Category: Vegetarianism
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Cooking + Legs Day
By Jay Hiller, February 6, 2022 Photo by Calum Lewis on Unsplash I’ve cooked quite a bit the last few days, which is not like me at all. You may remember my ongoing project to cook all the dishes in the Vegan Instant Pot cookbook my daughter gave me. Yesterday I made a wild rice…
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True confessions: I like turnips
by Jay Hiller, September 9, 2022 “Is that your turnip stuff?” my husband asked. When I confirmed that I was indeed eating turnips, he made a face. A lot of people feel that way about turnips. I think they’re worth giving another try if you haven’t lately. (And you should especially give them another try…
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Book Review: The Proof Is In the Plants by Simon Hill
by Jay Hiller, September 3, 2022 If you’ve been reading my blog (and thank you if you have) you may have gathered that Simon Hill’s book, The Proof Is In the Plants and his podcast, The Proof, have my attention. I remember listening to my first episode of the podcast and thinking, ‘I hope this…
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An interesting protein option:
Just Egg plant-based scramble by Jay Hiller, August 6, 2022 What makes plant-based protein so interesting right now? For one thing, we’re living during a period of time where most people are aware that the way we’re using the planet’s resources is not sustainable. The unappetizing details of the way animals on factory farms are…
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Vegetables for breakfast
by Jay Hiller, August 2, 2022 I eat vegetables for breakfast more often than I don’t. This is something I started doing 3 years ago after reading the book, Lean Habits for Lifelong Weight Loss by Georgie Fear (Page Street Publishing Co., Salem, MA 2015). Besides having a great name, Ms. Fear is a registered…
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Why I don’t eat meat on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
by Jay Hiller, July 31, 2022 I’ve been a vegetarian in the past, sometimes for years at a time. I’ve participated in Veganuary (sticking to a plant based diet during the month of January.) I’ve also eaten a vegan diet for longer periods of time. For most of the last 3 years, I ate an…