Jeffry P wrote:
Still haven't developed a taste for Kale!

Creamy Peanut Kale:

Chop it and fry it up with some peanut butter, peanuts, vegetable oil, minced garlic, hot sauce, leek, chic peas. Maybe a little soy sauce if you're cool with soy products. Sometimes I'll go at it with a potato masher too (to break up the chic peas), depending on my mood. Serve over rice.

I also do a salad like this:

A few kale leaves, chopped fine
An avocado or two, cubed
Chic peas
Walnuts
Fresh lemon juice
Garlic powder
Sea salt
Olive oil
Flax seeds
Apple cider vinegar (I use raw, organic)
Sometimes some sunflower seeds
Strawberries if I'm feeling fancy

A year ago I barely knew what Kale was. Now I find a way to include it in almost every meal, raw or cooked.

Bare Essential Photos wrote:
To OP --

I'm surprised you didn't include those that have a gluten diet. Right now it's trendy for models to have a gluten diet.


Gabby

Do you mean gluten-free? A lot of people are becoming intolerant to gluten. Personally I avoid it (along with corn and soy, usually). I have no idea what a "gluten diet" would be or why it would be trendy.

I'm not sure if I would compare vegan diet to gluten-free diets (assuming that's what you meant), because there are no real ethical or envinronmental reasons to avoid gluten. It's solely an allergy/nutritional issue.

Sweet pea wrote:
Vegatarian, i love milk:(

me too):

Nikki Magnusson wrote:
Las Vegan..lol..

Haha, funny you mention this, whenever I type 'vegan' with my cellphone when texting, it keeps autocorrecting it to Vegas.

Savilla wrote:

I have seen first hand how organic beekeepers handle their honeybees, and they are not being harmed. Being vegan is not a religion for me... I'm a vegan #1 for health reasons, and #2 because I can not justify killing or harming an animal simply because I'm hungry. There are limitless choices out there for plant-based foods. If you have not seen "Forks Over Knives" yet, I highly recommend it!  :-)

Haven't seen it, but I'll check it out, thanks.

When I started being a vegan, I found out I had an allergy to dairy for so many years. The instant I stopped eating it, the full-body rash I'd have all the damn time disappeared. So for me, it's definitely a healthy thing. It made me stop pigging out on candy and crap, and without even trying, I lost around 15 lbs in a few months. I cook a lot more, and I love it!

David Lace wrote:
Join the conversation if you are a vegan, vegetarian or raw food model.
I'd love to find out how many "Veggie Models" are on MLM and hear your comments.

Thanks so much.

David Lace - http://DavidLace.Com


P.S.

I just posted a vegan/vegetarian model search notice in casting:

https://www.modelmayhem.com/casting/1203894?

Sarah Nivri wrote:
I just recently decided to give up beef and pork products for health reasons (thanks, Forks over Knives).
Dating a vegetarian has opened me up to this entire new world. I was originally surprised at how delicious most fake meat products are. I actually prefer the taste of Boca/Morning Star products to real meat.
Thinking about going completely vegetarian over the summer, and see where it goes from there.

I'm vegan and I *hate* fake meat products. To me they taste too much like real meat, and I feel like I'm cheating. I also don't like the texture, and the soy taste bit (since it's what they're made of). I'd much rather eat veggies and beans than those fake meats.

Scarlett Candee wrote:
I'm vegan and I *hate* fake meat products. To me they taste too much like real meat, and I feel like I'm cheating. I also don't like the texture, and the soy taste bit (since it's what they're made of). I'd much rather eat veggies and beans than those fake meats.

I can understand that; they're very realistic. I've heard people say "if you want something that tastes like meat, why don't you eat real meat?" But for someone like me who's not actually veg, it helps me save a chicken or two while not having to completely give it up.

Sarah Nivri wrote:

I can understand that; they're very realistic. I've heard people say "if you want something that tastes like meat, why don't you eat real meat?" But for someone like me who's not actually veg, it helps me save a chicken or two while not having to completely give it up.

Haha, fair enough. They're good for newbies, but most vegan people I know don't eat them anymore. Actually the best veggie burger I've ever had wasn't a tofu burger, but a quinoa burger. A-ma-zing!

Apparently a Viking wrote:
I've been vegan and mostly raw for 4 years now, I made the change for both health and ethical reasons.

How is raw? I still haven't tried that, and I'm a little unsure about it...

But yeah, health-wise, having gone vegan is one of the best things I've done. My skin is even clearer, I lost almost 20 lbs. I have more energy also.

Scarlett Candee wrote:
How is raw? I still haven't tried that, and I'm a little unsure about it...

But yeah, health-wise, having gone vegan is one of the best things I've done. My skin is even clearer, I lost almost 20 lbs. I have more energy also.

After the move, I'll try the 30-days-raw thingy. I am reading up on it right now, have my non-cook book ready to go, meal plan, everything, I'll let you know how it goes, if you like.

Pescetarian since 10/2011
Lost 10 lbs, skin is better, mood is definitely better!

Apparently a Viking wrote:
I've been vegan and mostly raw for 4 years now, I made the change for both health and ethical reasons.

I would love to go completely raw. I can do it for weeks at a time, but it's so time-consuming to prepare meals - dehydrating, sprouting, etc.

Also, when I eat that way, I'm eating mostly produce, so it requires purchasing large quantities of produce every week.

It's difficult to consistently maintain that much time-consuming food prep, and constant shopping.

Scarlett Candee wrote:

How is raw? I still haven't tried that, and I'm a little unsure about it...

But yeah, health-wise, having gone vegan is one of the best things I've done. My skin is even clearer, I lost almost 20 lbs. I have more energy also.

The first time I tried complete abstinence from animal foods was in 2006, when I lived in a vegan collective house. I gained about 25-30 pounds. I think the reason I gained was because I was basing my meals on too much rice and pasta. I've been animal-food-free again since December, and my weight stayed steady. I started P90X in February and lost 5 pounds from that. This time, my body-size was unaffected by eliminating animal foods, but I'm also sticking to only ONE serving of grains per day. No more.

David Lace wrote:
Join the conversation if you are a vegan, vegetarian or raw food model.
I'd love to find out how many "Veggie Models" are on MLM and hear your comments.

Thanks so much.

David Lace - http://DavidLace.Com

...

Transitioning or cyclical vegetarian, vegan, raw foodist and non processed vegetarian too.

At the moment have returned to vegetarian with some processed food...cycling back more and more to raw foodists or vegan each day though