Vegetarian Star

Leona Lewis had a recent creepy crawly scare while shooting a video in Malibu.

During the shoot, somehow a tarantula nest was disturbed, and the entire network of friends and family of spiders came crawling out.

Since Leona was so terrified, the shoot had to be delayed by 2 hours while pest control came in and took care of the problem.

Ooooh. You can hear the critics already.

Leona Lewis, a staunch vegetarian who turned down over a million dollars to perform at a store that sold fur is okay with killing spiders?

It could be argued that the shoot could have been moved elsewhere while the spiders were left to call their insurance company for rebuild quotes.

But Leona’s crew chose to exterminate them instead.

Maybe not the kindest chose, but no one is perfect.

Soon we’ll see how the vegetarian haters, PETA mockers, and media predators in general treat this incident.

via contactmusic.com

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“When I got my breast cancer diagnosis [in 2004] and realized that my body was out of balance, I started to look at what it needed to be in balance: good food, whole food. I started looking at the environment around me — and I realized we need similar ingredients to make our earth bodies run. We have neglected what it takes to make the earth run. When I got involved in Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth,” I really began to educate myself.I realized I couldn’t keep walking down the path of, “I can put anything I want into my stomach, and I’m going to live forever.” That’s not going to work, nor will it for the Earth.”

—-Melissa Etheridge, on the realization that both our bodies and our planet need only the healthiest ingredients put into them.

Melissa puts the best in her body by maintaining a vegetarian diet.

via politico.com via Ecorazzi.com

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Joan Jett was spotted sporting her Farm Sanctuary T-shirt!

Noticeably missing from Joan’s side was her pig companion, but still, he was with her in spirit!

Farm Sanctuary strives to reduce or eliminate everything uncool about animal welfare,  and campaigns cover such issues as promoting and getting Prop 2 passed, ending the production of foie gras, and getting people to stop having dairy hookups.

Visit jezebel.com to see a picture of Joan wearing her Farm Sanctuary T-shirt.

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Redman lost weight going vegetarian and avoiding McDonald’s, so he might teach you a few tricks to conquer those nasty cravings for vegan, but still high in calorie cookie cravings.  Method Man has all the skillz for keeping your face pretty, as he recommends eating baby soy, or edamame, because of its skin purifying qualities. So between the two hip hop stars, who would you rather do…

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We’ve touched on Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song” before, for which he won the Doris Day Music Award at the Genesis Awards in 1996.

The song was never released in the United States, but was a chart topper in the UK, even beating out famed hits like “Thriller” and “Beat It.”

The video depicts various scenes of basically humankind destroying the Earth-from pollution to war and famine to animal abuse.

Seal slaughter is an assault on both animals and the environment and Jackson features a short clip of one being clubbed by a hunter around minute 3:25.

Thanks to activism, Canadian Seal slaughters were down by 200,000 in this year’s hunt and history was made when the European Union voted to ban the trade of seal products.  In the past, Europe has been a target market for Canadian seal products.

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The late vegetarian musical legend Michael Jackson was known for his love of sweet potatoes.

Some fans got wind of this and a sweet potato pie recipe was named after him.

The original MJ one isn’t vegan, but we found another sweet potato pie recipe that is.

So take your pick and crank up some Billy Jean to this delicious tribute.

Egg and Dairy Version

9-inch unbaked pie shell
21?2 cups sweet potatoes
1?3 cup milk, about
1?4 cup butter, melted
1?2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1?2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1?2 cup pecan halves (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Beat eggs and sugar. Add butter, salt, milk, vanilla and spice to the eggs and sugar mixture. Add mashed sweet potatoes and lemon juice.
3. Pour it all into unbaked pie crust. If desired, top with pecan halves.
4. Bake at 400 for 10 minutes and then reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees and bake another 40 minutes until pie is golden.

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Vegan

3 large sweet potatoes
3 tablespoons oil or non-dairy margarine
1/2 cup hot soymilk
egg replacer equivalent to 2 eggs
1/2 cup fructose
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 unbaked vegan pie crust

1. Steam the sweet potatoes until tender, then peel and mash.
2. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
3. Place the oil in the hot soymilk, and add to the sweet potatoes. Beat until soft and creamy.
4. Add the beaten egg replacer, fructose, sea salt, vanilla, and nutmeg to the sweet potato mixture, and mix well.
5. Pour the filling into the crust, and bake for 30 minutes.

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Several vegetarian and vegan hip hop stars will be making guest appearances in the film, In Pursuit Of A Green Planet, a documentary on food choice, health, and the planet.

In the film, Keith Tucker travels the country on a Greyhound bus powered by recycled vegetable oil while he makes the transition from eating the average American diet to a totally organic, vegan one.

Tucker brings along some adolescents who are already experiencing diet related health problems and are at a crucial point to change their lives forever. Not only do the kids get lessons in making themselves and the planet healthier, they get the privilege of meeting some awesome veggie hip hop stars along the way, like Saul Williams, Persia White, Justin Bua, Stic Man, and KRS One.

According to hiphoppress.com:

“The goal of the “Pursuit of a Green Planet” documentary is to take an inside look at how the food we eat affects our health and tie healthy living back to the origins of Hip Hop. As Hip Hop was a pioneering art form for the urban community looking for a better life in the late 70s, “Pursuit of a Green Planet” brings those ideals full circle by incorporating Hip Hop into the Green Movement.”

For more information on Pursuit of a Green Planet, visit greendinner.ning.com.

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities today.

• Terri Nunn (48)

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