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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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If you’re looking for a book to add to your summer reading list, why not pick up Face On Your Plate: The Truth About Food by Jeffrey Mousaieff Masson.

The book details myths about meat eating and gives reasons why it isn’t natural or healthy.

It’s been on Candice Bergen’s summer reading list and she seems to agree with everything Masson says, calling it, “a guide to ethical eating that basically confirms everything I have felt about eating meat for 35 years.”

Technically, Candice is a self-proclaimed half-assed vegetarian, because she still eats chicken. But wait, chicken is meat.

Maybe Masson’s book will help Candice see chicken faces the next time she grabs her plate.

via wowowow.com

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So maybe it hasn’t become as famous as, “To Be or Not To Be,” or any other little verses we were forced to memorize in high school. But who knows…a hundred years from now, young pupils may be reciting the great works of Rapper Common and his thoughts on dairy:

“I think and speak clearer since I cut the dairy out. I can breathe better and perform at a better rate, and my voice is clearer. I can explore different things with my voice that I couldn’t do because of my meat and dairy ingestion. I am proud and blessed to be a vegetarian, everything became clear.”

Common, along with other famous and celebrity quotes by people like Kate Bush and Moby, are located at Happy Vegetable.

Our runner up for favorite quote is by a well known doctor, Dr. Neal Barnard, head of the Physicians Committee For Responsible medicine, vegan, and frequent Vegetarian Times contributor who specializes in diabetic research:

“The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of “real food for real people” you’d better live real close to a real good hospital.”

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