Anyone here read the book [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Skinny-Bitch-Kim-Barnouin/dp/0762424931/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1]'Skinny Bitch'[/ame] or the follow-up [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Skinny-Bitch-Kitch-Kick-Ass-Recipes/dp/0762431067]'Skinny Bitch in the Kitch'[/ame]?

These books have totally changed how I veiw food, and I am now vegetarian... working on Vegan status. And I'm buying organic foods when available.

I'm also putting forth an effort to read ALL food labels... It's amazing to me how many of the 'veggie' foods (like Boca and MorningStar and GardenBurger) are NOT Vegan! Most of their products use milk, egg, and cheese! There are good totally meatless 'veggie burger' items out there... it's all about reading ingrediants and "trusting no one" as they say in the books.

Anyone have anymore good Vegan books or cookbooks you'd like to recommend?

Is it a good read? I've cut out all meat from my diet and am trying to get dairy and eggs out too and have have been serving up lots of whole, pure foods for the family but am getting somewhat of a rebellion going on. I want a book that will hold the interest of my kids (teenagers) and make them want to come over to my side of thinking, you think that would be a good one for that? I recently read The Omnivores Dilema, very thought provoking stuff but kinda heavy going for the kids though.

Anna how old are your teenagers? The book is awesome and a very good read but there is a lot of bad language in it. They say fuck, bitch, shit a whole lot. It definitely helps to keep your attention though. A couple of examples are:

Butter=Fat

Cheese=Fat

People who think these can be low fat= Fucking Morons

coffee is for pussys.

Low fat food is a chemical shitstorm

I personally found it to be hilarious and that the authors made their point very well. I have been vegan for a week and a half now, and veggie for 2.5 weeks. Its not alot but it's a start.

BG! You found me. Lol.

Anna - Yeah, the book is very good, but like BG said, its got lots of bad words. It also talks alot about the stuff (chemicals) that the FDA allows into our food and beverages, and stuff that the USDA overlooks that gets into out foods. It goes through what happens in a slaughterhouse. Etc... It's a short book, so an easy read. If nothing else, click on the link in my initial post, it will take you to the Amazon site and you can brouse through many pages there.

It's sad that authors and writers think they need foul language to be funny. I won't buy that book. Too bad books don't have the V-Chip like TVs.

It's sad that authors and writers think they need foul language to be funny. I won't buy that book. Too bad books don't have the V-Chip like TVs.

That's one opinion. Personally I thought it was brilliant. It was written exactly how I would talk to my friends and that made it a much more fun and interesting read for me.

They're older and I'm sure the language will hold the interest of my kids so if it's informative, it'll be worth it for their delicate sensibilities to be assaulted (hah! as if!) I just ordered it and am looking forward to reading it, sounds like it might be funny. Thanks :-)

hey, quick question.... what do you guys eat if your vegitarian or vegan (i dont even know the difference.. LoL) like how do you get your protien?? and can you have fruit??

Vegan food has to be blessed by a Veganite whereas anyone can eat vegetarian food. Fruit can be consumed by either one but must have all the sugar removed first.

I've read Skinny Bitch in the Kitch, and I thought the majority of the recipes sounded either pretty bland or outright gross, honestly. Tofu scrambles instead of eggs? *shudder* I think there were maybe two recipes in the entire book that I'd be willing to try.

I have been eating a lot of beans, legumes and soy. I have soy milk daily in my cereal. There are also plenty of soy protien shakes on the market to get protien in.

hey, quick question.... what do you guys eat if your vegitarian or vegan (i dont even know the difference.. LoL) like how do you get your protien?? and can you have fruit??

A vegetarian does not eat any meat or meat products but still will consume eggs, dairy, honey, etc.

A vegan does not eat anything from an animal source. No eggs, dairy, honey, etc.

Vegan food has to be blessed by a Veganite whereas anyone can eat vegetarian food. Fruit can be consumed by either one but must have all the sugar removed first.

Are you serious? I've NEVER heard this before... and GRANTED, I am NEW to this lifestyle, but I do not believe you are correct, it is more like what BG said in her post.

Someone asked what to eat... There are TONS of foods you can eat! Basically it is about replacing the fat (flesh) with FLAVOR. There are hundreds of vegetarian and vegan recipe books out there. I'm looking at a few on AMazon and might just buy one or two. I'm not a big fruit and veg eater, but I am definatly trying new things now. Like they say in the book "You cannot keep eating the same shit and expect to get skinny." How true is that?

I think she was kidding ZZ. At least I hope so lol.

Yeah, I kinda figured. It just struck me as odd initially. Once I'd re-read it I was like 'oh yeah, I'm a retard.'

ok so. im blonde, ill just put that out there!! but im allowed to have fruit... right?? i really want to do this with you guys, im pretty sure i could do the vegan thing because i dont really eat dairy anyways, but ill start vegitarian. So that means i can eat anything that didnt have a heartbeat right???

did i mention i was blonde?? Lol