There are many reasons to eat more vegetables and less meat even for those who are not ready
to go vegetarian full-time. Read a few of the following articles and find out what a difference adding more
vegetables and eating less meat, or eating vegetarian even a few days a week can make to your health and to the environment.
Non-GMO Shopping Guide The Good: Benefits of Vegetarian and Vegan Diet
Which Fruits and Vegetables are Most Effective in Fighting Cancer
Reduce Your Body's Toxic Load by Consuming Fewer Pesticides
More Health Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet
Even More Benefits...are we beginning to sense a theme?
7 Painless
Ways to be "Almost a Vegetarian"
Settling the Soy Controversy
(some good things about eating soy products)
The Shoppers Guide to Pesticides--A wallet Guide or App to carry with you to the Grocery Store
Reasons to be Dairy-Free,
plus Problems with the "Food Pyramid" The Bad: Want to know what's really in the food you are eating?
Drugs Poisons and Metals in Meat
If Mexico AND the USDA says it's bad, it's REALLY bad.
10 Weirdest, Grossest Ingredients in Processed Foods
7 Vegetarian Foods that Contain Meat Products
Bad News for Kids: School Lunches
Industrial Agriculture doesn't just affect Meat:
Bacteria in Bagged Salads
Pricey Steakhouses Serve Factory Farmed Beef
Fast Foods Most Heinous Concoctions
More about the dangers of Splenda
and more
Agave Sweetner,
Worse than High Fructose Corn Syrup?
and The Ugly:
Do You want Chicken Poop with that Steak?
Ammonia Treated Pink Slime in Ground Beef
Toxic Drugs
Given to Animals before they are Slaughtered remains in Meat
A Disturbing Look at the Dairy Industry
How Much Water to make a Pound of Beef
A Surprise: And now for something completely different:
Cell Phones and Brain Tumors.
Nobody said it was going to be a good surprise.
A few thoughts I have put together: Myths About Protein And just to reinforce the idea, Too Much Protein and some Recipes
You do not have to eat a lot of meat, cheese and dairy products to have delicious
flavorful meals. Included here are some favorite recipes. I hope to continue to
add more with the seasons. Most are meat and dairy free. The
"Creamy" recipes are dairy-free, I use soy products instead of dairy. Soy milk, almond milk, cashew milk
and coconut milk are all great alternatives to dairy milk, and there are soy alternatives to sour cream and
cream cheese. I use a lot of fresh herbs to add lots of delicious low calorie, low
fat flavor. Luckily, for much of the year I can get herbs from the garden. But fresh herbs
have been making their way to our supermarkets more and more, so add them all year long
and don't skimp! Also, try making things spicy for more flavor. These are recipes for people who like to cook and to eat. They
usually involve a fair amount of chopping, but the actual cooking goes fairly fast. I hope
you enjoy them. Desserts
For great Desserts I also have two Vegan cookbooks to recommend: Visit Susan
Brittingham's Quilt Pages
GMO ingredients are in many of the foods that you eat. These are unnatural and potentially harmful foods. At this time, there are not mandatory labels
for foods containing Genetically Engineered Organisms. You can download a guide to help you make good choices. Follow the link I have provided and read
more about why you want to avoid eating GMO products or feeding them to your family.
--- This article is a little wordy, but it does list some of the problems with humans eating dairy products, supported by research.
Salads
Soups
Sides
Mains
Bread
"Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World" and
"Vegan Cookies Invade your Cookie Jar",
both by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero.
Available at Amazon.com
