The Pregnant Vegetarian: Episode two

Deadly Farts

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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The Pregnant Vegetarian: Episode 1

Positive Pregnancy Test

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 [...]

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Have a Stress Free Vegetarian or Vegan Thanksgiving

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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 [...]

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Crockpot Cooking Problems: Overcooking, Food Spoilage

Crockpot

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 [...]

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How to Make Meat Based Meals Vegetarian

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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 [...]

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Earth Talk: How to Freeze Food Safely & Ecologically

Freezer Containers

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 [...]

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Vegan And Vegetarian Guide to Cooks Illustrated

Cooks Illustrated

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 [...]

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10 Tips for Vegan Travel in South America – Or Anywhere

Vegan South America

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 [...]

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Vegetarian Cooking for Food Allergies: Seasoning Substitutions

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Question for Savvy Vegetarian I have a lot of a lot of allergies; however, since my husband is a diabetic and needs to watch his weight I want to change to a vegetarian diet. However, the biggest problem I am encountering concern my allergies to HOT & SPICY foods. I am allergic to the following: [...]

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How to Find Vegetarian Foods – Try NutsOnline

Nuts Online

NutsOnline – An Excellent Source for Vegetarian Foods You Can’t Find Locally I often hear from people who can’t find vegetarian foods they want at their local markets. If you live in a veg friendly place with a natural food store, you can find most of what you need. Others who aren’t so lucky get [...]

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