4 Things to Know About Nutritional Yeast
This nutrient-rich ingredient adds cheese-like flavor and more to all kinds of dishes.
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New Year, New Leaf
Deliciously easy ways to eat more greens
A Holiday Party Menu for Comfort and Joy
An intimate celebration is still a celebration. This menu adds a bit of seasonal sparkle.
6 Plant-Based Treats Your Dog Will Do Tricks For
Certain fruits and veggies can be a healthy complement to your four-legged friend’s diet. Since vegetarian and vegan treats are OK to give to your pets as long as they aren’t replacing their meat-based dietary needs, we’ve rounded up our favorite brands Fido and Fluffy are sure to love.
Frittata Perfection
This Italian egg dish is so much more than just an omelet. Here are five of our faves.
5 Plant-Based Subscription Meal Kits Guaranteed to Make Your Taste Buds Happy
Finding healthy recipes, shopping for ingredients, and making gourmet plant-based meals is a mission impossible for anyone on a tight schedule, right? Enter subscription meal kits. You can have delicious and hearty plant-based foods straight to your door. There are a wide variety of options available. Here are five of our faves.
The Well-Stocked Vegan Pantry
Looking to stock your kitchen with shelf-stable plant-based items? Let this comprehensive guide help you build a healthy, vegan kitchen pantry.
11 Delicious Recipes That Start With Spinach
From side dishes to main dishes and sides and salads, here are some of our favorite ways to add this nutritious green to your diet.
Home Food Preservation
There’s never better a better time to learn how to safely preserve food at home. Home food preservation helps you stock up and save money, whether you’re growing your own food or buying in bulk.
Immune-Boosting Snacks For Kids
You can't totally shield your kids from getting colds or the flu, but you can build up their immune systems with nutrient-dense foods. These snacks are so good, they won't even know they're good for them!
10 Vegetarian Pizza Recipes for Veggie Lovers
Everyone loves pizza! And going meat free doesn't mean you have to give up your favorite foods. From zucchini and goat cheese to a simple tomato and herb pie, we share 10 of our favorite vegetarian pizza recipes.
Avoid the Pitfalls of Vegan Diets
There's a right way and a wrong way to forgo animal foods. Here are some common mistakes and how to avoid them.
6 Vitamins for Vegetarian Kids & Teens
Many teens seem to think that “vegetarian” means a steady diet of fries, chips, and soda. Here are easy ways to avoid that unhealthful trap by focusing on these six nutrients—and the best food sources for each.
Less Meat, Less Problems
Here’s why a plant-based diet may just be the best thing you can do for your health, fitness gains and the environment.
Antioxidant Boosting Foods
How to turn up the health-enhancing power of 10 superfoods
Q & A: Sara Sullivan, Holistic Nutrition Guru
Health Coach and plant-based nutrition expert Sara Sullivan shares some favorite recipes and everyday ways to eat a healthy, vegetarian diet.
How to Make Vegetable Stock
Never buy processed, sodium-laden vegetable stock again! Chef James Smith of the Clean Eating Academy shows you how easy it is to make flavorful veggie broth for soups and stews at home.
How to Slice Bell Peppers Like a Chef
Clean Eating Academy Instructor Chef James Smith demonstrates how to cut a pepper in the coolest way ever!
10 Questions with The Skinny Chef
"Skinny" chef and culinary instructor Jennifer Iserloh explains why she loves cleanses and teaching others just how easy it is to cook clean and lean.
A Nutritionist Weighs in on Raising Healthy Veg Kids
Vegetarian diets can provide all the essential nutrients growing kids need
Avocado-Cucumber Dressing with Dill
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Quick & Easy Party Snack: Sticky, Spicy, Salty Nuts
Our favorite traveling cook, Victoria Holder (of Victoria's Creative Kitchen) is on the road in Europe, but that doesn't stop her from coming up with simple and fun recipes like this one.
Roasted Cauliflower with Crispy Sage and Toasted Pine Nuts
The perfect side dish for every fall and winter meal
4 Veg-Friendly Meal-Kit Delivery Services We Love
Treat yourself to a meal-kit delivery service, which sends convenient pre-portioned ingredients for recipes that totally beat takeout. Many offer vegetarian/vegan meal options.
Gardening 101: Fall Veg Planting
Fall is the best time to plant vegetables. Here's what you need to know.
Meet the ‘Butchers’ Who Are Changing Ideas on Faux Meat
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Mixing it up at Chicago’s Owen + Alchemy
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Grape Tomato and Collard Greens Frittata
Kale, mustard greens, and turnip greens can be used in place of the collards depending on which dark, leafy green looks freshest when you’re shopping.
Garlicky Greens Sauce
Silky bitter greens plus sweet dried currants are a favorite Southern Italian pasta pairing.
Q & A with Dr. Neal Barnard
Q & A with doctor, author, founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and long-time plant-based diet advocate
Better Skin Secrets from The Gentle Cleanse
Healthy cooking expert and “Skinny Chef” Jennifer Iserloh shares secrets and tips for getting better skin.
How to Eat Healthy for Your Gut and Feel Better
We asked healthy cooking expert and "Skinny Chef" Jennifer Iserloh for tips on feeling our best in the new year.
4 Ways to Prevent Holiday Weight Gain
We asked healthy cooking expert and Skinny Chef, Jennifer Iserloh to share her best tips for keeping extra pounds off for the holiday season.
Vinegar 101: Varieties, Health Benefits, and Cooking Tricks
All you need to know about vinegar, including health benefits, how to buy it, and most importantly, how to cook with it.
Q & A: Daily Greens CEO and Breast Cancer Survivor Shauna Martin
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, we asked breast cancer survivor Shauna R. Martin ten questions to get to know her and her business a little better. Shauna is not only surviving but thriving as Founder and CEO of Daily Greens, which is distributed in more than 2,000 outlets nationwide.
Chain Reaction: 2,000 Locations and good food in every one
How does the head chef of the Panera chain—which has nearly 2,000 locations in 45 states—feel about food? Just this: He wants all customers to get the chance to eat fresh, local food easily. We caught up with Dan Kish to find out how he makes this a reality in every Panera eatery in the country.
How to Peel Ginger
Chef Mark Reinfeld shows you how to peel ginger the safe and easy way with the one kitchen utensil everyone has at home.
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
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How to Use Your Freezer for Faster, Cheaper Meals
Got more kale than you can handle? Enough chili to feed an army? Fear not! You can save just about anything if you freeze it for later. The trickier part: not neglecting what you’ve frozen. Here are a few simple tricks and ideas to get you started.
How to Eat Vegetarian on a Budget
Eating vegan or vegetarian doesn't have to cost a bundle. Here are a few tried-and-true ways (and recipes!) to help you save at the supermarket while still loading up on plenty of nutritious, organic meatless foods.
How to Make Almond Butter
Watch this video from blogger Jenné Claiborne to learn how to make your own almond butter—you'll never go back to the store-bought variety! Enjoy it on sliced apples, spoon it onto bite after bite of a banana, dollop a tablespoon or two into your favorite smoothie to add protein and creaminess, use it to coat baked kale chips, and much more.
How to Make Super-Quick Flat-Bread Pizzas
Spread tomato sauce on pita, sprinkle with cheese, toast till bubbly, and presto: flat-bread pizza! Starting with this simple formula, you can play around with different flat-bread bases and tasty toppings to whip up all kinds of inventive combinations. Here are 10 ideas to get you started.
Tell VT: What’s Your Favorite Leafy Green?
What do you love most: Kale? Spinach? Collard greens? Swiss chard? Share your answer here, and see what others have to say. Our favorite responses will be published in the next issue of Vegetarian Times.
Cheese, Mushroom, and Swiss Chard Torta
A torta is a free-form, double-crusted pie that requires no special pie dish. Serve with steamed carrots or roasted root vegetables. For more robust flavor, you can substitute kale or collard greens for the Swiss chard.
Happy Vegiversary to VT Reader Alessandra Seiter!
Each month, we highlight a different reader's "vegiversary"—the anniversary of when they went veg. Read this one, then share your own.
How to Pick, Prep, and Cook With Rutabaga
Curious about this cruciferous veggie? The mildly peppery rutabaga bears a family resemblance to the turnip, which has a sharper bite. Here's how to pick, prep, and cook with it right now.
2014 Foodie Awards: Market to Table
Make mealtime a breeze with 100 VT-approved grocery picks
How to Build a Veggie Grain Bowl
It's back-to-school season! Looking for meals you can toss together with your eyes closed? I hear you. Even though I don't have any little mouths to feed at home, I love veggie grain bowls. No matter how tired I am, I can always manage to whip up some variation of this simple, healthy stuff (which makes great next-day leftovers too). Here are five keys to building a super bowl.
Book Report: Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Mama
When it comes to mindful eating and parenting, you know you are doing something right when your 1-year old toddler likes to pluck shiitake mushrooms and daikon out of his mama's miso soup. "At one year his favorite was bok choy. He would grab it with his little hands," says Alicia Silverstone, when asked about her son Bear's favorite first foods. When it comes to feeding your body—and baby—from pre-pregnancy to birth and beyond, Silverstone is anything but Clueless. On the heels of the release of her latest title, The Kind Mama, Silverstone kindly shares her advice for mamas-to-be.
Vegan Brunch Ideas
A vegan brunch can be delicious, filling, and inviting. Here are tips for switching out the animal products to create an impressive vegan brunch.
4 Ways to Sneak More Greens into Your Diet
You know you should be eating more greens, but you can only eat so many salads a day! Here are some creative (and effortless) ways to add more nutrition to your daily routine.
4 Ways to Eat Healthier at the Office
Tips for staying on the good-eating track at work.
Good News! Stories We Dig From Around the Web
A round-up of VT editors’ favorite newsworthy links: Turns out, wrinkly dried plums are good for more than just staying regular. New research finds that eating prunes helps you lose weight (by making you feel full).
5 Cooling Foods for Summer
Find out what fresh summer produce can keep you cool and hydrated as the temperature rises.
4 Veg-Centric Books at the James Beard Awards
Didn't catch last night's 2014 James Beard Awards? No worries. We whipped up a handy-dandy cheat sheet to the veg-tastic books nominated in the Focus on Health and Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian categories.
Good News! Stories We Dig From Around the Web
Bring on the beans, cabbage, kale, and broccoli! Turns out, eating gas-producing foods may help your gut get the nutrients it needs.
Veg Celeb: Q&A with Izabella Miko
As if her plate isn't already full with an acting career and her nonprofit foundation, Izabella Miko is also seriously into cooking. On the last day of shooting Starving in Suburbia, the new Lifetime movie she co-stars in, she treated cast and crew to homemade vegan treats.
Farmers’ Market Find: Mature Spinach
I recently heard a farmers’ market grower on the radio refer to spring as the “leafy vegetable season,” citing spinach—not kale, chard, or another trendier green—as one of the best veggies to buy right now. I’m not talking about baby spinach, which is common as grass these days.
What We’re Eating Too Much Of: The Better Chip
I’m a fairly healthy eater, but chips will always be my weakness. Straight-up veggie chips are cool but just don't satisfy my "junk food" chip cravings. Thankfully, there are some legitimately healthy chip options available these days to pull me away from greasy potato chips.
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Bring on the beans! A new study finds that eating one serving a day of beans, peas, chickpeas, or lentils could significantly reduce cholesterol (the "bad" LDL kind).
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Chocoholics, rejoice! A new report finds that the flavanol antioxidants in dark chocolate may help prevent obesity and diabetes.
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Know who invented the veggie burger? We didn't either. Here's a brief history of the amazing meatless patty once known as the "VegeBurger."
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New research confirms eating oatmeal helps lower cholesterol, thanks not only to fiber, but also to bioactive compounds called AVEs. (Psst: have you tried our overnight no-cook chai steel-cut oats?)
Tasty Celebrations: St. Patrick’s Day
Once upon a time, St. Patrick’s Day was a humble holiday honoring the man who brought Christianity to Ireland. Today, March 17 has evolved into a larger-than-life party synonymous with drinking, parades, and—of course—feasting on traditional Irish foods.
Good News! Stories We Dig From Around the Web
Kids are eating more fruits and veggies, thanks to a new federal school meal standards, including placing limits of calories and sodium and upping the amount of fresh produce.
Vegetarian and Vegan Supplement Guide
Discover 5 nutrient-boosters every vegan and vegetarian should know.
Sweet-and-Sour Baked Tofu Sandwiches
Bake the tofu in advance and you'll have a quick and tasty sandwich rilling ready to go
Supermarket Explorer: Gai Lan
Before The Kale Project came along and changed the edible landscape of Paris' outdoor markets, there wasn’t anything particularly kale-ish to be found beyond the usual cabbage and occasional bundle of collard greens. Then I discovered gai lan.
5 Habits of the Healthiest Vegans
Veganism doesn’t always equal a healthy lifestyle. Some people get by eating processed plant-based foods, but the healthiest vegans practice habits that really make them thrive. When others see their energy and that vegan glow, they want what they’re having!
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Need another reason to gobble up berries and chocolate? A new study finds that the flavonoids in these foods (and in tea) could help protect against type 2 diabetes.
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New research finds that eating half an avocado at lunchtime helps overweight people feel more satisfied. Our favorite way to get a daily dose of the good-for-you fruit? An avocado-mango smoothie!
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A round-up of VT editors’ favorite newsworthy links: Need another reason to slather cranberry sauce over everything this Thanksgiving? A new research review confirms cranberries' health perks go beyond preventing urinary tract infections.
New Year’s Black-Eyed Peas and Greens
Eating black-eyed peas can bring good fortune, according to Southern tradition.
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A new study finds that eating a protein-packed breakfast can herb curb appetite and leave you satisfied till lunchtime. Not sure what to make? Check out our high-protein breakfast story (complete with protein heavy hitters and easy-peasy recipes) from October.
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Drink up! New research confirms that tea may help prevent chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer.
5 Minutes with Record-Breaking Backpacker Josh Garrett
It's hard not to marvel at Josh Garrett. The 30-year-old track coach from Southern California just backpacked the Pacific Crest Trail—all 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada—in a record-setting 59 days. In the name of raising money for animal rights group Mercy for Animals, he hiked as quickly as he could, averaging 45 miles a day and sleeping just a few hours every night. How to fuel such an epic adventure? Below, Garrett gives props to his vegan lifestyle (he made the switch about two years ago) and the awe-inspiring critters he met along the way.
How to Pack the Perfect Travel Meal
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A round-up of VT editors’ favorite newsworthy links: Artificial food coloring, begone! New research finds that purple sweet potatoes make for promising plant-based dyes, ranging in color from bright red to deep purple.
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A round-up of VT editors’ favorite newsworthy links: Got aches and pains from working out? A new study finds that drinking watermelon juice an hour before exercise relieves muscle soreness and increases performance.
What Do I Do With Lemon Zest
I don’t always buy organic, but when it comes to lemons, I make no exceptions. Why? Because there’s a lot more to lemons than their tart, juicy flesh; their aromatic skin is also edible, and an amazing flavor booster in both sweet and savory recipes. Because pesticide residue settles in the skin of fruits and vegetables, it’s a healthy investment to pay a bit more for organic lemons so you can reap all the tasty benefits.