Late-Night Liberty: Diet Edition
Prior to having my son five years ago, I was a vegetarian, and at times, vegan, for seven years. My diet in college consisted of largely rice and bean burritos, tofu and a lot of soy products like soy...
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What’s up? Anne Fitten Glenn aka “Edgy Mama” listed kid-friendly fruits and vegetables she grows in her column at the Mountain Xpress. Also, you have to check out the letters to the editor her paper...
View ArticleEnvironmental campaign for Meat-free Mondays
There are a number of vegetarians on MotherTalkers. I’m not one of them, and join with Our Katie in gently tweaking the veggie masses (GiGi, thank you from the bottom of my heart for being such a good...
View ArticleLate-Night Liberty: The Ironies of Motherhood
Parenting magazine — not to be confused with Parents magazine — ran a fun list of the “top ten ironies of motherhood.” These were my favorites: 1. That you could miss your little one so much all day at...
View ArticleVegetarian Parents “Cruel”?
Perhaps because it is an issue in my own household, this debate in Parenting magazine struck a nerve: “Is it cruel to make your preschooler follow a vegetarian diet?” I thought “cruel” was a harsh...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Open Thread
What’s up? Susan Klebold, the mother of Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold, wrote a personal essay for the November issue of Oprah magazine. The article is not online, but the TODAY Show did a segment on...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Open Thread
Oh, and how can I forget? We have our first MotherTalker election today! Our Hillary Glatt Kwiatek is running for Lehigh County Commissioner today. The polls in Pennsylvania close at 8 p.m.. -Elisa...
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Making the Case for Vegan Children
A friend alerted me to her friend’s new book, That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals, because she knows that I was vegetarian for many years, my husband was vegan for many years and is now a vegetarian, and...
View ArticleSummer stir-fry thread
I don’t love the heat, but I love the produce of high summer. Tonight’s dinner featured a stir-fry with local onions, carrots, kohlrabi, kale, bok choi, broccoli and Iowa-made tofu. Only the soba...
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Latino Vegetarian Recipes Part II
Cross-posted at Moms Clean Air Force. After reading multiple stories this week, including this one in the New York Times, about radiation-tainted beef in Japan’s markets, I thought would update my post...
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