Go green by eating meat?
(Photo courtesy of stock.xchng user aerosvit) There is a lot of competing information available about vegan, vegetarian and meat-eating lifestyles. Nutritionists, farmers and scientists will debate...
View ArticleTry vegan on the grill this summer
Pineapple on the grill. Flickr photo by Qtea I have my favorite parts of summer: swimming, the first warm night and lightning bugs, to name a few. Another favorite part is the smell of grilled food and...
View ArticleFind your inner handyman this weekend
I admit it, I’m vaguely afraid of power tools. Luckily, Smart blogger E.C. Pollick has braved the way for fearful would-be carpenters and showed us it’s possible (perhaps with a little help) to create...
View ArticleMore than just substitutes: The best meatless products on the market
The gold standard of meat-free. I gave up all meat except fish more than eight years ago and have never looked back, even at barbecues where I’m the only one eating grilled eggplant. “Humans need meat...
View ArticleBeing a vegetarian is easy! Ideas for meat substitutes and veggie variety...
Photo by Flickr user ingserban. This month, I will have been a vegetarian for nine years. On Easter Sunday nine years ago, some college friends and I collaborated on a meal of Cornish game hens,...
View ArticleCatch up with Smart this weekend
Celebrate the luck of the Irish this weekend, of course — but in the downtime, don’t miss these posts from Smart: Go behind the scenes of Smart’s mother of the bride fashion shoot (and get a sneak peak...
View ArticleChat with vegetarian chef and author Kim O’Donnel
Butterhead lettuce from Brogue Hydroponics (Photo by Jason Plotkin)Join us at 2 p.m. today for our monthly vegetarian cooking chat with journalist and chef Kim O’Donnel. For more than a decade,...
View ArticleOf Pots and Pens: Black bean and sweet potato enchiladas
Photo by Rebecca LeFever ofpotsandpens.com I know what you’re thinking. I have a crazy obsession with beans. OK. So what if I do? What are you going to do about it? I’m not making YOU eat beans every...
View ArticleOf Pots and Pens: Quinoa vegetarian fried “rice”
Photo by Rebecca LeFever ofpotsandpens.com I don’t know if this is a variation on fried rice or simply vegetarian stir fry. I really can’t seem to define it, but either way it’s super delicious and...
View ArticleCSA Summer: Grilled Caesar salad and strawberry pizza
Photo by Jeff Lautenberger When Jeff and I went to Miller Plant Farm Tuesday to pick up our first CSA share of the season, I at least was in for a bit of a shock. I’m still not sure what I was...
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