© 2023 NPR Illinois
The Capital's Community & News Service
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Wake Up! Donate $91.90+ to the Year-End Drive and receive the 2023 Murrow Mug. Support continued journalism.

Why giving up meat is so hard — and recipes to make going vegetarian easier

Slow-braised mustard greens. (Courtesy)
Slow-braised mustard greens. (Courtesy)

Now more than ever, people are attempting to reduce their meat consumption for ethical and environmental reasons. But in 2020, the U.S. ate more beef than the rest of the world, consuming a whopping 27 billion pounds.

So why is it so hard for us to give up meat? Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes talks with Victor Kumar, a professor of philosophy at Boston University who studies the psychology and ethics of going vegetarian. And we get some mouth-watering vegetarian recipes from Bryant Terry, an award-winning chef known for his vegan cookbooks. You may recognize his delicious dishes from books like “Vegetable Kingdom” and “Black Food.”

Vegetarian recipes from Bryant Terry

Citrus and garlic-herb braised fennel

Roasted sweet potato and asparagus po’boy

Slow-braised mustard greens

All recipes by Bryant Terry. Published with Terry’s permission.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.