Thanksgiving tradition is about celebrating life—and a growing number of Americans are choosing to do so by serving delicious vegetarian foods that everyone, including the turkeys, can be thankful for.
Did you know that the average American consumes 17 pounds of turkey meat per year, resulting in the annual slaughter of 252 million turkeys—more than 65 million of whom are killed during the winter holiday season alone?
The winter holiday season offers the perfect opportunity to spread a message of compassion — and what better way to win people’s hearts than with sweet and savory vegan food?
To give you a jump start in the kitchen, COK staff put together five of our favorite festive meat-, egg-, and dairy-free recipes. Be sure to share these dishes with your friends and family to show everyone how easy and delicious it is to also share your holiday spirit with the animals.
The winter holiday season offers a wonderful opportunity to spread a message of compassion. What better way to show others just how much you care than by giving humane holiday gifts and sharing delicious vegan food and recipes with friends and family?
That’s why COK put together some holiday gift ideas as well as festive meat-, egg-, and dairy-free recipes that’ll make everyone, including the animals, sing for joy!
Gift Ideas to Spread Compassionate Holiday Cheer
Earlier this month, the award-winning documentary Vegucated premiered in DC at the vegan-friendly Landmark E Street Theater. Not only was COK on hand to introduce the film, give out free food samples, and hand out pro-veg “diplomas” to film-goers, we were lucky enough to score two free tickets, which we decided to give away!
With a four-day weekend, colder weather, and the sluggish aftermath of holiday eating coming up for many, why not take some time to get active for animals? Oh, because you’ll be resting up, avoiding bitter-cold winds, and trying to decide whether or not your food was laced with a sedative? That’s fine—there are many easy ways to get active online without ever leaving your armchair or Snuggie embalmment!
Today is Meatless Monday. Tomorrow is America Recycles Day.
They’re both very important ways to protect our planet, but you’ve probably been recycling for over a decade, so let’s talk about the growing Meatless Monday movement.
Over 50% of Americans are familiar with the concept and nearly 1 in 5 are already doing it. Even your grandmother has read about it in her AARP magazine. This Meatless Monday thing? It’s BIG.
Self-help book and advice column authors cover just about all topics imaginable: how to save a relationship, how to end a relationship, how to practice one’s religion, how to persuade others, and really every possible goal you could ever have in life. With so many pursuits to comment on, so much knowledge to impart, what is the current focus, eating up a 30% share of the New York Times best-sellers list for advice books? Choosing vegan foods.
That’s right: it turns out the winning message these days is leaving animals off our plates and enjoying a longer, happier, healthier, and more humane lifestyle. If you were looking for an upbeat moment of reflection on how far we’ve come, now is a good time to rejoice. People want to learn about the benefits and ease of making plant-based food choices.
Oral arguments began yesterday at the U.S. Supreme Court over whether the state of California has the legal authority to enforce a state law meant to end the suffering of slaughter-bound pigs who are too sick or weak to walk.
Chances are good that if you’re reading this blog, you care about animals. In fact, polls show that most Americans do. Not only do we overwhelmingly favor laws to protect animals from harm, more than half of homes in the US have at least one companion animal and 50% of pet owners consider their furry friends as much a part of the family as any other person in the household.