I will once again plead for compassion in your holiday meals. Whether it’s ham, turkey, or roast beef that is usually at the center of your table, this year consider losing the dead carcass for something more merciful. During a holiday season that is about love, hope, generosity, good will, peace, joy, sacrifice, and religion, we …
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Meatless Monday #14: “Chicken” Wraps
Inside a totilla, add chickenless tenders, artichoke hearts, cilantro, and vegan tzatziki. Roll it up & enjoy! I used Lemon Pepper Smart Tenders for these wraps. I really enjoyed the flavor of them! Related Posts: Meatless Monday #16: Artichoke & Roasted Pepper Wraps Meatless Monday #70: Mediterranean Stuffed Eggplant Meatless Monday #55: Artichoke & Garlic …
Dec
17
Vegetarian Athletes: The Baseball Player
From espn.com Spend 10 minutes talking to Pat Neshek, and it becomes obvious he does things his own way and doesn’t care much about what other people think. The Minnesota Twins reliever wields the most unorthodox pitching style in the game. He’ll sometimes ask the bat boy to to get autographs for him from the …
Dec
15
Ignorance Is Bliss
I hear it over and over again: “I don’t want to know.” This is an understandable first reaction to learning about the horrors of the industrialized meat industry. It is difficult to swallow (no pun intended) the fact that something you have been doing your whole life, is fueling such unbelievable cruelty, causing massive environmental …
Dec
14
Meatless Monday #13: Better Than Chipotle Burrito
Honestly. Fill a jumbo tortilla with your choices of the following: Mexican rice black beans corn kernels spinach (cooked from frozen, or fresh) cheese or soy cheese cilantro avocado or guacamole salsa or tabasco Tuck in the ends, roll it up & wrap with foil to hold it closed. This burrito turned out so delicious! …
Dec
11
Downed Pigs
“Downed” animals are animals that can not stand on their own. One of the most rampant forms of animal abuse is trying to force downed animals to stand by jabbing, kicking, shooting with high powered hoses, prodding with electric rods, poking in the eyes, and ramming them with forklifts. Many of these animals are brutally …
Dec
10
A Tale of Two Cattle
From Time Magazine: How did your hamburger get to your plate — and what did it eat along the way? The journey of beef illustrates the great American food chain ORGANIC (1% of all cattle) This is the way all beef used to be raised — and how some people still imagine it is. Bill …
Dec
07
Meatless Monday #12: Stuffed Shells
Tofu and spinach stuffed shells, to be exact. I subsituted tofu for the traditional ricotta to make these both healthier & kinder. Boil the shells (they will grow in size). Cook the spinach. Can use fresh or frozen. Once the spinach is cooked, add crumbled firm tofu. Mix. Fill the shells with the spinach & tofu …
Dec
02
Plant Welfare
“I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.” -A. Whitney Brown More times than I find amusing, I’ve been asked, “But what about killing plants? How do you know they don’t feel pain too?” So, for those of you who are truly concerned about the well-being …
