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    Vegetarian Wedding Favorites – even for carnivores

Vegetarian Wedding Favorites – even for carnivores

I love the challenge of a crowd-pleasing vegetarian wedding menu, especially when it involves relatives from the Midwest who want to know “where’s the beef?” The challenge becomes stickier when the couple chooses an all-vegan menu, with relatives from the [...]

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    Use Your Bean!

Use Your Bean!

Contrary to popular myth, a healthy organic diet does NOT need to be expensive. So use your bean and add more beans to your diet! Go to your local Whole Foods or Berkeley Bowl for the best deals available in [...]

Website Administrator2023-05-09T15:14:28-07:00Healthy Eating, Vegan|
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    ‘Tis the Season…

‘Tis the Season…

. . . for comfort food. Here’s a perfect winter soup in the Sephardic tradition from the shores of the Mediterranean. It’s a soup eaten by Jews and Muslims alike upon breaking a fast. Traditionally made with lamb, it combines [...]

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    A bad case of fleas?

A bad case of fleas?

Who invents some of the dorky terms now in use? The concept of making or starting something “from scratch” originated in the 1800s when the starting lines for races and competitions were often scratched into the dirt. In other words, [...]

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    Polenta Recipe

Polenta Recipe

Polenta makes the perfect offering for your vegetarian guests at your Holiday table. Be sure to make enough for everyone else as well, because they will be eating it too! How to: Buy organic corn meal, either in bulk or [...]

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    Majoun – a trippy treat!

Majoun – a trippy treat!

Traditionally made with hashish, Majoun is a tasty treat created from dried fruits (dates and raisins), toasted nuts, cinnamon, cloves and butter. With no added sugar, it makes a delightful alternative to Holiday sweets. The version created by The Vegetarian [...]

Website Administrator2023-05-09T15:07:54-07:00Desserts, Vegan|
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    All Those Little Critters

All Those Little Critters

Did you know that the microbes inhabiting our guts outnumber human body cells about 10:1 . . . downright makes you wonder who’s running the show. Like all animals, we evolved along with our food supply, and alongside the microbes [...]

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    Variety is the Spice of Life

Variety is the Spice of Life

If you’re a died-in-the-wool carnivore, you might like to imagine that our forebears, the hunter-gatherers, sat down to a juicy piece of meat every day. They did not. They ate mostly what they foraged in the form of plant foods. [...]

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    OMG – Vegan Empanadas!

OMG – Vegan Empanadas!

Empanadas, dim sum, pasties, piroshky . . . the list goes on. Cuisines from all over the world feature tasty little packages of meat and vegetables wrapped in dough – the perfect finger food – which can be served as [...]

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