PETA’s 12-Step Program to Beat Meat Addiction 1. Admit that your eating habits have become unmanageable. 2. Drool. Practice creative visualization: Imagine delicious eggplant crostini, potato croquettes, strawberry crêpes, grilled portobello mushrooms, ginger-vegetable stir-fry, hummus-stuffed pitas, Szechuan noodles, black bean burritos, lentil chili, spicy tomato penne, lime sorbet... Is President Clinton a recovering addict? Reporters used to catch him sneaking into McDonald’s during jogs. But Clinton sightings at the Golden Arches have stopped, First Daughter Chelsea Clinton has gone veg and the White House now serves veggie Boca Burgers. 3. Detox your kitchen. Toss out the rotting, bacteria-laden corpses in your fridge, and replace them with fresh fruits and vegetables, grains, beans, flavored rice mixes and different kinds of pasta. 4. Join the “swap meat.” Veg up meals you already eat. Replace the meat in favorite recipes, like spaghetti and chili, with beans or crumbled veggie burger. Switch to tomato and mushroom sauces. 5. Check out veg cookbooks, and experiment with new foods and recipes. 6. Get help—from dozens of veg convenience foods now available in natural food stores and regular supermarkets. Try instant soups, like black bean and minestrone, and frozen entrées, like tofu ravioli and vegetable pot pies. 7. Embrace...tofu. Packed with protein, tofu picks up the flavors of the food you cook it with. Put it in burritos, stir-fries and lasagna. 8. Fake it. Use veggie burgers, “Wham,” “Not Dogs” and “Unturkey” made of soy and wheat. 9. Get wet. Eat sea vegetables, not sea animals. Try dried seaweed (available from Asian groceries), or mail order amazing veggie “prawn,” “tuna” and “lobster” from www.vegieworld.com. 10. Get ethnic. Visit Chinese, Indian, Thai, Ethiopian, Italian, Mexican and Middle Eastern restaurants; they serve a wide variety of vegan fare, like burritos, falafel, curries, pastas and couscous. Check out www.VegDining.com for a list of more than 800 veg restaurants worldwide. 11. Stay on the wagon when you eat out. Almost all restaurants will gladly prepare vegetarian meals, even if there are none on the menu. Just politely ask if the chef can whip up something. Chances are, you’ll end up with the tastiest meal at your table! 12. Show off. Hold a barbecue for friends and family, with grilled slices of marinated vegetables, veggie kabobs, meatless hot dogs and veggie burgers. Serve veggie chili, chopped onions and lots of other good “fixin’s” on the side.