Vegan spaghetti bolognese recipe

Nice recipe. Nice video tutorial.

 

Vegan coconut cake - video

A nice video tutorial showing how to make delicius vegan cake - a coconut one

 

What do you think?

Vegan coconut cake

I've come across another vegan cake recipe

Coconut Cake

Ingredients:
   
    white cake:
    2 cups flour (I used white whole wheat)
    3/4 cup sugar
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    4 tablespoons vegan butter, melted or canola oil
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    2/3 cup coconut milk
    2/3 cup nondairy milk
    3/4 cup shredded coconut, toasted
    vegan butter and flour for pans
    coconut frosting:
    1 (14 ounce) can full fat coconut milk, chilled overnight in refrigerator 
    1-2 cups powdered sugar
    2 cups shredded coconut  

 

You can find complete recipe here

Will Hugh Jackman become vegan?

According to this article, Hugh Jackman is thinking about going on a vegan diet for preparing himself for new Wolverine sequel

 

“In the past he had eaten a lot of chicken for his role, but he took a lot of Vega, too,” says Brazier. “It turned out I was going to New York City so he said 'Well, why don’t you just come over?' so I went over to his place and we had a great chat and he told me how he was trying out veganism for environmental and health reasons and to set a good example for his kids. It’s not just for his own career anymore, which he wrote in the foreword. He was listing the reasons why he was interested in 'Thrive,' and he was concerned for the environment. That’s definitely something that he was aware of, and wanted to help instead of hurt.

 

I trully believe that once he starts vegan diet, he'll never go back.

 

Go Hugh!

Carl lewis on vegan diet

One of the best athletes shares some thoughts on his vegan diet:

 

Bill Clinton gone vegan

...almost. Occasionally he eats fish but otherwise follows a vegan diet.

 

He finally came to his senses. After Mike Tyson.

 

Anyways, nice to hear that.

 

 

“I’m trying to be one of those experimenters,” said Clinton. “Since 1986, several hundred people who have tried essentially a plant-based diet, not ingesting any cholesterol from any source, has seen their bodies start to heal themselves — break up the arterial blockage, break up the calcium deposits around the heart. 82 percent of the people who have done this have had this result, so I want to see if I can be one of them.”

Clinton decided to adopt the diet in the early part of May 2010. While he does occasionally eat fish, the former president otherwise follows a strict vegan diet.

 

 

Growing number of fat people in US

Soon there will be more than 75% people overweight.

 

This are some predictions from a new study.

 

 

In 10 years, a full 75 percent of Americans will be overweight, making it "the fattest country in the OECD," the report said.

 

 

 

The lifespan of an obese person is up to 8-10 years shorter than that of a normal-weight person, the OECD said, the same loss of lifespan incurred by smoking.

 

read full article

It's about time to start eating healthy. Eat vegan.

 

 

Vegan cooking - How to make seitan

Interesting video that shows how to make seitan at home.

 

Baked tofu

Tofu comes in houndreds of different styles. And i love most of them.

 

i'v come upon this article, baked tofu, and must try it soon

 

 

Entire recipe available here:

Mojo Baked Tofu From Viva Vegan!

Anti McDonalds Ad

Totally agree with the campaign

 

PCRM's provocative new fast-food commercial draws attention to the link between heart disease deaths and fast food. Studies show that people who consume fast food are at a higher risk for obesity, a factor contributing to heart disease. High-fat, high-sodium offerings at fast-food restaurants include products such as KFC's Double Down Combo Meal, which has 45 grams of fat and 2,120 milligrams of sodium, and McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese Extra Value Meal, which has 61 grams of fat and 1,650 milligrams of sodium.

 

 

Vegan porn and the manliest salad

I've just come across vegan site with interesting name:

http://www.veganporn.com

 

Nice site name, nice content :)

 

Here is a brief content of one of the posts:

The manliest salad ever

by JASON on AUGUST 24, 2010

Angela sent this to me, and it’s like they made a movie about my life without me knowing it.  I’m not the greatest at recognizing faces, so I’m glad this guy has less hair than I do, and the woman’s blonde, because otherwise I’d have to search the kitchen for hidden cameras:

(Originally found at College Humor)

A brief warning to those of you who, like I did, watched this first thing in the morning: no, you haven’t had a stroke, they just aren’t speaking English, is all. At least I hope they’re not speaking English, because I eat a lot of manly salads exactly so I won’t have a stroke, so that would really suck if I had one anyway. Not that I regret eating my manly salads though.

Livestock a major threat to environment

Is it really a surprise? Not to all of us...

 

29 November 2006, Rome - Which causes more greenhouse gas emissions, rearing cattle or driving cars? 

Surprise! 

According to a new report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock sector generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent – 18 percent – than transport. It is also a major source of land and water degradation. 

Says Henning Steinfeld, Chief of FAO’s Livestock Information and Policy Branch and senior author of the report: “Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the situation.” 

With increased prosperity, people are consuming more meat and dairy products every year. Global meat production is projected to more than double from 229 million tonnes in 1999/2001 to 465 million tonnes in 2050, while milk output is set to climb from 580 to 1043 million tonnes. 

Long shadow

The global livestock sector is growing faster than any other agricultural sub-sector. It provides livelihoods to about 1.3 billion people and contributes about 40 percent to global agricultural output. For many poor farmers in developing countries livestock are also a source of renewable energy for draft and an essential source of organic fertilizer for their crops. 

But such rapid growth exacts a steep environmental price, according to the FAO report, Livestock’s Long Shadow –Environmental Issues and Options. “The environmental costs per unit of livestock production must be cut by one half, just to avoid the level of damage worsening beyond its present level,” it warns. 

When emissions from land use and land use change are included, the livestock sector accounts for 9 percent of CO2 deriving from human-related activities, but produces a much larger share of even more harmful greenhouse gases. It generates 65 percent of human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure. 

And it accounts for respectively 37 percent of all human-induced methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 percent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain.

Livestock now use 30 percent of the earth’s entire land surface, mostly permanent pasture but also including 33 percent of the global arable land used to producing feed for livestock, the report notes. As forests are cleared to create new pastures, it is a major driver of deforestation, especially in Latin America where, for example, some 70 percent of former forests in the Amazon have been turned over to grazing. 

all article is available here

http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html

 

 

What do you think? Are you prepared to stop eating meat? Or will you just find another excuse?

 

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet

There are no excuses more. It's time to act. Now!

 

A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report said today.

As the global population surges towards a predicted 9.1 billion people by 2050, western tastes for diets rich in meat and dairy products are unsustainable, says the report from United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) international panel of sustainable resource management.

It says: "Impacts from agriculture are expected to increase substantially due to population growth increasing consumption of animal products. Unlike fossil fuels, it is difficult to look for alternatives: people have to eat. A substantial reduction of impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal products."

Professor Edgar Hertwich, the lead author of the report, said: "Animal products cause more damage than [producing] construction minerals such as sand or cement, plastics or metals. Biomass and crops for animals are as damaging as [burning] fossil fuels."

The recommendation follows advice last year that a vegetarian diet was better for the planet from Lord Nicholas Stern, former adviser to the Labour government on the economics of climate change. Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has also urged people to observe one meat-free day a week to curb carbon emissions.

The panel of experts ranked products, resources, economic activities and transport according to their environmental impacts. Agriculture was on a par with fossil fuel consumption because both rise rapidly with increased economic growth, they said.

Ernst von Weizsaecker, an environmental scientist who co-chaired the panel, said: "Rising affluence is triggering a shift in diets towards meat and dairy products - livestock now consumes much of the world's crops and by inference a great deal of freshwater, fertilisers and pesticides."

Both energy and agriculture need to be "decoupled" from economic growth because environmental impacts rise roughly 80% with a doubling of income, the report found.

Achim Steiner, the UN under-secretary general and executive director of the UNEP, said: "Decoupling growth from environmental degradation is the number one challenge facing governments in a world of rising numbers of people, rising incomes, rising consumption demands and the persistent challenge of poverty alleviation."