i started the vegetarian thing about 4 months ago, and at this point i don't desire meat at all. I also quit using milk, and swiched to soy milk which is so much better tasting! I havnt really tried alot of vegetarian recipes, but this salad sounds great! I'll have to try it.

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This dressing sounds tasty!

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I tried this salad. It is amazing. Very much a keeper in my quick & delicious summer dinner recipes.

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Hi there!

I have been a vegan for many years and feel absoloutely great.

I always believed that everyone should follow the same diet to be healthy, to protect the environment and protect animals from harm.

However i now know that i was wrong and this really wasnt easy for me to admit.

Firstly i thought no-one should EVER eat animals, but as i looked at nature i saw it was cruel, and yet natural. We will never change the pecking order of life. I think it is absoloutely outrageous the way in which the majority of animals are 'produced'. NO animal should be produced for our consumption, we are not better than these animals. They deserve respect, humanity and the life they were born to lead. I do however no longer think they should not be eaten.

As each body has a different dietary need depending on its metabolism and which organs and meridians are affected in the body. Some bodies literally can NOT live off vegetable protein, i consider myself extremely lucky not to need animla protein in my diet b/c i am repulsed by meat and the killing of it. BUT if you are one of the people whose body needs animal protein then thats what it should be given.

I no longer think that by refusing your body the nutrition it needs is a non violent way to live. If we starve our bodies of nutrition we need, we are not respecting ourselves.

I have studied nutrition for the past 4 years in this manner, and could only come to accept that eating animals IS a part of life only last

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In response to Katie C question about 'sexy", I believe that Megan's choice of this recipe involves its positive health benefits for sexual wellness. There's a lot of research going on in this category by highly-credentialed teams linking certain foods (the much-maligned aphrodisiacs) to increased blood flood in "sexy" body parts, higher libido, de-stressing which is always critical for good sex and positive well-being generally. I can't speak for Megan, but I believe she used "sexy" not just for a headline. This was my original question about the salad and a measurable sexual wellness result.

My real point in commenting again is to say that it's so refreshing to read a website where commentators express different points of view in such an informative, respectful way.

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A "sentient" being is one that is aware of its surroundings through its senses and is conscious. Most animals are not conscious. They do not think. They respond to their environments instinctively. Therefore, we must be careful about what creatures we define as sentient. Self-consciousness or self-awareness has only been scientifically proven in humans, dolphins, some whales, and most recently, possibly in some apes. I agree that inhumane treatment of any living animal is wrong, because we are self-conscious and know what we do. But one simply cannot compare a cow or a chicken to a human being. And diets are very personal as to health and longevity. There is a way to save Mother Earth that no one ever seems to mention. STOP OVER-POPULATION!!! Try telling someone they can be responsible for the birth of only one child. We simply have too many people on the planet. Let's talk about THAT!!!

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This sounds just awful...I prefer my quinoa just cooked as cereal. I enjoy it's nutty taste.

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To Kim C:
I've been vegan for many years and it suits me incredibly well - I look and feel way better and can't imagine ever eating meat/dairy again (both ethically and health-wise). However, I've known a couple people who have gone veggie/vegan and eaten healthy, but it just didn't seem to work for them. They looked and felt like they were missing something. I know there are studies about how a healthy vegan diet is the best diet, and I believe it is for me and most of the vegans I know. But my personal experience tells me that perhaps it just doesn't suit some people.

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Meat/poultry and dairy/eggs based diets are NON-SUSTAINABLE; the benefits of eating plants in proper combination, non-GMO and grown organically, are direct in terms of nutrition and non-harm to our bodies, but also are without secondary maleffects e.g. fertilizer manufacture/polution & runoff, methane production harming ozone layer and being a major cause of global warming, and poisoning of the water table via manure-pools seeping into crucial ground/ground-water resources. And this is aside from the benefits of stopping terrorizing torture, maiming and murder of innocent animals - and obviating the psychic/emotional/spiritual damage done to human beings engaged in the animal "food" trade at all levels direct and otherwise, producer/shipper/processor[!]/seller/etc. VEGAN IS THE ONLY HUMANE AND SUSTAINABLE WAY FORWARD AND WE DO NOT HAVE TIME TO WAIT. MOTHER EARTH DESPERATELY NEEDS US TO CHANGE OUR WAYS!!!

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In response to Anne K.

It would terrific if all food animals were raised humanely before they are killed. Grass fed beef has far supirior nutrition than corn fed. The same goes for chickens, pigs and sheep. Animals also have a different view of death than humans. You should try talking to animals, I do and get answers from them.

For me to become a vegetarian would be a complete sacrifice of my own health. Within a week of vegetarian diet, I would have a headache constantly, exhaustion would be my constant companion, sleep would never bring that rested and energetic feeling, my teeth would become loosened. I would feel better dead than as a vegetarian, literally. If you choose to be a vegetarian, fine. Lots of people feel so much better excluding meat from their diet. Others don't. So it is back to consuming the best diet for you as an individual.

Each person has their own right answer for diet.

As for me, I have enough land to raise my own meat sources or I could hunt deer in the fall. There is also turkey season hunting. None of these animals suffer during their lives except for accident and injury or illness when it happens.

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