The Open Ended Sabra Controversy
Photo credit: waferboard Google “Sabra Hummus” and a few suggested topics down, you’ll find something like Sabra boycott or Sabra controversy. For someone who considers hummus among her top five...
View ArticlePrepping for Fall: What’s in Season and How to Cook Your Harvest
Photo credit: ianmlcm In many parts of the country fall is about to set in, and for veggie lovers that is great news because it means a ton of the summer’s seedlings are yielding their harvest. What’s...
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 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 ArticleHow to “Flip Flop” A Dish In Your Vegetarian Kitchen
At DiscoverVeggie we always promote “flip flopping” a dish – substituting meat ingredients with veggie items to find something to eat no matter where you go. This can come in handy when you’re in a...
View ArticleBack to School Tips for Vegetarian Families
I hate to be a bearer of bad news, but for many this marks the last weekend before school starts again, and for vegetarian families, the daily school routine can put a serious stress on meal...
View ArticleThe Goodness of Microgreens
Photo Credit: Mr. Nicolas They say that big things often come in little packages. Well, when it comes to veggies, things do not get much smaller than microgreens. Yet each tiny bite is packed with...
View ArticleEliminate Packaging from your Vegetarian Kitchen
Its easy to keep your vegetarian kitchen eco-friendly! The problem: According to Earth Eats, America throws away 1.4 billion pounds of trash every day. Almost half of that (40 percent) is single-use...
View ArticleSurviving as a household’s sole vegetarian
A vegetarian guide to surviving as a household’s sole vegetarian: Being the only vegetarian in a house full of meat eaters can seem daunting, but don’t let that discourages you. Here are a few tips for...
View ArticleVegetarian Kitchen: Chilled Soups for Hot Summer Nights
There is nothing like coming in from a freezing winter day and warming up with a hot, flavor-filled soup. But as this summer shatters heat records across the country, chances are the last think you...
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 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 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 Eating: Cool, Refreshing Couscous Salads
In Philadelphia lately the temperature has been soaring past 90 degrees, 90 very humid degrees. For many cooking becomes a little less appealing when we face mid-summer heat waves like this. But...
View ArticleVegetarian Guide: GROW! Documentary Review
In the past few weeks I’ve been luck enough to see some great vegetarian documentaries – i.e. Forks Over Knives and Chow Down. This week I added another to that list: GROW!, a film about young people...
View ArticleMeatless “Meatball” Monday
This morning I saw a tweet for “Meatball Monday.” If our omnivore friends want to compete for alliterated weekday name campaigns, that’s fine – (name) game on – but they have to remember who they’re...
View ArticleNational Strawberry Day
Have you had your fill of strawberries today? It just so happens to be National Strawberry Day! Here are three ways you can incorporate strawberries morning, noon and night. (And as a bonus, they’re...
View ArticleOur Tips to “Flip Flop” a Meat Dish!
mstranick Just because your vegetarian or occasionally enjoy a vegetarian meal doesn’t mean you have to limit yourself going to restaurants! I have been vegetarian for basically my whole life and...
View ArticleMeatless Monday Breakfast Ideas
If you’re participating in Meatless Mondays, it’s important to make sure you kick the day off right with a hardy, healthy meal. Here we’ve gathered three delicious vegetarian breakfast recipes, and if...
View ArticleVeggie Social Dining Group
About one month ago, I saw a listing for a vegetarian social dining group in Chicago. I asked myself, how can this be? A city known for its deep dish pizza, cheezy beefs and hot dawgs (Chicago slang...
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