Tofu, whole wheat flour, soymilk. You can buy these products in lots of regular grocery stores today. It was different 30 years ago.

Humans have been eating meat and animal products for many millennia, ever since evolution began and they evolved from apes. Vegetarianism on the other hand is a few thousand years old, and Veganism is just a few decades old and is an extreme form or subset of vegetarianism, where all animal products are avoided. Whatever food is consumed, whether meat based, veg, or vegan, cooking is an integral part of eating food and this requires Recipes. There are thousands of Vegetarian Recipes, Vegan Recipes and Recipes for meat based dishes that are available on hundreds of websites.

Welcome to the Everyday Dish vegan cooking show! Dreena Burton takes us through her tried and true recipe for delicious and easy to make homestyle chocolate chip cookies.

This is a mild and delicious curry. Serve with a side of fluffy rice!

Vegetarian bodybuilding is possible and has been in existence for a long time. Many bodybuilding greats have done it while being vegetarians. Vegetarian bodybuilding is healthy, effective and natural way to grow muscles.

Vegetarian recipes are popular for their health benefits. This vegetarian chili is full of flavor and perfect for a party. Chef Jason Hill of Chef Tips explains how to make it.

Dan Piraro from www.bizarro.com masterfully made this really awesome video. It’s a talking pig that explains why eating meat is bad for you.

The mascarpone cheese in this risotto adds and additional creamy taste.

Being a vegetarian is more than just not eating meat. For me it is all about healthy living. Eating veggies on its own is already much more healthier than eating meat. But eating habits are only the first step in this lifestyle. Living meatless is also an option that is healthier for the Earth, because commercial animal food operations are responsible for up to 20 percent of all greenhouse gasses. Being eco-conscious, green-living and sensible health practices are noteworthy reasons for going vegan (using no animal products whatsoever) or vegetarian (no meat – however consuming eggs and dairy products). Also buying, or maybe even growing your own, organic foods will be a step towards your final healty and sustainable lifestyle. On VegZine I’ll provide recipes and articles to help you start such a living.

So think about your own health, the health of animals and the health of the world as a whole and go vegetarian.

I’m a freak of nature. I’m a lifelong vegetarian whose parents never set out to raise her that way. Seriously. Everyone in my family eats meat, but for some reason, I just wouldn’t eat it when I was a kid. Well, to be honest, my father likes to point out that I used to like bologna…but I’m not even sure that that can really be considered meat and I stopped eating it as soon as I found out that it was made from an animal. I must have been Buddhist in a former life.