tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82785430409117711332024-03-16T05:21:44.474-07:00Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of UsOne carnivore's journey to discover and share easy vegan recipes that you will love. Lower your cholesterol, loose weight and live a healthier life by choosing vegan meals at least 2/3 of the time.Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-20094704916230941102012-12-03T11:45:00.001-08:002012-12-03T13:44:45.081-08:00Top Three Reasons People Do, and Don’t, Go Vegan<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Spoiler alert:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
is only one reason why people don’t go vegan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RV9Xoey6Jlnupa9uYZ-OIZJGdh5K6qKG1CrWOw7wq4LN6IND9OL2x4Mnnbtwu-1z0QrNd7gWteVeiwCodvGfmjOiQCOdBhntf3kau9oNjIoN2nOieMP2nQ_dxP75IGMIfUoLPqkjg0rK/s1600/old-farm-family.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RV9Xoey6Jlnupa9uYZ-OIZJGdh5K6qKG1CrWOw7wq4LN6IND9OL2x4Mnnbtwu-1z0QrNd7gWteVeiwCodvGfmjOiQCOdBhntf3kau9oNjIoN2nOieMP2nQ_dxP75IGMIfUoLPqkjg0rK/s320/old-farm-family.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was once common for families to raise livestock.<b><br /></b></td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">"I Could Never Go
Vegan Because I Would Miss Meat and Cheese Too Much!"</b></h2>
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Do you know anyone whose favorite food is Brussels sprouts?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corn?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Green bell peppers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite the increasing popularity and
awareness of what it is to go vegan, most people still do not like the idea of
missing out on the foods they love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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What is the one food you would miss the most if you went
vegan?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A tender juicy steak comes to my mind,
cooked medium-rare, with a nice glass of merlot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no vegan substitute for a good
steak, but you can increase your standards, therefore reducing the amount of
steak you allow yourself to enjoy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Indulging
once per year will prevent you from slipping too far down the rabbit hole of justifications,
like, “My sister is in town,” “It’s the weekend,” or, “It’s Tuesday.”</div>
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I enjoyed the most heavenly filet this weekend when my
boyfriend took me out for a birthday dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In this case, I felt justified to cheat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My birthday only comes around once a year, and how do I know it won’t be
my last?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides, everyone knows we’re
all going to die in a few weeks when December 21, 2012 rolls around.</div>
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As I write this, the travel channel is doing a feature on
chocolate covered bacon treats sprinkled with sea salt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I were traveling and had the opportunity
to try something like this, I would.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
because I’m a pig or because I have no willpower, but because I’m only going to
live once, and life is short.</div>
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Yes, I want to ring in the year 2100 with my great-great
grandchildren, and the only way I’m going to do that is by taking care of my
body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, this doesn’t involve
fried ice cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I also want my
epitaph to read, “Lived life to the fullest,” a sentiment I cannot fulfill
without enjoying the most amazing culinary delights known to man…i.e. bacon
dipped in chocolate covered in salt.</div>
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Denying yourself steak, bacon, or any other food you really,
really love (cheesecake anyone?) may seem like a depressing prospect. While
vegans may be missing out on some of the best foods Mother Nature (and
scientists) ever made available to the human race (pizza rolls!), vegans will
also likely enjoy a longer and more quality life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although debate continues as to what
comprises the “perfect” diet, there is plenty of evidence that suggests an all-vegan
diet prolongs life by warding off two of the most common causes of death in the
U.S. according to the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm" target="_blank">Center for Disease Control</a>: heart disease and cancer.</div>
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By the way, “accidents” in the form of “unintentional
injuries” is the number five leading cause of death in the U.S. behind stroke
and respiratory disease, so striking a balance between prolonging and enjoying
life is important I feel.</div>
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<h2 class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Top Reasons Most
People Go Vegan</b></h2>
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The number of reasons people go vegan is greater than I
could name here, however; there are several that top the charts:</div>
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<li>I want to live a healthier lifestyle</li>
<li>Raising animals for meat and milk is cruel and inhumane. </li>
<li>Eating meat is bad for the environment and bad for the health of the world.</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Going Vegan for your
Health</b></h3>
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The diet of a vegan is known to be healthier than that of a
non-vegan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Animal tissue and animal
byproducts in the form of red meat, white meat, milk, cheese, eggs, cream, and
other animal byproducts (think gelatin), contains cholesterol and saturated
fat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no such thing as meat or
dairy that does not contain saturated fat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Furthermore, many common foods today that are made using processed meat
(hot dogs, fast food, frozen meals, and snacks) contain sodium nitrite, a preservative
that is known to cause cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Saturated fat, cholesterol, and preservatives contribute to
the top two causes of death in the U.S. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heart disease and cancer are today’s serial
killers, just as the plagues were of the dark ages, and there is no denying,
neither among the scientific community or otherwise, that consuming large and
frequent amounts of red meat contributes to these conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throw in a lack of exercise, and you’re begging
for an early heart attack. </div>
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Even if you aren’t 100% vegan, like I am not, a mere
reduction in meat and dairy from your diet slows the buildup of arterial plaque
and diminishes the amount of harmful preservatives entering your body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Substitute real cheese with veggie cheese
just 50% of the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make it a point to
buy veggie crumbles in the place of ground beef next time you make <a href="http://healthycookingfordummies.blogspot.com/p/vegan-spaghetti-with-meat-sauce-healthy.html">spaghetti with meat sauce</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guarantee your family
will not notice the difference. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Could You Kill a
Chicken?</b></h3>
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My grandmother, MeauxMeaux, told me that she learned how to
kill a chicken by snapping its neck real quick so the chicken doesn’t suffer
any pain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back in her day, most families
raised their food on small family farms, and it was common to slaughter and
process animals at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not until commercial
refrigerators became available in the 1940’s and 50’s did grocery stores begin
carrying fresh meat in bulk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Today, most people in the U.S. and other first-world
countries do not need to come into contact with the animals that produce their
food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slaughtering and processing is
taken care of by commercial farms and corporate food companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A cow goes into one end of the conveyor belt
and, voila! It auto-magically comes out the other end as a ready-to-cook T-bone
wrapped in a sanitized plastic packaging.</div>
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So ask yourself a question:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Would you continue to eat meat if you had to do all of the killing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I can honestly say that I represent one of the most common
types of hypocrites in the U.S. when it comes to using animals as food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I disagree with the way animals are
treated within the food production supply chain, and while I would never want
to actually kill a cow or a chicken unless my very survival depended on it
(think apocalypse situation where literally no other food is available), I
really enjoyed my birthday steak dinner the other night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How twisted is that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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And it’s not only the act of killing the animal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s raising an animal in a way that only
takes into account the quantity and quality of meat or animal byproduct that
can be produced within a given square footage and/or with a set amount of money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because it costs money to raise livestock, and, like any other
free-market business, the primary goal of both the meat and dairy industry is
to make money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Freakishly-Large
Breasts!</b></h4>
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Ever wonder where those voluptuous chicken breasts come from
that you love to eat?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not cosmetic
surgery, but something similar by human standards:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>growth hormones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Growth hormones are administered to chickens, cows, and
other livestock for the purpose of increasing the animal’s mass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means more pounds per animal and a
higher margin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, big-breasted
chickens may not be able to walk due to the disproportionate size of their
front side, and yes, dairy cows live their lives in a perpetual state of
agonizing pain as their utters stay full of ungodly amounts of milk at all
times to produce the expected six to seven gallons-per-day average.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But isn’t it worth being able to go to the
grocery store at any time of the day or night and purchase a gallon of any kind
of milk you want, any kind of steak you want, and any part of a chicken you
want, without having to see any of this freak show taking place.</div>
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To top it off, most of us don’t think twice as we decide,
mid-meal, that we aren’t hungry any longer and throw away half of what’s on our
plate because we don’t want to go to the trouble of wrapping up the leftovers.</div>
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Yes, the animal food production supply chain is definitely a
scour on the underbelly of the U.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Nuf
said.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Meat Industry and
the Environment – It’s More than Just Cow Farts</b></h3>
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An annoying co-worker of mine once said she didn’t agree
that the meat industry contributes to global warming because, “cows can’t
possibly fart that much.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In her attempt
at humor, she illustrated a poignant myth among non-environmentalists:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that the beef industry accounts for an immeasurably
small percentage of total methane emissions in the U.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This could not be further from the
truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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According to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), 50%
of global methane emissions are related to human-related activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enteric fermentation and manure management
are among the top five largest methane-producing activities caused by humans. </div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Enteric fermentation</span>,
or <a href="http://www.epa.gov/outreach/sources.html" target="_blank">cow farts</a>, accounts for over 20% of total methane emissions in 2009.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Manure management accounted for another 7% of
total.</div>
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But it’s more than just cow farts and poop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other ways in which the beef, dairy, and
livestock industry harm both the environment and societies include:</div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Greenhouse gas emissions (in addition to cow
farts).</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Global starvation due to corn and grain supply
issues.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Degradation of water quality and extinction of
marine life.</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How to Prevent
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Going Vegan</b></h3>
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The meat and dairy industries are responsible for the
emission of between five and eight billion tons of greenhouse gasses into the
atmosphere each year, according to <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-greenhouse-hamburger" target="_blank">Scientific American</a> on a report by the
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is roughly 14 – 22% of the total amount
of greenhouse gas, including all transportation and all other industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greenhouse gasses include carbon dioxide
(CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, and other gasses that create an atmospheric
barrier, trapping heat inside the Earth’s atmosphere. </div>
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While some people continue to hold fast to the idea that
global warming “doesn’t exist” or that humans have not caused global warming,
the entire world-wide scientific community, including the most conservative and
God-fearing American scientists, agree that 1.) Global warming is a reality,
and 2.) Humans have made a significant contribution to the current global
warming situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So those who say they
don’t “believe” in <a href="http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/" target="_blank">global warming</a> are just making themselves sound stupid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I live in the south where this way of thinking
is actually quite common, in case any reasonable person who has read this far
was wondering why I felt it necessary to throw this in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I digress.</div>
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The meat industry is a top offender of greenhouse gas
emissions because it takes so much energy to raise cattle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a quick run-down, according to the
meat men themselves, the <a href="http://www.beefusa.org/" target="_blank">National Cattlemen’s Beef Association</a>:</div>
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<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>There are over 92 million beef cattle in the
U.S.</li>
<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>It takes 80 million acres of land to grow all of
America’s corn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over half of all corn
grown in the U.S. goes to feed beef and dairy cows, in addition to other
livestock. </li>
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There must be a constant and steady supply of corn and grain
to feed the cattle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The corn and grain
needed to feed America’s cows is staggering. </div>
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To produce all that corn and grain, you need lots of land cleared
out, fertilized, plowed, harvested, and rotated each year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This takes heavy machinery, which runs off
diesel fuel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it’s run off of
bio-diesel, it takes even more corn being grown to produce the fuel to run the
machines that harvest the corn for the cows to eat…(breath)….so that you and I
can pay $8.99/lb. for a rib eye at the grocery store.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Grow Corn to Feed
Humans, not Machines</b></h4>
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According to <a href="http://hir.harvard.edu/agriculture/corn-ethanol-as-energy" target="_blank">Harvard International Review</a>, 33% of all corn
grown in the U.S. is “converted into fuel while nearly 60 percent of the world
population goes hungry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently,
there are more malnourished people alive on Earth today than ever before in
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If that doesn’t make you feel guilty
for not being a better steward of the enormous fortune you inherited by simply
being born in the U.S., I don’t know what would.</div>
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According to Michael A. Cremo & Mukunda Goswami in a
book titled “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Divine-Nature-Michael-Cremo/dp/0892132973" target="_blank">Divine Nature</a>,” the “amount of corn and oats required to produce
one 8 oz. beef steak could fill the bowls of at least 45 hungry humans."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Long story short:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>instead of growing corn to produce ethanol to
power farm equipment to grow more corn to feed beef cattle to feed humans, we
could just grow corn to feed humans.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Save Our Water!</b></h3>
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Downstream impacts (no pun intended) of the meat and dairy
industries include severe water quality degradation from fertilizer and nitrate
run-off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of low soil quality caused
by over-farming, farmers must use more fertilizers to grow the same amount of
corn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the increase in fertilizer
usage in the U.S. and the virtual non-existence of any meaningful regulation of
the use of these chemicals, aquatic ecosystems are suffering.</div>
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Fertilizers are the number one cause of aquatic “dead zones,”
or underwater areas containing little to no marine life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dead zones can be found in rivers, streams,
lakes, ponds, and other bodies of water across the U.S. and throughout the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s how dead zones are
created</div>
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<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Fertilizers, phosphates, and nitrates get washed
downstream from farm fields after it rains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Depending on where the farm is located, the water run-off inevitably
ends up in one of several major watersheds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For example, most major streams and rivers in America’s mid-west farming
heartland eventually end up in the Mississippi River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we all know where the mighty Mississippi
goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>The fertilizers and phosphates feed algae, a
fast-growing plant that blooms into suffocating clouds in the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The algae blooms quickly cut off oxygen to
other plants and invertebrates living there.</li>
<li><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Once the algae blooms reach critical mass, the population tanks and everything
dies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></li>
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According to Harvard International Review, “corn uses more
fertilizer today than any other crop grown, and the heavy use of nitrogen
fertilizer in corn production results in nitrogen leaking from cornfields, the
prime reason for the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico. The result has been a
serious reduction in fish and shrimp production.”</div>
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The dead zone in the Mississippi River Delta region of the Gulf
of Mexico is estimated to be the largest in the world, ranging in size between
6,000 – 7,000 square miles in size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other
well-known dead zones include the Chesapeake Bay, areas off the coast of
Oregon, the Baltic Sea, and the Black Sea, according to <a href="http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/education-and-outreach/additional/science-focus/ocean-color/science_focus.shtml/dead_zones.shtml" target="_blank">NASA</a>. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Relationship Status
with Going Vegan – It’s Complicated</b></h3>
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Some people may have a combination of reasons for going vegan
which may, or may not relate to anything you’ve heard here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, my friend doesn’t like meat
because he says it gives him “sticky teeth,” whatever that means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has never liked meat and has rejected it
since he was a small child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it’s a
texture thing with him.</div>
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Mine and Marc’s reasons for eating vegan food are two-fold:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>health and the environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before Marc’s health concerns were as severe
as they are now, we still ate less meat than the average American.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is now recommended that a person not eat
more than three servings of red meat per week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were on par with that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we
have reduced the amount of meat and dairy in the fridge even more so that we
may eat one serving per week of any meat or dairy product, period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually,
we may wean ourselves down to zero.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">All Things in
Moderation</b></h4>
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My point in telling you all of this is not to shame you into
becoming vegan, nor is it meant to scare you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The message here is moderation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you want to be a flexitarian, like I am, mow down on your celebratory
birthday steak, like I did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consider
buying meat from local sources to bypass commercially-farmed beef, and choose
meats that do not contain growth hormones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do it without guilt, and never let the prospect of exploring veganism
scare you.</div>
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Image from <a href="http://feefeern.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">FeeFee</a>. </div>
Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-75937651770466118212012-11-27T11:43:00.002-08:002012-12-03T11:14:05.282-08:00Grilled Cheeses Aren’t Just for Kids<br />
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Viva la Fromage
Grille!</h2>
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Wasn’t being a kid fantastic? Think about it. When you were tired, your dad carried you. When you were sick, your mom made you feel
better. And when you were hungry, you were fed
(hopefully). <o:p></o:p><br />
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When I was hungry, I would beg for a grilled cheese sandwich
and tomato soup. I loved the way my mom
would grill the bread to a perfect golden brown using melted butter in a hot
skillet. Then she would smash the bread
down really flat so that the cheese would ooze out the sides. Not only did I love grilled cheese
sandwiches, my mom loved them too. It
was a fast and easy meal that made me happy, which is all that any mother could
ask for.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Today, nothing has changed.
While I grew out of cotton candy and Airheads, I did not grow out of
grilled cheese sandwiches. Why should my
adulthood prevent me from enjoying this classic comfort food? <o:p></o:p></div>
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The grilled cheese sandwich continues to be one of my
favorites for cooking at home. The only
difference now is that I’ve modified my mom’s way of cooking it to accommodate
my new vegan aspirations. <o:p></o:p><br />
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How to Make a Vegan Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Tomato Soup</h3>
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While I cannot deny the dairy version of this comfort food
is the best, I will say that I was able to achieve a tasty second in cooking
this meal using vegan ingredients:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li>Sliced bread</li>
<li>Vegetable oil-based butter spread</li>
<li>Vegan cheese slices</li>
<li>Tomato soup</li>
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Substitute the butter with a vegetable oil-based or
soy-based “butter” substitute. Replace
real cheese with vegan cheese slices. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Directions for How to Make Vegan Grilled Cheese Sandwiches:</h4>
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<li>Using a griddle or a skillet large enough to hold two slices
of sandwich bread laid side-by-side, melt a generous amount of butter on med-hi
heat. Place the bread into the skillet
and press down firmly using a spatula.
This will help the bread absorb the melted butter.</li>
<li>Allow to cook for about 5 minutes or until one side of the
bread appears golden brown in color.</li>
<li>Flip both pieces of bread and add cheese slice(s) to one
side. You may need to add more butter to
prevent the bread from burning.</li>
<li>Once the second side of the bread is almost browned, smash
together the two pieces of bread with the cheese in the middle. I like to smash mine down flat like mom used
to do, but you can skip this and achieve a “fluffier” grilled cheese sandwich
if you like.</li>
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My mom always served her grilled cheese sandwiches cut diagonally with
tomato soup, a perfect dipping medium.
When I make this winning combo at home these days using Campbell’s
tomato soup in a can, I just replace the milk with water when diluting the soup. If you make your own tomato soup, leave out
the cream or use tofu-based cream as a replacement. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now you’ve got a vegan grilled cheese and tomato soup meal. Perfect for when it’s cold outside and you
need something to warm you on the inside.
Your mom would be so proud!<o:p></o:p><br />
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The Comeback of the Grilled Cheese Sandwich</h3>
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Lately, I’ve noticed several chain restaurants offering
grilled cheese sandwiches as menu specials.
As I sit in Panera Bread on a blustery cold Tuesday, I’m seeing their
grilled cheese and bacon with creamy tomato soup special fly off the shelves. Chef Gordon Ramsay even featured a melty
grilled sandwich creation on an episode of Kitchen Nightmares. There is no doubt that the grilled cheese
sandwich has made a comeback. <o:p></o:p><br />
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If you never knew the comforting qualities of this
easy-to-make sandwich, try it out. Who knows,
you may be destined to share the experience with your own kids or start a new
tradition.<br />
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Image from <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/" target="_blank">TheKitchn.com</a>. <br />
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Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-39092124064516857632012-11-19T15:00:00.003-08:002012-12-03T11:12:49.847-08:00Veganism is a Choice You Make Every Day<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Say 'Yes' to Being Vegan Every Day</span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating well equals being happy</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">My friend, Molly,
decided to go vegan several years ago after reading the book <i><a href="http://www.skinnybitch.net/" target="_blank">Skinny Bitch</a></i>.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This book describes some of the ways in which
food manufacturers raise and process some of the most common meat and dairy
products we eat every day.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“My reasoning was
around heath,” said Molly. “Learning about the (growth) hormones and
antibiotics that are pumped into animals is astonishing!” That farmers would use growth hormones to make animals grow fat is a no-brainer, Molly said. Larger animals means farmers can sell them on
the meat market for more money. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Those hormones are still
in the meat when we eat it,” said Molly. “That’s what’s making us fat!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Not to mention that humans
have 70% less of the enzymes needed to break down animal tissue (i.e. meat)
than carnivorous animals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In addition to the
dangers of eating meat that contains growth hormones, humans are the only
mammal that regularly drinks milk after being weaned. Is it any wonder why so
many of us are lactose intolerant? The
ability to digest milk as an adult actually resulted from a mutation dating
back to the time of cavemen. This
genetic mutation was perpetuated over thousands of generations of humans and is
now considered “normal.” So, while we
classify certain people as “lactose intolerant,” these people are actually the
normal ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even though Molly
doesn’t eat meat or dairy, she cautions anyone who is thinking about becoming a
vegan for health reasons to pay close attention to nutritional information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Because it’s vegan doesn’t
mean it’s healthy,” said Molly, who gives examples of vegan food that she
enjoys in moderation. “That means no processed junk. No more Oreos
(yes, they are vegan) chips, or frozen meals. I know that going vegan
sounds awful, but it’s really not.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How Does She Do
It? Three Tips to Help You Stay True to
a Vegan Lifestyle</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the beginning, it
was the personal challenge that lured Molly into a vegan trail period. But
after four years, she now considers the vegan lifestyle part of her every day
routine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“It’s a choice (I
make) every day to stay vegan, but I’m glad I say yes,” says Molly, who
attributes her success to putting in just a little bit of extra work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here are three tips to
sticking with a vegan lifestyle that have worked for Molly:</span></h4>
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<ul>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Plan your meals ahead
of time.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This way you aren’t left
scrambling at lunchtime for options.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Buy organic food when
possible.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This cuts down on the amount
of pesticides, hormones, and antibiotics that may be present in any type of
food you eat.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cook at home.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Yes, it takes more time to cook and clean,
but you will not only benefit from eating healthier food, you will also save
money from not eating out!</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thanks to Molly for her
perspective on being vegan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://healthycookingfordummies.blogspot.com/p/healthy-vegan-recipes.html">Check out this recipe,submitted by Molly, for vegan chocolate pie.</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Image from <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/" target="_blank">EveryDayHealth.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-69446693135829185472012-11-17T16:02:00.005-08:002012-11-18T20:47:58.840-08:00Top Three Ways to Cut Back this Thanksgiving and Still Enjoy the Food<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Native Americans and Pilgrims on Thanksgiving</span></td></tr>
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<h2>
Enjoy Thanksgiving - in Moderation</h2>
Thanksgiving is a time to think about how fortunate we are and to give thanks for our bounty. But as the holiday has evolved from an agricultural giving of thanks for sun, rain, and grain to mass-produced food products we buy off the grocery store shelf, Americans have developed a tendency to over-eat on turkey day. To make matters worse, much of what we now consider to be traditional Thanksgiving food is not exactly healthy.<br />
My grandmother, MooMoo, put about a pound of butter in everything she made on holidays. Not that I'm picking on MooMoo. In her day, meat and dairy made up the foundation of any healthy diet. And I will admit, I always looked forward to MooMoo's turkey stuffing every year. My mom's <a href="http://healthycookingfordummies.blogspot.com/p/healthy-vegan-recipes.html">chocolate pie</a> is something I am still looking forward to. Though delicious, Thanksgiving food can be a double-whammy on your body because you eat so much. This results in what many refer to as a "food coma."<br />
<h3>
Three Ways to Prevent Overeating this Thanksgiving</h3>
Enjoy Thanksgiving, but consider cutting back a bit with these three tips:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Eat slowly. The faster you eat, the more you eat. Take it slow and give your body time to feel full. Or else you'll stuff yourself like a turkey. Next thing you know you'll be asking someone to carry you out in a wheelbarrow!</li>
<li>Choose more vegetables than meat. You only have so much space on your plate (thank goodness), so try to stick with 80% vegetable-based dishes and 20% meat dishes to fill up on fewer calories and possibly avoid overloading on cholesterol.</li>
<li>Limit yourself to one plate. Okay, one plate plus dessert. But no more. At least, not for several hours until you've given yourself time to digest the first serving.</li>
</ul>
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<br />Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-59306483101233624592012-11-13T08:40:00.001-08:002012-11-18T20:52:05.692-08:00How to Make the Best Vegan Pizza<h2>
Can You Make a Good Vegan Pizza?</h2>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBbsV2_TPoz3d8Rp73b_36Xpazd8vlQTSXABEjmkGPy2Ohz-MTj0Y8ErP3m2Q1qo4M9FtQdwYpTxm11_zqdOBugThyu4hArChahKY8j4x_aSBRCZgKeqQEvuBhwL6XXeq2NXpsx4K-Uhi/s1600/vegan-pizza.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="this is the vegan pizza I made the other night and it tasted like cardboard!" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBbsV2_TPoz3d8Rp73b_36Xpazd8vlQTSXABEjmkGPy2Ohz-MTj0Y8ErP3m2Q1qo4M9FtQdwYpTxm11_zqdOBugThyu4hArChahKY8j4x_aSBRCZgKeqQEvuBhwL6XXeq2NXpsx4K-Uhi/s320/vegan-pizza.jpg" title="Vegan pizza topped with vegan pepperoni, onions and vegan cheese" width="320" /></a>That's the question. If there's anyone out there who can <a href="http://healthycookingfordummies.blogspot.com/p/vegan-sausage-cauliflower-pesto-pizza.html">make a vegan pizza taste as good as a pizza topped with real cheese</a>, please stand up. <br />
When you crave pizza, you are thinking about the melty cheese, crispy crust and toppings baked to perfection. I was able to achieve two of the three the other night when I made a pepperoni vegan pizza. You can substitute any meat product with veggie-based "imitation" meat made of soy (I used veggie pepperoni on my pizza and it was a pretty good replacement for the real thing), but the cheese is the catch. Veggie cheese does not melt, not really. Regardless of how much you sprinkle on top of your pie, you will never get the same consistency as real cheese when cooked. In fact, you must be very careful not to overcook your vegan pizza because the cheese actually hardens. This makes for a tough time in the kitchen as you try to strike a balance between achieving a crispy crust while not overcooking those veggie shreds. <br />
<h3>
Final Assessment of Vegan Pizza</h3>
I will be honest, vegan pizza may not be the best option as a meal replacement for someone new to cooking and eating vegan style. If you aren't that picky in what you eat and you are really craving pizza, go for it. I didn't find it to be inedible, however Marc (the picky one) said it tasted like cardboard. I will admit, it was definitely no Pizza Hut.<br />
Perhaps pizza is one dish that should be reserved as a "flexitarian" option. You can replace all of the toppings that are horrible for you, like sodium-rich pepperoni, cholesterol-packing sausage, and heart-attack-waiting-to-happen beef. Choose veggie meat-replacement alternatives for these ingredients, and be generous with the vegetable toppings. But cheese seems to be the one ingredient you will really miss when it comes to vegan pizza.<br />
<br />Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-72844483302772567022012-11-06T07:25:00.001-08:002012-11-06T07:25:32.802-08:00615 Soul: Cheesecake Stuffed StrawberriesI love this idea for cheesecake stuffed strawberries from my cousin, Asia. To make it vegan, substitute the cream cheese with tofutti cream cheese, a dairy-free cream cheese look-a-like perfect for vegans or people just wanting a healthy alternative to dairy.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://615soul.blogspot.com/2012/11/cheesecake-stuffed-strawberries.html?spref=bl">615 Soul: Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries</a>: Who likes strawberry cheesecake? Unfortunately making homemade cheesecake takes a long time and can be pricey (I will be posting a recipe fo...Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-58539469892016448382012-11-05T14:31:00.003-08:002012-12-03T11:16:36.867-08:00Don’t Be Intimidated by the Tofu!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't be afraid if the recipe calls for tofu.</td></tr>
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Tofu (pr. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">toe-foo</i>)
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in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a life-long carnivore,
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<a href="http://healthycookingfordummies.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_5.html">Check out my latest healthy kitchen creation using extra-firm tofu to make vegan pesto pasta.</a><br />
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Image from <a href="http://www.blog.westinteractive.com/" target="_blank">West Interactive</a>. </div>
Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-49010970974767725012012-11-02T01:15:00.000-07:002012-11-18T21:12:04.796-08:00Olive Oil – The Foundation of Healthy Cooking<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Olive oil is the foundation of many vegan meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’ve never tried <a href="http://healthycookingfordummies.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_5.html">cooking with olive oil</a>,
you’re in for a treat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only is olive
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The other day, I ran out of extra virgin olive oil and had
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Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-57516713283495443292012-11-01T15:13:00.003-07:002012-11-02T01:17:06.227-07:00Why Go Vegan?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b>Why is a Vegan Diet Healthy</b><b>?</b></h2>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfimnIu-G2Ko2XJQ-iSQfVfnoraVHg5CbovsPnfthTi82UhuGx8G21MkSK7BeNVxoNBNMtgfpDjMuRhx6rMXpH1FonxJULyT137aVpq2LyjBy-e7FFHGFIFuR5RufdewubD9LBEm228oqr/s1600/eat-nutritional-food-poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="vintage nutrition education propaganda poster" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfimnIu-G2Ko2XJQ-iSQfVfnoraVHg5CbovsPnfthTi82UhuGx8G21MkSK7BeNVxoNBNMtgfpDjMuRhx6rMXpH1FonxJULyT137aVpq2LyjBy-e7FFHGFIFuR5RufdewubD9LBEm228oqr/s1600/eat-nutritional-food-poster.jpg" title="Vegan cooking helps you eat healthy nutritional food more often" /></a>If you aren’t aware, the <a href="http://www.oprah.com/health/The-Benefits-and-Dangers-of-a-Vegan-Diet-Advice-from-Dr-Katz" target="_blank">health benefits</a>
of going vegan are well-known.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are
the top 6 benefits to going vegan and eating fresh fruits, vegetables and
grains in the place of meat and dairy:</div>
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<li>Lower cholesterol</li>
<li>Lower blood pressure</li>
<li>Reduce the need for cholesterol-lowering and/or
blood-pressure-lowering medication</li>
<li>Prevent cancer </li>
<li>Lose weight</li>
<li>Feel better</li>
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Cholesterol is only found in foods that come from
animals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This includes all types of
meat, eggs, cheese and milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you need to
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grains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s as simple as that.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Cholesterol is the wax-like substance found in your
blood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Cholesterol/AboutCholesterol/About-Cholesterol_UCM_001220_Article.jsp">High
cholesterol</a> causes fatty deposits to build up inside the walls of your
arteries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you have high
cholesterol, you probably have arterial plaque build-up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means you have a greater risk of heart
attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even young people can have high
cholesterol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you eat lots of fast
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How Does Going Vegan
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></h3>
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There are several components to lowering your blood
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<li>Limit salt</li>
<li>Limit fat</li>
<li>Limit cholesterol intake</li>
<li>Limit caloric intake</li>
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Healthy vegan meals tend to be lower in salt, fat and
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automatically put you on the road to healthier living.</div>
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<br /></div>
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To put it into very simple terms, cutting meat and dairy
from your diet forces you to replace many unhealthy foods with healthy
ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This not only reduces the amount
of cholesterol, it also helps to lower your blood pressure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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How Does Going Vegan Reduce the Risk of Cancer?</div>
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According to the Archives of Internal Medicine as well as
numerous other studies, eating red meat dramatically increases the risk of
pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, bowel cancer and other types of
cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Processed meats are especially
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It is not clear exactly how red meat contributes to cancer,
but there are several hypotheses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meat
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Regardless of how red meat increases the risk of cancer, the
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<br />Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-4575676629204457582012-11-01T12:16:00.003-07:002012-11-05T15:00:17.099-08:00What is a Flexitarian?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Our own flexitarian diet has been working out great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marc’s blood pressure is back to normal, and
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Speaking of flexitarians, my cousin, Asia has just started her own blog, 615 Soul. Asia considers herself a vegetarian, but that doesn't stop her from making the most decadent deserts on earth. <a href="http://615soul.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Check her out! </a></div>
Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-79848311952713587252012-10-31T11:09:00.001-07:002012-11-02T01:20:14.225-07:00Have a Vegan Halloween<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Enjoying Halloween usually means gorging on candy that was
either brought home by your kids after trick-or-treating or that was laying
around at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most chocolate Halloween
candy is made using milk chocolate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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of chocolate and is easy to work with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
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off limits because it does not contain milk!</div>
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You can be a vegan and still enjoy all the dark chocolate
you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dark chocolate is a more
decadent type of chocolate that is pure cocoa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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coating found on Skittles, for example). </div>
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If you like candies like Starburst, substitute with Mamba,
another type of fruit chew that does not contain animal fat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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For your next campfire marshmallow roast, look for Pangea or
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<a href="http://healthycookingfordummies.blogspot.com/p/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html">Here's a recipe for toasted pumpkin seeds.</a></div>
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Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us | Vegan Cooking for Dummieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296163375732323203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278543040911771133.post-58247671823683647192012-10-30T00:01:00.000-07:002012-11-02T01:24:05.016-07:00Welcome to Healthy Vegan Cooking for the Rest of Us<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My name is India, and I love to cook. I enjoy discovering new and delicious recipes I can share with my boyfriend. Most of all, I like easy and healthy recipes I can make using basic ingredients and simple processes. I am not a professional chef, and I don't really have time to experiment as much as I would like in the kitchen. And I'm assuming the people reading this don't have that much time to cook, either. Most of us have day jobs and just want to go home and have a hassle-free healthy meal they can enjoy with their family or friends.<br />
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But easy meals are often not so good for you.<br />
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Microwave dinners, fatty cuts of meat, and canned meals can be extremely high in fat, sodium and cholesterol. Anyone who has had a run-in with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesterol" target="_blank">high cholesterol</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_blood_pressure" target="_blank">high blood pressure</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity" target="_blank">obesity</a> can tell you it is not a good feeling when you realize your meal choices may have played a contributing role to your present condition. But there's great news; these conditions can often be reversed.<br />
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Thanks to modern science, we now know what types of foods contribute the most to these well-known health conditions. We can take steps to make healthier choices every day. Even if you are young and fit, your cholesterol could be elevated without you even knowing it. This may not be a problem now, but it will be when you get older if you continue down the road you're on. And now I'm starting to sound like a mom!<br />
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This blog is dedicated to sharing my new journey into the wonderful world of healthy vegan cooking. I am not 100% vegan, however we have started eating vegan meals as much as possible due to recent health concerns. I am 31, and my boyfriend is only 27. Both of us have experienced high blood pressure among other symptoms related to bad food choices, however we are both carnivores and love steak, bacon, hotdogs, and pizza. When we found out we needed to make a change, I began looking for meat replacements first off, because we love meat! <br />
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As we take this journey together, I know that I will mess up. You will see me cook meals that neither look good nor taste good (don't worry, I will be honest). But this will all be for the greater good. Hopefully you will see that cooking vegan isn't some "out-there" way of life or an unhealthy extreme. Many people have decided to go vegan, albeit part-time for us, and improve the quality of the food they eat on a day-to-day basis. And I encourage you to do the same. <br />
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.....Now let us figure out how to cook vegan food. I know virtually nothing about it and have been a carnivore my entire life, but we will learn as we go. Let's get started! <br />
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