Naturally Sweet & Gluten Free Giveaway

Win This Allergy Friendly GF Vegan Cookbook Giveaway Open to U.S. & Canada Only - Sorry Everybody Else! You’re going to LOVE Naturally Sweet and Gluten Free, Allergy Friendly Vegan Desserts, Ricki Heller’s long awaited new cookbook. This is the kind of cookbook that you tell all your friends about, and even give copies to […]

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Tofu Recipe Contest at Savvy Vegetarian

We’re running a contest because … we need a new tofu recipe that somebody else developed! Savvy Vegetarian is in a tofu rut, so we’re having a tofu recipe contest this month (Sept 2013). Open wherever there is tofu. Of course there are rules - not just any tofu recipe will do! But we’re not […]

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10 Best Vegan Sandwich Recipes

Tempeh Bacon Sandwich

Savvy Vegetarian’s Bestest, Most Favorite & Most Popular All Vegan Sandwich Recipes My feelings about sandwiches are expressed perfectly in the song I Like Sandwiches, written by Bob King and performed by Canadian children’s singer Fred Penner. My kids and I knew Fred Penner’s sandwich song by heart and sang it daily. When they’d ask […]

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Celebrating the Last of the Fresh Peaches

fresh peaches

Peach season is winding down and with pangs of regret, I celebrate the Last of the Fresh Peaches I’m crazy about peaches, especially fresh ripe tree-ripened local organic peaches, but any peaches will do. And peaches are happening now in Iowa! For the past 6 weeks, we’ve had a steady, relatively cheap abundance of Georgia […]

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Win a Copy of Whole, by T. Colin Campbell

Win T. Colin Campbell’s Book ‘Whole, Rethinking the Science of Nutrition’! Giveaway Completed 8.26.13 An excellent book which could save your life! Read the Savvy Vegetarian review of Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition Enter the giveaway because you need this book, and also because we need your help to boost our Savvy Vegetarian FB […]

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Grills Gone Vegan Cookbook Giveaway (completed)

This giveaway was completed on 8.21.13: Win a free copy of a great cookbook, Grills Gone Vegan by Tamasin Noyes! Open to U.S. & Canada I know you’ll love this cookbook as much as I do. But I’m also doing this giveaway because I need your help to boost Savvy Vegetarian’s FB page. To enter […]

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Comfortably Unaware Refutes Savory TED Talk

livestock grazing in africa

Comfortably Unaware refutes Savory TED talk on reversing desertification and feeding the world through intensive livestock grazing Article Excerpt: Introduction to Saving the World With Livestock—The Savory Approach Examined by Dr. Richard Oppenlander, Comfortably Unaware I heard about the Allan Savory TED talk in February 2013. Many environmentalist meat eaters, such as OCA’s Ronnie Cummins, […]

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Why Savvy Veg Loves Beans (and so should you)

Beans Forming a Heart

Beans & Lentils - Nutritious, Delicious, Versatile, Cheap, Vegan - What’s Not to Love? My bean adventures began in 1968 when I first went vegetarian. You’d have thought that I was eating food from another planet, beans & lentils (a.k.a. legumes) seemed so strange to me. The only legumes that I had ever eaten, were […]

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Should We Eat Rice? Get the Facts About Rice

Brown Rice Vs. White Rice

Is rice a healthy food? Does it have too many carbs? Is is loaded with arsenic? Short Answers: Rice is high in carbs, but is a healthy food for most of us. Arsenic contamination is a problem, and even organic rice is affected. Is Rice a Healthy Food? Yes, rice is a healthy food, for […]

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Spinach Cooking, Recipes, Nutrition, Health

Spinach Does a Body Good

We love spinach! It’s so nutritious, healthy, versatile, easy to cook, fun to grow, delicious… And you can add spinach to everything. Well maybe not quite EVERYTHING, but there’s spinach dip, pie, quiche, lasagna, salad, soup, pizza, pasta, ravioli, bread, frittata, even creamed and pickled spinach - with endless variations. The versatility of spinach alone […]

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