, while some soft cheeses may be used with a vegetable based one.

But if Parmesan is your thing, you’re not out of luck.

Several vegan recipes exists, most of which use either 1/2 cup of almonds or walnuts, 1 cup of nutritional yeast and a pinch of optional salt, blended in a food processor or blender.

Try it out on pasta, popcorn or bread and you’ll be one less excuse away from keeping your vegan vow.

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Rachael Ray threw a food party at the annual South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.

There are no official vegetarian chefs on the Food Network yet, but thankfully there are several chefs who are highlighting healthier, flexitarian options and incorporating vegetarian recipes into their repertoire.

Ray featured a vegetarian option at the SXSW fest, something she says is normal for any party she caters for.

“I always do a meat, a vegetarian and a poultry item,” Ray told Wall Street Journal.

This year Ray offered vegetarian taquitos that she said were, “really tasty to snack on.”

If you couldn’t make it to SXSW to sample the taquitos, have a festival at home with this Potato Soyrizo Taquito recipe.

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