Vegetarian Star

Bonnie-Jill Laflin Thinks Tofu Scores A Slam Dunk

Vegetarian Star — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:19:36 +0000

The NBA’s first and only female scout Bonnie-Jill Laflin told Fitness Magazine what she prefers putting her hands on, second to contracts and basketballs.

“A lot of people say “ugh” when I say tofu, but if you stir fry it, it’s great!” Laflin said. “Just mix veggies, tofu and soy sauce and you have a meal. I have a big sweet tooth, so I’m happy chocolate is vegetarian!”

Tofu and chocolate do make great vegetarian foods. And who says you can’t combine them together?

Before you say “ugh” to the silken soy product, try this recipe for Tofu Chocolate Pudding, guaranteed to be the star at halftime.

Photo: Toglenn/Creative Commons

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Emily Deschanel Is Walk For Animals 2011 Spokesperson (Video)

Vegetarian Star — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:07:21 +0000

Emily Deschanel Leads the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals! from Farm Sanctuary on Vimeo.

Emily Deschanel is serving as the spokesperson for Farm Sanctuary’s Walk For Animals. The event involves sponsored walks in various cities across the United States and Canada to raise awareness about farm animals.

“On TV, I make the world better by solving crimes, but in real life, each of us can makes choices that will improve the world,” Deschanel begins in the PSA for the walk.

“Farm animals are just as interesting and intelligent as the dogs and cats who we know a bit better. Yet they are treated by the meat industry as though they are inanimate objects with no feelings or personalities. Every year, more than 10 billion animals suffer on factory farms all over North America.”

Many cities have already held walks, but there are still some looking for volunteers to spread the word on animal welfare.

Visit WalkforAnimals.org to find out if a city near you is participating.

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Linda McCartney Food Range Adds Four New Products

Vegetarian Star — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:47:51 +0000

Hain Celestial Group, the makers of the vegetarian food range started by the late Linda McCartney, has unveiled four new products to its line.

The mini snack vegetarian sausages, vegetarian roast, rosemary and red onion sausages and cranberry and camembert quarter pounders are expected to hit the shelves at Sainsbury’s and Asda stores in the UK in November.

A description of the mini snack vegetarian sausages from Linda McCartney foods:

Our new Mini Snack Sausages are a smaller version of our best selling vegetarian sausages. They are perfect party food, tasty bite-sized nibbles great for dipping, or try them beer battered with mustard mayonnaise – simply serve and watch them disappear. Children will love them too, quick, easy and nutritious in lunchboxes or as a tasty, tea time treat.

All products are vegetarian and both sausage products are vegan-friendly.

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Meatless Mouthful–Meagan Duhamel Scores Gold Medal With Diet

Vegetarian Star — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:32:09 +0000

“So many people tell me they could never be vegan. I just wish people would understand and realize that it’s really not that difficult, and it’s a choice that we make—I think that it is in everybody’s grasp to be able to make a decision like switching to a vegan lifestyle. One of my proudest accomplishments has been going vegan.”

–Canadian figure skating pair champion Meagan Duhamel, in an interview with VegNews about how diet affects her career as a professional athlete. Duhamel has won both Four Continents and Canadian National bronze and silver medals and is training for the 2014 Olympics, where she’ll probably fuel up on plenty of “homemade bread, pumpkin-apple butter, granola, cookies, trail mixes, and snacks like that.”

Photo: David M. Carmichael/Creative Commons

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Kristin Bauer Takes A Bite Into European Union Animal Tested Cosmetics

Vegetarian Star — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:17:50 +0000

True Blood actress Kristin Bauer has written a letter to the European Union commission, asking that it uphold a decision to ban the sale of all animal-tested cosmetics by 2013.

“No animal should suffer and die to test lipstick or eye shadow,” writes Bauer. “That’s why I’m writing to urge you to keep the European Union on the path to modern, innovative cosmetics testing. Please maintain the EU’s 2013 deadline for banning the marketing of animal-tested cosmetics.”

“Here in the United States, many cosmetic companies have stopped using animals in such tests, but others need incentive to make progress. The EU’s 2013 deadline sends a strong message to companies in Europe and America—and around the world—that it’s time to move away from inhumane animal tests and toward better, more human-relevant methods for testing cosmetics and other products.”

Bauer’s entire letter can be read here.

According to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, many of the tests for cosmetic safety are extremely outdated. Developed in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, the tests involve applying the product in question to the animal’s eyes and bare skin. And because humans are different than rabbits and rats, the results on people are sometimes quite different.

More modern and humane methods of testing include using artificial skin, computer and mathematical models to predict adverse reactions and extrapolating from already existing data.

Photo: PR Photos

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Dr. Oz Welcomes “Complete Idiot’s Guide To Plant-Based Nutrition” Author

Vegetarian Star — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:54:42 +0000

Dr. Oz has always welcomed vegan topics on his daytime television show, and next week on October 28, Oz will invite author, dietitian and Forks Over Knives consultant Julieanna Hever to discuss the benefits of a plant-based diet, as well as demonstrate several recipes from her book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition.

According to the site from the publisher of her book, Hever will show the audience how to make the It’s Easy Being Green Smoothie, Noritos and Beans and Greens Chili.

Below is Hever demonstrating making Noritos, which are burritos made with seaweed wrap. Hever makes a Mediterranen, Japanese and Mexican version of this burrito twist.

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Rory Freedman To Emcee LA Premiere Of “Vegucated”

Vegetarian Star — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:33:41 +0000

Skinny Bitch co-author Rory Freedman will be emceeing the Los Angeles premiere of Vegucated, a vegetarian documenetary that follows the lives of several people who are transformed by the diet.

“I love this film.,” Freedman said. “Not only does it cover the hows and whys of healthy, humane eating, but it captures the OMGs and WTFs of the transformation process.”

From the makers of Vegucated:

Vegucated is a feature-length documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks. Lured by tales of weight lost and health regained, they begin to uncover the hidden sides of animal agriculture that make them wonder whether solutions offered in films like Food, Inc. go far enough. Before long, they find themselves risking everything to expose an industry they supported just weeks before. But can their convictions carry them through when times get tough? This accessible, entertaining documentary showcases the rapid and at times comedic evolution of three people who share one journey and ultimately discover their own paths in creating a kinder, cleaner, greener world, one bite at a time.

The event will be held Thursday Oct 27, 2011 7:00 PM at the Landmark in LA. Doors will open at 6:30 PM. Besides best selling author Freedman, stars like former Price is Right host Bob Barker and Running Russell Simmons’ star Simone Reyes will also be present.

Writer-director Marisa Miller Wolfson and film subjects Ellen, Brian, and Tesla will also be present for a Q & A session after the screening.

For more information, visit Get Vegucated.

Photo: PR Photos

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Kate Bush Ensures Fans New Album Photo Shoot Was Faux Fur

Vegetarian Star — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:14:46 +0000

Kate Bush has posed for a series of photos to promote her latest album, 50 Words For Snow.

Although the singer appears to be draped in animal fur for the advertisements, Bush assured fans she wore nothing but artificial.

In a statement to the press, Bush said, “We have recently taken some photos and I just want to pre-empt any concerns there might be, as I’m sure most of you will feel the same way as I do about wearing real fur. All the fur in these photos is synthetic.”

The longtime vegetarian has collaborated with several big artists on her latest album including Elton John, Andy Fairweather Low and Stephen Fry.

When asked about the thought of eating meat, Bush said, “I just could not stand the idea of eating meat – I really do think that it has made me calmer…. People’s general awareness is getting much better, even down to buying a pint of milk: the fact that the calves are actually killed so that the milk doesn’t go to them but to us cannot really be right, and if you have seen a cow in a state of extreme distress because it cannot understand why its calf isn’t by, it can make you think a lot.”

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