Vegetarian Star

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so we’ll probably start seeing some turkey burger recipes pop up on Gwyneth Paltrow‘s website Goop.com.

The former vegetarian has been ripped by the community for “going back,” but she does try to refrain from some meat, if only for health reasons.

An Esquirer writer took on the task of following Gwyneth’s advice from Goop, which resulted in a hilarious piece of commentary.

The food plan followed called for eliminating several good for you vegetables, like tomatoes.

“Her meal plan cut out all dairy, gluten, meat, shellfish, condiments, sugar, alcohol, caffeine, and an entire class of food (tomatoes, eggplant, potatoes, and peppers) called nightshades. (Who knew?) Her menus were simple: For breakfast I consumed blueberry-and-almond-milk smoothies (fortified with protein and probiotic supplements), and for lunch and dinner I alternated among Paltrow’s recipes for light salads and thin soups. (The full seven-day menu is on goop.com.) Over the course of a single week I spent about $300 at a cluttered health-food market, and every night I spent about an hour preparing the next day’s meals. For those first few days, I felt terrible, and looking over my notes from that period, I’m kind of amazed I stuck with it.”

Kudos to Gwyneth for the almond milk suggestion, but to cut all Nightshade foods of peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplants?

Sounds night-shady.

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If meat is evil, the processed meat is the superbionic evil created in a laboratory by Dr. Quickdeath.

Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli is backing a statement made by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), warning people of eating processed meat.

“Processed meat is a different thing – it comes from a huge production and unfortunately we don’t know how good it is for us,” said Zilli. “I would never dream of putting processed meat into my son’s lunchbox. Once they taste that [type of food] it’s hard to get them back into fresh food. When I go back to my family in Italy and I know that my brother has bought his salami from a good supplier I’ll eat it, but I wouldn’t eat salami from a supermarket.”

While we’re promoting the no salami approach, we’re excited that Chef Zilli has recommended some vegetarian alternatives, such as hummus and low fat cheese.

via catersearch.com

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Vegan House actress Olivia Wilde is gracing the cover of the October 2009 issue of GQ magazine and she’s giving the vegs a darn good name.

Apparently before the interview, the reporter had this “fantasy” plan of how everything would be conducted, including Olivia eating veggie burgers at In and Out.

Um, In-n-Out has veggie burgers? Don’t see any on the menu.

“We’re going to shoot sloppy pool and play Galaga and persuade two burly Hells Angels on their Harleys to drive us to an In-N-Out Burger, where I’ll order the Double-Double and Olivia, a vegetarian, will have a veggie burger and maybe a few fries, because, you know, she’s drunk, and those fries are amazing. Then we’ll climb into the hills and scale the famous hollywood sign, where we’ll sit until sunrise on opposite sides of the giant H, and Olivia will grandly recall her adventures in show business before she throws up, as I hold her flowing brown hair.”

Read the more realistic version of the conversation between GQ and Olivia at style.com.

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We briefly touched on the fact that Woody Harrelson turned Zombieland into a more environmentally friendly set during its shooting.

Now we’re learning more details on how Woody used his vegan eco powers to make the set a little greener.

Director Ruben Fleischer, who Woody convinced to eat veg during the filming, has revealed to WENN:

“He practices what he preaches and made us all aware. I’m far healthier since knowing him. He’s very persuasive.”

“He eats raw food and vegan items, so he had a chef making delicious things for him every day that he shared with me and the rest of the cast that was healthy and delicious.”

“One of the requirements for him doing the film was that we have a green set as much as possible. All the silverware was metal that could be washed and reused, as opposed to just thrown away.”

“If we did use plates or cups or glasses it was all biodegradable. We didn’t use plastic. Instead of having plastic water bottles, which he sees as a huge environmental threat, we had big coolers and everybody on the set got their own jug that they could refill.”

Wonder if Fleischer and the cast continued the veg and green efforts once the shooting wrapped up.

via contactmusic.com

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Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie are celebrating with Amy’s Frozen Burritos.

They’ve got one of the first songs to be announced for the New Moon soundtrack, Meet Me On The Equinox.

Ben and Chris will truly be the real vegetarian vampires of New Moon-not just the pseudo ones that don’t eat people.

Between the two band members, who would you rather…

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British celebrity chef Keith Floyd died this week after a bout with cancer.

Floyd had star chef status long before Gordon Ramsay or Jamie Oliver came around.

Years ago Floyd attended a party where vegetarian rock and roller George Harrison was present and Harrison wanted to get Floyd’s advice on the menu for an upcoming tour.

“Every rock’n’roller going was there,” Floyd said. “George Harrison opened the door.”

“And the first thing he asked me was what I thought about vegetarian stock cubes. Paul Young wanted a menu for his tour. ‘Leave it out, mate’.”

So chef didn’t appreciate a good non chicken or non beef bouillon.

Doesn’t mean you don’t have to.

Rapunzel makes a great collection of vegan bouillons-regular with sea salt, no salt added, and herb flavored.

Cause a vegetable rice medley just ain’t the same with chicken stock.

via independent.co.uk

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We can’t stop posting about Audrey Kitching cause she can’t stop posting all her daily adventures in veg land.

The latest is her Facebook status, which describes how she feels on the juice.

“Raw veggie juice is so hard to drink. BUT detox is such a good feeling.. ugh.”

Whether your raw juice goes down smoothly or not, if you’re going to juice, you gotta have the right equipment.

Which is great that some folks decided to list the best of the best in juicers at consumersearch.com.

Yep, it’s nice to sit back and let someone else do the hard work.

There are juicers for citrus, vegetables, and even wheatgrass in case the cat is into raw juice too.

Ha. Just kidding wheatgrass juice lovers.

With prices from $20 to $300, there’s a juicer that won’t rub your budget raw.

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Much Music

The evening at Tryst in Toronto went well, the event being a fundraiser for the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Much Music VJ Sarah Taylor was there at the door checking people for cruel clothing like Pamela Anderson stripped potential passengers in the Cruelty Doesn’t Fly ad.

“I’m vegan. This is a cause I really believe in,” Taylor said. “I’m all about cruelty-free products.”

She was asked if she was trying to be the next Pamela Anderson.

“Looking down at my chest, I’d say no,” she replied.

Ah, boobs.

They’re not important.

What matters is that you never possess any chicken breasts.

Go Sarah!

via torontolife.com

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