Alicia Silverstone

Thanks to Thanksgiving, my refrigerator runneth over. While pondering what to freeze and what to remix into this week's meals, I remembered Alicia Silverstone's Kind Diet includes a section on streamlining meal time and revitalizing leftovers. A second read of the book revealed some smart tips for holidays. Here's what Alicia advises:

• Always make extra grain and beans — enough for a couple of days. You can use this food as the base for the next few meals, adding vegetables and other extras to round out meals.
• For a quick dinner, start with a salad as your base. Just add yummy leftovers like rice, beans, and seeds, or even a potato or tempeh . . . whichever you have around the kitchen that sounds good to you. Get creative. Throw in raisins. Go crazy!

Keep reading for more tips.

Alicia Silverstone and costar Krysten Ritter were together in NYC yesterday working on their new film Vamps. Amy Heckerling, who worked with Alicia on Clueless, is directing the comedic spin on the vampire craze — are you still interested in seeing films on the topic? The role of a blood-seeking creature is an interesting choice for Alicia, who's known for her vegan diet and lifestyle. Krysten had some time off the set on Monday to attend the premiere of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and she told us exclusively about the movie she wrote, BFF & Baby, and how it's been compared to a female Apatow flick in humor.

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Cher's wardrobe in Clueless literally changed my life and apparently I’m not alone: Ilaria Urbinati, celebrity stylist and co-owner of the L.A. boutique Confederacy, gushed about her love of the film’s fashion when she was introduced to Calvin Klein Creative Director Francisco Costa. "I sort of geeked out on him, [explaining] how my formative-years love of Calvin Klein was partly based on the little white minidress Alicia Silverstone wears in Clueless," Urbanati told us. "I reenacted the entire scene with Cher and her father—'Cher, what are you wearing?' 'A dress!' 'Says who?' 'Calvin Klein!'—and of course I said, ‘Francisco, you need to remake that dress!'"

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• Alicia Silverstone is joining Amy Heckerling's vampire comedy Vamps — News Briefs
• A new, longer trailer for Toy Story 3 — Vulture
• Calling all Hogwarts fanatics: the Wizarding World of Harry Potter website is live — MTV Movies Blog
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is being remade. Bring back Dolly! — Cinematical
• The Griswold Vacation reboot is going to Wally World again — /Film
• Alex O'Loughlin to play the lead in Hawaii Five-0 — PopWatch
• Pierce Brosnan, Ed Harris, and Jim Gaffigan head to Salvation Boulevard — Collider
• First photos of Robert Pattinson filming Bel Ami — PopSugar
• The new Spider-Man will be out in 3-D on July 3, 2012 — Hollywood Insider
• Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, and Imogen Poots join the cast of Jane Eyre — The Playlist
• The 25 worst romantic comedies ever — Inside Movies

On yesterday's Oprah Show, actress Alicia Silverstone took cameras grocery shopping with her. I have to say that I was surprised at how many processed foods Alicia picked out. Although I know a lot of vegans who rely on synthetic meat and processed foods as the backbone of their diet, I expected Alicia to be different.

In her book, The Kind Diet, the actress really touts the benefits of grains, vegetables, and fruits over convenience food. Because of that, I'm thinking this list might not be reflective of Alicia's normal dietary habits, but her way of showing a mass audience that you can still eat well and indulge if you're vegan.

While shopping, Alicia raved about brown rice ("If you add whole grain rice to your diet, it will change you") and leafy greens ("They're loaded with calcium and make your skin glow"). She also couldn't wait to bite into a mint-flavored ice cream alternative, a Rice Dream mud pie. Alicia said that the mud pies still make her feel "naughty" in the same way that ice cream can.

To check out some of the other items on her list, read more

• Julie & Julia isn't the only food-related movie to win a Golden Globe; here's a complete list of foodie winners. — Eater
• Tom Colicchio and Mario Batali are producing a movie that looks at hunger in America — Daily Dish
• Why it's always a good idea to have chickpeas on hand. — The Epi-Log
• The founder of Taco Bell, Glen Bell, has died. — Serious Eats
• Not surprising news of the week: doctors recommend Alicia Silverstone's cookbook over Paula Deen's. — Grub Street NY
• Learn how to make your favorite meat dishes, meat free. — Chow