Bill Clinton Explains Why He Became a Vegan
The 42nd president of the United States explains how we can — and for our health must — learn to love eating vegetables, too
Bill Clinton shows off an all-veggie lunch spread representing the foods he now eats, and enjoys. — Ben Baker
En español l When Bill Clinton invited me to lunch in May, I knew better than to expect fried catfish or barbecued ribs. The former president is now a devoted vegan, meaning no meat, fish or dairy products, and he has pursued a healthier way of life for more than three years. While I figured our lunch menu might be bland, that would be a small price to pay for private time with a world leader who is anything but.
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As it happens, the fit, trim and sharply attired Clinton, whom I've come to know well during more than two decades covering his career, is his usual gregarious, charismatic self. But a bland menu? Not even close.
Get Ready, Get Set — Go Vegan!
Hummus with raw vegetable batons. — Kat Teutsch
Dine like Bill Clinton does.Check out great recipes for hummus, quinoa, beets, cauliflower, snow peas, beans and more.
As we enter a private room overlooking Manhattan's busy Rockefeller Center, I'm struck with a dazzling kaleidoscope of a dozen delicious dishes: including roasted cauliflower and cherry tomatoes, spiced and herbed quinoa with green onions, shredded red beets in vinaigrette, garlicky hummus with raw vegetable batons, Asian-inspired snow pea salad, an assortment of fresh roasted nuts, plates of sliced melon and strawberries, and rich, toothsome gigante beans tossed with onions in extra-virgin olive oil.
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