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’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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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 [...]
Tags: family thanksgiving, thanksgiving dinner, thanksgiving menu, vegan, vegan thanksgiving, vegetarian, vegetarian thanksgiving
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 [...]
Vegetarianising Meat Meals: Go With Familiar Flavors & Looks; Nobody Will Miss The Meat Guest post by Aussie Fiona Morgan, who is working on an art/veg cookbook of meatless meals. Check out her blog, Spaces Between the Gaps, and website, Where Fish Sing for beautiful art and meatless recipes. The sample recipes have been lifted [...]
Tags: artist, cook, Fiona Morgan, meat substitutes, meatless meals, umami, vegetarian, WhereFishSing
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 [...]
Vegetarians & vegans benefit from Cook’s Illustrated’s recipes, reviews, videos, taste tests, science tidbits, kitchen tips & cooking techniques Review by Judith Kingsbury, Savvy Vegetarian: I love Cook’s Illustrated! There’s so much fascinating and useful information in every issue. Every serious cook, veg or non-veg, needs and deserves a subscription to Cook’s Illustrated. I read [...]
Excellent vegan travel advice for South America, from Volunteer Latin America, applies to travelling veggies everywhere A couple days ago, Stephen Bishop, from the blog Volunteer Latin America sent me a link to his recent vegan travel tips article. This is a long and excellent article – Stephen is articulate and doesn’t skimp on details [...]
