Written by Vegetarian Star on April 5th, 2010 in Children, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Deirdre Imus Haiti Kids-Love-Kids Bags With Organic Treats
Deirdre Imus has collaborated with Operation Goody Bag Founder, Jane Cosco, to send healthy, non-toxic goody bags to children affected by the devastating earthquakes in Haiti earlier this year.
Kids-Love-Kids program has already sent 700 bags to Haiti and another shipment of 5,000 will be sent in April.
Cosco has been sending bags to troops for quite some time, but the vegetarian and environmentally conscious Imus wanted to step it up a notch and ensure the children were getting the best treats.
“We put organic lollipops, organic, gluten-free Yummy Bears, organic gum, organic granola bars, teddy bears, coloring books in French and English and non-toxic crayons inside the bags, which cost only $4 to produce,” Imus said.
“What’s so great about the program is that its easy and it doesn’t cost a lot of money to do. For $4 you can send a goody bag to a child in Haiti. The idea for Kids-Love-Kids is that this is a little thing we can do to let the children there know, ‘We care about you and we’re not forgetting you.’ It’s like getting a hug from one child to another.”
You can help by making a donation to the Kids-For-Kids program.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 5th, 2010 in Actresses, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Alicia Silverstone Gives Solutions In Natural Solutions Magazine
Alicia Silverstone recently interviewed with Natural Solutions magazine for its April 2010 issue.
As expected, the conversation was filled with the topics Alicia is known best for–health, environment and veganism.
A few highlights:
It Is Easy To Be Vegan:
Everyone has to make time to find food, and it doesn’t add any extra time to find vegan food. It’s about prioritizing your life and figuring out what is important to you. I don’t care about new clothes, new cars, or fancy jewelry. I don’t go out and spend money on alcohol. Most people spend a lot of money on stuff: coffee, cigarettes, medication, or liquor. But when you stop spending money on stuff and start spending money on living well, it’s amazing what can happen to you.
On Her New York City Food Orgy:
In New York, I’ve been on a food orgy, walking around trying all the great restaurants, stores, and vendors. I can get a warm bagel with vegan cream cheese on almost every corner. The vegan cheese plate and vegan mint ice cream sundae at Pure Food and Wine [a raw-foods, vegan restaurant in Gramercy Park]? Oh my God, it’s so good. And there are falafels everywhere—I love falafels.
Read the entire interview with Alicia at naturalsolutionsmag.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 5th, 2010 in Actresses, Authors, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Mariel Hemingway Cage Free Blisscuits
Mariel Hemingway was recently out promoting her latest book, Mariel’s Kitchen — Simple Ingredients for a Delicious and Satisfying Life, which contains several vegetarian friendly recipes.
A few years ago in 2003, Mariel created Blisscuits, a healthier cookie filled with omega-3 fatty acids and free of refined sugar, hydrogenated oil and gluten.
In addition, Blisscuits use egg whites sourced from suppliers that use cage free hens.
Blisscuits were created for her ex-husband after he was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma.
“(So, I told him) Give me a couple months, let’s work on this together, your food,” Mariel told the Bothell Reporter.
“And he had to change the way he lived his life, so he had to start eating differently and looking at his life differently — so it was food, it was exercise, it was learning how to meditate, it was having a different perspective.”
Mariel’s ex-husband has been cancer free for 11 years.
The granddaughter of the famous writer Ernest is into seasonal foods and her current favorite food of the season is the artichoke.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 5th, 2010 in Books, Female Singers, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Alanis Morissette Latest Favorite Vegan Cookbook
500 Vegan Recipes
Alanis Morissette has put a photo of her latest favorite cookbook on Twitter.
500 Vegan Recipes: An Amazing Variety of Delicious Recipes, from Chilis and Casseroles to Crumbles, Crisps, and Cookies is just of the vegan books that have changed Alanis’ life.
It was a copy of Dr. Joel Fuhrman‘s Eat to Live that prompted her to go vegan.
Not wanting another fad diet, she was motivated by preventing disease and loss weight was an added consequence.
She now fills her plate with foods like fruit, nuts, collards, kale, and spinach.
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Comments Off on Jennifer Hudson Weight Loss Can Be Maintained By Vegetarian Diet
Jennifer Hudson has signed on to be a spokesperson for the weight loss program, Weight Watchers, after losing weight herself after the birth of her child.
Hudson was quoted by Popeater as saying, “{It’s} a lifestyle change, not a diet.”
When it comes to losing weight, what works?
Counting calories? Spends hours every week at the gym?
According to Food Consumer, Dr. Colin T Campbell, a Cornell University nutritionist and author of The China Study, suggests that what you eat is more important than how much and that eating a well balanced vegetarian or vegan diet may prevent weight gain.
Will Jennifer soon discover what another American Idol alumnus, Ruben Studdard, did about meatless eating and weight loss?
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 5th, 2010 in Actresses, Film & TV, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Isabel Lucas Went Vegetarian After Watching “Earthlings”
Isabel Lucas may have two men to thank for her going vegetarian.
The actress stopped eating meat after watching Earthlings, a documentary narrated by Joaquin Phoenix at Red Hot Chili Peppers front man Anthony Kiedis‘ home.
“I don’t feel limited by not eating meat. I eat lots of veggies and pasta and nuts, tofu and soups,” she was quoted by Popsugar as saying.
Being the environmentalist she is (she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of the lack of clean drinking water in many areas), it’s no surprise Isabel would take the natural step by not participating in something that largely involves the very earth unfriendly practice of factory farming.
“Looking after the environment and doing things in nature was really an integral part of my life growing up. I love the environment and I want to be able to protect it.”
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 5th, 2010 in Female Singers, Male Musicians, Male Singers.
Two vegetarian performers are making sure their staff eats humanely while working under them.
As mentioned before, Paul McCartney‘s crew gets about 480 vegetarian meals a day as they tour the U.S., South America and Europe.
Fellow British star Leona Lewis is also taking steps to wipe meat off the menu for her tour in May.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on April 5th, 2010 in Actresses, Celebrity Tweets, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Olivia Wilde Kitchen Nightmare In Vegetarian Hating Restaurant
Olivia Wilde recently went to a restaurant that did not take good care of the vegetarian customer.
Her experience was so bad, she had to Tweet about it.
And this establishment was one Kitchen Nightmare.
“Went to a depressing vegetarian-hating restaurant with bad wine in WINE country. No excuses. Wish I was Gordon Ramsay and could fix them.”
You tell ’em Olivia!
What’s the worst vegetarian-hating experience you’ve had in a restaurant?
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