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General/ Products/ Recipes

Grilled Cheese- Convergence of Comfort and International Influence

Someone mentions “grilled cheese” and you cannot help but to feel as emotionally gooey inside as the sandwich’s main ingredient. Kids and adults alike get comfort from grilled cheese sandwiches. They just seem to make the day a little brighter. As kids (and as adults when we get busy!), we kept it pretty simple – a few slices of cheese inside bread, and maybe the long shot of tomato soup…

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Events/ Health/ Juicing/ Nutrition

The Three Principles of Detoxification

By Ben Rolnik: There are a variety ways that one can detoxify their system. Most people assume that detoxing means doing a master cleanse — lots of green juice, lemon, and water — and colonics. This overlooks the very serious problem of “re-toxing” right afterwards — not to mention the other cognitive-behavioral dimensions of detoxification! There are 3 major principles of detoxification I call: rejection, ejection, injection. If we just…

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Health/ Products

A Perfect Fuel Chocolate

While grazin’ on samples from booth to booth at the Natural Food Expo West last month, HappyCow came upon a new chocolate product: Perfect Fuel Chocolate It was founded by athlete Nicolas Warren just hours before a race was about to begin. He asked the simple question, “Why Not?” Why can’t ginseng be fused into delicious, raw cacao for portable, long-lasting energy?… Out of this sudden surge of inspiration came…

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Products/ Restaurants

Introduction to a Whole New World of Vegetarian Options

As one walk up to brightly lit store in Chinatown in New York City, May Wah Vegetarian Market may seem like any other markets that have large freezers and pictures of delicious plates of food on the walls. However this is heaven to many vegetarians and vegans searching for the perfect protein substitute to what they have been missing. Recently mentioned in the New York Times “Where ‘Chicken’ Actually Tastes…

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General/ Meatless Monday/ Recipes

Spicy Black Mushroom Saute

Meatless Mondays

Sautés offer a wide variety of meal options for vegetarians who like to vary the same recipe with different ingredients. This Asian-inspired recipe blends the exotic texture of the Chinese black fungus mushroom, also known as cloud ear or wood ear, with the tart flavor of Granny Smith apples for a sauté that is as hearty as it is light and flavorful. Spicy Black Mushroom Sauté Prep Time: 20 minutes…

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Events/ General/ Products

2012 Top 10 Compassionate Gifts + Exclusive Discounts

Veggie Greetings   Celebrate the holiday season Veg style! As you are purchasing presents for friends and loved ones, please consider supporting companies that practice sustainability and compassion for animals. Please enjoy Cows’ perfect gifts finds + discount codes. Use coupon code “happycow” get 10%OFF all products – expires Dec 7 The best 100% vegan holiday shopping site you’ll find online Take 50%OFF at Susan Nichole with promo code “HAPPYCOW”…

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Health/ Nutrition

Sugar: Harmless or Harmful?

When a fetus is being carried by a woman with too much amniotic fluid, the practice used to be injecting a sweet-tasting substance into her womb.  The result is that the fetus will drink in more of the fluid which then gets flushed out through the umbilical cord thus alleviating the dangers associated with this condition.  Is this innovative problem-solving on the part of the medical community?  Absolutely. But it’s…

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Celebrity Interviews/ Recipes/ Video

Interview with Artisan Vegan Cheese Author Miyoko Schinner

HappyCow is pleased to have interviewed Miyoko Schinner about her new book ‘Artisan Vegan Cheese’ last week. Her easy to make recipes make it simple for cheese lovers everywhere to go vegan without giving up their cheese addictions! Enjoy:   From Amazon.com: Gourmet restaurateur and vegan food expert Miyoko Schinner shares her secrets for making homemade nondairy cheeses that retain all the complexity and sharpness of their dairy counterparts while…

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Animal Companions/ Animal Rights

Happy Bull

Article by Heidi Stephenson It’s all too easy to gloss over that abstract figure of 60 billion+ animal victims (excluding fish), who die each year because of human meat-addiction, unfortunately. Very few people go on to make that empathic link with the suffering sentient individual inside our hellish, anonymous system. But as we HappyCow-ers know, every life matters – and every death is an extinction. Back in March and on…

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Health/ Juicing/ Nutrition

Experiences on the Fruitarian Diet

By Claude Vigneault (a HappyCow member) Intro Recently I went from vegan to fruitarian, this is my personal experience of a 6 months fruitarian diet, my set goal is one year. I do not present what follows as a guide into the world of fruitarianism nor do I yet suggest it constitutes the one and only diet, the ideal diet, I don’t know yet. When questioning or altering our diet,…

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Environment/ Events/ Meatless Monday

World Meatless Lunch – Oct 1, 2012

  Greetings of Peace! My name is Tessa R. Salazar, a journalist in the Philippines. I am writing to you not as a journalist but as a volunteer campaigning for support for the first-ever World Meatless Lunch (Fight Climate Change One Plate At A Time), a non-profit activity initiated by scientists, nutritionists, cause-oriented groups and concerned individuals that would be held on Oct. 1 (World Vegetarian Day) at Home Depot…

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General/ Veganism

Yay, I’m vegan! …now what do I do?

Congratulations! You’ve taken a huge step towards living a more compassionate, cruelty-free life, and countless animals around the world are thanking you personally. Feeling a bit lost now? Overwhelmed? There’s no need to be. You’re going to do just fine, and there’s a wealth of resources and support networks online to help you out. If you’re not yet familiar with vegsource.com or the PETA.org site (People for the Ethical Treatment…

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