What is the best way to convert to veganism?!
What is the best way to convert to veganism?
I am vegetarien and I totally believe that it is totally cruel to use animals as a food source but I am finding it extremely difficult to convert how should I do it?
Answers:
What are you having a problem with?
Do you like meat/dairy/eggs; are they hard to give up?
---over time it’s easier to do without these things. After you've given them up they may actually begin to gross you out (I know that I could never go back to eating any of them).
One thing you can do is start making them seem nasty in your head. Think of an egg as a chicken's period.
I have some nasty dairy info if dairy is something you’re having a hard time giving up. I'll post it when I get a chance (or you can e-mail me and I'll give you the links). It will make you never want to touch anything dairy again, I bet.
As far as meat, I went "cold tofurkey". Gave it all up at once, I never really liked meat anyways. But if you have a problem giving up meat, then you should start thinking of the meat as what it was---an animal. Think of it as flesh... Think of it as a pet... If the chicken was your pet, would you eat it?
Or is your problem with finding food to eat?
--- There are plenty veg recipe cites. Here is one I like:
http://www.vegcooking.com/
Basically almost anything you ate as a non-vegan, you should be able to find (or make) a vegan version of it. Once you get used to it, it becomes fun.
You can take any recipe and "veganize" it easily.
Beans, fake meat, and mushrooms can be used to replace the meat in a recipe.
Soy milk or rice milk can be used to replace cow's milk.
If you are baking and you want to replace eggs, you can use a 1/4 cup of silken tofu to replace each egg.
Something you'll have to get used to is reading ingredient labels.
Here is a list of animal ingredients and FAQs:
http://www.ivu.org/faq/ingredients.html...
I also have a bunch of vegetarian information links on this blog I wrote a while ago, If you’re interested (I don't feel like coping and pasting)
http://360.yahoo.com/profile-vhtvuj05cqp...
Good luck.