Vegetarian Zen

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VZ 351: The Three R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Mar 08, 2020

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In this episode of the Vegetarian Zen podcast, we're going to be talking about the 3 terms often used when talking about waste. Those terms are:

Reduce
Reuse
Recycle

We're going to talk about the definition of each and provide you some ways you can help out our planet by participating in reducing, recycling, and reusing.

Now before you start thinking, "I know what each of these mean. I'm good." Stick around! I know I thought I knew a lot about these already too but did pick up a few things myself.

VZ 350: The Gluten Free Vegan Mar 01, 2020

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This episode of the Vegetarian Zen podcast, like many others, is a listener request. We've had several folks in our community contact us letting us know that they want to learn more about what it means to eat gluten-free on a vegan diet.

This is one of those episodes where we are talking about "a vegan diet" because, for the most part, cheese and dairy are gluten-free.

We're going to talk about:

What gluten is.
Celiac disease
What you can eat if you are a vegan, vegetarian, or reducetarian looking to avoid gluten
Some sneaky foods you might think are gluten-free but may not be (always double-check!)

VZ 349: Healing Disordered Eating with Holistic Health Coach Cara Cifelli Feb 23, 2020

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Cara Cifelli is a Certified Health Coach, Holistic Nutritionist, chef, author, podcast host, and avocado toast lover.

Cara passionately provides the tools to help women leave behind dieting, disordered eating, and body shame so they can show up more fully in all areas of their life.

In this episode, we talk to Cara about our own issues with disordered eating.

VZ 348: The Dangers of Balloon Releases Feb 16, 2020

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Balloon releases have been around for decades but did you know that they are extremely harmful to our animal friends AND our environment?

VZ 347: Vegan Travel Tips with Brighde Reed of World Vegan Travel Feb 13, 2020

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In this episode of the Vegetarian Zen podcast, we're pleased to welcome Brighde Reed to the show.

Brighde is one of the co-founders of World Vegan Travel, a company that creates luxurious travel experiences for vegans and the vegan-curious.

Brighde is going to tell us all about World Vegan travel and then share some general travel tips for traveling as a vegan or vegetarian.

VZ 346: How to Get Enough Potassium Feb 02, 2020

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In last week's episode of our podcast, we talked about the top tools we're using to get healthier this year.

One of those tools is an app called My Fitness Pal which we use to log our daily food intake. Using this app, we've gained some insight into our macronutrients and where we needed to focus in order to eat a more balanced diet.

One of the macronutrients we had never given much thought to is potassium. What we found is that we consistently fall short in hitting our recommended daily intake in this area.

After experiencing some muscle cramping recently, it occurred to me that this may be related to my potassium deficiency.

In this episode, we're going to talk about what potassium is and how to ensure you're getting enough.

VZ 345: The Top 9 Kitchen Tools Helping Us Get Healthier in 2020 Jan 26, 2020

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In this episode of the Vegetarian Zen podcast, we'll be discussing the top 9 tools we're using to help us get healthier in 2020.

We want to stress that you don't have to spend a lot of money to get healthy. Keep in mind that we've accumulated the kitchen tools we're going to discuss over time and they aren't essential. We simply want to share these with you today so that you can decide for yourself what makes sense to invest in to make your life a little bit easier.

VZ 344: 7 of the Healthiest Seeds and Some Ways to Eat Them Jan 19, 2020

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In this episode of the Vegetarian Zen podcast, we're going to talk about seeds! More specifically, we're going to talk about 7 of the healthiest seeds you can eat to give you a nutrition boost. Of course, we can't talk about food without giving you some ideas and recipes so we'll be talking about some of those too!

VZ 343: A Review of Our New Cuisinart Air Fryer Toaster Oven Jan 12, 2020

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Yes, we finally did it! We bought an air fryer!

Back in episode 259 of our podcast, we talked about air frying.

When we did this episode, we didn't have a fryer of our own but asked for some input from our Peas and Carrots Society on Facebook about their experiences with air frying. Was it awesome or just a bunch of hot air?

While the majority of our folks were really digging the air fryer, we weren't exactly sold. That is, until this past Black Friday when Amazon was running a sale.

In this episode of our podcast, we're going to talk about which air fryer we purchased and provide you with a review.

VZ 342: How to Cook Quinoa and What To Do With It Jan 05, 2020

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This episode of the Vegetarian Zen podcast is all about quinoa! Specifically we'll be talking about:

What quinoa is
What are the health benefits
Is it considered gluten-free?
Is it Keto-Friendly?
And last but not least, how to cook it!
We'll be sharing a few favorited recipes in our show notes at www.vegetarianzen.com/342 so be sure to head out and check those out after you have a listen!

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