Category: Meatless Monday

Here’s an idea of what you could do for a simple, homemade veggie meal. Use a variety of vegetables (5 to 6 types would be good). Add a dash of your favourite oil, and voila, you have a nutritious soup, which serves as a whole meal by itself. For bulk, you might want to add…

The Greeks adopt the Meditarranean diet which comprises mostly fruit and vegetables, nuts, fish and olive oil. So do the Okinawans, who are often reputed to be the longest-living people in the world. In short, they are pescetarians (vegetarians who eat fish). You may be interested in this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2410479/Mediterranean-diet-lower-risk-developing-dementia.html Still, there may be these points to…

Take a look: http://www.bmsorganics.com/index.php/eco-classroom/meat-free-monday http://www.bmsorganics.com/about-us/corporate-social-responsibility.html An excerpt: Meat Free Monday Going vegetarian is equal to go green, why? click here! Going vegetarian is good for health too. Therefore, we encourage our customers, staff and everyone to go vegetarian at least once a week on Monday! By promoting this at our retail outlets, poster signing activities, even talks…

Hi everyone, It’s Meatless Monday again!! Here’s a sharing on how you can actually adopt a meatless breakfast every day. It’s what I eat every morning and this breakfast is so power-packed, even after standing and teaching for 4 hours straight (includes walking fast to the next classroom), I am still full by lunch time,…

We know we are always going on and on about encouraging people to go meatless (at least) once a week. And some people tell us that they just do not like to eat vegetables. Well, take a look at this: http://zenhabits.net/taste/ According to the article, liking healthy foods (or whatever foods, or whatever in life, for…

What are the world’s Longevity Hot Spots? Take a look: http://phoenix.akealife.com/blueprint-for-life/longevity-hot-spots/ An excerpt: Longevity hot spots the world over share one thing in common: Their people are healthier and live longer than anyone else in the world. Their populations have far fewer cases of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity than others. And they have, on…

Why animal rights: http://www.peta.org/about/why-peta/why-animal-rights.aspx You are communicating an important message each time you choose not to eat meat. How about observing Meatless Monday today?   An excerpt from the article above: In his book Animal Liberation, Peter Singer states that the basic principle of equality does not require equal or identical treatment; it requires equal consideration. This is an…

Just saw this from PETA: http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2013/08/05/taste-testers-love-first-bite-of-lab-grown-meat.aspx?utm_campaign=0813%20E-News%20Lab%20Grown%20Meat&utm_source=PETA%20E-Mail&utm_medium=E-News More about this: In-vitro meat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_meat For: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/08/10/would-you-eat-lab-grown-meat-maybe-you-should/ Against: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jasmijn-de-boo/lab-grown-meat_b_3730367.html However: For many vegans and vegetarians, the precise method of lab-meat production is crucial in making a decision. The meat eaten Monday in London came from cells that were harmlessly extracted from living cows. Those cells, however, were then grown using fetal bovine…

A friend sent me a youtube of the Foie Gras assembly line, not something anyone of us here would want to see because I know our readers are all animal lovers and do not need to be reminded of the horrendous and atrocious cruelty prevalent in the meat industry. So let’s promote our “Go Meatless…

Take a look: http://www.peta.org/features/gross-things-meat-infographic.aspx?utm_campaign=0713%20Gross%20Things%20in%20Meat%20Infographic%20Post&utm_source=PET Amongst other things, poop, diseases and pathogens, antiobiotics, chemicals, metals, drugs, ammonia pink slime, etc. So…do consider eating less meat! Let’s go Veggie Friday, shall we?

Sound advice and now famous opening line from Michael Pollan’s book, Food Rules: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. http://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/10-ways-to-eat-well-for-less/   Updates on our Meatless tshirt: The supplier is still in the process of mixing the dyes to produce our “army green”. Mr Zurik and his KGB-shrews have still NOT reverted on their mission…

For your information: http://worldtruth.tv/fda-finally-admits-chicken-meat-contains-cancer-causing-arsenic/ Eat less meat, folks. You cannot go wrong in doing this.

I’ve seen this forwarded sometime ago, but thought it would be good to share for us to reflect on the culture of abundance that most of us live in. http://rawforbeauty.com/blog/what-a-week-of-groceries-looks-like-around-the-world.html Since I could not find any copyright, I’ve taken the liberty to republish the photographs here: You mean that’s it? Yes, that’s it? Why? Were…

Everyone who is as lazy as I am in cooking, please…let’s join hands and celebrate!! http://www.care2.com/causes/how-cooking-can-actually-be-bad-for-you.html An excerpt: *Particulate matter” (PM2.5) is a term that many of us have heard in regard to the smog and air pollution in Beijing. But the cooking you do in your own home can produce concentrations of PM2.5 that are four times…

Please read this: http://qz.com/107970/scientists-discover-whats-killing-the-bees-and-its-worse-than-you-thought/ The bees are dying because of the use of pesticides and fungicides on the plants whose flowers they take pollen from. It is time to reflect upon the use of these toxic pesticides and fungicides which affects us directly because it is used on the plants that we consume. The meat-eaters would…