Vegan Has Big Beans & Gas Problem

Smelly Gas

I have been vegan for almost two years. I eat a mostly raw vegetable and fruit diet with my main protein source being beans and tofu. I eat about three cups of beans a day(red kidney, black, romano and chick peas). I soak and cook them myself in a slow cooker. I have LOTS of [...]

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Kid Friendly Healthy Diet for Food Allergies

Little Girl Eating

Mom worries tofu won’t have enough protein for toddler with food allergies. Savvy Veg has kid friendly recipe advice. Question for Savvy Vegetarian: My 20 month old daughter has food allergies – she is allergic to dairy, eggs, and all nuts. I am concerned that there are several key nutrients she may be either low [...]

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Vegetarian Cooking: How to Cook Tofu or Tempeh

Barbecue Tempeh Sandwich

Savvy Vegetarian  tips on how to cook tofu and tempeh. There are many tasty tofu recipes and  one tempeh recipe. Tempeh however can be used as a substitute for tofu. Question for Savvy Vegetarian: Hello. After a lot of back and forth, I have finally settled in to my vegetarian lifestyle. I am having trouble [...]

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Soy Foods And Vegetarian Protein

Tofu Burger

Soy Foods are not the only way to get vegetarian protein. Soy foods are good if you stay away from processed soy and stick to organic soy like tofu and tempeh. Question for Savvy Vegetarian Hi Savvy Vegetarian! I have just discovered your wonderful site while searching for help on cooking tofu. I am a [...]

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Healthy Vegetarian Diet for Athlete & Non-Veg BF

Runner

How can a girl have a healthy vegetarian diet with appropriate vegetarian nutrition for an athletic lifestyle AND a non-vegetarian boyfriend at the same time? Questions for Savvy Vegetarian: I would first like to say Savvy Vegetarian is an  excellent website! I found it through a “healthy vegetarian diet” search. I guess I lucked out.  I [...]

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What’s New at Savvy Vegetarian?

Judith Kingsbury

SV Blog, Recipe Collections, Holiday Menus, Newsletter, New Look Since last summer, Savvy Vegetarian has had a new look, an upgraded navigation system, and other technical improvements, to make the site prettier, more accessible, easier to read and faster to load. We’ve been performing SEO miracles on the vegetarian recipe pages to make it easier [...]

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Overwhelmed By The Soy Buzz – Is Tofu OK?

Tofu

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What To Do With Tofu? What Is Braggs? And Hing? Help!!

Tofu

Question for Savvy Vegetarian: We have a Barbarito’s restaurant in our area which serves fresh foods such as wraps, salad etc., made to order. Tofu is on their menu and I finally made the leap. I have since bought my first Tofu for home cooking, but don’t have the least idea what to do with [...]

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