Tag: vegetarian

There are lots of reasons to choose a vegetarian diet. Whether you’re a vegetarian for moral reasons or to improve your health, there are lots of benefits to foregoing meat. Vegetarian diets generally contain fewer saturated fats, more fibre, less cholesterol and fewer calories. But a vegetarian diet also comes with challenges – meat is one of the easiest ways for the body to get large amounts of protein. So how do you complement your diet to compensate for the absence of meat?

The smoky sweet taste of chipotle peppers adds an incredible amount of flavor to this vegan bean salad.

A typical egg dish contains heaping amounts of butter and milk that, while giving body and flavor to the meal, make it unsuitable for those allergic to dairy. This lactose-free broccoli quiche retains both taste and texture while remaining free of milk-products.

Vegans are sometimes characterized as having a sense of superiority over non-vegans. This isn’t entirely true, but some of us vegans are just begging to be labeled. So, what do you do over holidays especially where meat is mostly the main dish? Here are some simple guidelines to follow inorder to survive a non-vegetarian holiday event such as this Easter weekend.

A Lacto vegetarian is a person whose diet excludes meat and eggs but includes plant-based foods and dairy products. We delve into the advantages, disadvantages, challenges and risks of the Lacto-vegetarian diet.

An ovo vegetarian is a vegetarian diet that also includes eggs and egg products such as mayonnaise. But why? What are the ethical and health motivations for choosing ovo-vegetarianism? We have the answers.

Pho is one of my favorite soups, but it can be a long and arduous process to create. A simple vegetarian alternative to this Vietnamese soup takes the essentials of...

The average American eats 40% percent less beef now than they did in the peak consumption in 1976. However, in 1976 the population of the U.S. was only 218 million....

An article by Jeffrey Kluger published in Time last Tuesday caught my eye with the provocative headline, "Don't Feel Guilty About Eating Animals." As an intellectually honest person, I'm always interested...

Most families enjoy keeping and sharing traditions, especially during the holidays. When Easter traditions include baskets of milk chocolate bunnies and jellybeans, dyed eggs and a ham or turkey...