Vegetarian Star

Jamie Oliver has promised to write a cookbook completely dedicated to vegetarianism.

But aspiring meatless Naked Chefs need not wait until the book is completed to get a few tips from the Food Revolution host on how to incorporate easy meals without flesh in their diets.

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Jamie Oliver put his culinary skills to good use recently when he prepared a vegan meal for Captain Paul Watson and the rest of the Sea Shepherd crew while they stayed in London.

The Captain wrote on his Facebook page, “A very big thank-you to Chef Jamie Oliver for treating the entire crew of the Steve Irwin to a free vegan dinner at Jamie’s Italian restaurant at Canary Wharf last night.”

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Jamie Oliver has had some trouble convincing the Los Angeles Unified School District to let him snoop in its cafeterias, but a recent decision by the board to overhaul the food system, along with a statement from LAUSD officials praising Oliver’s efforts, shows the district at least has the sense to listen to what the British celebrity chef has to say.

Approving a 5-year contract this week, LAUSD officials gave the boot to flavored milk and other processed foods and added soy milk and other vegetarian options to the menus.

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Jamie Oliver may have had a hard time getting the Los Angeles Unified School District to listen to him during his Food Revolution series, but at least LAUSD is listening to the needs of its vegetarian students.

This district is scheduled to vote today on a 50 million dollar, 5-year contract that will put more meatless items on the menu.

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If more people had Jamie Oliver as their home ec teacher, there would definitely be a lot more vegetarians graduating from high school these days.

Back after the brief hiatus ABC forced upon him to make room for D-list celebrities trying to dance, Oliver took his Food Revolution mission to transform America’s eating habits to a classroom, showing kids what all those processed ingredients and preservatives you can’t pronounce really are.

Like bugs. And bird feathers. And for the cannibals, human hair.

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So ABC was completely happy with letting millions of American children continue to eat processed food crap for the past few weeks during May Sweeps and it pulled Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution from its original Tuesday slot and for the rest of the month.

Oliver is back and you can see him during the season’s final four episodes starting this Friday, June 3 at 9:00 PM.

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A recent Harris poll found that although most Americans are aware of what it takes to eat better, they aren’t interested in doing it. If the Americans polled are anything like ABC viewers, the results are right on target. ABC has cancelled Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution series for low ratings.

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Jamie Oliver appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live with the superintendent from the Los Angeles Unified School District, John Deasy. The two made the announcement that starting next fall, flavored milks like chocolate and strawberry will no longer be served at schools because of their sugar content.

“There’s more sugar per ounce in flavored milk than there is in a can of soda,” Oliver said. “If you think about a little 4-year old to an 18-year old [drinking this] sometimes twice a day–just flavored milk–in their time at school and then you’re worried about diabetes?”

There is a slight catch to the deal though. If the school system can find flavored milks without added sugar, it may reintroduce them back into the cafeterias. And unfortunately, there is still not enough talk about adding a non-dairy beverage to school menus like rice, almond or soy.

Oliver and Deasy can be viewed below.

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