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Paul McCartney Celebrates “My Valentine” Video Over Vegetarian Mexican Appetizers (Video)

Vegetarian Star — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:11:00 +0000

Paul McCartney invited a slew of big celebrity names to daughter Stella McCartney’s West Hollywood clothing store to celebrate the premiere of the “My Valentine” video from his latest Kisses on the Bottom album.

Jane Fonda, Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin and Reese Witherspoon gathered around the McCartney family to enjoy vegetarian Mexican appetizers.

Though most of us don’t have the culinary resources of a former Beatle to throw together the perfect party featuring snacks in Cinco de Mayo style, there’s no reason to bore guests with the same old Mexican staples like guacamole and chips.

For example, you could toss the salsa and chips altogether and replace them with a fried fruit chips–plaintains. Widely used in the Yucatan and other areas of Mexico, the starchy fruit can be fried like potato chips and then dipped in the sauce of your guests’ choice.

The event can also be the perfect time to demonstrate how a vegan cheese dip works just as well as its dairy counterpart for tortilla chips, bread and other items.

Speaking of tortilla chips, why not try ending the day or evening with a Mexican dessert featuring flour tortilla, margarine, cinnamon and sugar?

McCartney’s “My Valentine” can be seen in three versions, two of which feature either Natalie Portman or Johnny Depp translating the lyrics into sign language.

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Meatless Monday Recipe–Gwyneth Paltrow’s Vegan Coleslaw

Vegetarian Star — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:25:30 +0000

Gwyneth Paltrow has been known to profess her love for all things Vegenaise.

And her recipe for cole slaw features luscious green cabbage smothered with the eggless, vegan mayonnaise.

Cole slaw can be traced to several ancient societies and different varieties were prepared by both Romans and Dutch.

Recipes for cole slaw in the 1700s would feature butter in place of mayonnaise, a condiment that has been used in the salad for about 250 years.

Unlike using butter and regular mayonnaise, making cole slaw with vegan mayonnaise is a fairly new twist on an old favorite.

Perhaps the history books will record vegan mayo cole slaw as the best version created since the dish was created.

Grab the recipe for Gwyneth Paltrow’s vegan cole slaw.

Photo: PR Photos

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Gwyneth Paltrow Ditches Turkey Burgers For Veggie Ones

Vegetarian Star — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:27:30 +0000

Former vegetarian Gwyneth Paltrow is the self-professed Queen of the Thanksgiving turkey burger. So thank goodness daughter Apple keeps mommy in check by refusing to eat any critter she offers and requesting homemade veggie burgers on a regular basis.

Paltrow created these after buying a box of prepared veggie burgers from the grocery store that tasted so horrible, it made her turn back to turkey burgers. It’s rumored that the men in Paltrow’s life, son Moses and husband Chris Martin of Coldplay, demand these black bean and rice patties always be topped with avocado.

We will go ahead and start another rumor that most people who try these will probably want to cook them several times a week.

Grab Gwyneth’s Veggie Burger Recipes here.

Photo: PR Photos

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Meatless Monday Recipe–Gwyneth Paltrow’s Dip With Avocadoes

Vegetarian Star — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:34:48 +0000

Avocadoes are usually associated with guacamole, but Gwyneth Paltrow‘s cookbook, My Father’s Daughter, keeps the lushious green fruit together and lathers it with a dip instead.

Paltrow is known for her love of vegan mayo Vegenaise, and recommends it for the white, creamy topping that includes sour cream and dijon mustard.

As always, this almost vegan recipe can be made truly animal-free by swapping the sour cream for a dairy-free version.

Ingredients:

1 cup mayonnaise or Veganaise
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 scallions, finely sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Pinch of salt and pepper
1 tablespoon capers (optional, in my book)
1 pinch celery seeds

Instructions:

Mix everything together and serve over avocado halves!

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Gwyneth Paltrow Child Apple Got Sick Of Mom’s Turkey Burgers

Vegetarian Star — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:52:24 +0000

Gwyneth Paltrow disgusted her vegetarian fans when she, a former strict macrobiotic vegan, gradually put meat back into her diet and filled her website Goop.com with recipes for fish, chicken and Thanksgiving turkey burgers.

Luckily, her daughter Apple isn’t interested in following in mom’s footsteps, and declared at a very early age to hold the turkey and replace it with tofu.

“She’s totally vegetarian,” Paltrow told Chelsea Handler on Chelsea Lately. “She came to it on her own.”

“She was just like, ‘I don’t like [meat]‘. If I tried to give her a little chicken or a little turkey meatball, she would spit it out when she was little. She just doesn’t it, she’s never liked it.”

This doesn’t stop the evil, wicked witch of turkey chopping from trying to coax Apple into eating an animal here and there.

“Sometimes I can get her to eat a little fish or something, but almost never.”

Oh, please, give it up Gwyneth. There’s absolutely no need to force Flipper or any other animal on Apple. Studies show vegetarian children grow up to be just as tall as their McDonald’s raised peers, have higher IQs and will grow up to have lower incidences of food-related diseases like heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.

Because Apple put her tiny foot down, Gwyneth has included vegetarian and vegan children’s recipes in her new cookbook, My Father’s Daughter.

You can also find several child and adolescent vegan meal plans here.

Photo: PR Photo

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Sheryl Crow Or Gwyneth Paltrow–Who Would You [Veg Friendly Cookbooks Edition]

Vegetarian Star — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:21:11 +0000

Living in the home with a mixed eater who refuses to touch your vegetarian cookbooks because he thinks they’ll turn him into a granola hippie? Give him one of these two books recently released by Sheryl Crow or Gwyneth Paltrow featuring many vegetarian and vegan recipes hidden to trick the omnivore into thinking it’s just another great tasting dish.

Being the two celebrities who’ve published vegetarian and vegan friendly cookbooks, who would you rather…

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Gwyneth Paltrow Brings Vegan Muffins To “Good Morning America” (Video)

Vegetarian Star — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:48:21 +0000

Gwyneth Paltrow is the latest celebrity to create a cookbook with healthier items that is very vegetarian friendly.

My Father’s Daughter is compiled with 150 recipes for sandwiches, soups, main entrees, desserts and other dishes inspired by Paltrow’s memories of growing up eating and cooking with her father, the late director and producer Bruce Paltrow.

Similar to the recipes she often posts on her website, Goop.com, the creations in My Father’s Daughter involve the use of healthier, wholesome ingredients like agave nector, spelt flour and vegan mayonnaise, Vegenaise. If you don’t have access to those ingredients, she’s included a list of equivalents.

Gwyneth’s daughter Apple is a vegetarian, and My Father’s Daughter contains vegetarian and vegan alternatives to many of the children’s meals too.

Paltrow appeared on Good Morning America to showcase some meals included in her cookbook, one of which is the vegan muffins made from spelt flour. Although spelt is not gluten-free, according to some sources, it doesn’t cause the same problems as other flours in people who are sensitive to wheat. Spelt is also a good source of Vitamin B2, manganse, niacin, thiamin, and copper.

To avoid watching the demonstration of one of the non-vegetarian friendly recipes (duck pasta), fast forward the clip to around minte 6:00.

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Meatless Monday Recipe–Gwyneth Paltrow Fried-Zucchini Spaghetti

Vegetarian Star — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:33:21 +0000

Gwyneth Paltrow shared with Food & Wine magazine her favorite restaurants across the United States. Each restaurant has a personal story or experience to go along with it and Paltrow chose an Italian restaurant in Manhattan’s upper east side that she ate at frequently as a child, Elios.

Paltrow was inspired to make a pasta dish from Elios fried zucchini.

The recipe is simple. The fried zucchini is added to spaghetti and tossed with fresh basil leaves and pepper. The ingredients call for 1 cup shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, but every vegan knows cheese in an already protein-rich pasta dish is completely optional. You may also be inspired to add a vegan cheese of choice.

Grab the recipe for Gwyneth’s Fried-Zucchini Spaghetti and check out her remaining restaurant favorites at Food & Wine.

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