5 Plant-Based Meals For the Week Ahead


Updated 04/29/12 3:41 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 1 comment

Plant-Based Meals

In honor of Earth Day, we thought we would shake things up and provide you with five dinner ideas that are plant-based and full of flavor. If you want to give meatless eating a try, here's the proof that it's a delicious endeavor. Click through to plan your vegetarian meals for the week. Read more

Make It: Healthier Vegetarian Chili Cheese Fries


Updated 10/14/11 11:51 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Make Healthy Chili Cheese Fries

On days when I'm craving some comfort food, you can find me in my kitchen making nachos or this mouth-watering snack — vegetarian chili cheese fries. Even if you love the real deal — fries piled high with beef-based chili — my recipe below won't disappoint. I might add that it's much lower in calories than traditional chili cheese fry dishes because it's made without meat and is Read more

Abigail and Arthur's Kale Salad


Updated 11/09/10 1:33 PM · Posted by · 22 comments

Kale Salad Recipe

If you're in need of a scrumptious Thanksgiving side, don't overlook kale. Fresh Tart recommends this raw kale salad with feta cheese and pine nuts. I first wrote about this recipe a few weeks ago when I described our trip to San Francisco.  My friend Maud's brother Arthur made a delicious kale salad for us, and I couldn't wait to make it at home and post it for you.  In the process of raving Read more

Give It Up Challenge: Cheated With Just One Bite


Updated 09/22/10 4:08 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 2 comments

Give It Up Challenge: Cheated With Just One Bite

FitSugar reader lauren decided to give up meat for the Give It Up Challenge. I had given up meat for a week and a half. At home, my husband and I cooked up a variety of meals full of veggies! Absolutely no meat for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Sure I had started to miss meat but when there is no meat in the fridge, it is an easy temptation to resist. My husband never signed up for the challenge, Read more

Favas + Asparagus = Spring!


Updated 04/19/10 12:20 PM · Posted by · 11 comments

Easy Recipe: Fava Bean and Asparagus Over Polenta

Wondering how to get in the spirit of Spring? OnSugar blog Fresh Tart recommends making a delicious fava and asparagus dish.Fava beans are back in the markets, and that means Spring! I bought a bunch at Whole Foods, as well as a bunch of asparagus, and sauteed the two with a little garlic, in perhaps a little butter, and ate them — fresh and earthy — over creamy polenta. Pure Spring comfort, Read more

Yummy Links: From Choco Tacos to Food Journals


Updated 03/03/09 12:50 PM · Posted by partysugar · 6 comments

Yummy Links: From Choco Tacos to Food Journals

Learn how to make a homemade Choco Taco.— Serious Eats Twenty tools and technologies that have changed the way we cook. — Gourmet Would you eat the McGangBang burger — a grotesque creation that involves a McChicken Sandwich inside a double cheeseburger? — Eat Me Daily Here are 10 quick and easy meatless mains to help you get through Lent. — The Epi-Log This St. Patrick's Day, try Read more

3 Words to Know When You're Ordering Vegetarian


Updated 01/27/10 10:34 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 16 comments

3 Words to Know When You're Ordering Vegetarian

Vegetarians pay particular attention to ensuring they're consuming enough protein because there's no meat centerpiece to take care of that important nutritional component. There are often choices like tempeh and seitan for building a veggie-friendly salad that goes beyond tofu, and quinoa is a go-to grain because it contains high levels of protein. When you're choosing a meatless meal out, don't Read more

Go Meat-Free This Thanksgiving With Tofurky


Updated 11/20/07 10:49 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 29 comments

Go Meat-Free This Thanksgiving With Tofurky

Just because you're a vegetarian doesn't mean you have to miss out on having some turkey-like protein at your meal. Plus going meatless means you can eat a cholesterol-free Tofurky instead. It's made from a revolutionary tofu-wheat protein blend, and is known for its incredible, turkey-like texture and flavor. Tofurky is hands down the best alternative to turkey. You can cook up a Tofurky Read more

How Meatless Mondays Can Help the Planet


Updated 05/23/12 11:43 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Meatless Mondays

There are many ways to go about reducing your carbon footprint, but one of the easiest ways is to participate in Meatless Mondays. Although forgoing meat also helps fight world hunger (and the issue of obesity), it's also proven to be kinder to Mother Earth, even if you're just skipping out on animal protein one day each week. To learn a few of the environmental benefits of going meat-free once Read more

Link Time: Inside Michael Chiarello's Kitchen


Updated 05/18/12 10:20 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Michael Chiarello's Home Kitchen

Inside Michael Chiarello's stylish Napa kitchen — Saveur Sadly, Junior Seau's San Diego restaurant has closed — Eater This time, it's for real: a boy finds a finger in his Arby's sandwich — HuffPost Food A cocktail to have in hand while watching Preakness — Food Republic Ten recipes that make the most of strawberry with rhubarb – Delish Go meatless with this creamy zucchini Read more