Vegetarian Zen – Details, episodes & analysis

If you're not quite ready to go vegetarian or vegan, how about a Meatless Monday? These 22 family-friendly are a perfect way to ease into meatless meals.

You can check out the show note with links to all of the recipes here. 

The Vegetarian Mediterranean Diet combines plant-based eating with Mediterranean flavors. Discover the health benefits, foods to eat, and delicious recipes! Check out the full show notes here.

April is National Garden Month, a perfect time to embrace the warmer weather, get your hands dirty, and indulge in the many joys and benefits of gardening. 

Larissa and I have experimented with vegetable gardening over the years. We've had some very knowledgeable gardeners on the show in the past, including our friends Augie Sanchez (The Unkempt Gardener) and Megan Cain (The Creative Vegetable Gardener). These days, however, we're sticking to flower gardens as they are easier for us to keep up with. 

Whether you're cultivating a lush flower garden, starting a vegetable garden, or simply looking to green up your living space, this entire month of April is dedicated to celebrating the beauty that gardening brings into our lives. 

In this episode of our podcast, we discuss some benefits of gardening for you and our planet and give you 10 ways to celebrate National Garden Month.  You can check out our full show notes here. 

In this episode of the VZ podcast, we're pleased to welcome Benjamin Hagerty and Brianne Nemiroff of the blog It's Bree and Ben: Live and Travel Kindly.

We talk to them about how they started out their life of travel and how they use their blog to help guide people to kind choices in travel, dining, and shopping.

 A plant-based diet is a powerful tool in helping you manage your diabetes. It can even reverse it!  

A few weeks ago, Larissa had a bit of a scare with her blood-sugar levels shooting up. Because she can't take any medicines such as Metformin to help her control her diabetes, she needs to ensure she's eating right and moving. 

This recent scare made us go back and review some of the basics about controlling diabetes. 

In this episode of the VZ podcast, we're going to share 7 things you should know about being diabetic on a plant-based diet. 

Always talk to a doctor!

Today we are excited to welcome Siovonne Smith, author of the book The 3-Day Vegan.

When we reviewed Siovanne's book, The 3-Day Vegan, we really resonated with the message.

In her book, Siovanne gives you step by step suggestions, inspiration, and motivation to help you ease into veganism 3 days at a time. 

Whether you're a vegetarian looking to incorporate some vegan days or, you're an omnivore who isn't really interested in becoming vegetarian or vegan but would simply like to reduce your consumption of meat and dairy, this book has something for you!

As we are currently dealing with a global pandemic, it's essential that we are keeping ourselves healthy. One of the ways we keep ourselves healthy is by keeping our guts healthy.

In this episode of the Vegetarian Zen podcast, we're going to talk about probiotics. More specifically, we'll be talking about vegan probiotics. We'll talk about what they are and the best sources.

There is no doubt that these times we are in are not like anything most of us have experienced before. Hopefully, it won't be something we will experience ever again. 

With things so uncertain these days many people are feeling sad, angry, confused, and isolated. 

Today on the podcast, we want to share 10 healthy coping mechanisms that you can use to help you during these uncertain times.

Back in episode 176, we talked about the amazing benefits of fermented foods and one of the foods we discussed was miso. 

This episode of the Vegetarian Zen is all about miso. This was something I had no clue about until I became a vegetarian. I didn't know it existed! This is a great example of where becoming a vegetarian expanded my food choices and experiences.

Today on the podcast, we are excited to welcome recognized expert and thought leader in the culinary, social, ethical, and practical aspects of living vegan, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.

Colleen is an award-winning author and hosts two podcasts, Food for Thought and Animology. Today, we'll be talking more in-depth about her latest book, The Joyful Vegan.