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The Irish playwright George
Bernard Shaw, when asked by an
impertinent inquisitor why he
was a vegetarian, spiritedly replied,
“Oh, come …! That boot is on the
other leg. Why should you call me
to account for eating decently?
If I battened on the scorched
corpses of animals, you might
well ask me why I did that”.

Why Should I

>> One and Done
If there were one thing you could do to save animals,
protect the environment and slash your risk of falling
victim to many of the UK’s top killers, would you do it?
Going vegan will do all that – and more. It may also
help you save money on your supermarket bill and
expand your culinary horizons as you explore exotic
new cuisines. Oh, yeah, and it tastes great, too!
So are you ready to head out to the supermarket?
Read this starter kit first: it’s packed with recipes,
nutrition information, shopping tips and other advice
on how and why to embrace kind cuisine.

There are so many excellent reasons for going vegan – more than can fit in this starter kit.
Why not make the switch? Why not stop paying to have animals killed, just for the fleeting taste
of their flesh? Why not stop clogging our arteries with saturated fat and cholesterol? Why not
stop supporting water and air pollution and the waste of resources caused by factory farms?
Let’s just do it!

>> Nothing New Under the Sun
the world who can attest to the delights of a plant-based diet. Vegetarian traditions go
back thousands of years – a number of ancient Greek philosophers, including Pythagoras
and Plutarch, were vegetarian, as was the original Renaissance man, Leonardo da
Vinci, and the modern genius Albert Einstein. The first vegetarian society in the UK was
founded in 1847. Buddhists and Hindus have been eating vegetarian for millennia, and
Buddhists are credited with inventing tofu, soya milk and mock meats thousands of
years ago – these foods have stood the test of time and graced emperors’ tables.

Cow: © Pawel Worytko/Dreamstime.com ∙ Woman: © Elena Elisseeva/Dreamstime.com ∙ Earth: © Tamara Bauer/Dreamstime.com

Cover: © Steve Lee Studios ∙ Lettuce: © Ronalds Stikans/Dreamstime.com ∙ Apple: © Ivan Mikhaylov/Dreamstime.com ∙ Chicken: © Santos06/Dreamstime.com ∙ Faux chicken fingers: © Gardein

Vegan eating might be a new idea to you, but it’s old hat to millions of people around

Do It for

animals

>> What Do Vegans Eat?
Vegans eat pretty much anything and everything as long as it didn’t come from an
animal (ie, meat, eggs and dairy products). Think about it – there are only a handful
of meats that most people eat: chicken, fish, beef, turkey and pork. Then consider all

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the plant-based foods out there: beans, tomatoes, avocados, peas, pineapples, rice,
almonds, blueberries, chickpeas, peppers, oats, pumpkins, potatoes, spinach,
oranges, corn, mangoes, beets, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, peanuts,
grapes, lentils, courgettes, walnuts, olives, bananas, coconuts, cashews, peaches,
chocolate (!) and on and on and on.
Think about the foods that you eat every day. Then think about how they could be
“veganised”. Beef burritos become bean burritos, pasta with meat sauce becomes
pasta with marinara sauce, chilli con carne becomes chilli non carne, etc. Lots of foods
can easily be veganised with simple substitutions of soya milk, vegan margarine, tofu
or faux chicken or beef. You’re probably already eating lots of vegan foods, such as

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oatmeal, guacamole, hummus, chips and salsa, vegetable soups, fruit smoothies,
Italian and Thai dishes and many others, without realising it.
Visit PETA.org.uk for more information.

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