Reflections On Veg & Non-Veg Getting Along Together

Happy Family

After reading Savvy Vegetarian on veg and non-veg getting along together, Marion L. was inspired to write the following letter to Savvy Vegetarian. Marion describes her life experiences raising a family on healthy food, becoming a gourmet cook, always counting calories herself, and her long-time desire to be vegetarian. I’m flattered that she thinks Savvy [...]

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Pregnant Vegetarian Eats like a Queen!

The Queen

My Mom (a.k.a Savvy Veg) has been visiting us, and oh boy, she’s been feeding me! I used to be a horribly picky eater. Then I left home and had to cook for myself. Down went my standards. Suddenly, my favorite meal became Food I Did Not Cook. I was willing to try almost anything [...]

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A Few Bad Ads from Google Adsense on Savvy Veg

Thumbs Down

Savvy Vegetarian is a free veggie support site, supported mainly by Google Adsense, which we appreciate. A few times a year, someone gets upset by an ad and writes to tell me about it. The following is my typical response. Message for Savvy Vegetarian: By having an ad such as this one on your site, [...]

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Vegetarian Wife with Non-Veg Husband Needs Help

Healthy Digestion

Painful Digestion issues led wife to go vegetarian. The problem is she doesn’t know how to feed herself AND her non-veg husband. For about the past year, I have been having very painful digestive issues. Approximately 20 minutes after eating, i get horrible stomach cramps and one way or another, that food is coming back [...]

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Pregnant Vegetarian Episode 6

Fruit Salad

Off The Soapbox And Back In The Produce Section Well, I had to get a new Obgyn. Thanks a lot Corporate America. My employer changed insurance companies and now my former doctor is out of network. So, off to the new doctor, and a rehash of the I’m-a-vegetarian conversation. Sigh. Apparently, Obgyns do not have [...]

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Pregnancy, Relationships, Kids, Freedom of Choice

Soap Box

WARNING for all of you who have been enjoying my humorous pregnancy posts: I am standing on a soapbox right now. This is your chance to plug your ears and shout, “La la la, I can’t hear you!” if you are annoyed by what I have to say, remember that these are my opinions and [...]

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Brighter Days FB Giveaway|Rudi’s Organic Bakery

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Rudi’s Organic Bakery Brighter Days Facebook Giveaway Inspires Happier Healthier Life Release, Boulder, Colo. Feb. 8, 2012, Rudi’s Organic Bakery: Rudi’s Organic has always been about living free – free of artificial ingredients, preservatives and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) – and is now sharing its optimistic attitude with its fans to inspire families to live [...]

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Happy Healthy Veggie Love Bites for Valentine’s Day

Chocolate Valentine Cookies

For Valentines’ Day, boycott the commercialism, and treat yourself and your loved ones to happy, healthy (sort of) love bites all day long That is not to say there can’t be chocolate. What is Valentine’s Day without chocolate? A day or two before Valentines Day, make special chocolate treats for your loved ones, or people [...]

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Nature’s Path Love Crunch Granolas, The Lovin’ Cereal

Love Crunch Granola

Nature’s Path Granolas Help Little Love Miracles Happen Everywhere, One Crunch at a Time Nature’s Path is one of my favorite sustainable green organic non-gmo privately owned food companies – and come to think of it, one of only a few such companies in existence. So, when Nature’s Path offered samples of their new love [...]

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Vegan vs Non-Veg Dispute Over Food and Kids

Couple Argue Over Food

Advice for love-lorn non-vegetarian with veg defender of animal rights girlfriend. She wants to raise her children vegetarian and doesn’t accept any other lifestyle choices. Message: My girlfriend very recently became vegetarian again. She was vegetarian and then vegan many years ago and then slowly started eating some meat again for the past few years [...]

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