Good response to my post on veggie camp cookery (forget it & live on sandwiches) – many great ideas on how to do veg camp cooking right Some of the responders felt my pain, but most comments revealed my ignorance and lack of creativity on the subject. Some hinted that I might need an attitude [...]
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 [...]
I’m not a veteran camper and far from an expert on campsite cookery. I’ve been camping maybe 10 times in my 65 years, for a total of about 3 months. However, most of my camping involved vegetarian cooking. So naturally I feel qualified to talk about it. My camping experiences have ranged from extremely primitive: [...]
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There are Things They Don’t Warn You About Before You Get Pregnant, Probably For the Good of the Species. I thought pregnancy would have a couple of upsides. Besides, of course, a tiny precious baby at the end. I figured it would be the one time in my life I’d finally have a decent set [...]
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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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This vegetarian pregnancy series is written by Zoë Keeland, the youngest and most pregnant daughter of Savvy Vegetarian. She’ll continue to produce new episodes until her brain completely dissolves into mush. Veg gets pregnant Having been married for almost six years, and casually trying to get pregnant for most of the time, I had mostly [...]
Major Source of Vegetarian|Vegan Stress: Thanksgiving Dinners with Non-Veg Family I can’t believe that Thanksgiving is next week! It sneaks up on me like that every year! But it’s OK. Thanksgiving is not such a big deal – anymore. Back in my turkey days, I used to stress over Thanksgiving dinner: Get the bird cooked [...]
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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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Leaving crockpots on warm for many hours overcooks food, increases risk of food spoilage Message for Savvy Vegetarian: Hi, I just purchased a programmable Crock-Pot and am looking for vegetarian slowcooker recipes which I see your website has. Thank you! I hope you can answer my question. It looks like slow-cooking vegetables does not take [...]
