Sunday, June 19, 2011
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8 Reasons You Should Stop Drinking Milk Now
5:33 PM
Vegetarian
What could be more American than a glass of milk? Cow's milk, that is. In light of this common perception, the time is long overdue to add the milk mustache to that ever-growing list of American myths. Human beings are not designed to drink any milk except human milk (only during infancy, of course). As you'll see below, consuming dairy products—milk, cheese, yogurt, sour cream, ice cream, etc.—is not green and it's not healthy.
It's also a nightmare for the cows themselves. Here's a little of how the folks at GoVeg describe it: "The 9 million cows living on dairy farms in the United States spend most of their lives in large sheds or on feces-caked mud lots, where disease is rampant. Cows raised for their milk are repeatedly impregnated. Their babies are taken away so that humans can drink the milk intended for the calves. When their exhausted bodies can no longer provide enough milk, they are sent to slaughter and ground up for hamburgers."
1. Dairy cows produce waste.
Lots of waste. In fact, your average dairy cow produces 120 pounds of waste every day—equal to that of more than two dozen people, but without toilets, sewers, or treatment plants.
2. Let me repeat: Dairy cows produce lots and lots of waste (and greenhouse gases).
California produces one-fifth of the country's total milk supply. According to MilkSucks.com, "in the Central Valley of California, the cows produce as much excrement as a city of 21 million people, and even a smallish farm of 200 cows will produce as much nitrogen as in the sewage from a community of 5,000 to 10,000 people, according to a U.S. Senate report on animal waste."
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
How Does Drinking Milk Harm Cows?
8:01 AM
Vegetarian
Dairy cows are continually kept pregnant and lactating and their babies are taken away from them when they are only two days old. The life of a dairy cow is not as natural as you might think, especially considering that 80 percent of dairy cows are made pregnant through artificial insemination. 1
The only way for a cow, like any other mammal, to produce milk is for the cow to have a baby. The 
milk produced by cows is naturally meant for baby calves; however, because people want to drink this milk, the baby calves are taken away from their mothers when they are only a few days old. 1 Cows are extremely maternal animals and both the mother cow and the baby calf suffer terribly from being separated at such a young age. One study showed that calves with no interaction with their mothers or only interaction through a fence, "induced significant increases in walking, butting, urinating, and vocalizing"2. In fact, one cow missed her baby so much that she broke out of her paddock and trekked through 8 kilometers of paddocks and rivers to find her baby 3. On dairy farms, mother cows can be heard bellowing out wildly trying to find their babies as well as running after the cattle trucks that take their babies to separate farms.
The baby calves lives are then decided by their gender. If the calf is male then he is taken away to be raised and slaughtered for meat. Because of this the NZ dairy industry contributes to the death of more than 1 million male calves every year. 4 That’s one death every 20 seconds. In fact, 55 percent of all beef in New Zealand supermarkets comes directly from the dairy industry. 5 These male calves are transported to separate meat farms or slaughterhouses, where they will never see their mothers again. Transported as young as 4 days of age, they endure cold and hunger, without food for up to 30 hours, while struggling to maintain their footing in the cattle truck.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Chickpea Curry (Vegan.com Top 10 Recipe, 2008)
1:23 AM
Vegetarian
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup (200g) dried chickpeas
- 4 cups (960ml) water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 cardamom pods
- 1 small stick cinnamon
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Pinch of asafetida
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 1 fresh hot green chili, halved lengthwise
- ½ -inch (1-cm) cube fresh ginger, peeled and grated
- 11 ounces (310g) tomatoes, pureed
- Salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ teaspoon garam masala (see page 16)
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon mango powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- Sliced onions and fresh coriander leaves, for garnish
For the Roasted Spice Mixture:
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 2–3 cloves
- teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 dried red chili
How to Make? View on vegan.com Here!
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Raw Orange Chocolate “Cheesecake”
9:35 PM
Vegetarian
Crust:
- 1 C Almonds*
- 1/4 C Cacao Powder
- 3 Dates
Combine all ingredients in the food processor. Process until ground fine. Mixture should hold together when pressed. If it doesn’t, add water, 1 T at a time until texture is achieved. Set aside 1/4 C. Press remaining into bottom of 6″ spring form pan. Place in refrigerator.
*I always pre-soak all my almonds and dry them as soon as I get them.
Filling:
- 3 Oranges (make sure you have very good oranges)
- 2/3 C Agave
- 2 1/2 C Cashews (soaked at least 3 hours)
- 3/4 C Coconut Butter
- 1/2 t. Sweet Orange Essential Oil (optional as it is not raw but still very healthy)
How to Make? View on www.rawmazing.com Here!
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Baked BBQ Tofu
9:24 PM
Vegetarian
INGREDIENTS
- 1 pound tofu, drained and pressed, cut widthwise into eighths
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
Apricot BBQ Sauce:
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 11⁄2 pounds apricots (6–8, depending on their size),pitted and sliced about 1⁄2 inch thick
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable broth or water
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground coriander
- Several pinches of freshly ground black pepper
- 1⁄4 cup molasses
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
How to Make? View on TheDailyGreen.com Here!
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Shaolin Kung Fu (Exploding the Meat Myth)
8:59 PM
Vegetarian
Think you need meat to be fit and strong? You can explode that myth with two words: Shaolin Monk!
For those not familiar with the Shaolin, point them to this video.
From the documentary "Myths and Logic of Shaolin Kung Fu". For centuries, Shaolin have followed the principals and spiritual way of the Buddha and Taoist way, which means adhering to a non-violent vegetarian diet.
Peach Upside-Down Cake
4:15 PM
Vegetarian
Dry ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups unbleached white flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 cup natural sugar (I used demerara for all the sugar in this recipe)
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Liquid ingredients:
- 1 cup vanilla soy milk mixed with 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest (or 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract)
- 4 cups peeled and sliced peaches
- 2 tablespoons natural, raw or brown sugar
- 1/4 cup natural, raw or brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
How to Make? View on blog.fatfreevegan.com Here!
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Jeweled Basmati Rice
7:09 AM
Vegetarian
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups Basmati rice
- 1/2 cup pistachios, sliced or chopped
- 1/2 cup almonds, sliced or chopped
- 1/2 cup cranberries
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 cup currants
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 3 medium sized carrots, chopped
- 2 cups veggie broth
- 20 strands saffron threads, or 2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp cardamom
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- Earth Balance margarine, for sautéing
How to Make? View on www.manifestvegan.com Here!
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Vegetarian Sloppy Joes
3:41 PM
Vegetarian
You'll love this vegetarian version of sloppy joes with mushroom, peppers and onions. It's satisfying and healthy at the same time.
Recipe:
- 1 pound portabella mushroom caps
- 4 Garlic Cloves
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 small onion
- 1/2 med red pepper
- 1/2 med green pepper
- 1 8oz can tomato sauce
- 3 tbs light brown sugar
- 1 tbs red wine vinegar
- 2 tbs Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbs tomato paste
- 1 tsp Fresh Thyme leaves
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
Directions:
- Chop Mushrooms into small piece and add to a pot on med heat which is sprayed with cooking spray and let cook for 5-7min
- Add Garlic, Onion, Peppers and season with salt and pepper, cook 5-7min.
- Make sauce by adding Tomato Sauce, Brown Sugar, Vinegar and Worcestershire to a bowl and mixing together.
- Add Tomato Paste to veggies and let cook 1-2 min.
- Add sauce as let cook and thicken for 2 min.
- Add Thyme and Red pepper flakes.
- Serve on a bun with chopped pickles.
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Veggie Pot Pie
3:25 PM
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 8 ounces mushrooms
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 large carrots, diced
- 2 potatoes, peeled and diced
- 2 stalks celery, sliced 1/4 inch wide
- 2 cups cauliflower florets
- 1 cup fresh green beans, trimmed and snapped into 1/2 inch pieces
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 recipe pastry for double-crust pie
How to Make? View on AllRecipes.com Here!
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Masala Dosa Recipe
3:16 PM
Vegetarian
Ingredients:
Dosa shell:
- 1 1/2 cups rice
- 1/2 cup urad dal
- salt to taste
- Oil
Masala Filling:
- 2 large potatoes
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 1/2 teaspoon yellow split peas
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1-2 green chili
- 1 tablespoon oil
- salt to taste
How to Make? View on www.indianfoodforever.com Here!
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Pregnancy at Slaughter: What Happens to the Calves?
8:04 AM
Vegetarian
What happens when a cow is pregnant at the time of slaughter? I almost wish I didn't know. From the calves experiencing their mother's death from inside her, while they too suffer or die their own terrible death, to live calves being cut from their dead mother's womb, so that their blood can be drained for science while they're still alive--it's all horrific, and none of it is ever talked about, even though it's a part of the dairy and beef industries and a part of how people get their "finest" leather. There's enough to cover here that two posts are required. This is the first.
By accident a few months ago, I ended up watching a video of a pregnant cow already stunned and hung upside down--and the video showed an apparently almost-full-term calf struggling inside and against the mother's body, kicking in desperation, dying a horrible death inside the womb. Later came the image of that young calf's presumably dead body tossed into a bin (though it seems still live calves are often tossed as well).
Coconut – Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream
7:42 AM
Vegetarian
Ingredients:
(makes 4 small servings…anything smaller than an overflowing bowl is ‘small’ where ice cream is concerned)
- 1 cup coconut milk (canned stuff will do the trick)
- 2/3 cup half and half (the original recipe calls for heavy cream, but I like to keep it light wherever I can)
- 1/4 cup raw cane sugar
- shavings from 2 chocolate truffles
How to Make?? View on theveggie.wordpress.com Here!
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Asparagus and Chickpea Casserole
7:24 AM
Vegetarian
To make this gluten-free, substitute 1 tablespoon cornstarch or potato starch for the flour.
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 rib celery, diced
- 8 ounces sliced mushrooms
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 12 ounces asparagus, ends trimmed and stalks cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons vegetable broth or “no-chicken” broth
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup vegetable broth or “no-chicken” broth
- 3/4 cup unsweetened soymilk or other non-dairy milk
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 1/2 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 15-ounce can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 2-3 cups frozen hash brown potatoes (or 5-8 ounces raw potato, shredded)
- smoked paprika, for garnish
How to Make? View More on blog.fatfreevegan.com Here!
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Chocolate Covered Cherry Pudding Cake
4:09 AM
Vegetarian
Ingredients:
- 20 frozen pitted cherries (about 1 cup)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon rum extract (optional)
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/2 cup unbleached flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tablespoons soy yogurt
- 1/4 cup vanilla soymilk (or other non-dairy milk)
- boiling water
How to Make? View on blog.fatfreevegan.com Here!
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Healthy Vegan Potato Recipe
4:02 AM
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 3-4 large potatoes, diced
- 1 cucumber, sliced and quartered
- 4 small tomatoes, diced
- 2 red peppers, diced
- handful black olives, pitted and chopped
- sea salt
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Savory Sweet Potato Quiche
7:38 AM
Vegetarian
For the crust:
- 1/2 cup oat flour
- 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- 2 tbsp vegan cream cheese (I used Tofutti's savory sour-cream-and-onion but feel free to go with the plain one)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup olive oil (try to use extra virgin)
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. The dough should hold together in a ball, but if it doesn't, add some water.
- Place in a container or wrap it in shrink-wrap, then refrigerate while you get your filling together.
For the filling:
- 3 medium sweet potatoes, baked in a 400-degree oven for about 30 minutes or until a fork inserted in the middle slides all the way through. Remove, cool, and peel.
- 1 8-oz tub (minus the 2 tbsp used for the crust) vegan cream cheese, either plain or savory.
- 1 12-oz packet of silken extra firm tofu
- 3-4 sprigs of rosemary (about 1 tbsp chopped)
- 3-4 sage leaves
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- Salt to taste
CAPRESE SALAD
12:15 AM
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 4 Cups Romain Lettuce (Shredded)
- 2 Cups Heirloom Tomatoes (Sliced)
- 2 Sticks Light Mozzarella Cheese (Cubed)
- 10 - 15 Big leaves Basil (Shredded)
- 1/4 Cup Balsamic Vinaigrette
How to Make? View Pointlessfood.blogspot.com Here!
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Mexican Hot Chocolate Snickerdoodles
12:03 AM
Vegetarian
Makes 2 dozen Cookies
A beautiful crackle topped chocolate cookie with a spicy cayenne kick and a sugary cinnamon coating. Sold?
For the topping:
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
For the cookies:
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons almond milk (Or your preferred non-dairy milk)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon chocolate extract (or more vanilla extract if you have no chocolate)
- 1 2/3 cups flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Ginger Fruit Crisp Recipe
11:56 PM
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons plus 1-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 cups sliced fresh plums
- 1 cup sliced peeled peaches
- 1 cup sliced nectarines
How to Make? View on tasteofhome.com Here!
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Banana Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding
11:49 PM
Vegetarian
INGREDIENTS:
- 6 cups 1″ cubed stale bread (about 1 lb)
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 3 ripe bananas, sliced ½” thick
- 2-2¼ cups rice milk, almond milk or soy
- 3 tablespoons arrowroot powder or tapioca flour
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Recette VEGAN JAPANESE CURRY
10:57 PM
Vegetarian
Ingredients:
- Onions: 3 medium-sized
- Celery: 2 large leaves
- Red sweet pimento: 6 small
- Carrots: 2
- Eringe mushrooms: 1 handful (if not available use anothre kind of firm fresh mushroom)
- Parsley: 3 sprigs
- Garlic: 3 cloves
- Fresh ginger: a little
- Lemon juice: half a lemon
- Aburaage (deep-fried tofu sheets): 4
- Sesame oil: 6 tablespoons
- Curry mixture (powder) of your choice: 1/2 cup/ 100 cc/ml
- Salt: a little
How to Make? View on cookeatshare.fr Here!
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Saving Billy
8:01 PM
Vegetarian
Please watch, not only do female dairy cows suffer, but so do their male offspring as they are considered worthless to the industry!
He had only been in the world one day, but it was to be his last. Billy, one of many male calves considered worthless by the dairy industry, was about to receive a fatal hammer blow to the head when a man named Larry intervened. In this video, hear more about the rescue and see Billy enjoying life at our New York Shelter.
Vegetarian Chili
4:36 PM
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onions
- 1 cup chopped red bell peppers
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 2 to 3 serrano peppers, stemmed, seeded, and minced, depending upon taste
- 1 medium zucchini, stem ends trimmed and cut into small dice
- 2 cups fresh corn kernels (about 3 ears)
- 1 1/2 pounds portobello mushrooms (about 5 large), stemmed, wiped clean and cubed
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespooon ground cumin
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 4 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
- 3 cups cooked black beans, or canned beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 cup vegetable stock, or water
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- Cooked brown rice, accompaniment
- Sour cream or strained plain yogurt, garnish
- Diced avocado, garnish
- Essence, recipe follows, garnish
- Chopped green onions, garnish
How to Make? View on foodnetwork.com Here!
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Autumn Wild Rice Rissoles
4:22 PM
Vegetarian
Ingredient:
- 1 cup cooked wild rice
- 1 cup cooked brown or basmati rice
- 1/2 small red onion, finely chopped (1/2 cup)
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 6-oz. jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained and coarsely chopped (1/2 cup)
- 1/4 cup chopped toasted pecans
- 2 Tbs. olive oil, plus more for cooking patties
- 2 Tbs. chopped fresh sage
- 1 tsp. fresh thyme leaves
- 1 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup saltine cracker crumbs or crushed rice crackers
- 3/4 cup chunky cranberry sauce
How to make? View on VegetarianTimes.com Here!
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Chipotle Sweet Potato and Spiced Apple Purees Recipe
4:16 PM
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 2 large tart apples, peeled and quartered
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
- 4 pounds sweet potatoes (about 6 large), peeled and quartered
- 1/4 cup fat-free milk, warmed
- 2 teaspoons minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Vegetarian Curry Mock Abalone Rice Vermicelli
3:10 AM
Vegetarian
Ingredients (serves 2)
- 150g rice vermicelli, blanched in hot water and drained well
- 1 can vegetarian mock abalone, drained
- 1-2 tablespoons curry powder
- 3-5 tablespoons water
- 6 slices of carrot, shredded
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt to taste (optional)
- some fresh Chinese celery (optional), for garnish
How to Make? View on Crystalbyblog.blogspot.com Here!
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Potato Curry Recipes
3:04 AM
Vegetarian
Ingredients:
- 4 LARGE russet potatoes, peeled and cubed (use more of they're small)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 4 teaspoons curry powder
- 4 teaspoons garam masala
- 1 inch of ginger, grated
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- teaspoons salt
- 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
- 1 14 oz can of coconut milk
- 1 15 oz can garbanzos, rinsed and drained
- 1 15 oz can peas
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Italian Seitan Sausage Recipes
8:39 PM
Vegetarian
Ingredients:
- 2 cups vital wheat gluten
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 2 tablespoons onion powder
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1 3/4 teaspoons fennel seeds, lightly crushed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dry red chili flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon dry basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dry rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon dry thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dry oregano (rubbed)
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- several grinds fresh black pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1 portobello mushroom cap
- 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup vegetable or veggie chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, grated
- 2 tablespoons tamari or soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon agave, optional
- 1 teaspoon vegan Worcestershire, optional
How to Make? View More on VegWeb.com Here!
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A Beautiful Friendship Between The Cow and The Dog
8:21 PM
Vegetarian
March 6th 2008 Baby Obama turned 1 month. I received her on February 14th 2008.
Before that she was abandoned by her mother we assume because the other cows cleaned her off or she was the heifer's first calf or the calf's eyes are white (birth defect). My boyfriend bung her home, he so I could care for her. I didn't want to, because unlike humans cows have to have first milk from their mother to live. But I did anyway. I got her some fake first milk from the Tractor Supply and nursed her every 4 hours for a month. She lived outside on my front porch inside a kid's tent. Yes it was messy and hard work, but she was just a baby. This video is just a glimpse of a few minutes of this calf's life.
The dog. Tracey is a mixed pit bull (WE THINK) from a rescue shelter if you would like to make a donation to them here is the web address. http://www.angelsofassisi.org/
Now for the sad part
Animals are unpredictable creatures, just from the comments I see people have no clue how instinctive they are. Tracey dog never showed any signs of rage or ill toward baby. Tracey Dog is a frog hunter that is right my dog enjoys hunting and playing with frogs till they die. She's a dog, it's an instinct, because she's a hunter and my son taught her to go into the creek and get them. Tracey dog is not aggressive and in any way violent, but she is a dog and dogs HUNT. That's nature!
The first week the cow would sleep in the tent and the dog didn't mind her much. She would lick the cows butt to help stimulate her bowls just like a mother cow, but other than that there was little to no interaction between the two. Again Tracy would lick her butt not to help the cow but to get rich stool from her. It's a dog and yes they eat poop, but in a since she was helping the calf. So, one evening I went with my boyfriend (I LEFT THE HOUSE) to feed the other cows. Tracey was inside with the family and the calf was on the porch. When I came home the calf was on the ground and Tracey was eating her ear. Of course I freaked out and had to whip my dog (for well being an animal) to get her to stop EATING THE CALF. It took me weeks to get over the fact my best friend; my dog was so evil. Then one day, a month after this happened I was about to go outside and fuss at Tracey for being around the calf. Then, I noticed Tracey was just standing there, and the calf was sucking on her ear. I grabbed the video camera and this is the images I filmed. I guess Tracy accepted that this was a calf we didn't eat, she was "family" like her, how she understood that other meat we eat and this meat we don't is beyond me. But for the next 4 months these two animals went everywhere together.
Baby Obama lived for 6 months, after she broke out of the yard (The neighbors didn't like that) and weighted close to or over 500 pounds I had to put her in the field with the other cattle. A 500 pound cow produces a lot of "MESS" and when it's in your garden or porch it's not cute (MEANING THE NEIGHBORS YARD, PORCH, GARDEN). Though, I was not able to teach her things that a mother cow could, and for her age she was very small. Meek. The other cows killed my baby Obama, because she was an outcast. She was not included in their pack. Yes cows travel in packs. She was the weakest cow and was trampled/tossed for a salt block. No I did not witness this or see it happen.
We do eat meat, and we do raise cattle. We DON'T butcher cows we RAISE CALF'S and sell them at an auction. I posted this video because it is cute, but it in no way shows true animal instinct. The dog is getting her ear scratched and licking any milk she can from the cows mouth. The cow is trying to get milk from the dog's ear.
In this wide world we cannot relate everything to a human's point of view. Animals are different from us and they have needs but they also have genetic programmed brains. Yes we need to protect them from cruelty, but we also have to understand nature is cruel. So until people who preach about protecting animals start providing the funds then NATURE WILL RUN ITS COURSE.
Tracey is still alive; in 2009 she was hit by a car the driver was so distributed she paid the entire hospital bill even though I asked her not to. Tracy dog is 6 years old now and doing fine. She still hunts frogs, enjoys stealing sweet feed from the cows, and sun bathing in the driveway. All the cows I have been around this was the first and only cow that I was not scared of. Cows that are not hand raised are not friendly and you can never predict an animal's behavior.
I will be revising this as I see fit; to answer repeated questions and clarify for the disbelievers that animals are different from humans. One cute little video can bring out so much HATE AND RAGE! My goodness people channel that toward something good. Volunteer, donate, and adopt something.
Source: Youtube.com
Friday, June 3, 2011
Vegetarian Taco Salad
11:00 PM
Vegetarian
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups fresh corn kernels (see Tip) or frozen, thawed
- 4 large tomatoes
- 1 1/2 cups cooked long-grain brown rice (see Tip)
- 1 15-ounce can black, kidney or pinto beans, rinsed
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/3 cup prepared salsa
- 2 cups shredded iceberg or romaine lettuce
- 1 cup shredded pepper Jack cheese
- 2 1/2 cups coarsely crumbled tortilla chips
- Lime wedges for garnish
Chickpea Burgers & Tahini Sauce
10:56 PM
Vegetarian
Ingredients:
- 1 19-ounce can chickpeas, rinsed
- 4 scallions, trimmed and sliced
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 6-1/2-inch whole-wheat pitas, halved and warmed, if desired
Tahini sauce
- 1/2 cup low-fat plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons tahini, (see Ingredient note)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/3 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
