Vegetarian Star

Top Chef Masters judge James Oseland had the exciting task of telling his mother every detail of what he ate while visiting her in a hospital.

NY Mag was just as interested as Oseland’s mother (maybe more), so he gave intimate details of his meals for the week, including a very veggie meal at the hospital.

Oseland said of his clinical culinary experience:

“Honestly, I would go on record as saying it’s probably the best hospital food I’ve had anywhere. I ordered a bizarre daily special: a vegetarian bean burger served on top of grilled rye bread, with grilled onion and jack cheese. It sounds kind of ghastly in a way, but it just hit the spot, and it was oddly artful food for something being so junky and diner-ish. It was a California vegetarian patty melt on pretty good quality rye bread. California rye bread! Who knew?”

Oseland has a habit of religiously eating shortbread cookies, “every night like a prescription from the doctor.”

Not sure that’s what the doctor would want, but she might recommend other items from Oseland’s personal menu, including a pasta dish with peas and sun dried tomatoes.

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Shannon Kane from All My Children told Black Book Mag that one of her favorite spots to eat in LA is El Cholo Mexican restaurant, her favorites items to eat being the “vegetarian burrito” and “guacamole.”

According to an article in Prevention, an major staple in Mexican diets, beans, could prevent a lot of soap opera drama when it comes to your health, as studies have suggested beans may prevent heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and breast and colon cancers.

And if you’re looking for variety, swap pinto or black beans for garbanzo (also known as chickpeas), which have been could reduce your bad “LDL” cholesterol by 5%.

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The way to a man’s heart is through is his stomach, and Ellen DeGeneres is reportedly trying to make friends with Simon Cowell by feeding him.

The New York DailyNews says that Ellen has been bringing dishes made by her personal chef to her fellow American Idol judge.

“She thought she could get to cranky Simon’s heart through his stomach.”

“She’s vegan, so a typical meal is tofu stroganoff.”

The Daily News goes on to say that, “Maybe in Hollywood that counts as making nice. In New York, it would be torture.”

Its a safe bet that Simon wouldn’t consider it torture at all, given the fact he’s already given Linda McCartney sausages the X factor and agreed to give Meat Free Mondays a try.

Maybe a batch of homemade vegan cookies will calm Simon’s crankiness during finalist week.

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When in Vegas, world renown poker player Annie Duke likes to patronize a few of her favorite restaurants in and around the casinos.

Annie indicated to Forbes that the healthiest restaurants aren’t in the casinos.

Most of her recommendations in the casinos were designed for the pescatarian, but one establishment in particular sounds like the perfect place for a vegetarian who loves to pull the slot machines.

“There is a great Indian restaurant called Mint, which has good vegan options,” Annie said.

The menu at Mint Indian Bistro contains many of the items you’d normally find at an Indian buffet like samosas and naan, along with a note under each item indicating if the meal is vegetarian or vegan friendly.

Suddenly Sin City isn’t so sinful anymore.

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Triathlete, author and food entrepreneur Brendan Brazier has been a vegan since the age of 15.

Although his first attempts to follow the diet didn’t work out (too many refined carbohydrates), he eventually found a way to eat to sustain energy without meat and dairy products.

A few highlights from hlifemedia on how he did it.

On his typical salad:
“Different types of lettuce, kale, sometimes a bit of nutritional yeast, different types of seaweed like dulse, a good dressing made up of apple cider vinegar and Vega oil. Also, usually avocado, different sprouted things, carrots, beets, sometimes cucumber.”

How he gets his protein:
“I think quality is way more important than quantity. I’m 165 lbs, so I should, according to a conventional sports-nutrition book, eat about 165 grams of protein a day – and I don’t eat half that. The protein I get is from leafy greens, which is about 45% protein, pretty high, and hemp, a natural source of protein, as well as lentils, legumes, beans, peas, so it’s about quality. I get probably about 70 grams a day.”

On how to put coconut oil to use:
“Coconut oil has medium-chain triglycerides. So it’s a type of fat and it acts more like a carbohydrate than a fat, and it goes to your liver, gives you energy straight away. I often put coconut oil on dates and have that right before a workout – it’s just quick, simple energy. I use it as part of some of my recipes too in Thrive. It’s in Vega Sport, too, in powder form.”

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Is Lost actress Rebecca Mader thinking of going vegetarian?

After watching Food Inc., the actress tells Mother Nature Network she found it hard to eat chicken.

“I had just ordered chicken from room service and I couldn’t eat it,” she said, adding that the movie “really changed the way I look at food. With corn syrup being in everything, I’m starting to look at packages and trying to eat more basic, real food.”

Chances of Rebecca giving up animals for food are good, given the fact she was never a Big Mac five times a week gal anyway.

“I was never really a big meat eater and since seeing Food, Inc. I haven’t eaten out very much at all. And if I have it’s been in organic restaurants.”

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“It kind of depends in what neighborhood we’re in. There’s a bunch of good veggie places there and I can’t for the life of me think of the names of. A bunch of us are vegetarians. We’re all like foodies and there’s some really great food in Seattle. We have some really great friends there. The coffee’s unbelievable. Especially the mom and pops..the best ever. We love Seattle.”

—-Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio to The Seattlest, on the good places to grab meatless grub in the city of Seattle.

Guess Matt’s gotta have his decaf with his tofu scramble.

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John Salley opened up his kitchen to the cameras while he demonstrated making vegetarian pizzas.

Either “The Tash” or “Da Bomb” pizzas can be complemented with Salley’s “Perfect Heirloom Salad.”

Salley mentions that children aren’t watching enough vegetable friendly programming on television.

“You’ve got all these kids that won’t eat vegetables. Those kids whose parents didn’t like vegetables and let their kids watch these TV shows that shows kids not liking vegetables. So then kids imitate the atmosphere. That’s why you’ve got to make sure you know what you’re kids are watching, so it enhances what you teach them.”

Sounds like Salley is giving a hint that every parent and child should watch (and imitate) his cooking videos (and even buy his brand of food products in the future).

It’s definitely for their best interest, as pizza made with meatless ground, vegan cheese, plus lots of nutrient rich vegetables like onions, peppers and spinach goes a long way towards making a child a healthy adult.

Teach the children right, grab the recipe for the pizzas and salads and watch the video of Salley.

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