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Environmental. Moral. Spiritual. For better health. The reasons to go vegetarian are varied and plentiful. What will your reason be?
Find out this Monday. Held on the first day of spring — this year, March 20 — The Great American Meatout is a diet education campaign that encourages individuals to "kick the meat habit and explore a wholesome, nonviolent diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains."
The event has been sponsored since 1985 by the Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM), a nonprofit that advocates a plant-based diet and the humane treatment of farmed animals. Karma Kitchen has the link (including a toll-free number — how retro!) for more information on how you can participate.
Here are some facts about meat consumption from Ideal Bite, whose mission is "to create a sustainable economy and help impact the planet and our communities positively and painlessly:"
- It takes 300 gallons of water per day to produce the food in a vegetarian diet, while a meat-eating diet requires more than 4,000 gallons of water per day.
- Maybe steer clear of a nasty bout of food poisoning. [There are] 76-80 million cases of food born illness occur in the United States annually, and meat is to blame for much of the problem.
- Reduce grain consumption. If the USA reduced meat consumption by 10%, we would free more than 12 million tons of grain a year - enough to feed 60 million people!
I often get a look of horror when I'm outed as a vegan, most certainly followed by a: "What do you eat?!" (Or as my aunt asked me, "What is too-foo?") If you're stumped, simply click on over and visit some of my favorite sites. These bloggers will get you cooking like a vegetarian rock star (or their personal chef) next Monday:
- Vegan Lunch Box. With each visit, I'm consistently delighted by the inventiveness this blogger shares in creating vegan lunches for her shmoo. A recent favorite of mine is her vegan Twinkies (did you know the Hostess species contains beef fat?). The sweet version found at her recipe site, shmooed food; the savory version — starring as a corn dog — found here. No wonder she was awarded Best Food Weblog at the Bloggies this year.
- Bunnyfoot. I'm new to her blog, but I really enjoy her recipes and her categories are super-easy to navigate. I'm excited to try her recipe for Simmered Napa Cabbage with Aburrage, fried tofu (too-foo) puffs. Only four ingredients!
- Fatfree Vegan Kitchen. Don't let the name scare you away. Recent recipes include Tofu Jambalaya; Tamale Bites (the Twinkie pan makes another appearance over here); and kiddo-endorsed Creamy Scalloped Potatoes.
If cooking isn't your thang, check out my blog to find out how to get yourself a free veggie burger.
photo credit: Martha Stewart
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