Big Batch Cooking for Quick Easy Vegetarian Meals

How to eat healthy satisfying vegetarian meals without spending all your spare time in the kitchen
 
Question for Savvy Vegetarian:
I was wondering if you have vegetarian recipes you can recommend that we can make a big batch of ahead of time and freeze or store to eat as quick meals when we’re rushed for time? I’m not a [...]

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Your Vegetarian Diet Is YOUR Business!

How to NOT debate vegetarianism with friends, family and others
Question for Savvy Vegetarian:
First of all, let me thank you for your website! I’m a vegetarian college student (veg for almost 4 years now) and I want to thank you for this enormous resource. I’ve learned how to cook quinoa, how to prepare shopping lists, what to buy at [...]

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8 yr old goes vegetarian, Mom concerned about calories

Dear Savvy Vegetarian,

My 8 year old daughter became a vegetarian two months ago. My husband and I who are not vegetarian are trying our best to support her choice.
She is also an avid dancer training two to three hours a day. This is HER choice, we are NOT pushing this on her. (I have 4 [...]

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Vegetarian Weight Loss & Anne Collins

Message for Savvy Vegetarian:
I’m really bothered by the fact that you keep telling people to go to Anne Collins’ website. I had to search for quite a few minutes to find her credentials and, to my surprise, she is not a Registered Dietitian.
I believe only a Registered Dietitian specialized in vegetarian diets should give advice [...]

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Mom Wants to Raise Twin Babies On Vegetarian Diet

Question for Savvy Vegetarian:
Hello, I have a set of six month old twins that are just beginning their transition to solid foods.
They have been on soy milk formula and breast milk to date and I would like to raise them on a vegetarian diet.
Do you have any advice, articles, recipes, or good web sites I [...]

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Vegetarian Cooking: How to Cook Tofu or Tempeh

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 finding things to eat, however. I fine myself constantly eating the same meals, and it gets a little bland and boring after a while.
Recently I went to a restaurant and tried [...]

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Healthy Eating Secrets for College Vegetarians

By July Gerstein, courtesy The Daily Green: Interview with Jill Carle, co-author of  ‘College Vegetarian Cooking’
Being vegetarian in college can be difficult, but Jill Carle, 23, wouldn’t know. She’s the author of College Vegetarian Cooking but she’s not vegetarian. She never has been — but her sister and the book’s co-author Megan Carle, 25, is. [...]

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Protein Foods To Eat With Multiple Food Allergies

 
Question for Savvy Vegetarian: 
I just found out that I am allergic to milk, egg whites, sesame seeds, peanuts, hazel nuts and macadamia nuts. I also have a yeast and soy intolerance.
So, what can I eat? I have found I like almond milk. – L. N.
  
Savvy Vegetarian Advice:
Hi L. N.,  Ouch! How inconvenient! I guess you’re [...]

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Teen Going Veg, Parents Worry About Weight, Fitness

Question for Savvy Vegetarian
Hi! I am fourteen, almost fifteen, and decided to go vegetarian three and a bit years ago. At first I didn’t eat red meat, and my folks were relatively cool with that, but now I’m trying to steer away from chicken as well.
The only problem is that I’m deadly allergic to all [...]

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Tips For A Healthy, Low Budget Vegetarian Diet

Tips for delicious low-budget healthy eating on a vegetarian (or vegan) diet
From our own experience, we know it’s possible – and relatively easy – to have an excellent vegetarian diet on a low budget. You’ll also eat much healthier. It is a bit more work – you have to think and plan more, and be a [...]

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