Vegetarian Star

The month of January is almost over.

Many made New Year’s Resolutions at the beginning of the month.

For some of you, those resolutions were broken by January 2, 12:01 a.m.

Christina Pirello has a few tips to keep those commitments to better habits going in 2015.

She shared some of these during an interview that’s posted on The Mercury.

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Who said anything about going vegan overnight? Pirello suggests making small changes in your diet. “Just add a vegetable in your diet in some way,” she said.

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Matisyahu last made the vegan news with a declaration of his love for greens.

“I feel dark green vegetables are really important, so every day i try to have some type of dark greens, whether sauteed or grilled or steamed, or in a juice,” he told Vegetarian Times.

Potatoes wouldn’t be the same without the (faux) meat, and a reuben sandwich with tempeh can be made even healthier by substituting greens for the fries.

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Nigella Lawson was a recent guest on NPR’s Morning Edition.

The program has launched “Cook Your Cupboard,” a segment that explores what to do with the random items in your refrigerator you bought eons ago and need to find a use for.

Lawson took one listener’s collection of items and suggested several vegetarian dishes of chili, almond milk pancakes and cauliflower soup with almond milk.

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Just picked up your copy of Betty Goes Vegan and still deciding on which of the 500 recipes to try first?

PETA has compiled its top 10 list of favorite recipes from the book by Dan and Annie Shannon that veganizes traditional family-style Betty Crocker recipes.

From breakfast foods like toast to snacks like nachos to desserts like cheesecakes, here are a few dishes to get you started.

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A few years ago, Dan and Annie Shannon decided to adapt every recipe from the classic Betty Crocker Cookbook to remove all the meat, dairy, egg and other animal products.

After hundreds of experiments in their kitchen, the Shannons have finally put the finishing touches on each of the recipes and created Betty Goes Vegan: 500 Classic Recipes for the Modern Family.

“The Betty Crocker brand has a well deserved reputation as being the very best at teaching American amateur chefs how to use products and ingredients to their full potential,” Annie said in a 2010 interview with Kiss Me, I’m Vegan. “When we were putting together this project, we really wanted to help people see how easy it is to be vegan, and that you really can make anything vegan once you know the tricks.”

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Alicia Silverstone has made the burrito a work of art!

The vegan actress has shared a recipe with Women’s Health Mag that involves replacing the traditional flour tortilla with a Nori seaweed wrap and filling it with brown rice, avocado, apples and more.

You may never find a need to buy beans again.

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Chloe Coscarelli originally won fans with her dairy-free cupcakes, but soon gained more loyal veggie followers with recipes for pasta, tofu dishes, vegan twists on old-fashion comfort foods and more.

Coscarelli’s first dessert cookbook, Chloe’s Vegan Desserts: More than 100 Exciting New Recipes for Cookies and Pies, Tarts and Cobblers, Cupcakes and Cakes–and More!, is set for release in February.

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Kara Lawson, WNBA star for Connecticut Sun, shared a few of her three-pointer vegan recipes and an interview with SheKnows.

Lawson went vegetarian in 2011 and after a few months cut out dairy and all other animal products.

She and her husband work as a team–he often does meal planning and preparation while she scouts out all the natural foods stores and shops in the area.

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