Whether your entire family is vegetarian or you wish to accommodate vegetarian guests this holiday season you’ll enjoy learning about the various meal ideas you can offer your guests. Unexpected guests are common place during holiday dinners, so it’s important to always include a few vegetarian options in your dinner menu.A few things to remember when preparing foods for your vegetarian guests are that there are various types of vegetarians whose diets have vastly different restrictions. For instance, lacto-ovo vegetarians do not eat meat, but they do eat dairy (milk and egg products). Vegans on the other hand do not consume any meat or animal by-products, which excludes all dairy (milk, butter, eggs). If you’re not sure... »View More
The term vegetarian cheese might sound redundant to you; after all, cheese is made with milk, which clearly can be obtained without killing an animal. What most people mean when they use the term vegetarian cheese is that the cheese was made with vegetarian rennet.Some vegetarians are OK eating cheeses made with animal rennet, but many will seek out ones made with vegetarian rennet, especially since the latter are quite prevalent nowadays. So, in a sense, cheese can never be vegetarian because it leads to the indirect slaughter of animals for their meat.Vegetarians can still eat great cheese these chives from. Animal product milk is the basis of all cheese, but you dont take an animals life when you milk it. True enough, but there is another... »View More
