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Mad Cowboy Newsletter, Official Pizza, & Free Cookbook Giveaway

The latest Mad Cowboy Newsletter was posted shortly before Memorial Day weekend.  You can read the entire issue at this address:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mad_Cowboy/message/96

Note:  I've posted the Official Mad Cowboy Pizza recipes (& photos) and there's a free giveway of my cookbook, "Heart Healthy Pizza" detailed in this edition of the newsletter.

Here's the Intro & Table of Contents:

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Howdy! Welcome to the 73rd issue of the Mad Cowboy Newsletter!

In this special issue, we have two contests! The periodic Vegan Mind-Bender Contest (for a year's subscription of VegNews), and today, a free giveaway of the very 1st vegan pizza cookbook: "Heart Healthy Pizza." There's also a link to where you can view the Official Mad Cowboy Pizza recipe, obtain more information about this book, and order an autographed copy of same.

Reading further, learn about some new and very large studies indicating that consumption of red meat not only increases mortality from degenerative diseases, but from strokes as well. There's information on a unique court case where the judge is assessing liability for potential damage to the Earth's atmosphere for future generations, the environmental impact of eating shrimp vs. beef, the brewing eco-storm, continued warnings about too much salt, and take action against the collective evils of Monsanto.

Moving onward, among other matters, you can contact the FDA about animal testing, see the difference between PR spending between the Meat Industry and Veg-related Organizations, know about the controversial "Vegan is Love" book, how to be vegan inexpensively, FARM's mobile activism, and how to be a hero by what you eat.

And don't miss our "Vegan Digital Media Theater" featuring video of Dr. Esselstyn, President Clinton, vegan ultra-marathoner Scott Jurek, and others of note.

... as always, a tip of the hat to our new subscribers: y'all can browse/search through past issues at the Mad Cowboy Newsletter Archives at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mad_Cowboy/

Best regards, Mark   MC editor/webmaster

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00: Quote(s) from Howard
01: The Vegan Mind-Bender Contest Winner/Challenge!
02: Mad Cowboy Pizza Recipe & Heart Healthy Pizza Book Giveaway Contest
03: Mad Cow Info Round-Up
04: Red Meat=Mortality=Strokes, Hold the Salt
05: Judging the Atmosphere, Shrimp vs. Beef, Eco-Storm, Evil Monsanto
06: Vegan Digital Media Theater
07: Tell FDA No Testing, Meat vs Veg Ad$$, Mobile Activist Video
08: "Vegan is Love," Cheaply Vegan, Be a Hero by What You Eat
09: Quick Bytes
10: Closing Thoughts

St. Patty's Pizza Pie Recipe & Free Cookbook Giveaway!

I've posted the St. Patty's Pizza Pie Recipe from my cookbook "Heart Healthy Pizza" at my new blog (Heart Healthy Pizza).  At the blog there's also details about an easy contest for a FREE autographed copy of my cookbook.  Here's a photo of a slice of the completed recipe (which has a thickened Barley, Navy Bean, and Horseradish Topping Sauce):

St. Patty's Pizza Pie!  (@2012 by Mark Sutton)

Robin Robertson's Review of "Heart Healthy Pizza"

The well-known vegan chef, Robin Robertson, has written a review of "Heart Healthy Pizza" and is also offering a giveaway of a copy of the book.  You can read the full review here as well as enter the contest.

Many people aren't aware that Robin has written over 20+ veg'n cookbooks, so her opinion certainly means a lot to me.

So cool.  The photo at the left was shot by tester Valerie Wagner and shows the glistening "Quinoa, Artichoke, and Dijon Mustard Sauce."  One of the various photos Robin posted.

You can learn more about Heart Healthy Pizza (and order a copy) here.

"Re-Inventing Pizza" - 1st Major Review of 1st Vegan Pizza Cookbook

Excerpt:

"My very dear vegan friend has created a masterpiece. Yes, I admit that masterpiece does not come close to describing Mark Sutton's new book (Heart Healthy Pizza), but I am unable to find a superlative that comes close to describing Mark's magnum opus."

You can read the full review here.   FYI, Mark

Robin Robertson's Blurb about "Heart Healthy Pizza"

In a new blog post, Robin (who's written over 20 veg'n cookbooks) recommended three gifts for Valentine's Day.  One of them was the new "Heart Healthy Pizza" cookbook:

"For all the pizza lovers in your life, consider this brand new book by Mark Sutton: Heart Healthy Pizza: Over 100 Recipes for the Most Nutritious Pizza in the World.  Loaded with an astonishing array of sauces, crusts (many gluten-free), and toppings, these all-vegan pizzas contain no added oil and are made with a wide variety of vegetables, grains, beans, and other plant-based ingredients."

Robin will be doing a full blog review of the book soon.  You can view her V. Day post here.  Note:  Robin also believes, as I and others do, that this is the very 1st vegan pizza cookbook!

Recipes from Heart Healthy Pizza Posted

Three recipes for non-cheese sauces from "Heart Healthy Pizza" (the 1st vega pizza cookbook) at:  http://www.hearthealthypizza.com/Recipes_NCS.html

• CHICKPEAS, OATS, AND PIMENTOS SAUCE
• BARLEY, CARROT, AND POTATO SAUCE
• MILLET, QUINOA, AND FLAX SEEDS SAUCE

Enjoy!  Mark

Est Arrive! Heart Healthy Pizza Available to Order Online

I'm proud to announce that Heart Healthy Pizza, probably the first-ever vegan pizza cookbook, is now available for ordering online.  Over 100 no-added oil/fat plant-based recipes for making the most nutritious pizza in the world:

http://www.hearthealthypizza.com

At the website you see the full front/back covers (and endorsements), the Forward by Howard Lyman, the Table of Contents, the Introduction, and the Recipes Index.

All recipes inspired by Dr. Esselstyn's research on preventing and reversing heart disease. After close to six years of research and 3 years of writing, I'm so excited to get it out. I hope it helps a lot of people eat better and also enjoy their pizza guilt-free.

Announcing new cookbook: "Heart Healthy Pizza"

"Heart Healthy Pizza:  Over 100 Recipes for the Most Nutritious Pizza in the World."

So excited to finally be able to announce my new cookbook.  You can read the Forward by Howard Lyman ("The Mad Cowboy"), learn more about the no-added oil plant-based recipes, sign-up to be notified on when the book is available, and see an animation sequence flow of photos from some of the testing at:

http://www.hearthealthypizza.com

Best to all, Mark  (and no "Daiya" or other faux dairy cheeses are involved!)

Twitter @solveggie

Twitter @hhealthypizza

Video: Vegan Black Metal Chef Episode 1: Pad Thai

This had me laughing out loud & giggling while watching.  Frickin' hilarious, & love the utensils.  Wonder if the creator(s) can sustain this kind of hilarity (& practical vegan cooking suggestions) for several episodes.

"Behold the Glorious Pad Thai," indeed.

Enjoy!  Mark (still deep in working on cookbook and trying to avoid ticking people off by the posts I really want to do):

[of course, I'm not endorsing the amount of oil,sugar, or salt used, but do admire the remarkable creativity in terms of presentation & general wit/production in this clip]

Twitter: @solveggie

"Heart Harmful Meatless Monday Recipes"

Although it's great to see "Meatless Monday" get a lot of attention, it is most distressing to me to see how fat-ladden and unhealthy so many of the recipes proclaimed "Heart Healthy" are.  Here's a bunch collected (I guess) using "Healthy Recipe Finder" and collected on Women's Health as "Meatless Monday: Valentine's Day the Vegetarian Way."  Let's take a look at the amount of fat per serving (as listed):

"French Toast with Vanilla Bourbon and Carmelized Bananas:"  17.9 grams of fat, 478 calories

"Baby Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese and Toasted Pistachios:"  52 grams of fat per serving, 572 calories, (16.5 grams of saturated fat per serving, more than the American Heart Association recommends for a woman PER DAY)

"Portobello Caps Stuffed with Chili Polenta and Cheese:" 9.1 grams of fat per serving

"Ravioli and Lemon Chive Sauce:" 15.7 grams of fat per serving, 8.7 grams of saturated fat (oh, and two-thirds a day's worth of sodium, according to the AHA)

"Expresso Granita:" 7 grams of fat

This "cozy" dinner for two amounts to a whopping 101.7 grams of fat per serving.  Putting this into a heart-healthy perspective, Ornish and Esselstyn (who reversed heart disease) recommend around 14 to 24 grams of fat per day.  The total for this meal, per serving, is FOUR times the high end.  Or, go conservative with the American Heart Association, recommending a range of 50 to 70 grams of fat per day, and you're around 1 1/2 times to double that amount.

Excessive sodium, extremely high fat, over a day's worth of saturated fat (hell, I didn't even bother to look at sugar per serving), and we've got an example of what's killing both women and men in this country.  Heart Disease, Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes... all are invited by meals such as this one and it's truly sad.

Just because it's meatless, doesn't mean it's healthy.  IMHO, it's a lousy way to show your love for someone by promoting an onslaught on their entire cardiovascular system.  This isn't moderation, this is suicide.  These recipes do not belong on Women's Health any more than does a bottle of Jack Daniels advertisement in an AA pamplet, and I gotta admit, rarely have I been so surprised by doing the numbers.  But, the math doesn't lie (or exaggerate).