Veganism??!
Hi!.
can you please tell me what a vegan diet consists and does not consist of!?
and if you have an simple, easy vegan recipes, could you share those!?
and, if you went on a vegan diet, can you please share what worked for you or what didnt!?
i am really curious about the vegan diets!.
and i think i would like to go vegan myself, but, i could use a little help!. thank you!Www@FoodAQ@Com
can you please tell me what a vegan diet consists and does not consist of!?
and if you have an simple, easy vegan recipes, could you share those!?
and, if you went on a vegan diet, can you please share what worked for you or what didnt!?
i am really curious about the vegan diets!.
and i think i would like to go vegan myself, but, i could use a little help!. thank you!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
It's great that you're considering veganism!. I've been vegan for a few years and love it so far!
Vegan diets include a variety of fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, and grains!. There are so many non-dairy products available these days -- everything from vegan cream cheese to vegan whipped cream!. A lot of the vegetarian faux meats are also egg-free and dairy-free!. Here's a list of popular vegan products:
http://www!.vegcooking!.com/guide-favs!.asp
Vegan diets exclude all meats (including fish), eggs, and dairy!.
See these sites for easy vegan recipes and meal ideas:
http://www!.chooseveg!.com/vegan-recipes!.a!.!.!.
http://www!.tryveg!.com/cfi/toc/!?v=07menu
http://www!.tryveg!.com/cfi/toc/!?v=07budge!.!.!. (scroll down for the list)
It really helped me to find non-dairy and faux meat products that I could use in my favorite meals and recipes!. I enjoy veganized versions of many non-vegetarian foods!. For instance:
-Cereal and soymilk
-Whole Soy yogurt and blueberries
-Grilled cheese, quesadillas, and pizza with soy cheese
-BLTs with Smart Bacon
-Pasta, tomato sauce, and Nate's Meatless Meatballs
-Subs with Tofurkey Deli Slices and Vegenaise (vegan mayo)
Another thing that helped me was taking it at my own pace!. Becoming vegan was a very gradual process; it took me about four months altogether to make the transition!. If you think "Oh, I could never give up pizza and ice cream!" then give up everything but those two foods!. It doesn't have to be an overnight switch!.
It also helps to just focus on taking the meat, eggs, and dairy out of your diet!.!.!.!.!. don't worry about hidden animal ingredients!. Personal purity isn't the goal of veganism; the purpose is to try to make choices that reduce suffering!. Here's a good site explaining this issue: http://www!.vegcooking!.com/anote!.asp
Hope this helps! Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Vegan diets include a variety of fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, and grains!. There are so many non-dairy products available these days -- everything from vegan cream cheese to vegan whipped cream!. A lot of the vegetarian faux meats are also egg-free and dairy-free!. Here's a list of popular vegan products:
http://www!.vegcooking!.com/guide-favs!.asp
Vegan diets exclude all meats (including fish), eggs, and dairy!.
See these sites for easy vegan recipes and meal ideas:
http://www!.chooseveg!.com/vegan-recipes!.a!.!.!.
http://www!.tryveg!.com/cfi/toc/!?v=07menu
http://www!.tryveg!.com/cfi/toc/!?v=07budge!.!.!. (scroll down for the list)
It really helped me to find non-dairy and faux meat products that I could use in my favorite meals and recipes!. I enjoy veganized versions of many non-vegetarian foods!. For instance:
-Cereal and soymilk
-Whole Soy yogurt and blueberries
-Grilled cheese, quesadillas, and pizza with soy cheese
-BLTs with Smart Bacon
-Pasta, tomato sauce, and Nate's Meatless Meatballs
-Subs with Tofurkey Deli Slices and Vegenaise (vegan mayo)
Another thing that helped me was taking it at my own pace!. Becoming vegan was a very gradual process; it took me about four months altogether to make the transition!. If you think "Oh, I could never give up pizza and ice cream!" then give up everything but those two foods!. It doesn't have to be an overnight switch!.
It also helps to just focus on taking the meat, eggs, and dairy out of your diet!.!.!.!.!. don't worry about hidden animal ingredients!. Personal purity isn't the goal of veganism; the purpose is to try to make choices that reduce suffering!. Here's a good site explaining this issue: http://www!.vegcooking!.com/anote!.asp
Hope this helps! Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I think what really worked for me was exploring my options before I made the transition!. Like, I knew that I'd have a hard time giving up ice cream, so I tried some vegan ice cream and realized it was good!. I started using soymilk a few weeks before I actually switched, again to get myself used to it!. also, you need to be confident enough in your convictions that you won't be swayed by people telling you that you're being unhealthy, or unnatural, or that being a vegan isn't going to help anything!. You'll definitely run into your share of them!.
My favorite site for recipes is http://www!.vegweb!.com!. It has all the recipes organized by category and sub-category, and a lot of the recipes are rated and reviewed by users!. You should also invest in a nice basic vegan cookbook, like Vegan Planet by Robin Robertson!. Many of these books will include a nice section in the front about how to stock a vegan pantry, what different kind of ingredients are, and info like how to replace eggs when baking!. They also talk about different nutrients that some people think are lacking in vegan diets, like iron and B12, and tell you how to make sure you get enough of them!. Good luck if you decide to make the change!Www@FoodAQ@Com
My favorite site for recipes is http://www!.vegweb!.com!. It has all the recipes organized by category and sub-category, and a lot of the recipes are rated and reviewed by users!. You should also invest in a nice basic vegan cookbook, like Vegan Planet by Robin Robertson!. Many of these books will include a nice section in the front about how to stock a vegan pantry, what different kind of ingredients are, and info like how to replace eggs when baking!. They also talk about different nutrients that some people think are lacking in vegan diets, like iron and B12, and tell you how to make sure you get enough of them!. Good luck if you decide to make the change!Www@FoodAQ@Com
As a vegan, you dont eat honey, eggs, dairy, or eggs!. You also cant wear leather, suede, wool, etc!.
Go to the Vegan Society and check out their recipes and also the Vegan Society in Australia they are loacted in Queansland Australia they also have a great range og vegan recipes!. Here are a couple from that web site!.
Burritos
1 tin of Sanitarium Nutmeat
1 bottle of burrito sauce (I think I use Odel Paso)
Some burrito tortillas
Chopped tomato
Shredded lettuce
Guacamole
Instructions 1) Grate the Nutmeat and place in saucepan, along with burrito sauce!. Stir well and allow to 'simmer' once heated through!.
2) Warm tortillas in microwave!.
3) Assemble! I usually put the guacamole on first, them some nutmeat, followed by the tomato and lettuce!.
For the guacamole, I usually just mash some avocado with pepper and lemon juice - sometimes I add some Tofitti cream cheese!. I also found (after much experimentation) that grating the nutmeat had the best results!.
Utensils Knife, chopping board, bowls, saucepan, grater, microwave (not essential)
Chickpea curry
1 can organic chickpeas or 1 cup fresh
1 can organic diced tomatos
water
1 onion
1 vege stock cube
tsp tumeric, coriander, garam masala, cummin!.
1 chilli (deseeded) chopped
little olive oil for frying onion
Instructions fry only till caramalised, add spices stir for a minute!. add chickpeas, onion, canned tomato, stock cube and cover with water!. simmer for around 40mins!.
service with cooked brown rice!.
"enjoy"
Utensils 1 medium size pot to cook in
Corn and leak soup
1 cup yellow split peas
1 cup pearl barley
4 small potatoes, peeled and quartered
2 carrots, diced
3 cloves garlic, diced (not crushed)
1 leek chopped into 5mm slices
2 medium onions, cut into quarters, then sliced in 1cm slices
2 cups corn - frozen/canned is fine, but fresh of the cob is obviously the best!.
2 tablespoons vegan margarine
1 teaspoon of dried sage
2 cups of veg stock - either fresh or packet
2 tablespoons oil (rice bran or grape seed preferrably)
Water
Salt
Pepper
Instructions 1!. After prepping vegetables, heat oil in base of large soup pot!.
2!. Before oil starts to smoke (oil must be hot), add onions and garlic!. Add pinch of salt and brown!.
3!. Rinse split peas and barley under warm water and let sit!.
4!. Return to pot, stir onion/garlic and add leek, corn, potatoes, sage, carrots!.
5!. Brown slightly before adding the barley and split peas!.
6!. Mix thoroughly and add the stock!.
7!. Fill up your kettle, and boil some water, and stir the soup mix some more!.
8!. Once kettle is boiled, add enough water so that the veges are covered in twice as much water (amount will depend on the size of pan/veges etc)!.
9!. Add a few grindings of black pepper!.
10!. Let soup boil for five minutes and turn down to med-low heat to cook gently until the potatoes are cooked, peas are softened (still slightly crunch - texture is good) and barley is swollen!.
11!. Remove from heat and stir in the veg marg!.
12!. Taste test - add salt/pepper/pinch of sugar to taste and serve with freshly made garlic bread or Sage and Basil croutons!.
Utensils chopping board, knife, soup pot, kettle, wooden spoon
There are 113 dinner recipes on this site mostly vegan - www!.vegsoc!.org!.au
www!.vegansociety!.com
Good luck in your decisions
Oh and dont worry about the dumb troll (yea, you can tell its only one person because all they talk about is stuffing their fat face with tubesteak) because today is the day their mommy finally let them back on the computer!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Go to the Vegan Society and check out their recipes and also the Vegan Society in Australia they are loacted in Queansland Australia they also have a great range og vegan recipes!. Here are a couple from that web site!.
Burritos
1 tin of Sanitarium Nutmeat
1 bottle of burrito sauce (I think I use Odel Paso)
Some burrito tortillas
Chopped tomato
Shredded lettuce
Guacamole
Instructions 1) Grate the Nutmeat and place in saucepan, along with burrito sauce!. Stir well and allow to 'simmer' once heated through!.
2) Warm tortillas in microwave!.
3) Assemble! I usually put the guacamole on first, them some nutmeat, followed by the tomato and lettuce!.
For the guacamole, I usually just mash some avocado with pepper and lemon juice - sometimes I add some Tofitti cream cheese!. I also found (after much experimentation) that grating the nutmeat had the best results!.
Utensils Knife, chopping board, bowls, saucepan, grater, microwave (not essential)
Chickpea curry
1 can organic chickpeas or 1 cup fresh
1 can organic diced tomatos
water
1 onion
1 vege stock cube
tsp tumeric, coriander, garam masala, cummin!.
1 chilli (deseeded) chopped
little olive oil for frying onion
Instructions fry only till caramalised, add spices stir for a minute!. add chickpeas, onion, canned tomato, stock cube and cover with water!. simmer for around 40mins!.
service with cooked brown rice!.
"enjoy"
Utensils 1 medium size pot to cook in
Corn and leak soup
1 cup yellow split peas
1 cup pearl barley
4 small potatoes, peeled and quartered
2 carrots, diced
3 cloves garlic, diced (not crushed)
1 leek chopped into 5mm slices
2 medium onions, cut into quarters, then sliced in 1cm slices
2 cups corn - frozen/canned is fine, but fresh of the cob is obviously the best!.
2 tablespoons vegan margarine
1 teaspoon of dried sage
2 cups of veg stock - either fresh or packet
2 tablespoons oil (rice bran or grape seed preferrably)
Water
Salt
Pepper
Instructions 1!. After prepping vegetables, heat oil in base of large soup pot!.
2!. Before oil starts to smoke (oil must be hot), add onions and garlic!. Add pinch of salt and brown!.
3!. Rinse split peas and barley under warm water and let sit!.
4!. Return to pot, stir onion/garlic and add leek, corn, potatoes, sage, carrots!.
5!. Brown slightly before adding the barley and split peas!.
6!. Mix thoroughly and add the stock!.
7!. Fill up your kettle, and boil some water, and stir the soup mix some more!.
8!. Once kettle is boiled, add enough water so that the veges are covered in twice as much water (amount will depend on the size of pan/veges etc)!.
9!. Add a few grindings of black pepper!.
10!. Let soup boil for five minutes and turn down to med-low heat to cook gently until the potatoes are cooked, peas are softened (still slightly crunch - texture is good) and barley is swollen!.
11!. Remove from heat and stir in the veg marg!.
12!. Taste test - add salt/pepper/pinch of sugar to taste and serve with freshly made garlic bread or Sage and Basil croutons!.
Utensils chopping board, knife, soup pot, kettle, wooden spoon
There are 113 dinner recipes on this site mostly vegan - www!.vegsoc!.org!.au
www!.vegansociety!.com
Good luck in your decisions
Oh and dont worry about the dumb troll (yea, you can tell its only one person because all they talk about is stuffing their fat face with tubesteak) because today is the day their mommy finally let them back on the computer!.Www@FoodAQ@Com