Gourmet Greenhouse in Hollywood, Broward County, United States |

At Gourmet Greenhouse in Hollywood, Florida, United States, we use no animal or dairy products in our recipes.
Our goal at Gourmet Greenhouse is to provide interesting gourmet creations that are healthy, and delicious. We continually develop new recipes that have a positive effect on health conditions and are tasty to the palate.
Three years ago we didn't have a thought about going into the food business. We had the vegetarian party at our Center and heard a talk on living foods. We learned that raw foods have more enzymes that help to restore the body to health and the benefits of the vegetarian lifestyle on physical conditions. We realized that this could be an important adjunct to the total healing program we offer at the Center for Human Development in Hollywood, Florida.
I had a recipe for salsa and Yvonne Chuck-Shing had a recipe for pumpkin soup. We designed a label and went into the carry out business under the name of the Gourmet Greenhouse and sold our food with great success at five health expos.
My grandson, Jason Rapp, who graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, is our manager. He is also in the process of compiling a recipe book of our favorites for publication with Maria Nagy, a chef for many years preparing our recipes.
Greenhouse Gourmet, our restaurant in Hollywood, Florida, represents a proud leap towards our vision of a better choice for lunch. Our menu features raw food delicacies, vegetarian specialties and yes, a small selection of menu items for our non-vegetarian guests and children.
When it comes to vegetarianism, the number one question on most meat-eaters' minds is, "What do you eat?" The answer: Anything we want! There are vegetarian alternatives to almost any animal food, from soy sausages and "Fib Ribs" to Tofurky jerky and mock lobster. Vegetarian-friendly menus are sprouting up everywhere?even Burger King offers veggie burgers?and more and more eateries are focusing exclusively on vegetarian and vegan foods. There are fantastic alternatives to every dairy product you can imagine, including Soy Delicious ice cream, Silk chocolate soy milk, Tofutti cream cheese, and more.

Some of the leading killers in America today, including heart disease, cancer, obesity, and strokes, are directly linked to meat-based diets. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in America today, and it is caused by the build-up of cholesterol and saturated fat from animal products in our arteries. The only two doctors in human history who have successfully reversed heart disease have included an exclusively vegetarian diet as a part of their programs. The average vegan cholesterol level is 133 (compared to 210 for meat-eaters), there are no documented cases of heart attacks in individuals with cholesterol under 150. Other health problems tied to clogged arteries, like poor circulation and atherosclerotic strokes, can be virtually eliminated with a vegan diet.
Vegans are approximately one-ninth as likely to be obese as meat-eaters and have a cancer rate that is only 40 percent that of meat-eaters. People who consume animal products are also at increased risk for many other illnesses, including strokes, obesity, osteoporosis, arthritis, Alzheimer's, multiple allergies, diabetes, and food poisoning.