Last-minute Menu Ideas for a Compassionate Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving Panic!Each Thanksgiving, countless among us find ourselves preparing meals (from entrées to sides to desserts) for unexpected not-yet-vegan guests or hosts. Suddenly, the pomp and circumstance of a holiday meal is combined with a high-pressure opportunity for great vegan food outreach. 

No need to panic! There are plenty of delicious, familiar, and easy-to-make dishes that will please the palate of any guest and quickly win them over. You can wait until they’re done showering you with compliments to explain that they’ve chowed down on animal-free fare.

Here are just a few quick ideas to help you wow your loved ones and showcase how delicious compassionate fare truly is:

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Think Smoking is Unhealthy? Eating Eggs Might Be Worse

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eggs-smoking-286x167.jpgIn a new video, posted on one of our favorite websites, NutritionFacts.org,  Dr. Michael Greger discusses the details of a competing risk analysis from a Harvard Nurse’s Health Study on women’s health.

Among other important topics, the review compares the dangers of smoking to the dangers of eating animal products. The results?     

According to the study, the number one single cause
of death was heart disease, and dietary cholesterol consumption was a
significant risk factor for death. The second leading cause of death was from smoking-related cancer.

Hatching Cruelty-Free Family Easter Traditions

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egg shaped cookieEaster is a celebration of life –and what better way to honor this holiday than by choosing animal-friendly foods and activities that everyone can enjoy?

Instead of painting eggs, the overwhelming majority of which come from birds intensively confined inside tiny wire cages for the entire lives, look for paper-maché or wooden eggs in craft stores to paint, decorate, and hide. You can also make egg-free egg-shaped cookies that are a fun and delicious way to fill your Easter basket with joy!

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Harvest Compassion This Thanksgiving with an Animal-Friendly Feast!

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turkeys%20kissing_0-250x210.jpgThanksgiving 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?

Holiday Cooking with Compassion: Five Favorite Recipes from the COK Staff

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Cheryl Leahy - cranberry appetizer - veganThe 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. 

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Vegan Halloween Treats that are Frighteningly Good

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halloween bunnyHalloween isn’t just for kids. And it isn’t all about candy. Ok, maybe it’s mostly about the candy. Thankfully, there’s no real trick to finding delicious animal-friendly sweets — they’re everywhere! From Airheads to Taffy to Peanut Chews to Twizzlers and everything in between, check out this handy “Offical Guide to Vegan Halloween Candy” from VegNews magazine.