Veggie English Muffin Pizzas
When I was little this was the first recipe I learned to make without the help of a grownup. It’s deliscious and a super easy way to work your vegetables into a snack. [Read More...]
Oven Ready Vegetable Lasagna Recipe
I guess I am a little biased towards spinach and broccoli. I love these vegetables on pizza, in pasta and in my lasagna. But these can be replaced with mushrooms, olives, zuccini or any combination of the above. [Read More...]
Best Falafel Recipe with Tahini Sauce
Some people don’t eat falafel because it’s hard to find a recipe for falafel that doesnt involve deep frying. That person definiately isn’t me. My opinion is you only live once so you may as well enjoy the time you have here on earth. I also happen to beleive that stress has a much bigger impact on health than fried food. Just look at the French. They smoke more, eat more fat than all their neighbors but still have one of the lowest rates of heart disease in the EU. of course, they also eat less meat and more vegetables and dairy products than we do. Just something to think about while your sitting back enjoying your deliscious falafel sandwich.. [Read More...]
Why Eat A Healthy Vegetarian Diet?
Did you know that there was an extensive peer reviewed nutritional study conducted in China by scientists from Cornell and Oxford Universities that began in the 1970′s, lasted thirty years and found undeniable, earth shattering correlations between cancer, heart disease, diabetes (and other diseases) and meat eating?
Chances are like most Americans you did not. That’s because the dairy, meat, big pharma and various other American industries lobbied furiously to stop the results from being released to the general public.
Quinoa Mushroom Soup
I love having this soup on a cold winter day. It can be made with any two grains but I like to use Quinoa on account of it being a complete protein. Quinnoa tastes just like Couscous so if you’ve ever had couscous in soup and liked it you will love this soup. [Read More...]
Low Fat Pudding
This easy low fat pudding recipe uses tofu as it’s main ingredient and has over 16 grams of protein in one serving. It can be easily tweaked to your favorite flavor with a little experimentations and imagination. Even better there is no cooking involved. All you need is a blender. It doesn’t take long to whip up a batch, so why not give it a try? [Read More...]
Protein Sources
One of the great myths about vegetarians and vegans is that they do not get enough protein. This is a myth perpetuated by the meat industry. There have been many proven health advantages of being a vegetarian, and no evidense that humans who eat a meatless diet will lack protein.
What is complete protein?
A complete protein is a protein that contains all the amino acids needed by the human body. There are twenty of these amino acids, ten of which the body can make itself. The other ten are derived from food. According to the R.D.A humans only need 0.8 grams of protein for every 2.2 pounds of body weight. Some people need a little more, but a vegatarian diet is abundant in protein and a vegetaian who eats a reasonably varied diet will not have any problems with protein deficiency. In reality most people who [Read More...]
Classic Creamy Potato Salad
Quick and easy potato salad is great as a side dish with a sandwich or just as a light lunch all by itself, but finding the right recipe can be hard. This is a simple classic eggless potato salad (no capers, tomatos, cheese or anything else that shouldn’t be in potato salad!) I got the recipe from my mother in law. It originally called for mayo but switch out the mayo for a non dairy vegan spread and voilla! The perfect vegan snack. [Read More...]