Vegetarian Star

Oprah Winfrey tried the vegan life before as part of what she called her “inner makeover.”

If you’re interested in improving your inner beauty without sacrificing the taste of good food, you’ll be happy to hear the O has posted a recipe on her website, Heavenly Christmas Pudding, that has some deliciously vegan features to it.

The pudding calls for non dairy milk, such as hemp, rice or soy and the recipe creator suggests vegetable oils versus butter.

“I used coconut oil in place of the animal fat that’s traditionally used, but you could use ghee, butter or a vegan “butter” like Earth Balance instead,” says Aine McAteer.

Great idea, considering the saturated fat you find in regular butter.

Grab the recipe containing rich fruits like apricots, cranberries and prunes at oprah.com.

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If you haven’t heard already, Oprah Winfrey has both shocked and angered animal rights activists across the nation by teaming up with Kentucky Fried Chicken to offer free chicken dinners to every home in America.

KFC is on the “naughty” and not “nice” list with organizations like PETA, due to the way the chickens it uses are treated.

Now, we can add one more sin Oprah is contributing to now that she’s signed a pact with the Colonel devil: swine flu.

Jane Velez-Mitchell and Dr. Gregor of the HSUS said it best: the conditions in factory farms like the ones KFC chickens are kept in are the hub for breeding diseases.

Brian Merchant at Treehugger.com has this to say on the matter:

“I was dismayed to hear that Oprah was helping to push KFC’s free chicken promotion. Wasn’t quite sure why, initially—after all, ‘free food for everyone’ is generally a pretty positive notion. But then I recalled that KFC buys its chicken from Tyson—one of the US’s biggest factory farmers and perpetrator of shady health practices. And then I remembered that Oprah herself did an expose on the cruelty of factory farms , essentially condemning them. And then I realized that the ploy couldn’t have come at a worse time: US factory farms have been confirmed to have played a role in the origin of swine flu.”

“The point isn’t that Oprah screwed up–it’s that we should all be more aware of the practices that lead to the food on our table (or in the takeout window).”

Read what else Brian has to say on Oprah at treehugger.com.

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“I believe Oprah had no idea that KFC has refused to take any action to stop its suppliers from scalding birds alive and breaking birds’ wings and legs during live shackling.”

—-Ingrid Newkirk, President and co-founder of PETA, on why Oprah Winfrey chose to supply America with free chicken from KFC, after featuring a documentary on the horrors of chicken factory farm abuse.

via Ecorazzi.com

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If Oprah Winfrey had a Pinocchio nose, it would stretch taller than the height of her condo’s building.

Awhile back, Miss O. did a documentary on chicken factory farm abuse.

Maybe she gave all the chickens prizes like she does to her audience members and now they don’t mind being boiled. She has no problem making the abused chickens martyrs as she’s announced she’s giving every family in America a free 2-piece Kentucky Grilled Chicken Meal.

How could she? After all, it was her involvement with so many animal rights issues that won her the love of PETA and it’s Person of the Year title she enjoyed scooting Obama out of the spotlight to share.

Could it be that Oprah is just trying to do something to feed hungry, credit crunched America and has completely forgotten PETA’s ongoing beef with KFC due to its treatment of chickens?

Whatever her reasons, she could have done much better. Coupons for Subway would have at least given people the option of  a much healthier and less cruel Veggie Max Patty or Veggie Delight Sandwich.

What other ways could O have treated America and chickens right?

via Ecorazzi.com

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Although neither Simon Cowell nor Oprah Winfrey are vegetarians, both have experimented with it. Simon tried a vegetarian diet for 1 week and loved Linda McCartney’s meatless sausages. Oprah did a 21 day vegan cleanse with a little advice from author Kathy Freston. Sure would be nice if both of them went back to it. So between the two stars who publicly gave the veggie life a try, who would you rather do…

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Author Kathy Freston, the lovely lady who inspired Oprah Winfrey to do 21 days of vegan, recently blogged at the Huffington Post on the statistics of the effects going vegetarian has on the environment.

Fun facts to take with you to the party tonight:

If everyone went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would save:
100 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the homes in New England for almost 4 months

1.5 billion pounds of crops otherwise fed to livestock, enough to feed the state of New Mexico for more than a year

70 million gallons of gas–enough to fuel all the cars of Canada and Mexico combined with plenty to spare

If everyone went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would prevent:
Greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 1.2 million tons of CO2, as much as produced by all of France

3 million tons of soil erosion and $70 million in resulting economic damages

But Kathy’s favorite statistic of all is this:

“According to Environmental Defense, if every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetarian foods instead, the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads.”

Vegetarians normally want others to refrain from meat altogether, forgetting the improvements that can occur when omnivores “meat” them halfway. A flexitarian diet not only holds bonuses to the dieter, but every living thing on the planet.

So what are you waiting for, potential flexitarians? Don’t be a chicken, put down that chicken!

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