Vegetarian who wants to be vegan?!
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wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia has information
vegetarianism at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetariani…
on veganism at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism
on alternatives to meats at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_analog…
on soy beans/soy products at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean
on alternatives to animal/dairy milk at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_milk
and on alternatives to dairy cheese at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_anal…
for information on the health food stores as well as the alternatives to fast food places in and around the area where you live go to happy cow at http://www.happycow.net
you could also use the one-word-a-search-idea such as: breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner, casserole, souffle, raw, desserts, and smoothies in the search box of the following websites:
vegetarian times at http://www.vegetariantimes.com
and veg web at http://vegweb.com
you could also search the internet with the phrase "textured vegetable protein recipes" or with the phrase "tvp recipes".good luck.
http://www.wikipedia.org
http://www.happycow.net
http://www.vegetariantimes.com
http://vegweb.com
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The list that you requested is pretty big, so i'm just going to give you some advice... If you really don't want to eat meat-related products, then before even getting to it something, think about first its ingredients, and whether those ingredients came from living things (eggs, milk, sushi) or from harvesting (corn, rice), then of course, exclude the foods coming from living things from your diet. Also, it's better not to eat processed foods, because some foods MAY contain fats from animals.
It's not can & can't, but will & won't. :)
Vegans abstain from anything animal derived, so no meat (you have that covered already, of course), dairy, eggs, honey, and many other ingredients that you'd mainly find in processed foods. Google "animal ingredients" to find a few lists of ingredients that would be helpful. Also, look for the book Animal Ingredients A-Z. There's even a list out there that is downloadable to smart phones (for free).
You want to include a good variety of veggies, fruit, whole grains, legumes, seeds & nuts, etc. A typical vegan diet has so much more variety than the average omni diet, so it's hard to really give a list. Try browsing around some vegan recipe sites or recipe blogs to get some ideas. http://vegweb.com is a good one to start with if you aren't already familiar with it.
You can still eat veg, fruit, legumes, grains, bread (if made without eggs or dairy), pasta, rice, cereal, and there are a lot of things made of tofu, seitan or tempeh.
And there's also non-dairy chocolate and you can make cakes without eggs, I do that all the time!
you can eat a lot still, just not meat or dairy - veg is still allowed. you can replace milk with soya milk, butter with soya butter - I dont count eggs as dairy so you can still eat them (so you can have cake as long as its got soya butter in) . no chocolate. basically anything veg :)
Can:
fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds, grains, pulses (beans, peas, lentils)
Can't:
any animal or fish meat, dairy (cheese, milk etc) and their products like chocolate and bakery foods, eggs, shark fin soup
