Local Harvest: Keep It Fresh with Farmers’ Markets
Photo by scottroberts With the growing season well under way and that first day of summer already behind us, the time is ripe to visit your local harvest farmers’ market. Did you know that there are...
View ArticleVegetarian News: MyPlate for Vegetarians
Photo Source: TreeSugar.com As you have likely heard, the federal government finally came up with a new approach to the aging food pyramid. As diabetes and heart disease rise and the American diet...
View ArticleFresh Cocktails to Make: Ideas straight from the garden
Fresh, Summer cocktails straight from the garden! Photo by Stewart With the summer solstice a few days behind us, this weekend marks the first official weekend of summer. Why not celebrate with a...
View ArticleVegetarian Holiday Ideas for 4th of July
In the United States, we are notorious for centering celebrations around food. The 4th of July is no exception. Don’t miss out on any of the fun or festivities because you can’t eat the traditional...
View ArticleVegetarian Restaurant Review: Chipotle Defies Fast Food Stereotypes
Fast food and chain restaurants are notorious for using unsustainable (even unethical) crops and meats, but as Chipotle becomes one of the country’s favorite fast food restaurants, it is breaking away...
View ArticleVegan Makeup and Skincare
Photo Credit: dreamglowpumpkincat210 Despite veganism becoming more mainstream, many people feel adopting a vegan lifestyle requires making major sacrifices. Fortunately though, when it comes to...
View ArticleFresh Vegetarian Cooking: Great Scapes
Photo Credit: John DiGilio When it comes to vegetarian cooking, creativity is always the plate du jour. With a little bit of an adventurous spirit and a great selection of spices, you can turn most...
View ArticleSummer Look On A Vegetarian Diet
It seems like each week there is news of another PETA sexiest vegan or vegetarian. Just this June, the organization named Russel Brand and “SNL” star Kristen Wiig as the winners of its Sexiest...
View ArticleJamaican Jerk with a Vegetarian Twist
Learning traditional Jamaican cooking (with a vegetarian twist) and seeing food activism at work Because the first thing that comes to mind when someone says Jamaican food is probably jerk chicken,...
View ArticleA Little Vegetarian Show & Tell Goes a Long Way!
Photo credt: Nathan Godding It seems like we vegetarians and vegans do a lot of explaining. From the innocuous questions about recipes, tips, and restaurants from the veggie-curious to the outright...
View ArticleVegetarian News: Environmental group asks everyone to monitor and reduce meat...
This week the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a guide showing just how drastically the United States would reduce its carbon footprint by cutting its meat and cheese consumption. The Meat...
View ArticleExplaining Your Vegetarian Beliefs
Despite the growing popularity of vegetarianism, many people still have misconceptions about vegetarians, and for this reason, explaining your plant-based lifestyle can be difficult. Here are our...
View ArticleCooking Quick Vegetarian Meals
It seems that for many new vegetarians there is a misconception that to eat a delicious, vegetarian meal, you have to cook one from scratch. As a longtime vegetarian, I often get caught up in all of...
View ArticleNew App for Farmers!
At DiscoverVeggie we are proud of our farming community and you may have read a few past posts we did on local harvest and CSA (community sponsored agriculture). I recently read about an app called...
View ArticleMeatless Monday Recipe: Toasted Ravioli
Toasted Ravioli is one of my favorites which can be served as a side dish or main entree. And the best part is that this is literally a 5 minute meal!!! Begin with any freshly prepared or packaged...
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