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Ideas for Adding some Variety to your Vegetarian Lifestyle

When youre planning a healthy vegetarian diet, youre only limited by your imagination. Its important to incorporate a wide variety of whole grains, legumes, vegetables and fruits in different meals, including seeds and nuts. Variety is the spice of life, and it will help ensure your vegetarian diet is nutrient-dense, interesting, and fun! Aim for variety, even when you serve favorite entrees over and over again, by serving different side dishes, snacks and desserts. Be creative in planning meals. Boost your ... Read More »

Variety in your New Vegetarian Diet

Youve weighed your options carefully, studied the pros and the cons, and decided that the vegetarian lifestyle is right for you. But where do you start making the changes? Do you go cold turkey? Do you adopt a more gradual approach to transitioning to vegetarianism? However you choose to make the change, you can begin to achieve the health benefits of vegetarianism by significantly cutting down on the amount of meats consumed, and making vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains ... Read More »

Transition family

If youre considering moving to a vegetarian diet as an adult, you probably want to pass on this good nutrition and improved way of eating to your family as well. In fact, its your responsibility as a parent to nurture your children and help them develop physically, mentally and spiritually. But that can be hard to do, especially in a culture where our children are bombarded with messages from fast food restaurants in the media. How do you teach kids to ... Read More »

Tips for a Tasty Vegetarian Thanksgiving

If youre hosting Thanksgiving at your house and are expecting vegetarian guests this year, dont worry about preparing one large meat eating meal, and another separate vegetarian meal. Most vegetarians do not require a meat equivalent at Thanksgiving. Yes, traditionally Thanksgiving has largely about the food. But more importantly its about family, togetherness, happiness and peace. And if this is your first Thanksgiving after transitioning to a vegetarian lifestyle, try some of these ideas to incorporate healthy food preparation into ... Read More »

Nourishing our Body, Nourishing our Spirit

Nourishing our Body, Nourishing our Spirit Many times our choice to become vegetarian isnt only for health, environmental, or economical reasons, but also spiritual. There is a heartfelt connection between vegetarianism and the deeper side of nourishment. We must learn to nourish ourselves not only physically, but also spiritually. The subject of nutrition is not simply a question of the food we eat at meals. Besides nutrients, foods contain scents, colors and invisible particles that attract pure light, light that is so ... Read More »