I’ve heard that ‘real’ cheese is addictive, and I believe it. I think it’s the casein. One of the hardest things for me to give up when I went vegan was parmesan cheese. I was used to eating it on just about everything. Eventually, long after the parmesan addiction had lost its grip, I found [...]
Enthusiastic convert to healthy plant based diet unintentionally loses weight along with the meat, and wants to know how to keep his weight up and eat healthy too. Hello Savvy Vegetarian, I recently started changing my diet. I am juicing fruits and veggies and cutting out meat. I feel GREAT! I am very excited about [...]
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Eat Better and Improve Your Health For Less Money, by Katherine Manning Families are trimming their budgets, and two areas of spending that create a drain on finances are food and health care. The two fields seem unrelated, but could not be more connected. One easy way to eat better, improve health and lower the [...]
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Dad goes vegan for weight loss, tries to get son to give up sugar & eat his cooking Message for Savvy Vegetarian: First of all, thanks for creating the Savvy Vegetarian web site! A little story about myself: I have struggled with weight issues most of my adult life. Recently I decided (educated myself) that [...]
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15 year old pescatarian, vegetarian-wannabe, parents worry about protein, he worries about protein, animal welfare, and being short Message for Savvy Vegetarian Hi, i am a 15 year old pescetarian. I originally wanted to become a vegetarian after doing an animal cruelty project in my school. But when I told my parents, they were against [...]
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Savvy Vegetarian Advice: Should You Drive a Tractor and Eat at the Same Time? Healthy brown bag lunch ideas for a vegan farmer. Main dish salad recipes, wraps and soups are three of Savvy Vegetarian’s lunch ideas
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Tomatoes and other nightshade vegetables are alkaline in chemical composition, but are acid forming foods. Try some of our tasty non-tomato sauce recipes with quinoa. Question: I cook quinoa often and love it however the last three times I made it my stomach got very upset. Do you think it is because I put tomato [...]
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Reprinted with permission from Earth Talk, 8.21.11 edition, E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I love to cook and when I have the time I make soups, stews and pasta meals in large batches and freeze them. I use leftover plastic containers, but I know this is not good. What kinds of containers are [...]
57 yr old vegetarian woman lacks energy, needs advice on diet, protein, nutritional supplements, what to do with her bean & lentil collection Message for Savvy Vegetarian: I have been vegetarian, in various stages, for 35 years. I have 2 reasons for writing. 1) I have been out of work for 3 years. I have [...]
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Questions about quinoa, quinoa nutrition, dieting, carbs, protein Question for Savvy Vegetarian: When cooking with quinoa would I consider this as a carb or a protein when dieting? It appears to be extremely high in carbs but is said to be 100% protein. I am summer-sizing and must eliminate and combine foods properly. Please [...]
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