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Kim Barnouin On “The Early Show” Does Vegan Challenge (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, November 11th, 2010 in Chefs, Food & Drink, Videos.

"Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook"

"Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook"

Kim Barnouin, co-author of the Skinny Bitch series who recently wrote her own cookbook, Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook, was a guest on CBS’ “The Early Show” as part of the show’s “Saturday Morning Chef on a Shoestring Challenge.”

Barnouin was there to show her favorite substitutes for animal products, which included almond butter and vegetables oils as well as explain the health benefits of a vegan diet and the controversy surrounding some suggested consequences of meat, such as early puberty in girls.

Her challenge was the make a 3-course meal with a budget of $40. She took the challenge by making an entire vegan meal of kale and white bean soup, polenta-crusted eggplant Parmesan, and chocolate cupcakes with peanut-butter frosting.

You can view the video to Barnouin’s appearance here. Ignore the blooper around minute 6-8, and skip to around 8:30 if you must to avoid listening to it.

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Rip Esselstyn Making The Plant Weak Plant Strong

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 in Food & Drink, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.

Rip Esselstyn

Rip Esselstyn

Rip Esselstyn has partnered with Whole Foods Market to guide customers in making the best choices for dinner, which consists of items that have roots in the ground, not an animal.

The author of the best selling book, “The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter’s 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan That Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds,” who turned his fire station veg explained to the Huffington Post that most people are “plant weak,” when they should be what he calls “Plant Strong.”

“I tell people, right now we have a country that is plant-weak. If you were to look at caloric pie of how Americans eat, close to 60 percent of America’s calories are coming from refined and processed foods. You know, the white stuff: the fried chips, the soda pop, fruit juices, doughnuts and cakes.”

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Green Is Universal NBC

Green Is Universal NBC

NBC Universal  is launching its Green Is Universal week with free vegetarian food to New York City’s advertising and media agencies.

Green Is Universal weeks marks the network’s initiative to encourage viewers to lighten their footprint by incorporating green themes into television programs.

Starting November 15th, a bio-diesel powered food truck fueled by solar panels and oil from its own cooking of locally sourced veggie burgers will make its way through NYC.

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“I think one of the biggest benefits for me was when I went from an animal diet to a plant-based diet, my cholesterol dropped over 100 points within a month. My doctor was floored by that. I feel like there is a fountain of youth attached to living a vegan lifestyle.”

Bob Harper, on the benefits of a vegan diet.

Photo: PR Photos

 

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If you’re a Texan, what character of the state do you most associated yourself with?

Probably not the steakhouses, but that’s okay, because you’re in good company, as Lauren Bush says being Texan may have more to do with what you put on your body and not in it.

“I love jeans and denim — I think that’s probably my most stereotypically Texan trait,” the co-founder of FEED Projects, a non-profit designed to help fund UN programs for hunger around the world.

If you’re a true greenie, you’ll want to grab a pair of organic denim jeans, since it takes almost 2/3 of a pound of pesticide to produce one pair of conventional ones. Everything should be bigger in Texas, but not the carbon footprint!

So where does Lauren eat in Houston to avoid the steakhouses?

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In celebration of him going vegan, former president of the United States, Bill Clinton, will get his own set of “happy cows” and chickens dancing for him.

ABS-CBN News reports the event will occur when Clinton visits the Philippines capital on Wednesday to deliver a speech.

“The dancing “cow” and “chicken” will wait outside the Manila Hotel on November 10, where Clinton will deliver a keynote speech. They will hold signs that read “Be Like Bill: Grill Veggies, Not Meat” and “Chicks Love Slim Vegan Bill!,” recognizing the former US President’s efforts to stay healthy for his future grandchildren.”

Will Bill join the characters and show off his new vegan athletic prowess by doing the funky no-slaughter chicken?

Photo: PR Photos

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“Since I was a kid, my family became vegetarians and I didn’t want to be left out so I became a vegetarian as well… That’s a lot of discipline for a kid to give up candy and all that good stuff… but I bounce back and forth. There are times when I’m a vegetarian, times when I’m a pescatarian. But I don’t eat meat… I’m still tempted… there’s so much that I love.”

Janet Jackson, on trying to stay veg. Don’t know of any candy that contains meat, but for anyone with a sweet tooth struggling to stay vegan, did you know there is a list of accidentally vegan candy you may not even know you’re not cheating with? Suck on all the Dum-Dums, Lemonheads and Twizzlers you want. And vegan candy bars? We’ve got you covered.

Photo: PR Photos

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Linda McCartney Foods Looking For Best Home-Cooked Vegetarian Dish

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 in Business, Food & Drink.

Linda McCartney Foods, the vegetarian line of foods created by the late wife of Paul McCartney that is owned by Hain Celestial Group, is returning to television advertising for the first time in 15 years, in a quest to find the UK’s best vegetarian cook.

A new campaign created by Feel Agency, with media planning and buying by Total Media, kicks off on Monday in a contest where the winning recipe will become part of the Linda McCartney line.

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