"If ever there was a guide to plant-based eating that dispels of the
notion that ‘vegans eat grass,’ this is it. The vegan alternatives
to meat, fish, dairy and eggs are delicious, and 'What to Eat When
You Don’t Eat Animals’ makes it easier than ever to transition to a
healthy, eco-friendly and cruelty-free diet."
~ Donny Moss,
TheirTurn.net
"Many people have the compassion and motivation to go vegan, but
don’t know where to start. They have the passion to help animals,
but lack the fundamentals of what to buy, what to cook, and what to
eat. This comprehensive guide helps make it easy. What to Eat When
You Don’t Eat Animals will take new vegans and pre-vegans
step-by-step down the path of compassionate eating and help make it
simple and delicious!"
~ Hope Bohanec, The
Humane Hoax Project
"Inspiring and informative. Long-time animal advocate Veda Stram has
put together an excellent (and delicious!) resource guide for
consumers who want to end their dependency on the immoral animal
system. What To Eat When You Don't Eat Animals is essential 'comfort
food' for the just-starting-out vegan or vegetarian, filled with
great starter meal plans, harrowing facts about the nature of the
animal economy, and fascinating quotes from some of history's most
famous vegans. Highly recommended!"
~ John Sanbonmatsu, Ph.D.,
CleanMeat-Hoax.com
"Veda Stram's What to Eat When You Don’t Eat Animal hits the mark
with one of the most useful and practical books you will find to
help you and your loved ones make the leap into the deliciousness of
vegan food. If you have any concerns that going vegan will be a
sacrifice, you will be astonished at the products that taste like
the animal foods you love, but without the cruelty and environmental
devastation caused by animal agriculture. One of the biggest perks
is the inner peace that comes from eating with lovingkindness and
compassion."
~ Judy McCoy Carman, M.A., author of
Peace to All Beings and
Homo Ahimsa: Who we Really are and how we're going to save the world
This brilliant book is jam packed full of amazing food delights, and
the greatest part? - it's all wonderfully ethical, plant based and
compassionate at the source - for each and every meal! Extensive,
well researched information about food animal industries (and
beautiful images) alongside a rich and resourceful catalogue of
alternatives to meat, fish and dairy...with delicious suggestions
for just about every meal you could think of...to get animals/
species off the plate. Everyone should have this book, whether
vegetarian, vegan - or simply curious as a meat eater, to explore
the plantbased cooking world - and eat with full compassion towards
other species, helping to save the planet and of course - improve
our own health in the process too!
~ Julie Dickinson,
I, Animal: Examining the Animal-Human Divide
"Growing into veganism is a journey of discovery and awareness. It's
an education that fortunately other vegans are happy to support. You
will find What to Eat When You Don’t Eat Animals: menus and ideas to
inspire people to eat as if life is precious is a great help to you
to create a better life for you and the individuals from other
species you have freed from human oppression. Written by an iconic
vegan, you can trust what you read."
~ Will Anderson,
GreenVegans
"As our culture experiences increasing challenges to health,
solidarity, and cultural harmony, What To Eat When You Don’t Eat
Animals illumines the practical steps to eating in alignment with
our deepest values. Use this book, share it, and revel in its
implications. As Veda Stram shows us, we can be the change we want
to see in the world, and it can be delicious!"
~ Will Tuttle, Ph.D., author,
The World
Peace Diet
"Veda Stram has produced an amazingly comprehensive, readable guide
to abundant living that leaves animals and their ‘products’ off the
menu and out of the house. This guide is both practical and ethical,
a joy to savor and share. No one reading it can complain that vegan
living is ‘too hard’ or restrictive. Especially important in my view
is that the guide shines a light on the lovingness of the animals
whose feelings and lives we violate by burying them – needlessly –
in commodities."
~ Karen Davis, PhD, President,
United Poultry
Concerns
"This book is a truly indispensable guide to all things vegan for
vegans and aspiring vegans alike, and I wish I had when I went vegan
in 1976."
~ Kim Stallwood
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In the spring of 1988 when she was 42, Veda saw a brochure about animals
abused in drug addiction experiments. She called Cloris Leachman's office
because I knew she had 'done some work for animals.' She left a message with
Cloris's publicist and... ta da! someone called her back 10 minutes later
and told her that she should call Bill Dyer and after an hour conversation
about animal abuse horrors, he told her to go to a Last Chance for Animals
meeting that night...she has been an activist ever since. She went
vegetarian within days and was vegan within months.
She volunteered with The Animals Voice Magazine, Last Chance for Animals
(LCA), has been on the Boards of Orange County People for Animals (OCPA),
Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN), Pigs Peace Sanctuary, was web
manager for AnimalsVoice.com and administrative editor of The Animals Voice
Magazine in the early 2000's, and has been a Board Member at United Poultry
Concerns (UPC) since 2013.
She has been employed by All-Creatures.org since July 2008 and posts animal rights/vegan articles, stories, poetry, alerts and more on the All-Creatures.org site and she created the weekly All-Creatures.org newsletter in August of 2008.
She lives on stunningly gorgeous Camano Island, Washington, with four of the best feline roommates in the world - Bella, Bud, Joey and Mikey.
See her activist bio.
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