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Most vegetarians are not full time devotees to their desire to live meat free.So these hard working friends and coworkers of yours who have “gone vegetarian” have found ways to prepare good wholesome meals with little fuss so they can work a healthy diet into an already busy lifestyle.We can learn a lot from how they do it so we don’t let the alleged “fuss” of being vegetarian stop us from enjoying all the benefits this lifestyle can bring.

In truth, vegetarian eating should by its very nature be easier than preparing meals with meats because few of us eat raw meat but most of us can eat raw vegetables and enjoy them.So with some well thought out grocery shopping, you can keep the basics on hand so the vegetarians in your household can come home and put together a fast vegetarian meal with very little difficulty.

Many vegetarian families take a weekend afternoon and go to the store together to stock up on things they know they will turn to for meals throughout the week.By making sure you keep wholesome breads, fresh fruit and vegetables and cereals around all the time, your family can grab a quick breakfast of toast and cereal which will serve them well all day long.That night, anyone in the family can combine fresh vegetables and lettuce or spinach into a salad quickly and dine like a gourmet in a matter of moments.Remember to keep the little extras that make a salad special on hand such as nuts, shredded carrots, cheese if your diet permits it and a good variety of low fat salad dressings so you always have a salad to fall back on for a quick and easy evening meal.

The crock pot is the savior of many a working family and the same is true for vegetarians.Few vegetables do not go together well in a soup or a stew.So with a little planning, you can put together a delicious blend of vegetables, beans and spices in the crock pot in the morning and have a steamy and delicious meal waiting for you when you walk in the door after work.And with a couple cups of water, you create a rich and nutritious stock that goes well with the meal or can be used afterwards as the base for rice or another dish and that carries all the nutrients of the original crock pot soup with it with each new meal.

The microwave oven can also do a lot to help your vegetarian cooking be easy to do. With a little low fat cooking spray, you can sauted onions, peppers, potatoes, garlic and many other ingredients that can come out of the crock pot ready to be used in a simple dinner recipe.A fall back for easy dinner cooking is to prepare a good sized bowl of freshly warmed or sauted vegetables and combine that with two cups of brown rice cooked in vegetable broth (from a previous soup) and a can of low far soup. The result is a fast stew that will be gobbled up by your family.

There is no reason to avoid the vegetarian lifestyle because you are a busy family.If anything by embracing vegetarianism, you are embracing a more simple way of life that works very well with an active work and family life.And you will be eating healthier as well which benefits everyone along the way.

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And I said, “hey, you’re never too old for Myspace, well maybe. (hehe) But anyway, i’ll round some up for you just the same”.

So off I went to visit my trusty friend Google to see what I could find. Below are three crisp hot looking vegetarian/ vegan WordPress themes for bloggers who want to nicely dress up their blog.

As usual, let me know what you think?

Green Park 2 (from Cordobo)

vegetarian theme link

This green lightweight theme has a right sidebar and many cool extras like built-in Twitter integration and nested comments, plus it’s fully compatible with WordPress 2.8

Great theme for a veggie or eco friendly blog. And yes it’s free.

WordPress.org description:

Lightweight fast-rendering theme with 2-3 column layout and right sidebar, Widget-ready (4 slots), built-in support for plugins (e.g. twitter), support for threaded/nested comments, fully localized, easy to customize via settings-page. By Andreas Jacob.

RCG Forest (from Yet Another Blog)

veggie wordpress theme

WordPress.org description:

A simple green theme.

Editor’s note: This theme is simple, but really cute and has a great header. Try the demo so you can see it up close.

Bible Scholar (from E Grace Creative)

vegan wordpress theme

WordPress.org description:

A lean, clean, and green wordpress them utilizing only two background images: three columns, widgetized sidebars.

This theme was created by a pastor, not sure why i’m sharing that with you, but I thought it was pretty cool. Plus this theme is sharp, clean and has alot of neat features.

Great for a vegan blog.

That does it for round one of cool vegetarian WordPress themes. These three beautiful, well crafted, ad and avatar ready themes should all be compatible with the latest version of WordPress.

And each one is free under GPL license. (please don’t ask me what that is)

Hope you see one you like. If you do, please give me a shout-out below in the comment area. Ole!

P.S. If you know of any other cool veg themes, please leave a link below.

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The free morrissey myspace layout is great for new Morrissey fans who recently have discovered his music.

Who Is Morrissey?

For those that don’t know Morrissey, he is an outpsoken UK based vegetarian who happens to be a kick ass rocker. Once upon a time he belonged to a popular rock group called “The Smiths”, but he went solo in the 90′s. The cool thing about Morrissey is that he is a big time animal lover.

How To Add Layout

To add the Myspace layout to your profile, the code goes in your “about me” section and you can grab the code via the link above.

P.S. Would you like to win a deluxe edition copy of Years of Refusal, his latest? If so, you have till Monday, 3/09 (at midnight) to enter to win it. Go now and enter!

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Protein – 12 grams, Fiber – 10 grams, Calories – 286

This black bean soup recipe is high in sodium, but it is a good source of protein and fiber. Black beans are a great source of many vitamins and nutrients.

Do feel free to share your own black bean recipes below. (click link above for recipe)

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PETA2 is giving away 5 free animal rights t shirts to 3 lucky winners. Each winner will receive all 5 t shirts. Pretty freakin cool. To enter to win, just head on over to the blog, and leave a comment. Specify which is your fave shirt and leave your shirt size. That’s it. Oh! and deadline to enter is October 3rd.

By they way, if you’re not following PETA2 on Twitter, you should add them. Twitter usually updates faster than RSS feeds, and when PETA2 updates their blog, you get instant notice. (usually) This Friday they are having a fabulous giveaway.

CONTEST COMING TO GROOVY VEG

I will be holding my own fantastic vegetarian t shirt giveaway in the next week or two. Code-Creations, an organic cotton tshirt maker, that designs vegetarian themed t-shirts has signed on to sponsor the contest. Kudos to Amber for the good word.

Stay tuned next week and be sure you’re an RSS feed subscriber (or email subscriber) so you don’t miss out.

Have a great weekend. Missy.

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