Friday, March 9, 2012
I am allergic to Dairy (including Casein and lactalbumin), Eggs and Gluten.
Unfortunatly... I LOVE CHEESE, and it's been a big struggle for me to not want to eat it (I have restrained) however, if anyone knows of a cheees that I can eat, like a specific brand name that does not include CASEIN or LACTALBUMIN (I realize I can eat soy cheese, vegan cheese).
Also, if you know how any other really good foods or recipes let me know!|||OUCH!! I can totally understand and relate to you......
I myself have a problem with gluten---I avoid it (while not diagnosed with a gluten problem, it is a DEFINITE trigger for me--I blow up like a balloon, and serious gut issues from it....some kinds of gluten like rye I can handle better than the other--but OATS for me are an allergen, and whole wheat is a definite no-no).....but, I have a TREE nut and EGG allergy---so, if it comes down to it, I can handle gluten over the others...but, back to your issue....
I try to do the TIKIYADA (not sure of the spelling) RICE PASTA--the long flat kind of noodles definitely cook the best--possibly because of the size and shape?--they are milk/dairy and egg free as well as gluten free.
This is also a BRAND that has many kinds of other foods out there....some are not so great, and their breads have EGG in them usually.
(the pasta I mentioned is BROWN RICE--so, supposed to be good for you....lol).
I usually use PREGO or DELMONTE (Canned) sauce with it...different kinds--READ them, as they DO HAVE CHEESE FLAVORED kinds......USUALLY the traditional ones have been dairy free so far.....last I checked.
I just found out the TURKEY STORE (or is it Jenny-o) or the other Turkey brand....has meatballs that I used to get....they were good, but I kept getting SICK from them. WHILE I read the ingrediants each time, they are NOW listing EGGS in them.....so, I am guessing they had them in it all along, just not listed....which has been a problem with many foods.
A local store by me has a good generic CORN tortilla crispy chip....(like bag potato chip would be). These are round ones....I use these as part of a meal (particularly when camping) when I need to add SOMETHING to a meal....I can make like a "nacho" out of them....(I know---the cheese will be something you would have to deal with/substitute)....but, they work for/with Chili/ground meat/ect......(these chips are just corn/salt/oil....the best and GENERIC too....LOL...great deal).
I have only had the egg and tree nut allergy for the last year.....and the oats allergy too was figured out WHY last year (related to grasses).
That made the gluten free harder to do in the area I live and with the schedule / meals made here. luckily, I can eat yogurt and other stuff, but have some oral food allergies to stuff like cucumbers/pickles, as well as orange juice from concentrate, and such.....so, there are just more and more limitations added which make it harder. (uggh).
I hope this helped a bit.....my other suggestion would be to go see a nutritionist. They SHOULD be able to help.....(I haven't seen one yet, as there are none in my area).....but with all the various food allergies/limitations, you NEED to make sure you are getting a balanced nutrition.|||I'm not sure if you have True allergies or just intolerance to dairy, If you have true food allergies the you can have half slice of organic cheese, then give it a gap of atleast 5 days & have small amount again. This is how you can overcome some food allergies. If you have Lactose intolerance, you can have Dairy Ease or similar product from the grocery store before you are going to have a dairy product. As for Gluten free diets most big grocery stores have a section of Gluten free foods. Just ask the manager where they have them. Please don't self diagnose yourself, make sure what you have before you label yourself..Seek medical advice for a diagnosis|||Check into Enjoy Life brand foods. They are amazing
This is my third day being vegan. I'm doing it in secret (not telling my parents) for a little while until I'm used to it because I know if I tell them right from the beginning they'll try and convince my not to do it. It's not that hard to say no to things if I just think "No. I'm vegan now. No more___", but I still crave cheese pizza and mexican pizzas from taco bell;)
I'm addicted to my Silk vanilla soy milk now, and I find cow's milk to be pretty disgusting to me now. But I still get really frustrated when I look at the ingredients of my favorite food and realize I can never eat it again. Does it get easier over time? Is there ever a point where you find milk, cheese, eggs, and all of that to be disgusting? I haven't eaten meat for 2 years and now I think it's gross, and i hope that I'll lose the appetite for dairy and eggs soon.
Once i tell my parents I'll be able to make new things like a vegan cheese pizza or find vegan chocolate, but for now I'm just living off the foods in our pantry that just happen to be vegan.|||I've been vegan for over 20 years, and it gets much easier. I used to love cheese so much I thought of myself as "the dairy queen." But I took the cheese out of my diet and started walking an hour a day at the same time, and my 5 extra pounds melted away overnight. There were no packaged vegan cheese substitutes at the time. Now I can't stand the smell of cheese cooking. And I could never stand the smell of cooked eggs.
The hardest thing at the time was giving up cheese. Fortunately, a year or so after I became vegan, "The Uncheese Cookbook" by Jo Stepaniak came out. I made my own cheeze/cheeze sauce recipes and they were--still are--delicious. Fortunately there are now good-tasting packaged cheeses now too: Daiya cheese (mozarella and cheddar) that melt and Follow Your Heart brand cheeses. You could make your own pizza or partially make your own by buying a crust and tomato sauce, and then adding mozarella Daiya cheese. The Daiya cheese is 1/3 less fattening than regular, but I'm pretty sure doesn't have calcium, so you'll need calcium from other sources.
For ice cream, there is decent packaged ice cream, but the best is the kind you make yourself. The best "cookbook" for making your own ice cream is "Vice Cream" by Jeff Rogers. You'll need a high-powered blender though for grinding cashews + an ice cream maker. And yes, there's plenty of vegan chocolate.
Don't load up though too much on bread, vegan cheeses, and vegan ice cream. The real nutrition density is in fruits and vegetables, and nuts in moderation.|||Why did you become a vegan ?
Anyways try and find substitutions like:
Chocolate : 70% Dark chocolate (most people find it gross but i love it)
Pizza: HOME MAKE THE PIZZA!!!! just buy the powder bake it and add the things you like on it with out cheese =P
And maybe make a menu using the foods you can eat ( 2 week menu)|||Its a lot easier when
a) you tell your parents
b) you find delicious vegan junk food- a great ice cream, or brownie recipe, for example- which makes you feel un-deprived
For vegan chocolate, may I recommend Ghirardelli twilight Delight and Trader Joe's 73% Dark chocolate nonpariels? If you're a fan of dark chocolate like me, delicious :)|||it shouldn't be hard at all, depending on where you live. most places have italian and chinese restaurants so there should be at least 2 vegan options
this should make it easier: http://www.happycow.net
there is vegan versions of many of your favorites, whole foods supermarket sells a vegan cheese called daiya that is pretty good and melts like dairy cheese
http://www.vegweb.com|||Yes. It gets A LOT easier, and you can live in the Soy and Vegan section of Whole Foods. That works to get substitutes. Get a vegan cookbook, and cook away! I have a vegan cupcake book. ;D|||Yeah it gets easier. Err.. actually I shouldn't be answering this, since my stomach gets sick at the thought of ANY food, but... yeah XD
Get a banana addiction. Bananas are lovely =)|||Yes it gets easier. There's a couple times where you'll be like, "bummer, I wish I could eat that" but it's not that bad. Before going vegan I absolutely LOVED chocolate. Like LOVED it more than anyone else. I would eat it everyday. Bu now that I'm vegan I don't really eat it anymore and it's not as hard as I thought.
The first week I went vegan I did what you did and didn't tell my parents :)
When you do tell them, you can go shopping for a bunch of vegan food! It's so fun :D|||I found that if I though "Oh, i can never have ___ again! Or ____!" etc I would just get depressed and want to give up. I prefer to think "Wow, I'm glad I realized that _____ was the cause of so much pain in animals. Thank god I'm not a part of that anymore. Besides, this _____ is so much tastier, kinder, and healthier!!" I know it sounds silly, but changing your mindset really makes a difference. And it does get easier. I've only been a vegan for 6 months, but I find cows milk repulsive, cheese disgusting, and eggs slimy. I still get mini-cravings for things that don't obviously have milk in them (ie, cookies, etc) but those cravings are easily satisfied with the many vegan versions of said items. Good luck to you on the most fun, healthy, exciting, and kind decision of your life! :D|||It gets a lot easier. I've been vegan for seven years and was vegetarian for five years before that. Most semi-sweet chocolate is vegan. The earlier commenter suggested Daiya, a vegan cheese substitute. Daiya rocks. Seriously. But you don't have to rely on junk food vegan items. Now's a great time to kick your fast-food cravings at the same time.
But don't be too hard on yourself. It's going to be a difficult adjustment period, and it's important to remember that you chose to be vegan. So don't think "I can't have ____", think "I choose not to have ___". And if you slip up? It's okay.
And if you're finding yourself disheartened by looking at the ingredients of your favorite foods, start eating foods that don't have ingredients; items which are not packaged (like fruits and veggies).
For breakfast you might try some steel cut oats with fresh fruit and soy/almond/rice milk. Or quinoa, prepared with some cinnamon and a milk substitute. Quinoa is a complete protein!
Lunch could be a sandwich on some Dave's Killer Bread including avocado, tomato, sprouts, lettuce, cucumber, etc. You could even buy some meat substitutes if you were so inclined, such as Tofurky.
There are a TON of easy soup recipes, too.
Simplify the way you look at food and I think you'll find it to be a lot easier than trying to adapt a vegan diet to the lifestyle you already had.
EDIT: I just remembered something! If you absolutely want some indulgent pizza, Tofurky just came out with a line. They taste like Red Baron and are about $7.99 each. You can find them at most Whole Foods or co-ops.
Someone asked what I was as a vegeterian , I can't be certain so I only said veggie until I got the facts straight.
Help me out! Be honestly and nice pls: I only eat veggies and fruits a lot on daily basic
all wheat instead white
Organic cheese (Tree of life) sometimes if local market doesn't have my kind vegan cheese
Only drink vegan milk
eat store-bought chips , ceral, and cake only if it doesnt contain milk, cheese other than that I eat vegan foods mostly
In the beginning I used buy organic chips because I was not sure which one is vegan.
I buy and eat a lot of organic foods when necessary.
I got mayo that is vegan made with no egg|||You sound like mostly vegan that does eat cheese, (and I do not think cheese, esspecially local or organic is so bad, it is good calcium). They may have just wanted to know what foods were safe to serve in your company. If this is why they asked it would be easier on them as hosts to just say vegan, except I will eat organic cheeses.|||Yes non technical easy to understand answers usually work better for most people who just are doing thier best to accomodate your dietary preferances. We host a lot of dinners for bible studies and it can get a little tricky sometimes for the hosts to ensure all will eat and have a good time. Report Abuse
|||From the info you put, it sounds like you are a very minimal lacto-vegetarian.|||You didn't mention if you read ingredients to make sure you aren't eating eggs. You don't drink cow's milk but you do eat cheese. I'm not being mean, but organic cheese is made from milk.
If you eat things with milk but not eggs you are a lacto vegetarian
If you eat things with eggs but not milk you are an ovo vegetarian
If you eat things with eggs and milk you are a lacto ovo vegetarian|||you're awesome :) haha
i'd say you're generally vegan :D|||If there aren't any eggs in the cakes and baked goods that you eat, you're a lacto-vegetarian. If there are eggs in them (or you eat eggs in another form, such as fresh pasta or on their own), you are an ovo-lacto ("standard") vegetarian.
While eating whole grains instead of processed is a great, healthful choice, it doesn't have any bearing on your status as a vegetarian or non-vegetarian. Ditto for organic foods. While they are (depending on the type) better for you and the environment, it doesn't have an impact on whether you are a vegetarian or what kind.
Just for your reference:
- A vegetarian who eats eggs or egg-based ingredients but no dairy is an ovo-vegetarian.
- A vegetarian who eats dairy products, by-products, or ingredients (but no egg) is a lacto-vegetarian.
- A vegetarian who eats both is an ovo-lacto vegetarian. This is the most common type and what most people mean when they refer to vegetarians.
- A person who eats neither follows a vegan diet. (They may not be a vegan depending on other parts of their lifestyle.)|||If you consume dairy, but no egg or meat then you're lacto-vegetarian. If you consume dairy and eggs, you're ovo-lacto-vegetarian. Organic doesn't make a difference.|||The additional info ended up making no sense. You were rambling and not making sense.
Here are soemthings to keep in mind:
Organic does NOT mean vegitarian or vegan and has Nothing to do with either.
Since you do actually eat cheese on occasion I wold say you are a lacto vegitarian.
Reading ingredients lables does bot take that long. I don't ubdertsand the coment about staying in the same place for an hour or more.
And if they are labeled as Vegan they Must be vegan.
You uare not vegan, store bought cakes, and cereals will contain sugar (not vegan) and usually white flours-not vegan. Also some dyes that are not vegan.
Take a tortilla and place it into a skillet that has some veg oil or olive oil in it. Turn the heat on low and add vegan sour cream, vegan cheese, and taco sauce. Add some jalepeno slices. Place a lid on the skillet. Heat up some veg refried beans seperately with some pinto and black beans in a bowl.
After melting some, take the tortilla out and place on a plate. Put another tortilla in the skillet and prepare like the first. After it melts some add the beans, spread out onto the skillet tortilla and add the first tortilla on top. Eat with a knife and fork?
I guess its a homemade vegan mexican pizza.|||It's called a quesadilla.|||yes and it tastes good lol... but never used a knife or fork :p
This vegan cheese ball recipr calls for well-drained Tofu. I'll admit,, I barely have experience working with tofu. Now, the recipe calls for firm tofu and it needs to be well-drained.The writer of the recipe recommends smashing it hard against a "strainer" which I don't really know exactly what that is. (Like, I have one of those metal pan-like things with holes in it to drain my spaghetti, is that a strainer lol?)
Anyway, I'm making this recipe for Saturday and don't want to buy any extra equipment so if a strainer is not something that I already have, what's the best way that I can drain my tofu?|||Hi
Firm Tofu is much like semi soft cheese (not as hard as chedder but not as soft as brea).
It is packaged in water ~ hence the drain bit. Open the package and take the tofu out and press it firmly between your hands wrapped in a towel. I find using a clean lint free tea towel works well.
From there you can grate, finely chop, slice, dice or whatever you want with it.
Good luck with your cooking and please remember . . . . the fact you are trying to cook a meal for your vegan friend counts for heaps, believe me, heaps and heaps.|||yeah the metal pan thingy with holes in it is a strainer. Just use that for your tofu and let gravity do its trick|||To drain firm tofu I simply open a corner of the package and pour off the liquid. Then I remove the tofu and give it a good squeeze. If the tofu is going to be blended or crumbled, you can squeeze it and not worry if it breaks apart. Squeeze it over a bowl to catch the pieces that break off and then drain off the excess water. Don't worry, if the recipe calls for it to be cooked, the excess water just cooks out anyways.
Since you are a tofu newbie, here's some hints.
Tofu has no flavour except what you give it. Marinate it like you would marinate meat. Rubs also work well. Firm tofu is good for stir frys or anything that requires chunks of meat. Medium tofu is good for mock scrambled eggs (season with vegan chicken style seasoning and add diced peppers and onions). Soft tofu is great for blending into smoothies. Soft tofu adds texture so you don't have to worry about flavouring it. Check out www.vegetariantimes.com for vegan and veggie recipes. Best of luck with the lifestyle.
home come my mate is chubby, but like she doesnt eat anything!
on the other hand, i eat tonnes and im quite fit. like today i have already had
1 bowl of porridge
1 pear
2 slices of cheese on toast [vegan cheese]
1 slice orange chocolate cake [my sister made it for me mmmm]
about a million cups of tea!
how does this work? i mean its not like i live in the gym or anything|||This is because of you metabolism. You feed you metabolism regualy therefore keeping it contiually working and making you thin. You friend does not feed her metabolism regually so whenver she does eat she will put it straight on as extra weight because her metabolism is slow and confused.|||It's called genetics and metabolism. Each body is different and responds different to calorie intake. You, luckily, can just burn calories at a faster rate. I would suggest you still watch what you eat for cholesterol reasons.|||maybe she has a slower metabolism , or maybe when she does eat , it's bad food or portions which are an issue...|||You don't eat tonnes.|||That's no food at all. I'm not shocked you're skinny. Eat more.|||the only thing fatening is the cheese and cake|||you havent even eaten that much x
okay so i made a casserole (with pasta & peas, carrots, tempeh & vegan cheese). . . more like ATTEMPTED to make one. it came out like ****.!
i guess i left it in the oven too long cuz it came out too crucnhy & UGH. :/ & it had NO flavor cuz i dunno how to add spices correctly or anything.
well, i was just wondering if anyone had any recepies for a good simple casserole that a cooking dummy like ne can succeed in. LOL. or just any suggestions.
i cooked it at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes. too much, too little.? .-. help.
my dinner for the rest of the week will be tasteless cheesy ****. :b .!|||I don't have a casserole recipe, but I do have a crock pot recipe and hopefully you have one because the recipes from this site are delicious and I make them for my family at times. We aren't vegans, but we like getting away from met at times.
I am giving you a vegan recipe because you didn't specify otherwise. I made this for my cousin who visits me for a week every summer and is vegan. She loved it. She also directed me to this site for recipes:
http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/vegetaria鈥?/a>
Jamaican Red Bean Stew
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups sliced baby carrots
3 scallions, chopped
1 sweet potato, diced
1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes, drained
2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
1/4 tsp ground allspice
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 (16 oz) cans dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed*
1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
1 - 2 cups unsalted vegetable broth or water
Optional: 1/4 tsp salt or to taste
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Directions:
Pour the oil into a 4-quart slow cooker and set the cooker on high. Add the garlic and put the lid on the cooker while you prepare the rest of the ingredients
To the cooker, add the carrots, scallions, sweet potato, and tomatoes.
Stir in the curry powder, thyme, red pepper flakes, allspice, and salt and pepper to taste
Add the beans, coconut milk, and broth
Reduce heat, cover, and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours|||Buy hot sauce.
Just buy it Srichacha sauce if possible.|||Salt and pepper are a minimum requirement. You might also try onion and garlic (or their dried counterparts onion powder and garlic powder). Many savory recipes like stews, casseroles, roasts and soups begin with onion in some form or another. Whether sauteed, carmelized, minced fine or thrown in as rings/slices, onion forms a flavor foundation upon which you can build. In place of salt, soy sauce can also be used if you're looking for an oriental twist on your dish.
You might try some Italian seasoning (usually a combination of oregano, thyme, perhaps rosemary, tarragon and cilantro) to spice up your dish a bit. If you're not averse to using a chicken stock you could try adding a bit of that for flavor and moisture to make it less dry.
Depending on how MUCH ingredients you had, 375 at 20 minutes sounds like it would result in undercooking, not overcooking. Did you cover it while it was baking? Perhaps 325-350 is all you really need. Try referencing a macaroni and cheese recipe for quantities, times and temps.
It seems to me after reading your ingredient list again that you need some moisture in there. Either a vegetable stock, light broth, fish broth, maybe white/red miso, or SOMETHING, even water or soymilk. But it sounds like your pasta and tempeh is absorbing all the available liquid and turning your casserole into a somewhat dry brickbat.|||I know I'm going to get a ton of thumbs downs but it's hard to make vegan taste good. You need a ton of spices. If I were to make it I'd do this.
Make sure the carrots, pasta and all your ingredients are already cooked since the tempeh and vegan cheese only needs to be warmed. If you over cook soy it tends to either mush or harden.
So spices. It's best when used fresh.
1 tbs of oregano
1 tbs of rosemary
1 tsp of salt and pepper
If you like spice like me
1 tsp of paprika
garnish with chives
As far as cooking I'd do 350 and check every few minutes till you can tell it's hot.
B- 1/2 cup steel cut oats, 1 tablespoon of mixed nuts and dried fruit, half a banana
L- About 1/2 cup homeade hummus, with mixed veggies and greens in a whole wheat wrap
S- (while training) 1 luna bar, 1 mini cliff builders bar
D- About a cup of veggie stir-fry (about 1/4 cup tofu, and mixed veggies, 2 tablespoons vegan cheese)
S- 1 cliff bar
I think this may be too much food.... today I ran 3.61 miles, biked 1.33, did a 25 min m.m.a class, and a quick 8 min of pullups, and pushups. Yesterday I put in 20 miles of biking and running, and today was my easier day. I'm 14, female, 5'7-5'8, 115-120 pounds.|||i think its fine, I run too!
I was thinking about it earlier, and a lot of the dramam @ my house, with me, comes from what I eat, and freedom for where I go (i.e. i am 17 and cannot ride my bike to the park @ night), and how late I stay up. I mean, I am vegetarian, I don't eat cheese, though I am trying a new vegan cheese now. I don't eat mayonaisse, cauliflower, spinach (except for one recipe that is really sugary), peanut butter, and the list continues, for miles. And I'm all for trying new-certified vegetarian-doesn't look remotely like meat-I know ALL of the ingredients to foods. But, I am in cross-country, so I need faster foods (which is funny, I can only eat out at 1 favorite restaurant that has 3 foods I can eat). I feel like I am getting fat ALL of the time, which i have gained weight despite running almost every day for 3 years and competing in sports. I bug my family when tehy trell me what to eat. I get annoyed when they don't eat something, and it is one of my FAVORITE foods. (Like if my mom made it for dinner, you better eat every last single bite-or I'll hunt you down). However, I do have some restraints put on by them. Like, my mom only buys stuff on sale half of the time, and other times she'll just go right out and buy it. Plus, she doesn't care that a LOT of our foods are filled with a bunch of chemical crap. Like if it has 10 ingredients or less, it is good. 20-10, okay. But over 25, I'm grossed out. Half those are chemical!!! Augh! But, she doesn't care, it could have 60+ (I've seen a few in our pantry), and it doesn't matter as long as it tastes good and is on sale. And I can NEVER predict when she'll buy what fruits and veggies (except for bananas, those are year round because I NEED them). IDK, am I a food Drama Queen?
Oh, and explain why, thanks!|||Yes you are a food drama queen. You seem to be very aware of that fact. And more so, you seem to be very proud of that fact. Also, to repeat what Julia said, you seem to be on the border of an eating disorder. If you're constantly counting how many ingredients are in your food and feeling like you're always getting fat, you sound like you're on the verge of anorexia. Anorexia is a terrible, life-threatening disease.
If you hate what your mom is buying, go buy your own groceries after school or on the weekends. If you don't have the money for it, then find a job. And if you don't have time for a job, then you have to stop complaining. Your mom is going to buy what she buys, and you have the choice of whether or not to eat it.
Honestly, by posting this question, you seem like you're just seeking attention. You need to realize not everybody has the same eating habits as you, and you can't make a big deal and a scene out of it.|||14 full lines going on about food?
You obviously are. I'm not even going to read. If you're really going to rant on for 14 LINES, then you must be a drama queen when it comes for food.
I mean who talks about food for, THAT long.|||Sounds to me like you use your food weirdisms to exert some power at home. Yes, you are a food drama queen.|||Um yeah|||The fact that you are asking and making such a big deal sounds like you are, and proud of it. It also sounds like you might have a borderline eating disorder, based on your concern for getting fat. You're still growing. It's normal to gain weight in your teens. In fact, if you'd stopped growing at age 14, I'd be worried.
I would suggest asking your mom to take you shopping so you can pick out some foods for yourself. Also, cook for yourself. It's easier to control what you're putting in your body that way and you don't need to worry about inconveniencing anyone.
Fridge:
Vegan sour cream
Vegan salad dressing
Vegan teriyaki sauce
Vegan cream cheese
Vegan Yogurt
Vegan buttery spread
Nayonaise
Salsa
Grape tomatoes
Mango
Orange
Spinach
Tofu
Japanese noodles
Whole grain bread
Cucumber
Nectarines
Pasta sauce (if it's still in there)
Organic lemonade
Grapes
Mushrooms
Wraps
Vegan cheese dip
Almond milk vanilla
Almond milk chocolate
Soy milk chocolate
Odwalla protein drinks
Rice
Leftover jalapenos
Leftover beans
Red pepper hummus
Chick'n smart strips
Rennet free organic cheese
Daiya sprinkle cheese
Strawberry banana smoothie bottles
Freezer:
Vegetable burgers
Vegan burgers
Whole grain bread
Toffuti ice cream sandwiches
Organic frozen veggie packages
MorningStar sausage patties
MorningStar sweet n sour chicken
Veggie Patch leftover spinach bites
Sweet potato fries
MorningStar Turk'y Burgers
MorningStar Chicken patties
Edamame
Cabinet:
Basil leaves
Bananas
Kashi whole grain crackers
GoLean crunch cereal
Granola
Raisins
Whole grain rice
Vegan peanut butter
Vegan soynut butter
Whole grain pasta
Dried apricots
Cashews
Almonds
Nut mix
LU Cookies Le Petit Ecolier
Kidney beans
Black beans
Olives
Italian Pepper mix
Amy's lentil soup
Tomato soup
Carination dry powder drinks
Clif bars
Odwalla bars
GoLean bar
Granola bars
Vegan Asian noodles cup
Vegan Japanese noodle soup bowls
Unopened can of salsa
Veggie chip
Whole grain oatmeal
My bedroom:
Mini reeses peanut butter cups
Propel lemonade water
Boost drinks I'll never finish cause they have d-3 in them.
And that's all I can remember off the top of my head.
I know I already replied but I thought I'd list what I have in my mom's fridge right now. And we always have water and other things I can have.|||I haven't checked lately. I shop 3 times a week.|||just gonna list things i buy regularly:
soda
lots of candy
doritos spicy sweet chili
mrs freshleys oatmeal creme pies
plain chips
homemade sour cream and onion dip
onion rings
Tortilla chips and salsa
water water water, i drink alot alot of water.
fresh fruit and vegetables
taco bell bean burritos
plain pizza
pop tarts - the vegan ones
bread
bagels
lots of cheese
Simply Asia Spicy kung pao. Love the stuff.
Kraft Taco Bell Taco Dinner
Amys chili
Tofu
Lentil Soup
cant think of everything right now|||i'm only 13 so i live with my meat eating family of mine there is
fridge
3 different cheeses
cooked noodles
milk
a cheese salad
cucumber
(i'll be shopping for more soon this week)
cabnit
rice
hot dog buns (i use for like pb&j)
peanut butter|||Unfortunately I have to share a fridge and cabinets with meat-eaters. However, my stuff includes:
Fridge -
hummus
different fruits
different vegetables
rice milk
chocolate soy milk
earth balance butter
vegan pudding
vegan yogurt
different types of beans and lentils
tofu ravioli
vegan potato gnocchis
Cabinets -
different boxes of vegan cereal
vegan chocolate chip cookies
vegan brownies
different nuts
different seeds
seaweed
vegan whole wheat pasta
brown rice
turbinado sugar
whole wheat bread
earth balance almond butter|||A great place to buy Propel Water is at Dormzy.com. http://www.dormzy.com/categories/Beverages/Specialty-Water/|||i eat on the go and not at home alot to be honest and everyone in my house eats meat so i share space with them.
but fridge.
plain fruit homemade jelly(so i know theres no gellatine)
grapes.
strawberries.
fruit yoghurts.
fresh pasta.
garlic bread.
fruit juice.
and cans or fizzy juice.
potatoes.
cheese
coleslaw.
butter.
chocolate milk.
cabinet.
tomatoe pasta sauces.
canned soups (lentil. tomatoe vegetable etc.
curry noodles
cereal (porridge oats,coco pops golden nuggets.)
nutrigrain bars.
herbs and spices.
i dont tend to have much because as i said i eat on the go and never really sit down and eat bad i know but thats me and my diet yes isnt the best but it suits me :)|||Fridge:
Brita water pitcher
Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze
Tomato Basil Marinara sauce
Chunky Peanut Butter
Almond Butter
Dry Roasted Almonds
Earth Balance with olive oil
Salsa
Banana Peppers
Unsweetened applesauce
Extra firm tofu
Tempeh x 2
Veganaise
Chopped up red onion
Mushrooms
Honeycrisp apples x 2
Romaine lettuce
Garlic
Carrots
Raw cashews
Raw almonds
Leftover veggie pizza (marinara sauce, green pepper, red onion, tomato)
Leftover parmesan "cheese" made from sesame seeds, nutritional yeast, and salt to put on the pizza
Whole wheat tortillas
Frank's Red Hot
Fruits of the Forest fruit spread
yellow mustard
nutritional yeast
sesame oil
barbecue sauce
lemon juice
dijon mustard
sesame seeds
yeast (for baking)
TJ's Goddess Dressing (exact same as Annie's but cheaper)
Better than Bouillon vegetable base
Spirulina
Probiotics
Organic baby spinach
Sundried tomatoes
Ketchup
Maple syrup
Freezer:
frozen bananas
Ezekiel english muffins
Ezekiel burger buns
frozen pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
pumpkin seeds
walnuts
Dr. Praeger's California burgers
TJ's meatless meatballs
Veggie sausages I made
Whole Wheat Flour
Various homemade veggie burgers
Ground Flaxseed
frozen cherries
Earth Balance sticks
Cupboard
Quinoa
Unsweetened Coconut
Sunflower seeds
Lentils
Wheatberries
Bulk popcorn
Protein powder
Maca
Rolled oats
Cocoa powder
tons of canned beans
Brown rice syrup
Canned Artichokes
Dulse
Nori
Brown rice pasta
Whole wheat angel hair
Back up salad dressing and marinara sauce
Falafel mix
Panko bread crumbs
Ezekiel cereal
TJ's semisweet chocolate chips (yes they're vegan!)
Canned pumpkin x 6
Agave nectar
Olive oil
Organic vegan sugar
Fruit bowl on counter:
Spaghetti squash
Clementines
Tomato|||Here's mine,
FRIDGE:
red globe grapes w/ seeds (I don't eat seedless fruit, if it can still be called a fruit)
coconut milk unsweetened
almond milk unsweetened
organic kale
organic carrots
heirloom tomatoes
100% dark amber maple syrup
PANTRY:
organic raw deshelled sunflower seeds
organic raw pumpkin seeds
homemade vegan muesli
tub of sea salt
grapeseed oil
sunflower oil
olive oil
I also have too many herbs to list, sort of a hobby. But my favorite ones I grow fresh are tarragon and rosemary.|||um not really a lot...:(
fridge
alpro soya chocolate dessert
strawberry jam
peanut butter
diet coke
bolenese light sauce (yummy with quorn mince for veggie spag bol)
chedder cheese
skimmed milk
cupboard
ketchup
salt
ground cinnamum
jelly beans
haribo funny mix..veggie yeah :P
orange pepper
garlic
peanuts
reese's peanut butter cups
weight watchers vegetable soup
super noodles mild chilli
uncles bens sticky mexican rice
wheetabix
chocolate ready brek
cornflakes
white bread
stuffing
oranges
apples
cucumber
half a mango
aero bubbles
potatos
freezer
quorn lasagne
asda veggie spag bol
quorn cottag pie
quorn chicken curry
birds eye rice bags
quorn sausages
oven chips
micro chips
frozen yogurt
haha im a junk food veggie :)
I like fancy food as well, but I'm thinking of trying this tonight (without the ham and replace the cheese with the vegan cheese).
* Perfect Perogy Casserole *
Makes 4-6 servings
-- 16 - 20 CHEEMO Perogies
-- 1 Onion, chopped
-- 1/4 cup Milk
-- 1 tbsp. Butter or Margarine
-- 1/2 cup Cooked Ham, diced
-- 1 Green Pepper, diced
-- 1/4 cup Cheddar Cheese, shredded
-- 10 oz. can Condensed Mushroom Soup
In a small skillet melt butter or margarine and saut茅 onion and green pepper for 5 minutes. In a medium size casserole dish, combine frozen CHEEMO perogies, onion, green pepper, and ham. Combine milk and mushroom soup and pour over casserole. Top with cheddar cheese.
Bake 35 minutes at 175潞C (350潞F), or microwave until heated through.
From this website: http://www.cheemo.com/recipes.htm|||sounds good, but not sure why you are replacing the cheese with vegan cheese
there is also milk and mushroom soup which contain cream, so its not because you are vegan, so you must be a vegitarian
many processed cheeses are out there use a vegitable-based enzimes to make the cheese, not rennet.|||lets just say im now hungryy|||Sounds really good and I'm a omnivore. But one question, what will you use to replace the cows milk?|||I think it needs to be baked not nuked. But heck yes make it! I'm going to!
Thanks. ;-)
I've had cholesterol, but thankfully have kept it in good check, I still have high triglycerides and am on the border line of having good HDL. I've read everywhere that saturated fat is bad for a person like me, but sometimes I see it in places that are have good fats like mono & poly, and that aren't meat or dairy, like for instance a nut, i'm pretty sure in olive oil even! And my vegan cheese which i only eat because it's cholesterol free. But the only meat I consume however is Fish and I do not consume cows milk straight out. So i'm pretty much asking, is it ALL bad?|||It's not about the food as much as it is the type of fat it is. Monosaturated & Polysaturated fats are good fats whereas Saturated & Trans fats aren't. You should avoid foods high in bad fats and try to stay under 20g a day. You should try staying under 50g a day of total fats in your diet.|||Yes they are bad but the ability to control your intake is waht make them good or bad for your body. Fish and meat is protenious, thay make you grow healthly.
i am sixteen years old. i weigh around 135 pounds. i wouldn't really like to lose weight as much as tone my body. i am also a vegan and sort of a health freak. one thing i suck at is working out. i have no motivation, it's my downfall. i would really like to hear what you think.
this is what i have eaten today.
breakfast; (on a typical day i eat organic fruit but i change it up on the weekends sometimes haha)
vanilla soy yogurt with crumbled strawberry granola.
lunch;
sunshine burger on whole grain flaxseed bread, nayosa, vegan cheese, and lettuce.
about an ounce of carrots.
dinner;
two brown rice cakes with 2 tbsp. organic grape jelly.
an oz of salted almonds (out of whole natural)
snack;
pomegranate. half a mango.
do you think if i eat decently like this, and involve some sort of exercise it will tone me up and help me lose weight?
i was thinking maybe just about a half hour, 45 minute walk a day, maybe some abs, some arm workouts.
i do yoga once a week as well.
all advice, comments would be helpful.
thank you!|||Wow i wish i ate that healthy. Goodjob! I think you might wanna eat a little more but if you don't feel hungry then don't. You're on the right track. For exercise, try taking it slow at first. Walk for about 15-20minutes nothing too drastic and do about 20 situps. Dancing is great exercise also.|||it sounds to me like you need to do some strength training to build muscle along with your cardio try and do 30 minutes of walking and do 15 minutes of strength resistance.
i feel like i ate really poorly today, but tomorrow i'm fasting for a jewish holiday, so will that compensate for my poor choices today?
if anyones curious i had
breakfast: 1/2 cup applesauce
lunch: 1 cup white rice, 5 chunks of steamed broccoli, 2 super thin slices of tofu that was sort of baked/fried, 1 mini burger made of peas and cooked in a bit of olive oil(about a 1.5 inch diameter), 1 slice of vegan cheese, 1/3 of a vegan hot dog, 1/5 cup corn, a couple radishes
dinner: chinese takeout, made up of 4 balls of fried tofu(1 inch diameter each), 2 small hunks of bok choy, various mixed veggies, all cooked in a spicy/kind of oily sauce, this dish total was probably about 1.5-2 cups
were my choices really that bad? i feel like there was a lot of oil. but will fasting the next day just burn off the calories i ate?|||Don't ever fast as that's hard on your metabolism and mind. These choices sound excellent to me and remember: We eat what we need; what our body craves so you needed that extra fat (oil) for some reason.
Reply: Well yes I suppose that will detox you somewhat (the Jewish 24 hr fast). You BF better make it up to you the next day though. ;-)
...but not unless you're just going to feel bad about it again. When I was vegan (assuming you are) for over a year I never felt bad about overeating on plant based foods even when they were processed.
I think this example you provided is actually ideal in protein. It looks like you get plenty of it so good job on that.|||millions are starving to death!-you have the choice to eat when youre hungry/drink when dry!
I am vegan and allergic to milk. My food options are limited. I'm a 15 year old girl. I'm almost 5'9" and 108lb. I was 118lb at one time, most recently i was 112lb for about 2 months. when I was 118 and 112 I was eating less than I am now.
I eat a fair amount of junk. Cereal, veggie burgers, noodles and vegan cheese, pancakes, smoothies, cookies, cakes, brownies. I do have fruits and veggies, too. I've tried soy protein shakes (milk-free), and they didn't work. I didn't gain anything, and they made my stomach hurt bad. I'm never really super hungry, I just eat because I'm scared of losing weight. My mum's really strict and weird about that... she threatens to send me to a hospital because I eat a lot and can't put anything on. I don't exercise, at all. Unless walking up the stairs to my room counts.
I also sweat a lot. Could it be my metabolism? My family is thin too.|||If you aren't gaining weight and you feel like you are eating a lot, then it's metabolism and genetics and reading that your family is also skinny, then it should be those. If you really want to gain weight, try to do strength exercises, like if you don't have weights, do pushups/situps/etc and increase your calories by 500 more than what you're eating now. Also try to fix your diet, you don't want foods that are full of sugar on the daily basis, have something healthy at least.
First off, I'm 15, 5'8 and about 130 pounds. According to several calorie calculators I need
To maintain: 2000 calories
To lose: 1500-1700 calories
To lose quickly: 1200 calories
each day
Trouble is, I find it difficult to get up to even those 1200 calories. I eat very healthy, and naturally low calorie foods. No simple carbs, no refined sugar, no boxed or packaged foods, ect. ('cept on the weekend :P)
For example, just today it's almost 2pm and I've eaten less than 400 calories and burned about 500 at the gym.
Apparently, from the foods I've eaten I've gotten these nutrients:
26g carbs
17.8g protein
26g fat
4.5g sat fat
215mg cholesterol
366mg sodium
11.3g fiber
For breakfast, sauteed yellow onion, green onion, jalapenos, and garlic with 1 large organic egg + egg white over half an avocado.
For lunch, 1 cup broccoli and 1 cup green beans with a homemade vegan cheese sauce that I make with a combo of squash, carrots, onions, various spices and olive oil.
(I've also had a cup of Ancient Grain Milk and a ring of pineapple)
I don't know how to get more calories without eating junk. For dinner I'll probably have chicken or tuna salad (without dressing). I know even though on most days I get the recommended amounts of protein, fiber, carbs, etc I'm not getting enough calories to be healthy (and lose weight!). So... help? I don't like eating bread, cereal, etc except every other day or the weekends and I think I'm inadvertently starving myself. So I need more calories without more fat and sugar!
Thanks,
Bre|||df
im going to brunch tomorrow and trying to decide what i'll get, which of these descriptions would be best as far as nutrition, also how many calories would they be?
1. a smoothie with carrot juice, orange, and banana(their smoothies are a large glass, about 16 oz), and a salad with green leaf lettuce, carrot, cucumber, purple cabbage, red onion, tomato, and sunflower sprouts. the bowl for the salad is very large, i would have almost no dressing on it
2. vegan rye bun, grilled and topped with sauerkraut, green onions, sliced tomato, vegan cheese, and black olives. Served open-faced with sliced pickle
3. A fresh-roasted poblano pepper (spiciness varies) stuffed with organic brown rice, corn, green peas, tempeh,and fresh cilantro. Baked with verde sauce. served with black beans and summer squash sautee
4. Fresh vegetables steamed to order with sage mashed potatoes and black eyed peas. Served with a side of Cashew Tamari dressing
5. Fresh vegetables stir fried in canola oil with tofu, green onions, mushrooms and cashews. Finished with a sauce of fruit juices, fresh ginger, cashews, garlic and pineapple puree
6. Organic brown basmati rice with black eyed peas and green onions, and a side salad(same type as the one in option 1 but a lot smaller portion)|||Any of the options is in the 400 calories range, so that is reasonable. The first option doesn't have adequate protein. The fifth is also a bit low on protein. If it was me, I would go for number 3 as it has the best overall balance.
I am 24yrs and i want to lose 30 to 40lbs but having a lott of trouble doing so. I don't eat much as it is now ever, i don't eat fast food or junk food or even red meat, or dairy. to give you a better ide i eat mostly whole grain tortilla shells plain or if i need some some like dairy in me i will us vegan cheese, or have soy mike two times a week, i also will have weight watches diet gingral, grill chicken and brown rice or oat meal..that petty much it i really eat if i want something on the weekends sweet i go vegan cookie once in away. i don't really have a sweet tooth or like chips or anything. also to let you know i cant have eggs im allergic to them so from not eating them i kind of stop having dairy.thank you|||if you have netflix, watch fat,sick, and nearly dead. Im starting the diet next week when i get the money to buy fruits and veggies. If you dont have netflix it were you only eat and drink fresh fruits and veggies, you juice them, then drink it as a meal, only do it for 10 days, and never more in a row. Then do mild exersize, you will lose 30lb in just 10 days!|||try goin out for jogs and try eatting less then u usally do|||They have an ice cream where it is 150 calories per pint of it. If you look up the woman lisa lillian (better known as hungry gilr) you can find it on her website. Hope this helped!
Today I ate-
5 small dates
4 slice whole wheat bread
1 can black bean soup
5.5 cups of orange juice
1 piece of vegan cheese
about 3/4 cup of black beans
2 whole wheat soft taco shells
a slice of vegan turkey meat
1 avocado
2.5 tablespoons of peanut butter
1 tablespoon of olive oil
This is what I ate in 1 day, and I feel fat and gross!!!! I'm 14, 5 foot 8 and 119 pounds. I added this up and it's around 3000 calories!!! I played hockey without skates for about an hour today, I also ran up some hills, but that's it! What do I do, please no rude answers!
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Oh I should say I have been eating around this much for about 2 weeks now:(
I have gained 9 pounds!|||dont be paranoid you're cool. 3000 cals is not bad if you got that exercise. only if you ate that everyday with no exercise would it be bad.|||You chill out. Seriously. That's not bad. Actually, you could stand to gain a little weight...|||Seriously? MAN YOU GONNA GET FAAATTT YO GONNA BE LIKE A BIG FAT BIG MAC.......... No. Jk. Haha :p
Today I ate-
5 small dates
4 slice whole wheat bread
1 can black bean soup
5.5 cups of orange juice
1 piece of vegan cheese
about 3/4 cup of black beans
2 whole wheat soft taco shells
a slice of vegan turkey meat
1 avocado
2.5 tablespoons of peanut butter
1 tablespoon of olive oil
This is what I ate in 1 day, and I feel fat and gross!!!! I'm 14, 5 foot 8 and 119 pounds. I added this up and it's around 3000 calories!!! I played hockey without skates for about an hour today, I also ran up some hills, but that's it! What do I do, please no rude answers!
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I'm a vegan.
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Oh I should say I have been eating around this much for about 2 weeks now:(
I have gained 9 pounds!|||dont be paranoid you're cool. 3000 cals is not bad if you got that exercise. only if you ate that everyday with no exercise would it be bad.|||You chill out. Seriously. That's not bad. Actually, you could stand to gain a little weight...|||Seriously? MAN YOU GONNA GET FAAATTT YO GONNA BE LIKE A BIG FAT BIG MAC.......... No. Jk. Haha :p
Will a pleasant side effect of becoming vegan be losing weight? I have been vegetarian for around 6 months but a week or so ago decided to go one step further and become vegan. I've been eating alot of vegan turkey & vegan cheese sandwiches, with vegan bread, letucce, avocado, vegan mayo, mustard, and tomatoe. Plus lots of plain tofu and fruits. Will this help me lose wieght, if that's all I change? If so, how long do you think it'll take for me to see results? I'm 5'6'' and weigh 140 pounds, and I'm not very active. I'm overweight, obviously.|||become active|||Just eat more fruit and grains, stick with being vegan it will do you lots of good in the long run. Don't be in a rush to lose the pounds rushing leaves you with extra skin, let the weight and skin regain norms slowly. Get plenty of exercise, weight doesn't go away just by changing your diet.
good luck|||Maybe. I wouldn't consider your numbers to be problematic, however. Being active is the key, though. Going meat-free is a big step already, so congratulations.
I read Alanis Morissette went vegan recently and lost 20 lbs, if that means anything
http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/01/05/alani鈥?/a>|||If you change to a vegan diet, you will still have access to all the glorious things that help you keep weight on, i.e., sugars and starches.
Vegans are still susceptible to overeating the wrong things and adding on weight.
If you consider making 50=75% of your diet raw, you may find it easier to control your weight, as more of your diet will be less problematic.
Another option would be to be a low-carb vegan, cutting way back on things like bread, rice, grains in general, added sugars of any kind (anything that did not come directly from the natural food), i.e. starches and sugars. That is the easiest way to take off unwanted weight -- I took off 100 lbs that way (2 C of raw spinach only have 4 gr. of carbohydrates, while one piece of bread has 25 gr. or more.) Cut the starches and sugars and you will take off the weight easily, regardless of what diet you follow.|||TOTALLY!!! I'm a vegan, and you don't just lose more weight, you feel better about yourself! You'll also have more energy! DO IT FOR THE ANIMALS!!! NOT JUST FOR YOURSELF!!!|||that probably will
i went vegan and lost about 7lbs in the first month.
also are you sure that cheese is vegan?
some print cheese as being soy cheese. but still contains milk and a milk ingredient called caesin.|||TT deserves best answer on this one.
I ate better and got active. Then I lost weight.
im going to brunch tomorrow and trying to decide what i'll get, which of these descriptions would be best as far as nutrition, also how many calories would they be?
1. a smoothie with carrot juice, orange, and banana(their smoothies are a large glass, about 16 oz), and a salad with green leaf lettuce, carrot, cucumber, purple cabbage, red onion, tomato, and sunflower sprouts. the bowl for the salad is very large, i would have almost no dressing on it
2. vegan rye bun, grilled and topped with sauerkraut, green onions, sliced tomato, vegan cheese, and black olives. Served open-faced with sliced pickle
3. Fresh vegetables steamed to order with sage mashed potatoes and black eyed peas. Served with a side of Cashew Tamari dressing
4. Organic brown basmati rice with black eyed peas and green onions, and a side salad(same type as the one in option 1 but a lot smaller portion)
5. a bowl of soup and side salad, but i'm not sure what type of soup it will be, some sort of vegan soup|||3 is almost balanced meal because it contains vegetables, fiber, fat, and beans which are almost a complete protein. In order to achieve a balanced, healthy meal, you need a side of that brown rice to complement the beans and have a complete protein.
Could you order that? Then you would be doing great, nourishing your body! Then your body will be healthy and good.
The other choices are not balanced,
4 is the close, but is lacking fat and enough vegetables. It may be to small(that's what you wrote) to properly nourish you.
I care about you, your health; that's why I'm responding!|||3. Would be very nutritious.
But they all sound very unappetising. To tell you the truth I would rather eat a carrot out of the ground then those options. Are you trying to make plant fertiliser?
Just saying, being healthy is one thing, becoming a plant is another.
so ive bee a vegetarion 4 bout 2 years, but recently i became a vegan!! wahoo! go animals! cuz i watched a movie called "Earthings" that rlly opened my eyes to animal abuse and all the shitt that happens in slaughterhouses, so if u havent seen it, i strongly recommend u watch it, EVERYONE SHOULD!!! but anyways-now im a vegan and i want some healthy vegan recipes and vegan food that i can put togther easily. i bought some flaxseed milk which is made from seeds,no dairy, and i bought alot of veggies and fruits too. im not gunna eat any cheese (i plan on buying some vegan cheese subsitute) no eggs, no butter, no nothin thats dairy! so for dinner 2nite im eating chopped spinach that i boiled in water with Mortons nature's seosening on it and im having some grapes. any of u vegans have food ideas for me? its pretty easy for me cuz i already didnt eat meat and i love love love fruits and veggies more then anything. sooo recipes? i heard u can make vegan desserts with bannanas instead of using eggs? can u? oh and i can stil leat cereal like speciol k for breakfast if i have it with my flaxseed milk rite??? THX!|||chopped spinach and seasalt, then some grapes- my dear, you will end up the worst advertisement for a vegan lifestyle when you become dull and listless and look like a corpse.
No offense I understand this is part of your question.
So, vegan recipes require a little more than spinach.
Tofu - buy it fresh, NOT that oldplastic white tun tofu- in water. Go find a good asian store- Chinese, Korean, Thai- a supermarket, it is worth every penny of your time- they sell FRESH tofu, pressed, baked,
seaweeds- Nori ( that lvely stuff in sheets outside a sushi roll), wakam, hijiki.
They seel fesh nuts, dried veg, rice flour, rice wrappers, vegan wontons, almond flour, walnut flour, rice milk, bean milk, almond milk- a good Asia store sells everything you can every want- including miso paste and about fifty types of seaweed noodles, buckwheat and rice noodles- it's worth making that trip as soon as possible and coming home with a long list of great vegan friendly foods.
They should also make the fish shaped pancakes stuffed with red bean paste
they look like this-
http://newyorkstreetfood.com/tag/seoul-s鈥?/a>
Japan and China have their own versions- called different things.
It's just an idea of waht you can eat, get used to all the legumes nuts and seeds and eating them in as many ways as you can- walnut flour, brazil nuts in a lentil pie, pecans in granola, sesame seed oil in stir fry, sunflower seed butter etc. Eat these nuts and seeds, and the chickpeas, pinto beans, and lentils with ALL you can- salads, sandwiches, soups.
Special K is not vegan- it uses whey. YOu will have to be careful with ALL crappy junky processed foods, because in the US of A ( I don't know if you lve there but I'm assuming it's so) they put milk and milk powder and cheese powder in anything they can- including bread, cereals, soup, rice mixes, hamburger helper and pretty much anything processed from frozen or a box or a packet.
There are SOME junky and processed foods without animal products and in fact the list is very long, so this chart will help[
( I hate to link a Peta site, but whatev)
http://www.peta.org/living/vegetarian-li鈥?/a>|||FRUIT SMOOTHIES! add yogurt and maybe some vanilla with orange juice and various fruits(dont forget the banana) and WAH LA! a yummy drink :)
i had wheat cheerios with no sugar added milk, a few nuts and fruit coffee
then school sat and moved around
then lunch carrots , trisects , low fat cheese , apple , low sugar chewy bar
then came home and had a small snack
walked 20 min and shopped for 20min then walked for 20min
had an early dinner 100 calorie soup , vegan cheese , wheat tortia , milk
then a 45 min walk
and i had about 1200-1300 calories
i burned about 2000
but i feel like i had alot at night?|||You should have right info if you want to lose weight. You can use way that I lost 22 pounds in 45 days. It works fast and It will work for you too. You can find more info from link below.
hey y'all. i'm 16 years old, 5'2'' and 150 pounds. its gross, and i really need to lose weight...and FAST. so i've heard a lot of really good things about the South Beach Diet, and i'm thinking about trying it. but there's one small problem: i'm a vegan (no meat, no dairy, no eggs, etc). but i was wondering if i could still do it and if this would be healthy:
breakfast: 1 serving vegan sausage, 1/4 cup red and green bell peppers and 1 stalk of celery cooked in 1 tsp olive oil and a glass of unsweetened soymilk
morning snack: 7 almonds
lunch: 1 Cup romaine, 1 Cup spinach, 1 stalk celery, 1/2 Cup chickpeas with 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
afternoon snack: 1/2 Cup broccoli with 1 Tbsp hummus, 1/4 Cup soy nuts
dinner: 1/2 Cup morning star ground "meat" (soy), 1/2 Cup black beans, 1/4 Cup diced tomatoes, 1 1/2 Cups romaine and 1 slice vegan cheese
so that all works out to:
*about 1000 calories
*41g fat
*51g fiber
*66g protein
i'll also be taking a multivitamin, b12 supplement and a calcium + vitamin D supplement every morning. i'll be drinking at least 8 glasses of water per day, and any other drinks will be crystal light.
so yeah, how much weight will i lose? the south beach book says you'll lose 14 pounds in 2 weeks but is that true?
oh, and as for exercise, i have gym class every other day at school and we run and lift weights and sometimes go ice skating or roller skating and stuff like that. i also work at a day care every day for a couple hours and play jump rope and kickball and stuff with the kids. on the weekends, and when i have time during the week, i'll run on a treadmill (at an incline) for about 30 minutes, and lift weights every other day for about 15 minutes.
thanks in advance. y'all are loved.|||I think it sounds like you're doing really good. The only thing is you might want to add a couple of hundred more calories because 1000 is really low. Maybe a couple of more almonds or so. Just try to bring it up to 1200. You work out and need to eat a little bit more to fuel your body. But other then that everything sounds great!!!! GOOD LUCK!|||Hi, don't focus to much on loosing weight fast, a bit slower but steady will be much better for you! I see really a lot of (processed) soy in the menu you propose, this is not so healthy, please read the 1st link. I don't know the south beach diet, but it sounds like it is one of these low-carb fashions (and your brain runs on carbs!). As you describe, you already do enough sports, I think you can probably eat whatever you feel like, as long as you stick to whole foods. This will automatically give you a healthy balance between carbohydrates, proteins and fat (and your body doesn't need a great amount of protein). It will saturate you very well, so you will loose weight without feeling hungry all the time, and you won't need any supplements either. And this is very well possible as a vegan too.
Have a look at the sites that I quote, and it will be much clearer to you. 1st link: Definitely read Annemarie Colbin's article, there are many more great articles on her site, the other two links share great recipes. I hope this helps you. I changed my families' diet to a whole food diet 3 years ago, and we are feeling great.
breakfast: smoothie made up of 2.5 cups spinach, 1 peach, 3/4 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup rice milk
lunch: i slice sprouted grain bread, 1 slice vegan cheese, 1 cup split pea soup, 1 ear of corn(roasted)
snack: 6 almonds, 1 small carrot, 1 apple
dinner: 2 slices sprouted whole wheat bread, 1 veggie hot dog, 1/2 tomato, mixed field greens, 1 tbsp sweet hot relish, 1 block of godiva extra dark chocolate
nutrition came to a total of: 1000 calories, 167 g carbs, 49 g protein, 18 g fat, 60 g sugar
i am aware 1000 calories is not enough, ive always eaten a small amount but i am trying to increase my calorie intake
also i'm vegan|||Yes
Today was my big feast day because for the past few days i have been eating little and working out alot... so today i decided to eat a little more, still work-out but i will go back to my everday routine tomorrow. Today i ate..
For Breakfast: (Sandwich)
whole wheat bread
lettuce
tomatoes
cucumbers
avocado
tofurkey
vegan cheese
olives
1 mango
1 small orange
A few grapes
half a cup oatmeal
water
For LUNCH
1 banana
some mixed nuts
1 tofutti cutie
DINNER:
green bean casserole
Lentils
Garden vegetable medley
avocado
Snack
1 pear
1 orange
a few crackers with vegan cream cheese
1 cup soy milk
After I ate all this I am still not satisfied, I feel like im still hungry...
What should I do? Should i drink some red tea, or i feel for another cutie, should i have one? Or should i say NO and drink water! Is that too much calories aready? did i pass 2,000?|||No, you didn't go past 2000 calories. Eat a hamburger.|||Breakfast:
what?milk or water?
Milk,Has protein
Water,???make it 2 glasses,even milk or water.
Lunch:
Forget some water?make it 2 glasses.
Dinner:
Fine,no water?2 glasses
Snack:
Complete,make the soy milk 2 glasses
Hamburger,may help you.
29 healthiest food:
http://www.bellybytes.com/articles/29foo鈥?/a>
http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-29鈥?/a>
or
http://www.schoolguide.co.za/articles/he鈥?/a>
Enjoy!Eat some chocolates in your dinner.|||Pita bread is filling. You can eat it with hummus.
A bowl of healthy hot or cold cereal with soy milk.
Vegetable soup, like someone already said. I like eating miso soup when I'm hungry. It's salty, so it's satisfying.
A fruit or vegetable salad :)|||Im not quite sure if you went past 2,000 already, i've had those times that i really want a snack. I'd go for another cutie, those look so good. This is why i keep rice cakes and such around, for snacking. :p|||No wonder your hungry, you're eating things my lawnmower couldn't digest! Grab a burger, a beer and a redhead. Ah now you're full....|||Have some oatmeal with some fruit, that will fill you up and last for the rest of the night... Or am I too late in commenting? What did you end up having? *Laugh*|||have a cutie and a big glass of milk..wait oh...vegan right?...http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>|||I find when I drink vegetable soup or eat salsa and chips i am full.|||double bacon cheeseburger, mmmmmm yummy
breakfast-
1 cup coffee w/ a splash of coconut milk ( 10 cal)
4 in banana (61 cal)
1/4 cup granola ( 140 cal)
lunch-
1 pear (115 cal)
10 grapes(15 cal)
snack-
1 dried apricot (15 cal)
1/2 cup apple cinamon cheerios (80 cal)
dinner-
1/2 sandwich thin (50 cal)
1/2 veggie berger (35 cal)
1/2 slice vegan cheese(20 cal)
I know its really low calories but my doctor said it was fine to lose weight.|||Too low and not much protein.|||WHY ARE YOU ASKING THE INTERNET THIS!?
Hello. =] I have been a vegetarian for almost three years. I love being a vegetarian and it feels good to know I'm not harming animals. But as I really think about it, would becoming a Vegan be better all around? I do not eat eggs already, because I know how horribly chickens are treated. Also, I just do not like the thought of eating eggs. It grosses me out.
So, my questions are: Should I just become vegan? What are the plus sides to Veganism? Also, I love cheese. So what is a good tasting vegan cheese I could try? And the same for milk?
And I know a ton of animal products are almost "hidden" in foods. So basically, what would be the things I couldn't eat if I became vegan? Or if it is easier, what would be the things I could eat?
Sorry for the many questions. Thank you in advance!|||Well my biggest plus to veganism is knowing I'm doing all I can to help animals, and it decreases your impact on the environment and is usually better for your health too :)
There's soy cheese you can try- Daiya and Follow Your Heart are most popular. I've never actually tried soy cheese, though, so I can't offer an opinion. There's also rice milk cheese, which is harder to find, and there's actually an Uncheese Cookbook for vegan 'cheese' dips, sauces, etc.
For milk, there's soy, almond, rice, hemp, or coconut milk. You can also make your own milk from basically any type of nut- just look up directions for making almond milk and sub in a different nut.
Dairy- sodium caseinate, casein, whey. Eggs- albumin. Most times, dairy and eggs acually have very little hidden ingredients, and they're usually listed as 'nonfat milk', 'egg yolks', pretty obvious stuff.
I don't really care if my food has touched meat. If it doesn't have meat IN it, then I didn't contribute to the slaughter of animals by paying for it. Thats how I think of it. Usually, I just order a bunch of sides. For example, at Bob Evans I'll get a fruit cup, broccoli, a baked potato, and mixed garden veggies. Not the most gourmet meal, but it passes. Ethnic places like Qdoba are great (love their tortilla soup :))- Mexican, Indian, Italian, etc. And don't be afraid to adjust your order, you're the one paying for the meal and they're the ones serving you. For example. at an Italian restaurant, you could order a linguine-in-garlic-and-olive-oil dish, but sub the chicken with broccoli and minus the cheese. Stuff like that. I don't like salads as a general rule, so can't help on that.
Some ideas for meals are vegetable rice, chana masala, pasta salad, spring rolls, vegetable samosas, vegetable pot pie, 3-bean chili, burritos, sweet potato fries, pancakes/waffles, pita with hummus, minestrone soup, spaghetti with 'meatballs', 'pups in blankets' (tofu dogs wrapped in biscuit meal and baked), marinated and grilled veggie kebabs, vegetable stir-fry, soba noodles, vegetable paella, mushroom risotto, stuff like that. Just use your head! Last night, I was looking for dinner cuz my family was eating pizza, and I sauteed borlotti beans, tomatoes, onions, minced garlic, oregano, parsley, and a pinch of salt, had it on pita bread. Yummy :) You just have to think outside the box.
Good luck! Feel free to message me or email at abbey95girl@aol.com.|||There are many alternatives to cheese. Since you are a vegetarian for ethical reasons, you should know that dairy cows are subjected to cruel conditions and by supporting the dairy industry, you also support the veal industry. When the calves are born, the males are taken away and turned into veal aka baby cow. The females are taken away and turned into dairy cows.
It's very easy to be a vegan. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, whole wheats, brown rice, seaweed, sea vegetables, lentils and legumes, soy milk, rice milk, hemp milk, and almond milk, will keep you completely healthy. No supplements required.|||There are egg substitutes for cooking and things. Also almost and soy milks are yummy.
I'm not sure if any of these are vegan I just know they are great vegitarian options. Good luck.|||it is your choice to be or not to be. please decide accordingly|||becoming a vegan is a personal decision, only you can make the decision. Or, eat vegan as much as you are comfortable, i.e., the egg issue (that answer may upset some serious vegans, sorry, just my opinion!) some of the things to look out for on labels; milk solids, whey, casine (don't think that's spelled right). Soy products are great sources, beans, legumes. there are also some great Vegan recipe websites available. Just google it. As far as restaurants.... A lot of them will accommodate a special request. If you are making a reservation ahead of time, ask then. It gives them more time to come up with something other than a salad!
A great meal is pizza!! just ask the restaurant to leave off all cheese (including Parmesan). You'll be amazed how crispy the crust is with just the veggies!!! Even wins over the non-vegans!|||Stop being paranoid and eat normally like the rest of us. You're being silly. Eat meat.
By not eating meat, you're not changing how animals get treated. The system's been in place for a long time, and one person refusing to eat meat is not gonna change people's minds.
Ever hear of the venus fly trap? The plant that eats meat?
i want something that is really close to the real thing, and i cant seem to find a good one.
what brand names should i try? and do they sell it at whole foods?|||The very best (and I'm not kidding- it's better than most real cheese) is Dr. Cow. It isn't widely available, but you can order it from Pangea. http://www.veganstore.com/category/s?key鈥?/a>
Of the ones you can get at Whole Foods, Rice Slices aren't terrible, and I believe some stores are starting to carry Sheese - which is good.|||Imitation cheese.This does sound ghetto, but the imitation cheap shredded gunk in the cheese section is made from soy and stuff, it tastes fine to me. I don't care for cheese very much, but I know good cheese, and it you mix that with miso paste it's dan good.
However cheese is a very personal thing...you may hate it. I love the flavour.
I can eat marmite on bread for a cheese experience. Miso paste does the trick too.
Try that?|||A brand called Veggie Slices makes great Soy cheddar cheese! I found that at Super Target and Cub foods. They also have great Mozzarella cheese too.|||I have only tried veggie slices and a vegan cream cheese.
I heard cheesly(i think) is really good.
and the same brand of veggie slices makes a vegan verson|||Daiya brand.
im going to brunch tomorrow and trying to decide what i'll get, which of these descriptions would be best as far as nutrition, also how many calories would they be?
1. a smoothie with carrot juice, orange, and banana(their smoothies are a large glass, about 16 oz), and a salad with green leaf lettuce, carrot, cucumber, purple cabbage, red onion, tomato, and sunflower sprouts. the bowl for the salad is very large, i would have almost no dressing on it
2. vegan rye bun, grilled and topped with sauerkraut, green onions, sliced tomato, vegan cheese, and black olives. Served open-faced with sliced pickle
3. A fresh-roasted poblano pepper (spiciness varies) stuffed with organic brown rice, corn, green peas, tempeh,and fresh cilantro. Baked with verde sauce. served with black beans and summer squash sautee
4. Fresh vegetables steamed to order with sage mashed potatoes and black eyed peas. Served with a side of Cashew Tamari dressing
5. Fresh vegetables stir fried in canola oil with tofu, green onions, mushrooms and cashews. Finished with a sauce of fruit juices, fresh ginger, cashews, garlic and pineapple puree
6. Organic brown basmati rice with black eyed peas and green onions, and a side salad(same type as the one in option 1 but a lot smaller portion)|||In my opinion , number 4 sounds like the best. Steamed veggies are better than fried. a smoothie to me is a snack not a meal . they all do sound good but im not a vegan so I would have to have some kind of meat in my meal whether it's breakfast, lunch , or dinner .|||smoothie
I had some vegan cheese once that tasted like window putty. I am only guessing at what window putty tastes like... but there was absolutely no hint of cheesiness in it. It just tasted sour and bizarre.
I also had a burger in America once from some place called 'Arbies'. It had some sort of orange coloured molten cheese poured over it. It tasted like a burnt plastic mac, and the burger was like a dish rag soaked in lard.
What was your worst dining experience...?|||The hot dogs in ikea spring to mind overboiled rather like a meaty plastic truncheon|||The fat-free salad dressing my dad buys.
It tastes like they way food/liquid does after you open it and flush a toilet right next to it.|||Re frozen icecream/rollmop herrings ><|||You should've tried In N Out burgers! Well the worst thing i have ever tasted is wasabi and sashimi(raw). Ewww...|||i always hated calamari|||Liver and Onions|||spinach|||Welchs/welks.
I tried them once, and never again!
It was like swallowing slugs..|||When i had to drink my own P***|||my moms cooking.
my nephew is 20 i am 17.
i eat alot of vegeables and potatos and drinks lots of water and eat fresh fruits and whole grain cereal and i also drink almond milk and also include nuts in my diet ( im a vegetarian) and i feel good when i stand up i don't feel dizzy or like i am about to pass out. i just feel better being vegetarian and eating better overall.
i do eat amy's ( vegetarian brand) TV dinners evrey now and then but i dont cake myself like my nephew. when he stands up he has been complaning about feeling dizzy and seeing sparkles in his eyes. i always see boxes of apple pies in the trash evreytime their is apple pie avalible since he eats them so much. and also he drinks soda non stop the pepsi bottle ( which i rarely drink anyway) is always half gone by the mourning. i hear him using the microwave all the time warming up popcorn and alot of other ( cook fast/warm up) junk food. i NEVER see him eat fruits or veggies. rarely ( even rarely) hel eat frozen lasigna veggies that are prosccsed. and he also eats alot of slices of cheese ( i use vegan cheese if i am making a veggie vegetarian soy patty burger) and sometimes he eats macoroni and cheese and also he eats alot of canned meat filled ravioli. it's alot of junk and proseced food mixed togeather that's his diet. when ever their is gummy bears ( like 2 packs) they are gone in 1 or 2 days because he eats them all the time. so i am guessing that i will probaly have a longer life spam/disease free life then he will? i mean i am not the one getting dizzy like him lol.
oh and also i usaley put fresh ornages in the juicer and make ornage juice. i also am leaning towards more organic health food stores as they have mostly vegetarian and vegan foods anyway which i eat. he never eats organic or even fresh fruits or vegies from a normal store........let alone my leage of eating organic food and drinking lots of water.
should i confront him and encorage him to eat healthier?
evrey night i hear the microwave all that radiation has got to be bad for him.. he also lives here because he has no home even though he is 20 and when my mom almost got him into job corse so he can get a job and money and a place to live he refused to go because he did not want to ( leave home) lol. pathatic.
plus hes a meat eater and us vegetarians and vegans live longer on average of 6-10 years longer. so i guess my life span will be my victory.|||Yes! I do believe you are eating healthy foods. The diet your brother is consuming a lot of fattening, greasy, high sugar products- those can lead to high cholesterol, and diabetes, weight gain, and other poor health conditions.
I really admire your sticking to healthy foods. I have discovered organic foods tastes way better than by products foods. Unfortunately, organic foods are a bit expensive. Unless you know where to shop that has food items cheaper than other stores.
Maybe some time in the future, you could maybe try sharing some foods that you're eating when you are around your brother.. like for example, yesterday I was hanging out with one of my neighbors. I was eating organic red grapes- they are very very good! So I shared that with her while we talked.|||lol you vegans are so annoying|||I don't think it's any of your business. You live your life, he should live his.
While eating healthy and being vegetarian blah blah blah is better for you, it does not make you immune to any illness at all. So don't be counting your chickens before they hatch. You could wind up with a heart attack out of the blue at 30.
my nephew is 20 i am 17.
i eat alot of vegeables and potatos and drinks lots of water and eat fresh fruits and whole grain cereal and i also drink almond milk and also include nuts in my diet ( im a vegetarian) and i feel good when i stand up i don't feel dizzy or like i am about to pass out. i just feel better being vegetarian and eating better overall. i do eat amy's ( vegetarian brand) TV dinners evrey now and then but i dont cake mysself like my nephew. when he stands up he has been complaning about feeling dizzy and seeing sparkles in his eyes. i always see boxes of apple pies in the trash evreytime their is apple pie avalible since he eats them so much. and also he drinks soda non stop the pepsi bottle ( which i rarely drink anyway) is always half gone by the mourning. i hear him using the microwave all the time warming up popcorn and alot of other ( cook fast/warm up) junk food. i NEVER see him eat fruits or veggies. rarely ( even rarely) hel eat frozen lasigna veggies that are prosccsed. and he also eats alot of slices of cheese ( i use vegan cheese if i am making a veggie vegetarian soy patty burger) and sometimes he eats macoroni and cheese and also he eats alot of canned meat filled ravioli. it's alot of junk and proseced food mixed togeather that's his diet. when ever their is gummy bears ( like 2 packs) they are gone in 1 or 2 days because he eats them all the time. so i am guessing that i will probaly have a longer life spam/disease free life then he will? i mean i am not the one getting dizzy like him lol.|||Well if his eating habits are as bad as you say they are then my dog eats healthier than he does. As far as confronting him I think you should probably tell him that if he doesn't eat healthier he will end up with health problems later. And right now he is probably getting a few side effects from his diet (being dizzy etc). Don't turn this into an argument just try to show genuine concern for his health. If he doesn't want to change you can't make him and you should probably drop the conversation. Hopefully he will eventually come around. In the meantime all you can do is hope he will begin to take care of himself. Best of luck
Yeah, so I'm a recent vegetarian for a month now (Love is louder :3!) and I was just wondering if I had to step up my diet
I eat about 3 fruits every day, varying from an apple to a banana to a pear to a tomato etc. I also eat about 1 serving of vegetables every day, eat an egg about once a week and I eat about 3 slices of cheese a day (My patents won't buy me vegan cheese... Jerks..) and umm... Apple juice ^-^ lol.. And there is one or two sticks of gum a day, a kit kat and one or two cinnamon treat things included a day :3 I also try to avoid high fructose corn syrup!
So yeah... Healthy diet or not? Do I need to step up my game?|||It's supposed to be something like 5 serves of vegetables and about 3 or fruit per day. Sometimes I manage that, sometimes it's the opposite way around.
The gum, kit kat and treat things are junkfood, so you really should look at replacing those with something a bit more "healthy" - perhaps some nuts, dried fruit, carrot sticks, sunflower seeds - something along those lines.
When you say 3 slices of cheese a day, I hope it's not Kraft Singles - that stuff is not cheese, it's yellow plastic, unnecessarily wrapped in yet more plastic.|||i think your focusing too much on numbers rather than just eatinf lots of different foods, its not about eating 3 , 4, or 5 of anything
its about eating literally a 'balanced' diet , which means different foods regularly
you dont mention your actual meals, so we dontknow if your eating more than that, but if tyhats all your eating, then thats not healthy no :-(
also vegan cheese wont be cheap, so im sure your parents arent being jerks :-), the jerks are the people who think its fair to mess with peoples health so they can make more money, ie the ones who make vegan cheese and other food expensive
they propbably would get it for you if they could|||You shouldnt eat so much cheese it causes constepation and other health problems.
You should get more vegetables in and where the hell did the wheat group go?
And btw kit kats arent even vegetarian.
Eggs arent really vegetarian either its an acception to some but really I think its really gross since its literally chicken period.|||You are doing pretty fine. You may want to buy some multivitamin / mineral supplement. It hepls you a lot!
Breakfast: Vega protein drink (1/2 the amount so about 12 grams)
Lunch: Amy's organic bean and rice burrito, a few pieces of sushi (avocado, rice and seaweed), and a couple of almonds.
Snack: Very small tortilla shell with a bit of daiya vegan cheese, organic salsa, and a few slices of organic avocado.
Dinner: Hasn't happened yet, but I am making homemade split pea soup with organic veggies :)
How does my diet sound? Improvements? Suggestions on meals or foods you like to cook? Thanks! :)|||I would eliminate the frankenfoods like the protein drink and vegan cheese (read the long list of ingredients on the label!) and replace them with whole foods. A fruit and coconut milk smoothie for breakfast, perhaps, and some lettuce, tomato, and black beans instead of fake cheese in your taco.|||Sounds good. Try to eat more raw fruits and veggies though.|||Good, but it sounds like more than I eat & also add more fruit!|||Very very good, however I would try to incorporate more fruit|||Pretty good. I would say more veggies and if you like fruit, one serving of fruit.|||Sounds great! I'd add some fruit, too.|||Really well. I'd eat allot more fruit though, maybe two more portions?
I am the only one out of three in my home who is objecting to eating meat, and very soon to switch to vegan.
The only problem is when the three of us are preparing our meals. I would like to be as low maintenance as possible when these meals are being cooked. Example, just the other day, my fiancee's mother prepared potatoes with cheese, and it was delicious...but in the future I would like to try the same recipe with VEGAN cheese atop it.
Is making extra dishes the only solution? Both roomies hate soy, and are very vocal about this. They don't really care about how their meats or dairy are prepared...as long as it tastes good. I don't want to make them jump through hoops to share a meal with me.
Is there any special method of some kind I could use when cooking? When baking or cooking, I will sometimes sneak in my fake animal products, and they can't tell the difference. But if they were to find out about it, I would either recieve an "no, I don't want that ingredient," or jump in and add their milk, butter, ham, whatever...and in that instance they are clearly just trying to help me cook, and it's kind of them.
But I don't know what to do. I don't want to preach or press these values on them, but I'm finally back to being able to afford the grocieries I couldn't before, when paying out of pocket, and once I hit the ground rolling, I do NOT want to slip up and backtrack by settling for something I'm trying not to eat.
I don't know what to do. I'm starting to get stressed. My mother in law has moved in and I have been doing things differently from other people for a long time now...I recycle, make my own cleaners and soaps, use natural products, and sometimes go organic when I can. She doesn't understand these things, she lives off of meat, and whatever is cheap. I understand she likes to save money, but cheap personal care products and other generic things just don't work for me. But she always has some unnecessary advice to give [commenting on my slightly pricier purchases for virtually no reason], or this LOOK that says I made a bad decision of some kind... She has also been making numerous and increasingly annoying mistakes with the recycling [throwing cardboard in the trash...I know she's lived 50 years without doing the recycling...but it's not that hard. I've explained where things are meant to go]...
Anyway. I know the above got a little off topic, but veganism, I am sure, will have numerous complications.
What can I do? I'm sorry my question is so odd...I did my best to phrase it well. But I miss having a kitchen where I can call most of the shots without interfering in anyone else's eating.
Also, what do I do if invited to dinner where I KNOW no vegan cuisine will be served? This is in regards to a friend who I don't even want to bother bringing this up to...the first time I mentioned my goal to be vegan to her, she was very rude to me about it. I know she was teasing, but I wasn't laughing at her little jokes she cracked. She has also informed me that "animals don't have feelings" and that she's glad I'm not a treehugger.
So I don't like the idea of discussing this issue with her. To be honest, I know longer care what she thinks about the issue, I don't want to hear any type of opinion about the animal kingdom from her at all. She's very insensitive and uneducated on this issue...and I'm talking about a chemical engineering student. She's quite intelligent, but somehow has her head up her a$$ when it comes to this subject.
But I don't want to hurt her feelings when she offers to cook for me. Same goes for other friends, though this one friend is the only one who has gone that far with her ridicule.
What do I do? I'm very stressed.|||Take turns, a week each, that way your boyfriend and his mother can eat what is prepared and you can fix something different, or eat what you can of their meal and supplement your diet.|||well i had a teacher that was in your shoes she simply used her stuff and gave the outher people what they wanted. HONESTLY I WOULD KICK HER OUT.|||Meat hater? Why do you have to hate?|||I'm a vegetarian and my 2 kids and husband are not. I just prepare a separate meal for myself. I don't even talk about it. I just do my thing. Tonight I'm making them tacos. I will prepare some vegetable protein crumbles in a different skillet and we will all eat together. Mine is just modified.
I always dread going to people's houses to eat because I feel like a weirdo. I don't like it when people focus on my weird eating habits. I think the best thing to do is eat before you go so you're not starving and uncomfortable. And bring a dish so that you can at least know you can eat that. If people make a big deal out of it just politely say, it's okay, don't sweat it. I usually just say, hey, I'm the one who chose this lifestyle. It's not your burden to bear.
If you like organic products. I sell them:) I sell Shaklee. It's a company that sells various cleaning products and hygiene and vitamins. Nothing is tested on animals and its the first environmentally neutral company ever:) This is my website amandasaracino.myshaklee.com
There is a soy protein shake called Cinch I drink. We sell it. Sometimes if I just don't feel like making 2 dinners I will have that instead.|||"Is there any special method of some kind I could use when cooking? When baking or cooking, I will sometimes sneak in my fake animal products, and they can't tell the difference." Now if they threw in meat into one of your dishes, you'd raise Cain complaining about it.
As far as your dilemma goes, use Worcestershire sauce on dishes, that is a good flavor enhancer, yet it does have anchovies in it.|||make meal together as much as possible, but separate when recipe calls for meat/vegan making. e.g. if making pasta, separate vegan into smaller saucepan so that a vegan friendy topping can be added.
or make everythin vegan and then separate to add meat to the separate pot|||I see that you're in some tough situations.
In general it sounds like you try to not be a hassle to others, and that's fine, but it also sounds like you need to stand your ground more.
Your friend should be aware that you don't eat meat and if she has a problem with it, well, I personally wouldn't go eat at her house, then.
Your mother-in-law shouldn't have a problem with what products you buy, it's your money.
As for the cooking, if there's anything that everyone can agree to eat that day that is veg'n friendly, take advantage. There's also certain meals you can do the initial cooking for and then separate a portion for yourself to flavor and mix in the additives, such as pasta, stews, mashed potatoes, etc.
Also, don't be stressed over it, just roll with however the day goes, some days it will be easier to live the veggie life with the omni's around, other days there will be struggles, but you get through 'em. Take it one day at a time. You don't have to apologize for the way you choose to live your life. Be proud and don't worry about what others think of it.|||Being a vegan isn't an easy choice to choose to live as but im sure there are plenty of vegan people who can give you good advice in how you can life that way. I have lived with a family member who was a vegetarian (who ate fish) and whenever she visited I tried to cook meals that both could eat.Spaghetti bol with my recipe is easy to make for both as i use onion, carrot, zucchini, mushroom, tomato and garlic and add meat for the meat lovers. An even easier version would be for you to cook some onions and tomato and cream and tofu. If they want to eat a steak then you cook up a mushroom with some type of nuts. I believe there are some vegetarian meat like foods around like quern and probably other things which could be handy to cook if your in a hurry but like any meal it is best if you make it from scratch.
Money is a factor when cooking a meal as most people live to a strict budget but if you love food so much and want to spend a lot of money on vegan food then go for it. But other people wont necessarily do the same and you may have to be happy with a potato with some cheese on it and a few nuts for protein. I suggest you join a vegan support group who can give you the help you need in becoming a vegan and how to live like one without having to take out a second mortgage or grow all your own fruit and vegetables.|||In regards to being invited to someone's home and worrying about not having a non-vegan option, I would say that you should either 1. invite them to your home first if possible and cook vegan food so that they know you are vegan or 2. call the host/hostess up and politely request to help them out by bringing a dish of your own.
It's a vegan cheese sauce mix..
It doesn't actually say gluten free on it. But nor does it say gluten under the 'allergy' bit. Which you'd think it would considering it's labeled dairy and soya free.
So.. uhh.. I don't know. Could someone check to see if the gluten is 'hidden' in the ingredients somewhere..
Here are the ingredients:
Rice flour, cornstarch (non-GM), non dairy cheese flavour, vegetable bouillon powder*, powdered onion, potato flakes, sea salt, ground pepper.
*Vegetable bouillon powder ingredients: Sea salt, hydrolised vegetable protein, modified potato starch, vegetable powder 8.3% (celery root, onion, carrot, leek), vegetable oil, dextrose, ground spices, garlic powder, parsley, lovage root.
Thanks!|||I doubt that it is gluten free. The vegetable bouillon powder containing the hydrolyzed vegetable protein(HVP) probably has gluten in it. That would be my assumption unless I called the maker and got it confirmed from them that it does not have gluten. The problem is that since they don't list what is in the HVP then it can change over time and you wouldn't know it.|||I don't see any rye, wheat or barley so you should be ok.|||sounds like you should be ok, though that non dairy cheese flavour sounds kind of sketchy..... ;)|||The allergy section, plus the ingredients list, combine to not show any possible source of gluten. I would guess it's gluten free :)|||Depends what the source of the hydrolyzed vegetable protein is, as that is often gluten. Is there a Phone # on the package you could call? Sometimes that's the only way to find out.|||it appears GF. Does it have the warning about being manufactured in a facility that manufacturers gluten? That could be where the warning is from.
Youc an always call the company to check! Good luck! :)
ok so I just wanna try this out because I want to lose weight...I exercise about 90 minutes a day, 1 hour on the elliptical climber, and 30 minutes of weight lifting oh and about 100 sit ups a day
I wanna say my diet will mainly be
1. A glass of low fat soy milk, w/ a boiled potato, and some veggies, and a serving of soy meat
2. a smoothie (carrot, broccoli, strawberry, and cellar
- along with a salad with nonfat dressing and "fake chicken"
3. some vegetarian enchiladas (soy meat rolled in a tortilla, and topped with vegan cheese) - and maybe a spicy nonfat sauce
in between meals i plan to eat fruit (apple, orange, pineapple, pears, etc...) will this diet work?
NOTE: i do not like eggs, so I was thinking of using tofu instead|||How could going vegetarian help you lose weight, the only difference is you don't eat meat. You can still eat ice cream, noodles, cookies, all the fattening stuff. Do you really think it's better to use fake chicken instead of real chicken, soy meat instead of real meat, tofu instead of eggs, or soy milk instead of real milk?|||Before starting any diet it is a good idea to see your family doctor and maybe a dietitian as well.|||Weight lifting builds muscles. Building muscles requires protein. Include whole wheat, a variety of beans, and peanut butter. OK. You don't need the peanut butter, but is life really worth living without peanut butter?
Also, if you are going to go veggie or vegan, I suggest you stay away from veggie or vegan substitutes to the "real" thing. It will just make you crave a nice juicy hamburger with lots of real cheese. Yum!|||Try eating legumes ,whole grains, and nuts instead of mock meat.
You really need holistic, natural, complete protein if you are going to continue to lift weights. Also, take a look at the vegetarian food pyramid and eat the servings of food that it list. Measure anything fatty that you eat like nuts, dairy, avocado, etc.in order to keep from gaining weight.
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/ntr311/nut鈥?/a>|||Analogs (fake meats) should be used at most a few times a week, not twice a day. They are processed foods, and like all processed foods they have junk in them you don't need. And you're relying too much on soy (milk, three analogs, cheese)
Think natural. For breakfast look at a whole grain like quinoa or amaranth (both complete proteins and complex carbs) sweetened with a little molassas (iron and calcium) Have a piece of fruit with this, as it will give you vitamins and absorb the iron better (vitamin C aids in absorbtion)
Instead of enchiladas with fake meat and fake cheese, so for black beans, tomatoes, avocado, etc. You have very little fat listed in this diet plan, and that's a concern. You need fat for your body to work - your brain, eyes, digestion, and more all need good fats. Avocados, olive oil, coconuts, almonds, peanuts, etc are some examples of the kinds of fats you want to include.
Fruit is good, but veggies are a better snack. And nuts. And edemame.
Avoid white foods - no white bread, white pasta, white rice - it's all simple carbs stripped of its nutrition. Think whole grain, think fresh fruits and veggies, think nuts, legumes, beans. Limit the processed food and definately don't do 3 fake meats a day. Don't drink soda (not even diet, it's just as bad for you.) Lots of green veggies.
I'm usually a really calm person, but I've been so stressed this last week and it's driving me insane.
I have a schedule that is challenging for me and has a lot of work.
I am doing my first AP class this year and I feel so stupid. The teacher flicks through all her power points so fast you don't have time to read past the 1st sentence, nevertheless take notes (it's not only me). Apparently we don't have time to take it any slower. She puts up assignments on this website she has, but doesn't tell you in class. I only found this out today and realized I'm getting behind already because of that.
I haven't been able to get more than 4 hours of sleep each night. I have to listen to my brother play guitar, kick his punching dummy, run to and from the kitchen, run around the house all hours of the night because he hasn't started school yet. The rooms he does this in are directly above and next to mine, so only I can hear it. My mom doesn't do anything about it because it doesn't affect her. When I try to take a nap after school my brother comes upstairs and starts playing guitar and singing really loud, he fkin sucks at it too.
I freak out about nearly everything I eat. If I eat any meals over 250 calories, I feel like I've eaten really unhealthy and ,make myself throw up. I know I eat under 1,000 calories a day, but I feel so fat if I eat any more. Today I came home had a small quesadilla with vegan cheese, a couple tortilla chips, a peach, some soy nuts and a diet root beer and immediately made myself throw up because I felt awful.
I'm exhausted at school all day and really grumpy. I feel like crying all day for no reason at all. I keep putting off my work now because it stresses me out just thinking about it. I have no quiet time to study or sleep because my two brothers are so loud and obnoxious and don't care.
When I can't sleep after school, I end up bawling my eyes out for hours because I'm so frustrated and I never cry. I seriously haven't cried in 4 years up until now.
WHat do I d? I had to take shots of whiskey this morning just to get a mood lift and feel anything but stressed while at school..|||I know how you feel. I'm currently taking five AP classes. What I would do is go somewhere quiet and peaceful (like a bookstore, public library, parks, Starbucks, your backyard, etc) and do your work there. Work that needs a computer can be done inside the house even with your brother there if you buy some headphones, and play music you like (although music without lyrics would be more helpful for your focus) as you do the work.
AP teachers are like that because they legitimately don't have the time to stall. The college boards exams in May tend to be very difficult (I had to study endlessly to get a five last year!), and they cover a LOT of material. You should always keep in mind that you have to also study the chapters by yourself, and not rely on your teachers for comprehensive notes for the chapters. Keep in touch with their internet posts. To balance out stress, you should reserve parts of your week to hang out with your friends, talking to them will really make a difference in how you feel. Scheduling your time in a medium that you regularly see will help a lot. If you still can't handle this, maybe the class is just not for you, and you should ask for a schedule change.
PS. Drinking will not help at all. I don't think I even have to explain why this is. And for god's sake, eat the amount of food your body requires you to eat!! Do you really think it matters that much to be skinny? Because by this logic, if beauty is more important than anything, including health and brains, then why are you even bothering to take the AP class?|||make a schedule
I bought soy cheese from Whole Foods and it was with all the other vegan cheeses and alternatives so I assumed I could eat it.
I had only a couple bites (I still need to find a good cheese alternative) because I didn't like it. I just looked at the ingredients and then I saw contains milk and casein. It even said lactose-free on the front. I feel really guilty even thought I didn't mean to, should I? I mean why would they make soy cheese and then add milk?
Also, my stomach hurt really bad for about an hour afterward, does that have anything to do with consuming dairy after not having it for a long time?|||Lactose-free doesn't mean dairy-free. Lactose is just a milk sugar. People who are lactose-intolerant can still consume casein.
Your stomach most likely feels bad because you want it to. It will validate your emotions. You're fine. These things happen. Next time, read the label better. No biggie.|||I acquired a dairy allergy at age 50 and you may have acquired one also. It is a mystery to me the things they put milk in: margarine, meat pies, most cookies, beef Rice-a-Roni (only), frozen vegetable combos, etc. The bottom line is that cow milk contains a lot of really complex proteins the human digestive system was never intended to handle. The immune system does some really alarming things when cow milk is drunk, even in people without a dairy allergy. My advice, make no assumptions, and read all labels. By the way casein is a protein, lactose is a sugar and can be removed from milk without affecting the proteins.|||Casein gives cheese the "stretch" when it's melted, so many companies add it to non-dairy cheeses to give it a similar texture to real cheese. It's made for the lactose intolerant, not for vegans.
You can make non-dairy cheese at home; try the Uncheese Cookbook by Joanne Stepaniak.|||Make sure to look for that vegan stamp! :) It's ok though, you didn't know, I won't chastise you.
You didn't mean to harm anyone.
Just remember, lactose is dairy sugar- it doesn't mean there is not dairy in it.|||They make soy cheese and add milk probably because they assume people who are concerned about ingredients READ THEM before buying and eating food.
"Lactose-free" is a codeword for cheese alternatives for the *lactose-intolerant*, not vegans.|||It's okay, you made a mistake. **** happens! But yes, very important to read ingredients. Even if the product is marked vegan I still check to make sure because companies can be verrry sneaky!|||your body has stopped making the enzymes necessary to break it down. that really sucks but at least you learned to read lables.|||If you want vegan cheese you should try Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet cheese or Daiya cheese. They are definitely vegan. I've had the exact same problem, especially when my friend's families try to make me vegan food. I feel super guilty when I find out what they use, but then being vegan is about consciously making the decision not to eat animal products, if you accidentally eat some dairy, you shouldn't feel too bad because you didn't mean to. You're doing your best and that's all anyone can ask for. :) As for the stomach thing, that happened to me too, but I'm not sure if it was caused mentally or not. xxx
My arms have muscles that I can flex, my legs are almost all muscle (at best) and pretty muscly (most of the time), my neck is normal, and my thighs are rocks if I flex. Just my stomach (obliques and core) are fat.
I am a runner (for 4 years), I have done cross-country all throughout High School, and track until senior year (and I'm training for a marathon).
I am vegetarian and picky. I don't eat gelatin, ketchup, animal-rennet-made cheese, yeast, mushrooms (for animal reasons) and mayonnaise, mustard, cauliflower, pumpkin soup, peanut butter, or anything else that tastes gross to me.
I do have kinda an unhealthy diet, like I eat a banana or chocolate milk for breakfast....a bag of chips, orange, and fiber one for lunch, and french fries (oven bake kind, in the microwave) and whatever else in the house I can find (which may include[in no specific order): popcorn [pop-maker, and micro], potatoes (in many forms), vegan fried rice, brown rice, white rice, bananas, ice cream, beans, tortilla soup, macaroni and cheese, pasta, spaghetti.
Oh, and I stopped eating yeast 1 month ago (or anything I KNOW OF with it....DON'T tell me any more)
Ketchup 2 months ago
Gelatin 6 months ago
Animal-made-rennet-cheese 2 years ago ( but I started eating a vegan cheese this year)
Vegetarian 5 or 6 years
Mushrooms never
Is it because I have a diet high in starches (because that is supposed to be good for a runner, as long as they get some protein in) or is it because my training is focused on my legs and arms (because in cross, we would do core, but I ALWAYS dreaded getting on the ground or sitting down to exercise, I just can't do that)?
Or is it just genetics and life sucks, and blah!???? (a little bit pessimistic, sorry)
Thanks to anyone who puts thought into answering this!|||Different people just carry their weight differently. My mom has skinny little chicken arms and legs, but a definite belly. Of course, it could be at least partly your rather neurotic approach to food and exercise. There are plenty of core exercises you can do without getting down on the ground, or you can go buy yourself a yoga mat, or bring a towel to lie on. Seriously, get over it.
Today I ate-
5 small dates
4 slice whole wheat bread
1 can black bean soup
5.5 cups of orange juice
1 piece of vegan cheese
about 3/4 cup of black beans
2 whole wheat soft taco shells
a slice of vegan turkey meat
1 avocado
2.5 tablespoons of peanut butter
1 tablespoon of olive oil
This is what I ate in 1 day, and I feel fat and gross!!!! I'm 14, 5 foot 8 and 119 pounds. I added this up and it's around 3000 calories!!! I played hockey without skates for about an hour today, I also ran up some hills, but that's it! What do I do, please no rude answers!|||most of these things are healthy, so don't worry about it. just get back on track tomorrow.|||Yeah the previous answer is right, a majority of the foods you ate are pretty healthy. Keep up your exercising routine...also, it doesn't even sound like you ate that much. Portion control!
Breakfast: fruit plate and a piece of toast. Fruit: grapes, kiwi, banana, apple, strawberries, watermelon, and oranges.
Snack: strawberry, banana and low fat vegan yogurt.
Lunch: veggie quesedilia: vegan cheese, brocooli, green onion, tomato, green pepper.
Snack: hummus & pita bread.
Supper: pasta with mushrooms, red peppers & spanish onion. Side salad.
I am so gaseous today. This isn't typical. I feel the need to release gas about every 10 minutes! It's hard to find excuses to excuse myself from the presence of others to go and fart. Tried holding it in (to be polite), gave me a terrible stomach ache/cramp, and eventually I just couldn't anymore.
What did I eat that gave me such gas?|||The main culprit was the broccoli. But there are others there also.
Just remember the old saying and don't worry about a little gas.
No need to even excuse yourself( stay put and fart silently).
"better shame then pain".|||Yeh Vegan diets are high in fibre so it tends to make you really gassy healthier you eat=more gas you get|||My friend gets gassy from fruit and broccoli, so maybe that is why.|||You might have picked up a little bug. Fart away.|||Vegan diets are higher in fiber
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
breakfast: 120-oatmeal with small amount of chopped banana
100-2 40 cal toast with 10 cal no sugar rasberry jam
snack: 2 cups pf fiber one dry-120 cal
1 medium apple-80 cal
lunch:250 of fiber one cereal with soy milk(3-4 bowls)
80 cal of medium apple
2 packets diet hot cocoa-50 cal
dinner: 60 cal of broccoli
120 cal-40 vegan cheese with 2 slices (40 each) of bread
100 cal-2 toast with rasberry jam (same as in breakfast)
120-fiber one cereal dry
snack- 100 cal-1/2 cup of caramel popcorn
1 medium apple-80 cal
25 cal-diet hot cocoa
total: about1400 cal
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I feel super fat today, Im a recovering anorexic so I still have a lot of food rituals, the only way I can eat this much is by eating in increments, one of my weird habits is the obvious...eating ALOT of fiber! like 100 or more grams and it barely affects me...weird, i knoww. My biggest fear food is peanut butter, one day I would like to have it without feeling guilty. If anyone has experienced an ed any advice would be great, thanks:)
btw i weigh 98 lbs and im 5'5...my distorted past anorexic views were that 1200 was an insane amount of calories because i would literally live on 400-600 calories, so for a moderately active 17 year old girl what would be a good amount of average daily calories for me?|||Hey, no that is a good amount! I kinda wish I could eat that much but Im having problems gaining weight because I just can not fit it, I am recovering from Anorexia too! I used to fear peanut butter! But now I love it! And I just had a creme egg too! :) haha! I am on strict rituals aswell, but its not handy when I have an ear infection and feel like crap and dont want much food!
I know what you mean by 1200 calories being an insane amount! I used to have about 200 calories. Im 15, 5'7 and about 96 lbs, and so definately need to gain the weight! But you did awesome today, well done!|||No, thats not a lot of calories. Your view is still pretty distorted but it can take a long time before people are really comfortable with eating 'normal' amounts of food/calories.
At your height probably around 1900-2000 calories would be healthy, 1400 is like a pretty strict diet for someone without an eating disorder. It may take a while for you to get to 2000 cals a day but its about what you should be eating if you're an active person.
My mom and step dad are hebrew and they are limiting my food resources. They celebrate the Shabbat on fridays and saturdays. They watch live broadcast on the computer on hebrew speeches idk >_> And they said they heard him saying that cheese have an enzymes in it. They said certain cheeses like crafts cheese have pork in it. Enzymes from pigs. So now I have to start eating vegan cheese which has no taste in it blech!!!
So a week later them watching the shabbat they say that now pop tart has pork in it because it has jellyton in it. Now im pissed. I LOVE POP TARTS. They said that it has enzymes from pigs to!!
And no they are saying some milk might have pork in it to. **** ENZYMES.
Is all of this true???|||Someday you're going to have more choices and you'll have to rely on yourself to make these choices.
Many people - vegans in particular - severely limit food and lifestyle choices. Many people, me included, consider them extremists. Do you consider Orthodox Jews to be extremists?
If they think they're made with pork then they are made with pork - no matter how minute - unless you have proof they'll accept to the contrary.
I'd let them know of my opinions, they may or may not appreciate that, but as long as they're paying the piper they can call the tune.
Someday you'll have more choices!
.|||To add to Crying Emoticon, you have to find out how the cheese is made. Some cheeses are made with vegetable rennet. You may have to buy it from specialty or gourmet grocery stores so you can find out how it's made, but then at least you won't have to eat the vegan kind.|||And most people think that only Muslims don't eat pork! Do your research or do you really want to be an orthodox Jew?|||Buy all your food from a Kosher store and you won't have to worry.|||Definitions
The Jewish religion incorporates within its tenets a regimen of dietary laws. These laws determine which food is acceptable and in conformity with Jewish Law. The word kosher is an adaptation of the Hebrew word meaning fit or proper. It refers to foodstuffs that meet the dietary requirements of Jewish Law.
There is a prevalent misconception that kosher reflects the conferring of a blessing on food by a Rabbi. There is no truth to this whatsoever. Jewish ritual does require the recitation of a blessing prior to the consumption of food as a gesture of appreciation and acknowledgment of the Divine source of sustenance. However, this requirement applies to everyone, not just a Rabbi. This has no connection with kosher requirements or status.
The barometer of kosher and non-kosher depends on two variables: the source of the ingredients and the status of the production equipment. Kosher certification, which is the guarantee that the food meets kosher requirements, revolves around these two criteria.
Sources
The guidelines for the sources of kosher and non-kosher materials originate in the Bible. The interpretations and decisions of the Rabbis of the post-Biblical era have added detail, organization, and explanation to these dietary laws. In the main, prohibited sources include all flesh of animals which lack either split hooves or do not chew the cud. This category includes pork. Poultry and meat are permissible from animals that are slaughtered by humane methods dictated by Jewish Law and carried out by specially trained ritual slaughterers. The only types of fish permitted are those that have both fins and scales. This requirement would exclude seafood such as shrimp and lobster.
All natural grape derivatives have special kosher considerations. Since wine has sacramental significance in Jewish ritual, the Rabbis enacted laws regarding its acceptability and use. All natural grape products must come from grape juice that has been supervised from start to finish. Only these grape products can be certified and approved as kosher.
Cheese products such as Cheddar, Muenster, Swiss, and the like, can be certified kosher only if produced under constant supervision. It is common practice for cheese manufacturers to use rennet derived from non-kosher sources as a coagulant. Kosher cheese must be produced with kosher microbial coagulants to satisfy kosher requirements. For this reason, supervision of kosher cheese production was made a standard prerequisite.
Products of fruit and vegetable derivation are approved for kosher use, providing there is no insect infestation.
http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles鈥?/a> (see this link and learn about all that is below)
Why Keep Kosher?
Why Keep Kosher? | The Reasons for Keeping Kosher
Contents
* Foreword
* The Laws of Kashrut
o Animal Products
1. Kosher Animals
2. Slaughtered
3. Treifot
4. Parts of Animals
5. Milk and Meat
o Agricultural Products
1. Orlah
2. Tithes
o Sociological Problems
1. Wine and Grape-Juice Products
2. Milk Products
3. Processed Foods
* Reasons for the Commandments
o Does the authority of a commandment rely upon our comprehension of its rationale?
o Do all the commandments have reasons that are comprehensible to the human mind?
o How is it possible for a human being to attribute reasons and motives to G-d's will?
o What is the purpose of studying the reasons for the commandments?
* Rationale of the Dietary Laws
o Self-Control and Discipline
o Developing Kindness
o Reminder of Food Coming from Living and Dead Animals
o Justice
o Symbolism of Kosher Animals
o Distinct Nation
o Self-Esteem and Dignity
* Conclusion|||Some of this is true, dear. The cheese, some of it has something called rennett in it. This is an enzyme from pigs.... Geletin comes from the hooves of animals, pig or not, but I believe you are forbidden from anything hooved.... I think that the crust of the poptart may be made with lard, which is the pig fat... Milk has enzymes but only from a cow....
You need to check the box for the kosher symbol...
My ex boyfriend is Muslim, so we did not eat pork products either.... if you like Jello, there is a Kosher jello that you can buy at the health food store, and it is made of carageenan, which is like gelatin, but comes from seaweed...
Good luck
Okay here's the story. School starts in about a week. I'm vegetarian, and my school is very bad about school lunches, we could afford better but don't. 1/4 of my school is vegan/vegetarian and they don't serve us with better food.
Yes, we could just bring our lunches to school, but we shouldn't have to! They do serve salads at our school but they come with chopped up pork in it! And even If we picked out the pork it wouldn't be vegan, CHEESE! And the luttuce in the salads are brown!
We could also go to the Ale Carte, But even there you have a choice of cheese pizza[not vegan], soda, gatorade, ice cream[not vegan], and cookies[not vegan]!
What shall I do? I'm thinking of just writing my school district a letter with a petition and if that doesn't work, I'm to the point where I'm Emailing PETA.
Do you think this is a good Idea?|||Wow, I just had a salad to stave off hunger, and ate at home.
Anyway, my plan of action (and don't involve peta, please!)
1. Have your parents mention it to the pta:parent/teacher assoc
2. Circulate a petition amongst students AND parents, which state whether they are students/parents, along with grade and homeroom teacher
3. Sample school menu, so they can see what is available. Try to keep it cheap.
4. If that doesn't work, find out who is in charge of menu planning (many times it's a matter of district, not school level), and show the numbers to prove that it behooves the school to cater to veg*ns.
5. If that doesn't work, then write to your local paper, start a school club (since you have the numbers), and become very active
I couldn't do this at my school since we didn't have the numbers, but you do, so good luck|||HELL YEAH
Get PETA on their asses!!! :D|||call the school.
ask them too make better school lunches and if they dont, COMPLAIN.
they should have a vegetarian choice!|||I find it hard to believe that you school offers no vegan options. Our cafeteria (I'm a teacher, not a student) has a salad bar. It's just like any salad bar where all of the items are separate and you assemble your own meal.
The easiest thing is just to bring your own lunch. A quick, easy solution is a peanut butter sandwich. I usually bring an Amy's frozen vegan meal (but students don't have access to microwaves) or a salad with veggies, beans, and nuts.|||yes I would write to someone at the school first...you will have to sign a petition very likely. If they do not do anything about it...start bringing your own lunches
http://www.vegetarianlunchbox.com
http://www.veganlunchbox.com
Also write to PETA if they dont do anything! The school should at least have one vegan option a day. There may be a law about it somewhere. Do a little more research then act on it :-)
If they are firm on not doing it... Lie a little, tell them it is against your religion to eat animal products.|||HECK YEAH!!! You know, schools HAVE to honor all beleifs and customs, so make a petetion, talk to your guidance counciler, to get things done.|||I should say my daughter who is 24 had the salad bar option but my son who is 14 has not had that option.
Our foods are actually cooked in one location and bused to each school...can you imagine that?
i agree with your idea..another option is to get a *celebrity*chef..
Jaime Oliver is a huge fighter for fresh foods in schools problem is he is in UK....not in U>S>we need someone here to help us change the school foods parents dont mind paying more (our kids were charged more this past year)if they are getting a great quality food.|||My school is just like that! The salads have tuna, turkey, cheese, and ham in them and the plain ones still have cheese! We don't have a salad bar when you can get what you want. They come in individual containers and I hate them! But I like to take lunch to school so all the idiots will be amazed at how I eat! "Ohh my gosh you don't eat meat or drink milk? Is that tofu? Is that good?!?!" Never gets old LoL!!!|||What is PETA going to do exactly?
You (and the other vegetarians / vegans in your school) need to take action and responsibility for this issue, not PETA.
PETA may be able to give you tips on how to broach the subject, but ultimately it is your actions that will push for change.
You could do a number of things to get your message across:
1) Start a petition and give it to your head of school. A polite presentation during a school assembly – if you have such a thing – may help to get your message out there into the wider community.
2) Encourage the writing of letters to get your point across. Write letters to the head of the facility and the board of governors
If the first two fail, then getting the message out of the privacy of school and into the public arena may help your cause.
Start writing letters to the editor of your local paper. When you have a letter published on the letters page of a paper, it often gets others interested, gets a debate started and helps to “push for change”.
If you do write a letter to the board of governors or the newspaper, I suggest you do a spell and punctuation check first. You want to present your case in a clear and concise manner. You don’t want to look like an uneducated idiot in print.
PLEASE NOTE: I am NOT suggesting you are an uneducated idiot (although there are quite a few spelling and punctuation mistakes in your question)
I am just trying to emphasise that when writing to editors of newspapers, it is important to present yourself in a professional manner, as you are more likely to get your letter published and be taken seriously .
.|||wow... I wish 1/4 of my school was Veg... you guys are AWESOME! My school is bad about lunches too, but luckily, I'm in highschool now so we have a saladbar and everything, but I remember when we had a #1 and #2... those were dark times... DARK times.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA! (and if you join the Street Team on PETA2.com you can tell them about your school goingVeg (making sure that there's an administrator that can verify) and earn 10000 points (that you can get cool free stuff with!)|||Stop your complaining. I am a vegan. I don't expect anyone to cater to my needs. Most kids aren't vegetarians. School lunches are made economically according to what the general population of kids eat. Either make due with what is at school or else bring in your own lunch. If you bring in your lunch then you will know what all the ingredients are. Sometimes there are hidden ingredients that you don't realize are in some foods. It would be ridiculous for you to get a petition signed or to contact PETA. Really, what do you think they are going to do for you? Nothing. They will just tell you to bring your lunch to school.|||When I was in high school, the school cafeteria was simply awful, entirely apart from questions of vegetarianism. So very few kids ate there. We mostly went across the street to either Ptomaine Joe's, where you could get a salami sandwich or a heavy potato knish for a modest price, or to Ralph's Grocery, an Italian place with cheeses hung from the ceiling, where you could buy any of several kinds of quite good sandwiches by the inch.
I don't remember vegetarian offerings, but they may have had some. The main point is that the food was a lot better than the official school offering and was not expensive.|||Vegetarians at school?
Intellect...Awareness...Conscience...
Nevertheless, if the current uptrend is continue (and other factors remain unchanged), 43.2% of world population will be vegetarians by the year 2019. (Even some survey & researches predicted the figure would be much higher)
This is where the world is leading to.
Okay, what are some good dishes for a vegan with an *EXTREMELY* sensitive stomach? I've recently learned I can't tolerate soy well, so I can't do tofu of any sort. I can't eat red sauces. I can't eat anything "heavy" (i.e. Mexican food, lots of vegan cheese, lots of sauce, lots of beans etc.). I can't eat anything spicy.
Also, to make matters worse, I am a very picky eater. I don't like potatoes or sweet potatoes, I don't like white rice, I don't like much American food, Italian food, or Mexican food (though I *sometimes* make exceptions).
I like sweet things, or things with a sweet flavor (think yakisoba noodles, sesame tofu, pancakes, cereal, etc.)
I love Asian food, but can't have tofu, which makes it hard.
It also has to have a way to get protein in without soy or meat. Nuts and seeds are good, but if you can suggest any other sources that would be GREAT.
I am DESPERATE. I can't eat noodles or breakfast food every day.
Please, suggest away!|||Well, there are non-soy "fake meats" (I believe TVP is wheat based and I think there are a few others - you don't HAVE to eat soy) and non-soy vegan cheeses. Have you ever tried raw foodism? I haven't tried it myself, but I've heard good things. I would ASUME that it would be easier on your stomake. I'd look into it (even just 50% raw). Also, vegweb.com has lots of recipies.|||Sounds complicated....I would ask a nutritionist. Or even better, a vegan nutritionist!
I'm vegan and I think it would be difficult to get by without soy....but I am sure it's possible. You don't have to eat tofu. And you don't have to drink soymilk. There is always almond milk or rice milk. I am sure you could do it.|||WOW! You sound like you got some major problems with your diet.
I could give you personal thoughts and views - and I actually might be right. Thing is that I don't have a degree. I have only seen one on here that has one (if I remember correctly) - and I haven't seen him posting much on here lately (his wife is a dietitian). I can't even remember the name that he posts under......
So my answer to your question - with total consideration to your personal health and well being - - talk to a professional. If your doctor doesn't have knowledge about the vegetarian/vegan diet - ask them to refer you to nutritionist/dietitian that does. Get their expert opinion and help in setting up your diet. Your talking about your health and well being - something not to be taken lightly.
I consider myself very fortunate in that I have a personal doctor that is vegetarian. She is knowledgeable about how and what to eat. My hope is that you have someone similar to that you can go to and work out your dietary problems with. I would hate to think that you ended up with some sort of medical problem because of something that I suggested that didn't take everything into consideration for the situation that you find yourself in.
Good luck. Stay as healthy as you can be.|||Stay away from "hot" spices. And tomato products.
For protein use beans, nuts legumes, grains. If you will/can allow dairy products how about milk and/or eggs? If not and you are not allergic to wheat try gluten products. A good, balanced protein meal contains beans, squash/pumpkin and corn, in approximately equal proportions--that should not be too heavy on the beans. Add ground ginger to minimize flatulence. Cooked without salt this is sweet to the taste. Add seasonings you are not sensitive to, maybe ground cumin, cilantro, chopped onion. Serve over brown rice pilaf or quinoa or kasha or wheat berry pilaf or couscous.
Have you be checked medically for things like irritable colon, diverticulitis or diverticulosis, illeitis, Crone's disease, sprue, allergy to gluten?
Best of luck with food.|||stir fry..you can sub vegetables for tofu
i tried it for the first time yesterday and it was awesome|||No Yeast Pizza Dough
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
1 cups of unbleached flour
1/2 cups of soy milk
1/4 cup of olive oil
1 tblsp baking powder
Directions:
Mix the baking powder with the flour. Slowly add the soy milk and oil until you feel the consistency is right. Knead for about 10 minutes. Let rest for 5 minutes and then use a roller to flatten it up.. Place in oven at 350F for 20 minutes, or until bottom part is light brown...Dont forget to oil the pizza pan, before placing dough.
Once cooked you can place some cooked or raw vegetables on it, sprinkle some tofu marinated in tomatoe sauce and then stick it back into the oven for 10 more minutes..
Simple yet Amazing Banana Muffins
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
4 large bananas
1/3 cup soy milk (or whatever kind)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup vegan margarine
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon (5 ml) baking soda
cinnamon
Directions:
Blend bananas. Add milk and vanilla.
Mix margarine and sugar and add to previous.
Combine wet ingredients with flour and baking soda.
Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup chocolate chips or nuts (optional).
Fill about half full 10-15 muffins or 24 mini muffins.
Bake at 350F (180C) for about 10-12 minutes, or for 45-60 minutes if making a loaf.
Serves: 10-15 muffins
Vegan Bagels
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
1 cup warm water
3 cups unbleached white flour
1 1/2 tblsp. vegan sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon yeast
Directions:
Place all ingredients in bread machine and set for normal white vegan bread. Let the machine knead once and then turn off the machine and set a timer for 20 minutes. When time is up remove dough and cut into eight equal peices. Roll each piece into a rope about 1 inch thick, wet ends and stick together. Put all bagels on a greased cookie sheet, cover and let rest for 15 minutes in a warm place. Fill a wok (or whatever you use) with about three inches of water. Place two tblsp of vegan sugar in this water and bring to a boil. After the bagels rise for the fifteen minutes add them to the boiling water for 1 minute turning them as they boil. Drain and place on the greased cookie sheet again ( sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds if you like). Bake at 550 for 15 minutes or until desired browning occures.
Serves: 8
Easy Macaroni and Cheeze
1 pound pasta (regular or gluten-free)
Blend together:
1 1/4 cups water
1 cup plain, fat-free soymilk (may use other non-dairy milk)
3/4 cup nutritional yeast
3 tablespoons cornstarch or potato starch
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt (or more to taste)
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
pinch cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons tahini
1 teaspoon mellow white miso (or additional salt)
black pepper to taste
Put the pasta on to boil, according to package directions. While it's cooking, blend all remaining ingredients together in a blender. When the pasta is al dente, drain it, reserving about 1/2 cup of the cooking water, and return the pasta to pan. Add the sauce mixture and cook, stirring, until mixture boils and thickens. Add a little of the pasta water if more moistness is needed.
If the sauce is not as flavorful as you'd like, add a little more mustard and onion powder.
Bean Chili
Very easy and yummy!
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
1 can black or pinto beans
1/2 of a onion
1/2 of a green pepper
2 cloves of garlic
1 packet vegan taco seasoning
1 vegetable bouillon cube OR 1 cup of vegetable broth
Directions:
Dice onion, green pepper, and garlic and fry in olive oil in a pan.
Heat beans in a separate pot.
Once onion and pepper are cooked, add beans to the pan.
Sprinkle over taco seasoning powder.
Add vegetable broth. (I use the little cubes that you dissolve in water and dissolve it in about a cup or so of water.)
Mix together and enjoy with crackers or bread or just by itself. It's yummy! I made this from scratch one day and it's so easy!
Serves: 2-3
"Chicken" Soft Tacos
A simple and satisfying meal.
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
1 cup textured soy protein chunks
1 cup vegetable broth
oregano, thyme, marjoram
2 ripe tomatoes, diced
1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, deseeded and finely chopped (optional)
1-2 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon lime juice (lemon works too)
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
Suggested toppings: lettuce, green onion, olives, plain soy yogurt or vegan sour cream
Directions:
Bring vegetable broth to a boil, remove from heat and add soy protein chunks. Add a couple dashes of oregano, thyme and marjoram. Soak until the chunks are soft and liquid absorbed.
In a medium sized saucepan heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and jalapeno and saute until softened. Add textured soy protein, tomatoes, lime juice and spices. Simmer until the tomatoes have cooked down, about five minutes or so. Remove from heat and fold into soft wheat tortillas and top with suggested toppings or whatever toppings you enjoy!
*Please note I don't really measure my ingredients, so all measurements given are approximations, especially the spices. Please feel free to experiment and adjust to suit your own tastes. Happy cooking!
Serves: 2
Baked Fried Eggplant
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
2 medium to large eggplants - peeled and sliced into rounds
Fat free Italian salad dressing
Seasoned breadcrumbs
Vegetable cooking spray
Directions:
Serves: 4.
Preparation time: 20-30 min..
Dip eggplant slices into the fat free Italian dressing. Allow the excess dressing to drip off (too much dressing will wet the vegan breadcrumbs and make them a pain to work with). Coat the eggplant with the vegan breadcrumbs and place on a cookie sheet sprayed with vegetable spray. Lightly spray the eggplant with the vegetable spray. Bake at 400 degrees F until brown and crispy turning at least once (about 10 to 15 minutes).
Southwestern Polenta Chowder
A delicious warming soup with a creamy consistency - without the guilt!
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 cups frozen corn kernels, thawed
1 cup canned crushed tomatoes
1 14oz can mild chilies and liquid
6 cups vegetable broth
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1/2 cup vegan cheddar style cheese, optional
salt and pepper
Directions:
Heat the oil and saute the onion and garlic, saute until onion turns opaque.
Add the tomato, chilies, corn and broth and bring to a simmer, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
Remove the cover and pour cornmeal into soup while whisking constantly. Continue cooking for 10 minutes, stirring periodically and scraping the bottom of pot with spoon to remove any cornmeal that might have stuck there.
Remove from heat and stir in the cilantro, lemon juice and vegan cheese if using.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Enjoy!
Serves: 4+
Focaccia Bread with Rosemary
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
Dough:
1/2 teaspoon dry yeast
1 cup lukewarm water
2 cups spelt, whole wheat or unbleached wheat flour (amount of flour may be adjusted
depending on type of flour used)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
3 tablespoon olive oil
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2 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon crushed fresh rosemary leaves
1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
Directions:
Place yeast in a bowl with 1/2 cup of the lukewarm water and stir until dissolved. Add remaining water, oil, salt and flour and mix well. Cover bowl and let rise in warm place until double in size. Knead dough on floured surface, adding more flour if needed to make a shiny and elastic dough. Place dough in an oiled 9 inch cake pan or spring form. Press dough into pan and let rise again for at least 1/2 hr. When risen, make many deep holes in dough with finger and brush on topping.
Bake at 425 F for 20-30 mins.
Fantastic Fat-free Bagels
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
2 packages of yeast
4 1/4 cups of unbleached flour
1 1/2 cups warm water (115 to 120 degrees F)
3 tablespoon of sugar
1 tablespoon of salt
1/2 tablespoon of cinnamon (optional)
1 tablespoon sugar (optional)
1/2 cup of raisins (optional)
brown sugar, non-dairy milk, molasses (for a glaze)
Directions:
Combine the yeast and 1 cup of the flour. In a seperate bowl, combine water, 3 T of vegan sugar and salt. Add to flour mixture. Stir in raisins, 1 T of sugar, and cinnamon, if using. Beat with electric mixer or stir vigourously until no lumps remain and the mixture is sort of splashy. Add the raisins and remaining flour. Mix until dough is tough. Turn out on floured surface and knead for 6-8 minutes. Cover and let rise for ten to fifteen minutes.
Oil or spray a large cookie sheet. Divide the dough into 12 to 24 portions, rolling each into a ball and pulling a hole through in the middle with your fingers. Place the bagels on the cookie sheet, cover and let rise in a warm place for at least 20 minutes and no more than 2 hours (or you'll have dough coming out of your ears).
Meanwhile, put one gallon of water and one tablespoon of vegan sugar in a large pot to boil; reduce to simmering. Cook bagels, 4 or 5 at a time for 4 to 7 minutes (depending on the toughness of the skin you prefer - the longer they boil, the tougher
In the recipes that have soy milk in them you can replace with another type of non-dairy milk.
im going to brunch tomorrow and trying to decide what i'll get, which of these descriptions would be best as far as nutrition, also how many calories would they be?
1. a smoothie with carrot juice, orange, and banana(their smoothies are a large glass, about 16 oz), and a salad with green leaf lettuce, carrot, cucumber, purple cabbage, red onion, tomato, and sunflower sprouts. the bowl for the salad is very large, i would have almost no dressing on it
2. vegan rye bun, grilled and topped with sauerkraut, green onions, sliced tomato, vegan cheese, and black olives. Served open-faced with sliced pickle
3. A fresh-roasted poblano pepper (spiciness varies) stuffed with organic brown rice, corn, green peas, tempeh,and fresh cilantro. Baked with verde sauce. served with black beans and summer squash sautee
4. Fresh vegetables steamed to order with sage mashed potatoes and your choice of black beans, black eyed peas or pinto bean chili. Served with a side of Cashew Tamari dressing
5. Fresh vegetables stir fried in canola oil with tofu, green onions, mushrooms and cashews. Finished with a sauce of fruit juices, fresh ginger, cashews, garlic and pineapple puree
6. Organic brown basmati rice with black eyed peas and green onions, and a side salad(same type as the one in option 1 but a lot smaller portion)|||Choices 1 or 4 would be good, assuming there's not a bunch sugar in the smoothie. However, a special brunch, not a regular thing, probably not the time to be fussing about your diet so much. :)
im going to brunch tomorrow and trying to decide what i'll get, which of these descriptions would be best as far as nutrition, also how many calories would they be?
1. a smoothie with carrot juice, orange, and banana(their smoothies are a large glass, about 16 oz), and a salad with green leaf lettuce, carrot, cucumber, purple cabbage, red onion, tomato, and sunflower sprouts. the bowl for the salad is very large, i would have almost no dressing on it
2. vegan rye bun, grilled and topped with sauerkraut, green onions, sliced tomato, vegan cheese, and black olives. Served open-faced with sliced pickle
3. A fresh-roasted poblano pepper (spiciness varies) stuffed with organic brown rice, corn, green peas, tempeh,and fresh cilantro. Baked with verde sauce. served with black beans and summer squash sautee
4. Fresh vegetables steamed to order with sage mashed potatoes and your choice of black beans, black eyed peas or pinto bean chili. Served with a side of Cashew Tamari dressing
5. Fresh vegetables stir fried in canola oil with tofu, green onions, mushrooms and cashews. Finished with a sauce of fruit juices, fresh ginger, cashews, garlic and pineapple puree
6. Organic brown basmati rice with black eyed peas and green onions, and a side salad(same type as the one in option 1 but a lot smaller portion)|||Choices 1 or 4 would be good, assuming there's not a bunch sugar in the smoothie. However, a special brunch, not a regular thing, probably not the time to be fussing about your diet so much. :)
B- 1/2 cup steel cut oats, 1 tablespoon of mixed nuts and dried fruit, half a banana
L- About 1/2 cup homeade hummus, with mixed veggies and greens in a whole wheat wrap
S- (while training) 1 luna bar, 1 mini cliff builders bar
D- About a cup of veggie stir-fry (about 1/4 cup tofu, and mixed veggies, 2 tablespoons vegan cheese)
S- 1 cliff bar
I think this may be too much food.... today I ran 3.61 miles, biked 1.33, did a 25 min m.m.a class, and a quick 8 min of pullups, and pushups. Yesterday I put in 20 miles of biking and running, and today was my easier day. I'm 14, female, 5'7-5'8, 115-120 pounds.|||You're choosing great foods, but I don't think that's nearly enough calories. I'd talk to a nutritionist about how many calories you should be consuming per day.|||I seriously doubt you are an "athlete". You are most likely a teen concerned about weight and just using this "I am an athlete" reason to see if you food intake is too much.
If you are a real athlete in training, a training coach will have a specific diet plan because he/she will know what's best for your specific requirements of your particular sport(s). Therefore you don't need to go online and ask complete strangers on the internet if your diet is "too much".|||Not really if that's under 1500 calories and you could probably eat 2000 at the rate your exercising. Not to mention the lack of vitamins from no variety. Eventually you will burn out or gain weight from under eating and going into storing mode.|||there is never enough food for an athlete, as long as you'r satisfied its all good. just keep training|||no|||That all sounds pretty healthy....you'll be fine with just that.
I know i am lactose intolerant -- can't drink milk (no matter the type) -- lactaid also reacts somewhat to my stomach. Hard cheeses are a no go --- no mac and cheese for me & no ice cream from DQ either..
My thing is everyone keeps saying they RUN for the bathroom -- & i wish i could go -- that means, my lactose intolerance is Constipation -- plus the gas/bloating feeling that comes with it -- it feels like a rock in my stomach that won't go away. i have had it since i was little kid. i don't like yogurt, but i think i may try some vegan cheese to see if that helps.|||I am lactose intolerant too with exactly the same symptoms you have. Buy lactate tabs. Take it with foods that are bad for you. It works perfectly. It has the enzymes that your body lacks to allow you to digest those foods. When I eat out, I always take it too. You never know what they put in their foods that you will react to.
I know you can't run to the bathroom, your body can't digest these foods so it won't come out that way. I would eventually vomit my food after suffering a long time. Before I self diagnosed my problem, I went to a GI specialist. They did a lower GI series to figure out the problem and were confused when their test showed that no food left my stomach and did not contiue to the intestine to finish the digestive progess.|||Use yogurt and its products.
very good for lactose intolerance persons.
http://tips-wl.blogspot.com
http://tips-ht.blogspot.com|||You are not lactose intolerant. You may be digesting it TOO well. You could be sensitive to the proteins in milk, though, since cheese has very little lactose.|||see a doc take murallax and some stool softeners
I made a meal plan for me this week at school. I plan on making all of the lunches on sunday and just throwing them into my lunch box every morning. I tried including vegan options too, because I like eating vegan as often as possible, and I may eventually go vegan. Is this a well-rounded and sufficient plan or is it too much/too little?
Breakfast 1:
- Whole Wheat Blueberry pancakes
- Natural Sugar Free Syrup
- A Glass of Water
Lunch 1:
- Whole Wheat Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
- Baby Carrots/Celery
- Low-Fat Dressing/Dip
- Tea
Dinner 1:
- Amy’s Non-Dairy Rice Mac and Cheese
- A Scoop of Whole Wheat Annie's Chocolate Bunny Grahams
- A Glass of Water
Day 2
Breakfast 2:
- Annie's Choco and Vanilla Bunnies Cereal
- Soy Milk
Lunch 2:
- Whole Wheat Pita with Hummus, Black olives and Oven Dried Tomatoes wrap
- Grapes, Strawberries, and Raspberries
- Tea
Dinner 2:
- Vegan Mushroom, Artichoke Hearts, and Onion Pizza Slice
- Ben and Jerry’s Half Baked Frozen Yogurt
Day 3
Breakfast 3:
- Fruit Smoothie
Lunch 3:
- 3 Circularly Cut Vegan Bologna slices
- 3 Circularly Cut Vegan Cheese slices
- 6 Whole Wheat Crackers (for making little snack sandwiches)
- 1 Apple
- Tea
Dinner 3:
- Whole Grain Pasta
- Low Sodium Marinara Sauce
- A Glass of Water
- A few squares of Dark Chocolate
Day 4
Breakfast 4:
- Fruit Smoothie
Lunch 4:
- 3 Chik’n Nuggets (soy chicken)
- Agave Nectar/Honey Replacement
- Clementine
- Tea
Dinner 4:
- Vegetable Lasagna
- A Glass of Water
Day 5
Breakfast 5:
- Omelet with Salt, Pepper, Mushrooms, Black Olives, and Green/Red Peppers
- A Glass of water
Lunch 5:
- Peanut Butter Sandwich
- Melon Balls
Dinner 5:
- Power Pizza Slice with Mushrooms, Green Bell Peppers, and Onions
-Vegan Cookies|||It sounds mostly good, but I don't know about a few things. I'll give a few slight suggestions, take them or leave them.
Looking at it backwards, dinner 5 sounds a bit more junky and not that nutritious. Maybe have some soymilk instead of some of the cookies?
For day 4 breakfast, what do you put in a smoothie? Is it just fruit? You could try adding some soft tofu (which actually goes really well in smoothies), maybe a bit of yogurt.
I've never seen "Annie's Choco and Vanilla Bunnies Cereal," so I hope you've read the label, as a lot of cereals aren't really ideal. You could also try oatmeal if it suits your taste.|||mmm sound healthy and yummy, making me hungry! :)|||yes sounds balanced.|||The types of food you have on here are very similar to what I eat. Lots of eggs, cheeses, poultry, vegetables, and soy. Very balanced.|||Water is good and all but you can also try soy milk. There are lots of different flavors and it yummy too. Also for a smoothie, I make sure to have frozen fruit and banana's in the freezer at all times and all you have to do is add that along with some orange juice into the blender and you have a thick smoothie without having the added water from ice too it.
I am currently vegan
hav been for a month
before that a vegetarian for 1 year
But ive heard of other types of vegans
you see i sorta want to at least include small amounts of bread
cheese can be replaces with vegan cheese
can you name every type of vegan pleconcernedd egg with tofu
but as far as im conbecausehere is no vegan bread...,,,,....
becuase if i do eat bread it will be a very small amount, very!|||Vegan - type of vegetarian that eats no animal by-products, like dairy, eggs or honey. Some vegans won't eat sugar made from sugar cane because its processed using bone-char.
Raw vegan - vegan that will not eat food heated above 110 F. Heating food kills living enzymes in foods (which are very important in our diet, nutritionally speaking).
Fruitarian -vegan that eats only nuts, seeds and fruit so as not to harm the plants they came from. The really hardcore fruitarians only eat nuts seeds and fruit they find on the ground out of total respect for the plants. Fruitarians eat biological fruits in addition to what most people consider "fruit". Biological fruits include avocados, tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, squash, grains, olives, corn, eggplants, etc. Fruitarians can eat a balanced diet, if done right.
Breatharian -type of vegan that consumes nothing but water out of respect for all life forms. Breatharians believe they get they're nutrients from the rising sun.
Flexetarian, pescetarian and macrobiotic diets are NOT vegan. These types of diets are called "semi-vegetarian" diets. They aren't even vegetarian because they include animal flesh in their diets. The people that follow these diets eat a vegetarian diet for the most part, but will, on occasion, eat meat. Flexetarians include any type of meat they want. Pescetarians and people following a macrobiotic diet eat fish.
Everything that "emme" listed wasn't vegan (except for the vegan and raw vegan diets).
And sure, there IS vegan bread. Bread is basically made with yeast, flour, water and salt. You can easily make your own bread if you can't find any that doesn't contain eggs or sugar. And, contrary to popular belief, yeast is not an animal. It is a fungus.... just like mushrooms (which vegans can eat).|||Wow, I didn't know vegans couldn't eat bread.
Some breads don't use milk, eggs, etc. I am sure they are fine. Also... yeast is *NOT* an animal, so I hope you aren't thinking in that direction. Yes, I have heard people say that.|||Pescatarian (also spelled pescetarian)
Flexitarian/Semi-vegetarian
Vegetarian (Lacto-ovo- vegetarian)
Vegan
Raw vegan/Raw food diet
Macrobiotic|||Here are the types of vegans:
1. The person whos parent never told them they love them.
2. People who crave extra attention.
3. Women who like to be uber skinny and have pale skin.
4. Emo's (again for the attention)
5. Potheads who are wanna be hippies.|||Hey, I am a vegan and I eat no dairy, eggs or meat. Many things have these added to them, so one has to check ingridients and stuff.
There are outperforming vegan alternatives to many foods. Rice dream = milk alternative, tofutti sour cream = obvious, veganaise = mayo alternative. Soy cheeses etc.|||search the internet,one phrase a search,with phrases such as "healthy alternatives to eggs","healthy vegan bread","vegan bread","vegan breads","vegan bread recipe","vegan bread recipes","healthy alternatives to bread","whole grain bread","whole grain breads" and "whole grain bread recipes".good luck.
work at A&W. Some of my favorites:
The reciept machine was broken, so I told the customer he could wait a minute for his reciept or just get his food now and have no reciept. He demanded a refund.
Customer ordered fries with a burger. Complained that the fries were old (they were a new batch) but we made him a new set anyway. Then, he gave us a long lecture on how much we sucked. Once he done, he realized that his burger had gotten cold after complaining for 10 minutes. So he asked for a new one.
"My brother ate my burger. Can I have a new one?"
Customer ordered a meal for $7.99. After paying by credit card, she noticed the $7.99 didn't include tax. So of course she accused us of false advertising.
Customer ordered a meal, then a refund because he "wouldn't be able to eat it before his friends left."
"Get me a new cashier. This one looks too much like my ex-wife."
Customer ordered a cheeseburger, than complained when we didn't have vegan cheese.
Your turn.|||I have a dumb cashier story:
Once I went to Round Table with a friend, and we asked the cashier to split the bill for us.
He was like, "I need a calculator for that, and I don't have one."
I asked, "How much is it again?"
"18.66"
"Oh, so 9.33?"
Idiot.|||I don't know if you're looking for food service strories only but I'm a lifeguard and it never seazes to amuse me when customers come to the pool and are outraged when the pool is closed because the lightining detector has gone off. One man sat there and spoke loudly about how incompetent we were...Why because we can't control weather? If they would rather risk their lives, they can be my guest, too bad the company would fire me...|||I work at Buffalo Wild Wings - When a customer asked about our Boneless Wings I had described them to her.
"They are morsels of all white meat chicken spun in any of our signiture sauces"
She says "No bones?"
I say, "nope, no bones"
She says " I can't believe how cruel it is that you guys engineered a chicken with no bones just for your profit!"
She asked for a manager and went nuts on her and threatened to call PETA!
****** dip-****...LOL|||Texas;
They walk among us. You just experienced a psycho, or a professional complainer. I've experienced a few situations in the past 40 years where I though I needed a leather couch.
If you there long enough, 2 words and you will spot them right away.
I had one that said the color was gray. The Color was blue.
Showed him in the book. Made no difference. OK, it's Gray.
Glad I'm not the only one! Good Luck|||"why did you put cheese on my cheeseburger?"
haha, stuuupiiid:)
someone else complained that the chocolate shake had a 'twang' to it, whatever that is supposed to mean, and that the fritos were too salty . wtf? hehe. and ive only had this job for a month :P|||at a burger joint long ago, a customer came back with her food, furious. her complaint: the french fries tasted like potatoes. I've been wondering ever since what exactly she expected french fries to taste like...|||"that everything about your company sucks" lol oh well! if it is how come they are still with us|||Customer told me her water was too cold.
Had a guy tell me his croutons were stale.
I could go for hours with this subject. Good Question. I look forward to reading the other answers.|||I used to work at a candy bar and, like your stories, you get the most annoying customers at food places.
This one woman asked for a slushee but the slushee machine wasnt turned on yet, so i told her "it wont be icy, it will be runny and not ready"
she said she will have it anyway.
so I prepared the slushee, gave it to her and she refused it as it was "too liquidy"
Don't these people listen.......
same thing happened with ice cream.
Also a man become incredibly angry because i didn't have a pen, it brang him to cussing and shouting and then he went into the lecture of how the lack of pens will make him miss his meal and late for his movie and then late getting home and late for work the next morning.
hmm, i hate jobs that involve stupid people.
I am trying to find a good dairy free cheese that melts when heated.|||Rice Slices melt, and they aren't horrible tasting.
But the best vegan cheese is Dr. Cow! It's an aged gourmet nut cheese, and it is AMAZING! It isn't widely available yet, but you can order it from Pangea. http://www.veganstore.com/
Sheese is good too- Pangea has that as well.
If you're looking for something less expensive, you can make your own. The Uncheese Cookbook by Jo Stepaniak has some terrific recipes.|||I would suggest something that includes rennet and milk. All ethical issue aside, you are trying to find an artificially replicated product that synthesizes one of the oldest known naturally made food products. I would suggest just eating cheese or not at all. I don't think there's a half way here for performance and flavor.|||I buy this brand called Rice Dreams. it's made out of rice milk and is reasonably affordable. The cheddar kind tastes just like nacho cheese. At least I think so. I also buy this cheese made by Galaxy International Foods. I use them both interchangeably. Make sure you check the label because Galaxy has two kinds, one vegetarian with casein and one vegan with no casein. They both melt.|||cheezey!! or cheezly...its called something like that and it is amazing. I've melted it on a pizza and in a toastie and it is sooo good. you have o get the mozzarela style and you get it from places like Piko's Wholefoods and the SAFE website in NZ. I am not sure about other place.|||Follow Your Heart Vegan Gormet. It comes in mozzarella, monterey jack, and cheddar styles and is available at health foods stores or co-ops.|||Tofutti|||follow your heart is one of the best and it melts great!!!|||There is no vegan cheese. By definition cheese is dairy.
Well my REAL sister, 28 years old, took too much benadryl and ended up in the hospital. Now I have to live in the same house as one of her children.
These are some of the things she does:
-Randomly starts arguments
-Says, "I hate you uncle" when she's in trouble
-Calls me ugly
And I don't like how my mom doesn't care when she does things. Like just this night I had vegan tacos. And then SHE wanted one
I said, "Mom, she's not the vegan one! She can have her kind of tacos."
And then she said, "Rory, she can have one"
OMG I was so mad.
Then she used my vegan cheese, which I am in low supply of. Then I said, "Mom! She can have her cheese, not mine. There's seriously not enough"
She didn't care.
Last night me and my other niece (age of 15)
Was babysitting her.
Then one of her friends comes over (just outside)
Then the little one promises not to tell
So this morning she is playing outside with the little one, because she wants her not to tell." She stops her playing hurriedly and then says "I'm telling nana"
And tells on her.
I wanted to smack her in the face because I got in trouble too.
I absolutely HATE her. I never get along with her!!!|||shes a kid and they do things out of spite. she doesnt have a normal life consideing the bynadryll situation so she is going to act out, just bite ur tongue and be there for her, my brother ran out and left me behind when i was young, he molested me, he was supposed to protect me not hurt me, he left me to be neglected by my drug addict mom and her random boy toys. i know its annoying but just be there for her and protect her.|||you know man that's life and no you dont hate her if something would happen to her you would cry your eyes out.kids will be kids deal with it|||Omg i totally feel you!
I ****** hate my nephew i have no idea why??
He like gets near me and i totally like get so upset out of the no where.
I think it's because he's annoying.
He's (4)
I'm (15)
Yeah i know i'm way older but **** little kids i don't know.
Btw to answers your question i really don't know what to tell you my mom says the same thing. :(
Ughh!!! I HATE LIVING WITH MY OLDER SISTER!
WE ARE SO SQUEEZED HERE!
god idk just try to like get a job and move out.
Or smack every once in a while and say she's lying lol
How was my diet todayHow was my diet today?
i had wheat cheerios with no sugar added milk, a few nuts and fruit coffee
then school sat and moved around
then lunch carrots , trisects , low fat cheese , apple , low sugar chewy bar
then came home and had a small snack
walked 20 min and shopped for 20min then walked for 20min
had an early dinner 100 calorie soup , vegan cheese , wheat tortia , milk
then a 45 min walk
and i had about 1200-1300 calories
i burned about 2000
but i feel like i had alot at night?|||youre diet is fine|||YOu dont need to do that you might get eating disorders.
Any way. some tips.
YOu dont have to walk fast to get cals burned.
As slow as you want.
Also. Lose the cheeses
they hav fat from th milk
and same goes with th milk
in the morn, eat black coffee with toast no butter
NO CHEWY BAR
even if it says low cal, it has alot|||I highly recommend you my diet way. It works just amazing and easy. If you are really serious about losing weight. You should have a look diet correct way. It will work for you if you do it correct. I lost 20 pounds in 50 days with this way. You can find more information here link below.
i had wheat cheerios with no sugar added milk, a few nuts and fruit coffee
then school sat and moved around
then lunch carrots , trisects , low fat cheese , apple , low sugar chewy bar
then came home and had a small snack
walked 20 min and shopped for 20min then walked for 20min
had an early dinner 100 calorie soup , vegan cheese , wheat tortia , milk
then a 45 min walk
and i had about 1200-1300 calories
i burned about 2000
but i feel like i had alot at night?|||ur good! nice job... but what was the small snack? lol|||Well, firstly, you probably did not burn 2000 calories by walking for under 2 hours
Secondly, if you did burn 2000 calories that means that your net intake for the day was around -800 calories. extremely unhealthy.
So i would say that your diet was very unhealthy, and not beneficial at all.|||If you know right diet info you can lose weight. I did the method from this site and I lost 8 pounds in one month. It is very easy to lose weight. You can find my diet method that lost me 19 pounds in 45 days from link below.|||Good
- what do you call a vegetarian with diaria? A salad shooter
- What do soybeans and a dildo have in common?
They are both meat substitutes.
- What do you call a vegan guy who likes to pleasure himself? non-dairy creamer.
- What did the Vegetarian say to her Mother before she got spanked? "Is that belt made from fake leather?"
- Why does vegan cheese taste bad? It hasn't been tested on mice.
- How many vegetarians does it take to eat a cow? One if nobody's looking.|||ha these are funny but not offensive to vegetarians|||they are all good ones , LOL tks|||funi!|||very funny especially the dildo one|||wierd|||rofl i love ur jokes =D|||FUNNY A*4u
BREAKFAST: a bowl of raisin bran and a bagel
SNACK: a nature valley granola bar
LUNCH: a bowl of cheerios, half a bagel and asparagus
SNACK: light popcorn
DINNER: a grilled cheese sandwich with vegan cheese and a biscuit|||Ya as long as you ate everything in moderation. look on the nutrition labels and see how many calories each of those things are. you can google something like "how many calories should i eat per day?" and there are websites where you enter your weight, age, height, and amount of daily exercise and itll tell you how many calories to eat to maintain your weight, and how many calories to lose weight. i found those sites very helpful. hope i helped:)|||You ate a lot of crap today. You really need to lay off all those grain/carb food. You had a bagel 2 times, u should limit that to one. Don't eat cereal twice a day, eat a salad or a turkey sandwich for lunch. Cut out the popcorn with a banana or apple. A grilled cheese is greasy for dinner and you need something that isn't going to give you carbs for your body to put back into your system right before bed. Cut out the biscuit too. Eat like brown rice or steamed veggies.|||This is a high carb diet, try to eliminate the extra half bagel..maybe try some grilled chicken or tuna for dinner and get rid of the biscuit
Don't forget to drink water!
Good Luck!|||Yeah, but you could use more fruits and vegetables. Also, if your cereals didn't include milk then you need more protein.|||Doesnt sound terrible but healthy is more than just what foods you eat. Its also, are the foods you are eating fresh and natural or processsed and manmade?|||you probably didint get the right food for lunch
eat something with some type of meat in it. unless ur vegetarian|||You ate too many grains. Eat more of a variety! Life is full of wonderful tastes, give them each a chance!|||You really should eat alot more fruit................and no cereal for lunch!
im 14, vegetarian trying to eat a move balanced diet but today i had one of those mcdonalds ice cream cones, it's reduced fat ice cream (only3.5 grams fat per serving and 24 carbs) but i think they gaave me like1.5 servings of not more so i need to know how well i balanced out the extra carbs and what i should eat as a snack later without getting me fat thanks (:
heres what i ate:
Breakfast; 1 cup of kashi go lean original and half a cup of cheerios with 1 cup of milk and an apple
Snack: 1 plain greek yogurt (nonfat) with 1/2 a serving of cocoa covered almonds
Lunch: baby carrots and a sandwich with 2 pieces of whole wheat bread, tofu, 1 slice vegan cheese, bean sprouts, less than a serving of veganiase, and some cucumber
SNack: i had the mcdonalds ice cream cone and later a piece of toast with about a tbs if not less of almond butter then i went for like a 2-3 mile walk
Dinner: 1 boca burger with slice of vegan cheese, 1/2 an avocado, and about 1/2 a cup of sweet potato. skim milk|||Carbs are good for you unless they're from refined sugars.
Glucose is different from fructose.|||If you are not overweight, I guess what you are eating is fine, but you are eating a lot of carbs. Try to eat more fruits and vegetable. I do not understand why you would eat ice cream, which is a dairy product made from cows milk, but eat vegan cheese.|||Here is something you should know: eating one ice cream will NOT make you fat.|||Needs more beer|||Good job. Keep it up.
for breakfast- i eat cream of wheat made with soy milk instead of cow milk with grape nuts cereal on top, a slice of whole grain bread, one fruit, 2 glasses of water, and my multivitamin pack
for lunch- i eat a sandwich made of 2 whole grain slices of bread, with 2 slices of Tofurky(meatless turky slices, soy product) vegan cheese slice, lettuce, tomato, one fruit, a soy protein mik shake made with 1 cup of soy milk and 2 glasses of water
For dinner - i eat 2 slices of whole grain bread with a boca vegan burger, one slice of vegan cheese, lettuce, tomato, plain spaggati, one fruit, and two glasses of water|||Sounds good, but you should probably be eating 6 small meals a day so increase metabolism. Granola bars, yogurt, fruit and carrot sticks are all great, quick snacks.
I'd mix it up though, I wouldn't want to eat the same thing everyday.|||it seems ok... there's nothing really unhealthy. i think you should add in some snacks throughout the day. you don't want your blood sugar level to drop too low between meals. btw, are you vegan? there are these great protein bars (vegan) called 'go organic' and they're great! you can buy them at whole foods market. you should use those as snacks... you'll get the extra protein in your diet.|||there good enough answer for you??? :OX|||Yes, VERY!!!
YAY VEGAN! Veganism is great!
I'm 14, female, 120 pounds, 5 foot 8
Today I ate-
3 small potatos baked, with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1 peice of vegan cheese, 1 glass of orange juice
2 cups steamed broccoli, 2 cups steamed cauiliflower, 2 raw vegan sushi rolls, (avocado, cucumber, red pepper, sprouts, mushroom, no rice.)
1/4 cup shelled pistashios
1 mini cliff energy bar
1/2 cup black beans, and 1 tortilla and a slice of vegan cheese, with veggies, and 2 vegan waffles made from 1 cup of soymilk, 1 cup waffle mix, and 1 tablespoon veggie oil, a few tablespoons of syrup, and 2 tablespoons of peanutbutter, and some jelly
Exercise for the day was a 6 mile run followed by a 5 mile bike.|||nope you're good :)
Today I ate-
3 small potatos baked, with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1 peice of vegan cheese, 1 glass of orange juice
2 cups steamed broccoli, 2 cups steamed cauiliflower, 2 raw vegan sushi rolls, (avocado, cucumber, red pepper, sprouts, mushroom, no rice.)
1/4 cup shelled pistashios
1 mini cliff energy bar
1/2 cup black beans, and 1 tortilla and a slice of vegan cheese, with veggies, and 2 vegan waffles made from 1 cup of soymilk, 1 cup waffle mix, and 1 tablespoon veggie oil, a few tablespoons of syrup, and 2 tablespoons of peanutbutter, and some jelly
Exercise for the day was a 6 mile run followed by a 5 mile bike.|||Dam that's one meal for me... Anyways overeating a bit won't kill you, only about 40% of what you eat is used by your body the rest is used through the metabolisation process and as thermal energy that is removed from your body and your body doesn't turn all carbs/fats into stored body fat. You probably burned 1000-2000 calories just running, and another 600-1200 by just being alive (1600-3000 calories total) which seems to be more then what you ate.|||Yep you definitely overate. you should not have included the tortilla, all the carbs and excess fat. You were close to not overeating but you over did it. Nice try though. Send a pic to me babe, you are prolly really good looking ;)
i have been eating the same thing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the past week is there anything wrong in anyway?
for breakfast- i eat cream of wheat made with soy milk instead of cow milk with grape nuts cereal on top, a slice of whole grain bread, one fruit, 2 glasses of water, and my multivitamin pack
for lunch- i eat a sandwich made of 2 whole grain slices of bread, with 2 slices of Tofurky(meatless turky slices, soy product) vegan cheese slice, lettuce, tomato, one fruit, a soy protein mik shake made with 1 cup of soy milk and 2 glasses of water
For dinner - i eat 2 slices of whole grain bread with a boca vegan burger, one slice of vegan cheese, lettuce, tomato, plain spaggati, one fruit, and two glasses of water|||Yuk. Why would you do this? You need a balanced diet.|||that is ballanced its totally fine god for you it sounds healthy|||I would try and work more fruits in! Your body can easily get used to the same caloric intake everyday, I would try and change it up a bit.|||I EAT THE SAME EXACT THING FOR 7 MEALS EVERY DAY. CONSISTENCY IS GOOD FOR A DIET AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GET BORED AND YOU ARE EATING HEALTHY THERE IS NOTHING BAD ABOUT EATING THE SAME THING.
So I am deciding to be vegan. I saw the documentary Earthlings and just other videos like the Paul Mccartney one where he says if slaughterhouses had glass walls everyone would be vegetarian and I am a crazy animal lover haha my dog is like my kid and this just broke my heart to watch.. i just am angry too that people can even be so cruel :( it's being done and there is nothing I can do about it, except refuse to be a part of it and that is what i am going to do.. i just made a promise to myself that i won't eat meat again i can't look at it the same.. even milk, but luckily i bought some almond milk and it is so much better anyways! :) my only problem is like breaded chicked and cheese.. i can do without meat bcuz i dont even like hamburger and steak etc. . oh but i love chicken nuggets & chicken patties.. i bawled my eyes out after watching those videos and just said i can't look at meat the same.. but now i feel a bit of anxiety bcuz i am afraid i won't be able to have my spicy chicken sandwiches anymore with pepper jack cheese or chicken nuggets in bbq sauce lol.. i found that they have vegan cheese called Daiya that lots of people say is really good, but is it reallyyy healthy for us to eat fake food? like tofu and just rubbery fake meat and cheese? i found this page online where someone is talking about how daiya cheese is really bad and can cause heart attacks n etc and it just kind of discouraged me like i cant live on beans and plants.. as much as i would like to i just cant. so what am i gonna do? :( is there any healthy vegan alternatives??
http://soulveggie.blogs.com/my_weblog/20鈥?/a>|||You poor thing. I know it must be tough to actually come to realize that for you to live, some animals are going to be killed. But it's the truth. You're listening and buying into animal rights/anti meat/pro Monsanto propaganda. Monsanto created GMOs. Over 90% of the soy in your supermarket (tofu, veggie burgers, etc.) is GMO soy.
Just because you refuse to eat them doesn't mean SOMETHING isn't going to die so you can have the veggies and grains that a vegetarian depends on for their life. Research indicates over a billion animals are killed every year in the fields (field mice, bunny rabbits, snakes, moles) during the planting and harvesting of grains and veggies. Why is it ok to kill a mouse, but not a cow? You are as much a part of nature as that mouse in the field. She may live to produce another litter of babies; she may be crushed under the tractor. That's called life and you're just as responsible for her death as I am for the cow's death in the slaughterhouse.
Oh, and that billion+ doesn't include the thousands of mostly rodents and birds that are deliberately poisoned to keep them out of the big grain storage bins so you can have bread, cereal, etc.
And you're certainly right about fake foods. They are much worse for you than whole foods. Plus you'll probably need to take some pills if you give up meat, and must take some pills if you give up all animal products (vegan). If you don't want to live on pills and veggies, look for a local farm/ranch to visit and buy meat from. A place that will let you see how they take care of the animals. This link has resources across the country you could look into: http://www.eatwild.com/products/
Ellie Krieger from the Food Network actually visited a slaughterhouse and here's what she said about the actual killing of the animals:
"The last thing I saw was the actual harvest or killing. To be sure, it is not a pleasurable thing to witness in general, but if you eat meat, the simple fact is an animal is sacrificed for your nourishment, a reality we are all too removed from in modern society. The trick is to do it humanely, and this is where I was most impressed. The system Cargill uses was developed in part by Dr. Temple Grandin, the autistic animal scientist who, with her heightened sensitivity, was able to pinpoint specific ways to keep cows stress-free throughout the process (there is an award winning HBO film about her starring Claire Danes.) The whole environment is kept purposefully calm, with no loud noises or bright lights. Before they realize what is going on the cows are hit precisely on the head, given a concussion so they are rendered senseless, then their throats are cut and their blood is drained. The whole thing takes roughly a minute. I watched intently as the cows moved through and noticed no shred of panic or unease."
Humans evolved as omnivores, meaning we can get nutrients from both plants and animals. There is some stuff in plants you can't get from meat; there's stuff in meat you can't get from plants. That's why we do best on a balanced diet: some meat, some veggies, some fruit, restrict processed carbs and sugars.|||Daisy sucks. she is a closed minded thinker.. I saw earthlings and food inc. both have changed the way i eat. also read skinny *****. i highly reccomend it. im not vegan but only eat chicken/turkey and try and eat all organic. Report Abuse
|||also, my sister has been a vegetarian for 8 years and doesnt need pills like daisy claims. wish i saw this question before it was resolved! Report Abuse
|||DAISY
1. 90% of tofu and soy products you find in the supermarket is NOT GMO (go take a look). All that GMO soy you are talking about gets fed to livestock (funny huh?)
2. You do not need animals to live. I've been vegan for 20 years and I am very healthy and fit. Report Abuse
|||3. Livestock eats plants. Plants need acres of farmland. Animals will be killed in the process of growing crops no matter who eats the veggies. Raising livestock and eating animals kills more, so don't tell me that a vegan diet kills more animals. Report Abuse
|||4. Tell me that a bean burger with NO PRESERVATIVES and spices is more unhealthy than a patty filled with thousands of different cows, their random bodyparts, living in their own ****, eating soy (not their natural diet), given antibiotics, requiring preservatives, requiring refrigeration Report Abuse
|||5. If you give up meat, you do not need pills to substitute your diet. A vegan diet is approved by the American Dietetic Association for all stages of life including pregnancy and infancy. I myself know a few lifelong vegans (myself included). Look at the scientific literature on Omega 3's + B12 Report Abuse
|||5. (continued). The ammount of B12 needed is very low, and it is certain that omega 3's from Flax seed is sufficient for health. Report Abuse
|||6. Use your common sense. 400 cows are killed per hour, you really think they will ALL be in a proper concussion going through the throat-slicing machine? Report Abuse
|||7. You don't need meat, at all! Watch forks over knives or read any literature on vegan diets. A well planned vegan diet is very healthy and greatly reduces your risk of heart disease (the #1 killer in this country). Report Abuse
|||You can't believe everything on the Internet. Vegan cheese is most definitely healthy. And meat is the cause of heart problems. Also, morningstar veggie patties and nuggets are excellent.|||Please be aware that what this person said about Daiya cheese (which is correct, btw ... it is not good to consume lots of fat) holds doubly true for any animal-derived cheese!
Go ask a dietitian - is it healthy for my body to eat a hamburger, a steak, a chicken nugget, cheese and drink milk?
I assume you can guess what he/she will answer. NO! All those foodstufs get the majority of their energy from fat, are processed and contain lots of animal protein (which has been shown in various studies - e.g. the "China study" - to be highly correlated with heart disease, cancer, diabetes etc.) So you should eat all of these in moderation (and the reason that the "average American" does not do that is what accounts for 30% of obese people and the highest number of heart attacks, diabetes etc.)
But, consuming "meat analogs" and "Cheese analogs" and similar foodstuffs made from plant sources IN MODERATION beause you still crave some of them, and eating lots of fresh vegetables, beans, legumes and fruits otherwise will make your diet a much more healthy one (apart from a much kinder one).
Best regards,
Andy|||There's a lot of crazies out there that say eating "x" is going to kill you, make you sick, cause hair loss in women and make men grow breasts, etc. Unless there is a controlled scientific study, take everything you read on the internet with a grain of salt. Actually, be skeptical even when there is a controlled scientific study, since often results can't be duplicated in later studies.
The way I'd look at it is, vegan breaded "chik'n" patties may not be particularly healthy, but they're probably more healthy than "real" breaded chicken patties, which are typically made from the scraps left over from processing better cuts of chicken.
And I doubt Daiya cheese (which I've never heard of) causes heart attacks on a more frequent basis than a high-saturated fat diet.
Since fake meat and cheese products are fairly expensive, and processed foods aren't too healthy, you might want to save them for when you have cravings. But certainly eating them occasionally is not going to hurt you. Also, fair warning, they aren't going to taste like the real thing, so you might want to wait until you've been vegan for a while before you try them.
I googled hundreds of vegan breaded chik'n recipes, and recipes from "The Uncheese Cookbook" taste better to me than any vegan cheese I've purchased in a store.|||Good for you for making the right choice and becoming Vegan! :D
Okay, but just so you know, being Vegan is more than just what you eat. It's a lifestyle, which includes not wearing fur/leather, using products tested on animals, or anything like that.
As for the cheese.. do you really think eating Vegan cheese, especially Daiya (which is soy/gluten/cholesterol/PUS free) is more unhealthy than eating cow cheese..? Think about it.
Also, they make faux meats, such as chicken patties. Again, they're full of the RIGHT kind of protein and isn't dead animal flesh, so obviously, it's healthier. And the Vegan brand is called BOCA. They're amazingg. :)
Also. You mentioned how you can't live on beans and plants.. well, technically you will be living on plants, but I know what you mean. I rarely eat veggies (which is bad, I know. I'm just lazy) but yeah, you can also make tacos/burritos. :) And fill 'em with refried beans/rice, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, salsa/guacamole. They even make faux Vegan chicken/beef crumbles you can put in them, just make the faux meat like you would regular meat. It's soo good. x) And spaghetti. Without the meat, of course. I freaking love spaghetti. You can also make veggie wraps with all kinds of veggies. They also make Tofurky (faux meat) and Vegenaise (Vegan mayonnaise) and OMG, I literally live on Tofurky/Vegenaise sandwiches! Mmmm. ^_^ You can get this at Whole Foods or even Kroger.
Anyway, you could look at Peta2.com's website. It's an awesome way to earn points and cash 'em in for veggie T-shirts, hoodies, etc. Check it out. They also have a huge list of cruelty-free companies (for shampoo, ect. I use Lo'Real EVERPURE, but there's other stuff too.)
You're awesome for going Vegan. Just be sure to stick to it, as it is hard at first. But GOOD LUCK! :D|||Im Vegetarian not vegan, i do not eat meat fish or eggs.
I dont hate meat. oddly enough I do believe fish and chicken are quite nice but its my personal choice to refrain from eating meat.
However I do consume a lot of soya which is a substitute for meat. Where I live we get quite a nice range of soya products from Soya "Chicken" Burgers to Soya "Beef" Strips,It isn't the real thing but depending on the way you cook it, there isn't much of a difference. My favourite being Soya chicken nuggets. They are yummy, which I have with sweet chilli sauce... :)
Soya products which are made from soy beans, You also get soy milk and soy cheese which is just like tofu.
Maybe you should give soya products a try.
Its yummy, packed with protein and a great alternative to meat.|||you'll get good answer from experts & members from this site.|||you'll get good answer from experts & members from this site.
What do I do????!!!!
Today I ate-
3 small potatos baked, with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1 peice of vegan cheese, 1 glass of orange juice
2 cups steamed broccoli, 2 cups steamed cauiliflower, 2 raw vegan sushi rolls, (avocado, cucumber, red pepper, sprouts, mushroom, no rice.)
1/4 cup shelled pistashios
1 mini cliff energy bar
1/2 cup black beans, and 1 tortilla and a slice of vegan cheese, with veggies, and 2 vegan waffles made from 1 cup of soymilk, 1 cup waffle mix, and 1 tablespoon veggie oil, a few tablespoons of syrup, and 2 tablespoons of peanutbutter, and some jelly
Exercise for the day was a 6 mile run followed by a 5 mile bike.|||That's called extreme buildup.|||now u gotta oversh-t!! lol
Today I ate-
3 small potatos baked, with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1 peice of vegan cheese, 1 glass of orange juice
2 cups steamed broccoli, 2 cups steamed cauiliflower, 2 raw vegan sushi rolls, (avocado, cucumber, red pepper, sprouts, mushroom, no rice.)
1/4 cup shelled pistashios
1 mini cliff energy bar
1/2 cup black beans, and 1 tortilla and a slice of vegan cheese, with veggies, and 2 vegan waffles made from 1 cup of soymilk, 1 cup waffle mix, and 1 tablespoon veggie oil, a few tablespoons of syrup, and 2 tablespoons of peanutbutter, and some jelly
Exercise for the day was a 6 mile run followed by a 5 mile bike.|||Sounds ok to me. Listen to your own body. If you over ate your body will let you know. no one else can tell you. Also it depends on how old you are and how tall you are. Just keep listening to signs from your body. If your stomach feels too full, it means you over ate. If you feel hungry, it means you did not. You should stop just before you get the full feeling. Good luck!
Edit: 14 years is a growing age, eat as much as you want. And you seem pretty active, so don't worry about how much you eat. At this age, you can eat as much as your body needs. 120 is underweight for your height. I would eat more if I were you. Good luck!|||I don't think you overate, considering how active you are. You need the food as fuel! You could probably throw in some fruit, even. And it's great that your eating healthy food, too. Don't stress too much about it, if your energy levels throughout the day were good, than you should be dandy!|||You're slightly underweight, so you shouldn't worry about overeating. If anything, you should be eating more, especially considering how much you're exercising.|||Your exercise makes up for it but do what you feel is right.|||no, you are anorexic.|||Yes, but it's your choice as to how much you want to eat.
Edit: Yes, you overate. I'm 38, 6'1 and a little over 200 lbs. And female. I don't eat that much myself.
Here is my grocery list!
tortillas
refried beans
vegan cheese
vegan sour cream
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stir fry vegetables
brown rice
teriyaki and soy sauce
tofu
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Giant veggie Plate!
Apple Juice
Chocolate soy milk!
green olives
avocado
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MY QUESTIONS WHAT CAN I USE TOFU FOR AND WILL IT GO WITH ANY FOODS ON MY LIST!!!??? AND CAN I BUY VEGAN CHEESE AND VEGAN SOUR CREAM AT TRADER JOES???? WILL THE VEGAN CHEESE & SOUR CREAM GO GOOD WITH A BEAN BURRITO?
|||You can buy tofutti products at local natural food stores maybe your trader joes, they make cheese and cram cheese, I think perhaps sour cream as well (not everywhere though), I am almost positive that is vegan. You can make tofu tacos but you need to flavor your tofu if it isn't already, you can make tofu stir fry with the vegetables and use the sauce to flavor the tofu. There are many things to make look up some tofu recipes online.|||fry your tofu in a pan for a couple minutes and add it to your stir fry
yes the vegan cheese and sour cream will be at trader joes///not sure how they will taste because ive never had them but if u like them, try it out on your burrito. |||I personally am not a big fan of tofu and rarely ever eat it but if I do it's friend in olive oil and tossed in with yakisoba with zuccini. Or I put it in a blender with fruits and make a smoothie. I have also make enchilladas with it but they were mediocre.
I am having a small 14th birthday party sleepover. All my friends ear meat but I'm vegan and I want all the food to be vegan and I want them to love it!
Does this sound good to you?
Margarita Pizza w tomato slices (and vegan cheese)
Baked potatos w grated carrot, vegan cheese and vegan cream cheese
Hot bagels with vegan cream cheese
Garlic bread (with margarine instead of butter)
Carrots and celery and biscuits with dip like hummus and more vegan dips
Hard taco shells with spiced minced beans and salad filling
And maybe some wraps with similar filling + hummus and a squeeze of lemon
And for desert, fondue: Heaps of different fruits in a fruit salad to dip in rice milk chocolate.
Believe me when I say this, I have not been vegan for very long, and when I tried all the substitute foods like vegan cheese, cream cheese and rice milk chocolate, I could not taste the difference! It was fantastic! I was amazed. Also, I am not like a vegan nazi who wants all my friends to become vegan, I just want us to have a fun night together without all the awkwardnesss of me eating different food to everyone else and them eating all this meat in my face, which makes me feel a little bit sick.|||Margarine ~From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarine
Nutrition
Saturated fat
The saturated fatty acids in triglycerides have been linked to elevated blood cholesterol levels,[10][11] which in turn has been linked to cardiovascular diseases. Saturated fat increases both LDL and HDL cholesterol.
Vegetable fats can contain anything between 7% and 86% saturated fatty acids. Liquid oils (unhardened canola oil, sunflower oil) tend to be on the low end, while tropical oils (coconut oil, palm kernel oil) and fully hardened (hydrogenated) oils are at the high end of the scale.[12] A margarine blend is a mixture of both types of components, and will rarely exceed 50% saturated fatty acids on fat. Exceptions are some traditional kitchen margarines or products that have to maintain stability under tropical conditions.[13] Generally, firmer margarines contain more saturated fat.
Unsaturated fat
The unsaturated fatty acids decrease LDL cholesterol levels and increase HDL cholesterol levels in the blood, thus reducing the risk of contracting cardiovascular diseases.[15][16][17]
There are two types of unsaturated oils: mono- and poly-unsaturated fats. Their nutritional and health effects are recognized in contrast to saturated fats. Some widely grown vegetable oils, such as rapeseed (and its variant canola), sunflower, safflower, and olive oils contain high amounts of unsaturated fats.[12]*************** During the manufacture of margarine, some of the unsaturated fats may be converted into saturated fats or trans fats in order to give them a higher melting point so that they are solid at room temperatures.******************
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.|||Yeah, that sounds pretty good. You could also make some kind of curry with naan or wraps or something.|||i love fruit and its yum :) sounds alrigt !
dont mention anything about the food being vegan, i wouldnt even notice theres no meat ahah.|||If your weather is cool enough, consider chili as well. The "no meat, no cheese" version is fine for vegans and is a food with which your meat-eating friends will be familiar.|||that doesn't sound like a small birthday party! and yea it all sounds good to me! yum yum|||i would rather have meat.|||Well it all sounds super to me!
I don't have to have it at every meal and that all sounds very filling and satisfying. Especially the bean taco's and the baked potatoes.|||Sounds great! You can even try meatless meatballs- a vegan favorite of mine. Do you have a Trader Joe's store by you? It's a great low price grocery store, carrying all natural, vegetarian & vegan friendly foods.
*I am not vegan, but I enjoy many vegan foods, especially since I have a milk allergy. My favorite cookies in the world are vegan- from ABC (alternative baking company) They also offer information for vegans & their friends. (also not 'vegan nazis') You can order their cookies online- they're awesome!|||Sounds pretty good. How about a nice fresh salsa to go with the tacos?|||I would try those foods on a meat eater, and see how they like it. It doesn't matter if there's no meat on it or if it's vegan. It's about the taste of the food. Like Goat Cheese Mash Potatoes, it sounds great. But when a vegan friend made it for me, it was very yucky. No salt, very soupy.|||Sounds like you have a good varity of food so that everyone will find something they like. you and your friends should have a great time|||It sounds good but maybe you could offer regular dairy products to your friends just out of consideration to their tastes. You may not be able to taste a difference but I know some people might turn up their noses to a "cheese substitute" lol. Also the fondue... there's some other brands that are vegan and DELICIOUS but not made from rice that you could use instead.
If you're worried about your friends not wanting to try vegan options then just don't tell them what is and isn't a vegan substitution and maybe they'll never know... pretty sneaky.|||It all sounds great except the Garlic bread. Don't use margarine, use olive oil instead of butter. Margarine is very bad for you, even the "healthy" ones.|||It's your birthday, I'm sure they'll be happy with whatever you have.
does anyone else agree that **some** people go "vegan" to be trendy and have the label attached?
also, its supposed to be super healthy but i noticed my "vegan" cousins eat vegan cheese, which is basically saturated fat... and obv thats not healthy
and arent there essential nutrients and such that you must get from animal products and dairy and shiz? just wondering|||I definitely think there are some young people (mostly teenagers) who attempt to go vegan because they think its the cool thing to do now. That's why they don't last.
Yes, many vegans eat processed foods on a regular basis, and many eat junk all the time and are not all that healthy. However, the majority tends to eat fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, and other healthy foods, with the occasional processed food (if they ever eat it, I know I don't).|||Oh dear we have pescatarian, flexitarian, vegetarian, vegan, raw vegan, marcrobiotic, and so forth. Yes I have seen some people who claim to be vegan but nearly cheat every day. I think it's the fact of "being different" or "standing out" that makes them do such a thing. It personally annoys me that they'd do such a thing. Then they think they have the right to walk around and say "I'm a vegan", nope I don't think so. Personally I do like vegetarians, flexitarian, pescatarian, vegan, and so on. it's the fact that there are posers out there.
Vegan cheese is getting to be popular around the stores. Tell your cousins to try teese, daiya, vegan gourmet, etc.
Yes they're are essential nutrients that you get from animal products. Eggs, beef, poultry, etc. all have protein. Milk, cheese, yogurt, and what not all have calcium.
I hope this helped some|||Yes, I think being vegan is quite trendy these days. It seems like every day someone will come to this board and annouce "I'm vegan. What can I eat." Most of them, of course, won't stay vegan.
And, yes, there is something you need to be healthy and can't get from a plant based diet: vitamin B12. It's found naturally only in meat, eggs, and dairy products. To get B12 in the vegan diet (if one doesn't cheat), you'll need to get shots, take pills or eat manufactured B12 that's been added to highly processed foods.
VEGAN registered dietitician Jack Norris says this:
"B12 is generally found in all animal foods (except honey). Contrary to rumors, there are no reliable, unfortified plant sources of vitamin B12, including tempeh, seaweeds, and organic produce. The overwhelming consensus in the mainstream nutrition community, as well as among vegan health professionals, is that plant foods do not provide vitamin B12, and fortified foods or supplements are necessary for the optimal health of vegans, and even vegetarians in many cases..."
He also recommends vegan consider supplementing their diet with iodine (especially if they're eating soy products), vitamin D, calcium, zinc, b2, b6, and take a DHA supplement.
http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/vita鈥?/a>
Soy can harm your thyroid, especially if you're iodine defecient and many people are. The vitamin D(2) that is vegan is not absorbed or used as well by your body as the D(3) that we make naturally and is also available in supplements, but not vegan. The iron in veggies is non heme iron, not nearly as well used by your body as the heme iron in meat, eggs, dairy products. Protein is made up of amino acids. Meat, eggs, dairy products contain all the amino acids for complete protein, where most veggies only contain some of them. Vegans need to eat a wide variety of veggies every day (not necessarily every meal) so their bodies can combine those amino acids into the complete protein they need.
We've evolved as omnivores and our bodys just use some nutrients better from meat, eggs, dairy products. Maybe some people can be healthy as vegans, but it won't be easy.|||It's a status label for some I'm sure a lot of people want to supposed they're better than others by saying they are vegan. It doesn't sound very good to say "I'm a meat eater". People will do anything to make themselves look good.
The cheese might be fat, but it's plant fat- and no plant food has cholesterol
No item exists in a dead cow's flesh that is unique. THat is not true at all.
In fact , plants have more nutrition and more sources of the same nutrients- whereas meat just has one source-meat. And there's no need to put " " around the word vegan if they are actually vegan. They're just normal people. And if you call normal people normal when they're vegan to look cool, it's a good way to avoid pandering to their loftiness. I'd be horrified if anyone called me vegan.|||Yes unfortunately some just do it to be trendy.
However, a vegan diet generally has far less fat than a meat-eating diet, even with the saturated fat.
But basically no, there aren't any essential nutrients found in meat and dairy that can't be substituted with vegetable-based foods, such as lentils, spinach (for iron), beans and nuts (protein), plus of course tofu. So as long as people subsitute these foods for meat and don't just try to live on salads, they're not doing their health any harm.|||My friends do that because im a vegan. but ive tried to eat animal products before but i find it disgusting so i wind up puking. i dont do it for a trend i do it cause i hate to throw-up|||if they do it because they think eating animals is wrong and judge people who eat animals, then i think they are crazy judgmental people. if they do it for the health benefits, then i admire them|||http://www.meatvideo.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es6U00LMm鈥?/a>
these videos will show and explain why some people are vegan.
heads up the youtube one is an hour long give or take a bit but its worth watching.
i havent ate all day but for dinner i had
2 veggie burgers with vegan cheese
banana and a apple|||you REALLY need to start eating during the day...you will hurt your body if you do this regularlyt. You may not feel it now or in a few years, but as you get older you will....good choice for dinner though, but the not eating the whole day bugs me.|||As long as you didn't overeat then yes, that's all healthy food to eat.
I would probably feel sick if I ate two burgers b/c I can't digest that much food at once, but if you feel okay then you're good.|||yes
i have had baked beans for breakfast and 1 weetabix, vegan cheese, salad and vegan ham for lunch, 2 bowls of cheerios for dinner and 4 poppodoms and mango chutney. |||It is 4:32 P.M. here and I have not had anything to eat yet. I live in Texas when it's this hot who wants to eat. So for me yes you have eatin a lot. But hey as long as you enjoyed it! Go for it!|||That's not a lot to eat but it is a lot of empty carbs. Try eating something with some nutrients instead of cheerios and poppadoms, and probably you will find that if you eat better, you won't need to fill up with junk as much. There's no protein of any kind or healthy fats in your dinner, which has got to leave you feeling a little empty. |||u need food to live.......and i bet u are in ur teens.....im 16 myself and told a lot of girls they need food to grow and to answer ur question that isnt a lot.......if u are 5' 9 or around there and ur weight is 110 to 160 thats average weight..........also i do not care that i spelled these words wrong.......this isnt a spelling test|||That sounds like what I would eat in an average day (even though I don't know what weetabix or poppodoms or mango chutney is), but I don't usually gain a lot of weight if I eat a lot. You're fine.|||No. but compare to me,yes. I only had a plum,egg and bacon.|||I don't know what some of those things are, but it sounds like alot of carbs and not nearly enough fruit or veggies|||Nooo. Not at all.|||I dont think so. It sounds like your eating alright in my opinion|||uhm for me it seems like a lot but i dont normally eat too much. it depends on how full you are. (:|||no|||yes|||nope. sounds good to me 8]|||i don;t think so
:)
Me and my sister are slowly going vegan and we wanted to find someone who knows good places, to shop for vegan cheese and such!? Thanks|||Harris Teeter and Farm Fresh usually have a good selection of vegetarian and vegan products. You can also try the Heritage Health Food Store (if that's still there?) at the corner of Laskin Road and Pacific Ave near the Jewish Mother. Ghent in Norfolk is also pretty veg friendly. Elliot's Fairgrounds has lots of vegan goodies to go with your soy latte, and Kotobuki Japanese restaurant has some good vegetarian food. Good luck and happy eating!|||You should try:
Heritage Health Food Store and Caf茅
314 Laskin Road (Hwy 58)
757-428-0500
Web Site: http://www.heritagestore.com/
or
Azar's Natural Foods Market & Caf茅
108 Precott Avenue
757-486-7778
Web site: http://www.azarfoods.com/
Good places for you and your sis to start. :-)
okay so i'm training (by myself) to be able to run a mile. so, is this a good diet? i'm going to be training for 30 minutes every day.
breakfast:
1 cup of Kashi cereal
1/2 cup of Soy Milk (SILK)
snack: apple
lunch:
1 vegan cheese&bean burrito
vegan cheese& wheat thins
snack: apple
dinner:
1 cup whole wheat pasta
1/2 cup natural tomato sauce
what things am i missing? what should i add to it (specifically) i'm vegan so no meat or dairy plz.|||Eat nuts, vegetables and other fruit than apples..Anything rich in color..is very good for you..|||you need more vegetables and fruit in your diet|||you need more vegetables.|||As long as you are getting your complete proteins from that combination of vegies, I would think it is ok.
do Vegan's eat eggs? Eggs are a complete protien!|||you won't have to change your diet at all ... as you train you will increase your endurance and metabolism. you might need to eat smaller portions only if you eat big now. as you increase in endurance, try not to eat more than you do now.
you may find that 1 mile isn't that much in 30 minutes|||You need more fresh fruits & fresh veggies daily. For dinner, eat more pasta as the wheat is so much better for you,as you well know. You need calcium in your body too. If it doesn't come from your diet, chew four extra strength Tums each day. You need calcium in your body now, because it will build strong bones & this is important especially when you're much older.|||your doing great just add more veggies and some fruit to your diet plan and drink plenty of water a 8oz.|||Just on first glance, you're missing a few things:
#1 - Protein. Especially important since you're training. Your dinner has almost no protein. To figure out exactly how much protein to eat, divide your weight in pounds by 2 - that's the number of grams of protein you need (eg, I weigh 120lbs, so I need 60g of protein).
#2 - Vegetables (i don't see any listed) and different fruits.
#3 - Food in general. Without knowing the exact calorie count, that doesn't seem to be enough for someone who's physically active. Also, it's a good idea to eat more often.
Here are some specific ways to fix it:
1. Breakfast - a good start. Add a little more soy milk and about 1/4 cup of nuts.
2. Snacks should always include a little bit of protein - peanut or other nut butters, soy milk/cheese, nuts, or edamame, a vegan's best friend. Mix it up with different kind of fruits.
3. Lunch - throw in another glass of milk for extra protein, and some vegetables (anything colorful)
4. If you're having pasta, add any kind of beans, edamame, or cubed tofu for protein. In the sauce, add some vegetables and/or have a nice big tossed salad (spinach is great) alongside.
Other tips:
Make sure you eat very soon after you exercise, to help rebuild your muscles. Again, make sure the snack includes some kind of protein. Smoothies (made with soy yogurt/milk, fruit, ice) are great. If you find that your soy milk doesn't have a lot of protein, stop by a health-food store and pick up some protein powder, which you can find soy-based varieties of.
6. Make sure you're taking a multivitamin/mineral supplement every day. Vegans have trouble getting enough B12, which is only found in animal products.
Good luck with your mile!|||More fruit and vegetables! Add a salad to lunch and dinner. Also look for more things with calcium in them.|||Why would you eat pasta after you run? Don't listen to these people. Eat carbs BEFORE you work out, eat protein after.
Since you don't like dairy consider adding spinach instead for calcium.
Actually, I just realized I made the assumption that you run before dinner. If you run after dinner then disregard my advice.
And as the woman above said, add B-12 and more protein.
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mines grilled cheese im asking cause im going vegan so i cant have it anymore unless i buy fake expensive vegan cheese :(|||What about vegetable sandwiches or peanut butter sandwiches or hummus sandwiches.
Below are some sites with vegan recipes. Good luck! I hope this helps.|||i don't have a fav. i love lots and lots and lots of food.
why are you going vegan?.. may i ask =)
i couldn't do it. i love love love food.. except mushrooms and oysters and clams. bleh|||"MLT- mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, when the mutton is nice and lean, and the tomato is ripe. They're so perky. I love that. "|||Footlong ham and cheese on Italian, pepper jack, toasted with extra chipotle southwest, pickles, lettuce, and jalapenos.|||cheese, tomatoes, ham, lettuce, cheesy bread, salami, bologna|||seafood salad
provolone
lettuce
tomatoes
onions
green peppers
black olives
banana peppers
cucumbers
on marble rye with wine vinegar, salt, pepper and oregano|||Turkey with Swiss, avocado, pickles, mayo and tomatos|||Tasty sprout and tomato from Hopkin's in Tallahassee. Yum! Haven't had one in forever!!! They use an awesome dressing.|||I like bread made out of turtle shells, with a topping of toenails and horseradish, with a little spit for good measure. YUM|||Im going to agree with you grilled cheese a warm bowl of tomato soup on a cold snowy day!!!! wrapped up in a nice warm blanket watching i love lucy reruns!!!! sorry it's snowing here and im cold!!! =0)|||Turkey and swiss from Arby's but grilled cheese and tomato is also good.|||Nuttela it the chocolate peanut butter.|||Mine is a fried ham and cheese sandwich with tomato, mustard and fried onions.|||Grilled cheese with tomatoes.|||salami...woo its da besst wow try ittt ...italian salami|||chocolate covered bacon sandwich. Sooooo good.|||Grilled cheese with fried salami, man it's good. Going vegan is unnatural.|||vegan sandwich for me. that's good that you want to be a vegan. soy cheese isn't so bad.|||Cheeseburger x)|||Tomato Mozzarella|||turkey and cranberry and chicken walnut, and also tuna any of those tree yum|||metball sandwhich from subway.|||I am an all rounder, vegan or non veg...anything goes..
but my fav for now is the subways turkey sandwich..the meat is good.|||american cheeseburger w/ extra pickles.(from the states)|||Strawberry jam.|||Tuna! :)|||Chicken filet|||roast chicken salad with garlic mayo. mmm
(don't go vegan)|||cheese and onion toasted then with salad (no tomatoes :L) and some kind of sauce :)|||.vegetarian|||I like human dump on a green rotten slice of pumpernickle.
saw these on my vegan cheese and i wasn't sure if that meant if it was from milk, actual milk, or a fake. pretty sure i can't have it....but wanted to be sure...|||If it was vegan cheese they wouldn't use milk protein or any dairy. You could be mentioning soy cheese. Some soy products for whatever stupid and ignorant reason feel the need to use dairy or other animal abuse in their products rather than taking out the unneeded ingredients that come from animals. I know I have been tricked in the past with products like what you are talking about. It is a ding dang shame that they make products that have no need for any animal products and are basically trying to mock vegan foods when they could just as easily make them vegan and get more customers.
I know SoyaKaas makes a soy cheese that in not vegan and O'Soy yogurt is also not vegan and I believe their is an cheap brand of soy milk that also is not vegan (other than SILK which is owned by Dean foods one of the largest dairy producers probably in the world)
"The word 'veganism' denotes a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude 鈥?as far as is possible and practical 鈥?all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, including humans and the environment.
In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals."
However Daiya is very popular now and is a dairy free soy free cheese that melts like champion and tastes great and obviously is vegan.
http://www.daiyafoods.com/
You can also find Sheese (made in Scotland so you know it isn't craaap but is available in the US) http://www.buteisland.com/, Follow Your Heart (they make veganaise which I think is their better product), Teese (I have always considered it the predecessor to Daiya and a notch above FYH in some situations) http://www.chicagosoydairy.com/teese_veg鈥?/a> , Dr. Cows (nut cheeses many of them aged) http://www.dr-cow.com/ and a few others I cannot remember right now|||Ofcourse they can, and don't let any of the vegan hate monger extremist on Yahoo! Answers tell you otherwise. Milk does not harm the cow, despite the lies that the vegan hate monger extremist try to spread about how they are mistreated and forced to give milk year round. This is simply not true. They only give milk when expecting a calf, and all the other time they are crazing in a green pasture being well cared for.|||Vegans do not eat any animal product, that includes anything derived from them even honey. There are many protiens that vegans can have, like rice, carob, soy etc. A 'vegetarian' is what the guy above me is talking about, they eat eggs and such.|||Not all vegans are the same. Some vegans eat milk and eggs, because this doesn't involve killing animals. While other vegans don't eat milk and eggs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetariani鈥?/a>|||Milk protein is derived from milk but is not actual "milk". I'm not vegan so idk if that is fine with you. Almost all protein in food is derived from milks, eggs, and meats.|||No. Milk protein is derived from milk, which is from a cow, and vegans don't consume animal products.|||vegetarians can vegans cannot.|||They "can", but I don't believe they would want to. They would avoid it as, yes, it is derived from actual milk.|||Nope, you may not.|||No we can not.
Watch out for whey too.|||I would go with the first answer :3
Has anyone here every tried the Sheese brand vegan cheese (any flavor)? I'm curious about it, but I'd have to order it, and I don't want to waste the money if it's no good.
A few notes: I haven't had real cheese for over 4 years, so I'm not super concerned about it tasting exactly like real cheese. Also, I think that Follow Your Heart "cheese" is decent, so I'm not too picky.
Also, how does it melt?|||I just had some a second ago. It's really really good. I've only eaten it cold, so I can't attest to it's meltability. It is a really good block of "cheese". There is no slightly slimy coating like you see with other vegan cheeses and they come in different flavors. I just munched on a strong cheddar. My daughter prefers the medium. It's worth the money to try it. Give your lil vegan heart a thrill, I say!
What's other vegan/vegetarians views on whether they think it's ethical or not to have a non-veggie partner? I've heard of veggies saying they couldn't consider dating a non-veggie and a lot of veggies in a relationship seem to have a veggie partner. I was thinking about this and reckoned that when I was single, had I insisted on finding myself a veggie man, then nothing would have changed in the world. Had we never met, we would both be veggie anyway - no extra animals saved there if I did hook hook up with such a veggie. I live with a meat-eater guy. Before he met me he ate meat 2 or 3 times a day and ate loads of dairy and eggs. Now he gets meat a couple of times a week, has developed a liking for lentils and soy, etc, I dont buy eggs, I buy vegan cheese and he puts a little cows milk in coffee, but has soy milk in cooking and for milkshakes. Does any veggies out there think veggies should only hook up with other veggies?|||I've been vegan for 10 years and I'm dating an omnivore. I've tried dating other vegans, but for me at least it's not enough to have a political belief and a lifestyle in common. When you love someone, you love someone. My guy cooks for me - even makes me vegan waffles - and he only eats meat occasionally, like for his lunches at work. I would say it's a much bigger deal for us that he's a conservative and I'm a liberal, but we manage to make that work too. We've been dating for over a year now.
Is it ethical? I believe it's not ethical to consume animal products, so I don't. I don't believe it's ethical to try to force my beliefs on others, especially because it's likely to backfire! If I was dating a vegan, it's true, nothing would change, except that we might become more narrow in our social lives. Now I've "half-converted" a dedicated meat eater, to the point that he worries about his friends' cholesterol levels and teases them about their poor diets.|||Actually, there was a story about that in the health section of our newspaper a couple of weeks ago. The consensus seemed to be that not only was there conflict in a vegetarian/carnivore relationship, but also vegan/vegetarian relationship. Alot of people were not completely satisfied if the person didn't eat meat but still ate cheese, eggs and fish. I believe they interviewed 4 couples for the article. As if it isn't hard enough finding someone these days!|||There is no ethical problem with "hooking up" with a non-veggie. As you note, if there are two meat eaters and two vegans, and they pair off according to shared diets, the meat eaters are going to keep eating a lot of meat, while the vegans eat none. If they pair off with their dietary opposites, the meat eaters will eat less meat. Still, many vegans and vegetarians prefer to share their lives with partners who share their core ethics (especially if they are going to have children), and I don't think this is in any way unethical, either.|||It's a personal preferance I think. I became a vegetarian long after meeting my boyfriend but if we weren't together, I would prefer a vegetarian (or vegan) like myself.|||My wife is an Organic Veggie, I am a non-veggie. No problems at all.
If someone is so close minded about their eating habits that they can't even be with someone else, they need some therapy.|||Absolutely not! My husband is a meat eater and I have been veggie for over 10 years. I never let that get in the way of our relationship. I'm in love with the person and not what he eats!
Some nights we eat out and some we cook. When we cook, we always make a dish where meat is optional. That way, he can add it if he wants. He's actually been eating alot of my veggie meals too and i have got him stuck on morningstar chicken patties and nuggets! Sometimes though, he will just eat a sandwich with meat in it on the side with whatever else we eat that is veggie. It can work!!!|||my girlfriend and i have no clashes regarding the situation.
we do however have a no kissing directly after meals rule|||I was vegetarian for 15 years before I met my boyfriend, who was mostly a meat eater. He is very adapting, and didn't mind changing his diet and now eats a mostly soy-based diet-when I do the cooking. The great part is that we now have a 2 year old son who gets to experience both worlds and can decide for himself what he wants to become when he's old enough.
Side note: this man must brush his teeth after meat eating/before he gets a kiss.|||I am a strict vegetarian of 11 years and I am dating an omnivore. We have been together for a year now and he eats more of the veggie dishes that I cook than when we first got together. He cooks for me too and when he wants meat, he will prepare his food in a separate "meat designated" pan. We also have a rule about him brushing after non-veg meals otherwise no kiss.
I don't think that ethics really plays into this. You fall in love with who you fall in love with. You simply work out the things that you need to work out in your own relationship while keeping to your vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. That's all there is to it.|||I'm married to a meat eater, and our relationship is fine. What we eat, doesn't influence how we feel about and treat eachother.
Secondly, I would never tell him to become a vegetarian. I'm his companion, not his mother. At the same time, he never tries to get me to eat meat, because he's my companion, not my father.
I wouldn't trade him out, with his great personality and big heart, for someone with a different diet. That just seems really shallow to me. There's a little more depth to someone than what they eat.|||That's a pretty petty issue for as many other things couples have to wade through in a relationship.
I need ideas for egg replacers either homemade or store bought. I also need someone who can recommend the best store bought vegan cheese. Where do I find nutritional yeast? What is bulgur?...sorry for all the questions but I have recently gone from vegetarian to full vegan and still a little confused|||Ener-G is a popular egg replacer made from tapioca and potato starch. It seems expensive, but you get a lot of servings out of it (cheaper than buying eggs for a cake recipe).
Here's a massive list of egg replacers: http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7678.0
Daiya is a popular vegan cheese. I've never seen it, but you can get it at Whole Foods.
Ditto with nuritional yeast. I haven't seen it at my local market, but it should be at Whole Foods or your local health foods shop.
Bulgar is a grain. Others gave better answers, but that's what I know from the top of my head.|||good for you! Make sure to watch "forks over knives", "vegucated" and "fat, sick and almost dead".....if you havent already :-)
Egg replacers- you can use something called "ener-g" egg replacer. It comes in a box in all health food stores in the baking section
You can also use really soft bananas. (you can make an amazing french toast using pureed or mashed bananas instead of egg on the bread)
You can also use applesauce in some baking recipes as a substitute.
try the website www.vegweb.com (all vegan recipes sent in by users..amaaaazing)
you can get nutritional yeast in the bulk sections of Whole Foods, Sunflower market or any local health food store. You can also buy it on Amazon '-)
Hope this helps!|||Replacing eggs in a recipe depends on the type of food you are making.
You can get vegan cheese at your local grocery store. It's not expensive.
As for nutritional yeast, you might want to check out your nearby natural foods store or simply go online: www.happycow.net to find natural foods stores in your area. You can also order nutritional yeast from vegan online retailers, but the price is expensive.
Bulgur is a cereal food made of wheat species that is sold parboiled and dried. Whole-grain, high-fiber bulgur and cracked wheat can be found in your nearby natural foods store.|||just use apple sauce, I guess
every time i am baking and the recipe calls for milk and i want to use soy milk, the ppl in my house get so grossed out and i end up not using it. same goes with vegan cheese - when it is melted it is DELICIOUS. and what is annoying is they won't even TRY it... so ?? anyways! my question is, how come some people get so grossed out about soy milk or vegetarian foods? they aren't bad at all!|||Because theyre afraid of liking it.
Look at it from their view- most people like that get very defensive about meat and how its perfectly okay to eat it, and if they like what you make, it would be like proving them wrong in a way. Like, "hey, theres a perfectly fine alternative, so we could use this and not have the negatives of the dairy industry, but we would have to admit that the alternative is just as good, and we would be going against our stance".|||I think a lot of people want an excuse not to go veg*n.
Also, as a vegan I've learned that vegan cheeses, milks, etc, are NOT meant to be exact replicas of non-vegan foods. A lot of omnivores don't get that. You can't take a swig of soymilk and expect it to taste exactly like cow's milk, that's just not going to happen. The first time I tried vegan cheese, I almost cried because it just *doesn't* taste like cheese. You have to want to eat it for it's own sake and not because it tastes like something non-vegan.|||well soy cheese is scary in most instances... I cant stand it except for teese or follow your heart (vegan gourmet) but thats only sometimes. As for the soy milk in baking... thats just their fear of something different. When my wife started baking with it I was creeped out like is it going to taste nasty?? but because I went vegan I said screw it gonna try it eventually and now I like soy milk. Same story with tofu. So its an emotional thing in my opinion thats all...|||you dont even taste the milk in baked goods, it tastes no different with soy or even RICE milk.
soy is in a lot of foods that aren't vegetarian or vegan, just because its soy MILK should not make any difference|||well im sorta like that but only with fish not soy milk or vegan foods because my cousins are vegan i mean i wont eat vegan cheese alone normal because im picky with what cheese i eat and soy milk i won't drink because i hate any milk unless its chocolate|||I've tried both of those products and they don't even remotely taste like the real thing. The people in your house might be choosing taste over health.|||A lot of products on the market taste like saw dust.
Hello :)
I am vegetarian and have a gluten and dairy intolerance (v annoying) and what's more i am at university with a limited budget.
I don't necessarily want vegan substitutes (i.e vegan cheese) or anything like that i'm just looking for some guidelines to how i can eat a healthy balanced diet, while not spending too much money..
Please help..as i am living on cucumber and apples at the moment!!
XX|||Peanut butter, beans, lentils and chickpeas are all good - hummos, etc. Keep up the protien side. Look at what some ethnic vegetarians do - Sikh Indians, much Mexican food. Chilis with peas and potatoes, or vegetable enchiladas (tortillas can be corn not wheat), would vary your diet comfortably.
If you are not vegan, eggs are valuable too. You can get free-range for your conscience, depending where you draw those lines.|||If you are living at the dorms and have a meal plan, celiac is covered by the ADA (if you are in the US) and the university (by law) must work with you on this.
Are you able to cook? That is a pretty important detail that we need to know, lol!
First, you need to get some protein in your diet. You are going to need to get legumes into your diet, or find some gf TVP (e.g. Bob's Red Mill) or brown rice protein. You also need to start eating soy. Find gf miso and tofu and learn to cook with that.
Are you egg free as well? When I was diagnosed with celiac I had to add eggs back into my diet to help balance my diet out a bit more. Eggs are cheap and packed with nutrition. I got mine at the farmer's market, they are cheaper and fresher than the ones at the store.
For milk substitute cooking, etc. I really like hempmilk if you can find it. It makes a great chai and is packed with omega 3 fatty acids which you need to boost w/o meat in your diet.
Sweet potatos are the most nutritious veggie out there, start adding those into your diet. I can eat those three times a day and still snack on the leftovers at bedtime, lol!
Quiona needs to be added into your diet, but it can be expensive. If you can't do quiona, add millet or brown rice.
Here is one of my fav sites, you will have to remove the dairy from the recipes like I do, but that is pretty easy.
http://www.fatfreevegan.com/gluten-free/鈥?/a>
I wish I could be more helpful, but you sound like you need to have a little one on one with someone. You can contact your local celiac support group (if there is one) and someone from the group will usually step forward.
Don't forget good old peanut butter! Jiffy is gf, and lundberg rice cakes are much better tasting and healthy for you than the quaker variety without the risk of cross contamination! Good luck!
Tonight, I made 2 vegan cheese toasties, and I've eaten 1. If I eat the other one, will I put on weight? I hardly eat toasties, and I've eaten 1 small bowl of muesli today and 3 cups of tea with sweeteners. Is it really unhealthy to eat both? I'm gonna try and exercise it off tonight as well.|||Mars bar said it - This is not enough food for one day.
It is also not varied enough - where is the fruit and veg?
You are definitely not eating too much and the fact that you think you are is ringing alarm bells.
To the bowl of muesli I would adda banana for breakfast, then maybe 1 toastie and salad for lunch followed by a piece of fruit, then for tea something proper like stir-fry, and if you are going exercising you can even eat some pudding!|||It's really unhealthy to eat that little amount of food...
You need more then a bowl of cereal and toasties.
and how will you have a enough energy to exercise tonight...
You might have an eating disorder, wait no you do have an eating disorder, personally I've been through one, they aren't good, starting eating more food please.|||Yeah that should be fine. Try to remember that it's how you eat for most of the week that keeps you healthy not how you eat during one meal, so one 'naughty but nice' meal once or twice a week is fine as long as you eat healthy for most of the week|||everything in moderation is fine - enjoy your toasties
I'm a lacto ovo vegetarian, but my goal is to become vegan. I'm trying to quit consuming dairy, that's why I now buy vegan cheese, yogurt... but I can't find a soy milk that has a nice taste. Which one do you buy? Which soy milk (regular flavor) tastes best? Which soy milk with vanilla flavor tastes best?|||This really depends on YOUR taste.
If you need soy milk to add to hot coffee, buy the sort of soy milk from refrigerated section, they do not separate that easily.
Otherwise just try different brands of soy, rice, oat, ... milk to find which one suits you best.
I find they are all yummy on cereal or good for use in cooking, but I use "So good" refrigerated soya drink or "Alpro soya" refrigerated soya drink for my coffee.
I like rice milk, too, and I find that organic rice milk is much better than non-organic ones. I buy Provamel or Rice dream.
Do not use vanilla / chocolate / almond / etc flavoured soya/ice drinks too often because they are very sweet, fatty and calorific!
If you need something thick, you can also buy soya single cream (from Alpro, for example).
Hope this helps.|||8th Continent Vanilla Light soymilk. Only 60 calories a cup and it's so sweet and creamy.|||silk...mmm tasty.|||I buy Kirkland vanilla soy milk at Costco. I love it.|||You will have to try them yourself to see which you like.
I recently tried Almond Breeze Vanilla which is pretty good. Strong vanilla flavor, but I like vanilla.
Silk Vanilla is okay too, the refrigerated tastes stronger than the boxed kind.
Rice milk is much lighter if you like that style.|||I've found the Great Value (wal-mart) brand passes my standards.
Another one is Pacific Valley Brands flavors, especially the Hazelnut.
Another one, hard to find RTD, in powder readily is Better Than Milk vanilla flavored.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search鈥?/a>|||I like 8th Continent, but I think technically there's some ingredient in it that's not vegan. Soy Dream is also good. I also recommend Almond Breeze, which is vegan but not soy.|||When I drank soy milk, I liked Silk. It's a little thick (in comparison to cow's milk), but it was pretty good - especially the vanilla on my cereal! I've not tired 8th Continent...
I now dinrk Rice Milk. That's rather thin, but quite delish. I love it with my cookies.|||I love Silk soy milk It has a nice creamy smoth taste!!|||silk has the best in my opinion. You can eat it with cereal and bake with it just as you normally woukld normal milk|||My all-time favorite is WestSoy Organic low fat soy milk. I buy 32oz cartons at the 99 cents store! It's a great deal, and by far my favorite! =-]|||i could not find a soymilk i liked and finnaly tripped on rice milk i like it alot for cereal and smoothies
Red Star Nutritional yeast is used when making homemade vegan cheeses, for those who are interested.|||The short answer is: Yes. :-)
Brewer's Yeast and Nutritional Yeast come from a similar type of yeast, and have a very similar nutritional profile - both are terrific sources of the B Vitamins.
If you taste them side by side, many people notice that Brewer's Yeast has a slightly bitter taste to it compared to the Nutritional Yeast. But if I had to - I would be fine with substituting Brewer's for Nutritional in a recipe like "Gee Whiz" (My all-time favorite recipe for fake cheese spread!)
Brewer's Yeast is a by-product of beer making but Red Star Nutritional Yeast was grown on molasses for the express purpose of being a foodstuff and vitamin supplement.
I have seen people refer to real Red Star Nutritional Yeast as "brewer's yeast" and I think sometimes the stores get them mixed up in the bulk bins, too.
I hope that helps,
BTW - try it on popcorn, it adds a terrific flavor. With some melted Earth Balance margarine - OMG!|||For its purpose - yes, for its flavor - no.
I would never use the two interchangeably. I use brewer's yeast in smoothies and protein shakes. I use nutritional yeast more for cooking. The nutritional yeast makes an awesome "cheese" sauce and is great sprinkled on pasta, popcorn, salads, etc.|||Brewer's and nutritional yeast are both high in B12, but brewers yeast doesn't taste good unless it's in draft beer :-P
I just had a tofu veggie burger topped with vegan cheese, veganaise, tomato and white onion, Fried spicy eggplant with brown rice, spring rolls w/ citrus sauce and curly fries.
Yum ^_^|||My husband is cooking. It appears to be pasta with red sauce and Tofurky Italian sausage (which is vegan).
Your dinner sounds great. I would have dipped the fries in the citrus sauce along with the spring rolls!|||Omg curly fries! This place downtown has the most amazing curly fries....every time I order, the waitress gives me these super long curly fries..so good!
Dinner tonight might be either chickpea cutlets w/ vegan cheese, nutritional yeast, smart balance [got the soy free one] or hummus spread on whole wheat spelt bread.
Or a nice pasta...fusilli w/ a tomato sauce with basil, cilantro, onions, black pepper, coriander and some other good spices...
Or [white] basmati rice cooked in coconut milk, w/ chaana masala.|||I went out with some friends to this Japanese restaurant/sushi bar that opened nearby recently. I had an avocado & cucumber roll, and a sweet potato roll, some miso soup & a small salad which was greens, carrot, cucumber & a ginger dressing. Oh, and edamame to start with. Yummy. :) I wanted tempura, but unfortunately their batter wasn't vegan. :( I'll definitely be going back there though. :)|||I live in the Uk and I had....
Carrot and potato mash with a salad that included cucemeber, quorn ham, tomatos, grapes and coleslaw :)
Your dinner sounds YUMMY! :)|||Probably lots of pasta and water.
I have a triathlon tomorrow, so I'm carbo-loading tonight.|||lol if ur asian u would totaly understand this :D. i basically have bowl of whte rice w/ soysauce fried pork and grilled beef :D, i had rice everyday eversince i could chew ....|||im heading to a new place that opened called crave im probably having satay chicken and filet|||Pizza! Homemade w/ spinach, bell pepper, green onion and cheese. Yum!|||Homeade Pizza =]|||I had homemade pizza on whole wheat w/ onions and peppers|||Pork chops and turkey soup|||That sounds healthy. I'm probably going to eat spaghetti|||a bunch of meat like ribbbbs!(:|||meat loaf poatoes
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Ok well I eat a lot of whole grains, veggies, fruit, legumes/beans (Im a vegan). Im not big on processed food but I was wondering if stuff like bbq and vegan cheese sauce is classified as a processed food. Its organic and has no preservatives. I like to put it on my food and I use the serving size.If it is, is it as bad a processed food such as doritios and crap like that? thanks|||Yes. Vegan cheese sauce would never occur in nature and can't be made in your own kitchen. (BBQ sauce is probably ok, most are naturally vegan anyway)
"Organic" only means that it was made without pesticides or antibiotics and "no preservatives" usually refers to chemical preservatives.
That being said, fat and sugar are natural preservatives. That's why candy lasts indefinately. A lot of "natural" vegan products have more fat and sugar than their omnivorous counterparts.
All you can really do is study up on nutrition (buy a book, don't believe all the **** you read online) and read labels before you buy anything.|||Technically it is still processed because you got it from a package in a grocery store and not straight from say a farmer. However, it is most likely minimally processed. In that case, it is definitely much better processed snacks like doritos.
Ok well I eat a lot of whole grains, veggies, fruit, legumes/beans (Im a vegan). Im not big on processed food but I was wondering if stuff like bbq and vegan cheese sauce is classified as a processed food. Its organic and has no preservatives. I like to put it on my food and I use the serving size.If it is, is it as bad a processed food such as doritios and crap like that? thanks|||Yes. Vegan cheese sauce would never occur in nature and can't be made in your own kitchen. (BBQ sauce is probably ok, most are naturally vegan anyway)
"Organic" only means that it was made without pesticides or antibiotics and "no preservatives" usually refers to chemical preservatives.
That being said, fat and sugar are natural preservatives. That's why candy lasts indefinately. A lot of "natural" vegan products have more fat and sugar than their omnivorous counterparts.
All you can really do is study up on nutrition (buy a book, don't believe all the **** you read online) and read labels before you buy anything.|||Technically it is still processed because you got it from a package in a grocery store and not straight from say a farmer. However, it is most likely minimally processed. In that case, it is definitely much better processed snacks like doritos.
I'm looking for some vegan cheese (it's hard to find it without casein in it!) and some vegan "egg" replacement. I can't find it in the "Nature's Promise" section at the local stop and shop. Any ideas where I can find this? I don't like ordering things online either!
(I live in R.I. if that helps anyone.)
Thanks.|||There is a cheese called Vegan Gourmet(follow your heart brand). Can't say anything but good things about it. We purchase it at Sunflower Market. If you don't have those there try Sprouts perhaps.
Egg Replacements
There are plenty of egg substitutes available for baking or preparing a dish that calls for eggs. Ener-G Egg Replacer is a reliable egg substitute for use in baking. It is available at health food stores and most grocery stores.
Tofu: Tofu is great for egg substitutions in recipes that call for a lot of eggs, like quiches or custards. To replace one egg in a recipe, purée 1/4 cup soft tofu. It is important to keep in mind that although tofu doesn’t fluff up like eggs, it does create a texture that is perfect for “eggy” dishes.
Tofu is also a great substitute for eggs in eggless egg salad and breakfast scrambles.
In Desserts and Sweet, Baked Goods: Try substituting one banana or 1/4 cup applesauce for each egg called for in a recipe for sweet, baked desserts. These will add some flavor to the recipe, so make sure bananas or apples are compatible with the other flavors in the dessert.
Other Egg Replacement Options
• 1 egg = 2 Tbsp. potato starch
• 1 egg = 1/4 cup mashed potatoes
• 1 egg = 1/4 cup canned pumpkin or squash
• 1 egg = 1/4 cup puréed prunes
• 1 egg = 2 Tbsp. water + 1 Tbsp. oil + 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 egg = 1 Tbsp. ground flax seed simmered in 3 Tbsp. water
• 1 egg white = 1 Tbsp. plain agar powder dissolved in 1 Tbsp. water, whipped, chilled, and whipped again
Egg Replacement Tips
• If a recipe calls for three or more eggs, it is important to choose a replacer that will perform the same function (i.e., binding or leavening).
• Trying to replicate airy baked goods that call for a lot of eggs, such as angel food cake, can be very difficult. Instead, look for a recipe with a similar taste but fewer eggs, which will be easier to replicate.
• When adding tofu to a recipe as an egg replacer, be sure to purée it first to avoid chunks in the finished product.
• Be sure to use plain tofu, not seasoned or baked, as a replacer.
• Powdered egg replacers cannot be used to create egg recipes such as scrambles or omelets. Tofu is the perfect substitute for eggs in these applications.
• If you want a lighter texture and you’re using fruit purées as an egg substitute, add an extra 1/2 tsp. baking powder. Fruit purées tend to make the final product denser than the original recipe.
• If you’re looking for an egg replacer that binds, try adding 2 to 3 Tbsp. of any of the following for each egg: tomato paste, potato starch, arrowroot powder, whole wheat flour, mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, instant potato flakes, or 1/4 cup tofu puréed with 1 Tbsp. flour.|||You can make a cheesy tasting sauce with nutritional yeast (not bakers or brewers yeast) and you can use ground flax and water as an egg substitute when baking. You can also buy EnerG egg replacer at most health food stores. You can get the nutritional yeast at the health food store as well. I like KAL brand best.|||Do you have Holland & Barret health stores in R I ? you can buy cheezly by the redwood comp, they have different flavours, garlic and herb, mature, super melting and mexican style. Egg replacer ,by Allergycare is sold there too. It can only be used for cakes and biscuits, not quiches you need to use silken tofu for that. hope that helps. Try ordering online it's great nothing to be scared of!|||Check out this site for veggie restaurants and health food shops near you. One of the big vegan cheese brands in the States is Follow Your Heart. And a big brand of egg replacer is EnerG Egg replacer. Many well stocked supermarkets carry these products now, but it does depend on where you live.|||I kind of don't think Stop & Shop would carry this kind of item. You need to find the Whole Foods Market near you, or similar store. They carry soy cheese, and some may be vegan. I know they carry Follow Your Heart Vegenaise, which is awesome.|||There's one brand of Cheese available in India which is 100% vegetarian. Its known as "Amul Cheese" & tastes great. I am a vegan too and I use this one. I dont know if you can get it in R.I. But for sure, if you are looking for an assurity of 100% vegetarian cheese, then Amul Cheese is the best one.
i just want to ask a few questions
tell me if your vegan or not.
Is it best to get sweetened milk or un-sweetened soya milk?
Has any one tried asdas own brand soya milk ok?
Should i buy or make my own vegan cheese.
do i NEED to take supplements.
any good recipies.
what should i say to someone who makes fun of me for being vegan?
is there any thing else i shd know or any stories if ur vegan|||hi, yea i've been vegan for 7 years...
i use unsweetened soya milk if i want a cup of tea, or on cereal...i don't find a use for the sweetened stuff...
i think it's probably a lot of effort to make your own cheese and there are good vegan cheeses out there - i prefer cheezly but others like sheese, so i would say to buy it. cheese was an odd one for me when i went vegan - i'd always eaten a Lot of cheese as a vegetarian and although i was never tempted to go back to dairy, i really didn't like the vegan alternative and found i just didn't eat it. a friend made me a meal a year or so later, using cheezly and i really liked it...i think my taste buds had 'forgotten' what dairy tastes like :)
you don't need to take supplements if you're eating a varied diet...only thing you might need is B12...
if people make fun then just try not to react...people Will ask you 'what about plants' or tell you 'all vegans are unhealthy' and a load of other nonsense but the best thing you can do is show yourself as a good example of a healthy vegan, show that it's easy and that there Is plenty of stuff you can eat and that it's consistent with taking animal interests seriously in a way that vegetarianism simply can't be...
feel free to mail me if you need any help...good luck :)|||You don't have to drink soya milk - also try Oat milk and Rice Milk - they're both sold in Asda. The Rice Milk is nicer than soya.
Vegan cheese tastes totally gross, but you could probably get used to it after a while - I had some Cheezley a few weeks ago, but it wasn't good. It's only sold in larger supermarkets - I got mine from a larger branch of Tescos.
I'm vegetarian, but haven't quite taken the plunge into veganism just yet (I'm still cheese dependant).
As for supplements - vegans are prone to becoming low in vitamin B12. My husband had a vegan colleague who ended up with nerve damage due to this and had to have monthly vitamin B12 injections eventually.
Make sure you eat a good range of vegetables and take a decent multivitamin/mineral. Make sure you get enough iron and protein as well. Don't turn to carbohydrates for your energy source - get some protein into you and you'll feel better and won't put on weight.|||I am not vegan but I eat a mainly vegetarian diet which often includes vegan meals.
For the soya milk question, it really depends on what you are using it for. I usually go for unsweetened though. However, I do sometimes use sweetened on things like cereal just for taste prefrence. I haven't tried that ASDAs variety.
I would buy my own cheese but if you simply enjoy the challenge of making your own then maybe it could just be fun for you.
If you carefully watch your intake of food to make sure you get a complete balanced intake of vitamins and minerals you shouldn't need supplements. However, you don't say your age and if you are especially young it may be worth talking to your GP just to make sure.
As far as being made fun of..just let it brush off you. It is brave to make your own lifestyle choices.|||1. I'm vegan.
2. It all depends on what you want. I don't like excess sugars, so unsweetened milks are the way I go (I typically do rice or hemp milk, not soy). If you want a sweeter drink, then get sweetened, but please don't try to use it in savory recipes!
3. I have not, but most soy milk will taste the same, regardless of brand.
4. If you can make it, make it. Always best to make your own foods.
5. No, but you NEED to eat a well-rounded diet with adequate calories.
6. Email me your fave foods, I'll give you vegan recipes for them.
7. Ask them why they felt so compelled to share their stupid opinion with you.
8. Yes, being vegan is EASIER than you might think! Few people seem to know this :)|||Im not a vegan, but I know allot of people who are vegans. And besides my mom barely eats meat because well i dont know lol.
Anyways, I think it's better to buy your vegan cheese.
And yes, I do think you need supplements.
Well, I think it's just dumb if other people make fun of you just because you're vegan. Just ignore them.
p.s. what a accidence, my mom is watching something about vegans on tv.|||im vegetarian but id like to become vegan one day. the problem is that i love cheese and most of my meals contain it, so it will be hard to give that up.
i prefer flavoured soya milk as it just tastes a bit weird otherwise. i usually have apple flavour but theres all sorts.
i havent tried asdas sorry only morrisons and tescos
iv tried vegan cheese from holland & barretts that looked like cheese slices that you get in individual wrappers. it looked the part but honestly tasted like paper! i havent tried any others yet but im sure theres a range of flavours! no idea how to made it but iv also heard theres a thing u can make with nuts that kinda tastes like cheese?
you dont need to take supplements as long as you eat plenty of fruit and veg, especially greens like broccoli and spinach. eat nuts theres loads to choose from, eat seeds their really addictive once you get used to them. include tofu in your meals. you can grill it, fry it etc. i usually make my own stirfry and grill quorn/tofu fillets. then chop them up and chuck into stirfry.
vegans differ from vegetarians slightly because vegans dont eat meat because they feel strongly about animal abuse, and so believe that its not right to take dairy from cows because it was meant for their calves.
just tell them you are against animal abuse
animals are your friends....and you dont eat your friends
and that cows are pumped full of hormones and steroids, impregnated and then when the calf is born its taken away so that dairy farms get the milk. girl calves are grown to become dairy cows and boy calves are killed and become veal|||I don't think it matters whether or not your milk is sweetened. I enjoy the vanilla kind, so that's what I buy. I'm in the US, so I don't think we have asdas brand, so I will defer to those who know that one.
I would say buy the cheese until you learn what kind you like. They are really not wonderful, and the transition to not eat any cheese is worthwhile.
But! I love to experiment when I cook, so if you do, too, go for it! :o)
Take a B12 vit once in awhile. Most soy milks in the US is already fortified with it, but I still take one every once in awhile. Go outside to get vit D. Eat flax and/or walnuts for omegas. That's about it!
Vegweb.com has some great recipes, so look around until you find ones you like.
People are going to question you, try to make you angry, and some will even be outright mean to you. Please start to accept that this will happen.
What I do when people I don't know ask, I tell them I eat plant protein. It will answer their second question ("How do you get your protein?!") easily enough. Then I decide if I want to engage in a discussion. I sometimes will tell them I live a cruelty-free life, but that can sometimes invite the wrong discussion. :o)
To my friends, it was easy. I had been a vegetarian, so it wasn't a stretch.
Become passionate about your choice (for some, it's a slower process than others). When you are passionate about it, the insults don't bother you as much. You know you are doing the right thing and that's all there is to it.
The most successful I've been has been taking my die-hard carnivore friends to veggie restaurants. Opens their eyes to everything wonderful we get to eat. :o)
I'm wanting to go raw, so I'm curious if anyone knows of any raw products that are already on the market. I know Dr. Cows has raw vegan cheese but I'm interested in things like crackers, wraps, breads etc.
And if you have any advice in general about going raw I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for the help.|||Hi there, I'm not raw vegan all the time, I have a couple of friends who are and I've done raw stints of about 1 month a few times!
I don't know where you live, but I have seen things like crackers, activated almonds, raw dehydrated vegetable chips being sold in wholefood stores.
I have a dehydrator from a friend and use it to make my own crackers (it was 2nd hand and very cheap) but if you don't have a dehydrator then an oven on low with the door propped slightly open can work too.
Basically all I do is soak a whole lot of flaxseed, or chia seeds, or buckwheat and/or sunflower seeds overnight, then put it in the food processor with things like lemon juice, onion, grated carrot, tomato, sea salt, then spread the pulp out and dehydrate it to make crackers.
I also love to make my own Essene bread by sprouting grain for a few days, putting it in the food processor and then dehydrating it on low.
By using a mixture of sprouted chickpeas and sunflower seeds you can make raw falafel - or even raw hummous dip!
My friend warned me that over the first couple of days of raw you can go through emotional detox (basically when you're not eating cooked food, your body starts flushing a whole lot of toxins out of the body that you've had stored there for years, but it passes and then you feel great).
Do you do green smoothies? I can't recommend them enough. A drink made out of greens and fruit blended up together - my favourite recipe is a generous bunch of kale or spinach, 1/2 an avocado, 2 bananas and an orange. A green drink that tastes sweet and fruity and is packed with highly absorbable minerals, vitamins and phytonutrients from the greens. Basically green smoothies are really really easy - all you do is take any sort of greens (great if it's dark and nutritious, not too sour or bitter) and any sort of fruit and put them in the blender together with a bit of water! The drink that comes out is green but it tastes sweet because of the fruit. Greens are the most nutritious healthy
food by far, and these smoothies make it very easy and fun to eat lots of them! The vitamin C in the fruit also makes all those minerals in the greens - eg. calcium, iron - really absorbable. Greens that are perfect for green smoothies are things like kale, spinach, cos lettuce.
I often drink a glass (or 2!) of this in the morning and it gives me a kick of energy in the morning. When I started making these I had a very high proportion of fruits vs greens, in order to get used to
it... and then I gradually upped the greens until it was about 50-50.
During winter you can also make it more warming by upping the fat content - eg. with avocado, sunflower oil, virgin coconut oil, soaked nuts etc - and/or adding warming spices like cinnamon or nutmeg, or grated/ground ginger. I also sometimes have a savoury version with "non-sweet fruits" like avocado, tomato, capsicum and lemon. This morning I'm about to make a blended soup modelled on this idea - out of silverbeet and herbs (parsley/basil), tomato and capsicum, grated carrot, curry powder, avocado, olive oil, lemon and sea salt! (If I'm using hard roots like carrots/beetroot/ginger I grate them before blending to make it easier on the blender - and don't use too much in one go)
This link has a few more recipes: Banana, Berry Blast, and Warming Ginger
http://www.greensmoothiechallenge.com/in鈥?/a>
"Ode to a Green Smoothie" by Victoria Boutenko: talks about reasons to
drink green smoothies - http://greensmoothiesblog.com/green-smoo鈥?/a>
More recipes at http://www.greensmoothie.com/blend/green鈥?/a>
Here are some more useful links about raw food in general:
http://www.raw-pleasure.com.au/
http://www.rawpower.com.au/
http://www.fromsadtoraw.com/
http://www.newliving.com/issues/july_200鈥?/a>|||there is a whole fridge full of raw meals at whole foods. stuff like raw lasagne, hummus|||Im a vegan, but not a raw one
I'm 12 years old vegan, 5'5, and 87 lbs. I eat a lot! i can eat a whole pizza by myself (and i asked this once and this guy was ANNOYING and said you couldnt be vegan by having pizza i have it with no cheese or vegan cheese) am i underweight? also am i small in the chest area? i'm a 36 a.|||I would say you are very skinny, but you are also very young and are still growing. Your metabolism is high, you eat healthy foods. Of course you are going to be skinny. Didn't have breasts until I reached 16 and then they just kept getting bigger. I used to get made fun of in Jr. High because I was the only one that hadn't started developing yet. They would say that I was so flat the walls were jealous. Once I hit 16, they jumped right up to a 36 C almost overnight. So don't worry about that.
If you haven't already reached puberty, then I'd be willing to bet that you'll fill out more once that happens. Just make sure that now, as a vegan, you get enough vitamins and iron and protein. Those are things you have to watch out for when completely cutting out meat and dairy. But if you watch all that, I'd say you have nothing to worry about. Tell them you just have a high metabolism and to get off your case.|||Didn't you just ask this~?
Anyhow, you're young & still growing, so I say you're okay for now.
Although, as you grow older into your teens, you should at least be 100 lbs. Any one over 5 feet should be 100 lbs.
(( That's not the "healthy" weight, but you sound like you're a petite girl. ))|||i already answered u, and know that is a fine chest size for a 12 year old.|||u r a littleunder weight but it's not technically ur fault. people can be born with a eating disorder where their body doesnt have time to pick up the nutrients from the food.|||Your 12 right. Eat, everything. Your 12 who cares about your chest size. You need counseling. Pronto.|||As long as your eating healthy you are fine.|||That is kind of skinny for your heighth.
How much did you weigh before you became a vegan?
If you weighed more, it is because you took out all those food groups.
You should be about 112-145.
But your still growing, so you shouldn't be worried about your weight. If you are, consult with your parents & doctor.
36 a, nah. Everyone is different, normally, teenage girls stop growing till 14.
I am 14 & when I was 12, I had about the same size as you, now I am a 34 DD.
:)
first, do I have french loaf or mixed grain bread sandwich
and for filling, do I have hummus and salad
'cheezly' vegan cheese salad and olives or tomato chilli pickle
or redcurrent jelly and goats cheese and salad
i can add sundried tomatos, vegan mayo, olives, jalepenos to any combo?
ideas?|||Have an open sandwich; Hummus, salad, sundried tomatoes and olives on mixed grain bread|||Just eat what you have. They're all food.|||this is a dumb question. Just go to subway.|||lol idk|||Thanks for making me lose mine!!!|||umm wow i wouldnt eat those.
try cheese pizza.
:D|||You trying to make me hungry, buddy.
Just go ahead and have what you want.
Gosh! some people ask dumb questions!!|||it all sounds yummy im starvin but cant be arsed to cook so im gonna have a can of caffreys instead.|||lol u can eat whatever u want dude|||http://givinginfo.reads.it
A very informative website you can also get much information in website|||a sunday roast.. chicken|||a sandwich -x|||Given that choice I'd go out and get macaroni cheese and chips!|||i don't think any of them sound nice, probably because i don't know what a lot of the things are.
hummus and salad? could be good.
cheese salad would be nice, but with olives :/ olives are horrible. tomato chilli pickle could taste a bit different aswell.
redcurrent jelly - what's that? and goats cheese isn't nice.
mix and match :)
i usually make sandwiches w/ tomatos, vegan cheese and veganaise. but i'm getting bored and need some new ideas. i live off this stuff (lightlife "ham" deli slices), and buy it by the truckload. what else can i do with it?|||I make veggie rubens with it. I make my own vegan dressing with vegan mayo, ketchup and sweet pickle relish. I use rye bread, vegan cheese slices and sauerkraut(organic that I know is vegan) and the veggie ham slices and grill them with Earth Balance margarine. They are great!
Also, you could make a vegan version of scalloped potatoes using rice or soy milk and vegan margarine and some flour with the veggie ham cut up into pieces. I don't really have a recipe, I make it the way my mother always did but veganized. Its great with the veggie ham added!
Yum!
|||I try to make my own little Subway-esque creations :D
Also, look up Muffaletta recipes. Find the one that looks like it would suit you the best and try it out... it's absolutely scrumptious =)|||add it to a salad.
smear with 'cream cheese' and put olives on it..yummm
put it in quesadillas...with lots of veggies and grill..mm
slice and put in soups...
wrap around apple and dip in maple syrup.
saute it and toss into your egg substitute.|||I usually make pizzsoy with the veggie cheese, marinara sauce and the ham.
Today I ate sometihing that tastes really awesome. It is black beans+brown rice+monterey jack cheese+chopped onion+dash of cayenne pepper
BUT cheese is really high in fat so is tere any thing I could use instead, to give it the salty savoury flavour that is low in fat?
i dont have vegan cheese or nutritional yeast. it doesnt have to taste really cheesy ^|||U can always get low fat cheese. What u ate sounds pretty good ill admit.
So I was thinking for dinner making brown rice topped w/ vegan cheese sauce and salsa with some veggies and tofu...sound good? I usually eat brown rice w/tofu and veggies but im tryin to think of ways to change it up a little.|||Try some black beans or red kidney beans! Brown rice and fresh beans are wonderfully nutritious.|||I would try it|||Seems good. I make something that sounds similar, I mix rice with salsa and top it with corn, pea pods and chicken, so I bet it would be good! Try it!|||Sounds yummy to me. If it turns out well, post your recipe!|||mmm that sounds yummy.
I mean why not just eat the contents instead. Why eat a tofu hotdog? Gross. I've tried one it was awful. Worse thana hotdog and not even comparable to real tofu?
If you cannot subject yourself to the real thing? Why eat something more awful?
Like vegan cheese? Seriously?|||I completely agree!!!! When I was a vegetarian I couldn't eat those things. 1) nasty, 2)I don't like the original why would I like a fake? Bleah!!!!|||I am not vegan or vegetarian, but from what I've heard from my friends who are, it depends. Some of them don't like meat, period, they never have, however some follow the vegan lifestyle because of cruelty towards animals, but they still enjoy meat taste, but won't eat it due to their ideals. So a chance to have food that tastes like meat, but doesn't have the guilt, to them is a great idea.
I've had vegetarian hamburger once at a friend's house and it tasted like hamburger, so you may have just not had a good version of the hotdog, or hotdog is something that can be reproduced.|||People who stopped eating meat because they didn't like the taste and texture probably don't eat fake meat, even though it's not really very similar to the real stuff. However, most people go vegetarian for other reasons. They don't object to textural, nutritional, and flavor variety, they just don't want to eat "real" meat for whatever reason (environment, ethics, health, whatever).
This is kind of like saying, "Why eat sugar-free candy if you hate sugar candy?" or "Why eat low-fat ice cream if you hate full-fat ice cream?" Well, most people go for sugar-free because they're trying to watch their sugar intake. It isn't that they don't like candy. Most people choose low-fat varieties not because they hate ice cream (or cheese, or salad dressing, or cookies, or crackers, or any of the other items that are available in full-fat and low-fat versions), but because they're trying to cut back on fat for whatever reason.
It's the same with meat. People who don't enjoy the experience of eating meat aren't likely to eat analogs. However, if they like the experience but not something that goes with it (again, many reasons for this), there's no reason for them to choose a product that provides them with some of the benefits without the disadvantages.|||Vegetarian burgers have a different texture and smell to dead animal.
Also ----THEY ARE NOT DEAD ANIMAL!
A tofu hotdog is just that, a salty, tangy tasting ( some people love them) sausage shaped thing you eat with mustard, Some people don't like murder in their mouth, and that's why they eat tofu. Some people don't like grease and blood in their diet as it is unhealthy, and that's why they eat soy dogs. Some people like myself like the tate of soydogs but really dislike hotdogs made with...welll that mechanically separated meat is the slime off bones and the sinew left after the actual meat has been removed from the carcasss, so go ahead and suck on that if you like. I'll stick to tofu dogs. WHo says these things should taste like YOU think they should taste? I personally think meat doesn't taste anything like as good as a vegetarian burger from Morningstar, but those meat people, with their 3X more expensive and unhealthy and death supporting products do keep trying!
Cheese is a product of milk, and milk can be from nut, seed, plant of animal source thank you. IT's you that looks small minded writing this way.
Yeah, vegan cheese! Seriously!|||Most vegetarians avoid meat because they are opposed to killing/eating animals - they feel it is immoral. But eating fake meat does not involve killing any animals so is considered acceptable to veggies as no animals die :)
Vegetarianism is about objecting to the meat industry and the concept of meat, rather than the actual taste of meat.
Hope this helps :)|||Are you being serious?
People don't eat meat because they are against animals being slaughtered needlessly, not because they don't like the taste of it.
Edit: But that is your personal preference to the food. I don't like tomatoes, so I don't eat pizza.
You're trying to offend people for living their life the way they want to.
Quorn is very nice, as is some of the supermarkets own branded veggie food, of course, some is horrible - but others will like what I don't like, and vice versa.
Accept the fact we are all different and enjoy different things!|||you came on t a vegan forum to berate vegan food.. think about that.
i'm a vegan and i don't eat fake me i think it was invented to give those meat eaters who hold onto a steak like it was their childhood teddy a sort of transitional dummy so to speak. also just because you found it awful doesn't mean everybody will. i also make pizza without cheese call the fed's i'm out of control.|||I didn't stop eating meat because of the taste. I have never eaten fake meat made of tofu, and only eat meat substitutes made of wheat or mycoprotein. To me, they're delicious, filled with protein and nutrients, and more ethical than their real-meat counterparts.|||Because there's a dish that they really like. They're opposed to the killing of animals, not to the taste/texture of meat.
Because they have no choice. My mom was in the hospital, and the hospital didn't have vegetarian food. They got her a veggie burger. (I would have preferred to just bring food for her, but they were already in the process of getting her the food when I found out.)
To fit in. My friends went to U-Dog, and I was with them. I got the soy dog so we could eat together. I like mustard. A lot.|||Because some alternative meat products can actually be nice. True, I have had ones that were terrible before. But it just depends on personal preference|||People like to trick themselves.|||Cause people are retarded and people always want something in the background even though tthey will never use it
is eating a bean and vegan cheese with lettuce and tomato's and taco sauce burrito healthy? also what about biscuits? brown rice? Noble oranges? if i have ate these today then what else should i eat? im a vegetarian BTW...|||fruits and veggies|||Dont ever forget veggies and protein - i.e nuts, seeds and maybe quinoa.|||Blick
I've been eating and drining a lot of junk(french fries, apple pies, macaroni w/ vegan cheese, coca cola, etc.) and I recently put on weight. I'm 5'8 and weigh 168lbs.
My goal is to get down to 150 lbs.
Is it possible for me to lose 18 lbs in 2 months? Thanks.|||That's possible, but it is about the limit of the healthy speed at which you should lose weight. Burning fat creates ketones that your liver has to metabolize and remove. If you lose weight too fast, your liver can't keep up, and the ketones damage your body.
Though, I must say, try cutting back on the junk and losing weight slowly. Going from eating a lot of junk to a very strict diet is not the way to keep the weight off.|||Not a question for the veg forum, first of all.
It's possible. I dropped 26 pounds in just under two months by going from a typical student lifestyle (walking but otherwise sedentary) to working out an hour a day 5 days a week and tightening up my diet. Mostly lean proteins and veg, a fair amount of carbs and fruit, and everything else in moderation.
I'd rely less on pounds than on how you look/feel/fit your pants, however. The scale is a filthy liar. My weight can differ up to 5 pounds in a single day, depending on time of day, how much I drink and what I've eaten, and up to 10 pounds a week depending on what part of my cycle I'm on. Weight lies. Inches do not.|||If you cut out all the processed food and eat mainly fresh fruits and vegetables, and no dairy and no meat. And you also do exercises that make you sweat alot, like treadmil sprints HIIT, or hot yoga like Bikram, yes you will lose 18 pounds in 2 months.
I just lost 30 pounds in 3 or 4 months, and I do this every year. In the winter, being skinny is just too damn cold.|||Yes, you could. Healthy weight loss is 1-2 lbs per week. So 2 lbs per week for 8 weeks is about 16 lbs, and given that weight tends to drop of pretty fast when you first begin an exercise routine, I think you could lose roughly 18-20 lbs in 2 months.|||It is possible, however you will need to work hard. Do sit ups, pull ups, run on a tredmill and eat healthy. like apples and **** like that.|||Yes you could but not healthily in 2 months you'd need to weight cut which is not drinking water, and not eating. You shouldn't lose weight this way.|||Yes,if you really want it..go back to the basics :)
i have courgettes
onions
courgette
tomatos
herbs
and the oil
oh and the crepes
and broccoli and olives and sundried tomatos
and goats cheese and vegan cheese|||make a ratatouille style filling without the aubergine.
steam broccoli and have with goats cheese. maybe some nutmeg.
we just had two with cheddar and one with left over apple crumble.|||Here are some "inspiration" ideas. Be creative with what you have!
Smoked Salmon Crepes
Spread about 1/4 cup thinly sliced smoked salmon (about 1 1/2 oz.), 2 tablespoons creme fraiche or cream cheese, and 1 teaspoon drained capers down center of each crepe in pan (step 4 of basic buckwheat crepe recipe, preceding). Sprinkle with pepper. Cook until bottom of crepe is browned, about 1 minute, then fold two edges over filling, leaving a little exposed.
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Chicken-Pesto Crepes
Spread about 1 tablespoon purchased pesto down the center of each crepe in pan (step 4 at left). Top with about 1/4 cup shredded cooked chicken, 2 tablespoons thinly sliced canned peeled roasted red peppers, and 2 tablespoons shredded Swiss or parmesan cheese. Cook until bottom of crepe is browned, about 1 minute, then fold two edges over filling, leaving a little exposed.
Spinach and Mushroom Crepes
1. Rinse, trim, and thinly slice 1 1/3 pounds brown or white mushrooms. In a 10- to 12-inch frying pan over medium heat, stir mushrooms often in 2 tablespoons olive oil until browned, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle with 3/4 teaspoon dried thyme and salt and pepper to taste.
2. Spread about 2 tablespoons fresh chevre (goat cheese), 1/3 cup rinsed fresh spinach leaves, and 1/4 cup mushroom mixture down the center of each crepe in pan (step 4 at far left). Cook until bottom of crepe is browned, about 1 minute, then fold two edges over filling, leaving a little exposed.
Leek and Apple Crepes
1. Peel, core, and coarsely chop 5 sweet apples such as Fuji (about 2 1/2 lbs. total). In a 5- to 6-quart pan over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add 1 cup thinly sliced well-rinsed leeks (tender white part only) and cook, stirring often, until limp, about 5 minutes. Add apples, 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar or lemon juice, and 1/3 cup apple juice. Cook, stirring often, until apples are soft when pierced and all the liquid is evaporated, about 20 minutes.
2. Spread about 1/3 cup apple mixture and 2 tablespoons creme fraiche or sour cream down center of each crepe in pan (step 4 at far left). Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook until bottom of crepe is browned, about 1 minute, then fold two edges over filling, leaving a little exposed.
the vegan cheese I bought also has carrageenan so I am afraid to eat it. Is it as much as in the milk or a smaller amount. Anyone else have this problem?|||Carrageenan can cause stomach discomfort especially in people who are allergic to it.
Only way to know for sure is to get an allergy test. But you could try soy milk without carrageenan and the results at that point should tell you if it's the soy or the carrageenan.
Another thing to consider is the remainder of your diet. If you are eating tofu and/or other "mock" meats made from soy, yet only experience upset after drinking the soy milk, it may very well be the carrageenan.
Do any vegetarians that go on neopets buy exclusively veg foods for their neopets? Like the veggie burgers, vegan cheese, and a lot of other veggie stuff neopets has to offer? In otherwords, are their neopets veg themselves?|||Well, I dont have a neopet, but if I did I would feed it with food. I dont consider meat or dairy to be food, so it would simply be strange to feed others (even if its just a toy) with something that is not food. I mean, I wouldnt feed it rocks or trash, for the same reason. I know it's not real, but it would be illogical to me.
Toys often mirror human values. I cant imagine vegan kids who have vegan parents feeding their toys with meat, even if it's just "make-belief". It's simply not part of their lifestyle.|||no thats weird|||i do|||nope sorry|||Lol. I haven't been on neopets in a couple of years, but my neopet was vegan and ate mostly organic food as well. Why not? :-)|||lol! you were right that is a weird question I think that they would make there neopets be vegeterians.|||What?? lol|||wow...|||yes kitkat|||I dunno but just cuz you are vegan doesnt mean others have to be ,.There was a case recently in the UK where this stupid mom and dad only fed their new born baby vegan and it died after a few weeks ans we all know babies need milk they gave it apple juice and it died and they are now serving time at her majesties pleasure.|||if they do they're freaks
Vegetarians, vegans, most student protesters, hippies etc etc... I know these people are trying to do the right thing and make the world a better place but whenever I read a "what organic vegetables can I put with my vegan cheese and quorn pie?" kind of question, I want to rub steak in the persons face... and when I see students protesting, even though they're often morally just, I still want to punch them in their privileged little faces... why am I such a d*ck? Is it just me?|||I think it's the holier-than-thou attitude. I hate 'em too lol.|||As long as they don't tell me what to do I don't care. But it is the ones with all the lifesaving facts that you didn't ask for that bother me, not just vegitarians or vegans, antismokers, antijunkfoodies, anti religion people, antianything really.
Leave me the hell alone and I will not break your jaw, and that should be a two way street. Live and let live|||It's not like they're forcing you to stop eating meat. As long as they do their thing and you do yours, why do you even care? Some people are more outgoing and more sensitive to societal problems and care about current issues. Some don't give a f*ck. You're one of those people who don't give a f*ck.|||They irritate me too...they are only crazy ****-ups!
I don't label myself as vegetarian or vegan, though my eating habits tend to include whole foods/lots of veggies and lack meat. That being said, I was wondering if anyone else thinks some of the vegan/vegetarian substitutes out there are a little ridiculous. Tofurky, daiya (and other vegan cheeses), veggie burgers (the ones that are meant to imitate hamburgers), etc.... I find it a little bit hypocritical to give yourself a label which implies that you aren't ok with the consumption of meat (or dairy) and then buy products that were made with the intention of mimicking certain meat/dairy products.|||I don't think eating vegan substitutes that is similar to meat is hypocritical. They are not meat and no animal had to suffer for it. That is the main point for me. It also doesn't have the saturated fats, hormones, cholesterol, etc... I am not really into the fake stuff that looks like real stuff, but I'll eat it at times. There is a great little vegan pizza shop near me that uses daiya (for example) and their pizzas are delicious. I see nothing objectionable about eating there. It also might be good for people who are transitioning to veganism.|||I agree with you, to an extent. The only imitation products I use are mayo (Vegenaise) and butter (Earth Balance) though I've really gotten away from using them just because of how heavily processed they probably are.
I can see people using imitation mayo and butter for flavor, but getting plant-based, prepackaged burgers that are supposed to taste like meat, or tofurky type deals like you mentioned, as a bit silly. Making a "burger" at home out of vegetables is different, but buying a tofu roast meant to taste like a dead bird is silly.|||It's not hypocritical... hypocrisy is claiming that a behavior should be followed while not following it yourself...
If someone says "Eating meat is wrong" and then eats meat, they are hypocritical...
If someone says "Eating meat is wrong" and then eats a veggie patty that resembles a hamburger but has no meat content whatsoever... than that is not hypocritical... they did not go against their statement...
It isn't hypocritical, it is used to help them keep their promise not to eat meat/dairy. Finding a substitute for something you don't agree with is not hypocrisy... just like wearing fake fur instead of real fur, or imitation leather...
Some of it may be a little silly... but it's doing no harm.|||Not really. It's providing a cruelty free way to have the same exact thing.|||You're not the first person to ask that question. My good friend, and the first vegetarian I ever met, refuses to eat things like veggie burgers because she finds them odd. They remind her too much of meat, which repulses her.
I feel these products originated to help former meat-eaters transition into becoming vegetarians or vegans, especially the burgers, chicken patties, and Tofurky items. Often, "all-American" foods like burgers and hot dogs are hardest for people to give up. Creating meat-free versions helps with the transition, especially on social occasions like Independence Day BBQs.
Also, remember, not everyone chooses to be vegetarian or vegan for moral reasons. Many choose it for their personal health, and in those cases, it is not hypocritical to eat meat substitutes.|||I'll make this short and simple.
We believe that the ways that animals are slaugtherd is wrong, but we do like the taste.
You can get the same taste and nutrional value with out the animal cruelty and the bacteria, e coli...etc.|||1: Home made tofurky is delicious. The stuff from the brand does look pretty gross though.
2: Many meat replacement products are highly processed and unhealthy, so I stay away from them. A few dairy replacements are okay, but you really have to hunt for them. However, it's not at all hypocritical. It's simply a way to follow the typical Western diet without the typical Western inhumanity thrown in.|||I generally don't eat substitutes because I generally veer clear of processed foods.
However I don't see them as hypocritical. A lot of people really like meat, eggs and cheese however opt not to consume them. If the substitutes help them get through the cravings or make the transition easier that is fine.
So when I became a vegetarian it was a slow process. 3 years ago I stopped eating mammals, 1 year I stopped eating birds, and I just recently stopped eating fish.
I just watched the doc. "Earthlings" and it really got to me and I really want to take the next step and become vegan already. I was planning on being a vegan by the time I went to college(I'm only a sophomore) because I would move to a bigger town with more vegan choices like a whole foods market, etc. I live in a really small town where the only grocery stores are Albertsons & Walmart. Are there a lot of vegan choices at these places? I've researched a lot and was surprised to see that a lot of "normal" foods are fact vegan!,, but are there a lot of vegan specialty products?
What I was planning on was getting soy milk instead of regular milk, and getting and trying different vegan products I know they sell there like their vegan cheeses and vegan ice cream. But I mean I still can't see myself cutting egg & milk out completely, so how can I transition to that? How did YOU transition to that?
By the way which do you think is harder to cut out, egg or milk?|||My transition to a vegan from a meat eater happened overnight. Ever since i was young i disliked vegetables so much and i can tell you i never even eat at least 1 serving a day. All i ate was chicken meat, eggs and so animal products. It was until when i was 15 ,
I decided go on a vegan journey. The sudden transition was a tough road at the beginning, a simple thing like learning to appreciate and eat vegetables, dealing with friends and my grandma who wouldn't understand, learning to cook and bake on my own, learning lessons from occasional slip-ups when i thought certain food was vegan when they actually hidden 'secret' ingredients etc.
I'm happy for you for your decision to be a vegan. I believe you transition would be easier, trust me.
Moving to a bigger town will definitely means a wide variety of vegan choice. Do not worry about food choices. I do not live in the US, and my country here , with mostly 98% meat eaters, doesn't even sells vegan chocolate chips and vegan cheese in those grand supermarkets in town. With that given, i opted for more natural food like grains, beans and other special foods i can find from the organic store into my diet.
If you love cooking, you find cooking an amazing experience when you make any specialty foods like ice cream, candies and desserts on your own and share them with your friends and family.
If you need time to cut off eggs and milk completely here's some suggestion you can consider:
- try substituting egg in egg scramble with nutritional yeast and tofu. Add mushrooms and bell peppers for a more colorful taste.
- Limit your intake of milk to .. let's say once or twice a week. If you find soy milk boring, try rice milk. A highly versatile choice, you can make fruit smoothies, soups, pancakes etc out from it.
- If baking requires egg, you can substitute it with flax seed meal, vinegar, egg replacers and tofu.
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- Here's a more amusing idea : never purposely walk over the the dairy and egg section whenever you're at the supermarket.
- If you are a organized person, you can plan your weekly meals and write out an ingredients list. Focus on what you need, pay at the cashier and go.
As you progress slowly, you will eventually forget and won't miss the taste of egg and milk. What you need is patience, determination and most of all, the HEART. Once a person has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
Always remind yourself the purpose of doing all these, like ; to a be healthier person and make a difference to the animals.
So the answer to your last question: Nothing is difficult, but milk will be harder to quit if you have no other alternative choice product in where you live.
I hope my advice helped you. All the best and best of luck!|||Well since your a vegetarian the hard part is gone. Maybe the first year cut out all items that have egg. Second year or third cut out all the stuff with milk. Always try to drink soy and get used to eat. Im going vegan but I am NOT cutting out ice cream or chocolate since Im 11. I think milk would be harder to cut out though...|||Are you sure you want to? There are many risks associated with vegan diets, the least of which is that you're completely missing out on vitamin B12, a crucial nutrient.
Read the links that the vegetarians and vegans here don't want you to see:
http://chetday.com/vegandietdangers.htm
http://www.listen2yourgut.com/blog/dange鈥?/a>
I have been a vegetarian for 9 years but have recently began considering becoming a vegan. Most of my life, I used to eat dairy products because the animal wasn't killed for it, so it's okay. I now know better and know how incredibly sick the farming industry is, and do not want to support it. Does anyone have any suggestions for different kinds of vegan cheeses i can buy? Which ones I should avoid? What are the artificial eggs called? The ones that are used for vegan baking? Do they taste and bake the same way as eggs would? I know it's going to be difficult becoming a vegan, but i want to stick to it. Does anyone know of any good vegan cookbooks that maybe have recipes for things like ice cream, pizza, and other foods like that? I'm not a huge fan of the weird veggies, like eggplant and artichokes, i just want to eat the same food i eat now but without any animal derived products! Any suggestions would be very appreciated!|||I want you to know that my husband and I were carnivores for our 25 years of life. Just 3 months ago we went vegan flat out on the spot! We read the book "Skinny ******" and went vegan as we read and will NEVER go back! It's a life style and a "Connection" we made that can't be taken away. So it can be done!
We use EnerG egg replacer for baking and it's perfect. We use tofu in scrambled breakfast stuff with fake bacon and will put it in a tortilla with veggies and such. There is a Vegan Pizza by Amy's I believe. A frozen one, it's pretty good. But we make our own. We put sauce and lots of veggies and sometimes fake bacon with pineapple. We don't miss the cheese. We have veggie burgers. I have a recipe book called Vegan Planet that is marvelous! Also Skinny Bit ch in the Kitch is really good.
We make lots of taco salads, burritos, tacos (with tempeh), fajitas with tempeh, Green salads with corn, pinto beans, onions, cilantro, tomatoes and avocado (no dressing) There is a yummy vegan boxed mac and cheese we like. We don't use any vegan cheese though. It's all icky. The mozzerella isn't too bad if melted on a veggie burger. We make bagel sandwiches using Tofutti and veggies. My favorite! We make enchaladas that we found online with potatoe in it and they are the bomb! Earth Balance butter is fabulous!|||How about Tofutti ice cream. I love the Chocolate Cookies one.|||check out peta's website-- and peta2 =D|||sounds good|||I'm not a fan of vegan cheeses, but then I never ate cheese much as an omni.
The vegan substitute for eggs is called Ener-G Egg Replacer, and it's a powdered mix. You use 1/2 tablespoon of the mix and 2 tbsp water per egg and mix to a goopy consistency before adding to the batter. You can also use a flax seed slurry. The substitutes are meant to help add lift and binding, not taste like egs.
For excellent vegan cookbooks, look for those by Sarah Kramer and Isa Chandra Moskowitz.
Ice cream: Purely Decadent makes the best. They're part of the So Delicious family of non-dairy desserts and you can get soy ice creams or coconut milk ice creams. They also have vegan ice cream bars that are pretty good.
For shopping, check out www.veganessentials.com, www.veganstore.com, www.cosmosveganshoppe.com, and www.vegangoods.com.
Good luck!|||here we go :) http://www.veganmeat.com/recipie.html
Good luck on your new lifestyle and enjoy it!|||www.vegweb.com has been AMAZING for me since becoming vegan. They have recipes for literally everything you could imagine.
First off all, I'm a vegetarian. I eat eggs and dairy but do not eat fish or animal meat. Every once and a while when I was online I would stumble upon a website {or youtube video} with reasons why veganism is a healthy choice. I understand that if a regular dieter switched to a vegan lifestyle, they would help the environment even more than if they were to go from a normal car to an environmentally friendly car. I do understand the mistreatment that animals go through and the mass breeding that female cows have to go through to make milk and meat products. I also understand that Harvord, Yale, Penn State, and the National Institute of Health have proved that milk does not reduce chances of, nor cure, osteoperosis, and that dairy products are a source of saturated fats which our bodies don't need.
Other than the environment, animal abuse, and the "good fat bad fat" deal, what are some reasons that I should become vegan? Is it difficult to go out with the family and find something off of a regular restaurant menu that could be ordered? Do the vegan cheeses and products cost too much money? Is it hard to cook at home and be vegan? Would I need to take special multivitamins that have vitamins in them which vegans do not get through their diet, or can a vegan diet support all of the needed nutrients of the body? And last, but not least, should I reduce the amount of dairy and egg products that I consume and/or should I go from vegetarianism to veganism?|||I lost 30 pounds in a year living a vegan lifestyle(which is good as I was overweight). I felt a LOT better, I had a lot more energy despite people saying I should have less. It really does help your state of mind.
I love to cook too, here are some websites I like to find recipes on:
http://vegweb.com
http://www.theppk.com/|||You seem very well-informed about veganism. I don't see why you would need any more reasons to become vegan, and I do it because of all the reasons you listed. It takes a lot of dedication; I still slip up sometimes, but I have been better recently :)
It isn't too difficult to go out with family and be vegan. Most restaurants are willing to alter recipes for you or listen to your requests.
You should skip buying the expensive vegan cheeses. They have more fat than regular cheese, and aren't a satisfying substitute.
Rice milk, soy milk, and almond milk are pretty good to buy. Just watch out for consuming too much soy; it has estrogen in it.
It's surprisingly easy to cook at home and be vegan. If you go to the website www.vegcooking.com, there's a big variety of vegan food options.
I take a daily multivitamin, but you really only need to take vitamin B-12, which can be hard for vegans to get enough of.
I quit eating dairy products cold-turkey, but everyone's different. I think it might be easier to ease into veganism, but it can also be better to become vegan right away. It's all up to you.
I highly recommend the books Vegan With a Vengeance and Veganomicon. They have a variety of wonderful vegan recipes that don't require a lot of dairy substitutes.
I hope I answered all your questions, and good luck!|||You have a lot of information in your question...wow. Good for you for talking about milk a bit. We're brainwashed into thinking we need it. Ya right, Me, a full grown human, need the milk from another mammal. Anyhow, going totally vegan is a large task, but it's doable. My mom and sister are vegan, and it's a big commitment. Vegan choices are very limited in many restaurants (you can only eat so many stir-frys). Vegan processed food is expensive, I suggest learning to make as much home made as possible. Taking a B-12 supplement isn't a bad idea either, although I know vegans who never do.
If you do choose to go total vegan, may I suggest that you do it gradually. The transition will be easier if you make the occasional exception at first as you're learning the ropes. Also, it's your call as to whether you'll make exceptions on holidays, perhaps lifting a glass of egg nog, or having some brocolli with cheese sauce during Christmas. Some vegans do this, as it's easier than a vegetarian eating meat, which many find gross if they've been away from it for awhile.|||being a vegan is a little bit tricky...you don't really get a hang of it until you've been doing it for a while.
i think it would be smart to take a multi-vitamin plus an iron pill. thats what i do since i mostly eat vegetables and tofu...yea
its kind of awkward when you eat out or go out with friends or family
vegan cheese and vegan "meats" do cost a lot :(
you might want to drop one thing at a time to make it easier.
good luck!
You put some vegetable or olive oil in a skillet and put in a soft tostada. You put some vegan cheese in it and some vegan sour cream and some jalapenos. Then you add some mexican spices and put a lid over it on low-med heat. After the cheese melts you add some already heated up vegetarian refried beans to it and fold it over.
Its kind of like a quesadilla or a big taco.|||Can't say I have. That sounds good for the most part, but I don't like sour cream, and I'd prefer to use real cheese.|||no i havent but sounds really good!
i have made soy chorizo with veggies and tortillas!
http://vivalavegan8.blogspot.com/2010/04鈥?/a>|||I actually have made something a lot like that only it just started out as an experiment. That was back when I still ate dairy though so I used dairy cheese and sour cream :/
I should try a vegan version, so thanks for the idea. :)|||vegan cheese is some type of horriable space aged polymer
vegetarian cheese has traces of milk but tastes ok.
id rather eat dudu from my cat than vegan cheese ever again.|||Ooooh Eric, that sounds really good. I think it would be good with tofu strips or cubes seasoned with mexican spices or ground too!
I'm so gonna make that! Thanks!|||not happy with overspiced foods
especially chilli
the rest sounds good|||Not yet.|||No, but that sounds REALLY good.|||sounds delicious :)|||Go to this FREE website. They have lots of great info on it. http://savoirvegan.wordpress.com
I'm trying to become a vegetarian and just found out that animal renet is in many cheeses, however when I try to look up restaurants with vegetarian cheese, it only shows me vegan cheeses. I guess I'm just wondering if most vegetarians still eat cheese even though it contains the animal renet or do many people just not know about it?|||It really frustrates me! I buy vegetarian cheese with non-animal rennet at the supermarket but I'm sure when I go out for dinner or to other people's houses they are not so particular. It drives me nuts. People don't seem to even know what I mean when I ask about it. If you go to actual vegetarian restaurants then it's usually okay, but sometimes I'm sure I've eaten cheese with rennet by accident.|||I think most people do not know about it. When I became vegan I was shocked to learn this, but there are vegetarian and vegan cheeses available. Some vegetarians might eat the cheese with rennet, everyone is different, but I eat vegan cheese, no animal products, there is also rennet free cheese that is vegetarian it is lactose free and rennet free, but still has some milk proteins such as whey and casein. So to answer your question it really depends on the person. I eat no animal products whatsoever, but some vegetarians eat cheese with rennet and some eat rennet free cheese but with milk proteins so since there are so many types of vegetarians out there it really becomes a personal choice.|||There are SO many different kinds of vegetarians with different standards.
Some eat fish, some eat eggs, some are extremely strict about it.
I am a vegetarian, but I eat things like eggs and cheese.
I draw the line at things cooked in actual animal fat.
Many people do not know about it, but it also falls more along the lines of a vegan lifestyle. But like I said before, it all depends on which vegetarian you ask :)|||Rennet isn't in all cheeses, and a lot of companies make non animal rennet cheeses.
I don't like cheese, the texture is horrible. I used to like cottage cheese but that was the only one. The dairy industry is a gross pretence of animal abuse. There's no excuse for it, yet the animals are treated as little more than juice machines. It's disgusting. Imagine a woman being injected with steroids to keep her lactating 24/7 and then chaining her by the neck in a metal cage so small she couldn't turn around. And leaving her like that every day, and attaching sharp hoses to her nipples and sucking the milk out of her body.
And making her stand up the whole time. SHe can't sit down, ever.
If you need cheese, it doesn't just stop at the rennet, it's the actual body fluids that are used too.|||Most people go with their conscience. I'm lactose intolerant, so I do vegan cheese even though I'm a vegetarian and not a vegan. I know some people who aren't vegan and eat cheese, and some who don't. There's not really a rule on this for vegetarians, as many just avoid the muscle tissue and adipose tissue of animals.|||When I'm at home, I make sure not to use any cheeses like parmasan or romano and others that I know most likely have animal enzymes in them. When I'm out ordering something like pizza though, I'm not going to stand there for twenty minutes just to be jerked around because they honestly can't answer "is the cheese vegetarian?".
If I'm personally making my food and I have a choice, then yes I stay away from things with animal-enzymed cheese.|||Not at all.
If the restaurant can't tell me if their cheese dish contains rennet, I'll just get a different dish. As vegetarianism becomes more common, many restaurants are becoming more savvy on the subject, so I imagine soon you'll be able to get the information you need.|||I`m a very recent vegetarian, i just started about 2 weeks ago. i still eat cheese with rennet because im not vegan. Im strict when it comes to some things. but when it comes to cheese, i dont give it up because i love it lol and i still eat some of the by products|||no, dont have to, i eat veggie friendly cheeses, which in the uk there are a resonable amount of
if its vegan, you can eat it, they dont say its veggie and vegan, cos its a givenif its vegan, its also vegie
:-)|||I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian, meaning I eat eggs, cheese, and other dairy. I simply want to eliminate meat from my diet; I see no reason to exclude everything else.|||look for kosher cheese. it has no animal renet and there is no dillema and it still tastes good (o:
Is there a such thing as a vegetarian/vegan cheese? There seems to be much confusion on this matter. If there is is it sold at regular grocery stores. ( shop n save, schnucks, aldi, etc.) Thanks.|||Ricotta is made without rennet.
If a normal cheese states rennet on the label its no indication of the type of rennet. Only the manufacturer will know.
Rennet can be natural (calf stomach), artificial (microbiological) or alternative (plants).
Microbiological rennet is made with genetically modified bacteria.
Vegetarian cheese is made from milk that is coming from animals.
Vegan cheese is made from soya milk.|||Most supermarkets will sell one or two brands of non-animal rennet cheese (hidden amongst the Great Wall of Rennety Cheese). You just need to read labels, find a few brands that are ok, and then stick with those. (If the label just says "enzyme" then it's almost 100% guaranteed to be an animal enzyme - rennin, pepsin, lipase, etc.). I've never found a vegan cheese in the supermarket. I once found soy cheese, but it was a long time ago and contained something which rendered it non-vegan - either rennet or casein or egg, can't recall which.
I live in Australia, and can buy several non-animal rennet cheeses - one brand of blue-vein, one brand of grated parmesan, a few brands of mozzarella, a few brands of feta, a few brands of haloumi, one or two brands of colby, an elbo-style, and a few others, such as tasty, extra tasty, cheddar, peppato, etc. I can also occasionally find a few imported non-animal rennet cheeses from the UK, such as a red Leicester and a double Gloucester.|||There are many vegetarian cheeses:
A list of vegetarian cheeses by type:
http://cheese.joyousliving.com/CheeseLis鈥?/a>
A list of vegetarian cheeses by brand:
http://cheese.joyousliving.com/CheeseLis鈥?/a>
Kosher cheese is safe for vegetarians, as it cannot contain rennet.
No, it does not contain fish.
http://oukosher.org/index.php/common/art鈥?/a>|||In Australia, many of the cheese companies are now using a non animal rennet enzyme that is created through bacteria.
Yes, there are plenty of cheeses that dont use this enzyme, but just check the labels and you wont get in strife.|||You can call the manufacturer to find out if cheese has rennet in it. You can also buy kosher cheese, as there is not allowed to be rennet in kosher cheese. It is more expensive though.|||Horizon only uses microbial or vegetable enzymes/rennet for all of their cheeses.|||veggie cheese or kosher cheese are safe for vegetarians
ie veggie analog cheeses such as these...
Cheese (vegan)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/317/Bas鈥?/a> (basic seed cheese)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/1055/Ye鈥?/a> (nutritional yeast cheese sauce)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/506/Pum鈥?/a> (pumpkin seed cheese)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/469/Nut鈥?/a> (nutritional yeast cheese)
http://www.aboverubies.org/health/cheese鈥?/a> (several recipes for vegan cheeses)
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/000鈥?/a> (cashew cheddar cheese)|||Buy them in bulk from a retailer that specializes in nuts by the pound.|||Thank YOU for the "Best Answer".
A retailer here who I believe has a catalogue is "Nuts on Clark". Report Abuse
|||I find that I save about 40-50% off large containers of nuts at wholesale clubs like Costco, Sams or BJ's.|||Buy raw and in bulk, from places like Costco.
Toast them for easy grinding and better flavor.|||I'll just answr the question, thank you, Whole and shell them yourself. I need a hamburger|||Try home depot, nuts are very cheap there, their bolts are reasonable too.
I'm just curious if there are any vegan-friendly cheeses out there. I've seen Veggie Shreds/Slices, but those still contain milk.
Please post the names and your reviews (flavor, health factor, and meltability). Thanks!|||Vegan Gourmet makes Follow Your Heart. Temptation Soy Dairy makes Teese. There's a European product called Scheese. I've seen stuff called Cheezley (sp) through vegan retailers. There's a company called Dr. Cow that makes nut cheeses, but they're kind of expensive. Some local pizzerias use either FYH or Teese, and I've tried them both but have not been impressed with the texture. I tried making my own pizza with Scheese and hated it (the Scheese smells funny). I haven't tried the others yet, but I'm not a big cheese fan anyway.
I have to say the best vegan cheeses are in sauce form, and you can probably find recipes for vegan "cheese" sauces online or in vegan cookbooks.|||I have seen rice cheese and soy cheese...the soy tastes a little better :) I can't remember the names though|||I heard that going vegan sometimes means giving up on some foods. I still wish to use honey, except that its taken away from bees which isnt a nice thing to do. they work hard! anyway there is soy cheese and tofu. I havent tried soy cheese, I did try tofu and it has no taste, so you need to add something.|||Yes there are, of course there are!
http://www.followyourheart.com/vegangour鈥?/a>
http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/s鈥?/a>
http://www.veganstore.com/218-------blue鈥?/a>
http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2008/07/1鈥?/a>|||To answer "Slut", do you have ANY idea of how cows are constantly kept pregnant and aborted to supply milk and how cheese has been made for hundreds of years?
A fake cheese would be nice to people who actually care.
|||I guess I am kind of confused on this veggie thing.
Why would cheese have to be fake?
You get milk from a cow naturally.
You make cheese from this milk.
You don't have to kill the cow to get the milk to make the cheese.
So why would milk, cheese and dairy products be considered off of a veggies menu?|||Trouble is with the Tofu based cheese is they use whey powder and casein a milk sugar, so no veggie cheese is suitable for most vegan, even the tofu cream cheese products have thickeners and gums to hold them together, try using plain old tofu the extra firm grated like cheese on salads, veggie pizza, I have eaten in Vegan Raw restaurants and that is what they use in place of the tofu cheese product for strict vegan diets.|||You can find Vegan Cheese in the produce section of most grocery stores. It's in the same case as the Tofu and Smart Dogs (soy hot dogs).
I am making pizza from scratch tonight for dinner. We only have 1 grocery store in our area and no health food stores. At our store, the only Vegan cheese they sell is Tofutti. I tried making pizza with that last time, and it did not really melt well. Tonight, I plan on making a pizza with just sauce and veggie toppings. What do you all like on your pizzas? Have you made one without any kind of cheese? I wonder how Lite Life Smart Ground or Lite Life Bac'n Strips would be or if I should just stick with different veggies and maybe pineapple?|||Honestly, it's whatever you have in the fridge.
Green beans
Broccoli
onion
cabbage (really thin)
Jalapeno
Tomato
Garlic (whole, not chopped)
artichokes
Shredded carrots
cauliflower
kale
spinach
melon
It's an end of the week meal, where we use whatever we didn't cook into the pizza just before going shopping. If one topping doesn't quite work, then you have other toppings to mask the flavor. I used to hate onion as a topping, but I'll add them to the pizza if there's other veggies.
You can do an olive oil and herb sauce (pesto?) instead of the tomato sauce. I knew someone who used to work at papa john's, and she used to request that they replace the tomato sauce with the butter dipping sauce instead. I found that gross, but hey, others liked it. That's where the inspiration for the olive oil and herb came from, so it's at least healthier, with no trans-fat.|||I personally like using portabella mushrooms as the "crust"...just make sure you roast them a bit first before loading them up, they get a little soggy if you don't. I also like roasted red peppers, sun dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and basil. Any veggies you have in the fridge, try tossing in some salt and olive oil and roasting in the oven until tender. The best vegan cheese I have tried is Daiya...the Pepper Jack shreds are super yummy and they melt and stretch just like hot cheese, amazing really. There are several online shops that carry this, may be worth ordering if this is something you like to make often.|||I like to make whole wheat garlic herb pizza crust with fresh basil pesto with pine nuts (instead of the red sauce) then top with olives and mushrooms. I serve the red pizza sauce on the side. You can sprinkle nutritional yeast on top for a cheezy sort of look and taste, but I usually just sprinkle it on the slice right before I eat it. No cheese added and it's delish!|||my mom and i make homemade pizza all the time and never use cheese. make sure you have a sweet sauce! we always do extra sauce, tomatoes, sweet onion, green bell pepper, banana peppers, black olives(my mom prefers green olives), red bell pepper, and if you can handle it we do jalapeno peppers. spices: fresh basil, pepper and garlic powder. it's amazing!!!|||My favorites are.... spinach, mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, broccoli, olives, vegan pepperoni. Any vegetables you like! Make an easy pesto sauce instead of red sauce (basil, pine nuts or walnuts, olive oil, garlic, nutritional yeast) or make a vegan alfredo sauce and have a "white" pizza (non dairy cream cheese or silken tofu, garlic, italian herbs, pepper).|||My favorite vegetarian pizza toppings are Thin sliced tamatos with garlic and maybe some olive oil and some oregano and basic.and if im in the mood I like a light amount of spinach. Very italian and rustic. :)
Too bad most places that deliver wont make this :(|||Olives, artichokes, mushrooms, spinach, vegan pepperoni to name a few.
Hmm wondering about the ranch dressing suggestion, since you can make vegan ranch and it does taste good.|||Sauteed sausage and onion
Chorizo and cojita cheese
Bacon and cheddar
Sauteed mixed mushroom
Buffalo Chicken with a combination of blue cheese and mozzarella
Foccaccia with rosemary and parmesan|||A thin layer of ranch dressing for the sauce would be super yummy! Maybe some thin slices from a super huge tomato spread across the top, baby spinach leaves (wilted first). My personal favorite is chicken bacon ranch, but that's meat xD|||Yes I've eaten some without cheese. Just added tomato sauce, fresh spinach, onions, jalapenos, bite size broccoli, avocado and whatever else you like|||That's hard..hmm...Tofu Pepperoni,Tofu,Mushrooms,Seasoning,Veggi… of any kind and this sounds weird but i like zucchini too sometimes!|||Vegetarian toppings: black olives, (sliced) tomatoes, pineapple.|||You should put green pepper, olives, tomato, and parsley|||it just ain't pizza without pepperoni.|||Mushrooms!|||Well what veggies do you like? Pretty much any are good on pizza :)
I like pineapple on my pizza|||onions|||If you can find Follow Your Heart or Dayia vegan cheese, then I suggest trying this for something different:
White Sicilian Pizza
Preparation time: 55 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
Recipe for Deep Dish Crust
5 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 cup of soy mozzarella cheese, grated
5 large basil leaves, chiffonade
Directions:
Preheat oven to 380˚F.
In an iron skillet that is just slightly bigger than the crust, sauté garlic on medium heat in olive oil for about 1 minute. Spread garlic and oil on top of crust.
Place deep dish crust inside iron skillet, ensuring that crust fills skillet. Spread grated cheese over crust, leaving about a 1” area between cheese and crust.
Bake pizza for 45 minutes. Remove from oven. Sprinkle basil on top of baked pizza
Deep Dish Crust
Preparation time: 2 hours, 20 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Yield: 2 crusts
Don’t be fooled by the preparation time for this crust. Most of that pertains to the rising of the dough, giving you plenty of time to attend to household chores and other dishes requiring your attention. Just think of the first bite into your pizza- worth the wait, isn’t it?
Ingredients:
1 cup warm water
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
¼ cup corn meal
2 ¼ cups flour + more for kneading
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 Tablespoons + 1 teaspoon olive oil
Directions:
Place water in a small bowl and add in yeast and sugar. Let stand about 10 minutes. If it does not bubble by that time, throw away yeast and start over.
In a mixing bowl, sift corn meal, 2 ¼ cups flour, and salt together. Make a small well in flour mix and pour in 6 Tablespoons oil. Slowly mix yeast-water into dry ingredients (pour wet into dry, not dry into wet). Lightly flour a work surface and knead dough for about 20 minutes until it is elastic and smooth.
With 1 teaspoon oil, grease a deep metal bowl. Form dough into a ball, place in bowl, and cover with a dish towel. Let dough rise for 60 minutes.
Punch dough down and knead it a few more times. Lightly oil a pan at least 2” deep and press the dough into it, forming it up the sides of the pan. Cover with a dish towel and let it sit for 20 minutes, creating a second rise.
Preheat oven to 350˚F and bake for about 10 minutes to get the dough started.
Allow this to rise for about 30 minutes. Then use and bake as needed for your pizza.
And here is a really good vegan mac and no cheese. The sauce can be used on pizza, too.
Vegan Mac and No Cheese
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 45 Minutes
Ready In: 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1 (8 ounce) package uncooked elbow macaroni
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup cashews
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 1/3 cups water
1/3 cup canola oil
4 ounces roasted red peppers, drained
3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. Transfer to a medium baking dish.
3. Heat vegetable oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion, and cook until tender and lightly browned. Gently mix with the macaroni.
4. In a blender or food processor, mix cashews, lemon juice, water, and salt. Gradually blend in canola oil, roasted red peppers, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, and onion powder. Blend until smooth. Thoroughly mix with the macaroni and onions.
5. Bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned. Cool 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
Otherwise, my family enjoys pineapple, onion, olives, green pepper, artichoke hearts...
Pizza toppings are limited only by your imagination! Here are some quick ideas:
Chop up whatever veggies are on hand and drizzle some olive oil over them.
Try some unusual toppings, like sun-dried tomatoes, beans, spinach, or pineapple.
Add different sauces, like pesto or red pepper-and-garlic purée.
Get creative with faux meats—top your pizza with veggie burger crumbles, veggie bacon, veggie pepperoni, or even veggie chicken. You'll get the flavor and texture of meat but without all the nasty cholesterol and cruelty.
Be creative. Enjoy!|||Grilled rabbit, human eyes, baby toes
Me and my little brother are allergic to milk and i am also allergic to soy. We would really like to have cheese so our mom bouth us the vegan cheese made by galaxy nutritional foods but it tasted HORRIBLE and when we tried to melt it in a cheese sandwhich it didnt melt and when we tried to melt it in the microwave it turned kindof hard. so now we are looking for a cheese alternative that tastes and has a melting consistancy similar to cow cheese. I hear daiya cheese melts really good but i dont want to waste my mom's money as these cheeses are very pricey. So could you tell me of your experiences with this cheese and how it tasted with any types of foods. Thanks your really helping us out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)|||I like daiya, but I didn't always like it. It really depends on your preferences. Cheddar Daiya melts and tastes pretty good great in sandwiches, but I personally prefer Vegan Gourmet cheese to Daiya for use in sandwiches. I've actually made vegan mozzarella sticks out of Daiya by melting it, mixing it with vegan parmesan sprinkles, battering it, and deep frying it. Pizza turns out good too.
It is expensive - $5.99 around where I'm from, but I only buy it occasionally and you don't need to use a lot of it at a time, so that's another good thing. Each bag contains 2 cups of cheese, I think. Or you can buy it in bulk in a 5lb. bag for $40 and freeze the rest, because it does freeze well.
On another note, it doesn't have much nutritional value since it basically all fat and starch. So that's another reason to eat it sparingly. It's more like a "treat" to me. As far as taste goes, I think we'll have to wait a while longer for a vegan cheese that actually tastes much like non-vegan cheese. However, Daiya and The Vegan Gourmet are two of the best.|||Hey,
I just checked the ingredients and the Vegan Gourmet Cheese does contain soy; tofu specifically. If you still want to know how much it costs, it's about 4.99 in my area. A book you might want to check out is 'The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook' by Jo Stephaniak. Report Abuse
|||It's actually quite horrible. I had it on a pizza and it did melt but it was nasty. It tasty like unbaked dough and had the same consistency of raw dough. I suggest you just go without cheese. It's not that hard once you just accept that you can't eat it. I had the Daiya over Christmas and it was terrible. Before that I hadn't had any cheese in months and I have no desire to have it again. It was just too bad.|||Just a couple of days ago I layered eggplant slices, chopped broccoli, pasta sauce, and Daiya shredded mozzarella cheese shreds to make a vegan lasagna. My meat-eating roommate loved it, and said the cheese itself was the best substitute cheese product he had ever had...it melts beautifully.
I also use the cheddar flavor to sprinkle on salads and bowls of vegetarian chili.
You really should invest in one package to try it for yourself...both straight and melted in or on a meal.
I for one, love it.|||It melts,but when it melts it melts A LOT and is quite runny.But other than that,it tastes ok.Not very good,but not so bad.Probably the best you'll get,though.It goes best with pizza!It smells just like the real stuff,and tastes very similar,but just don't expect it to taste EXACTLY like the real thing.:]|||I LOVE Daiya! It melts really well too. I have it on tortilla chips and with pasta (mac & "cheese"). But each person has their personal preference. You'll just have to find out what yours is.|||It's the closest you'll find to dairy cheese
We decided to move in together and found a great place last month, and are planning to move in next week or so. I never really thought about it, but now I am: Will our diets create tension in our relationship? I am pregnant, so I'm not sure how he's going to want to raise the baby: Vegetarian or vegan...
I don't drink milk or eat eggs. The only animal products I eat are those already made in things and cheese.
Do you think this will cause trouble for us? Cheese is my favorite food, by the way. I hate vegan cheese.|||Some people give their young child the option to try which foods he/she wants. He might not want you eating cheese during the pregnancy, and if that's the case, he's going too far. You should eat what you are comfortable with. I'm vegan and my boyfriend is an omni. We get along fine but do not have children.
Talk to him about it. And nutritional yeast can do wonders in replacing the cheese taste. And you might want to look into casein--it's an opiate found in milk. That's why cheese is so addictive. You will have many changes in your body if you try not to eat it but that's totally up to you.
You're almost vegan. That's awesome and I'm sure he's at least happy to not have meat or eggs in the house. Good luck :)|||Surely this is a question for him? We can't tell you what he is thinking. He obv accepts you as a vegetarian so im sure he is aware that there will be animal products in the house. A child needs protein and calcium so veganism is not an option. It's cruel.|||No it will not. It's food.|||Probably not. I'm a vegetarian and my meat-eating boyfriend lives with me. We are fine.|||It will cause trouble and you should run screaming away.|||This is really a conversation you need to be having with your fianc茅|||why don't you discuss this with him.|||Why don't you talk to him about it?
I've been able to get mochi (if you're not familiar, it's pounded sweet brown rice, it's sticky when heated) to melt in a baked macaroni dish, as well as put it on "pizza". But I can't get the flavor rich enough. So far I've only added garlic powder and onion powder. I don't like nutritional yeast, I was wondering if there is any unique combination of dried seasonings which mimics cheese?
Also I can't stand the taste of vegan cheese shreds, the mochi works great, it just doesn't really have a flavor at all.
Thanks!|||I think miso or pimientos can help. Here is a nutritional yeast-free recipe that may give you some ideas. http://www.godairyfree.org/Recipes/Cheese-Subs/Cashew-Pimiento-Cheese-Sauce-Vegan-Gluten-Free-Soy-Free.html|||have you tried Daiya? you can order a 5 pound block of it from veganessentials.com and freeze most of it, itll last you ages! (if you HAVENT tried it i suggest buying a smaller size first before you go for the big 5 pound block lol it IS the best vegan cheese sub out there though)|||miso paste. Love it.
Marmite- tangy, salty, a bit sweet and tart.
soysauce with peanut butter is a great flavour, it's very popular in Thailand and Malaysia as a marinade.
I have been vegetarian all my life but I've recently gone vegan. This feels like a drastic change for me because all the meat substitutes I regularly ate (Quorn) all seem to have milk powder in?
Cheese was practically a staple for me and I've tried a vegan cheese from my local health food store (Holland and Barrett) but it was pretty vile. What can I replace cheese with; do you know any good brands?
Also, I still have not found a replacement milk I like. I've tried almond, oat, rice and soya milk. All of them pretty gross. I'm missing cereal. Any suggestions? :(|||I use hemp milk (http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/ncomm鈥?/a> ) for cereal. It's expensive (~$4/quart) but worth it imo. Some people have said it has a "gamey" taste. I think it tastes delicious. After hemp I'd suggest rice, but you said you don't like rice. Have you tried different brands of the same milks? Some brands taste different though they're made from the same thing.
The only "cheese sub." I've used is Nutritional Yeast (http://veganstore.com/index.html?stocknu鈥?/a> )--Used it like Parmesan cheese on baked eggplant. Can also make mac 'n' cheese out of it: http://rosemaryamey.ca/recipes/mac.html|||there's a new coconut milk that some people are raving about - it's low glycemic and tastes great. it's by KARA Report Abuse
|||I don't typically use cheese substitute, as most of the lactose free cheese from grocery stores still have casein, which is from milk. It is difficult to find vegan cheeses where I live.
I really like 8th continent soy milk. It's really smooth and good.
http://www.8thcontinent.com/
I buy it at kroger.
Boca has some really good vegan products. Try some of those.
=)|||Just eat cereal plain, I always eat my Cheerios straight from the box!
And all the plain milks are gross, just... bleh. But I find myself addicted to Almond Breeze Chocolate Almond Milk, it's REALLY good! I highly recommend it. :)|||I like unsweetened vanilla almond milk. It's good on cereal, and it even tastes okay to just drink by itself.|||Try Silk - Milk
and a really great cheese is Soy Kaas|||i am in love with hemp milk and it goes pretty good with most cereals.
as for cheeses, ive never found a good vegan cheese. its really not hard to live without though, i was the same way as you and when i went vegetarian i lived on dairy. but like meat after a while you wont even miss it. ive heard that nutritional yeast is supposed to give off a cheesey flavor although i have never tried it myself.
as for meat substitutes, i dont use them personally myself. instead ill use portebello mushrooms for burgers, or i make oat and veggie burgers. breaded or plain eggplant is nice once in a while with mashed potatoes or with pasta type dishes. zucchini/squash patties also go nice with potatoes or on a bun. of course beans are great. you can really get creative with vegan cooking. i would suggest maybe going to the library or buying a cookbook-amazon.com is cheaper. and dont be afraid to try something that sounds disgusting, ive found that the weirder something sounds the better it tastes.|||I too don't have much of a taste for milks. I wasn't the biggest fan of dairy milk either though.
As for cheese, there really isn't a perfect vegan cheese out there yet.
The best I have tried is Follow Your Heart and Daiya. Melted. They don't taste very good cold.
In some recipes, such as mac and cheese, you can use nutritional yeast for a good cheesy flavor.
Vegweb.com has some recipes for such or you could just google for some.
All those substitutes and fake stuff really aren't that great for you, I would suggest eating more natural veggies and fruits and grains and nuts and cooking for yourself instead of buying premade foods. I do admit though that I too am liek you, though I am trying to cut down and learn to cook more. Boca has some vegan veggie burgers that I use, I also like alot of stuff from the veggie meat section of our health food store such as tofurkey slices and Lightlife sausage and such.
Veganessentials.com is a good online vegan store full of goodies and treats you may want to check out. Good luck, sorry I couldn't be of more help.
i have been meat free for quite a while now and have been doing plenty of research on the cruelty of animals for meat and such. but i have discovered that they are treated like crap in the dairy industry and i feel so guilty because i have been eating products that contain dairy, but i DO NOT eat eggs. but milk and cheese are in a lot of what i eat. so my concern is how much are the vegan cheeses/dairy substitutes and also i live among meat eaters -____- so going out to eat is so hard, what do you do when it comes down to going out to a restarant?
thank you so much,|||I'm not sure what a dairy substitute is.
Soy milk can be bought for a dollar at any dollar store.
GOod quality soy milk is more expensive. Soy cheese and almond/walnut sesame cheese can be made, or bought any decent shop. I don't buy cheese, I've made my own soy cheese from soy beans, it's not too pricey and cheese from cows has always been a shock to me, how much it costs, it's easier to make your own nut cheese. I made almond once but didn't do it right, it tastes lovley though.
If you miss cheese, definitely make your own, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk64kkETk鈥?/a>
PS, you have to get out of that mindset eating out is hard- that is basically saying my diet is not as important as yours. They're the ones who haven't thought as much about the whole factory brainwashing thing, you have. So if they're supportive and halfway interesting people, they'll be excited about trying new things.
I mean, what- do they only go out to Dairy Queen and Bob's BBQ shack? That's a little boring. Ask them to try viet, indian, chinese places that are good for non animal styles.
http://drbenkim.com/raw-dairy-free-chees鈥?/a>
This one is from Ani Phyo- she makes a lot of different types of cheese.
http://getskinnygovegan.blogspot.com/201鈥?/a>|||Almond milk is pretty much just as cheap as normal milk. Same with vegan butter spread, its about the same price as normal butter.
And I really hate going to restaurants, if I really must go to one, Ill look through the entire menu, most likely there wont be anything for vegans, and Ill just order french fries, a salad, and ill eat the bread.
Honestly, the bread or french fries might contain/be cooked in some animal ingredient. But I don't bother asking, the waiters/chefs probably dont even know, and Id honestly rather just remain ignorant on the subject.
I mean, I barely EVER go to restaurants anyway.|||You can get 1/2 gallon of almond milk for the price of a gallon of regular milk. Of course almond milk doesn't have an "acceptable amount of puss" (according to the FDA) that cow milk does. Whatever that means...
Mmmm pimple and skin puss in your food. Thanks dairy industry!|||When I go to a restaurant(which I go to very rarely) I order vegan food. Vegan food is available in large varieties here in India in all restaurants.|||You can get soymilk for pretty cheap, I get Silk's almond milk and it's not too expensive. $2.50?|||There are several non-milk substitutes. The most popular one is soy....you do know that most of the soy products sold in the supermarket are from genetically modified soy? The price will vary from your location to mine. So you'll just have to go to your supermarket and compare or perhaps your supermarket has a website?
Almond milk is more expensive, of course. Rice milk is not very good....though taste is individual. Coconut milk is again pretty expensive.
Remember, though that none of these naturally contain calcium. The manufacturers put calcium in them to replace the calcium naturally found in cow's milk. That calcium is not as well absorbed by your body as the natural calcium found in cow's milk. So you need to drink a lot more "milk" than normal if you switch to a manufactured milk.
At your age, you need a lot of calcium to grow the bones and teeth that you'll be living with for the rest of your life. If you don't get enough, you'll have a long life to regret it.
These are the ingredients:
Organic pasteurized partly skimmed milk, bacterial culture, sea salt, microbial enzymes.
Can I be sure that this is a vegetarian cheese? I know it says microbial enzymes (which are from a vegetarian source).
It is a President's choice "Organics" cheese, and I just want to be sure. I haven't eaten cheese in many months, and I was just looking for something to make pizza with. There are no vegan cheese substitutes available where I live, but I would try a cheese-less pizza.
Also if you don't know that most cheeses aren't vegetarian, then don't answer this question.|||What kind of rennet was used to make it?
Edit: Then its vegetarian. If no animal rennet was used, then it has to be vegetarian. Animal rennet is the ONLY ingredient in cheese that makes it non-vegetarian.|||Sounds like it is one of the few cheeses that would genuinely qualify as vegetarian!|||That one would probably pass my test. Save a slice of the pizza for me!|||Yip (:
I use bread crumbs and everything cooks well enough but the problme is any pasta near the top gets very crunchy and well its not cice. I am sure cheese usually keeps the top moist but when I hate the taste what can I use instead. Bread crumbs are not enough.
An idea I had myself but I have not tried out yet and would love to know how does it sound would be to mix the bread crumbs in some tomato paste and then use on top. Could that stop the pasta close to the top from drying out. Anyone else have similar problem, like perhaps any vegans who don't use vegan cheese. what do you use. Thanks|||Either do not bake your pasta, just sauce it and serve, or cover the dish with foil before baking.|||It sounds as though its lacking in oil. Many cheeses when melted produce oil. Have you tried adding a bit of olive oil or oil of your preference? If the consistency is also important perhaps try adding crumbled soy with oil. I like your idea of tomato paste over the breadcrumbs.|||Try garlic cashew aioli- use a food processor to mix fresh peeled garlic, cashews, sea salt, and black pepper- if you want, substitute macadamia nuts, they melt a bit like cheese.|||I don't eat cheese and instead use a white sauce to make lasagne
or indeed a tomato sauce|||Aluminum foil.|||Just a plain white sauce (milk, butter and a little bit of flour) with breadcrumbs sprinkled in it?|||grind up some apples and use that instead. Also use some candle wax...it looks great but just dont eat it|||Get your fing life together and learn how to appreciate meat, seafood and milk and cheese and so on.. Any reasoning behing you wanting to b a vegetarian is ridiculous.
I have some lasagne sheets (they are vegan right? just wheat I think...) but I don't know how to make a lasagne properly. I attempted a veggie one back when I was vegetarian, but I'm vegan now so I can't use dairy cheese. Should I just replace it with vegan cheese or use something else, or just omit it altogether?
I'd prefer a "simple" recipe as the one I tried to make before went wrong/didn't taste good!
Thank you! :)|||here's one I invented:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=29151.鈥?/a>
I've had hardcore meatmouths tell me it was delicious. It's easy to make and soooo good.|||I made one once, BEFORE I became a vegan, but I didn't use a recipe. I took it to work (each day for a week I took in something different I'd cooked the previous night - all vegan and all well-received - I think it was Vegetarian Week or Vegan Week or something like that, maybe 3 years ago). I can't remember exactly what I used, but I had been making vegetarian lasagne for several years before that, so I probably just left out the grated cheese and cottage cheese, or used something else instead of the cheeses. Whatever - it worked out nicely. I must be about due to make some again.
Contrary to another answerer's response, lasagne sheets (at least the ones I buy in the supermarket) don't contain egg, otherwise I would never have eaten lasagne.|||Use cheese made from either soy or tofu if it didn't taste good without it. Btw, why won't you eat dairy like milk and cheese? I dont like cheese at all!.When you think about it it kinda grosses me out b.c its just milk that has gone bad for a real long long time such that bacteria causes it to form solid clumps which we call cheese. Also, did you know that cheese can be made from other things too?. I saw on fear factor where they had to eat maggot cheese which was formed from the poop of maggots. ew!|||http://allrecipes.com/recipe/vegan-lasag鈥?/a>
good luck making it!:)|||Pasta is made using eggs, which is not Vegan. But if your ok with this than....
Traditional Lasagna
Lasanga Of course, traditional lasagna isn't vegan but this version is about as close as you can get and a wonderful dish to serve nonvegan guests. This lasagna can be prepared ahead of time and then refrigerated or frozen until you are ready to cook it. Just be sure to bring it to room temperature before baking or you'll end up with a cold center.
12 ounces lasagna noodles (9 to 12 noodles)
2 (16-ounce) packages firm tofu
3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley or 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Black pepper to taste
1 (25-ounce) jar or 3 cups homemade marinara sauce
1 1/2 to 2 cups shredded vegan mozzarella cheese
6 tablespoons vegan parmesan cheese
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cook the lasagna noodles in a large pot of boiling water (I like to do 6 at a time) about 8 minutes or until tender but still firm. Drain the noodles and spread them out to keep them from sticking together. In a food processor, blender, or a bowl, mix and mash the tofu, parsley, salt, and pepper together until smooth.
Spread a thin layer of marinara sauce in a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Place noodles in pan, overlapping them slightly to cover the bottom. Spread a thin layer of sauce of the noodles. Cover the sauce with half of the tofu mixture. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the parmesan over the tofu. Cover the layer of noodles, then sauce, remaining tofu mixture, and 2 more tablespoons of the parmesan. Place another layer of noodles over the tofu and cheese and cover with the remaining sauce. Sprinkle with the remaining parmesan cheese and the mozzarella.
Bake uncovered for 30 to 40 minutes, or until hot and bubbly. Let the lasagna rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing to set
I'm eating with my non-vegan extended family tomorrow and I need a good recipe. I'll have time to make something in the morning, but not something too extravagant. The more common the ingredients the better. Please people, keep the tofu to a minimum. No broccoli, peppers, cucumbers, or celery please. I doubt that anyone would use these for Easter, but I don't have cardamom or coriander. And don't center the recipe around cheese, as I have yet to find a vegan cheese that I like. Thanks!|||My stepmother-in-law is vegan and she makes a dish with Quinoa, avacado, tomatoes, palm hearts, spices and some oil.
It is really good.
Sorry I don't have a full on recipe for you. You could substitute the quinoa for another grain if you like.|||Russ Parsons, who is a food writer for the Los Angeles Times just did an article on making a meal of asparagus. He likes the big fat spears, that can be roasted or steamed and drizzled with some good extra virgin olive oil, a little coarse salt and a squeeze of lemon.
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/|||I'll give you some ideas and you can look up recipes for any that interest you:
Bean salads like cannelloni beans with onion, olive oil and red wine vinegar, mexican bean salad, chickpea salad, 3 bean salad
raw vegetable and pita chip platter with hummus dip
a baby spinach and strawberry salad
hot or cold grain dish with rice or barley or bulgar--maybe use some lovely swiss chard
Sweet potatoes baked with fresh orange juice, vegan spread, agave nectar and pecans
grilled leeks or fennel with a balsamic vinegar reduction
Spinach sauteed with raisins and pine nuts
asparagus-- grilled bundles or orange or lemon glazed or sauteed with garlic
gingered carrot coins
so many wonderful options!
I love cheese, and I feel like a failure. Please, ANY good vegan cheese? homemade or store bought? I hate daiya. But honestly, I love all other vegan things.
Also, what are some good complete proteins? And good foods to put together to make a complete protein? also, any thing else you could tell me would be great! Low cal options would be nice too!
I can't believe I'm asking this after four years of vegetarianism, I should've asked years earlier.
One more thing, I'm a fairly good cook. If that means anything. I also love tofu...
thanks so much!|||You are a disgrace to veganity! CHEESE IS THE VEGAN'S DEVIL!! I know you are tempted by the glorious seduction of cheese but do not trust it! It will betray you! Eating cheese may seem like a good idea, but you will lose your vegan powers! RESIST the temptation!!|||Have you tried nutritional yeast? It would be worth it for you to see if you like it. Then, please try this recipe for vegan lasagna. I was such a cheese lover until I tried this recipe. Hope you like it!
It's called mushroom and spinach lasagna, but you can substitute any vegetables you like. My daughter does not like mushrooms, so I used zucchini instead. Recipes like this are very flexible.
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Easy Vegan Spinach and Mushroom Lasagna
Recipes for vegan lasagna abound, and I鈥檓 sure you can find fancier, richer tasting versions, but for sheer easiness of preparation and basic yumminess, this one can鈥檛 be beat. You don鈥檛 need to pre-cook the lasagna noodles, and you can make it super-easy by using jarred spaghetti sauce.|||almond cheese is good, and I do like soycheese, but then I'm not huge on cheese. I find it disgusting in most cases.
Chickpeas and miso paste, with sesame noodles. Loverly.|||Daiya cheese for the win. You should give it a try.|||Just make your own rules. Eat what you want. You like cheese eat cheese what is it with you people?|||eat what YOU want. who carse what anyone else thinks.|||As far as the cheese goes.. I liked the *Follow Your Heart* mozzarella, tasted nice to me.
Complete Proteins - Grains & Legumes
Soy is also considered a complete protein on its own containing all essential amino acids.
Lentils cooked with some Himalayan salt and ground pepper is delicious.
Tofu that has been cubed, and baked with Tamari is delicious.
Ezekiel cereal is pretty good - sprouted and complete protein.
Ohhh.. also if you like miso soup, I get the hearty brown rice miso that has been fermented in them cedar caskets for 3 years! mm.. But anyway.. I make a really good miso soup.. I boil the water, chop up some kale, jerusalem artichoke, and burdock root, slice them up into thin slices, and chop up the kale. Throw the Burdock root and the artichoke in while it's boiling, then turn the heat off. Then add the chopped up kale, waiting for it to cool off a little bit more before you add the miso (NEVER BOIL MISO, you kill all the good enzymes and bacteria). Then I usually put in 2-3 tablespoons of miso with 2 tablespoons of almond butter. Sounds like a weird combination -- but it's a match in heaven. You can also but cubed tofu in it as well, tastes great. Change the ingredients according to your taste.|||There really isn't any perfect vegan substitute for cheese. We just simply can't recreate the flavor. The best substitute I have found is Dr. Cow nut cheese http://www.dr-cow.com/products/
If you just keep at it, and continually strengthen and renew your conviction by continually exposing yourself to the reasons against eating dairy (the links I posted below will help) eventually you will be disgusted by dairy and it won't appeal to you anymore. Animal cruelty isn't the only reason to avoid dairy, its also very harmful to your body.
To me, the thought of consuming the milk of any animal is pretty gross. Would you drink human breastmilk by the glass? If that sounds gross, its that much more gross to drink the milk from the breast of another species. Yuck.
I'm a vegetarian, but I wish to stop eating real cheese. My mom has started getting farm eggs from her friend. She raises a few chickens as pets. There are no roosters, so we know the eggs are never fertilized. So, once a week we're allowed to go get a dozen eggs. :) I'm also trying to transition to skim milk. I'm only making my own cookies and desserts at home now too, instead of buying them from the store.
So, now that I've got milk and eggs out of the way, I need help with cheese. It's a pretty big party of my diet. I mean, I don't eat a lot of it, but I have it at least every other day. I like to make veggie pizza some nights. Are there any alternatives to cheese? Like, is there vegan cheese? I don't have any organic grocery store nearby. We shop at the Walmart supermarket, so... If you know they sell it there, that would be great. :)
Thanks!|||nononono don't get soy cheese; it contains milk protein. Don't get that!
Daiya cheese is -amazing-. I love it. I like it better than regular cheese. And don't use too much of it either or else it's kinda weird... but it's kinda expensive so not having to use a lot is good XD
But really, try to get Daiya cheese. It melts really easily and I got a bad of shredded mozzarella for about $5.|||You won't find it at Wal*Mart, but you should find out if your local health food store has nutritional yeast. It's delicious in recipes and has great nutrients.
Daiya - Whole Foods
Teese - Whole Foods
Honestly, you won't find much at Wal*Mart. The only vegan "cheese" they might have would be the Galaxy Nutritional Foods "Rice" cheese or "Vegan" cheese. If it doesn't say that on it, it's not vegan. They carry fake cheeses but it contains casein - a milk protein.|||Is yogurt out of the question? Greek yogurt can be a pretty decent substitute.
Also, no need to feel bad about getting some milk fat in moderation. It contains a trans-fatty acid (CLA, I think it's called) that actually seems to be beneficial at high enough doses.|||I can't touch faux cheese unless it's daiya.
But I believe that's at wholefoods.
D;|||There is soy cheese. I'm not sure if they sell it at wal鈥art or not. I've seen it in a few grocery stores, although.
You can also get cashews, put them in a blender, then fill it with water until he water is at the EXACT same level as the nuts. Then, blend until you get a thick mixture. Scoop the mixture out on to a paper towel (2 paper towels to make one, full sheet), the towel in a bowl. Wrap the cheese mixture in the towel in the bowl. Then put a plate over the bowl, and a heavy jar or big water filled glass over the plate. Set it in a warm area over the fire place for 24 hours. Wella! Creamy cheese :). Leave it out longer for really thick cheese. And triple or quadruple the layers of paper towels.
hey im vegetarian,and i only eat free range eggs and milk and stuff,
lately ive been thinking of going full on vegan(no dairy)
but...i hate soya milk :/
and would get bored of just vegetables and fruit and nuts and stuff?
also cheese lettuce and mayonaise rolls are my fav! :(
anywhoo...what kinda stuff could i eat?
can you get vegan cheese,mayonaise etc..?
does it taste different,how?
please i really want to help animals,and stand up for there rights..
What can vegans eat? :D
thanks!x|||There is this really cool place in Manchester - that's where I'm from. And they are all Buddhists and they serve all vegan food. It's a really nice place. It's called the Buddhist centre incase you were wondering (although I'm probably sure you don't live anywhere near!)
They serve lots of tasty and interesting things. I don't know how they do it.
I'm a vegetarian, and I thought about becoming a vegan a few months ago. Maybe I could become one in the future when I've grown up properly so I am strong.|||I'll give you some starter grass
Here don't eat all of it you need it when your hungry|||vegans only eat fruits and vegies and stuff like that. They do not eat anything made by animals, not just meat like vegitarians. they dont have any dairy, any meats. and anything else made by an animal|||going vegan in this day and age is much easier than any other time.. there are tons of alternatives to just about anything you can think of.. as far as soy milk there are tons of alternatives to that also.. try rice,almond, or coconut milk.. hope you find this helpful|||I was nervous about going vegan, but it is honestly really easy :) I loved cheese but I don't miss it at all.
You can get vegan mayonaise, which tastes just as good if not better. You could get oat milk or I think there is also a rice one. But if you keep trying sweetened soya milk you will get a taste for it.
It the same for any food you don't particularly like, you will get a taste for.
I eat pasta, loads of things with rice, many different forms of potato, vegan fake meat, loads of fruit and veg, vegan yoghurt (very nice), etc.
It takes a little while to get into, so it's best to just start slowly by substituting a few of your meals with vegan and gradually work up.
It's also good to have something to keep you going, such as a video to watch or some pictures that reminds you why you are doing it.
Good luck!|||IM NOT A VEGAN BUT LOVE ANIALS AND SUPPORT YOURE CAUSE...I AM ALSO A CARD CARRYING MEMBER OF THE ASPCA...NOW BEING VEGAN DONSNT MEAN THAT U CANT EAT MEATLESS PRODUCTS MADE FROM ANIMALS...TRY PANCAKES,WAFFLES,GARLIC TOAST,POTATOES,CARROTS,APPLES,MANGOES,GR鈥?etc..
IN THIS DAY AND AGE,THERE IS A LOT U CAN EAT THAT DOSNT CONTAIN MEAT BYPRODUCTS.........
I HOPE THIS ANSWER HELPS|||VEGANS|||You don't have to drink soy milk to be vegan. You also could try a different brand (here in the U.S., Silk is the best for drinking, but I use the Whole Foods store brand for baking). Or you could drink rice milk, almond milk, oat milk, etc.
Vegans eat fruit, vegetables, nuts, grains, and beans. I don't get bored, as that covers a lot of ground. If you like cheese, there's soy cheese, although most types really aren't that good. If you like mayo, there's Vegenaise.
What do you eat now, as a vegetarian? Just subtract the cheese, eggs, and milk, and eat that.|||im not here to change your mind about going vegan but i wanted to let you know that it can be a life changing decision, my sisters boyfriend was vegan and he was so underweight, and there wasnt anything he could really eat like when we would go out to eat or something.|||First of all, I'm overweight and a vegetarian (I eat dairy only sparingly). So if you're looking to it as a crash diet, you might find it difficult to stay the course, as it's not meant to be some sort of miracle diet. I realize you didn't say it was, but hearing about someone's underweight friend reminded me of that. Sorry, I digress.
As people have mentioned before, there are substitutes for everything. Also, there are plenty of types of milk (as people have also mentioned), and vegenaise is delicious (!).
On a side-note: watch out for soy cheese, some of it may have lactose in it! Check the labels before you assume anything is vegan! This is important! Lol I use too many exclamation points.
For breakfast look into Luna bars. They're delicious, full of good nutrients, and vegan (I'm 98% sure all of the flavors are vegan). Beans are wonderful. You'd never realize how many types of beans there are and how much you can do with them! Also, tofu is great because it's versatile and takes the taste of anything you cook it with. Also, tofu is typically the main ingredient in vegan cheesecake, which is AMAZING XD.
The web is (as you well know) a great resource. You can look up vegan/ veg restaurants in your area, but it is especially important in finding recipes. VEGAN RESTAURANTS ARE SPECTACULAR. Haha, I highly suggest you find one, because the chefs there are usually amazing.|||Animals have rights? I never knew that. If you want to eat rabbit food fine, leave the meat for me. There is room for all of gods creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.
I made myself some pizza and upside down cake today and they both happened to be the best I've ever tried.
The pizza was tomato sauce, vegan cheese and pineapple.
The recipe:
Make a vegan pizza base - http://www.syvum.com/cgi/online/serve.cg鈥?/a>
then mix some chopped canned tomatoes with about one heaped tablespoon of garlic paste, add rosemary, mix and put on the pizza. Then, add the cheese (I used Cheezly mozzarella style), pineapple, fresh basil, olive oil and black pepper.
Cook at gas mark 5.
It was the first time I tried Cheezly and I honestly couldn't tell the difference when it was cooked.
The recipe for the upside down cake can be found here -
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2007/08/pea鈥?/a>
I used canned rhubarb and apricot, and didn't cook them in a pan with sugar because they were tinned with syrup.|||:O There are so many good ones! My favorite are the pizza's!
The Cauliflower "mashed potatoes" are REALLY good to.
* 1 lb cauliflower floret (frozen or 1 head fresh)
* 1/4 cup soymilk (fat free or other)
* 1/4 cup water
* 1 garlic clove, minced
* 1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning or Mrs. Dash seasoning mix
* 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
* black pepper (to taste)
* 2 teaspoons cornstarch (MIXED WITH)
* 2 tablespoons water|||Heat the oven to 450. Slice tofu into bite-sized pieces, and season (to taste) with soy sauce and sesame oil. Place (uncovered) in oven when you're done, regardless of whether the temperature is at 450. Cook for 20 minutes, or until desired texture is obtained.|||I love it when people ask questions and then answer them in the explanation.
http://bacolicio.us|||sounds amazing, pineapple is my favorite topping on pizza, maybe ill try that recipe.
i made some cookies today and they were the best ever!
http://www.theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/鈥?/a>
heres the recipe they are super easy, if you decide to ever try it only put the cookies in the oven for 10-11 min, they will seem gooey but once they cool they are perfect.|||Sorry mine is simple. We usually have spinach soup. But its very delicious.
I stirfried it with some veggies but it was kinda grossing me out... Am i just not used to it? What would be a more appealing way to prepare it since i'm not really used to the taste/texture??
What exactly are legumes? Everyones saying that vegetarians/vegans eat them... I assume thier like a bean? How do you prepare them??
Is there such a thing as like vegan cheese or yogurt or milk??
Just wondering! Thanks so much! : )|||"Legume" is a big category that includes beans, and some things that we (incorrectly) call/think of as nuts (like cashews and peanuts.)
Lots of vegan milks.. Most soy milks are animal-product free, as are most rice milks
for "veggie" or "vegan" cheeses, it depends on how "picky" you are.. there are alot of decent ones, but alot of them have one little bitty milk protien in them.. But it's possible to find ones without
yes there are "soy" yogurts.. some of them are quite tasty..
As for tofu, well, I eat it all the time, but I LOVE It.. you can hardly "mess up" tofu as far as I'm concerned, so don't know how much help I will be.. but you can try this recipie
get extra firm tofu from the produce section of the grocery
Drain well (it should be sitting in water)
mash it up till it looks like feta cheese
lightly "fry" in a nonstick skillet with the following seasonings
Black pepper
garlic powder
onion powder
a "vegetarian" chicken flavored broth (you know, something that's meant to taste kinda like chicken, but doesn't actually have chicken in it)
a dash of soy sauce
Nutritional Yeast flakes (if you can find them at Whole foods)
let it simmer with those seasonings, stirring GENTLY as needed, until it's lost that "raw" look and the texture has changed slightly, and it's a bit dryer
then add
salsa and/or diced tomatoes
cook a few minutes longer
when done, eat with tortillas, sour cream, and more salsa! YUM!! (I call it my "southwest style scrambled tofu")|||Not big on tofu, so you are out of luck there, LOL Here is a site for recipes for Tofu, they are in oder from best recipes to worst recipes, ENJOY!!!
http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes-Adv鈥?/a>
Legumes are beans, you are right.
There is Vegan milk, it's called soy milk. You can also buy Vegan cheese too. Here is the search for Vegan cheese for you to glance through:
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oG鈥?/a>
Tons of Vegan ideas for your cheese issue, LOL|||The term "legumes" refers to a class of plants that are high protein and fix nitrogen in the soil. We also use this term when speaking of the fruits of these plants. All beans are legumes. Peas and peanuts are also legumes. Clover and alfalfa are legumes as well, but not ones you're likely to eat.
As for tofu-yes, it takes some getting used to. I would suggest going to Asian restaurants, e.g., authentic-style Chinese and/or Japanese restaurants, and trying a variety of dishes that use tofu.
My favorite tofu dish is gado-gado, which has raw or cooked veggies and a peanut sauce over it. One of the Moosewood cookbooks (sorry, can't remember which one) contains a simplified version.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gado-gado or look for it on Google.|||When ever my wife cooks tofu, I usually make some excuse to go to the bathroom, and quietly flush it away. Bets preparation, period.|||I keep my tofu in the freezer--freezing tofu makes it chewier. I have details in my profile; saves me time typing it to all the folks who have questions about tofu. But simplyy put: You freeze, defrost, press. And you will get used to the texture.
Legumes are beans and some plants mistakenly considered nuts, such as peanuts. How you prepare them depends on the bean, the recipe, and your tastes. Chickpeas (garbanzo beans) are used to make hummus and falafel. You can heat up black beans and make a burrito or taco. You can mix beans with rice or with corn. You can also make chili with beans and crumbled tempeh.
There are vegan cheeses out there, but since I was never a cheese freak, I rarely use them. So I can't tell you which ones are good and which are gross. Whole Soy & Company makes vegan yogurt, as does Soy Delicious. And there are many varieties of vegan "milks"--soy milk, almond milk, oat milk, rice milk, and hemp milk, to name a few. You'll have to experiment to find the flavor and the brand you like best. Soy milk can be used in recipes calling for cows' milk in a 1:1 ratio.
And although you didn't ask, yes, Virginia, there is also soy ice cream--I'm a fan of Soy Delicious Purely Decadent. There's also rice ice cream, but I have yet to try it.
I stirfried it with some veggies but it was kinda grossing me out... Am i just not used to it? What would be a more appealing way to prepare it since i'm not really used to the taste/texture??
What exactly are legumes? Everyones saying that vegetarians/vegans eat them... I assume thier like a bean? How do you prepare them??
Is there such a thing as like vegan cheese or yogurt or milk??
Just wondering! Thanks so much! : )|||"Legume" is a big category that includes beans, and some things that we (incorrectly) call/think of as nuts (like cashews and peanuts.)
Lots of vegan milks.. Most soy milks are animal-product free, as are most rice milks
for "veggie" or "vegan" cheeses, it depends on how "picky" you are.. there are alot of decent ones, but alot of them have one little bitty milk protien in them.. But it's possible to find ones without
yes there are "soy" yogurts.. some of them are quite tasty..
As for tofu, well, I eat it all the time, but I LOVE It.. you can hardly "mess up" tofu as far as I'm concerned, so don't know how much help I will be.. but you can try this recipie
get extra firm tofu from the produce section of the grocery
Drain well (it should be sitting in water)
mash it up till it looks like feta cheese
lightly "fry" in a nonstick skillet with the following seasonings
Black pepper
garlic powder
onion powder
a "vegetarian" chicken flavored broth (you know, something that's meant to taste kinda like chicken, but doesn't actually have chicken in it)
a dash of soy sauce
Nutritional Yeast flakes (if you can find them at Whole foods)
let it simmer with those seasonings, stirring GENTLY as needed, until it's lost that "raw" look and the texture has changed slightly, and it's a bit dryer
then add
salsa and/or diced tomatoes
cook a few minutes longer
when done, eat with tortillas, sour cream, and more salsa! YUM!! (I call it my "southwest style scrambled tofu")|||Not big on tofu, so you are out of luck there, LOL Here is a site for recipes for Tofu, they are in oder from best recipes to worst recipes, ENJOY!!!
http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes-Adv鈥?/a>
Legumes are beans, you are right.
There is Vegan milk, it's called soy milk. You can also buy Vegan cheese too. Here is the search for Vegan cheese for you to glance through:
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oG鈥?/a>
Tons of Vegan ideas for your cheese issue, LOL|||The term "legumes" refers to a class of plants that are high protein and fix nitrogen in the soil. We also use this term when speaking of the fruits of these plants. All beans are legumes. Peas and peanuts are also legumes. Clover and alfalfa are legumes as well, but not ones you're likely to eat.
As for tofu-yes, it takes some getting used to. I would suggest going to Asian restaurants, e.g., authentic-style Chinese and/or Japanese restaurants, and trying a variety of dishes that use tofu.
My favorite tofu dish is gado-gado, which has raw or cooked veggies and a peanut sauce over it. One of the Moosewood cookbooks (sorry, can't remember which one) contains a simplified version.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gado-gado or look for it on Google.|||When ever my wife cooks tofu, I usually make some excuse to go to the bathroom, and quietly flush it away. Bets preparation, period.|||I keep my tofu in the freezer--freezing tofu makes it chewier. I have details in my profile; saves me time typing it to all the folks who have questions about tofu. But simplyy put: You freeze, defrost, press. And you will get used to the texture.
Legumes are beans and some plants mistakenly considered nuts, such as peanuts. How you prepare them depends on the bean, the recipe, and your tastes. Chickpeas (garbanzo beans) are used to make hummus and falafel. You can heat up black beans and make a burrito or taco. You can mix beans with rice or with corn. You can also make chili with beans and crumbled tempeh.
There are vegan cheeses out there, but since I was never a cheese freak, I rarely use them. So I can't tell you which ones are good and which are gross. Whole Soy & Company makes vegan yogurt, as does Soy Delicious. And there are many varieties of vegan "milks"--soy milk, almond milk, oat milk, rice milk, and hemp milk, to name a few. You'll have to experiment to find the flavor and the brand you like best. Soy milk can be used in recipes calling for cows' milk in a 1:1 ratio.
And although you didn't ask, yes, Virginia, there is also soy ice cream--I'm a fan of Soy Delicious Purely Decadent. There's also rice ice cream, but I have yet to try it.
The yummy world of dairy::Pizzaaaaa,icecream,cheese,mashed potatoes,dip to the chips,ranch dressing to the salad,--all tasty foods I cant break away from so easily!
Okay well Im going to soon make a vegan pizza and see how it tastes;;I have yet to find a vegan cheese that tastes just as good as cheddar,Im going to look for vegan ranch dressing,Havent found a vegan dip unless I can find a vegan sour cream..its just that its hard to go vegan when constantly surrounded by dairy or unable to drive to the store..its expensive too!
If you can really convince me to go vegan I will try even harder to say no to certain foods! Please give me all the facts and everything you can to get me to go vegan. Im trying as it is but I will try harder. Ive done some research and agree with the fact that milk is meant for the baby cow not us. But with the negative:Going vegan isnt stopping the world from hurting these poor animals.Itll make me feel better but yeah. Please help!?|||In our minds, we often think of dairy cows like this.....http://www.magnafat.com/Two%20cows.jpg
But the sad reality is more like this...
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl…
Dairy cows are treat like milk machines. There's a lot of suffering involved. Cows are very intelligent animals and they don't deserve this cruelty. No animal deserves this.
By going vegan, you can use dairy alternatives that are cruelty free. ^_^|||Health! My sister went hippy...sorry vegan about 8 years or so ago. She has hade no health problems since she hasent been to the doctor in several years. This dosent count the doctors that helped her through her pregnancy last year. So if you want to avoid the doctor go hippy. If you want a wide varity of food stay the meaty course.|||These sites have delicious foods. They have mostly vegan foods too. Much better than meat!
http://silksoymilk.com -chocolate and chai flavors are good
http://amys.com
http://gardenburger.com
http://yvesveggie.com
http://sunshineburger.com
http://rightfoods.com
http://veganstore.com -they have chocolate!
If you have a dog here is a site to get vegan dog food: http://www.v-dogfood.com/
Here are some good recipes:
Stir fry- You need cut up tofu, soy sauce, olive oil, steamed veggies, and cooked rice
Get a frying pan and coat it with olive oil. The put the tofu in the pan and brown each side of it. Next, add the veggies. Add a little soy sauce and put in the rice. Mix everything up and then let it sit on the stove, occasionally stirring it to make sure it doesn't burn. After about a minute and a half of that put it in a bowl and enjoy!
Hummus- chick peas, lemon juice, paprika, black pepper, and any other spices/seasonings you like
Puree the chick peas. Then add a little lemon juice, paprika, pepper, and other spices. Then stir. Serve with a pita, with cucumbers, or on a veggie wrap.
Here are some snack and dinner suggestions:
Snacks:
Celery with peanut butter
Apples with peanut butter
Pita with hummus
Raisins
Amy's Apple Toaster Pops
All natural popsicles
Natural Valley bars
Fruit Leather
Silk Chocolate Soy Milk
Naked Juice
Apple chips
Dinners:
Tofu Stir Fry
Amy's Pizzas
Amy's entrees
Sandwiches made with Yves meatless deli slices
Tofu Scramble
Gardenburgers
Natural Oven's bagels
Dr. McDougall's Soups and Noodle Soups
Soy Cheese Quesedillas
Veggie Wraps
Whole foods is a great store for vegetarians/vegans, so I recommend grocery shopping there. You also can get a lot of the things I listed above there.|||I understand! i'm also trying to go vegan but i really like cheese... it's hard to. My advice to you (for what it's worth) is to get your parents ( i assume you live with them cuz you said you were unable to drive to the store) support. If you eat a lot of dairy now, make sure you get enough protein and calcium without it. you should probably see a dietician for tips.|||The Real Life of Dairy Cows
The 9 million cows living on dairy farms in the United States will spend most of their lives either in a large shed or on a feces-caked mud lot where disease is rampant. A dairy cow will be repeatedly impregnated, her babies will be taken from her, and humans will drink the milk intended for her babies. When her exhausted body can no longer give milk, she will be sent to slaughter and ground up for hamburgers.
Stolen Babies, Stolen Milk
Cows produce milk for the same reason that humans do—to feed their babies. To keep giving milk, cows must be forcibly impregnated through artificial insemination every year. The cows’ babies are generally taken away within a day of being born—male calves are destined for veal crates, while females are sentenced to the same fate as their mothers.
Mother cows on dairy farms can often be seen searching and calling for their babies after they have been taken away. Author Oliver Sacks, M.D., wrote of a visit that he and cattle expert Dr. Temple Grandin made to a dairy farm and of the great tumult of bellowing that they heard when they arrived: “‘They must have separated the calves from the cows this morning,’ Temple said, and, indeed, this was what had happened. We saw one cow outside the stockade, roaming, looking for her calf, and bellowing. ‘That’s not a happy cow,’ Temple said. ‘That’s one sad, unhappy, upset cow. She wants her baby. Bellowing for it, hunting for it. She’ll forget for a while, then start again. It’s like grieving, mourning—not much written about it. People don’t like to allow them thoughts or feelings.’”
Read more about cow intelligence and emotion.
The mother cow will be hooked up several times a day to machines that take the milk intended for her calf. Through genetic manipulation, powerful hormones, and intensive milking, she will produce about three times as much milk as she would naturally. She may be pumped full of bovine growth hormone (BGH), which contributes to painful inflammation of the udder, known as “mastitis.” (BGH is used throughout the U.S. but has been banned in Europe and Canada because of concerns for human health and animal welfare.) According to the industry’s own figures, between 30 and 50 percent of dairy cows suffer from mastitis, which is an extremely painful condition.
A cow’s natural lifespan is 25 years, but a cow used by the dairy industry is killed after only four or five years. By the time they are killed, an industry study reports that nearly 40 percent of dairy cows are lame because of the filth, intensive confinement, and the strain of constantly being pregnant and giving milk. Dairy cows are turned into soup, companion animal food, or low-grade hamburger meat, their bodies too “spent” to be used for anything else.
Veal Calves
Male calves—“byproducts” of the dairy industry—are generally taken away from their mothers when they are less than 1 day old. The calves are then placed in dark, tiny crates, where they are kept almost completely immobilized so that their flesh stays tender. The calves are fed a liquid diet that is low in iron and has little nutritive value in order to make their flesh white. This heinous treatment makes the calves ill, and they frequently suffer from anemia, diarrhea and pneumonia. Frightened, sick, and alone, these calves are killed after only a few months of life. “Veal” is the flesh of a tortured, sick baby cow and a byproduct of the milk industry.
All adult and baby cows, whether raised for their flesh or their milk, are eventually shipped to a slaughterhouse and killed.
Also have a look at this website http://www.milksucks.co.uk
The above information helped my decision to go vegan and never go back!|||Drinking milk does contribute to unnecessary death and suffering. Just like humans cows only lactate a few months after birth. For cows to produce a constant supply of milk they must be continually artificially inseminated and give birth. Their babies are taken away from them soon after they are born. If they are male they will be trapped in veal crates, fed an anemic diet and confined in darkness and eventually killed. If they are female they will go on to also be dairy cows (or more correctly milk machines). This separation causes distress to both mother and calf. Drinking milk supports the veal industry. Cows are also pumped with hormones and antibiotics to increase milk production. This often leads to mastitis, a painful infection of the udders. Constant milk production leaches calcium from cow's bones leaving them eventually lame or crippled.
Dairy is for baby cows not for human consumption. Humans are the only animals that consume dairy after infancy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr-EyIaXA…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=rel…
These are the horrible conditions battery hens live in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4_R5sGHI…
Even as free range hens I garantee you most chickens do not live out their live and die of old age. They generally end up on some ones dinner plate or in dog food.
No one can *make* you become vegan. It has to be your choice and you must have it within you to do it.
Good luck =)
Im already a vegetarian, but Im thinking about becoming a vegan. Ive tried lots of times before, but I always ended up head first in a bowl of ice cream. Since I cant buy vegan cheese or ice cream or ect (cause Im 14 and my parents cant afford to buy the regular and vegan version of anything. and trust me, theres nooo way I can convert my brother and dad to veganism, I cant even explain to them why Im a vegetarian), I figured getting some more knowledge about why to be vegan would help support me when I crave something. So, got any reasons or tips?
Thankss :]|||Health benefits are one of the primary reasons people become vegan. Weight loss, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, less use of medication, avoiding surgery, and feeling and looking great are some of the many health benefits.
Although many people ask how vegans get the nutrients they need or attempt to prove that animal products are essential, a vegan diet is actually healthier than the alternative. Read more about the essential nutrients vegan receive in a later section.
Dieting by eating less is the most common form of weight loss in the United States. However, it is not the healthiest. This method can cause anorexia and other malnutrition disorders. But to lose weight you don't have to eat less. You can eat as much as you like of the right foods and not gain weight. Food itself is not what causing weight gain. Animals products contain extremely high amounts of fat that vegetables don't have. By not eating high-fat foods you will lose weight, even if you continue to eat a lot.
Another major certain for many people is cholesterol. Too much cholesterol can clod your arteries and cause heart attacks and strokes. The good news is only animal products contain cholesterol. Humans naturally also have small amounts of cholesterol. By not eating animal products, your cholesterol level will remain low, limited to the amount already in your body.
High blood pressure levels will also drop considerably, with just a few weeks of eating the right foods.
Often doctors give patients medications to "solve" their medical needs. All these medications are is drugs. The natural state for the healthy human body in a drug-free state. Medications generally make you feel better but not really improve the situation. Healthy foods will allow you to become less dependant on medications.
People who eat high on the food chain, consuming large amounts of meat, dairy products and eggs, are plagued by chronic lifestyle diseases, ranging from cardiovascular deterioration to many types of cancer. A rich body of medical literature links the high quantities of cholesterol, saturated fat and protein found in meat-rich diets to the incidence of these diseases throughout the world.
Although surgery can fix some problems, it is often only a temporary solution. It is often the patient's diet that caused the problem, so continuing to eat the same, could bring the problem back. Becoming a vegan is a permanent change, that can greatly reduce or eliminate this unnecessary and expensive surgery an unhealthy diet can cause.
For those concerned about their health, reducing the consumption of animal foods is as essential as quitting smoking or regular exercise.|||Well, why are you a vegetarian? I'm a vegetarian and am one purely for animal rights purposes. I want to be a vegan too because animals like chickens and cows are treated cruelly and live in a small cage or pen while they spend their lives giving milk or laying eggs.|||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zz-Ubsn-鈥?/a>
30 reasons to become a vegan
a peta video, but i dont support peta|||Vegan's are just healthier!
Hey "better than you", go choke on a cheeseburger at McDonalds.|||I know exactly how you feel. I was struggling with this same question; however, in the end I knew being vegetarian was right for me. I felt very strongly about animal rights, but the dairy cows must be milked. It a process that their body must undergo!How these cows are treated affects their milk too; therefore, they must be treated well. Otherwise, the milk will not pass inspection. The exact same scenario goes for chickens and laying eggs. If the chickens are treated poorly, it can affect their eggs! Going vegan is a personal choice, but it can also be a dangerous one. You are depriving your body of many necessary ingredients that can harm you in the long run. I would say that you should stay vegetarian. You are still doing the right thing by protecting animal rights, but you are also looking out for your physical well-being. If you decide to be vegetarian, I suggest you try Morning Star Farms all veggie products in the frozen foods aisle! If you decide to be vegan, monitor your consumption of the food groups carefully! It can be extremely costly to buy all vegan food! I understand why you may think veganism is better, but in the long run you will be grateful for the protein and nutrients provided through being a vegetarian! It also puts a huge stress of your well-being and money on your parents if you are vegan!|||It's great that you're thinking about going vegan. The fake meats and non-dairy products do make veganism more convenient, but they're not necessary to be healthy. You can get all of the vitamins and nutrients you need by eating a variety of fruits, veggies, beans, nuts, and grains.
Some cheap vegan meal ideas:
http://www.tryveg.com/cfi/toc/?v=07budge鈥?/a>
Reasons to go vegan include:
-Animals:
There's a lot of animal suffering in the egg and dairy industries. The vast majority of egg-laying hens are crammed into wire cages so small that the birds can't even flap their wings. The hens are denied everything that's natural or pleasurable to them, and they're slaughtered when they stop producing so many eggs. Male chicks are useless to the egg industry so they're commonly thrown into grinders while still conscious or suffocated in bags.
Egg industry: http://www.chooseveg.com/eggs.asp
Dairy industry: http://www.chooseveg.com/dairy.asp
-Health:
Vegan diets are cholesterol-free since cholesterol is only found in animal products such as meat, eggs, and dairy. About 70 percent of the calories in eggs are from fat, and a big portion of that fat is saturated.
-Environment:
A completely plant-based diet is more efficient than a diet that includes animal products.
I hope this helps. Good luck!|||Health Benefits - http://library.thinkquest.org/C004833/he鈥?/a>
Vitamins and Nutrients - http://library.thinkquest.org/C004833/nu鈥?/a>
Physical Fitness - http://library.thinkquest.org/C004833/ph鈥?/a>
Treatment of Animals - http://library.thinkquest.org/C004833/an鈥?/a>
There are more reasons such as the environment ;D
Veganism is very healthy... sometimes milk & dairy isn't always 'healthy' for some people.. Veganism can reduce the amount of colds. It saves more animals, and gives you the right nutrients & vitamins.
Good luck on becoming vegan! :)
More reasons why to become a vegan -
http://library.thinkquest.org/20922/text鈥?/a>
http://www.veganconnection.com/reasons.h鈥?/a>
All different religions that support veganism - http://library.thinkquest.org/C004833/re鈥?/a>
Vegan recipes - http://www.veganmeat.com/recipie.html|||There are no reasons to become a vegan unless of course you have food allergies, etc. It's absolutely ridiculous. I understand being a vegetarian for the sake of animals or maybe you just don't like meat (comp understandable), but why on earth would you become a vegan when it does nothing for the animals. They have to be milked anyway, chickens have to lay eggs, it's not like you are hurting them.
Plus, it's unhealthy. you aren't getting the nutrients you need and it's almost impossible to supplement, unless you are willing to spend the extra money.
don't do it - life is too short - enjoy your ice cream!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
I'm a college student and last week, we had a guest speaker come and talk to us about veganism. He told us how meat, cheese, milk, and eggs are bad for you and how cutting out those products will reduce your risk of illnesses. Also, by turning vegan, you truly care about animals and you want to make a difference in life. I believe in what he was talking about. I agree that animal products are not healthy for the human body. Humans were not designed to eat meat. I found out that we are actually herbivores. People feel tired after eating animal products and upset stomachs are caused by eating meat, cheese, milk and eggs. Veganism will make you feel better and it's healthier. You are also cutting out cholesterol from your diet. He showed us a slaughterhouse video and it broke my heart watching what they do to animals. They have done nothing to us and don't deserve that. If I was a true animal lover, I wouldn't be eating them. I'm a hypocrite. I do feel guilty about eating animal products, but I have eaten them since I was a kid and I find it hard to give them up because of the taste. I can live without eggs though because I don't like them. The food that would be hardest for me to give up is cheese. I love cheese and milk. I bought some vegan cheese and burgers to try. The cheese tastes horrible. The burgers, not the best in the world, but their not bad. I didn't buy any milk at the store, but I bought rice milk and almond milk to try. They are both very good, but the almond milk is better. I want to make a change, but It's very difficult for me. I was thinking about cutting out one product at the time, or maybe starting out as a vegetarian, then work my way towards becoming a vegan. I don't know how or where to start. I'm tempted by meat, cheese, and milk every day. I love cheesy foods and foods with milk in it. I think the reason why vegan food doesn't taste good to me is because I'm not used to eating it. I'm gonna have to get adjusted to the vegan lifestyle. I can't promise that I'm going to commit to veganism, but I at least have to give it a try and see. Can you give me any advice on where to start? Thanks!|||Did you bother to check the credentials of your "speaker"? He's obviously an idiot. Hope you didn't have to pay to attend his talk.
Humans have been eating meat ever since we got smart enough/fast enough to catch it. They've found animal bones along with human bones as far back in "human" history as scientist have been able to go. And Egyptians consumed milk as long as 10,000 years ago.
For you to suddenly announce that meat and milk are "bad" for humans is past ridiculous. I hope you're not on a scholarship that I'm paying for.....
Now if you want to try and make a case for not eating meat/eggs/dairy because YOU don't like the video you saw, go for it. But don't pretend that humans are not omnivores.|||How bad is cholesterol in eggs? How often should you eat eggs ? Should you be concerned about cholesterol in eggs? Come find out visit www.cholesterolineggs.com Report Abuse
|||Your body craves animal products, because thats what it has gotten used to. After a few weeks of vegan eating, the cravings will disappear, and you will feel so good, you won't believe it! Give it a chance.|||Hvae you tried soy milk? It's nice. :3
Or try Quorn prouducts. It tastes like meat; but it's not!
Good luck~|||Blah blah blah....IDIOT.|||make a lot of money first veganism is expensive|||i think you have to truly want it and be totally committed, ive tried to be a vegan a few times but i enjoy chocolate which although i dont eat a lot of i still eat sometimes, plus i like milk in my coffee, ive 100% committed to being a vegetarian but even tho i agree on how badly animals are treated and that dairy makes you fat and has much cholesterol i just dont have the full commitment to give up milk in my drink and the occasional bit of choc.
I've recently switched to a vegan diet and made the mistake of spending way more than I could afford on my groceries.I think I bought lots of "luxury" items like lots of boca burgers, lots of tofu, chips, salsa, cheese, lots of veggies, and lots of soy milk. I finished everything quick. I have a $30 dollar budget for two weeks. I used to live on just junk food before (didn't really grocery shop to cook). But I want to be healthier! I have a few questions. I am not going back to meat and dairy products. I love animals and don't want to contribute to their abuse so please don't suggest that.
1. What is the difference between organic items at Wholefoods and regular at my local grocery store? Do you think the items in the bins at Wholefoods are pricey? Should I just buy the beans and rice from my local grocery store?
2. Do you think vegan cheese is too pricey for a low budget vegan?
3. What's nutritional yeast and what do I need it for?
4. What are some STAPLE herbs and spices?
5. What's the difference between sea salt and regular salt?
6. Is too much soy bad for you?
Also....where is the BEST place to buy meat for my dog that is NOT factory farmed?
Thank you so much in advance!! Really appreciate it since I'm a little confused about this new stuff which I know might seem obvious. Like I said never really grocery shopped before.|||1) There is a difference between organic and non-organic, but that difference is heavily disputed. Some say non-organic foods are damaging your body, others say it's no different. However, organic foods definitely use much less chemicals and environmentally harmful processing. I usually go for organic caus it tastes better to me. As far as beans and rice is concerned, they probably won't taste or feel any different. They're rather bland foods that need some spicing up with veggies n stuff.
2) Vegan cheese is definitely too pricey. And very processed. Nutritional Yeast is a good replacement in small doses. If you're looking to make grilled cheese....well, that's gonna get expensive with the singles.
3) Nutritional Yeast is a single celled organism similar to bread yeast. It won't harm you unless you're allergic or something. It's usually good for adding a cheesy flavor to dishes without using cheese.
4) Staples: Garlic, Salt, Canola Oil for cooking, Olive Oil for mixing, Lemon Juice, Vinegar, Cinnamon, Basil, and I'm a personal fan of Rosemary and Fennel Seed.
5) Sea Salt has natural minerals found in the ocean that aren't present in regular, processed salt.
6) There is a lot of research about too much soy. Once again, the jury is still out for this. I usually stick on the safe side and eat soy only about once a week.
btw, a real trick to eating cheap is buying the raw ingredients and cooking for yourself. If you don't have this option, there are a lot of tasty raw food recipes out there that only require very little equipment. Also, slow cookers can work wonders, and you don't have to be around while it's doing its thing.
Not sure where to find meat for your dog.|||I'm also on a budget currently. Dried beans, rice noodles, split pea soups and lentils, oatmeal, frozen veggies are big staples for me and are pretty cheap. As for the vegan cheese thing: yeah I agree its pricey. I only buy it sometimes, instead I buy an avocado and spread it over a baked potato or as a condiment for a cheesy texture. Garbanzo beans in a can blended with garlic and spices also is yummy. I'm not a big fan of nutritional yeast but my mom says its cheesy tasting sprinkled on air popped popcorn (another cheap food) staple herbs for me are cinnamon, pepper, celtic sea salt (worth the cost-you can use so very little of it for flavor) garlic, cumin, tabasco, chives (so buttery flavored and cheap-buy in bulk), olive oil (it brings out the flavor of so much and is just an amazing oil) and as for the sea salt vs table salt. There are still trace elements of nutrients in sea salt and table salt is mostly sodium and that's all. Plus the flavor is better with sea salt. Too much soy can cause hormonal imbalances with women who have gone through menopause and are on hormone replacement therapy (it can increase the chance of breast cancer) but there hasn't been any conclusive research that isn't argued the next day so it's up to what you're body wants. Everything in moderation I guess|||1) organic food is organic food-if it has the USDA certified organic seal it is organic. the main difference between Whole Foods and other groceries when it comes to organics is price.
2) yes but you should still be able to afford every other week or so
3)You need the yeas for B vitamins which most people get from meat sources
4)basil, flat leaf parsley, oregano, dill, rosemary, sage, thyme
5)sea salt is not processed, table salt is
6)Yes, so should be eaten as a condiment and in a fermented form. it also must be certified organic or you will be eating GMO soy
The best thing to do to eat on the cheap is buy whole foods and cook them yourself. Processed foods are very expensive and not good for you (and if vegan, if not certified organic full of GMO soy). learn to cook, get your parents to buy you some decent pots and pans and other equipment to make cooking much easier. Get some good vegetarian cook books. One of my favorites is the Moosewood Cookbook
Buy your produce in bulk in season at farmers markets and process it yourself (i.e. can or freeze it) and you can eat very very well on $30 a week
On $30 a week you will not be able to afford fresh non factory farmed meat for your dog as the average price for even things like chicken backs (the cheapest meat out there) is around $2 a pound and unless it is a toy breed you will need at least 10 pounds of meat a week for the dog. But the best place is either straight off the farm or at a farmers market. http://www.localharvest.org|||I am not vegan but I would liek to give some tips and a few recipe to you.
Basics for anyone who is trying to eat decently on a low budget is beans (dried bean are Real cheao and you can make some up to freeze and have on hand)
Rice
Pasta
Basic fresh produce such as carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, celery
Frozen veggies such as corn, green beans, broccoli, peas, etc...
I also keep canned no salt added tomatoes in my cupboard for chilis and sauces etc...
As far as herbs and spices the dried ones are okay you can buy thenm cheap at wal-mart, dollar store, K-mart etc...and keep en eye out if you have a Smiths/Krger for when they drop prices fresh stuff to about 1 dollar for the little packets that is usually 2-3 dollars., these are found in the produce section.
No to your specific questions:
1. Your local grocerey store Should have organic produce but really you don't need to buy Everything organic. Googel the dirty dozen of produce. Those are what you should buy organically. Beans and rice are just fine to buy from any old regular store. They are all the same unless you are looking for a specific brand but still they will pretty much be the same.
2. Yes vegan cheese is pricey. I like the almond cheeses but I guess they aren't completely vegan. Vegan cream cheese is good on occasion. But the vegan sour cream to me wasn't impressive.
3. Nutritional yeast is supposed to have a cheesy flavor for things such as mac and cheese etc... but I have not tried it.
4. In my kicthen I like to have:
Italian seasoning
Parsley
Dreid chives
sea salt
pepper
chili powder
onion and garlic powders
cumin
cinnamon
all spice
cloves
nutmeg
5. Sea salt is just less processed.
6. To much of anything is bad for you.
Also all the Boca and Morning Star products are not good for you to eat on a regular basis. They are Veyr processed foods.
Try this vegan burger recipe, I am not vegan but I Love it. I prefer it in a lettuce wrap with a slice of tomato, ketchup and mayo (veganaisse for you of course)
I had these at a vegan potluck. The "burgers" were moist, crunchy, and tasty. And ours were cold by the time we got them but they were so good I had 2. And they fill you up so well that I regetted eating 2 becuase I was so Full, but also very happy.
Kasha and Oat Garden Burgers:
5 1/4 cups veggie broth
1-2 vegan bullion cubes for added flavor
1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup kasha (dried buck wheat groats)
3 1/2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
2 tbsp died onion flakes
1/2 tsp onion powder
2 tsp Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 cups finely chopped fresh veggies of choice (carrots, spianch, garlic, zucchini etc...)
1 cup fresh finely chopped herbs
1/2 onion minced
1/2 cup mushrooms stemmed and chopped small
4-6 tsp seseme seeds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds or other nuts chopped small (pceans, almonds etc...)
1 tbsp veggie oil
salt and pepper
olive oil for brushing patties
parchment paper
In a large pan the veggie broth to a boil, add onion flakes, onion powder, italian seasoning, garlic powder and bullion cubes. Stir in kasha, oats, and olive oil and allow to simmer for about 15 min, stir frequently.
You will have a very thick sticky mixture, remove from heat and set aside to cool to at least room temp. At this point you may choose to put it in the fridge overnight.
Heat a small amount of oil in a skillet and saute the onion and garlic on medium high heat for about 2 min. Add te shredded veggies and cotinue to saute until soft. Add seseme seeds, mushrooms herbs, and sunflower seeds. Saute 5 more min stirring frequently. Adjust seasoning to taste.
Combine the veggie and kasha/oat mix by hand until everything is well incorperated. Cover and rest at least 1 hour in the fridge. Everything should be cool enough to handle confortably.
In the mean time line a cookie sheet with e parchment paper, and if you choose spray with Pam etc... Scoop out about 1/2 cup of the mix and roll into a ball and flatten into a pattie, place on cookie sheet.
Give another quick spray of pam or brush with oil or melted butter/margerine. Bake at 350 for 25 min, flip then cook for another 20 min or until light golden brown. You coul also pan fry these.
Enjoy as is or wrap individually and freeze, reheat in the oven, toaster or a dry skillet-reheating them in a greased skillet with make hem fall apart.
**I think these would be great t leave in small balls, bake ad then simmer in spaghetti sauce. The fresh herbs would flavor the sauce and I think these could also soak up some great flavors.
***P.S. after making this for the first time. I used left over veggies, and pulsed the in the food process and use a little over a cup. But I wouldn’t recommend it. That flavor was awesome but the texture was not so appealing.
Also after tasting this I would be willing to sit down and have bowl full of this for breakfast or lunch.
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Ranch Dressing:
3/4 tbsp dried chives
3/4 tbsp dried parsley
1/4 tsp dill weed
1/2 tbsp garlic powder
1/2 tbsp onion powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
3/4 heaping cup vegan mayo such as veganaise
1/2 cup vegan sour cream
2 capfulls cider vinegar
juice of 1/2 lemon
Mix the dry ingredients into the mayo. Add everything else stir and let sit for a while…..in the fridge.|||1. It depends on what product you are buying, not the store. Yes, buy from your local store it will likely be cheaper.
2. Yes, vegan cheese is not nessisary. If your on a budget buy only the nessesities.
3. I love nutritional yeast flakes I like to sprinkle them on beans rice or potatoes with a bit of soy sauce. It is often used to make vegan cheese sauces.
4. My staples are - italian seasoning, curry, garlic, salt, pepper
5. sea salt is in larger chunks. It is used often by chefs to dry out certain foods. If you are just looking for a salt to sprinkle on top cooked foods, go with reguar
6. Supposibly
In the next month or so, my grandparents will be coming to stay for a couple of weeks, and mother has asked me to prepare a meal for them. Thing is: I'm a vegan, but my neither one of my parents approve, and always tell me how unhealthy, ect it is. And I'm not talking about "hey, why don't you eat some omlette for once". At one point, I stopped eating altogether because their constant critzism got that bad.
So, yes, I need ideas for a good, vegan meal that will feed at least five people- a desert and a main course, preferably. Oh, and, me, my mother and my grandparents where all born/live in Uzbekistan (despite being Russian...), therefore please don't suggest halva, baklava, meat-free pillaf, ect.
And please, no vegan cheese, we all agree it tastes vile :)|||One recipe I really like is vegan alfredo. I don't know how many portions this makes, but here is a recipe I found worked quite well. You really do need the Tofutti cream cheese and sour cream to make it taste really good. I tried just making it with the silken tofu and it didn't work well. Make sure to get the SOUR SUPREME as directed, and not the regular sour cream since it is not as zesty.
My substitutes to this recipe is to use some either dried or fresh basil to taste, don't add too much or it will turn into basil sauce. If vegan parmesan is too expensive or you can't find it, get some nutritional yeast instead, add some until you feel it tastes cheesy enough. If you've never used nutritional yeast, it looks yellow and flaky unlike regular yeast that's round and grainy. Anyway, a combination of a few squirts of mustard, nutritional yeast, and soy sauce tastes like some pretty legit cheese. I also like to add chopped mushrooms to the sauce.
Play with it, and taste your sauce all along the way until you really like it. I still experiment with this recipe to try to make it taste like real alfredo sauce.
A few downfalls to this recipe... You must serve it right away. It doesn't make good leftovers because the sauce takes on more of that solid tofu texture after being left out for a while or refrigerated, but if you must microwave it or re-heat it over the stove, add a little bit of water and mix it well to get the desired creamy consistency back.
This sauce makes about a full blender full which equates to covering roughly a package of fettuccine noodles. When I make it, it feeds about 4 helpings. It depends on how hungry we are. I suggest combining this with a meat alternative of your choice. I heard the vegan nuggets are really good. I would suggest the breaded chicken boca burgers (super tasty), but they contain whey. ...or buy some real chicken patties for them and then chop them but don't eat them yourself. It depends on what you want. I haven't tried many meat alternatives, but I do know that chicken plus alfredo is usually a win.
Ingredients:
* 1 package silken (soft) tofu
* 1 tbsp soy margarine
* 1/4 cup Tofutti Sour Supreme vegan sour cream
* 2 tbsp Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese vegan cream cheese
* 1/4 cup vegan Parmesan cheese
* 1 tsp garlic powder
* salt and pepper to taste
* 1/2 cup unsweetened soy milk
* pasta
Preparation:
Place all ingredients (except pasta) into a blender. Blend to a creamy sauce, adding more soy milk to achieve desired consistency.
Heat gently until hot, but do not boil.
Serve over fettuccine pasta.
You may also try to make your own pesto--store bought pesto usually has milk derivatives--but pine nuts are really expensive.
Serve it with a salad. You can find great raspberry vinaigrette's at the store, or stick to balsamic and other herb-oil based dressings opposed to ranch or Caesar. We try to find a nice loaf of vegan bread usually its sourdough if store bought, but some of our local bakeries also make awesome vegan french bread-type loafs. For dessert--take advantage that its summer! There are so many great fruits that are in season.
There are awesome vegan ice creams, too. If you can find coconut based ice creams, they retain the nice creamy texture of regular ice cream. ...or if you don't want to spend much, pick up a pure fruit sorbet from the store. I haven't tried to make any of these, but I found recipes on how to make your own vegan ice cream today. This one seemed easiest:
Red Raspberry Sherbet
This beautiful fuchsia -colored sherbet is creamy, delicious and has no coconut taste even though it uses coconut milk instead of dairy milk.
* 1 quart (4 cups) raspberries
* 1 (14-ounce can) coconut milk
* 3/4 cup unrefined sugar
* 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Anyway, these are just my suggestions. I am not vegan by the way, but I do cook a combination of vegan/non-vegan food due to dietary limitations. Its a good challenge and there are some delicious vegan recipes out there. Good luck!|||So some minestrone soup, pasta, garlic bread, pasta salad, salad? Easy, and who doesn't like Italian?
Ohh, a great pasta dish I love: boil some rotini, steam broccoli florets, and sautee some zuchinni, sun dried tomatoes, onion, and minced garlic in olive oil. Toss it all together. Delish.|||I suggest Enchiladas.
You need soy mince, onion, sweetcorn, tin of chopped tomatoes, tortillas and some passata for the topping. You can add mushrooms or beans if you like. If you can find soy sour cream, great, if not then plain soy yoghurt works ok.
Or you can find recipes on here:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=222.0;鈥?/a>|||Meal-
Salad: Just add some nuts, berries, apples, craisins, etc. to make it a bit 'different'.
Stuffed Peppers: Stuff peppers with rice, some carrots, onions, corn, peas, etc. and add tomato sauce and boca 'meat' crumbles.
You can also make... Mashed sweet potato w/Cinamon and vegan butter/margarine, Roasted Veggies, Rice, Cole Slaw, Three Bean Salad (Add celery, onion, garlic, carrots, etc.), Stir Fry, etc.
Dessert-
Fruit Smoothie: *You can use either Soy, Almond, Coconut, or Rice milk..Whichever you prefer. For a 16oz smoothie, 1 cup of "milk", several ice cubes, and add either a banana, strawberries, mango, or whatever else you like. Blend and serve. (You can either use vegan alternatives for everyone, or use cow milk for theirs.)
Yogurt Parfait: For this, use whatever vegan yogurt you want. I am aware of soy/coconut milk yogurt. Add some cereal or granola and berries. (Again, you can choose to serve theirs with dairy.)
Brownies/Muffins/Cake: You can just use a milk alternative, and in the place of eggs there is an egg substitute that you can find at most health food stores.
Goodluck ! :)
I recently became vegan and I'm having a really hard time to find recipes that I can make easily and enjoy. Are there any easy recipes that I can make up quickly and/or freeze and thaw later to eat? My only issue is that I live in the middle of nowhere, so it was a miracle that my grocery store even has tofu and vegan cheese. Things like Nutritional Yeast and soy yogurt I cannot get my hands on, so please keep them simple!!
I'm not opposed to any vegan foods other than green peppers, it seems like when those are in a meal that's the only thing you taste. :-/
Thanks for your suggestions!|||There is this recipe that i love, and it's easy to do, and, in less than 40/45 minutes.
I'll give you the link, it's very easy.
namaste
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5o-CK4bJ鈥?/a>|||I am vegetarian, but not vegan, but my mom is. The best advice that I can give you as far as recipes and where to find them, since I can't remember any full recipes off the top of my head, is to look in Christian and SDA (seventh-day adventist) book stores for recipe books. You will find a whole lot of recipes in those stores that will help you. Also look online under SDA vegan cookbooks and you will find a ton! I hope this helped you! :D
~LS|||Stir fry your favorite vegetables and put it over whole wheat pasta or brown rice. I like to use a can of whole or crushed tomatoes, chop up some mushrooms, onions, peppers, or really whatever I have on hand, and combine it all in a pan and season it with salt and pepper or, again, anything you like. For protein you can throw in some tofu or a mock meat. If you have trouble finding vegan groceries in your area, you can order them online at http://www.veganstore.com/vegan-food-ite鈥?/a>
Oh, and right now I am hooked on a couscous recipe my mother has been making since I was a baby. Boil 3 cups of apple juice, add about 1 3/4 cups of couscous and a cup of frozen or fresh berries (whatever kind you like), and stir constantly for a few minutes. Sooo good.
Feel free to e-mail me if you want some more recipes.
I've tried tempeh and it was pretty good but I'm looking for other options. I want something that has a "zing" to it the way cheese and sour cream do. I'm aware you can mix tofu with vinegar in a blender to make sour cream substitute, but it just doesn't have the same zing that a fermented product would have.
I know I can buy vegan cheese and sour cream substitutes but they are extremely expensive. I would like to be able to make them myself. Or something to give recipes a bit of zing.|||Sourdough bread..|||Cabbage. Make either sauerkraut or kimchi.|||-Sourdough starter (great for bread, pancakes, biscuits, etc)
-Fermented nut cheese
-plain soy yogurt
-kombucha
-kimchi
You can find these in health food or specialty stores, or you can find recipes through web searches. Personally, I'm a big fan of sourdough starter...it's very versatile and can make lots of foods taste wonderfully tangy!
So, I've been vegetarian for almost my entire life and have recently become vegan. However,while being vegetarian doesn't really limit your food options, I SWEAR EVERYTHING HAS MILK IN IT! Plus, having a lot of calcium is kind of a must for me. So, all you vegans out there, what are some good milk/cheese substitutes (or fake-out brands) and how do you get your calcium and other nutrients found in milk? Or do brands like Veggie-Slices (vegan cheese) and Silk Milk have alot of calcium and I don't need to worry? Also, I know you can just blend almonds with water and make almond milk, but does that have the nutrients normal milk has?|||Yeah, it is really annoying how everything has milk in it. I would suggest just going to a few different supermarkets, and going up all the aisles and seeing what they have. Not all supermarkets have the same things, depending on the suburb they are in. Also, I think there are a lot more fake-brands in the USA than in other countries, it just depends where you live.
If you want a vegan chocolate, then there is this really awesome brand called Sweet William, but I don't know if it is found much outside Australia, but you'd probably be able to order it online. I came home the other day to find that my mother and brother had eaten the rest of mine, and they said that they couldn't tell the difference.
Toffutti is a pretty good brand, their 'better than cream cheese' is awesome, and it lasts for awhile even after it has been opened, whereas dairy creams grow mold after a few days. I use it instead of sour cream, and have it with baked potato, corn, peas and chives. As for milk, I used to hate soy milk a few years ago, but I've been drinking it for the last two months, and I can't taste much of a difference between it and cows' milk anymore. Your taste-buds get used to it after awhile. You just have to try a few different brands and figure out which one tastes the best for you. You should be able to find milks that are fortified with calcium, but you don't HAVE to rely on milk for calcium. As long as you eat plenty of leafy green vegetables, you should be fine. After all, cows get their calcium from grass. Besides, animal milk is meant for THEIR offspring, not for another species to drink, so animal milk isn't really of any benefit for humans anyway. Any potential good there might have been, gets destroyed with pasteurizing, processing, etc. Plus, giving up dairy is usually pretty good for your skin, mine has cleared up heaps in the last two months since I gave up dairy.
Hope this helps.|||Tofutti mozzarella style slices are very nice. Exactly like the real thing. They have quite a good source of calcium in them. If your getting other 'cheese' such as soy cheese, be careful with them as a few contain rennet which isn't vegetarian, let alone vegan.
Good luck with your new diet :)|||Good for you! I've been vegetarian for 5 years, but my sis has been vegan for 20+. Here's some good ideas for staying healthy and vegan. http://www.dietsinreview.com/cook-at-home-challenge/cooking-at-home-in-a-vegetarian-household/|||Just fyi: Veggie slices aren't always vegan.
I've been a vegetarian for 5 years now, and I'm making the awesome transition to vegan. I've researched it throughly, and I know it's the right thing to do, it's a great lifestyle. The problem is, I live in a small Canadian city, and I can't find any vegan alternatives. The only things I've found are Soy Milk, Tofu, and some mock veggie meats, like veggie burgers and "deli" slices. However, I can't find vegan cheese, vegan yogurt, vegan mayonaise, or anything like that. What should I do? I'll be moving to a much larger city to go to college in a year or two, and they have everything there. But I don't want to wait that long to make the switch. Any suggestions? Also, do you have to like ALL vegetables to become a vegan? I do love them, the only thing I can't bring myself to eat is tomatoes and mushrooms. I can eat tomatoe products, like spaghetti sauce, ketchup, etc. Just not the tomatoe in it's natural state. Will this prevent me from having a balanced vegan diet?|||No problem!! You don't need to eat vegan cheese, vegan yogurt, or otherwise. But in case you do and you can't find the products, there are recipes that you can make at home like cheese spreads out of nutritional yeast or nuts or tahini or miso paste. Vegan mayo is easy to make. There are tons of recipes online.
Even though there are vegan dairy alternatives, they don't taste very similar to the real thing. The vegan cheeses aren't even worth it in my opinion. I have tried them many many times but I still dislike all of them. It's easy to live without those items. You don't need them for balanced. diet.
I rarely eat tomatoes and mushrooms and my diet is very good. People don't usually eat large portions of those things anyway.
Good luck to you.
Edit** I just did a search for "North Bay health food store" and Nature's Harvest Health Food store came up. Its' located at 477 Main St. E in North Bay. Here's some info: http://www.profilecanada.com/companydeta鈥?/a>|||First off, good for you.
Veganism is the true vegetaranism.
The best thing to do, although it may not be the easiest, is to make all your own food so that you know exactly what is in it. I have found many subtitutes for things I used to enjoy as a meat eater, in supermarkets. But down the lie I kep descovering that more and more of these things contain "surprise ingredients" and so I don't really trust them any more.
Good luck. :)|||canada eh?
well i live in forest ontario for much of the year and i get stuff from the health food dtore in london
Okay so I've been a vegetarian for about a year now, and I want to slowly become a vegan. Should I wait longer? And I live in West Virginia so the vegan food isn't that popular and there isn't a wide selection. I know Wal-Mart and Kroger sells vegan things. Do any stores sell any vegan cheese and vegan mayo? What other vegan products are in common stores? If I buy online it's too expensive, but I found a site already named http://www.veganessentials.com.
All answers are appreciated.|||Can I ask why you want to do it slowly, instead of just going ahead and doing it? I think vegan cheese is disgusting, and if you look at the ingredients, it really isn't that healthy, or it wasn't when I last read them. Don't know about vegan mayo. Do you cook from scratch? That's the healthiest way to go. Most grocery stores have a wide array of foods, healthy foods, fruits, veggies, etc. for vegans.
You can get vegan wraps at subway. Just bring your own mayo.
As for pastas, most have eggs.
Best advice is to read ingredients, and know what they are. Most prepared foods, vegan or non, aren't healthy.|||If you can't find it, try making your own. Your most healthy foods are not pre-prepared anyway. Fresh fruit and vegetables,beans,herbs, tofu, vegetable oils, fruit and vegetable juices. Lookk for vegan subs where you usually shop. There is plenty in a regular grocerry store to eat.|||Fruits, nuts, vegetables, seeds, rice, pasta, lentils and a vast array of other vegan foods are available almost anywhere.|||Health food stores, Whole Foods Market, possibly Trader Joe's.|||There is no such thing as vegan cheese and vegan mayo. Just as there's no such thing as vegetarian meat. Just rip-off products that don't even come close to matching the taste, texture, or nutrition of the real thing.
Does anyone know any good recipes or websites that list actual vegan/vegetarian foods?
I hate all those 'alternative' type meals- Chilli Non Carne, tofu stir-fry, soya bolognese, veggie fry-up with Fakin' Bacon, veggie sausages, and that god-awful vegan cheese. What's the point in turning vegan if you're just going to eat the same crap but probably worse for you because you have to use so many strange, unnatural-seeming ingredients to supplement the lack of animal by-products?
I want food that was never intended to have dairy or meat products in:)|||here you can find some interesting recipes:
http://www.betterraw.com/search/label/Me鈥?/a>
http://www.living-foods.com/recipes/|||Vegweb.com has a lot of vegan recipes, and you can look specifically for fake meats or cheese, so it is really just as easy to avoid these as well.
I do question why you say no tofu though. It is really just coagulated soy milk, pressed into blocks. It doesn't have any of those artificial flavourings, colour, and etc. that pollute "fake meats." Keep in mind that it originated in ancient China as well--not a factory in the past ten years. It has been used in stir-fries and similar Asian cooking since then. But if you see tofu as something that you do not want to eat, I can respect that.|||Check out some Indian recipes. There's a good site called Manjula's Kitchen. I too really dislike all those fake meat products. I originally stopped eating meat because I didn't like it, so I'm not interested in "meaty" substitutes. Indian food can be a good base to start from (millions of vegetarians over hundreds of generations). They eat lots of pulses and unadulterated vegetables (with a bit of dairy in the form of curd and paneer).|||check out my blog! I use a lot of fake cheese in my foods because I love it, but you can leave it out!
http://uradjective.blogspot.com/
I finally found the ingrediants to make one and it was really good. I missed having pizza as it was one of my favorite old foods. I used Mia crust (pretty sure its vegan) Ragu sauce, yves meatless ground and vegan motz cheese. Onion powder, garlic, also a little bit of chilli fixens rotel. Actually, its been a while, but it turned out maybe even better than regular pizza, even with the vegan cheese I don't normally like.|||Me and my mum buy this one, it's Amy's organics veggie pizza (sold in the freezer section) It's a no cheese or immitation cheese pizza, it's the best! I'm really addicted lol|||I haven't had vegan pizza with soy cheese, but another type of vegan pizza that's good, though a bit different, is hummus pizza.
I make it at home using pita for my crust, and I spread hummus like you would use tomato sauce (but thicker). I put the toppings directly on top of that, and I use sauteed onions, roasted peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, and olives or capers. I bake at 400F for about 10 minutes, and it makes a nice change of pace.
PS: If you have zPizza in your area, they are offering vegan pizza with Daiya soy cheese which I've heard is really good.|||I make vegan pizza at home all the time (probably too much to be honest with you). And I find it delicious. I stick with organic, canned tomato sauce, organic crust and vegan cheese with tomatoes as a topping. We even have a bunch of restaurants in the area that serve vegan pizza with cheese from the Vegan Gourmet- good stuff!|||I make pizza all the time - Vegan. However I usually just skip the cheese all together, I find it hard to find a soy or rice cheese which doesn't contain casien.|||You can also use thinly sliced tofu sprinkled with nurtitional yeast to give it a cheesy flavor.|||I usually make my oven vegan pizza, but I like Toffutti brand. It's pan pizza, but it tastes very good.|||I've had a vegan pizza but the ones from whole foods it was alright for me :)
but i bet the ones home-made taste much better|||Amy's cheeseless pizza is the BEST!
im a vegetarian and i want to become a vegan. i live at home though i my mom doesn't want to buy soy milk for me. i also like cheese. is their a vegan cheese that's not really cheese? i don't plan on being a strict vegan because when i go to people houses i don't want to refuse the food they offer me. i will always be a vegetarian though even if i do slip with the dairy products. how long does soy milk last in the fridge for? and once again the cheese question. thanks.|||You can find a way, trust me. Just eat what's at your house that's vegan or buy your own stuff. And you can't be a "part time vegan" it just doesn't work like that. You would (still) be a vegetarian if you allowed animal products once and a while.|||Soy milk, depending upon the brand, should last 7-10 days.
Even if you don't want to be a "strict Vegan" and still want to eat food at friends houses, be warned that gastrointestinal issues may arise if you're a Vegan 6/7 days a week. I avoided all animal products as best I could for a week or two, went out to eat, and had the worst indigestion I have ever had.
As far as Vegan cheese, I don't know. I was going to try a Vegan "Parmesan cheese" but the first ingredient was casein... which defeats the purpose.
Also, don't forget: Being a Vegan is more than just diet... It's the lifestyle part of it too.
And, don't expect your mom to buy special foods for you. Buy your own groceries and cook your own foods. That's what I had to do when I went Vegetarian five years ago.|||For one, learn to buy your own food. There are plenty of vegan cheeses, just make sure they are certified and contain no casein. Soy milk lasts until the expiration date or seven days after you open it, the same as regular milk. And you will not be vegan if you eat animal products outside of your home.|||http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/cheese.htm
also, being a vegan isn't just about what your eat, one thing is that you can't use leather.|||my mom has it and usually it last as long as milk and usually longer even longer(a month maybe). and vegan cheese it depends some are fake but some are real vegan cheeses|||Just don't. Enjoy your mum's cooking, its the least you could do for her.
Okay, so I have been a vegetarian for about 5 years now, and I think I'm ready to step up to being Vegan. I have already sort of tried it out for the past week and a half, and I love it. =) I already have a ton of vegan cheese and vegan burgers and stuff. but can someone give me a list of food I can eat? Like cereals. I heard that stuff like fruity pebbles is something that Vegans can not eat?
So yea, give me websites or just list stuff, and I'm gonna enjoy eating some pineapple chunks. =)|||It is easy to go from vegetarian to vegan, I think, if you just stop eating animal products (dairy, eggs, honey, etc)
If you eat natural foods, i.e., if you shop the outside edges of the supermarket (only whole vegetables and fruit), and prepare your meals from scratch, you can be vegan very easily.
If you are accustomed to eating prepared and packaged foods, including breads, pasta, mixes, frozen foods, etc., you will have to learn to read the ingredients listings of the foods you think look good -- pick up the package, turn it over until you find the ingredient listing (small print listing of everything that is in the product). You may see names you do not know. Google them or go to Wikipedia to find out what they are. a safe way to know if you want to eat an ingredient is if you can pronounce it (that definitely leaves out things with lots of alphabet letters)
If you want vegan recipes, go to http://www.vegweb.com and key in "vegan recipes" or go to http://www.veganchef.com/ and click on recipes|||congrats on making the transition xD i'm not that decadent of a vegan so i don't know much about processed vegan foods. too expensive for me D: but pineapples are one've my favorite power up foods XD|||Most of the products with red food coloring have Red No.4 which is derived from Cochineal Bugs.
http://www.veggieglobal.com/nutrition/no鈥?/a>
Soy is bad for health? they haven't proven it yet. Okinawans, Chinese Japanese, Koreans love Tofu and they have a very healthy body. Okinawans are the the oldest people in the world. it is normal to see someone over 100 years old climbing a tree in Okinawa. They have the lowest rates of breast cancer and prostate cancers and the love soy. The only bad thing that is proven about soy is soy allergies and 60% of US soy production used as Animal food. Imagine that. Most of the world's soy are produced in US and soy has a lot of nutrients. Instead of using it as animal feeds, why not use it to feed billions of hungry and malnourished people? particularly Africa?
No one said that American, French and Italian Diet are Better than Asian Diet. They are loaded with Fats and trans fats like cheese.
The only reason why South East Asians and Indians Have low life expectancy is because we have not enough money to have a healthy lifestyle and wide spread epidemias. But if we have all the wealth that the westerns have, we will have a very high life expectancy. higher than westerns.
Rice is better than bread because rice has good carbohydrates, low calorie, and it is gluten free.
I'm Asian and I'm proud to be a Filipino.
Wish you can understand my English.|||Careful on the soy...not very good for you!
http://www.skrewtips.com/2008/02/08/oh-s鈥?/a>
Sorry if my question doesn't make sense. What I mean is that I just heard there is such thing as vegan yogurt and vegan meat? (not tofu) also vegan cheese.
I thought yogurt was basically milk, so is it almond or soy milk?
Does it taste like the non-vegan food?
How about vegan cookies or things that don't have eggs and milk?
Also, I posted a question earlier and seems like every one mentioned tortillas. Don't know if they are home made or prepackaged, but don't they have milk and butter? In the case of flour tortillas, even lard. Just thought I should put it out there. Thanks to everyone that responds.|||No, its horrible.
Get some meat in you. Its what the human body was designed to digest whatever anyone may tell you.|||It all, aside the exception of vegan milks, taste the same. My favorite brands are morning star and bocca.
The soy milks are all different. I didn't like my first few milks, but then I found one I reeaally enjoyed. And I'm somebody who used to hate the taste of milk. Thers almond milk, rice milk, and the popular soy milk.
Try some *raw* vegan foods, too. :) raw vegan ice cream may taste different (the regular soy will taste the same) but I simpley adore it. Its so creamy and rich!|||All those imitation foods are not healthy. If you really want to be healthy on vegan food, eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and soaked nuts and sprouted beans. Avoid anything that is processed or packaged in any way, they are generally filled with chemicals that are not good for you. Eat natural and organic as much as possible. Good luck!
Here is a website for good vegan recipes, good luck!
http://radhasrecipes.blogspot.com/|||vegan cookies are better than ones using eggs IMO.
There's a brand called "Uncle Eddies" vegan cookies- I am not fibbing, the cookies are better than ANY I've had, to me it doesn't even make sense that cookies are made using eggs- they end up rubbery and hard.
Vegan cupcakes I've found, they're moister and softer.
Tofu- the baked tofu found in Thai and Korean markets- it's a dense rich chewy slab marinated in spices. I get mine from a place called AFCtrading- you can find it online, they sell all over USA and deliver too.
I don't eat the boca burgers and morningstar stuff that much- I like them enough, but they're like too much money for what is basically a lump of fat.
well I don't have any food and can't get any until tomorrow, and basically all I have is baking ingredients, apples, some disgusting sewage-flavored oranges (bad time of year I guess?), a couple potatoes. Oh and of course I have a few pre-made foods that don't appeal to me at the minute, some shoestring potatoes, canned soup, crackers, nuts maybe, and last I have a buttload of vegan cheese.
What can I make with this? I also have non-dairy creamer which I use as a replacement for milk in most things because it tastes alright compared to most false milks.|||1. Bake the potatoes in the oven or the microwave. Serve them with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Add vegan cheese if you wish. Mash them up with some of the non-dairy creamer and the vegan cheese if you wish. You could try mashing them with those ingredients and add a little water to make it into potato soup if you wish. Serve the soup with crackers.
2. Bake the apples in the oven or the microwave. Serve this as a dessert. Top with chopped nuts and a little maple syrup or another sweetener. Enjoy!
Sorry to hear about the oranges!|||- baked potato with vegan cheese (In case you don't know how to make one: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/good-鈥?/a>
- soup with crackers and vegan cheese on top
- a quick apple pie... because apple pie is delicious. I don't know of any vegan pie crust recipes, but I'm certain they exist and can be found with a quick Google search.
- a sliced apple with some nuts on top
Also:
You should probably throw away those oranges.
I suggest getting unsweetened almond milk instead of creamer. I get mine from Fresh and Easy, and it's pretty healthy. It works in almost every recipe and it tastes great! It's not so fabulous plain, but I still like it. It's excellent in chocolate milk or hot chocolate.|||OOh lovely. Make potato cakes with cheese and sauteed apples.
Bake the potatoes, and add shredded cheese in the last five minutes to melt it. Add salt and pepper, and whatever herbs you have. Coriander and parsley are really good as is sage. Add chopped nuts to the top and eat like that, ketchup goes well.
Saute sliced apple with veg butter or oil, a little sugar and cinnamon. Eat plain as is- nothing nicer. Add lemon juice to the cooking part if you have any.|||You could have jacket potato with vegan cheese.
I was raised a meat eater, have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for a month now (not that long I know but I actually stuck to it). I don't want carcasses anymore so I'm proud of myself for that.
I used to be a lover of honey, but recently tried agave nectar and it puts honey to shame, so I think I can no problem make a switch here.
I've learned the truth about dairy and egg farming and I now feel so horribly guilty for eating this stuff. I think I can give up making eggs for myself but its a big hassle to search for endless hidden eggs I'm not sure I have the time nor energy for that, its hidden eggs in stuff that might be a problem (like bread and stuff).
I already dislike milk so thats not a problem, but I am trying to lose weight and eat fat free plain yogurt and fat free cheese. I tried vegan cheese and it is NASTY sorry but it is, haven't tried soy yogurt yet but will do so. However, non fat non dairy yogurt doesnt exist so that means I'll have to go back to yogurts with fat in it and am worried that will be detrimental to my weight loss, and I have yogurt everyday.
Yogurt and cheese will be really hard for me to give up, plus I'm a college student and it seems like you need to be a plastic surgeon to afford a healthy vegan diet, unless someone can proove me wrong can a college student afford a healthy vegan diet? Am I a horrible person for eating dairy? Or is it good enough that I stopped eating meat.
Should I become full on vegan, or is my lacto-ovo vegetarianism good enough? I've been debating with myself for the past few hours and am going nuts and don't know what to do, I really need some wisdom please help!|||Veganism IS a big commitment.
I think, after reading your most, that for you, lacto-ovo vegetarianism is good enough. You're STILL doing really really well!! Don't knock how great vegetarianism is!!!
Maybe try vegan down the road, and just obtain information and experiment with odd things now and again.
As a vegetarian university student, yes, veganism is pretty expensive! I'd become a vegan if I could just give up milk & ice cream. Soy/almond/rice milk just doesn't do it for me, and I can't get used to vegan ice cream. *Sigh* So...I don't know if/when I'll "graduate" to veganism, or if I ever will, but, I'm proud to atleast say I'm vegetarian, and that I'm doing something for the environment and for animals.|||I'm also a lacto-ovo vegetarian. -only been it for 'round a month, too...
I have no plans to become a vegan ... *yet*.
It's entirely up to you, you know? Being a vegan is much tougher than being a vegetarian. Nutrition is one key thing you absolutely cannot turn your back on.
I can't give you a debate on what to do, considering...well... I'm not you.|||first off - of course you're not a horrible person for just being a vegetarian!
and bottom line, you should do what you're comfortable with, and do what you can AFFORD.
but i can tell you now, that i, as a vegan, do not break the bank with my dietary choices. i don't eat a lot of processed vegan foods because THOSE are the things that are expensive, and most of them aren't even that good for you.
some of my vegan essentials are:
peanut butter
nuts
beans
chick peas
rice
fruit
vegetables
cereal / granola
those items are very basic and NOT expensive. and they are also very healthy and versatile!
when it comes to simulated cheese / milk products .. i have light silk with cereal and the brand "tufutti" makes wonderful "cream cheese" that i love on bagels (the herb and chive one is my favourite)
the same brand also makes yummy non-dairy ice cream and and ice cream bars.
the brand "so good" makes yummy ice cream cones similar to "klondike" (:
and yes the non-dairy items are a bit more expensive than their dairy cousins but if you're not eating them ALL the time (aside from the soy milk) it shouldn't break the bank at all.
as for the hidden eggs.. well i live in canada all the ingredients are printed on the products so i don't have any problems there and i generally know what products contain eggs so i just steer clear. most breads don't have egg in them. some things that you'd expect to contain eggs/milk actually DON'T like OREOS!
good luck with your decision and happy eating (:
I decided a few weeks ago but I have a major sweet tooth, I've been eating a lot of fruit to kill off the cravings, but when I'm out in public, people like to offer me pastries and chocolate and a lot of animal products.
Also I live with my father and he's omnivorous, and he always has really good dips and garbage and I tend to resist but I'll have some of it because, I'm just a weakling haha.
Also, no, I can't tell him to not give it to me because he's against veganism, so I've never told him.
I can resist meat just fine, it's very easy, and I hate to have dairy/eggs straight but it's the pastries and sometimes cheese etc.
I can't really afford the vegan cheese and vegan chocolate cookies, I also don't want those things because I would much rather have a healthy unprocessed diet.
I just need some motivation to completely resist dairy, no matter what, just like I resist meat no matter what.
Thank you.|||If someone offers me something that looks delicious, and/or I start having a craving for that thing, I just make a vegan version of it. I don't buy them processed at the store, I just make them myself. There are very few things that can't be made vegan.
As for what to tell them, just tell them you're cutting back on the pastries/dips/etc. It'd be understandable since many people cut back on things like that without actually going vegan so it's not like they'd have any reason to question you.|||Sounds like you'd be better off sticking to being a vegetarian right now. When you loose all the desire and cravings then you can start to eliminate dairy. It's better (from what I've heard because I'm not vegan) to go in slowly and educated.|||I am a vegetarian specifically a lacto-vegetarian and I suggest staring from being a vegetarian and not starting off vegan it would be much easier that way.|||There must be a reason that you have transitioned to a vegan diet. When you feel the urge to eat something that has eggs, cheese, etc. simply remind yourself of why you have chosen the lifestyle.
Also, if you are in the early transitions of diet, then it is very normal to feel cravings. It generally takes about a month to make a lasting change in any behavior.
I know that you do not want to buy vegan snacks, but they may help with the cravings. If you know there is an alternative to what you want, you will probably not crave the real thing so much. For example, I have vegan doughnuts(as I have an intolerance to milk). I know they are there if I want one, but that does not mean I want one all the time. I eat one every couple of weeks at the most. A box of 6 lasts for months. $6-10 for a vegan snack, stretched over a few months really is not that bad.
Another way to resist cravings is to wait. Most cravings will go away after about 20 min. Do not eat what you see right away. If you are offered the dip, say no thank you and wait 20 min to see if the craving goes away.
You resist eating meat, why is that? Use the same reasoning when it comes to eating eggs, cheese, etc.|||Why not try making vegan sweets ? I have been making this vegan cake and it's really good and really easy.
Easy Vegan Chocolate Cake
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
6 tablespoons cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups water
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix dry ingredients first. Once the mixture is even, mix in wet ingredients. Continue mixing until you obtain an even batter (no lumps). Pour into a cake pan and bake for approximately 40 minutes. I recommend topping the cake with Chocolate Frosting by Sarah (on the vegweb).
Serves: 12
Preparation time: 15 min
(Got off a website but I always make this) Verry yummy
Also you can look up recipes for cookies and other things.
It's very hard at first but you can do it ((:
Also when I start to feel the urge to cheat I go back and watch Earthlings... It really helps.
You have to be motivated and stubborn. It will never work if you keep giving in. Then your not really vegan...|||i had trouble giving up cheese until i saw MEET YOUR MEAT on youtube and found out old dairy cows = hamburger.
I LOVE cheese but my mindset about it has changed over time. you won't crave pastries if you start looking at them as poison to your body and the result animal suffering - instead of a lovely and delightful snack. try not romanticize the things you are giving up and start looking at them as gross.|||"Just tell me how to motivate myself to resist animal products completely.."
Watch some of the videos of what these creatures are going through. For instance, the latest Mercy for Animals video from the Willet Dairy (http://www.mercyforanimals.org/dairy/).
Every time you're about to partake in consuming one of these things, remember what you saw. Even just a snapshot moment where you watched the calf being dragged away...A snapshot where you see the whites of their eyes...Pick your snapshot. Remember it. Always.|||There's nothing illegal about being a vegan -- unless your family business is a butcher shop! It's not something shameful or a disease...
How to motivate yourself? How about a little SELF-RESPECT or maybe some WILL POWER.
Just DO it, for pity's sake, and stop whining!
i was wondering if any vegans are having a tough time affording the food? have been Vegan for 9 years and although i have no desire to eat meat, dairy and so on, my boss laid so many people off and I am only working 2 days a week now. I am questioning wether not to add cheese back into my diet, simply so i can buy pre prackaged foods that have a minimal amount of cheese in them, but the food would last a lot longer through the week than spending the same amount on vegan cheese and not having money to buy food to go with it.
idk , im just getting really hurt financially and i dont know where to cut corners. I have lost too much weight and Im just frustrated. if i ask a non vegan there opinion, then they freak out like I cant believe that you would even think twice about going hungry or adding cheese into your diet, then they think that being Vegan is too hard and crazy,which i dont wanna give that way of thinking to them.
I have been surviving on ramens noodles and i cant do it anymore, its making me feel sick. any opinion?|||You should try going to your local farmers market. There is so much fresh produce there, and you'll save a ton of money! Then you won't need to eat processed and packaged cheese products.|||well i can't say i really do because my mom buys my food. but if i was in your situation i would just make sure i buy healthy cheaper foods and be smart at shopping. like when i get soy milk i buy it at dollar tree for $1 and stock up, it is west soy brand and completely fine. if would buy a lot of canned beans, peanut butter, bread, healthy rices, oatmeal, noodles, and frozen or canned veggies. all those foods are fairly cheap but will leave you feeling full. i feel bad for you, you shouldn't feel like you have to starve yourself to follow your morals.|||o.k. - this is why i wrote a cook book for my 4 sons & 2 daughters. look if you can afford Ramen you can afford beans, any kind, pinto, black, split peas, lentils, & rice & torts. the dry beans per lb. shouldn't cost more that $1.50, actually i just bought 1 lb dry black beans for .79 cents, then find a 1 lb bag of rice. you actually have to put some effort & cook a pot of beans, you know little onions garlic, chilli's, what ever you like. in a separate pan, make pot of rice. beans & grains are a complete protein, throw a little salsa & beans & rice in a Tort & you have a very fulfilling meal for pennys. that pot of beans & rice should make about half dozen burritos or more. oh & all that stuff is vegan & shouldn't cost more than 10 dollars. also if you are really broke go to Salvation Army or local Church, there are food banks @ those places. and to throw variety in, you could get stuff for simple stir fry, include some tofu (your beans) after you cook ingredients put it all in a tort ( your grain) wrap it all up another meal vegan for pennies. there's a Mediterranean potato salad that is vegan, steam cubed spudz, add cubed-tomatoes, onions, salt & pepper to taste, red wine vinegar & olive oil - toss. hope this helps. be creative.|||Why do you think veganism is a product?
fresh veggies, nuts, grains, and fruits.. with a little innovation and seeking guidance from fellow vegans will open a world of healthy options..
stay away from the processed garbage with a vegan logo and 'fortified' with love..|||Do whats best for you, just don't malnourish yourself trying to keep up a diet, or by eating processed cheese because this probably won't help either. Its good that your doing something for animals but maybe you should add eggs into your diet because they are somewhat cheap and easy protein foods. When you can afford again you could go back to the vegan diet. You can buy bags of beans too since they're really cheap, and soak them in water. Make brown rice stirfry with eggs, beans, and frozen organic veggies. Cheap and easy meals like that will get you through nutrition wise.|||I have the same problem, except I'm vegetarian, not vegan. I'm a college student and can barely afford anything as it is and it makes me feel sick to buy really cheap, gross foods. I think I've found a solution that works pretty well, though, I just buy some food at the grocery store and lower my portion sizes-seriously, just stopping when you feel full does wonders. I usually eat a lot of fruit and vegetables as snacks throughout the day and it helps a lot.|||please don't jeopardize your health.
your diet may be boring for a bit,but you can manage.
frozen veggies are fairly cheap,as are beans and rice.
forget the cheese,vegan or otherwise for now.
stick to what's cheap and nourishing.
small portions of fresh produce,from a local farmer's market,are also pretty cheap.
peace and love
Ok, so here we go....
About 6 months ago I saw a video online called "Meet your Meat". It was an old, but still very current video about how animals are raised and slaughtered for food, or raised and used for egg and milk production. I was absolutely disgusted. I'm a big meat eater, and I looove milk, but after seeing that, I looked up a dozen more videos on Youtube showing the more current treatment of animals for slaughter. I also researched what the FDA approves for meat standards. Frankly, animals with cancer, wounds, infections and such being use to feed my belly is not appealing to me. I no longer wish to take part in the market that provides me steaks, or wings from an animal with cancer or any other such diseases.
I tried going Vegan, no meat, or even animal products. I found it very enjoyable. It was rather difficult for an avid meat eater like me to find full meals I could make, but none the less I enjoyed what I did manage to eat. My problem was I was only eating a lot of veggies, nuts, fruits, ect. I also found eating no animal products meant buying more veggies and fruits and such which increased my monthly food bills.
After a week or two of happily munching on Vegan foods, I found myself to be lightheaded, dizzy, a little confused and not able to think clearly. I got concerned about the lack of protein in my diet, but could not figure out how to get it, and so I gave up. As soon as I started eating meat, a day later I was feeling much better.
Now, I know there are proteins humans need to survive, and that meat offers all of them, but there are beans and many other none animal products that contain these proteins. I just wanted to know if anyone could help me by suggesting to me these food items and also any further information on how to eat better on a vegan diet.
Another reason that fuels my desire to figure out how to eat vegan for life is due to my weight. Im about 110lb overweight and this weight is based on me eating tons of steak, burgers, jerky, bacon, milk and egg products and did I mention jerky? :) I certainly didn't get fat off Asparagus. Yum! :P
I know not everyone likes eating Vegan, and everyone has a right to eat whatever they want. I'm not here to say vegan is the way to go or anything like that. I just feel it is the best choice for me. It will better reflect my love for animals, my demand for good quality foods, and help me be healthier.
I shop at Meijer and Walmart for food and its almost impossibly to find vegan stuff there. When I find the vegan cheese or meat patties for burgers they have egg or milk in them. So much for being vegan foods!!!! So a suggestion for what kinds of stores to shop at too would be much appreciated.
I hope someone can help me. I look forward to being able to continue eating vegan without being lightheaded or confused. lol|||I've been successfully vegan for over 20 years. First, are you supplementing with vitamin B12? You need to supplement with B12 if you're vegan.
You will have an easier time being vegan if you find a natural grocer as opposed to a mainstream supermarket. I've been able to find natural grocers in unlikely places such as Bakersfield, CA and the Texas panhandle. Definitely look for a natural grocer near you. That's where you can find vegan cheese or vegan burgers. You can also make your own. A good book for vegan cheeses is "The Uncheese Cookbook" by Joanne Stepaniak. It's a good idea to explore vegan recipes and to find some that work for you.
If you're eating beans and greens as a part of your regular diet, you are getting enough protein. Most Americans get far too much protein and suffer health consequences from it.
Meanwhile, give your body a chance to adapt to a vegan diet. You are growing different bowel flora and have different raw ingredients to build your cells. Your body may be confused for a while, but will get used to it.|||cuz ur basically depriving yourself of nutrienrs if u dont know what ur doing
and u have to make all ur own stuff and its a hassle
just be a vegetarian cuz u can still help the environment and animals|||I'm right there with you. I am also overweight, and vegetarian (vegan in training). I'll become vegan soon. What I'm doing is cutting on eating eggs, and drinking less milk. I'm going to buy soy or almond milk from now on. I looked up some local vegan restaurants and grocery stores. And I will be visiting them soon with my mother. And vegan recipes online. And I'm going to buy protein shakes and pills with other important vitamins you get from meat, so you could buy some too. But I guess some shakes and pills still have animal products in them so read the ingredients before buying.
Hope that helped.|||to get calcium-eat plenty of green leafy veggies and soy/almond/rice milk
protein-tofu, nuts, pretty much everything
vitamin b12 (only found in animal products i think)-nutritional yeast and soy milk infused with b12
iron-beans, peas
veggie dogs/burgers also contain some of these, but be careful because some have a TON of sodium
i mostly make lots of stir fries-here is a website for my favorite magazine-so interesting!
good for you for choosing a healthier lifestyle and good luck!|||I was reading up on this fantastic lady who is an awesome nutritionist and was a vegan for 10 years. shes not any longer, however, her diet is mostly vegetarian, with an occasional organic meat every once in a blue moon. She does still eat fish and cage free eggs. anyhow she commented on how she would often feel weak and she feels much better now. For me, as far as animal protein I lived off fish, eggs, and dairy for seven years (very little dairy, mostly yogurt) and combined with all the fruits and veggies I ate I was in phenomenal health. however, knowing your goal you must on a daily basis, eat nuts, beans, or legumes if you cross out all animal proteins. you will wear out fast if you do not and will find yourself eating more carbs than you need. to me personally doing a vegan diet is one of the hardest things to do. try not to be too hard on yourself during this process, maybe you should think about giving in slowly. dramatically changing your diet is difficult and hard on the body and can cause you to go back to your old diet. ease into it... then one day you will find that you are already there and have it all figured out! good luck and thank you for thinking of the beautiful animals out there!|||Hi.
Well I used to be vegan. I dislike milk and eggs and not fond of cheese but have you tried being a vegetarian first?
Yep, your bills go up but only if you need to buy vegan food, organic etc etc which is not necessary.
I go to walmart but I tend to fnid their fruits and veggies expensive *yeah I know it's Walmart* I go to grocery stores and buy the fruits that are packaged and sold for cheaper to make smoothies.
Trader Joes is excellent; tons of veggie items. Try going to veggie farms in your area, if you have any.
You can eat meat but choose local areas, butchers that buy meat from local farms, no hormones etc. Buying meat from the supermarkets like Walmart... you really have no idea where the meat is brought in from or HOW they treat the animals.
This might be a bit jumbled but I am in a rush. Anyways, buy LOCAL eggs too. I love soy milk and rice milk and almond milk with my baking and cereals.
Rice and Beans make up the amino acids you need to build muscle, if you work out *do you?* That is part of a vegan diet too; eating right and being active and healthy.
I was part of the site listed below for almost 4 years. It was amazing, helpful and worth checking out the recipes|||You can try Morning star meat less products in the frozen section at wal-mart or veganise mayo it is great I get that at super one in my town also go to the library and check out vegan books it helps if you can have help cooking :)|||Because we have evolved over millions of years to eat meat
specifically cheese and milk. I personally think its wrong but my boyfriend has a very sensitive stomach (and on top of that may be slightly lactose intolerant...his doctor didn't say but he gets sick when he eats too much cheese) and I'm worried about his health. I was thinking of somehow getting him to drink soy milk.
Also what are some vegan cheeses that taste like real cheese? He likes cheesy things (grill cheese and pizza and such) and I don't want him to suffer every time he eats it.|||When he eats dairy foods he should take a lactaid tablet. You buy them in the drug store and it has the enzymes necessary for breaking down the milk sugar that his bady lacks. My daughter takes them and has no problems whatsoever|||there is nothing wrong with being vegan. dont try to change someone. he's fine the way he is.|||The first answer is that you CAN'T make him do anything. I also think you shouldn't try to make him do anything. You'll both have a more happy life if you get rid of the control issues. I guess, in retrospect, that's the second answer too.|||You asked: "...How can I make my boyfriend start eating vegan food?..."
April, one of the fastest ways of making him your ex-boyfriend is insisting that he eat vegan food.
People eat what they want to eat.
-Stuart|||Don't push veganisn(?) on him mean need their meet and protein to build muscle to look better for you|||Don't.
He can drink goat's milk. But there's no reason why he can't eat meat.
Most cults use vegetarianism to help create a chemical imbalance in people's brains that makes them easier to "brainwash". You need the proteins in meats to help your brain cells work properly.|||How do I get my boyfriend to stop carrying a woman's purse? You can't change someone.|||you can't make anyone be vegan. If he is lactose intolerant and he still wants to eat dairy then it is on his head if he gets sick. He knows the consequences. I'm LIT and I know what happens to me when/if I eat dairy and sometimes I do....but I'm a grown woman and I make my own choices and make my own decisions about what I eat. It's what being an adult does.|||If he feels like crap, then he will try new things on his own accord. Offer suggestions and advice if he asks, otherwise, expect your friends to start taking bets as to when he becomes you ex boyfriend.
And so what if YOU hate lactose free dairy. What if he likes it?
Is he going to have any freedom whatsoever over his own food choices?
Back off.|||Being vegan is a personal choice...
Don't do that control crap he'll leave as fast as he can.|||Use whatever technique you use to "make" him do everything else.
That lucky guy.|||good luck...absolutely.
I eat no meat what so ever, I do not drink milk (I drink soy milk), I don't eat cheese, butter, yogurt, or eggs (I eat vegan cheese, vegan butter, vegan yogurt). But if I do eat products with milk, cheese, or eggs in them. So for example if I am eating cake and its made with milk and eggs I will eat it. I am not fully vegan but I am part vegan am I not? Is there a special name for this?|||No there is no such thing as a part vegan or semi-vegan or anything of that nature it is not possible. The definition has always been quite clear. Plus you only describe some dietary aspects and veganism has always been more than just diet.
It sounds like to me you are just a vegetarian who occasionally eats some food that is free of animals and ingredients taken from them.
You either fit the definition of veganism or you just aren't vegan however in this modern age their is no reason to exploit anybody else so there is really no reason not to be vegan.
Here is the definition so you are aware.
"The word 'veganism' denotes a philosophy and way of living which seeks to end the idea of animals as property and exclude all forms of intentional exploitation of, use of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing, research or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, including people and the environment.
In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals."
Edit: A strict vegetarian does not eat any products taken from animals at any point no eggs, no dairy products, no honey...it is a completely animal free diet (however it is not veganism because it is only diet based) You/she would not be a strict vegetarian unless they stopped eating animal products completely.|||You eat no meat. So you're a vegetarian.
You eat foods containing dairy and eggs.
You don't mention buying consumer products from companies whose distributors conduct animal toxicity tests.
You don't mention avoiding buying or wearing fur, leather, silk, wool, or clothing trimmed in them.
You don't mention avoiding frequenting zoos, circuses, rodeos, aquariums, or other venues where animals are held in captivity or forced to perform for human entertainment and profit.
So no way in hell are you a vegan of any kind.|||Vegetarian. If it comes up you can say that you only eat those things when they're pre-prepared and mixed into something but you never cook at home with those items or eat them alone.
I kind of like the term Vegish.
But really, don't do it for the label. And if you're mostly vegan already, why not take the full 'plunge'? It's easy. And you will reap the full benefits of peaceful, healthy eating.|||Non-vegan.
Veganism is an all-encompassing lifestyle that follows from the ideal of not using (commodifying) animals for anything, as far as possible. Not for food, not for clothes etc. etc.
You are a lacto-ovo vegetarian who limits his/her consumption of eggs and dairy. Which is a good thing, but in no way vegan.|||Just say you're strict vegetarian. Most of us strict vegetarians stay away from anything from a slaughtered animal, like meat, meat byproducts, and leather and fur. We still consume eggs and dairy, but honestly, I eat as small amounts as I can.|||a vegan is one who has NO part of animals, food, what they produce (e.g. honey), or products made of Animals. You did not mention that you prohibit animal made products. so at this point sounds like you're vegetarian, not a vegan.
no leather, feathers, honey, milk, eggs, meat|||Depends on who you ask. Do you know how hard it is to be actually "Vegan"? My sister is and its rediculous. She has to know/keep up with all the "scientific" type names they put on labels that are animal products.
I say strict vegetarian...but thats just me...|||There is no such thing as a 'part vegan', you're either a vegan or you're not.
But if you really want to label yourself, then what you are is a vegetarian|||You're a vegetarian who eats vegan most of the time. Unfortunately, there are no special names.|||Vegans do not consume animal products, period. Saying you are "sort of vegan" is like saying you were "sort of in a car accident."|||You're a lacto ovo vegetarian.
No milk means no milk.
No eggs means no egg.|||Yes, It's called a Vegetarian.|||It's called a vegetarian.|||You're either a vegan or you're not. It's as simple as that.
I believe you may be vegetarian!|||Do we GOTTA have labels for EVERYTHING?
you are what you are .... don't sweat the small stuff!|||Just say you are a strict vegetarian!|||vegetarian
there are different levels of vegetarianism|||If you don't eat meat, you're a vegetarian. If you eat eggs and dairy products, you're an ovo lacto vegetarian.
Hey, since you're eating some dairy products anyway, why not eat the good cheese, butter and yogurt instead of the fake soy stuff?
You've got to be careful with soy. It's been tied to early puberty in girls, low sperm count in men and thyroid disease. If you don't have thyroid disease, some soy is probably ok. Just don't build your diet on soy burgers, soy hot dogs, soy milk, tofu, etc.
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/soyinfo/a/so鈥?/a>|||I dont think there is!
but i know what you mean though, i went through this stage for a while,
you're vegan-esque! :D
edit: just HOW has this answer received so many thumbs down? haha...people need to lighten up, or something! :D
My best friend is a vegan and whenever I spend a couple of nights at her house, eating time is my most dreaded time. I feel like whenever she offers me something and I refuse to try it, I'm being rude.
She always jokes with me and says "just because i'm vegan doesn't mean I don't have ish to eat"
I find that a lot of the meat substitutes and just substitutes in general are terrible!
Tofu and tempeh are disgusting too! so is the vegan cheese!
how could she possibly find that tasty?
& i'm not trying to say all vegan food is nasty because it probably isn't but I haven't had a good experience with vegan food yet.|||As a vegan who's never once had tofu, and tempeh,
I think you're confusing
"protein-dense foods sometimes used by vegans and non-vegans alike as animal product analogues"
with
"vegan food".
Or were you under the impression that vegan food = fake meat and fake cheese?|||Make her some fries.
Meat substitute is abad term for potentially good food. FRESH tofu is delicious. It's steaming and feash ilike white bread. With bit of mango salsa or toasted almonds and some raw bread and earth balance. It's good. Also tofu curry is really really fantastic. Try it, she could just be bad at cooking. A toasted peanut butter sandwich with fruit spread and a bowl of roasted chickpeas is wonderful food. Make that and take it over.|||She's probably used to it, find some delicious recipes that are vegan and maybe you can make dinner together! It would be fun and delicious. Some of my favorite recipes are on the cit ohsheglows.com YUM!|||Its simple she got used to it, I'm a vegetarian and I hated veggie burgers at the beginning and now I crave them when I go a few days without them. if you eat more of it its possible you will start to like them|||she probably has an aquired taste to it because she wants to be vegan|||maybe your friend doesnt know how to prepare and serve the meat/dairy substitutes.|||Shes probably use to eating it i guess|||She's used to it. A lot of people are used to eating meat as well, and they can't handle eating healthy vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, beans, etc. If you were to eat uncooked, unseasoned meat, you wouldn't think it taste good because you're adjusted to eating it the way you do. Her food may taste gross to you, but it would probably be the same to her in return if she tried your food. If you're used to eating something, it feels like it's not big deal.
Daisy, quit it with the nonsense already. All I see are pretentious answers and bad links to back up your "facts" on why vegetarianism and vegans are hypocrites and unhealthy. I can point out quite a lot of REAL meat, dairy, and egg recalls that kill any vegetable recalls. You're probably the first to point out that one case of a vegetable recall because you want to make the omnivore diet look good. It's not happening because you're not fooling me. The only reason why you like meat is because you cook it and put spices all over it. It you were to eat it like a real carnivore that is meant to eat meat, you wouldn't like it. Why? They just bite into the neck to kill it, then eat it raw. I'm pretty sure you would never do that, but I'm pretty sure you're as brainwashed, if not more than vegans you seem to crack on all the time.
If you don't like someones diet, then go away and deal with your own diet. I'm pretty sure you have plenty of problems with your diet, health, and you obviously have a hypocrite mindset as well. I don't know why trying to prove vegetarians and vegans wrong is helping you out. It's not.
EDIT: Still, you don't see the hypocrisy with yourself either. Why call us all out for being hypocrites when you are too? You can eat most vegetables (besides potatoes), fruits, nuts, and seeds are all able to be eaten raw by the human body. Sure, I can cook grains, beans, and my vegetables as well, but that is a choice. Why is eating cooked meat your only option though? If you want to make your diet seem natural like most "omnivores" say it is, then why not do it? How come you guys can't hunt down (without tools) and eat an animal (fur, flesh, and organs) without cooking it? You can just plant a garden and pick by hand.|||I guess she's used to it. Some online former vegans now wonder how they ate some vegan food. They now realize how nasty it was, but they were so brainwashed, they claimed it was good. I think when vegans claim all their friends like their food, at least some of their friends are just being polite. Like you?
ADDED: Aphrodite, why am I required to kill and eat my diet raw, while you buy your grains and veggies at the supermarket and cook (or at least sprout) most of them? Again I'll yell "hypocrite". LOL!
ADDED II: EDIT: Nope. I'm no hypocrite. Yes, I can and do eat about everything you eat, plus meat. I know where meat comes from. I don't pretend my diet is bloodless and I don't have any guilt about it. Many veg*ns come on this board and announce their diet doesn't kill animals. It does. Many come on here and announce that they can get everything from plants they can get from animal products. Not true. When they stop doing that. I'll think about going away. Lots of people eat raw meat. Steak tartar is an expensive, popular meal. Susi is quite popular. Cooking meat is a choice, too. My diet is more "natural" than yours because it doesn't require fake supplements like B12. I get B12 in my steak. Why should I hunt down animals when you don't grow your own rice and wheat? Why shouldn't I cook meat when you cook most of your grains and veggies?
I am strongly considering going vegan. I am already a pescatarian, so fish is the only meat I eat. My main concerns are this:
1. A lot of natural foods are expensive, and I am a fresh-out-of-college-in-the-recession budget girl. Are there certain brands, types of food, etc. that can help me go vegan on a budget?
2. I loooove cheese. Advice on the best vegan cheeses?
3. I live with my boyfriend, who is a meat-and-potatoes guy all the way. Are there any cookbooks or tips that would help me stock our kitchen and cook us meals we can both enjoy (and just let him cook his own meat on the side) rather than having two separate shopping lists and sets of meals entirely?|||Id think about going vegan a bit more before you jump into it. especially if your in debt. organic food is alot more expensive than your average food source. Also remember that alot of the foods your used to have eggs or milk in them such as breads, pastries, pastas. Almost everything we consume has an egg product in it so you have to be careful. I don't know much about vegan cheeses but im sure you can go to a local grocery store and ask for some help with vegan cheeses.
And as for your boyfriend and you, he doesnt have to eat meat every night, so a few nights you two can enjoy none egg pastas, or try making your dinners and have him try them to see what he likes so you can make vegan dinners together. Try going to chapters for vegan cook books they've got everything there. Hope this helps you.|||Do NOT let yourself get too hungry! As vegan products go on sale, try some to see what you might like. Start cooking more and experiment with different spices.|||1.beans, rice, corn and frozen vegetables aren't expensive! so you can stock up on that :D I'm also thinking canned fruit, I know how some of the real fruit can get pricey. just check the label for any strange ingredients when it comes to the canned stuff.
2. I wouldn't know about this since I'm doing my own planning and researching because I want to be vegan too. but I heard that nutritional yeast gives you a nice cheesy flavor if you sprinkle it on food.
3. hmm maybe ask him what foods he likes that are not based on meat? any chilis, soups, noodles, pasta....anything like that. and then just make it vegan friendly.
that's the best I can do :P
So I do eat chicken, turkey and fish but I do so in moderation (small portions per day) and a few times per week. For example, I eat fish one time per week. If I do eat chicken, I only eat drumsticks and I will only eat two per day. I eat turkey but its only like ground turkey and I will eat 1 pound over the course of 3-4 days. So I do eat them in moderation. I don't eat any diary products, but instead drink soymilk, eat vegan cheese, etc. I do eat eggs, but only 2-3 times per week and I only eat the organic brown ones.
I've realized that it would be best for me to switch to a complete vegetarian diet mainly for health reasons. Although I only eat turkey, fish and chicken in moderation, I've noticed that they have a lot of fat (especially saturated fat-which can lead to heart disease and other complications).
I am very very health conscious and consume as much foods as I can that are organic. The only foods I eat that are not organic are the ones that are not available in organic. I'm 22 years old and 145 pounds so I want to do as much as I can to live a healthy lifestyle.
I just want to know if I cut out the chicken, fish and turkey from my diet but keep the eggs (they will be the only animal product I will be consuming) if I will be on a complete vegetarian diet.
What foods can I use in place of those products and how will the transition be for me? I'm scared that I will go back to eating those products. I know there's meat substitues like imitation chicken,etc. Are those really healthy? Apart from fruits, veggies and other organic products, are foods such as veggie burgers, veggie based cheeses and meat substitutes really healthy? Will I get all the necessary nutrients I need to be healthy?
Thanks!|||it might not be super easy, but keep your goals in mind and your reasons for doing it and it will get easier over time. you'll be a full veg if you don't eat any meat but eat eggs, once you cut out eggs (if you do) and any other animal products then you'll be a vegan. i'm a full veg, but i have vegan tendencies ;) try the imitation meats. i love them and it makes my life much easier. try different ones different ways til you find what you like. i like some brands better than others and different cooking styles better than otehrs. experiment. i foudn when i went veg i opened my eyes to sooo many new foods and dishes because i sought them out instead of always eating what i'm used too. it's difficult when i go out sometimes but i can usually get atleast one dish anywhere. good luck!|||it was very easy for me .
i buy morningstar and boca products .
and i make my own veggie burgers .
i have been a vegetarian since january and i just became a vegan today .
if you have any questions you can email me .
:)|||You will definitely be healthy (probably much healthier) if you become vegetarian as long as you eat a wide variety of foods. If the imitation foods and substitutes you are referring to are tofu-based they are very healthy and nothing is wrong with veggie burgers, they are much healthier than the meat equivalents.
The only real issue for vegetarians in the long term is B12 but you get that in eggs so you're covered.
After a few months make sure to get a blood test to check your levels of iron as this sometimes becomes low when you become vegetarian (although with the right foods it should never be a problem).
I've been a vegetarian for over a year now and I can safely say that I've had no health problems and my sports haven't been affected. Being vegetarian has been scientifically proven to significantly reduce the risk of common cancers, heart disease and neuron disorders as well as increase your life-span.|||The ease of the transition is going to be related to how much you enjoy meat (and dairy/eggs, if you do go vegan). I had no problem giving up meat, because I didn't like it. Milk and eggs weren't so hard to give up when I went from vegetarian to vegan because I had lost my taste for them, but 4.5 years later, I still miss cheese (although, that is becoming less frequent).
There are a couple of things to get as you transition:
1) Veg/vegan cookbooks: Isa Chandra Moscowitz is the queen of veg cooking. She has 3 books (Vegan with a Vengeance, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, and Veganomicon). Some of her recipes can be pretty time-consuming, but they are delicious. Garden of Vegan and How It All Vegan are two other good cookbooks to have around (co-authored by Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer).
2) Books on veg/vegan nutrition: Becoming Vegan by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina is a wealth of information on the nutritional needs of vegetarians/vegans and how to meet them on a plant-based diet. It is somewhat technical, so it can get a bit dry, but with your interest in healthy living, you will probably enjoy it (I did!).
What I found hardest was watching out for all of the hidden animal ingredients in foods. I was amazed by how many things had meat broth or fish components (Caesar salad dressing, for one). When/if you make the switch to being vegan, you will have to watch out for eggs, and hidden milk products as well (whey and casein are two big ones that show up in things like bread and crackers). If you are just going veg for health reasons, you don't need to worry about having animal rennet in your cheeses (an enzyme that comes from the stomach of dead calves, so isn't really vegetarian).
I didn't notice any huge health benefits when I went vegetarian, but noticed a big difference when I went vegan. I lost 15 lbs over the course of a year (although at 150 lbs I am by no means a skinny vegan). Although I always had bad seasonal allergies, I haven't had them at all since going vegan. I also have higher iron levels than I have ever had before, and I feel I have more energy than I ever did as a vegetarian. All in all, going vegan was the best thing that ever happened to my health.
I'm a vegetarian, and not yet a vegan because my parents are against it, and says it is going a step too far. However, I turn 18 in 3 weeks and am planning on going vegan then, but I want to know everything I can about it.
What are some good replacements for dairy, and eggs? Like can I still make brownies, and just use something instead of the egg? What are some good vegan recipes? What are your reasons for being vegan, if you are one (I need a little more information on why it's worth going vegan)? Is it difficult? Are there any hidden non vegan things that can be hidden in food (like gelatin)? Has anyone tried vegan cheese fondue, and is it good?
Any input would be much appreciated, except for putdowns ;) this is a personal choice.|||Good for you!
This first poster says that it's really hard to get nutrients that you need. YEAH RIGHT! It's easy. You just eat food and your body does the rest. Vegans rarely get sick from the diet unless they are deliberately eating only cabbage.
Here's an animal ingredient list that I found really helpful: http://www.happycow.net/health-animal-in鈥?/a>
Also, on that website above are listings for all sorts of veggie restaurants and health food stores around the world.
It's pretty easy being vegan. WAY easier than I ever thought it would be. Listen to those that have experienced veganism, not someone who "thinks" they know what it's all about.
When baking there are different things you can use instead of dairy and eggs. It depends on the recipe. Some recipes will call for applesauce instead of egg for moisture, some will use tofu or egg replacer powder, such as Ener-G, so they baking will hold together well, even ground flax powder mixed with water can be used instead of egg. Soy or Almond milk is usually the stand in for regular dairy. Cheese is more hard to duplicate and not many places carry vegan cheese alternatives. WARNING: Most soy or veggie cheeses are not vegan, so check the ingredients for casein, which is a milk protein.
http://www.vegweb.com/ has a ton of vegan recipes with ratings from other users.|||Not worth it to me. It's really hard to make sure you are getting what you need, if you don't have someone who knows a lot about this, or are not able to talk to a nutritionist, you can make yourself very sick if you're not careful.
Research this completely before jumping in!|||This site may be of benefit to you ~much information; recipes, books etc:http://www.living-foods.com/|||well theres always soy products.
like soy milk [not that bad acutally]
also go to www.peta2.com they have recipies!
ive tried go vegan.
lasted like 20 minutes lmao. im 13 and i coudlnt give up ice cream and i dont know if id like soy ice cream [i dont know what its called]|||Today, there are several replacement choices available for dairy and eggs. The best product for margarine I've found is Earth Balance, which is completely dairy free and can be found at popular grocery chains.
Vegan baking tastes wonderful and there are plenty of recipes on-line and even completely vegan baking cookbooks. They will give you exact ingredients so there is no guess work or confusion about products or substitutions. You should also try to do your own research about being vegan that way you can make your own opinion based on facts that you've learned.
There are plenty of vegan information sites, blogs, cookbooks, and books on going vegan that you can find. Just do a quick search in google or amazon.com or your local library.
Or check out the following sites on making a transition and why you should become vegan:
http://www.vegcooking.com/makingthetrans鈥?/a>
http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/
|||The word, 'vegan', means that you don't want to exploit animals.
There is a vegan alternative to virtually anything. I've seen vegan sea cucumber and vegan black pudding(blood pudding). Vegweb.com has an endless supply of recipes but I usually take traditional recipes and veganize them.
Bread, pasta, cereal, rice, beans, peas, lentil, nuts, seeds, fruits and veggies can easily offer everything that you need except B12.
http://www.veganhealth.org/sh
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo
All vegetarians should take a B12 supplement regularly since most people eat meat, dairy AND fortified cereals yet still have a B12 status that is lower than recommended.
http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/b12
It may help you if you see proof that vegan people have the same potential as anyone else.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sto鈥?/a>
http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/phpBB2/鈥?/a>
http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/phpBB2/鈥?/a>
http://www.macdanzig.net/bio.php
http://www.scottjurek.com/career.php
If you need meat or dairy during any stage of your life or to live any certain lifestyle, why does the American Dietetic Association say otherwise?
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada鈥?/a>
If you are new to being vegan, it may help you to read this:
http://www.veganoutreach.org/howvegan|||Congrats! Making the change to veganism is not only great for your own health, but for the health of so many animals. Here's some websites that I like.....good luck and it's not as hard as some people would like you to believe. :o)
The first link is for common products that are "accidentally vegan"
The other links are for AWESOME vegan recipe sites.|||i am vegan because:
it is healthier
i am against animal slavery as it is unnatural
it is a more efficient way to use land to make food
I am a vegetarian and have been for about 4 years now, but I'd love to become a vegan and maybe a raw vegan as well. The only problem is I live 30 miles away from anywhere that sells vegan 'meat', and a little over an hour away from anywhere that sells vegan cheese, and even seaweed sheets. Yes. That's right. It sucks here.
I feel my only option to being vegan are the fruits and veggies in the produce section. Would this be healthier than all the fake cheeses and sauces the far away stores have? Or am I doomed to be malnourished?? I'd really love some advice. |||You definitely don't NEED fake meat and cheese to be a vegan. But it does help for variety. Have you thought about going to those far stores and buying a bunch of the stuff you like and putting it in a cooler on the way home? Most of that stuff has a long shelf life, so it will be fine in the fridge for awhile. Also, do you have any vegan cookbooks? They have some that have recipes that you can make your own meat and cheese replacement foods. Check it out on Amazon or at a bookstore. There are tons of vegan cookbooks nowadays. Or even look for recipes on the internet. You just have to be creative...you can do it!|||i'm a vegetarian, but i know stores sell plenty of alternative foods like you can get peanuts, vegetarian beans, and the stores should have some soy milk and i also see some thing like veganaise. but all you need now are plants and veggies. but i'm guessing you also need calcium, at costco there are these little gummie bears that have lots of calcium and doesn't have any milk, eggs, or any thing that comes from animals. i use penuts and beans to get protien so its pretty easy to me right now. but i hope that some day i'll have the guts to become vegan like you.
good luck!|||You don't need any of that special, over-priced stuff.
Bread, pasta, cereal, rice, beans, peas, lentil, nuts, seeds, fruits and veggies can easily offer everything that you need except B12.
http://www.veganhealth.org/sh
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo
All vegetarians should take a B12 supplement regularly since most people eat meat, dairy AND fortified cereals yet still have a B12 status that is lower than recommended.
http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/b12
It may help you if you see proof that vegetarians have the same potential as anyone else.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sto鈥?/a>
http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/phpBB2/鈥?/a>
http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/phpBB2/鈥?/a>
http://www.macdanzig.net/bio.php
http://www.scottjurek.com/career.php
If you need meat or dairy during any stage of your life or to live any certain lifestyle, why does the American Dietetic Association say otherwise?
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada鈥?/a>
|||Just make sure you get plenty of beans for protein, and maybe take calcium tablets and other vitamins? Go to a health store and ask them what vitamins you need to take daily if you are vegan. They'll know. I'm sorry, I could not imagine a lifestyle where I could not eat as much cheese as i want, which is why I'm content to be vegetarian. Or you could try ordering these items frozen, in bulk, online.Sorry, I couldn't offer any websites.
"I fully support you and wish you luck on this endeavor." *One of my favorite phrases that I use any time I can!!!*
EDIT: and "Krister", I'm pretty sure most breads and pastas have milk, eggs, oil, and other animal products in them, and I've seen that same text that you've copied and pasted onto like, 3 vegetarian questions.
I am cooking dinner for 10 guests tonight. None of my guests are vegan but as I have recently converted I'd like to cook for them using a vegan recipe. The thing is I've had hardly any experience cooking vegan and I don't know what would be best to choose, and whether any of the recipes I've seen on the internet work or would taste right.
So I guess I'm asking you, which one would you reccomend to me which you've used a lot before. I don't have things like vegan cheese, but I do have Quorn mince and soya milk. Anything else I need I will go out and buy, so don't worry about ingredients.|||Pizza! I eat vegan pizza often and it is delicious. Publix has already made pizza dough in a bag, its in the bakery and it is vegan. I use any sauce, and of course i use vegan mozzerella which Publix usually has AND Tofurkey italian sausages which are of course vegan. I get that at Publix too. It is simply delicious and even my non vegan boyfriend and brother BEG me to make it! Its soooooo good.|||Boca Veggie Crumbles (they are totally vegan, and they taste like meat!) A seasoning pack, some tortillas, and vegan cheese, serve with lettuce, tomatoes, etc. P.S. you make the veggie crumbles like you would make taco beef meat in a pan. Find the Boca Veggie Crumbles by your veggie patties in the frozen section. And also, Morning Star also has veggie crumbles but they are not vegan, just vegetarian. (:|||right now i m eating this__(i m totally veg)........................boil maggi noodles then fry it in olive oil add chopped cauliflowers ,tomato peas(very less) and lil bit of tomato ketchup....fry until the veggies r cookesd....yyummy(it aint no party dish just to eat everyday)|||i like my country dishes almost as iam from india and often need tangy and spicy food at all yet sometime mix east and west and create many dishes
for example i really enjoy tofu
put some oil in pan after heated add some mustard seed and than add chopped onion and add some cumin in it and turmeric and red chilli and than add chopped tomatoes after all cooked add stir fried tofu pieces ad than add little water cook for a minute u may add some tomatoes and garlic sauce and green chilli sauce in it it taste good u may cook several veg in same way just in place of tofu u may add boiled broccoli,potatoes ,carrot,peas,brinjal or egg plants or fried ladfinger or even boiled spinach paste with garlic paste .
and as bread u may use western regular bread just grease griddle with little oil or butter as little as possible and sprinkle pinch of salt on it if u like u may sprinkle fresh pepper on it and than toast the bread till golden crisp both side and enjoy happy meal low use of fat and more taste
if u dont find any indian spices like cumin ,corriander powder etc u may cook without it but use some more sauces in it to make dishes some tangy one
and at last in all dishes and pulses u may add chopped basil or corriander etc
that enhance natural identical flavor of dishes this type of food is although not zero in fat but as body need slight amount essential fatty acid u may get from it and also u get natural nutrients with taste due to such recipes i eat out almost 100-150 kg of vegetable minimum in a year|||PLEASE PLEASE!!!
i HIGHLY RECCOMMEND THIS RECIPE!
I can not tell you how many times I have made it and have won over both omnivores, vegans, vegetarians alike.
Its the veg news mac n' cheese recipe and it tastes sooo good with the baked breadcrumb topping and the buttery "cheezy" cheese. I make mine with gluten free brown rice noodles but any pasta with crevices for the sauce will do. Make it, you will not be disappointed!!!
Link
http://www.vegnews.com/web/articles/page.do?catId=10&pageId=40
Even make it ahead of time and try it for yourself, its pure amazingness!|||I recommend steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, and corn on the cob. DELIOUS!!!!
So what will it be ? Say where its located - what city and state (street as well if you know it) it is located in.
whats your favorite dish there?
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I think for me it would have to be Slice in New York City. I've only been to the location on 2nd avenue between 73rd and 74th streets, but i saw on their site that they have another location in greenwich village. It's like this little hole in the wall of a restaurant and they make this thin crust type of pizza. they have vegan and rice mozarella as an option for any pizza order and also vegan desserts, etc. and the vegan cheese there is SO GOOD! I should ask what kind they use seriously. I have been there several times but the pizza is so good that I just never thought to order anything else so ive never tried their snacks, salads, soup, etc. Well its also expensive. average of 5-6 dollars a slice. three slices got me to 18 dollars. they are generous slices though.
they have non vegan items too with actual cheese and they do have chicken items like salad or on pizza i think but all their chicken is hormone free, antibiotic free, and free range. they have options for people allergic to gluten and wheat too.
they deliver too but i live on the east side further up, like 20 blocks away so i never bothered asking their distance limits.
just a great company. im always happy to give my money to support them. it looks deceiving for its size (very very tiny place and kind of rough around the edges) but they are up to par with their food. trust me! ha i should get paid for all this great publicity. XD
check em out.
http://sliceperfect.com/
http://sliceperfect.tumblr.com/|||This isn't a strictly vegan restaurant, but they have several vegan items, including an awesome vegan french toast. It's called The Lone Wolf, and it's on Main Street in Amherst, MA. The food there is really good, although the service is hit or miss. Sometimes, I've gotten great service, and other times I've gotten terrible service.|||Green in San Antonio. The "Chicken Fried Wheat Meat" (with mashed potatoes and cream gravy, of course) is so good I almost feel guilty every time I eat it!|||San Francisco's famous Greens Restaurant down on the Bay. Everything they have is fabulous!
http://www.greensrestaurant.com/
They have some items that are vegetarian, but not vegan, but this is the best in the country, hands down.|||there is this restaurant I went to, it's called Real Food Daily. There is a location in West Hollywood(20 mins from where I live). :) Their German Chocolate Cake is soooo orgasmic and their Dark Fudge Brownies. ha ha. I'm vegetarian, not a vegan, but the restaurant is vegan and they have yummy food!|||Curly's Lunch @ 14th street here in Manhattan, between 2nd and 1st i think...pretty decent stuff. I dont usually go out to eat, but if i do, I go there, Pomme Frites or this Japanese place near me ~73rd and i think amsterdam.|||Probably Delicious, a chinese restaurant in Winnipeg, MB that has Ginger Beef, Eel, Chicken, etc, all vegan.|||I've been a veggie for 13 years and can honestly say I've never been to a strictly veggie/vegan restaurant. However, there IS a raw restaurant in Tampa, FL (about an hour from me) that I'd love to try... their menu looks delish. I'll have to convince the fiancee' to come with me one of these days.|||KFC and Burger King are two of my favorites. They are located in many cities.
Okay, so I have been a vegetarian for about 5 years now, and I think I'm ready to step up to being Vegan. I have already sort of tried it out for the past week and a half, and I love it. =) I already have a ton of vegan cheese and vegan burgers and stuff. but can someone give me a list of food I can eat? Like cereals. I heard that stuff like fruity pebbles is something that Vegans can not eat?
So yea, give me websites or just list stuff, and I'm gonna enjoy eating some pineapple chunks. =)|||I've been a vegetarian for my whole life but i have never tried to be vegan good luck with that
here a website were you can order vegan foods-
http://www.veganstore.com/
Hey :) As a recently turned vegan I have been conducting some thorough research into which supermarkets and shops cater best for vegans. My local Asda has kindly provided about four products in the 'free from' section. I am not talking fruit, veg, pulses and grains. I am talking biscuits, cakes, you know, treats. Even Asda's meat free products have egg (Like Quorn). Not so much as a single crumb of Sheesh! (Vegan cheese). They have Alpro soya desserts (which after a bit of getting used to, tasted lovely) and rice milk occasionally. I have been told that Holland and Barretts have some good cereal type bars but there isn't one anywhere near me for miles. Nor are there any type of specialist food shops. Anybody find a particular supermarket chain quite good?|||Trader Joe's will print you out a list of vegan/vegetarian (you have to specify) foods they carry. Just go to customer service and ask.
Whole Foods (which apparently have issues I'm not aware of, but I don't shop there anyway) carries lots of vegan junk foods.
And lots of supermarkets are carrying Amy's, which has a lot of vegan friendly foods.|||Sorry, I don't have an answer. But I LOVE the name Leah-Kate!! Just thought I'd say that. Sorry again for wasting your time. Bye.
Hello. I'm currently vegetarian and have slowly been drifting towards a vegan diet. For health and ethical reasons, I want to be a vegan. The only problem is that fat free Greek yogurt makes up a majority of my breakfast/diet because I tend to have at least a cup of it per day; it's a great source of protein. I do have rice, beans, legumes, etc. for protein. If I could find an organic, low-fat, non-dairy, & NON-SOY replacement for yogurt, that would be great. Cheese as a sole replacement would be fine too. I tried to research, but the only alternatives I got were soy yogurt & coconut yogurt. Researching for vegan cheese didn't go all too well either because I'm striving for something with no unnecessary additives, extracts, and enzymes. Any help is appreciated! Hopefully I won't have to say good-bye to yogurt/cheese. -Thanks|||I just discovered vegan yogurts at Whole Foods. Ive tried soy, almond, and coconut milk yogurts and find that the coconut milk yogurt has the best flavor and texture. Its not the lowest in fat, but it will be the closest in texture to regular yogurt.
I suggest try it. Vanilla and Chocolate are my favorite flavors.|||I think the only reasonable way to go vegan is to just eat fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Anything else is likely to be very processed. I mean, Oreos are vegan, but that's not the key to a healthy diet! :) Perhaps just be semi-vegan, reducing your yogurt and cheese intake. You'll still be making an impact on your health and your ethical goals by reducing the amount that you eat of those things.|||They sell soy yogurt. They are 8 vegan milks on the market. Soy, almond, tempeh, rice, coconut, cashew, oat, and hazelnut milk. There is rice cheese, and Dayia cheese. Smart balance has a vegan butter.|||The answer on the bottom is stupid he's going to die young and grow fat because he has trashed his body with unessecary hormonal animal products.
You should check like a local whole foods store they have plenty of vegan products such as yogurt.|||I have been reading alot about people wanting to go from eating an all-protein from meat source diet to a vegan one and honestly I think what should be emphasized is what our body actually demands of us rather than adopting a label of mass appeal. Vegan is cool but not all bodies tolerate the lack of animal source prtein and lipids. Chlorophyll and cellulose from plants is easier to digest and equally nutritious.
You want a dairy replacement because you are going vegan so you are veering away from animal source derived lactose and lactic acid to a better and healthier plant source derivative where plant cellulose is not acidic but rather alkaline. This is more important than being vegan or straight meat-eater, since the pH of the body is so crucial to optimum health and in one or the other, conditions arise.
Coconut milk is far better than either rice milk or soy milk because of the esterol and carbohydrate factoring in amino acids where body might have to work harder but not necessarily be better for it. Soy for women under 50 is not recommended, I had an ovarian cyst I am talking from experience there. So coconut it is and here are reasons why as i left links for you to check out the benefits of.|||Go onto Google and do a search on "nut yoghurts". You can make your own at home from scratch with a favourite nut of your choice.
I "sometimes" eat soy yoghurt, but don't eat a lot of it considering that the soy is usually overly processed. Instead I like the coconut kind more, plus coconut fat is actually very good for you. As for non-dairy cheeses that are also not soy, it doesn't matter where you buy it - Most of them will contain some kind of setting/thickening agent even if it is plant based so there isn't any real way around it.... EXCEPT if you make the cheese yourself.
I already make my own nut cheeses and yoghurts (both coconut and the nut kind). This is one recipe that I found and have already used:
Cashew Cheese
录 c fresh lemon juice
录 c Nama Shoyu
录 red bell pepper
2-3 (I used one) cloves garlic, peeled
1 to 1 陆 c raw cashews, macadamia nuts, pine nuts, or a combination
In case you don't know what nama shoyu is, it is raw soy sauce. You don't have to put it in if you don't want to. I just use it for a little bit of flavouring.
I also never strive to "replace" something that I used to eat as an omnivore. When I was Omni I used to eat a lot of dairy and cheeses, and found I don't crave these things anymore. Nut cheeses, coconut and nut yoghurts (for me) have no resemblance nor do they taste anything like it at all. BUT I do consume it liking the new textures and tastes it provides. Plus it is much healthier for you as well (more so if they are made at home, and you know exactly what it is going into the recipe).|||Hah, you're not going to find any vegan replacements for those without weird things in them. If you have a hippy store in your town that sells local foods, try there. It's pretty much the only chance.
You're probably going to have to make your own though. Google vegan nut cheese (sounds gross, but it's just sort of cheese, made of nuts). They usually involve either almond or macadamia nut meal and nutritional yeast, along with some other ingredients depending on the flavor the cheese is trying to imitate. I haven't tried any, but a few of them do look good.
If you're looking for a yogurt replacement that will be like Greek yogurt and have a similar protein content, forget it. It won't happen. It doesn't exist. You can make your own almond yogurt (google that too, there's a couple ways to do it), and I'm pretty sure you could strain that an make a greek-type yogurt out of it, but it won't have as much protein in it as Greek yogurt. You can eat that with some more nuts or some scrambled tofu or something for your protein, but you won't be able to rely on the yogurt.
Either one of those alternatives is going to be more expensive than buying dairy. Well, if you make your own vegan alternatives, that'll probably be a similar cost to buying the already made dairy products. Macadamia nuts especially are EXPENSIVE. The point I'm trying to make here is that instead of trying to make those foods vegan, just get rid of them entirely. At least for a while. Then when you get the vegan version it won't be such a huge disappointment later.
Another option to consider is to find a local dairy where you can actually go and meet the cows and see where they live. This way you can see for yourself that those cows live quite well and you know exactly what goes into making your milk. If that satisfies your ethical dilemma, then awesome. You can get milk there an make your own yogurt (heck, your own cheese too if you want). If there aren't any dairies near you or if that doesn't satisfy you ethically then never mind. Just throwing out another option.|||You can enjoy your yogurts, cheese, and milks from nuts and seeds. By culturing raw organic nuts and seeds, you can make a variety of yogurts, creams, milks, and cheese. Using raw almonds, you can soak them in water until they germinate, peel them (the skin will come off rather easily) and blend to a cream in some filtered water. You can separate the milk from the solids by squeezing in a cheesecloth. Then after letting it sit in a jar covered with a breathable cloth, the yogurt will separate from the whey (usually overnight). When yogurt is complete, you can enjoy with some blueberries, strawberries, figs, soaked gogi berries, and raspberries. A good cheese you can make is cashew cheese. It works well in wraps and even raw vegan pizza.|||Health reasons? Haha
The best way to be healthy is to get a lot of protein through MEAT and calcium through MILK and all the other goodies in dairy.
Its very hard to stay healthy while being a vegan
It's just uneccessary, stupid, and nonsensical. Like you said, you hope you don't have to go without milk and cheese, THEN DONT!
We're SUPPOSED to eat animals and use their products. Big animals eat smaller animals, that's just the way it works. Should we get mad at whales eating small fish instead of some seaweed? Should we stop wolves from eating rabbits and make them eat some nice grass and berries instead? We're just like any other animal and God made the food chain for a reason.
Even if you're doing it because of the mistreatment of animals during the process, it's still stupid. No matter how many people turn vegan it's not going to make one bit of a difference. (I know it is wrong though)
Get healthy by quitting all this stupid vegetarian/ vegan sh*t, go by common sense instead of your "ethics"
Turkey, cheese logs, eggnog and ham - these are the foods of the season.
But they're foods that All State Football Vegan, who is a vegan, can't eat. Not in the traditional sense, anyway.
ASFV, who is an All State Linebacker, hasn't eaten meat or any other animal product for 15 years. It's a way of living he said he's proud to be a part of, even though there aren't many vegetarians or vegans in the area.
Coming up with an alternative recipe isn't hard, ASFV said, and if you're a vegan or vegetarian for animal rights reasons, there shouldn't be any temptation to cheat.
"You can have the same things other people eat, just made with different things," he said. "Most people think if you're a vegetarian, it doesn't taste good, but that's not true."
Broccoli, carrots, lentils, split peas and tofu are common cooking ingredients for ASFV. There's even vegan cheese. He said he combines them into pastas, soups and sandwiches.
"When I have guests come over, I find out what they like, and make a similar version of that." ASFV said. "The problem with it is, most people don't know what to make or how to prepare certain foods. You just can't limit yourself."
On Christmas, ASFV still gets a taste of turkey.
Tofurkey, actually.
It's a vegan substitute that he said actually tastes good and doesn't leave him feeling guilty.
Vegan Pasta with Italian sausage and mushrooms
Recipe by All State Football Vegan
Serves 12
1 whole package of Gimme Lean Italian-style vegan sausage
1 8 oz. package of spaghetti pasta
1 bottle of organic pasta sauce
1 onion, chopped
2 handfuls of mushrooms, sliced
1-2 tablespoons of Earth Balance vegan butter or olive oil
2 cloves of garlic
Half a red bell pepper
Sea salt
1 teaspoon of basil
1. Saute the onions using the vegan butter (or olive oil).
2. At the same time, set the noodles in boiling water
3. Throw in the garlic and bell pepper into the saut脙漏
4. Add the sausage to the saut脙漏. When brown, add mushrooms.
5. Combine the pasta sauce with the saut脙漏. Add sea salt and basil to taste.
6. Strain the noodles, serve on a dish and top with sauce.
All State Football Vegan plays Linebacker and is 6'3 245 lbs runs a 4.5 sec forty and can bench 355lbs 5 times.|||It's good. (I won't argue with a 6'3" 245 pound vegan linebacker)|||The story lacks a point. He's a vegan. And ... ?|||I do not think much of it.|||great-
nick|||Where is it going. I read it and think "oh...ok" I don't get any point off of it.
It's better than something I would write though. My english has gotten very bad lately.
Edit: Please stay away from the phrase "can't eat". Vegans can eat whatever they choose. If I wanted to I could go downstairs and have a bowl or cereal with cows milk. Or I couls tuck into some milk chocolate.|||YAWN*
I would personally turn the page. Reading a bunch of crap about vegans trying to be individual would just bore the hell out of me.|||I like it- although I agree with the others, it needs a 'point' and a conclusion before you hit into the recipe.
Something like 'This year ASFV is working hard to promote his choice of lifestyle and to get the message across that vegans are not all scrawny and pasty! It is a very healthy and sustainable dietary choice and he is sharing some of his favourite vegan recipes with others across the nation in a bid to promote this fact. For more vegan recipes see [provide suitable link]
...or something like that!|||Great =]
People with the "weak and weedy" stereotype in their minds.
I was "weak and weedy" (super-fast metabolism and skinny frame) and and always ill for about 14 years. Now coming up to my 1 full year of vegetarianism (ethical reasons, new years resolution) and I am healthy, not as "weak and weedy" and not so ill and have a better appetite. (I used to eat alot, now I am literally a human vacuum cleaner)
I was "Weak and weedy" BEFORE the vegetarianism, after Im stronger and healthier =]=]=]|||I agree with the people who say you need to make a point.
Why don't you talk about all the people who think a vegetarian/ vegan diet makes you weak and weedy and then emphasise your sporting prowess? (We were at a carvery last weekend and my 6ft plus son was just eating the vegetables, when the chef said 'It doesn't seem to be doing him any harm is it?', in tones of utter disbelief!)
So I have been completely Vegetarian for about 2 years now. I love it, but I feel like to be healthier, I need to eat Vegan. I've read a lot of pro vegan books and articles so I know why I can't seem to cut cheese out of my diet. Vegan cheeses are nauseating to me. Has anybody out there found it hard to switch. It feels almost impossible whereas becoming vegetarian felt pretty easy to me. Does anyone have any tips or advice? Also, I have been watching this guy on youtube for a while called Dan McDonald (liferegenerator) and he is completely raw. Does anyone eat raw? Do you feel that's better than eating just vegan?|||I am vegetarian and i am also trying to become raw vegan, i am trying this for four months, and i don't know how i can do this, i have had a hard time trying to do the switch and i am starting tomorrow! Try going raw vegetarian, where you can eat raw milk, raw cheese, raw eggs (we have our own chickens, but i would never eat them raw!!!) I personally think raw milk and cheese taste better then the pasteurized ones. It is a hard switch and i am going to try my best. I think i have been vegetarian for 5 years now, and want to become more fit so i can go into cheer leading, but i have been having a hard time with this. Good luck on the new lifestyle change.
contact me if you have more questions
When i eat raw for like a week it feels like i have more energy and sleep better, i would recomend trying it
I've been a vegetarian for over 13 years now, and have TRIED going vegan, but it turned out to be just too expensive and time consuming. Now I have the urge to start incorporating more vegan meals into my diet. Does anyone have any good recipes that don't involve, vegan cheese, vegan butter, etc...it's just too expensive to use in a meal. Plus I have a boyfriend that eats meat, yet calls himself an "appreciative eater", as he eats some meat substitutes and vegetarian meals, but vegan cheese is a stretch for him.
Any tasty, filling vegan dishes with whole foods, not substitutes for what we've gotten used to?|||Barley with Butternut Squash, Apples, and Onions: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Weight-鈥?/a>
(Just use chicken-style or vegetable vegan broth).
Grilled Balsamic Portabella Mushroom Burger: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Grilled鈥?/a>
Pizza: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Pizza-D鈥?/a>
^^ That crust plus whatever toppings you prefer. Cheeseless pizza is pretty darn good.
Veggie and Dumpling Soup: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/veggie-鈥?/a>
^^ I use veggie broth and no nutritional yeast.
Coconut Basmati Rice: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Coconut鈥?/a>
Chili Minestrone Soup: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Chili-M鈥?/a>
5 Minute Vegan Pancakes: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/5-Minut鈥?/a>
Hope I could be of some help. Recipezaar is my go-to recipe site.|||Try http://www.vegetariantimes.com and search 'Vegan'. I personally like their Tofu Rancheros recipe.|||I applaud you in your efforts. First off, I am not vegetarian nor vegan. I have had instances where I was preparing meals for guests who were vegan and vegetarian. I have found the website vegweb.com to have some good recipes that don't always use "substitutes". I find if odd that someone who doesn't believe in eating meat wants a meat substitute.
Ideas on how to make a dish vegan-replace the butter with vegetable oils. Olive oil is very good at giving a rich mouth feels to many dishes. Try using it when making refried beans in place of the bacon fat and cheese add a bit of smoked salt and you have a better healthier alternative.
Use whole grains and dense veggies (eggplants, summer squash, mushrooms) for their meatiness and you boyfriend probably won't miss his meat so much.
Various forms of tofu can be utilized to give the proteins and texture you might need from some dishes. Play with what you like
Happy eating|||It can be expensive if you use a lot of imitation stuff but if you stick with whole foods it is actually cheaper and better for you. Here are some of my favorite vegan recipes that my meat eating husband and son love too and my picky 15 yr old, 5 y r old and 2 yr old vegan kids like. They have pictures and the recipe.
BTW if you buy the Ener-G- Egg replacer it costs abotu 5.00 for the box and it has lasted my family of 6 1 year! cheap then you can make muffins, pancakes and baked goods! YUM
Oatmeal Waffles http://www.theveggiegal.com/blog/?p=1007 These are amazing!
PB&J Waffle Sandwiches http://www.theveggiegal.com/blog/?p=2895
Fat Free and Fabulous French Fries http://www.theveggiegal.com/blog/?p=310
Fruity Smoothie http://www.theveggiegal.com/blog/?p=315
Almond Maple Bananas http://www.theveggiegal.com/blog/?p=1306
Broccoli Bisque http://www.theveggiegal.com/blog/?p=712
Chinese Cabbage Salad http://www.theveggiegal.com/blog/?p=1292
Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins http://www.theveggiegal.com/blog/?p=946
Cheezy Vegetable Lasagna http://www.theveggiegal.com/blog/?p=2952 My meat eating husband said this is the best lasagna he has ever had and tofu is only .99 and the rest is easy.
good luck choosing
Kim
The Veggie Gal|||Yes! This is my go-to recipe for new vegans, and for bringing to a potluck or anywhere where omnivores are present or my suggestion to people who suddenly find themselves having to cook for a vegan dinner guest. It's healthy, delicious, and doesnt have any obsucre ingrediants. and People LOVE IT. It can be a side dish for the omnis and a big plate of it will fill you up. I use mandarin oranges in a can b/c I'm lazy and I usually caramelize my pecans. If you're not familiar with Quinoa its usually found in the bluk section of your food store or in a box by the rice and couscous.
Enjoy!
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipe鈥?/a>
I need help, I live in a country where being a vegan is totally alien, I have no access to things like tofu, vegan cheese and the rest. Luckily I have found soy milk and vegan burgers, but thats literally it. Ofcourse theres fruit and veggies, rice and pasta, but theres loads of recipes for vegans that contain things like tofu and vegan cheese so does anybody know of any good websites/recipes that don't use fancy vegan food?|||I shop at the regular grocery store, and don't buy anything fancy or go to special shops. Mainly a lot of fruits, vegetables, grains and beans, along with things that are 'accidentally vegan', like some cereals or even cookies and things.
There are a million different yummy things you can do with these basic categories of food, without products that are specifically vegan.
Here are a whole heap of grain recipes (rice etc) http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=156.0
Bean recipes
http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=138.0
Veggies
http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=164.0
And the rest
http://vegweb.com/index.php?action=recip鈥?/a>
These are good, easy, homestyle cooking recipes that you can make all the time with whatever you've got on hand :)|||What country do you like in? The US is one of the hardest places I would say as wee are alla bout meat (I am a eat eater myself).
You don't need vegan cheese and so on.A lot of culters eat vegitarian and so it shold be easy to find more than enough vegan foods.|||Eat grass, acorns, leaves, and hay. There's a reason why humans eat meat and plant foods. It's to stay alive!
I'm thirteen. Don't tell me that I'm too young to be vegan, because I'm not. I'm old enough to make my own choices. My parents aren't vegan, and neither is anyone else I know. I'm not even related to any vegetarians. I've been vegan for about a year, and my parents still won't give up on converting me to vegetarianism.
I still rely on them a lot, mostly because I have to. I don't live near any trader joe's or whole foods (etc.), so it's hard to get vegan foods. When they do go to Trader Joe's they refuse to take me, and instead make me create a list of foods to get (Tofurky, Daiya). Since I have never even stepped into Trader Joe's, I can't create a list, so they complain that I don't have any food choices. Then, when I ask for certain foods, they say that it's too far away. We always end up fighting about the topic. The only thing I've eaten today are Newman-O's and yesterday I didn't eat at all.I know that's not healthy, but I'm not eating animal products, just so that they don't have to put up with me.
I live near a shop and stop. My parent's don't even walk into the store with me. I know they don't have any available vegan cheeses, so I told them, but they didn't care. I was so scared of my dad that I was forced to get Lactose Free. My dad has a really short temper, and had already been to another store I said didn't have vegan cheese, but he didn't believe me.
I need help. I want to take care of my body, and I'm not willing to give up veganism.|||Yeah, same here...
My parents were actually trying their best -. but it's such a strain on a family. If me being vegetarian wasn't bad enough, my parents end up having to buy cheap frozen food, we have very low income - and we have six other mouths to feed under our roof. I've decided that I will cut down on things I can - drink soya milk, so no dairy, no eggs, meat etc. But I have eat these products in sauces/pre made food, because otherwise there is nothing else to eat in my house, because never in a million years would my parents buy excess food just for me.
So I am not vegan, but preparing myself for the diet - I'll be moving out next year so then I will do my own food shopping, and will be able to carefully filter what I eat. Maybe you should consider this? I know you really want to be vegan, but be fair, it is a lifestyle choice that can put a big strain on your family. Maybe wait a few years?|||Rice and beans! I don't know where you got the idea that you need specialty foods. Vegetables! You lost my respect when you said you only ate cookies yesterday. You don't need vegan cheese. How annoying.|||Not eating is hurting your body by not giving it the nutrition it needs. First, you are looking for "junk" vegan foods that won't help you in the long run. You need to get your protein and fiber. Have some oatmeal and fruit in the morning, try not to sweeten it with "sugar" or "honey" if you can. These sweeteners are bad for you. Use stevia or xylitol ( it can give you gas, but you won't know until you try it) to sweeten your meals. For lunch, have tofu or beans and lots of veggies. I'd eat a cup and half of beans with each meal. For dinner, again have veggies but add some pasta (not more than a cup) with some beans. There are so many kinds of beans out there. Also, try hummus. It's a chickpea dip you can add to lots of foods.
If you're in a situation where you can't get access to vegan foods, just eat something like pasta with beans. You need to take in calories to help build your growing body. Anything else is unacceptable. Another thing you can do is look through your yellow pages book under health food stores and see if there are smaller shops you can visit. Some regular supermarkets are also starting to carry vegan foods.
Good luck.|||This may not fully solve your problem but please, read Skinny *****: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook by Kim Barnouin. She gives amazing, easy vegan recepies (many lacking the fake cheese, milk etc). Also, she points out ways to make living as a vegan easier and gives some points that justify the importance of veganism. (There is a large portion of the book dedicated these points and tips before the cookbook portion). This book converted me to veganism for a bit. I'm a vegetarian but I understand and admire your position. I hope this helps!
Also, I know you have limited access to healthy supermarkets but Gardein is an amazing brand for fake meats. I know Ralph's carries them...|||Your parents obviously don't understand your choice, and they aren't going to. You can eat a lot of none animal products with protein, besides tofu like beans, and nuts, that have essentialamino acids and such for your body. And also okay you cant just skip eating to save the animals. Eat some freaking fruits and vegetables at the least...I'm not going to starve myself because I dont want to kill a pig, pigs are omnivores, and if the pig didnt have anything to eat, and I was sitting in front of it dead, the pig would eat me. Get the picture|||okay i TOTALLY understand your situation, im twelve, have been vegetarian for a year and i just gave up dairy, my dad has a short temper too, but i wont go into details, he knows i dont eat dairy, he doesnt really understand it though, he thinks i just cant have a glass of milk, he doesnt get that i cant have most chips, cheese, chocolate, icecream and etc
he isnt too supportive on the desicion, so i pretty much turn to my mum, i think in your case just try taking vitamin tablets if your parents dont mind, i just got some calcium tablets, though i dont feel unwell i want to know im getting all my nutrients
i can give you an easy meal plan if you like?
i think your desicion to be vegan is great, i hate it how so much people at my school just care about the taste, not what happens behind it, most kids our age cant stop stuffing thier faces with chicken nuggets!
i think you need to insist on going to whatever supermarkets you have WITH your parents, but ask for your dad not to go so you can just go with your mum, anyways here is a pretty simple meal plan with some great information:
BREAKFAST:
1 banana and/or mango smoothie:
1 banana 1 mango and rice milk
or
1 banana and rice mik (works better than soy milk)
or you can have:
porridge with water and honey (use flavoured porridge for a better texture)
or you could just have toast with your favourite spread
i suggested rice milk aswell because there is a protein enriched rice milk with added chickpeas that has 5x the protein
i suggested mango and banana because banana has these vitamins:
B1, B2, B3, B6, B9 & C
it also has potassium and vitamin K, you should have one a day for good cardiac health
and mango has these vitamins:
it has vitamin A in it and it helps you grow, and it keeps your eyes healthy
LUNCH:
Promite sandwich or
peanut butter and jam sandwich or
vita wheats or
fruit salad or
raw vegetable (if you dont mind stuff like that)
with a banana and wateror
trail mix
DINNER:
Baby potatoes with broccli, salad, buk choy, spinach, eggplant and peanuts
or
minestrone soup
or
vegetable stir fry
or
stuffed capsicum, with asparagus and brocclini
or
simple pasta with homemade vegetable sauce!
DESSERT:
Your favourite flavour of sorbet!
or soy yogurt!
i hope this has helped you
good luck with your veganism
bye!
Honestly?
really?, thumbs down for decent advice!, get a life haters|||Oiy, if you are doing this for health reasons have you considered strict-vegitariansm? It basically is vegan but you can add milk,cheese, dairy's to your diet. I just switched to Lacto-ovo-vegetarian. I totally understand your situation. The difference is that strict don't eat eggs and try to be like vegans but dont are aloud to slip up. If thats not a option. I hate to say it but you can add rice,and lots of beans to your diet. Most american familys have those two items and make vegans lifes easier. Beans at least twice a week to keep your protein up so you dont flat out die. Im being seirus right now. You need proteins. Rice will help because its a filler and theres lots of ways you can eat things with it. Of course you NEED to keep those veggies in your diet. If you cant do either of those two options you can save your money and not buy those video games and what not and walk/ride a bike to the nearest store and look for what you need. Some walmarts carrie vegan/vegitarain items. And if your parents ask why you do all this just tell them, "Cause im going to outlive you all, and because im not going to have a unhealthy body". I started being vegitarian at the age of 11 and i remember those days, Stay strong! (And that would be my little cousin who started my question to be more like me in his eyes =) )
i try to eat all vegan cheese but my mom bought this cheese that's called( veggie slicess) which i guess she thought was vegan and its organic but i noticed it said ( casien) which is a milk protien on the ingreadients. so did i just eat non vegan cheese? if so then im really upset now|||Give it a rest with the "freaking stupid resneck town" comments. And quit feeling so damn sorry about yourself, it's making you annoying, not tragic.
Anyway, as you of course already know, a MILK protein is lacto vegetarian, not vegan. Sh!t happens.
You know what, I don't buy it any more. This whole whiney character of yours must be something you made up to make vegetarians and vegans look like idiots. Just an elaborate reverse troll. Because REAL people usually have better things to do than to be really upset all the time about what their mom in her apparently infinite patience buys them to respect their diet.|||You really need to calm down. Everyone makes mistakes, as it is a learning process. Casein is from milk, so it is not vegan. Just like Whey is not vegan. I used to eat veggie slices thinking they were vegan, they I discovered they aren't. The reason they sell Veggie Slices is because they do not contain rennet. Rennet is in lots of cheeses, making the cheese not vegetarian. So veggie slices are vegetarian, not vegan.|||Milk protein. In "nondairy" creamers, soy cheese, many cosmetics, hair preparations, and beauty masks.
So yes, you have just eaten non vegan cheese. You make such a big deal out of everything. We all have are slip ups. Also, I don't know how many times you've been told this but not all "enzymes" are from animals or animal byproducts!|||@ Suzy Q
Hey! Just FYI, he's a freak and a stalker. And so are his friends.
I told him off, like you just did, about the "Redneck" thing once on here and him and his weird buddy "8th Circle" have been cyber-stalking me ever since. Just thought I'd let you know that...don't be surprised if you start getting emails of his pecker, or phony friend requests on facebook! etc. It's been going on for months, now.
And @ Freak boy-lol, you think your impressing me with you little bitty thingy? F U! and your buddy! Your just lucky I don't really care, and haven't called the cops about your stupid little stalker game. You do know it's a crime, right?|||Yes, Ive seen that exact brand of "cheese", and its definitely not vegan.
Casein is pretty much the same as whey, its a ingredient taken straight out of milk.|||vegetarian.
millions of people are out of work and getting crappy food from food banks or going hungry and you are upset about having eaten organic veggie cheese. too funny.|||Casein would be what a vegetarian who eats dairy would eat. Casein is not vegan because it comes from an animal.|||vegetarian|||Me thinks She doth protest to much
and You Know you like the pics, sweetness. Did they make you wet?
I've been vegan for about a month and a half now. I went vegan after we got groceries last month which means, I really didn't have anything to besides canned fruit and brocoli. Plus I've been vegetarian(with occasional chicken) for 6 years. This month I added soy products, coconut millk(and yogurt), vegan cheese, and even tempeh and tofu to create balance.
A typical day for me is cerial or oatmeal with coconut milk sub for breakfast
1-2 svgs of steamed or sauted veggies for a mid morning snack
Fruit juice and something with atleast two of the following: vegan cheese, coconut milk, meat sub, or sour cream sub.
1 svg fruit for snack
And finally for dinner I have some kind of fruit juice, with a vegan pasta, bread, or rice with meat sub and veggies.
Heres my question, I've been tired, sluggish and I've had horrid stomach aches after everything I eat. Why is this happening?
Is there something wrong with the way Im eating? And do you think it'll go away with time?|||You know.. I know this is a crazy idea... but if you're really feeling that bad... maybe you should ask a Dr instead of YA.|||Yeah, because you're doing it all wrong.
Seriously, before you came Vegan did you not look it up?
Because there are loads of products to help you live healthily
without meat - why must you always have soya etc whats
wrong with beans on toast or chickpeas - something natural.
Right just look it up on google - you're like this because you're
lacking in nutrients
p.s. Yungoe I is a compete douche! Just speak to a nutristionalist scene as you're so clueless|||It's possible you have a mild coconut or soy allergy. It's not unheard of and it can manifest in upset stomach and sluggishness.
I would try cutting one or the other from your diet, or talking to a physician.|||im a vegetarian, and i dont get the most varied diet either i would suggest taking some food supplements i took them after i started feeling tired and sluggish you may become anemic so i would suggest iron tablets, vitamin B12 and a multivitamin :)|||yeah, probably because your f**king starving yourself... eat a steak, go have some fried chicken, eat like humans are supposed to, with meat and protein and fat and stuff|||Ick, I would too if I was drinking coconut milk and eating loads of processed food. That's a lot of saturated fat for a vegan.
Maybe you should swap out the coconut milk with a fortified soymilk, rice milk or almond milk to give you less fat and more calcium/B12.
Try increasing your wholegrains and leafy green veg for more iron, or even take some blackstrap molasses.
And I would probably try to increase my servings of Omega 3's and 6's, either through omega-fortified milk substitutes, walnuts, or cooking with walnut or canola oil.|||Are you getting enough exercise?
Do you sleep enough?
Could you have a food allergy?
And try eating better food.
Breakfast: Good, but add some fruit
Mid morning snack: Good, maybe add some nuts
Lunch: Stay away from the vegan cheese for a while. That stuff is overly processed. And stay away from mock meat/sour cream. Too processed. Eat some brown rice, veggies and chickpeas or tofu.
Snack: Good
Dinner: Have wholemeal pasta. And no fake meat or cheese.
Drink plenty of water. And don't have too many white carbs. That can make you feel sluggish. And I know I've already said it, but no fake meat! And have more fruit.|||Humans have evolved as omnivorous survivors. We are definitely predators as we have our eyes on the same side of our head, and teeth for cutting meat. By being vegan, you are running counter to millions of years of evolution and that is why you feel terrible. You are malnourished. Shed your psudointellectual reasons for not harming animals and become comfortable with your place at the top of the food chain and eat some meat along with the fruits and vegetables currently in your diet. You will notice that there are no vegan lions.
I've been vegan for about a month and a half now. I went vegan after we got groceries last month which means, I really didn't have anything to besides canned fruit and brocoli. Plus I've been vegetarian(with occasional chicken) for 6 years. This month I added soy products, coconut millk(and yogurt), vegan cheese, and even tempeh and tofu to create balance.
A typical day for me is cerial or oatmeal with coconut milk sub for breakfast
1-2 svgs of steamed or sauted veggies for a mid morning snack
Fruit juice and something with atleast two of the following: vegan cheese, coconut milk, meat sub, or sour cream sub.
1 svg fruit for snack
And finally for dinner I have some kind of fruit juice, with a vegan pasta, bread, or rice with meat sub and veggies.
Heres my question, I've been tired, sluggish and I've had horrid stomach aches after everything I eat. Why is this happening?
Is there something wrong with the way Im eating? And do you think it'll go away with time?|||You know.. I know this is a crazy idea... but if you're really feeling that bad... maybe you should ask a Dr instead of YA.|||Yeah, because you're doing it all wrong.
Seriously, before you came Vegan did you not look it up?
Because there are loads of products to help you live healthily
without meat - why must you always have soya etc whats
wrong with beans on toast or chickpeas - something natural.
Right just look it up on google - you're like this because you're
lacking in nutrients
p.s. Yungoe I is a compete douche! Just speak to a nutristionalist scene as you're so clueless|||It's possible you have a mild coconut or soy allergy. It's not unheard of and it can manifest in upset stomach and sluggishness.
I would try cutting one or the other from your diet, or talking to a physician.|||im a vegetarian, and i dont get the most varied diet either i would suggest taking some food supplements i took them after i started feeling tired and sluggish you may become anemic so i would suggest iron tablets, vitamin B12 and a multivitamin :)|||yeah, probably because your f**king starving yourself... eat a steak, go have some fried chicken, eat like humans are supposed to, with meat and protein and fat and stuff|||Ick, I would too if I was drinking coconut milk and eating loads of processed food. That's a lot of saturated fat for a vegan.
Maybe you should swap out the coconut milk with a fortified soymilk, rice milk or almond milk to give you less fat and more calcium/B12.
Try increasing your wholegrains and leafy green veg for more iron, or even take some blackstrap molasses.
And I would probably try to increase my servings of Omega 3's and 6's, either through omega-fortified milk substitutes, walnuts, or cooking with walnut or canola oil.|||Are you getting enough exercise?
Do you sleep enough?
Could you have a food allergy?
And try eating better food.
Breakfast: Good, but add some fruit
Mid morning snack: Good, maybe add some nuts
Lunch: Stay away from the vegan cheese for a while. That stuff is overly processed. And stay away from mock meat/sour cream. Too processed. Eat some brown rice, veggies and chickpeas or tofu.
Snack: Good
Dinner: Have wholemeal pasta. And no fake meat or cheese.
Drink plenty of water. And don't have too many white carbs. That can make you feel sluggish. And I know I've already said it, but no fake meat! And have more fruit.|||Humans have evolved as omnivorous survivors. We are definitely predators as we have our eyes on the same side of our head, and teeth for cutting meat. By being vegan, you are running counter to millions of years of evolution and that is why you feel terrible. You are malnourished. Shed your psudointellectual reasons for not harming animals and become comfortable with your place at the top of the food chain and eat some meat along with the fruits and vegetables currently in your diet. You will notice that there are no vegan lions.
'Ello there:) I'm fifteen, sixteen in August, and I've been a vegetarian for almost a year now. People say I'm a "strict" vegetarian? I don't consume gelatin, or wear leather/suede. I've done all my research, and despite being fifteen, I believe I'm rather successful at maintaing (no, bettering!) my health. As of late I feel utterly repulsed at myself for stealing milk from a forcefully impregnated animal of a species not my own and consuming its milk, while separating it from it's helpless calf and sending it to the veal farm. (also repulsed with curdled milk, aka cheese) I desperately want to become vegan but I live in a VERY small beach town with only two small grocery stores. (one especially small) so I feel as if I'd literally have to eat nothing but salads, grains, vegetables, and fruits.
For example:
-I wanted to make vegan sweets using soy or almond milk and egg replacer instead of cow's milk and eggs. No egg replacer.
-I wanted to make vegan pizza using vegan cheese. No vegan cheese.
Any suggestions? Do you have any vegan recipes easily made with common groceries? Even if I have to wait to become vegan when I move out in just over two years, I'd still like to inch my way towards it and start eating some vegan dishes now, so any help is appreciated.|||Ugh, I know exactly how you feel. I, too, live in extremely small town with only a couple very basic grocery stores. I've gone vegan, though, although it wasn't exactly easy for those reasons. I did think about waiting until I was out on my own, but...well, I just didn't want to support it any longer. So, I have a Whole Foods about 40 min. and a Trader Joes about 1 hr away from me. Do you have and stores like that in a somewhat reasonable distance? They have lots of vegan stuff. Every week or two, my mom takes me up there so we can get some food for the week. If it's only an occasional trip then it shouldn't be too much of a burden, right? At worst you could always be semi-vegan for now until you get out on your own.
Sorry I couldn't give more advice D: Just going off of personal experience is all.
Hmm, recipes...well, you can use other things other than boxed egg replacer for sweets. Here are some examples: http://www.theppk.com/veganbaking.html You could always try one of those instead of commercial egg replacers.
You could try making some vegan seitan enchiladas (I think seitan is best when you make it yourself anyways), or some veggie lasagna. Like, tonight I had vegan seitan stew and was able to get all the ingredients right here in my town. I don't know, just thinking of random stuff off the top of my head.
Good luck! :)|||So My way to help you is, If you can find a library(hopefully you have one in your small beach town) Look from Books with Vegan recipes
Also, Check in the freezer section of your grocery store and look for Morning star(maybe you already eat this) but even in my TINY town we have morning star, and also look in the diet and Oriental sections(if you have them in the grocery stores) and there are vegetarian/vegan options there too
And also, sad news here is although there is a lot you can do with is a vegan's staple food seems to be pasta, and rice.
But by making different stir fry like dishes, with vegetable base, and soups(ever heard of lentil soup?), and then If your willing to experiment with tofu(you might already) You can make many AWESOME dishes, if they're prepared correctly, might take a while to get the hang of it.
(for sweets milk replacement, try coconut milk)|||Try this site
http://www.recipezaar.com/
You sound very educated and I'd give you a hug if I could!
It sounds like the closest you'll get in your town in soy milk. People are lactose intolerant so they should have something. If you go to these groceries often and they recognize you.. speak with them about get some soy milk (Silk chocolate soy milk is fabulous!). If you are a regular and they know they can count on your business.. it wouldn't be a waste for them.
Make a few trips outside of your town with a grocery list and grab some things you can keep in the freezer at home.
I wish you the best of luck! I'm not so strong.
:)|||I think going vegan is great, but I also think it can be more realistic and convenient to do a vegan-minded diet instead of pure vegan. I live in Los Angeles, so I could, of course, go vegan with lots of new age restaurants and everything nearby. However, I'm the kind of person who wants to eat my mom's cooking when I go home; I want to be able to cook "normal" things for my friends and eat their "normal" food when I go to their houses. I want to be able to go on a date anywhere instead of telling the guy I'm vegan right off the bat.
Besides, if you're 15 and not much of a cook and without stores with many options, you might end up missing a lot of nutrients/calories if you go vegan at this point. I would definitely recommend heading toward veganism - I pretty much don't consume any milk anymore and try to avoid meat and dairy for the most part - because it does feel good! However, by not labeling myself as vegan, I can eat non-vegan when I want to be polite or if my body seems to be craving something that's not vegan. Just listen to your body! Good luck. :)
Oh, and as far as recipes, I'd really recommend cooking with lentils and beans, sauteeing vegetables, making soups (use seasonings like curry powder or cumin or basil or whatever to add flavor since lots of people depend on meat to add flavor normally), brown rice.. There are a lot of vegan things to eat that come from regular grocery stores. Just stay open minded and get creative!|||"I feel as if I'd literally have to eat nothing but salads, grains, vegetables, and fruits."
This is a problem how? Throw in some nuts/seeds and you have everything you need right there.|||i think you should go for it.
atleast, give it a try|||Same situation. I'm vegan now, and I'd rather starve than consume animal products. Like literally, I don't car e if I'm dying, I wouldn't eat any of that ****... And you don't have to use vegan cheese or egg replacer to become vegan. I am actually becoming a raw vegan-- and yes, I am the same age as you-- because of this very convincing website --> purelyraw.com
Okay, so I've been a vegetarian for quite some time now. I have decided I'm going to become vegan.
I love pasta, cheese, milk, cereal, and bread.
I know they make soy milk and vegan cheese.
How can I approach this?
What would I eat?
Besides, vegan cheese, soy milk, soy burgers, and veggie dogs. (:|||You can go vegan gradually, or from the word go, whatever suits you.
Boiled down you just need to stop eating meat, dairy and honey.
Vegans don't eat any animal products at all, but our diets are more varied than most people think. The choices we can make are extensive. My staple foods are veggie mince, sausages bacon and burgers, houmous, vegetables and fruit, nuts, bread, rice, pasta, cakes, cookies and puddings, vegan cheeses and sauces, chocolate, yoghurts... I experiment with new recipes a lot, and am constantly surprised by how many substitute foods I can get, like egg replacement or "beef" strips for example! I make the most wonderful three cheese lasagne, which you are welcome to have the recipe for - just let me know!
Here are some excellent links to get your mouth watering and set you on your way to being an awesome vegan! ;) This first one has infomation on becoming vegan too.
http://www.vegansociety.com/home.php
http://www.veganfamily.co.uk/kitchen.htm鈥?/a>
http://www.veganvillage.co.uk/fddrnk.htm
http://www.parsleysoup.co.uk/
I hope this helps you.|||Besides the above? Fruit and vegetables.
I'm sorry I didn't realize, but there's a lot of vegetarians that don't eat fruit or vegetables.|||Well, everything you've eaten before, my dear. Just substitute the vegan cheese and the soy milk into the equation. Most soy cheese is made to melt and soy milk can be used for baking and smoothies.|||Absolutely no animal products. Soy milk, soy margarine and soy or veggie cheese.
i know you're not supposed to eat vegan faux meat all that often because it's highly processed & not as healthy. does the same go for vegan cheese.? because i finally found some cheese free of casien & whey.! but how bad is it.?
i'm wondering because i actually loved the taste but i'd like to know the nutritional value of it & eat it more or less often when i know how healthy / unhealthy it is. :]
the brand is daiya, btw.
thanks.!|||You are correct in saying mock meat is not really health food because it is highly processed and contains a lot of sodium and preservatives that are not needed by the body. The same goes for vegan cheese. Cheese is obtained by processing so you never know what went into its making. Why don't you check its ingredients and put them down here so that we can tell you how fine it is?|||Is vegan like a religion? just curious|||It's great that you've found a true vegan cheese that you like! But I'd say vegan cheeses / soy cheeses are also highly processed and should be eaten in moderation as part of a balanced diet. If anything, I'd guess that those cheeses are worse than fake meats.
Sorry, we don't get Daiya in Australia so I can't comment on the nutrition side of things. All our "fake" cheeses are not suitable for vegans because they contain casein (apart from some imported ones) and taste/feel disgusting, so I just generally go without cheese. I am going to try making cashew cheese.|||I'm not vegan and don't want to be. But if I were to place myself in your shoes, I wouldn't want processed food anymore than I'd want it as a carnivore. If I were to become a vegan, I'd explore what vegetables can actually achieve. Make purely vegetable recipes. If I want to be vegan, why would I try to imitate meat or cheese? It seems to defeat the purpose. Is winning converts more important than aspiring to a certain philosophy? I don't think so.
I don't know daiya, but i say stay away from it. There are better methods of exalting vegetables.
If you go from one processed food to another, becoming vegan seems to be ancillary.
I say this respectfully.|||try having baby back ribs they slowly cut in the back of the pig its more healthy then some things if your vegan i wouldn't recommend trying it its made of animals but i don't know if pig counts
Anyone know any vegan cheese cake, vegan Chocolate moose cake, vegan nachos, vegan pure "milk" Chocolate bars (besides twilight bars and enjoy life bars) Please I'm really starting to miss some of my food.|||"Cheese" cakes:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=490.0
Mousse:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=244.0;鈥?/a>
I'm not sure about vegan "milk" chocolate bars...but maybe you could buy dark chocolate, melt it down and add vanilla soy or almond milk then chill it? I'm not sure if it would turn out more fudgy though...but it's worth a try.|||Here's some vegan white choccy:
http://www.veganstore.co.uk/mm5/merchant鈥?/a>
If you live in the UK, the Free From range in Sainsburys do some lovely milk choccy bars. They even do dairy free white choccy buttons.|||there are tons of web sides where you can buy everything you are craving,just google it and order it.or you can make your own cakes.its not that hard just do a little research.|||vegweb.com and vegsource.com both have some great healthy vegan alternatives for many of those foods and then some!|||salam ba man doost mishi azizam dooset daram
I've been a vegetarian for a few years now and I've just recently thought about becoming a Vegan. I would like some advice from Vegans on where they get their food from-Most of the time I will be able to just cut out cheese and butter but at times I might want to add them to a meal so I'll need Vegan cheese and butter etc. I don't know where to get things like this from. I'm in the UK and shop at Morrisons but haven't seen any Vegan products except for Soya milk (which I already drink) and Soya yogurts. I know Sainsburys does Vegan cheese but the sort I tried tasted horrible.
So Vegans-where do you get your vegan cheese, butter etc. from?
Many thanks|||How I transitioned to Vegan was to get two or three cookbooks. The recipes last for several days. Appetite for Reduction (I bought it for the author, not the title) is great. The recipes I've had have all been excellent. Making your own food is a big part of being a vegan. Whole foods like vegetables, fruits, lentils, any bean you can think of, grains, etc. I live in the States and have a food co-op in my town and Farmer's Markets so I do a LOT of my shopping there. Do you have a whole foods shop where you live or a 'health food store'? I don't know where you live so it may be easier or harder but you can still get everything I buy at Sainsbury. Almond milk. Coconut milk. In the recipe book I have there is a very good 'cheese' recipe. I use oils instead of butter. There is a spread that is used and is vegan friendly but I can't think of it off the top of my head. Vegsource.com is a great free site to find vegan recipes. You really want to steer clear of eating processed vegan food all of the time. Cooking is part of the joy of being vegan. I actually learned to like cooking. Herbs and spices are really a must for flavoring. I use nutritional yeast to add a cheesy texture to soups and pastas. It's also a good source of B12. That's one thing you may want to supplement with liquid supplements but Kale and nutritional yeast are good for B12. You can google search many vegan recipe sites and resources. I've NEVER had a vegan cheese I've liked. Maybe someone else has. Best!|||check here there will be grocery stores listed. i get my vegan products from supermarkets
http://www.happycow.net/europe/england/
What is the most comprehensive VEGAN book/guide that you have found yet?
I am already vegetarian, although I am uncertain if I am a healthy vegetarian. I worry that I don't get all the nutrients I should be getting, and in the proper quantities. Besides Iron Protein, and Vitamin B12, what other crucial nutrients do vegetarians/vegans miss out on?
I went to the book store Chapters, and there were like a million books. I want to know what vegan sources YOU thought were best, during your switch to veganism.
As well, does rice vegan cheese taste better than soy vegan cheese? Is there a brand of vegan cheese that isn't TOTALLY disgusting? If there's one thing I'd have a near-impossible time giving up, its cheese!|||http://www.goveg.com/order.asp
this is a FREE book for vegans.|||Skinny ***** (yes thats what it's called) is a great book for vegans, and it teaches you how to be healthier too. Hope this helps =)|||This book really helped me out! Its down to earth, factual, and all the recipes are realistic and amazing! In fact, the book even gives you recipes on how to make your own vegan cheese. Here is a link to the website you can purchase it on: http://www.davidsvegetariankitchen.com/
The author runs classes in the Pacific Northwest but you can order his book online and there are lots of vegan resources on his site as well (ie. The American Vegan Society, PETA, etc)!
By the way, here is a link to a brand of vegan cheese that is pretty good: http://www.imearthkind.com/Main.htm
You can even order it online.
There are also some other resources that are helpful in going vegan that you can access online for free:
http://www.veganoutreach.org/starterpack鈥?/a>
http://www.vegsource.com/
http://veganfreak.net/index.php?s=resour鈥?/a>
Best of Luck!|||go to peta2.com It has tons of recipes and info for vegans|||Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating by Erik Marcus is one of my favorite books. You can probably find this at your local library- to see if you like it.
I prefer Almond cheeses, but most are not vegan.
One of my favorites is the Vegan Gourmet follow your heart vegan cheese. Yum!
Friday, February 24, 2012
Hi,my mom bought me veggie cheese and it has milk protein=( .I wanted vegan cheese.I'm a vegetarian but I want to eat vegan cheese instead of regular cheese.Is veggie cheese just like regular cheese because it has casein(milk protein) ?.I think it is weird that they are using milk in their products.Are you vegans worried that your vegan cheese is made in the same plant as the veggie cheese?.I might become a vegan someday and it would be cool if there are BIG vegan grocery stores all over the country.
http://www.galaxyfoods.com/|||I had the same issue. I recently began to cut dairy out of my life and went to the store to try and find alternative cheeses. The best they had was the brand you mentioned, and I did notice that it contained Casein. I got it anyways, with the knowledge that at least it wasn't whole milk cheese.
According to some studies, vegan and vegetarianism is a growing culture, so within the next five or ten years, you may see more stores specializing in completely-dairy-free products. In the meanwhile, check out vegan websites and forums to try and locate vegan cheese companies and see what your options are.|||There are some veggie cheeses that are actually vegan, you just have to read the ingredients. When I first started the vegan diet, I bought veggie slices, and then after I had eaten a few of them, they tasted a little bit too much like real cheese for my liking, so I checked the ingredients and they are not vegan, and it doesn't say anywhere on the package that they are. Unfortunately, most chain stores are not going to sell vegan cheeses, you might have to find a health food store or farmers market, but you don't really need fake cheese.
I live in Modesto/Riverbank C.A. So its not a big city.
I usually shop at Raleys and Trader Joes.
Is there egg replacer that is vegan?? vegan cheese??
any brands that make only vegan foods??
I have found a few vegan options but would love more info.
Thank you..|||There are lots of different ways to replace eggs in baking. You can use a product called Ener-G Egg Replacer or use ground flax seeds, bananas, applesauce, etc. Here is a site that will help you with replacing eggs in baking:
http://www.theppk.com/veganbaking.html
For breakfast foods that use eggs, use tofu. Scrambled tofu is delicious. You can also make Tofu Benedict. Just look for recipes online.
There are lots of different brands of vegan cheese... be careful though, some soy cheese still has caesin in it, so check the ingredients to be sure it is vegan. You can get soy or rice cheese slices. Health food stores and places like Whole Foods are good places to find vegan cheese. Supposedly Daiya Vegan Cheese is the best.
There are lots of vegan options from Amy's, Tofurkey, Cliff/Luna Bars, Tofutti, Yves, and more. Trader Joe's is an awesome place to find frozen and pre-packaged vegan meals.
The best vegan food is the kind that you prepare from scratch yourself, though. Spend some time looking at cookbooks, through food blogs, and at recipe sites online. Use fresh produce, beans, and whole grains.
Good luck going vegan!|||The best vegan foods don't have brand names on them and are in your produce aisle.|||I'm from the UK so not too sure what you have over there, but there's a company called Redwood Foods or something that makes, in my opinion, THE BEST meat/egg/cheese substitutes around, and for a decent price :)|||You might find these websites useful:
http://www.vegansociety.com/
http://www.veganwolf.com/index.html
http://www.vegsoc.org/
The last one is meant for vegetarians but it still has useful stuff on it.
You might also like these lists of hidden ingredients:
http://www.vegsoc.org/info/stumbling.htm鈥?/a>
http://www.veganwolf.com/animal_ingredie鈥?/a>
http://www.vegansociety.com/lifestyle/fo鈥?/a>
Hope that helps!
Is tough. I know that natural flavors can have meat by-products, but i need to know what natural flavors do.. like will a natural flavor in bread have it? lip balm? vegan cheese? juice pouches? Any thing else besides gelatin, cheese, mmilk that I can't eat? What abount CARNAUBA WAX? is that from bees? Please list all of the stuff I need to watch out for thank you.|||Below is a generic answer of vegan tips. Hope it helps..
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When you're starting out (or beyond if desired), I think it's a good idea to take a multivitamin (w/iron for females, without for males). Given how few of us (veg or omni) truly spend time planning our meals, combined with nutrients depleted from our soil, I think it might be a good idea for most of us to take one at this point.
That said, you can get all of your nutrients from food (+fortified food for B12 + D if you live in a cloudy area) if desired. The way I figure it is that the inital transition has a lot of people figuring out what they can and can't eat, so why add in what they are/aren't getting? Instead, take a multi..once you've figured out what you're eating and know you're eating a well balanced diet, then you may wish to stop - it's totally up to you.
You can get them online or at a local store. (Below are a few links that sell some.)
http://store.veganessentials.com/
http://www.veganstore.com/
http://store.foodfightgrocery.com/
health tips: http://www.chooseveg.com/vegan-health-ti鈥?/a>
Not sure if you have any starter kits, but it might be worth getting one or two (they're free):
http://www.veganpeace.com/links/vegan_st鈥?/a>
restaurant finder: http://www.vegguide.org/
http://www.happycow.net/
other veg info: http://www.chooseveg.com/vegan-substitut鈥?/a>
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/
nutritional info: http://www.nutritiondata.com|||Are you being a vegan for health reasons? Vegan is an extremely unhealthy way to eat unless you do your research. this means more than worrying about natural flavorings. you need to consume a complete protein, with all necessary amino acids, together at the same meal. Humans are omnivores, and need both meat and vegetation in order to live healthy. By eating certain non-meat products in the same meal, such as rice and beans, you can trick your body into thinking it is receiving the necessary protein for survival. Get the protein thing under control FIRST then worry about traces of possible animal products. It is not something to fool around with, and not the thing to do to just make a statement. you need to watch for your health when you are eating such a restrictive and un-natural diet.|||It makes me laugh when non-veggies try to say that veganism/vegetarianism is unhealthy [like an omni nurse friend who recently had a heart attack].
You can find a list of non-vegan ingredients online. I found one--I think it was from the Vegan Society's website. It's fine to try to eliminate everything you can, but in my opinion veganism is about reducing suffering; so don't stress if you can't get rid of every little bit of animal derived stuff.|||Having a vegan diet is not unhealthy, but it is difficult at first. Start off by eliminating one thing at a time like meat first, then milk, then cheese, and so forth. Do it in what ever order you want, but at the same time do your research so that you are learning all the things you need and want to know. Don't rush through it. It is a learning process, and it involves dropping old habits while developing new ones. As long as you are doing your research and learning in the process you should be fine. Take as long as you need to transition.|||Becoming vegan can be daunting at first. It can seem as though many products you use have objectionable ingredients. But you will find alternatives, and it is exciting to try new things. Soon you will go down the grocery aisles and know what to toss in the cart.
One way to make all those ingredients lists easier to handle is to buy products with recognizable ingredients. If you don't know what it is, why are you eating it? If you look, you will find that there are products with short, friendly ingredient lists. And of course, the best aisle to shop is the fruit and produce aisle.
But Vegetarian Resource Group is an excellent place to find info, and they have a list of food additives. Link below.|||You have gotten some good answers (and a cupla lame ones), so i just want to add that I've been doing this for 20 years and have learned to not sweat the small stuff. There is no way you are going to get through life without unwittingly or wittingly using some animal product. There are animal parts in beer for example. Tine parts. i've never understood the deal with honey. It's got little pieces of bees in it? Big deal. Hell, the piece of bread you just ate had little pieces of bugs in it. The glass of apple juice has some squozed up worms in it. Just do the best you can or you will end up dropping the whole project and going back to MacDonalds.
There are a lot of non-dairy cheeses on the market made with soy or rice, but most of them don't taste very good. Does anyone know of any vegan cheeses that taste good?|||Yea...try flavored ones that you can put on burgers, vegan-slices, i think they're called. I've tried shredded cheeses...the only one I like enough is mixed cheese, of parmesan, romano and mozzarella. I've only found it safeway of ALL stores though. Gots to look around...everywhere has different vegan stuff.|||Vegan cheese is the only vegan item that I have yet to find a great tasting one. Cheese must be quite hard to replicate or something. Let me know if you do find one because I would like to try it too.|||I personally love follow your heart VeganGourmet cheese...however when melted it can have an offensive aroma|||Veggie slices are good. I could hardly tell the difference and they melt real well too.|||Toffuti makes a great pre-sliced cheese that even melts. They have mozzarella, american, and swiss flavors. I've only had the mozzarella and it's great. Go to Toffutti.com to get a list of their products and have a health food store keep what you want in stock. They also have 'cheese' pizza. YUM!
I saw Vegetarian Edam cheese in Coles last night...
What's the difference between vegetarian cheese and vegan cheese?|||If a vegetarian retains dairy products in their diet, their concern with cheese is whether or not it's made with rennet (a slaughter by-product.) The only requirement for vegetarian cheese is that it's rennetless or made with vegetable rennet.
Vegans do not consume dairy, so a vegan cheese has to be made with soy milk (or rice milk) and not have any animal by-products in it at all (some soy cheese inexplicably have casein in them.)|||vegan cheese is made from soy milk(its tofu)
veg cheese is made purely from the dairy n not the animal fat/rennet|||vegetarian cheese... is cheese with no meat. Vegan cheese is cheese with no animal products (milk, dairy)|||Vegetarian cheese is dairy but made with vegetable rennet instead of animal rennet.
Vegan cheese is usually made with soy with no dairy.|||The vegan cheese tastes like crap and is bloody expensive. Some vegetarian cheeses are somewhat palatable.|||Vegetarian cheese does not have rennet, an enzyme from calf stomaches, and is usually made of cow's or goat's milk. Vegan cheese has no animal milks or other animals products at all, and is often made primarily of soy or rice (though, it is -not- the same as tofu, not in taste nor in marketing... though tofu can replace cheese in some recipes). There is also some soy cheese for lactose intolerant people that is confused with vegan cheese, but is not vegan, because it contains casein (from milk), just no lactose.
Edit: Ouch, I'm too slow. Go Mockingbird!|||Well, alot of non vegetarian cheese has rennet which is extracted from a cow's stomach. Vegans don't eat cheese but, I am sure there are some fake soy cheeses out there.
I just had Teese vegan cheese at a restaurant and it is soo good! Even better than Follow Your Heart, my favorite.
Does anyone know of any grocery stores that carry Teese?|||There's been a lot of buzz about Teese at The PPK. I believe that it's all restaurants or mail order except for a couple of vegan groceries (Food Fight in Portland is supposed ot be getting it.) But they haven't gotten into Whole Foods, for example. I was going to order some from Vegan Essentials yesterday but they're sold out. I can't wait to try it.|||I don't know of any stores that sell it but the website says you can order online.|||Here is a site where you can buy it:
http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreF鈥?/a>
You might be able to buy it a Whole Foods, but they might not have it.|||Try asking for it at your favorite grocery store- if its a pro-vegan store like Whole Foods, they will probably start to carry it.
also are oreo cakesters vegan and do you know any vegan ice creams or vegan burgers and vegan cheese|||Skim milk is from a cow. It's not vegan. Use soy milk or rice milk.
Oreo Cakesters contain milk and eggs. Not vegan. Regular Oreo cookies might be vegan tho.
Turtle Mountain makes good vegan ice cream http://www.turtlemountain.com/products/p鈥?/a>
Vegan burgers are better made from scratch. But if u mean frozen ones, just look in the freezer section of your grocery store, find the Boca Burgers, and all the others should be around that. Look for the word vegan on the box, or check to make sure no dairy or eggs.|||thank it helped alot Report Abuse
|||Skim milk is regular cow's milk that has had the fat removed from it. It isn't vegan because it's still an animal by-product.
Vegan ice creams and burgers and cheese can be bought at any larger grocery store in the freezer or organic section. Just take an extra minute to look around, and I'm sure you'll find lots brands and flavors.|||Skim milk cannot be vegan because it still comes from an animal. I don't believe Oreo cakesters are either, but regular Oreos are. There are vegan ice creams, Im not sure of the brand names. Same with vegan burgers; Boca makes them as well as Amy's. There is vegan cheese but its not that good.|||regualr oreos are vegan
you can buy vegan ice creams at trader joes! they are so goood, i got one called Mini Soy Creamys.
Boca burgers are vegan
and you can buy soy cheese.
and skim milk is NOT vegan, soy milk is though.|||1. Yes REGULAR oreos are vegan
2. Vegan ice creams: Tofuti cuties, soy dream,rice dream,organic rice divine,soy delicous
3. Vegan cheese, trader joes vegan cheese, follow your heart vegan cheese|||the cakesters probably arent vegan. but check the ingrediants. we use soy products like rice and soy milk and they have soy and rice ice cream. good luck!|||I don't think so. I use soy products. Don't know about the cakesters(?) Read the ingredients. That should tell you, although it may raise more questions than answers.
She had this really cute intro, was really chill and cool. I know she made "Vegan Cheese Enchiladas" one time, but i cant find her anywhere! help me out?
Liz|||A Google search shows several candidates. I listed it below. Good luck!|||Is it Chloe Coscarelli?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFcmlfIBb鈥?/a>
I've been wanting to go vegan for a while now, but I love dairy!
I'm considering going vegan for the health benefits. I don't mind soy milk and I know there is vegan cheese, however i hear there is a high calorie count and a high fat content in these vegan cheeses. Is there any way around this?|||I too was a BIG cheese eater, I had been a vegetarian since birth, but could not find the strength to give up cheese.
Although recently that all changed, I took the plunge, and am now completely vegan, I can say with much conviction, that the health benefits I am getting, far outweigh the taste of cheese... It took about a week before I stopped missing it, and I shall not look back!|||For the most part vegan cheese has no more fat and calories than regular cheese. You may be able to find some low fat varieties though they probably wouldn't taste that good.
FYI: A lot of people say they LOVE dairy. What you may not know is dairy is literally addictive. The enzymes in milk are there so the calf can bond with it's mother, it may not eat because it's hungry necessarily, but eat because it's addicted to the milk.
I used to love all sorts of cheese (I considered them favourite food) After about a week of being vegan I no longer had any desire for dairy.|||well you can not eat the vegan cheeses simple ...... your taste buds will eventually learn to adapt to your new eating habits it take time of course and rome wasnt built in a day as well as you have to be commited to it 100% and have the will power............soy isnt everything and being vegan isnt hard at all you should really research it and go to sites like :http://vegan.alltop.com/ as well as
http://veggielinks.com/linkexchange.html these should help you out|||If loving dairy makes you stop, then i don't think you have the commitement at all.
Vegans don't think of themselves as much as you obviously do.|||Hi. Vegan 'cheese' and 'milk' are lower in fat than dairy products in general.
Just make some comparisons between the vegan products, which are quite easy to find online and the dairy products you have in your house.
I sell quite a lot of dairy free cheese alternatives on one of my websites, so you can see what they are like via the link below. follow the 'more >>' link to see the nutritional information.
Vegan cheese are different in some ways, they do not contain casein, which is the protein that calves get from the milk to grow. Casein is also what makes cheese stringy, like in those pizza adverts where there are long strings of cheese when a slice is removed. It is also what makes cheese go brown and crispy when you bake or grill it. So vegan cheeses will not act like this.
You can still get vegan cheese that melts and is good for cheese sauces, or in sandwiches etc. Ultimately, vegan chees is not dairy cheese, so theres not much point compaing them, just try them all and enjoy them for what they are.
I hope that helps.|||I used to love dairy too. I loved cheese pizza, I love eating cheese as a snack. I would sometimes add some pasta to a plate of powdered cheese. I was crazy for cheese, and the craziest thing about my cheese addiction was that I had a very severe cheese allergy. All along I thought I just had sinusitis and severe digestive issues.
Eventually, I gave up the cheese and went vegan and my sinus problem cleared up and so did my digestive problem. I then decided to eat cheese after a couple of weeks to see if it really was the problem, and I couldn't breath and I had a ton of gas almost immediately. It's not just the lactose that's the problem, but also the casein.
Unfortunately, some vegetarian imitation cheeses add casein and possibly lactose or other milk products. I really do not understand this, since these are the main allergens dairy-sensitive people have trouble with, and why add milk ingredients to a product people buy mainly to avoid dairy? At least vegan cheese has no milk ingredients.
The health benefits of not eating dairy(although I do eat eggs so I am not a vegan) more than overcompensate for the taste of cheese.|||If you are really wanting to do away with dairy, then I would suggest totally doing away with it. The taste of the vegan 'cheese' products is nasty and not going to taste similar to what you are craving. Just best to address the issue and cut it out.
Maybe later on you can see if you like it after you no longer are doing dairy for a time the taste will be better. I didn't find it to be so, but have heard of others that claimed such was so.|||Vegan cheese tastes like chalk mixed with clay SO DONT EAT IT
So I absolutely love enchiladas but I'm a vegetarian. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good veggie chicken I can shred up and use instead of real meat. Also, is there such a thing as cheap vegan cheese? All I've ben able to find is a pack of like five slices for $3. That's way too expensive for me.|||oh ya, there's tons of meatless "chicken" products you can use. just gotta hunt around at stores for them, well, there could be cheapER vegan cheeses at maybe wal*mart or winco.
good luck!|||You can learn how to make soy cheese but it's usually not cheap at the store, but it's good. I know you can make fake chicken nuggets out of yellow split peas. but they're not shreddable.|||I recommend you Morning star chicken strips. Its $2.60dlls and it has about 20 strips. It takes great and it goes well with anything.. trust me I've been testing every product out there and that is only one that has the best taste.|||To JEAN:
The animals we eat (chickens, pigs, fish, cows) are not reared in a natural environment. They cannot and will not 'overbreed' if they are not eaten. Please look up the definition of factory farming. What you refer to applies only to wild game like deer and bison, which are only a tiny fraction of the meat consumed by humans.|||Follow Your Heart makes fairly inexpensive vegan cheeses. You might also find recipes for cheeze sauces to put on top of your enchilada by checking www.vegweb.com.
Jean--god's original plan was to hang out in the garden with two naked vegetarians.|||Quorn tenders are so close to chicken, you would not know the difference.|||Did anyone actually answer your question?
Haha! Anyways, try seitan:
http://vegetarian.about.com/od/glossary/鈥?/a>|||Let's face it, you either want a chicken enchilada or you want a vegetable enchilada. there is no substitute for chicken. It is what it is.
get real; the reason you don't eat meat is because some would up guru from india planted a seed into some lemmings thoughts that eating meat was bad.
I ask all so called veggies this: what is bad about eating meat that God put on earth to eat. And don't give me the standard "ethical" crap. Is it ethical to let animals meant for a source of food continue to exist and over breed and eventually starve to death.|||Well, obviously if u like chicken that much u should....u know.... eat da chicken yo! its good, there is no harm in it because chickens hardly do anything for society..
but cows make milk.
pigs okay okay too but i think they're unclean
I'm a Vegetarian and make sure that the cheese that I eat is vegetarian, but I want to go one step further. Does anyone know any nice-tasting vegan cheeses? I'm sure most would taste nice, but just want some recommendations, thanks|||Cheese can be vegetarian (and generally is) without it being vegan. Not all vegetarians are vegan. Assuming you are vegetarian AND vegan, you probably eat mainly soy based cheeses. So you're making sure the cheeses that you eat are vegan as well. It depends on which flavors you like. But there are many soy based cheeses that are very good.|||Cheezly, some Provamal, Tofutti and Scheese are all VEGAN cheeses. They have come a long way in recent years; they used to be a bit plasticiney in my opinion.
I tend to buy Cheezly or Tofutti, mainly because it's the easiest to find where I live. They have it in Tesco and in Holland & Barrett. The Tofutti cream cheese is good, they have many flavours - good for sarnies. The Cheezly stuff is good too, again in many flavours. You can get extra melty mozarella for pizzas!
Some links below for you. Experiment with them and see which suits you, and enjoy! :)|||Actually vegan means not consuming anything coming from animals. That includes leather products for wearing and milk + milk products in consuming. Cheese is a milk product. Its vegetarian but not vegan.
However, if you know, then Gouda, Cheddar, Parmesan and such, these are some cheese varieties that are available without rennet.
Mozzarella doesn't have rennet either, but its mostly for pizza. Remember, Kraft cheese has calf rennet.|||I like most varieties of Cheezly - available in Holland & Barrett. The Mature Cheddar kind is nice in sandwiches, the Mozarella one melts better. In my opinion the Garlic &Herb and Nacho ones taste rank, but thats just my opinion I guess. Also I recently tried Edam style - nothing like Edam but tastes sort of how I remember Dairylea.|||Cheese can be vegetarian (and generally is) without it being vegan. Not all vegetarians are vegan. Assuming you are vegetarian AND vegan, you probably eat mainly soy based cheeses. So you're making sure the cheeses that you eat are vegan as well. It depends on which flavors you like. But there are many soy based cheeses that are very good|||My local health food shop stocks Cheezly [1] and Sheese [2], of which I prefer Sheese.|||I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian and I love Daiya cheese - it's vegan. :D|||go for herbal cheese,cheese is made from cow milk,
Ok hey guys, right now I'm a vegetarian but I want to have some vegan stuff so can you guys gimme some things you like with the name of it. Also what is the best brand of vegan cheese, i tried it once and it wasn't that good but it could have just been the brand. I wiish I could go full Vegan but my parents wont let me, I can sorta understand since I need protein so how do you guys get yours. NO RUDE COMMENTS PLEASE.|||there is a brand of cheese called Veggie Slices-my fave is cheddar cheese with jalapenos.-i love the brand Boca-they do veggie burgers, chicken patties, ground beef, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, ect..all 100% meet free but you would never tell the difference...|||Read the book "the ethics of eating" vegan-ism is actually very healthy if you do it right. Go to a Dr. Make sure you eat the right amount of everything you need, it is not easy. but very worth while. Just make sure you do it right, or you can get very sick. Report Abuse
|||Soy cheese is real good but I warn you be very careful because some of these vegan etc. foods are more dangerous to eat. I was fruiterian for year and got very sick.
People jump in to become Vegans and screw up there systems. Some cultures systems develop over generation. Having that white girl skinny look is out of fad today...Everyone going for the thicker look not miss fatty but not looking like the dead. Vegan doesn't mean you'll live longer either hell they die younger then meat eaters-bad genes is bad genes. My grandparents ate pork bacon everyday of theres lives including beef, fowl, very little fish but they ate tones of veggies cooked in pork fat, crackiln cornbread. gallons of Vit. D milk. Well they both died in theres lates 90's and never had cancer or any other health problems-no breast cancer in the family. zero! Everyone says they both died because they got tired of living.
If your genes f@cked up you gotta fight hard and being Vegan might kill you faster or not. Unless your going for that nasty skinny look.|||Why do the vegans always seem so angry? Some dope always says that vegans are not sick and wasted --- heck, it doesn't take a PHD to see that these people look like suvivors of the Batan death march!
OK, I'm done.|||I am a 4 year vegan and have yet to find a cheese i like. LOL. I guess it is due to the fact i have had the real thing. I turned vegan when i was 14, and my mom hated it!! She thought it was a phase. I love Morning Star's veggie ground beef. I use it in almost everything. Morning Star has a list of vegan products on their site. Bocca also has one. I would look at PETA for more information. They are the reason i turned. Feel free to contact me with more questions.|||I am vegetarian and my daughters, 21 & 25 are vegan. There are lots of soy products like pepperoni, sausage and other lunch type meats that are more healthy, low fat, high protein that make good sandwiches. There is taco meat filling that's soy based, too. Seeds, beans and lentils also have lots of protein.
If you use Boca Burgers, make sure that it says "vegan". Some of their products have egg whites.
Go to the natural food market and try things. Read the labels. Try seitan. It is meat substitute developed by the Chinese.
My daughter has used this site:
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/blogindex.h…
Remember to eat enough healthy fats, too.|||As with anything you are trying to replace, it takes time getting used to things....I have yet to find a cheese that is really good....I just use it melted on things and add spices.
I am really healthy in this life style. My parents tried to stop me but I just couldnt eat meat it made me sick!!!
Proteins are in peanut butter and make sure you have a daily vitamin to take with a meal....things will be fine as long as you know what you need...watch the iron levels...I eat beets for iron and spinach has iron to.
It's a wonderful life....and the person who said vegans are angry that is not true....some of us get defensive because of crude comments at times but I would not stereotype us as angry! : )
Good Luck working this out with your parents.|||It's ridiculous to say that vegans are unhealthy or sick in any way. There's no evidence of any kind that a vegan diet is unhealthy (to the contrary, it can be really good for you), as long as you get enough protein and a regularly balanced diet. You can get plenty of protein from soy mean, tofu, beans and other legumes, etc. I'm not vegan, but I eat a lot of soy meat, etc. Boca is good and so are tofurkey products. They look weird but they taste a lot like turkey! They also make fake sliced turkey, bratwurst and kielbasa, all of which have tons of protein. One thing I don't really like is the cheese. It just doesn't melt quite right, and I really like dairy cheese, so it's something I wouldn't give up. Tofutti makes decent sliced "cheese" and the blocks of fake mozzarella my vegan friends get once in a while are ok. I like soy yoghurt, though, and ice cream too. Good look with whatever kind of diet you choose! And don't worry about the doubters...it's sad and boring that there will always be people who are critical of ideas simply because it's not what they do.|||i knew a lot of Vegetarians and Vegans in South Africa ,the Vegans were a sickly lot ,very unhealthy looking ,thats probably why your parents wont let you.
at least Vegetarians get some protein ,for good health you need a balanced diet ,if you dont want to eat dead animals ,what about flying ants ,grasshoppers or grubs ,lots of protein and very healthy
and oral love can be a cheap and good way of getting protein,this is not meant in a rude way
and your boyfriend will be very happy with your diet.|||You'll have to eat soy products and a lot of nuts for your protein. That's about it.|||I eat soy cheese But'ive forgoten the brand name, and silk soy milk too|||byderule,
Semen contains 1 g of protein per ejaculation. You can get 25 times this protein by eating a half cup of dried lentils.Secondly, if her boyfriend doesn't increase his protein intake, it makes no sense at all. Your advice is consequently, useless.|||A vegan diet is only unhealthy when you let it become unhealthy. I have been an extremely strict vegetarian for 8 years and a vegan for 4 and I have never had health problems because of my diet. A lack of protein never has to become a problem for vegetarians or vegans alike, protein is in much of the food we already eat and if you eat a variety of foods through the span of a day you should easily be able to obtain adequate protein intake. With the addition of thousands of available vegan meat substitutes getting a days worth of protein is simple and delicious! This website: http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/protein.htm provides a pretty good explanation of that issue. There are a lot of types of “dairy free” cheeses, but not all are vegan, some popular brands, like Veggie Slices and ( I believe) Tofutti, contain casein which is a milk protein byproduct. The best cheese alternative I have found so far is a brand called Vegan Gourmet and can be found here: http://www.imearthkind.com/Main.htm . It taste very much like real cheese and unlike most vegan brands it melts without becoming lumpy or oily. For general vegan products (everything from food to vegan friendly clothes and cleaning supplies) http://www.veganstore.com/ is my favorite places to go, every vegan alterative you could ever need is there. www.vegweb.com is a great places for finding vegan recipes. Silk milk and Boca products are very popular, but just a little fact if you are a vegetarian or vegan for animal rights purposes: Silk (and White Wave) products are owned by Dean Foods, Dean Foods is the parent company of Horizon, a very successful dairy company. Boca products (along with several other un-vegan products) are owned by Philip Morris, a large contributor to animal testing. Best of luck with becoming vegan, the transition is quite simple and extremely rewarding!|||I agree with that guy ^^^^ ...sickly and frail are the right words. If you are willing to throw away your health becoming a vegan, then you need to eat lots of nuts and grains. There is a grain called "Incan Fuel" which the mesoamerican indians used to eat for centuries. It is known for its high protein and low carb content - unusual for a grain. I'd look into it. Good luck though, and be careful.
Does anyone know where I can buy cheap vegan shampoo online? It would help if they sold other products too like vegan cheese and chocolate so I can save on delivery costs.|||ORIGINAL SOURCE do great VEGAN shampoos, conditioners, shower gels, scrubs, bath foams, shave gels, deodorants etc., and they are not pricey at all!
You cannot buy any chocolates on their web site, but if you spend over 拢15, postage and packaging are free in the UK!
They do ship worldwide but I am not sure about the delivery costs - check their web site!
I don't purchase them online though, but I stock on the products when they are in special offer at a drug store or a local supermarket.
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EDIT: In the UK, you will often find Original Source products (especially shampoos, conditioners, shower gels and body scrubs) in "2 for 1" or "3 for 2" offers which means you pay about 拢1 per bottle of the product. It cannot get any cheaper than that, especially for good quality products like Original Source. Boots, Superdrug, and all the big supermarkets stock Original Source products.
Of course, there is also LUSH. Quite a bit dearer, but their soaps and shampoos in bars and blocks will last long.
VEGAN CHOCOLATE.
Most of the dark chocolate is vegan. I like Green&Black's (100g black 70% or 85%, Maya Gold, Mint and the larger bars with cherries, almonds or ginger). Plamil does vegan "milk" chocolate.
VEGAN CHEESE.
A rarity, like seitan. I have never seen either of them in any supermarket in the UK.
I purchase my vegan cheese, seitan and most of the tofu, as well as Kingfisher toothpaste, soya yoghurts, spices, cider vinegar, quinoa, cous cous, lemon juice, etc from my local organic/health food shop. You might find some things at Holland and Barrett's, too, but they seem to be the most expensive and I don't like how they try to pass dried fruit with added oil, sugar and sulphur as healthy.
As much as I am pro local health food shops, I cannot afford to buy all my groceries there, and I get organic veggies and fruits, soya and rice drinks, pasta, coffee, chocolate etc at a supermarket.
I am honestly thinking of opening a vegan friendly shop if I can ever afford to open one. It would have foods and shoes and clothes and all! I am desperate for a shop like that, I think I'd be my own best customer :-D|||Glad I could help.
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|||Different Daisy/VeganGoods.com (US based) offers discounted vegan shopping and ships worldwide:
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http://veganstore.com/
These stores have fantabulous service and a huge array of vegan products. Also check out http://CaringConsumer.com/ for more caring brands and tips.|||Any chance you can tell us where you are ?
Many specialist wholefood and ethical shops are going under because of on-line shops. It would be nice if we could help you support your local supplier.
After all, they stood by us for the 50 years before the internet, when all the supermarkets where trying to drive them out, so i like to give them my loyalty.
Not an answer, i know, but you might actually find there is a local supplier nearer than you think if you tell us where you are.
edit: Thanks for the location, . there are lots of ethical shops in north london, camden, wembley, harpenden, southall, ealing, and further out in southgate, barnet, tring etc. a quick search will get you thier addresses. You are probably in one of the best places from which to buy vegan and cruelty free products in the UK...wish i had that access, we're in the middle of the countryside in the north west.
I agree they might be a few pence dearer, but not much, and well worth our support|||Download the cruelty free guide (see below). It gives details of all of the companies in the UK which don't test on animals. It also supplies the email addresses. I carry it with me every time I go shopping and I keep a copy next to my computer.
I use the Sainsburies shampoo, shower gel and hand wash because they're all mega cheap and actually do the job.
I did try the Bio D Laundry liquid but my clothes came out smelling worse than when they went in, so I don't recommend it.
Holland and Barret sell all sorts of vegan junk food and cheese (green & blacks choccie is the best).
:-)|||My shampoo's vegan. (JASON)
They should have them in health food shops.|||No but let me now when u do being a vegan is hard
Hello. I am a vegetarian. I was wondering, when you are vegan do you HAVE to give away all your clothing that isn't vegan? For example, say if you bought something from whatever store in the mall, would you have to throw it away?? What if it was 100% cotton?
Another question:
~do you ever miss cheese??
~is vegan cheese good?
~ are you aloud to eat pasta?????
Thanx!! :]|||Cotton is vegan, I don't understand... and I have not thrown away any of my clothes since I became vegan, I donated a leather jacket to Salvation Army and I don't own anything made out of wool because it makes my skin itchy and uncomfortable, I never wore wool to begin with. I have kept my entire wardrobe otherwise. I just buy shoes made of man-made materials, it's not difficult to find them (Payless Shoe Source has plenty, even), and they certainly look good.
Most of the shoes I had were already vegan. When I was in the Army I wore the boots that were assigned to me and I respected the uniform even though the boots were not vegan.
I don't think it is some huge calamity to wear boots or shoes you bought that you like even if you do switch to a vegan lifestyle. It is about doing the best you can, and if you already purchased the shoes prior to it, it's not like it'll do anyone any good to throw them away. If you are uncomfortable, donate leather shoes, do NOT throw them away, it is a waste.
I sometimes miss gorgonzola cheese, that was my favorite.
Vegan cheese is awful in my opinion, it doesn't taste anything like cheese and I don't use it in recipes. I do make my own ricotta cheese to put into lasagna, I found a recipe online for it - I use tofu, obviously, not milk for the base. The stuff you buy in stores is awful in my opinion and not worth the money. I don't miss cheese enough to eat that stuff.
Pasta is wonderful, and it can be vegan. Egg pastas aren't, and pastas that are enriched with vitamins might have vitamins that are from animal sources. But most pastas I buy have really short ingredient lists "Durum Semolina, Water"... that's all you really need for pasta.|||vegitain cheese is made from tofu or some other alternative.. well you don't jhave to give away your clothing their your clothes do wahat you want.. well pasta is not concidered from animal and it carbohydrates so it oaky to eat pasta and other stuff|||I would like to answer a couple parts of your question-
Cotton is a natural fiber that comes from the cotton plant.
I tried one (and only one) vegan cheese and it was the most horrible tasting thing I have ever tasted in my life. I've never dared to try another. :)
*My recommendation for "veganizing" your wardrobe would be to donate items like leather jackets and handbags to charity or a non-vegan friend, and replace your shoes with vegan-friendly shoes as they wear out. I don't know how anyone can wear wool it's so bloody itchy, and silk blouses and such aren't exactly necessary as there are so many other options, so I would suggest dontating those items as well.|||No, don't throw away your non-vegan clothes, but if people notice they may think you're a hypocrite so be careful. Better to give them away or swap them for vegan clothes with people who might otherwise buy them new. That way you might save some animals.
Vegan cheese is a lot better than it used to be, but the soft stuff is better than the hard.
Pasta is fine, with two exceptions - egg pasta and pasta coloured with squid ink.|||trade your clothes with a friend, that may want your leather stuff for her non leather stuff. or give the the clothes to charity. you will get tax break for the charity donation.
here is another idea. sell your leather stuff to your friends, and form the money buy vegan cook books, and hopefully that will help with the cheese alternative.
i am gradually turning vegan. I have been a veggie all my life. but after watching earthlings, - i am turning to veganism. - good luck.|||i kept the only 2 cloths i had that where not vegan as thoughing it out would just be a waist and serve no purpos.
I did miss cheese at first but it did not last very long.
there is no problem with pasta aslong as you get one that is not an egg pasta most dry pasta from the supermarket is egg free just check the ingredients. I eat pasta atleast 5 times a week lol
i doubt vegan cheese is supper healthy. but aslong as you dont life off it. and depends which ones you eat. if you get the uncheese cook book i think its called you can probably find some healthyer options. i love redwoods cheezy on pizza thats about the only vegan cheese i have these days.
cotton is vegan. so are polyesters|||you don't HAVE to throw away the leather, suede, wool, and other things from animals. but wearing it in public is showing that you support the industry.
100% cotton things are completely animal-friendly and vegan. PETA makes all their clothes out of 100% cotton materials.
sometimes i miss cheese, but then i remember a quote i read in a PETA magazine from a vegan doctor or someone of the like, it said, "In every glass of milk, there is essentially a chunk of veal calf" because the veal industry is a DIRECT product of the dairy industry, because cows are just like humans, they produce milk for their offspring (did you know that humans are the only species that drinks another species milk?), so they have to be artificially inseminated repeatedly to produce milk. when there are male calves born, they put them in crates and turn them into veal calves.
omg, vegan cheese is AWESOME! it's better than dairy cheese!
yes, we can eat pasta.
here's some videos for you to watch (warning, they're graphic)
wool industry: http://youtube.com/watch?v=MwLzrN58R68
leather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhX-1gsxAGw
fur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rhFj2NfBsI|||I had a few things like a purse and pair of shoes that were suede, a silk blouse & dress plus one leather jacket that I gave away to charity. Cotton is a plant not animal so there is no problem with that. I like cotton personally. I haven't missed meat at all, but I have missed cheese. I have tried several vegan cheeses and none of them were good, in fact they are too expensive and taste nasty. I envy the person above who actually likes them. Vegans can eat pasta as long as it doesn't contain eggs.|||No, you do not have to throw everything of animal origin away in order to be vegan. That's not practical and it's wasteful. Throwing away a pair of leather shoes does not bring the cow back to life, nor does it undo the fact that you have already monetarily supported the industry. Done is done. You can keep what you have unless it's distasteful to you, then when it's seen the end of it's useful life, replace it with a vegan version. Another option, of course, is giving things away, selling them, or donating them to charity. It's really up to you and likely the only people who will scan you up and down looking for leather when you say you're vegan are non-vegans. Those of us who have been there understand that sometimes you're just using up what you bought "pregan."
No, I don't miss cheese. I loved (LOVED!) cheese. But there's so much else to try and enjoy. I haven't had time to miss cheese.
Most vegan cheeses are, in my opinion, not very good. Follow Your Heart's Vegan Gourmet is decent and it melts. You can put the mozzarella on a pizza and get it melty and browned under the broiler. You can't really slice it and eat it like dairy cheese, though. The texture isn't comparable. I was pretty excited to get vegan cheese and put it in tacos and stuff a few times, but it turned out to be kind of pointless, so most of it went bad in the fridge. There are recipes out there for vegan cheesy sauces, some of which I've heard good things about.
Yes, you can eat pasta. Read the ingredients. There are some made with egg ("egg noodles," duh) but most are just enriched semolina flour and water.|||Whatever you have bought "unknowingly" should not be wasted, but continue to use it.
Do not give away to someone, with excuse that you are a "vegan". Will you give to someone else that you love once you "knowingly suffer" and realize that "product" is regarded as a "poison" to you?
Vegetarianism never stop at eating habit alone.
Veganism should never regarded as a typical end-user.
It is a continuous journey beyond.
I love cheese, in fact I believe I have a slight addiction to it because since I've decided to lay off of it for awhile, I have been craving it. I used to eat some type of cheese every day. I especially like the gourmet cheeses like Brie and Camembert. I recently found out my cholesterol has sky rocketed again and I'm sure this is part of the reason. So, for a time I'm going to lay off the real cheese. I would like to still make some of my favorite meals though and I don't like soy cheese. Are there any good non-soy cheeses?|||Galaxy makes rice based cheeses that aren't too terrible, and there are plenty of recipes out there to make your own using nutritional yeast.|||no|||you can eat rice cheese|||http://www.galaxyfoods.com/Products/
i have only tried the soy one, but the rice might taste similar.
They soy is really good too.
i saw one a while back, just can't remember what brand.|||Daiya. mm mm good!
& We can't say it's cheese (good for a nacho sauce)|||There are rice cheeses, but I'm not 100 percent certain they're vegan. The best vegan cheese is Daiya, a soy-free vegan cheese made of vegetable proteins and cassava flour.
I tried Daiya because everybody is like, "OMG! It's so amazing!" but I think it's DISGUSTING. So I tried the Follow Your Heart stuff, and the smell was so bad when I opened it that it went into the trash right away. I am having absolutely NO luck with finding a decent-tasting cheese substitute. I don't have high standards, either. I don't really care if it melts and I know it won't taste omgjustlikecheese, because it isn't. I just want something that doesn't make me wary of getting too much in my mouth out once for fear of gagging and spitting it out.
Do you have any other recommendations? I have a nut allergy, so that walnut/tree nut stuff is a no go. );|||I couldn't agree more, they are all disgusting! There are recipes online for vegan cheese using nutritional yeast, may be worth a try (but it doesn't make block cheese, just like a cheese sauce).
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=vegan+…|||I like daiya, but you have to eat it with something and just use a little bit, other wise its to strong and rich.
I haven't tried any others as I have heard this is the best. I really don't do many substitutes I normally just go without which is better in the long run. I understand sometimes you need to spice it up a little.|||I've heard of another brand called Teese, but I've never tried it.|||no vegan cheese is good lol ive learned that! they are all toooooooo fake
Hi.
I am a vegetaria and thinking about going vegan. My mom and I got back from Whole Foods a couple of minutes ago, we bought nutritional yeast.
> Do you know any good vegan cheese recipes for nutritional yeast?????? (easy enough for an early teen and a mom to do together??)
> Also, do you like oat milk? we just bought that too.
Thanx!!!!=]|||You can try stirring some into breakfast tofu, you can have a scrambled eggs alternative by crumbling firm tofu into an oiled pan with some veggies and a spoonful of nutritional yeast and some salt, pepper and other spices.
It works well with casseroles too... sometimes I slice potatoes on a mandolin (which is just a way to get thin even slices that are like those Betty Crocker potato slices). I line an oiled glass baking pan with veggies and potatoes and I make a creamy sauce out of soy creamer or silken tofu and lots of spices and good stuff tossed in. I'd suggest looking up some casserole recipes.
If you make a vegan pizza (just dough with sauce and veggies, typically), you can try sprinkling nutritional yeast on top. It's not going to be exactly like Parmesan but it's good.|||I bought some nutritional yeast. =] Report Abuse
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Here are some links to other vegan "cheese" recipes..
Cheese (vegan)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/317/Bas鈥?/a> (basic seed cheese)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/1055/Ye鈥?/a> (nutritional yeast cheese sauce)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/469/Nut鈥?/a> (nutritional yeast cheese)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/reci鈥?/a> (Lessarella cheez)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/reci鈥?/a> (pimento cheese)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (pimento cheese brick)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (tofu cheese rarebit)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (millet cheese)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (golden sauce)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (chee sauce)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (no cheese spread)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (tofu cheese sauce)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (savory tofu sauce)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (gee whiz spread)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (cornmeal cheese pudding)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (walnut tofu cheese spread)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (soy cheese from soy flour)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti鈥?/a> (nut cheese from nut butter)
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/000鈥?/a> (cashew cheddar cheese)
http://www.ellenskitchen.com/clearlight/鈥?/a> (almond ricotta cheese)
http://www.boutell.com/vegetarian/manico鈥?/a> (ricotta for manicotti from tofu)
http://www.veganrepresent.com/forums/arc鈥?/a> (vegan cheese..forum)
http://www.veganrepresent.com/forums/arc鈥?/a> (vegan cheese like nacho or cheddar)
http://www.mountainhomebrew.com/browsepr鈥?/a> (vegetable rennet and cheese making supplies)
Macaroni and cheese (vegan)
http://www.chezbettay.com/dinrs_macnchee鈥?/a> (with premade vegan cheese)
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/000鈥?/a> (with cashew cheddar)
http://www.veganrepresent.com/forums/arc鈥?/a> (Bryanna鈥檚 Mac and cheese)
http://www.veganrepresent.com/forums/arc鈥?/a> (PETAs mac and cheese)
http://www.veganrepresent.com/forums/arc鈥?/a> (mac and cheese, vegan)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/1054/Ma鈥?/a> (mac n cheese, vegan..2)
http://grazingrecipes.blogspot.com/ (best macaroni and cheese)
http://www.ellenskitchen.com/bigpots/oam鈥?/a> (mac and cheese..ellens cashew)
http://www.veganoutreach.org/starterpack鈥?/a> (mac n cheese..yeast)|||I've never had oat milk- I usually buy soy, but have heard good things about rice milk and almond milk (depends on what it's needed for).
Now, nutritional yeast I have had. A lot.
I would highly recommend the Uncheese cookbook...
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Uncheese-鈥?/a>
I actually really like nut. yeast. on popcorn with a little margarine and popcorn salt.
But for saucy items, I usually eat it as Yeese sauce (that's what we call it) or as a sandwich spread for "Grilled Yeese".
General nutritional yeast advice: If you want something slightly sharper (more cheddar like) add a little bit of lemon juice. Be judicious though so you don't overdo it.
I'd recommend the powder over the flakes, because the finer pieces make it easier to work with for smooth sauces.
Here is the "Mac and Cheese" from Vegan Outreach. Do NOT expect it to taste like regular mac and cheese. But it does fill the same craving!
Mac & "Cheese"
Have ready
3 1/2 C (dry) elbow macaroni, cooked
Sauce
* 1/2 C vegan margarine
* 1/2 C flour
* 3 1/2 C boiling water
* 2 T soy sauce (or Bragg's Liquid Aminos)
* 1 1/2 tsp salt
* 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder (or crushed fresh garlic)
* pinch of turmeric
* 1/4 C vegetable oil
* 1 C nutritional yeast flakes
* paprika (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 F. In a saucepan, melt margarine over low heat. Beat in flour with a wire whisk (or fork) and continue to beat over medium heat until mixture is smooth and bubbly.
Whip in boiling water, soy sauce, salt, garlic powder, and turmeric, beating well. Cook the sauce until it thickens and bubbles; then whip in the oil and nutritional yeast flakes.
Mix part of the sauce with the noodles and put in casserole dish. Then pour a generous amount of the sauce on top. Sprinkle with paprika, and bake for 15 minutes. Then put under broiler for a few minutes until top is crisp.
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THIS is my all-time favorite Mac and Cheese recipe... I usually use more nutritional yeast than it asks for though:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Vegan-Mac-a鈥?/a>
INGREDIENTS
* 1 (8 ounce) package uncooked elbow macaroni
* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
* 1 medium onion, chopped
* 1 cup cashews
* 1/3 cup lemon juice
* 1 1/3 cups water
* salt to taste
* 1/3 cup canola oil
* 4 ounces roasted red peppers, drained
* 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
* 1 teaspoon garlic powder
* 1 teaspoon onion powder
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. Transfer to a medium baking dish.
3. Heat vegetable oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion, and cook until tender and lightly browned. Gently mix with the macaroni.
4. In a blender or food processor, mix cashews, lemon juice, water, and salt. Gradually blend in canola oil, roasted red peppers, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, and onion powder. Blend until smooth. Thoroughly mix with the macaroni and onions.
5. Bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned. Cool 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
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I wanted to show you the grilled cheese recipe I was thinking of but can't find it. This one might do though: (I'd suggest adding a little bit of lemon juice)
http://www.godairyfree.org/Recipes/Sandw鈥?/a>|||1 陆 tbsp. yeast flakes
3 tbsp. flour
3 tbsp. margarine
150-200 ml soymilk
陆 鈥?1 tsp. salt
1 鈥?1 陆 tsp. mustard
herbs or spices to taste
A good substitute for cheese sauce, also for pizzas and other dishes where a cheese topping is required|||If you're just now thinking about going vegan, I suggest you wait a while for your taste buds to change before trying to imitate cheese. You'll be hardpressed to find a vegan cheese recipe that tastes like cheese. Instead, learn to substitute things. Use guacamole or tofutti sour supreme for the creamy texture you used to get from cheese.
I don't think I've ever had oat milk. I rarely use milks but when I do, it's usually rice.
hello, everybody,
I'm a french vegan & I'm going to London next week with my friend (vegetarian). As vegetarian & vegan food is rather limited in France, we would like to buy "fake" meats, vegan cheeses etc..
Please, could you have the kindness to tell us where we'll be able to find some of these stores (organic or not) ?
And by the way, do you know some nices places to eat vegan dishes (not too expensive) ?
Thanking you by advance & sorry for my "special" english.|||Hi Vegansfields :)
Here are some vegan & vegetarian restaurants in London -
http://www.happycow.net/north_america/ca鈥?/a>
http://www.veganlondon.co.uk/eat/index.h鈥?/a>
http://www.veggieheaven.com/uk/england/l鈥?/a>
Here are vegetarian & vegan stores in london -
http://www.timeout.com/london/shopping/f鈥?/a>
http://www.222veggievegan.com/|||Most supermarkets stock soya milk, soya yoghurt, Swedish Glace soya ice cream. Health food stores like Holland and Barrett (large chain with branches in most shopping districts) and fresh and wild stock fake meats, vegan cheeses etc. There's a health food shop close to Russell Square that does quiet good takeout food.
Maoz falafel shop on Old Compton street in Soho is great for vegan fast food, but you can get falafel a lot of places Vitaorganic in Soho is a vegan cafe but the food there is a bit 70s for my liking. There a chain of vegan Chinese eateries cropping up everywhere (there's one on Islington High Street, and one on the Euston Road) but I don't like the food there that much. Food for Thought on Neal Street, Covent Garden, is a reliable, medium-priced veggie restaurant with vegan options. For special occasions, there's Mildred's on Lexington Street, Soho, and Eat and Two Veg on Marylebone High Street - good, but slightly pricier vegetarian restaurants with a superb vegan selection.
Hope you enjoy your stay.|||Seewoo is great, fake chicken, fake duck, even fake prawns.|||Nothing here !
All of the UK is meat only !
there are ZERO veg places !
The UK government have made
it LAW to kill & eat all veggies
who come here !.
The french are very welcome,
MMMM garlic & pastis meat mmmmm.
Also if you are Organic french
Harrods pays good money
for organic frogs !!!!
for a Dijon Crusted Filet Mignon? Looking for a potato and a vegtable.
This will be for a dinner party where there will be some veggie-heads. So the side dishes will be for them in addition to a full head of steamed cauliflower for each veggie-head with melted vegan cheese over it. I'm putting them at a separate table so they can talk diet and nutrients.|||baby carrots with a basil/butter glaze
sweet green peas with pearl onions with or without a white sauce
steamed snow peas with a ginger glaze
white rice with fresh peas
white rice with black beans (well rinsed first)
rice-a-roni|||mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, baked potatoes, french fries, mozzarella/tomato/basil salad, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches????|||Oooh...baked or scalloped potatoes and green/yellow squash or asparagus.|||Even people who say they don't like spinach, usually like a spinach souffle. Stauffers makes a pretty good frozen one, if you want something fast and easy. You could buy some, microwave them, and just heat them up later.
Have fun at your party!!|||glazed carrots and mashed potato|||potatoes vesuvio -- this is some serious italian via chicago stuff --
you cut about 3 lbs small to medium potatoes into wedges (1/6ths or 1/8ths) and brown them really well in some olive oil. add about 6 cloves of garlic minced and a big teaspoon of oregano and salt and pepper and brown a few more minutes. some people like using hot pepper flakes in it -- i usually don't.
in the mean time cook about 8 oz of frozen baby butter beans or butter peas in water until they are tender -- its about 25 mins.
also defrost a package of frozen quartered artichoke hearts.
ok back to the potatoes -- get about 2/3 cup chicken broth and 2/3 cup white wine and pour them over the potatoes and add the butter beans and artichokes. -- let it steam up for about 10 minutes and its done. you can leave it sitting around a long time covered and warm on your stove.
i have substituted marsala for white wine and its better flavored.|||french fries over bacon and cheese(u can put bacon bits instead of whole bacon if u want to) then POUR ranch dressing over it. be sure to put this on a BIG plate...these are very good. they are at CottonPatch cafe.......but u can make ur own.....|||For a totally homey, classic dish, you have to consider green bean casserole! Reminds me of childhood (even though my mom hardly ever made it!) ps. I've never tried it with the cheese or peppers like they say on the recipe, but I almost double the onions. My whole family loves those fried onions.
Green Bean Casserole
From: Campbell's Kitchen
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Bake Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
1 can (10 3/4 oz.) Campbell's庐 Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup OR Campbell's庐 Condensed 98% Fat Free Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup milk
Dash ground black pepper
4 cups cooked cut green beans
1 1/3 cups French's庐 French Fried Onions
Directions:
MIX soup, milk, soy, black pepper, beans and 2/3 cup onions in 1 1/2-qt. casserole.
BAKE at 350掳F. for 25 min. or until hot.
STIR . Sprinkle with remaining onions. Bake 5 min.
TIP: Use 1 bag (16 to 20 oz.) frozen green beans, 2 pkg. (9 oz. each) frozen green beans, 2 cans (about 16 oz. each) green beans or about 1 1/2 lb. fresh green beans for this recipe.
For a creative twist, stir in 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese with soup. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup additional Cheddar cheese when adding the remaining onions.
For a festive touch, stir in 1/4 cup chopped red pepper with soup.
Does anyone have a recipe for a really good vegan cream pasta sauce? Without vegan cheese as an ingredient would be even better ! Thanks :)|||I like to add silken tofu or tofutti cream cheese to a red sauce for a creamy red sauce.
Here's a link to a white sauce--it does include vegan parmesan, cream cheese, and sour cream...but you could look around at that website--all the recipes are vegan.
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/1473/To鈥?/a>|||WHITE PASTA SAUCE
INGREDIENTS
o 1/2 onion, chopped
o 1/3 container Tofutti "Better Than Cream Cheese"
o 1 cup water
o 1 vegetable stock cube
o A little chopped garlic
o A little chopped parsley (fresh or dried works fine)
o 2 big mushrooms, chopped
o Olive oil
o 1 "head" of fresh spinach leaves (rinse it well, then rinse it again)
o Pasta of choice... I used spirals
METHOD
Chop onion/mushroom/garlic/parsley and saute in a little olive oil until onions are kinda clear (I hit them with a little garlic salt, too). Add stock cube and cup of water. Add the Tofutti cream cheese. Let simmer till kinda thick (10 minutes maybe). Boil the spinach for about 3 minutes. Dump everything on top of the pasta you cooked and mix it up.|||Vegan Penne Rosa
I made this the other day and it was pretty good. It was my first attempt at making a regular recipe vegan, and it turned out quite well.
Ingredients:
* 1lb penne
* 1/4c olive oil or less depending on how many mushrooms you use
* 4cloves garlic minced
* 1/2tsp cr. red pepper flakes
* 1 28oz can crushed tomatoes
* 3/4 tsp salt
* 2tbl vodka
* 1/4 c tofutti cream cheese
* 1/4 c chopped fresh parsley
* 1tsp dry oregano
* 1tsp italian seasoning
* mushrooms and peas ( however many you like)
Cook pasta until al dente in salted water. While the pasta is cooking, heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, and cook about 3-4 min. Add garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook till garlic is golden brown. Add the can of tomatoes, peas, salt, pepper, italian seasoning, and oregano and bring to a boil. Reduce and simmer 15 minutes. Add vodka and cream cheese and bring to a boil. Reduce to low and add pasta. Toss 1 minute and add parsley.|||My basic white sauce is
Silk creamer
nutritional yeast
salt + pepper
dash of corn starch for thickening
vegan butter or olive oil
I pour in about a half cup of creamer or milk, a few teaspoons of nutritional yeast and maybe one teaspoon of corn starch (dissolve the starch in a little water first to avoid chunks).
Add things and stir over medium heat. When it is a consistency and flavor you like, add it to your pasta. Go easy on the starch though, it thickens as it cools.|||Saute 2 garlic cloves and 1 tsp of red pepper flakes in 1/4 cup of olive oil.
Put into a blender with 2 cups of cashews (raw). Fill with either soy or rice milk till it covers the cashews.
Blend till smooth and silky: cashew cream sauce.
Salt and pepper to taste. This is a basic recipe. You can add Italian ingredients to it, along with some tomatoes for a creamy basil sauce for over spaghetti.
i need an easy recipe for some vegan pizza......like not the sauce just like the dough and what typr of vegan cheese is good for this pupuse.....i just need some good recipes........please and thanks|||This is the EASIEST and TASTIEST pizza dough you can make.
just use whatever vegan cheese you like, parmesan, mozza, etc. it's up to you! try this with spinach or chard, sautéed mushrooms, grilled eggplant/zuchinni, and fresh tomato sauce. mmmmm! enjoy!
Beer Pizza Dough
2 cups all-purpose-flour, plus extra for dusting
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
341 mL bottle of beer
2 Tbsp dried mixed herbs (oregano, basil, chives, parsley, savoury, thyme, rosemary…)
2 Tbsp sesame seeds
olive oil
toppings of choice
In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients; mix thoroughly. Pour in beer, mix well. Dough will be sticky.
Spread a handful of flour on work surface. Toss dough around to coat with flour. Knead 2-3 times to make it pliable.
Shape dough into a ball, divide in 2.
Lightly grease 2 baking sheets with olive oil. Use a rolling pin to roll each ball into 11-12” circle or use hands to flatten them outward.
Bake for 10 minutes in preheated 450°F oven.. Remove from oven, place toppings on dough and bake a further 10 minutes, until toppings are cooked/melted/hot, etc.
Makes 2 pizzas.
PS- don't forget, you can always use pitas as pizza shells! it's so quick to make a tasty pizza like this!|||don't add meat..|||Try vegweb.com
All sorts of vegan recipes there.|||I use whole wheat tortillas to make pizza. Add some tomato sauce, Vegan mozzerella then load it with mushrooms, onion, peppers and broccoli. Bake for about 10 minutes in a 375 degree oven.|||About the cheese .... any vegan chesse should be fine... just be advised... they dont usually melt.... well they melt a little but not like cheese.
For pizza dough I usually use my nonnas old recipe ,easy and simple.
3 cups flour
1 cup water
8g dry active yeast ( 1 packet)
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon sugar
Add teh water, olive oil and yeast to a bowl and let it sit for about 10 min ( untill theres a foam). Add the salt, sugar, and half the flour. Gradually add the rest of the flour while working the dough on a work surface. You know theres enough flour when the dough doesnt stick to your hands ( it may be a little more then 3 cups or a little less... depends on humidity etc.) Place the dough in a large bowl with a little olive oil( so it doesnt stick) ... cover with plastic wrap and let it sit for about 1.5 hours (until double in size). If its cold cover the bowl with a blanket, or put it in the oven ( off) with a bowl of hot water next to it .. for moisture.
That should make 2-3 pizzas.
I couldn't find very low fat ones, but these aren't as high in fat as regular cheese (I think in order to recreate any resemblance to actual cheese's creaminess, etc it will probably have some fat in it).
Here is a site for suppliers of Sheese, a vegan cheese alternative. They have UK links on the side:
http://www.buteisland.com/a_suppliers.ht鈥?/a>
Or another purchase site that's UK friendly:
http://www.veggiestuff.com/acatalog/dair鈥?/a>|||Hard Cheeses
Biddy Merkins 01248 422011
Bute Island Foods 01700 505117 www.buteisland.com
Sheese: Cheddar Style, Cheddar w Chives, Hickory Smoked Style, Edam Style, Gouda Style, Mozzarella Style, Cheshire Style, Blue Flavour, Emmental Flavour
Redwood Wholefood Company 01536 400557 www.redwoodfoods.co.uk
Cheezly: Mature Cheddar Style, Feta Style, Nacho Style, Garlic & Herb Flavoured, Smokey Style w added bacon style pieces, Mature Cheddar Style with Cranberries
Florentino 01322 337711 www.mhfoods.net
Parmazano
Spready & Cream Cheeses
Bute Island Foods 01700 505117 www.buteisland.com
Spready Sheese: Original, Cheddar Style, Chives, Garlic and Herbs, Mexican Style
Fayrefield Foods 01270 589311 www.fayrefield.co.uk
Swedish Soft: Original, Garlic & Herb
Redwood Wholefood Company 01536 400557 www.redwoodfoods.co.uk
Cream Style Cheezly: Original, Garlic & Herb Flavour, Sour Cream & Chive Flavour
Tofutti 020 8861 4443 www.tofutti.com
Soft Cheese: French Onion, Garlic & Herb, Herb & Chives,|||Cheese is never low fat|||Where in the UK do you live?
England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland?|||Vegan means you are non dairy too
I'm craving some vegan cheese melted on bread in a sandwich with tomato, cucumber and lettuce. Unfortunately I have none of those. What are you craving?|||kettle corn. salty and sweet. mmm.|||Chocolate cake.. or maybe chocolate chip cookies..
I'm always craving chocolate..|||A quesadilla with Daiya cheese, Quorn, pico de gallo and a glass of blood orange pop|||A full rack of baby back ribs from Flaggians covered in bbq sauce and a baked potato. Ill just have some carrot soup instead... :(|||Veggie burgers... might have them tomorrow....
and kind of craving morning star ribs (it's vegan) omg.. I'm in love with their bbq sauce.
& Potatoes with non dairy sour cream and chives...|||Raw vegan brownies|||Avocado's|||Kettle chips|||Chicken ... but I'll forget about it. Its worth saving an animal.|||Steak is what is for dinner.
I am craving a bagel, scrambled eggs and milk.|||beef its whats for dinner
I'm craving some vegan cheese melted on bread in a sandwich with tomato, cucumber and lettuce. Unfortunately I have none of those. What are you craving?|||I am craving warm homemade vegan chocolate cupcakes with strawberry frosting and a nice, cold glass of soy milk.|||Nothing. I survive on pretty much just noodles and rice because I don't care what I eat (I guess that's why it's so easy for me to be vegetarian in the first place).|||pepsi
eggless cakes
I've been a vegetarian for a long time now, but would like to go vegan. I'm just having a hard time giving up cheese. I've been able to go with out all other dairy products, but cheese seems to be my weakness! I didn't have any problems giving up meat... I just quit eating it and never looked back. Any suggestions? I live in a very small community where it is very hard to find vegan cheese products... so I can't substitute it with that...|||Trust me, you are not alone. Most vegans I know had the hardest time giving up the cheese- and I am not an exception. I tried going vegan a few times before actually sticking with it so don't feel like this isn't unusual.
I will tell you one thing- once you stick to a cheese-less diet, you won't miss it. Sure, you'll remember the taste but the longer you go, the easier it gets- I promise. Not only that, but these days when I see a commercial for, say, pizza? It truly grosses me out.
As for vegan cheeses, they're really not worth it anyway. Most of them are just as fattening as real cheese and lots of them are made of the oh-so-awful palm oil (research it).
Also, cheese actually CAN be addicting- I've enclosed an article for you.|||In 1981, scientists found a substance in dairy products that turned out to be morphine. Enzymes that produce opiates are produced by the liver, and traces of morphine pass into the bloodstream and end up in milk. The opiates become more concentrated during the cheese making process.
Researchers surmised that this was a survival mechanism- a natural addiction- in order to ensure that offspring consume ample nutrition.|||How about going vegan except for continuing to eat cheese? There are "vegetarians" who eat eggs or fish or chcken, so why not a "vegan" who eats cheese? They have all these different words for vegetarians, depending on what they do eat, most of which are Latin-based (like ovo-lacto-vegetarian, and so on.) Find out the Latin word for cheese and make up your own term. "I'm a _____-vegan."|||I am the same way. I can't find any vegan cheeses or something similar that I like so it is hard to give it up. I do not eat eggs except once in a great awhile and they are always the eggs from one of my friend's chickens.
I wish I had a solution for you. But good luck. I hope to get out of liking the taste of cheese or something|||Cheese is just so good, It's hard. What I do is I buy a block and only eat very little amount. But to me very little is about half the block of cheese. So each time i just serve myself less and less. now I could go up to two weeks with out even trying it.|||I know how you feel i couldn't live without my pizza
DANG!!! according to Jen I'm a dairy junky :-(|||Just remember that cheese is made with enzymes.That is stuff from a baby cow's stomach.|||Cheese is good food. You don't have to consume much. Enjoy in moderation! Like every thing else in life.|||Go eat some steak and be cured of your filthy disease.
I have been vegan for almost a year now, and I am having an intense craving for enchiladas, the only problem is I am used to (from when I wasn't vegan), them just loaded with cheese and meat, and my cookbook has some version with just some veggies, do not think it will satisfy my craving, what recipes would you guys recommend? And if they call for Vegan Cheese what is a good brand?
Thanks a ton|||Just make normal enchiladas but use Teeze(sp?) or Tofutti soy cheese and use fake meats. You can veganize every recipe out there!|||if you actually go to the store and look ,i swear youll find what you need.plenty of aniomal free cheese like stuff,tofu,soy,hemp,ect ect ect...noodles ect..ect...
you just gotta get up and go!|||INGREDIENTS
Sauce
1 cup tomato sauce
1 cup water
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon oregano
2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in 4 tablespoons water
Filling
1 lb. firm tofu, drained and mashed
1 onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder or 1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/3 cups picante sauce
3 cups steamed spinach
12 tortillas
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place all the sauce ingredients, except for the cornstarch, in a small pot and cook over low heat, covered, for 20 minutes. Stir in the cornstarch and cook until the sauce thickens.
2. In the meantime, prepare the filling: Mix the tofu, onion, chili powder, cumin, garlic, pepper, and picante sauce. Put some of the spinach in the middle of each tortilla, then add 3 to 4 heaping teaspoons of the tofu mixture, and roll up the tortillas. Top with vegan sour cream (or make your own, see below). Lay the enchiladas in a baking dish, cover with sauce, and bake for 20-25 minutes.
Makes 12 enchiladas.|||I am vegetarian, not vegan, but sometimes I make lowfat enchiladas with a filling of corn, black beans, mild chili peppers (ortega) and lime. For the sauce I use a premade store bought red sauce. Tastes pretty good, and I don't even miss the cheese.|||It is very hard to find decent non-dairy cheese that is really vegan (most have casein). I prefer Tofutti for sandwiches and things like that, but Follow Your Heart makes a vegan cheese that you can grate and melt just like a block of real cheese. The monterey jack "flavor" is the one that tastes best, IMO. It is a great stand-in for cheese on pizzas (it mostly satisfies my pizza craving). You will just want to make sure you have a great mole sauce, because the "cheese" flavor obviously isn't the same as the real thing, and if you put in too much of the Follow Your Heart stuff in, it leaves a strange aftertaste.
Sometimes, when my enchilada craving gets out of control, I will get the Amy's frozen vegetable enchiladas, then just melt a couple slices of the Follow Your Heart cheese on top. You get the flavor, and the cheese texture, without having the overpowering taste of the vegan cheese. You can almost imagine you are eating the real thing.|||The potato-kale enchiladas from Veganomicon are awesome (I like them even better made with spinach.) I know you're not really looking for veggie enchiladas, but the soft, partially mashed Yukon Gold potatoes make for a really filling enchilada with a creamy effect. And the sauce is fabulous.
I can post the recipe if you're interested, but if you don't have the book, it's really worth getting.|||Veggie sherds brand is good. So is tofuiti.
*~*~*~Meatless Enchilladas~*~*~*~*
Ingredients
Meat Substitute --I like boca crubles or morningstar strips
1/2 cup rice--brown or mexican flovored
1 can vegetarian refried beans (normal or black beans)
10 tortillas
1 packet of vegan taco seasoning---most are
1 can enchillada sauce
taco sauce---hot or mild
crushed tortilla or nacho chips
Directions:
1. Prepare meat substite according to directions.
2. Add rice and taco seasoning and follow directions on seasoning for preparation.
3. Spread beans on tortilla.
4. Spoon rice and meat substitute mixture down center of tortilla.
5. Drizzle taco sauce onto mixture.
6. Roll tortilla and place in greased casserole dish.
7. Repeat 3-6 until ingrediants run out or casserole dish is full.
8. Cover rolled tortillas with enchillada sauce and sprinkle with crushed chips.
9. Cook for 20 minutes at 375 degrees or until hot. If using microwavable dish, enchilladas can be cooked in microwave as well.
Use mild or hot seasoning, and sauces as taste desire.
~~~Cheesy Bean and Cheese Enchiladas~~~~
Ingredients
1/2c flour
1/2c nutritional yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 cup water
1 teaspoon mustard
4 tablespoon margarine
10 tortillas
2 small cans enchilada sauce
3 cans beans (white kidney, pinto, black), drained
2 medium onions, chopped
1 can olives, chopped
1/4 cup chopped cilantro, 1/2 cup salsa (optional)
Directions:
In medium-large saucepan, combine flour, nutritional yeast, salt and garlic powder. Add water and mix thoroughly. Heat on medium heat until bubbling and thick. Remove from heat and add mustard and margarine. Set aside 1/2 cup of cheese sauce in separate container. Add onion, beans, olives, cilantro and salsa to sauce. Mix it up.
Pour a 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Place a tortilla in pan and cover in enchilada sauce. Spoon in filling. Roll and push to one end of pan. Continue until all tortillas filled. Pour the rest of the enchilada sauce on top and then spread reserved cheese sauce on as last step. Bake at 350 until brown, 30-45 minutes.
~Enchiladas~
Ingredients
6 Flour Tortillas
1 can refried beans
1 small can chopped green chilis
1 pkg. enchilada sauce mix
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 16 oz. can corn
1 lb. fresh spinach - no stems
1 cup dairy free shredded cheese of choice
Directions:
Begin by preparing the sauce according to instructions on package. While sauce is heating on stove, begin heating refried beans in another pan. As beans get hot, and as sauce is thoroughly mixed, add about 1/4 cup of sauce to the beans. . Steam the spinach until wilted. Add cup of corn and the chilis to the bean mixture.
When spinach is finished, begin making the enchiladas. Spread approx. 3Teaspoon sauce on each flat tortilla, then layer bean mix, spinach and a small amount of cheese (optional) in the center of the tortilla. Roll up and place in a baking dish. Line up enchiladas in baking dish, then cover with remaining sauce and any leftover cheese.
Bake covered with foil for 20 min. at 375 degrees. Bake an additional 10 min. uncovered.
Serves: 2-4
~~~You can make vegan cheese too~~~
Dry vegan cheese Mix---Just add water as cheese is needed.--See below
Ingredients
3 cups raw, organic cashew pieces
2 cups either Red Star or Vegetarian Support, nutritional yeast
3 Tblsp seasoning salt
3 Tblsp garlic powder (NOT garlic salt)
3 Tblsp of onion powder (NOT onion salt)
8 Tblsp of arrowroot powder. Can use cornstarch, but it is not stringy like arrowroot.
Directions:
Using a VERY dry blender, blend the nuts till they are very fine. Then, blend in batches of about 1 cup and then mix in a dry container.
You can keep this tightly covered in the frig for about 6 weeks.
*****To make up, add one heaping 1/2 cup of mix to 1 cup of water and stir over heat till thickened.*******
Okay so, i am a vegan and i dont know anywhere to buy stuff like vegan cheese, vegan burger, (stuff like that) They dont have it at the local Frys and Walmart here so where do i buy it? Is there a website to order or something? Any suggestions? Thanks so much! =)|||Well, the best thing you can do for yourself is learn how to cook. You can get plenty of foods from places like that so long as you're willing to do a little cooking. You have rice, beans, veggies, fruits, nuts, spices, etc etc that you can cook into lots of yummy dishes!
Bummer your Wal-Mart doesn't sell any of those things, mine has veggie burgers, soy milk, tofu, and even soymilk ice cream. But those things aren't nearly as good for you as some good, whole, fresh produce. If you do ever want to treat yourself to such things though you will most likely have to go to a health food store if none of the stores close to you sell anything like that.
Veganessentials.com is a popular online vegan store you can check out, but remember that special vegan foods are going to be costly compared to buying stuff and cooking from scratch.
Vegansociety.com is a good site for information on veganism,
Vegweb.com has lots of vegan recipes.
Veganforum.com is a good vegan forum with tons of useful information.
Good luck! :D|||Whole foods has a big selection including great nutritional yeast, Kroger also stocks some vegan food. This website allows you to find specialty stores and restaurants in your area:
http://www.happycow.net/
If all else fails, you can order food online and have it mailed to you, but that can get quite expensive.
Amy's makes great vegan soups and amazing vegan burgers. Tofutti makes vegan cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, cream cheese, etc and is really good.|||Why not just eat actual vegetables? you can them pretty much anywhere and they're much better for you than stodgy processed fake burgers and cheese. From just buying fruit and veg you can make salads, smoothies, roasts, soups etc.|||go to markets any market not war mart kroger not theses there like Spanish one vietnam there hard to find it depend where u live but there are tons of veggie stuff there there r veggie chicken ball meatball everything ok|||there are health food stores around..maybe theres one in your town? google it
here its sunshine health food stores. but im pretty sure they sell veggie burgers at walmart ive bought them sometimes.|||Go to whole foods! Its a bit more expensive, but im sure it will give you what youre looking for :)
I need some awesome vegan recipes. Something for dinner tonight.. I have a large array of vegetables and vegan cheese and other vegan products on hand. Give me some ideas :)|||I've compiled a list of veg recipes in pdf format found on the internet in my blog, you may want to take a look
http://living-vegan.blogspot.com/2007/01鈥?/a>
you can also visit vegan blogs and see their recipes, many of them are awesome|||there are some easy vegan recipes on this link, just go to vegan category.
X D|||One of the things that I like about being vegan is that I don't have to cook so much. I can go home and have a bowl of cereal (with soymilk of course). Then if I'm still hungry I can eat some fruit or peanut butter and crackers.....
I've been cooking for 30 years or so..... so for me it's nice to not have to cook and clean the kitchen 3 fr*ckn times a day.
But if you like to cook, there are always recipes on the net.|||Garden vegetable bake with cheese and bread crumbs
A stir fry over brown rice
Grilled marinated veggies on a roll
My opinion/experience:
Dr. Cow: way too expensive, small portions and you can easily make nut cheese at home
Daiya: Great for any melting recipes and if you are avoiding soy. It's made mostly of tapioca so it has a bit of a sweet aftertaste.
Vegan Gourmet: Good both hot and cold and also great on pizza although it doesn't melt quite as well as daiya (you may have to broil a bit). Super high in fat.
Vegan rice slices: these are okay but better than nothing if you want a sliced cheese on your sandwich.
I would recommend making some of your own nut cheeses (look up recipes online). Nut cheeses are a cinch to make and you don't need to use soy (which a lot of vegans go overboard on).
As for ice cream, I love the coconut ice creams by Purely Decadent. Hemp Bliss also makes delicious hemp ice creams.
Margarine substitute: Earth balance. Both in soy and non-soy varieties. Very yummy!|||I've only tampered with vegan cheeses, and I haven't found any that are too great. I know there have got to be some, but I'd probably vouch for the ones you make yourself. The best vegan cheese pizza I've found is this: http://www.amys.com/products/product-det鈥?/a> (though their no-cheese pizza is even better!)
As for margarine, I use Earth Balance: http://www.earthbalancenatural.com/#/pro鈥?/a> They make a wide variety of products, so you can find the one that suits you best.
My favorite ice cream, vegan or not: http://www.turtlemountain.com/products/p鈥?/a>
It's expensive, but delicious enough to be worth it. If you really can't afford it, make your own ice cream using frozen bananas. Add in anything you want for flavor, or just use bananas. http://www.dailyunadventuresincooking.co鈥?/a>|||The best vegan cheese by far is Daiya! It melts beautifully & tastes more like cheese. It doesn't have that overwhelming beany taste because it's not made of soy. They make cheddar (I use for mac & cheese), mozzarella (great for pizza) and pepperjack (awesome for quesadillas & nachos!)
Ice cream: Soy Dream, Almond Dream, Rice Dream are the best
Margarine: EARTH BALANCE!!! It's my staple. It's all natural, nonhydrogrenated (no transfat)|||The best cheese (by far) is Dr. Cow. It isn't just good for vegan cheese, it's good CHEESE!
It isn't widely available yet, but you can see if they have it in your area, or order online http://www.dr-cow.com/where-to-buy/
The best ice cream is Turtle Mountain's Purely Decadent Coconut Milk Ice Cream. (Mocha Almond Fudge and Cookie Dough are my favorites.)
For margarine, Earth Balance and Willow Run are both good, and easy to find.|||Daiya makes a great shredded 'cheese'. It can be found at most kroger stores in the natures market section.
I like turtle mountain peanut butter zig zag non dairy frozen dessert. Also found at kroger.
smart balance light, blue bonnet light, and earth balance are the easiest margarines to find.|||I've never used any vegan cheeses but I've heard great things about Dr. Cow and Daiya.
Margarine: Earth Balance or Smart Balance Lite, but the smart balance doesn't melt the right way.
Ice cream: I love Tofutti, but I've heard great things about coconut-based ice creams.|||Daiya is great, in several flavors, even melts - Margarine_ Earth Balance is very good.
We dont have many vegan substitutes where im from like vegan cheese or anything so what could I use instead of reduced cream sour cream and cream cheese thankyou|||A great recipe for cheese dip that has been in our family for a while (and I have no clue where it came from is):
1 cup of water
4oz jar of drained pimentos (red peppers)
1/2 cup raw cashews
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1/4 cup oats
1-2 tsp salt ( I prefer 1 since i'm not too fond of salt)
1 tsp of onion powder
There is a recipe that also uses 1tbsp lemon juice and 2 tbsp cornstarch but I don't add this myself.
Blend all ingredients very good in a food processor or blender then cook over medium heat to thicken.|||Tofutti "Better Than Cream Cheese" and Tofutti sour cream are good. I use them occasionally and they are from non GMO soy.
I also agree with the earlier post that hummus makes a good spread on sandwiches and I love hummus on a baked potato and on salads with lemon juice, instead of dressing.|||You can order a lot of vegan stuff online. It's mostly chemicals and oils and doesn't require refrigeration. So it ships without much problem. Take time to do some online research.|||hummus is a scrumptious dip made from chickpeas. It's worth buying or making.|||Just eat raw whole foods. It's healthier.|||Why?
If you're going to be a vegetarian instead of vegan, just use cheese. It'll make eating that way a lot easier anyways.
Here's a secret. The only people who think Vegan substitutes taste real are people who have been vegans for so long they forget what real tastes like.
I'm a vegetarian who has been allergic to milk all my life, so I'm close to a vegan (I'll eat honey and such). But whenever I look in the supermarket for milk-free cheese most say something like "not appropriate for those with milk allergies", or even "contains milk protein". Yet they all are marketed as vegan. I've also eaten soy cheese (after being assured there was no milk in it) and had a reaction soon after. I've found a fair amount of brands that do not do this and I'm fine with, but all the stores close to me only carry the cheeses I'm allergic to, and it's frustrating. I don't think it's a "manufactured with" problem either, because I've seen milk-related products in the ingredients of a couple. So, should they still be considered vegan? And why do they still put those things in if it's supposedly "milk-free"?|||I've seen cheese labeled as "vegan" when they have casein in them. Just be sure to read the ingredients on them and make sure they don't have casein or rennet. Sheese is a good brand that is vegan.
The reason they can put casein, which is a milk protein, in it and still call it "milk-free" is because it's not lactose, and therefor people who are lactose intolerant can still eat it. The waiter in the restaurant probably assumed you were lactose intolerant, rather than allergic to milk.
Don't trust labels, read ingredients.|||"Yet they all are marketed as vegan."
No, they are marketed as vegetarian, not vegan. They are in a section with vegetarian/vegan foods. They are not vegan. Re-read.
So, to answer your question, VEGAN cheeses are considered vegan, but the cheese you're eating is vegetarian. BIG difference. Just because it says "soy cheese" doesn't mean you should automatically assume it's vegan.
This is also why this happened: "I've also eaten soy cheese (after being assured there was no milk in it)"
You aren't actually paying attention or reading labels anymore. You're just taking people's word or making gross assumptions.
Stop.
Look.
Read.
Understand.
EDIT: Three thumbs down? Looks like I have my troll fans following me :)
EDIT 2: Then let this be a lesson that you can't trust "vegan" and people...you need to see it for yourself. If you're at a restaurant again, ask to see the package. And I hope you called back to let them know that a careless waiter caused you to be ill. Sorry you had to go through it, but at least you now know how to prevent it.|||If you would read the labels you would know exactly what is in the product. Would think if you live in the U.S. that you would know this.|||Maybe you're allergic to something else too - something you don't know about??|||I am vegan to,
Not all soy cheese is vegan. Alot of it has casein, a milk protein. Rarely, these milk proteins are marked as natural flavours which can also be confusing. Although, these cheeses are not supposed to have lactose in them for people that are lactose intolerent. It should usually say on the label the word "vegan" if it is vegan. But alot of them are only marked as vegetarien which can be confusing.|||H.T.C is right in a way, there was a particular brand of veg burgers i liked buying all the time, but one day i actually read the label, and it said "contains traces of eggs and dairy products"..............
i have no information on your cheese quandary, but i know i bought veggie cheese slices and they fooled my brother that they were real
I have decided to give vegetarianism a try for the apparent health benefits, but whenever I go to the local health food stores, I'm amazed at how much sodium many vegetarian and vegan products contain. I saw a package of vegan cheese yesterday that had 990mg of sodium per serving. With my high blood pressure, that one slice of cheese has exceeded my sodium intake for the entire day. I can understand common commercial foods having so much salt, but I thought vegetarians would be a little more concerned about such things.|||so it will actually taste like something.good,likeable.|||You're right. Even diet foods like Lean Cuisine and more have tons of salt. The reason is that the salt brings out the flavor of an otherwise bland recipe.
If you serious about trying vegetarian, you should consider getting a vegetarian cook book (There are lots of them) and making it yourself.
Enjoy!|||Vegetarians are not making the products most of the time. Any processed food usually has alot of sodium. Many vegetarians do not eat alot of that stuff though. Whole grains, beans, nuts, veggies and fruit dont have that sodium and that's what a health minded vegetarian eats.|||That's because the more processed something is the more sodium, preservatives, etc., it will contain. You should try leaving out the cheese and eating fresher foods like vegetables, fruits, grains and beans.|||theres so much sodium so all the flavors are enhanced|||Yeah, most vegetarians don't even know whats in it. They're just like, "AHHH MEAT! *run away and eat things filled with salt*
You need meat for protein.
Most vegetarians don't get all of the protein they need because they aren't educated on it. -_-
I'm looking for a good vegan cheese recipe, but a lot of them call for cashews which I don't have at the moment. Do you think I could substitute them for almonds, and have them still come out okay?
I also have peanuts and walnuts in store, so if those would work better let me know!|||Totally, you can always substitute a nut for a nut. In fact Almond are better for you, and have better flavor for sure. Just make sure you get the texture right and you will be fine. No worrie. Cashews in dessert kinda fatty and dry, I would definitely go with Almonds or some Macadamia Nuts!
I think Walnut and cheese is my fav. A blend of almond and walnut would rock. No peanut.|||I'd say the almonds should work alright, not walnuts as it would make too different of a taste. You might also be okay with the peanuts but make sure they're not salted or pre-roasted or anything other than natural. (for any of the nuts I'd say)|||For cashews, almonds would work fine. You could also really use any kind of nut, but the almond would be your best bet. You want something close in taste, and a peanut is a little more different. I think the almond is a good choice.|||You can substitute the almonds or walnuts but the taste will be different of course.|||Yes, almonds sound like a good substitute for cashews since they are both very oily and mild in flavour. (Peanuts might do too but walnuts are quite strong tasting).
Best thing to do is experiment.
Have fun|||you can use any nut that you wish it will change the taste a bit but so what! I love to use pecans instead of walnuts.|||I would use the almonds.
I'm looking for a good vegan cheese recipe, but a lot of them call for cashews which I don't have at the moment. Do you think I could substitute them for almonds, and have them still come out okay?
I also have peanuts and walnuts in store, so if those would work better let me know!|||Totally, you can always substitute a nut for a nut. In fact Almond are better for you, and have better flavor for sure. Just make sure you get the texture right and you will be fine. No worrie. Cashews in dessert kinda fatty and dry, I would definitely go with Almonds or some Macadamia Nuts!
I think Walnut and cheese is my fav. A blend of almond and walnut would rock. No peanut.|||I'd say the almonds should work alright, not walnuts as it would make too different of a taste. You might also be okay with the peanuts but make sure they're not salted or pre-roasted or anything other than natural. (for any of the nuts I'd say)|||For cashews, almonds would work fine. You could also really use any kind of nut, but the almond would be your best bet. You want something close in taste, and a peanut is a little more different. I think the almond is a good choice.|||You can substitute the almonds or walnuts but the taste will be different of course.|||Yes, almonds sound like a good substitute for cashews since they are both very oily and mild in flavour. (Peanuts might do too but walnuts are quite strong tasting).
Best thing to do is experiment.
Have fun|||you can use any nut that you wish it will change the taste a bit but so what! I love to use pecans instead of walnuts.|||I would use the almonds.
I am considering becoming a vegetartian (not a vegan - cheese, yum!!!). Any hints on making the transition?|||Yeah stop eating meat's a good start :o)
I made the transition over 20 years ago, good luck mate, you'll feel physically & morally better.
Find veggie recipes to replace your meat dishes & meat alternatives aka Quorn, Soya & Tofu.
Eat lots of fruit & just feel good.
Good luck again mate.|||Nice one, hope you've made a New Years resolution to give it a try... any qualms read 'Fast Food Nation'... should put everyone off the idea of consuming meat Report Abuse
|||don't eat any meat.|||don't eat meat|||There are plenty of websites which help you transition to vegetarianism or veganism.
www.peta.org is a good one. They focus on veganism, but obviously you can change that simply by eating dairy products. I am a vegetarian and haven't had meat except once or twice so I'm not really "missing out".
Good luck!|||I'm vegetarian. I caved once shortly after converting then never ate meat or intentionally ate meat products again after that (12 years ago)! Although I was very young I avoided eating meat because I felt very strongly about it being wrong. Fake meat, tasty recipies and ready meals can help. However, in my opinion, it's important to remember that meat is really a chunk out of a dead animal carcass, is more likely to be contaminated with some disease and that it once housed a life which was murdered. Yep this is how I don't eat meat - I find the idea repulsive and unethical.
Good luck with your transistion! You will feel both worse and better for it at times but, for me anyway, the latter feeling has taken over completely. PS I absolutely adore pizza and melted cheese sandwiches!|||U CAN EAT TOFU TO START WITH OR ARTIFICIAL MEAT AND THEN JUST SLOWLY STOP EATING A LOT OF MEAT.|||dont do it. i have not eaten meat in five years and even though i swore i would eat right, now all I eat is pizza, french fries and candy. i probably would eat healthier if i ate meat, but now i am so separated from it; i cant bring myself to eat it. unless you are amazingly serious about a healthy regimen, dont bother. its actually usually bad for your health. i dont get enough protein or iron and you probably wont either.
I just bought Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free pizza crust. I can eat pepperoni and (lactose free vegan cheese) but I was wondering how do I make a spinach and vegan cheese pizza. Kind of of spinach do I use? Or what is the best vegan cheese to put on pizza. Im so excited I can make my own pizza lol. Any new allergy free ideas will be greatly appreciated. (I cant have ham right now, Im pregnant)|||You could buy one of those boxes of frozen spinach, and drain it really well, it would make a few pizzas I'm sure!|||I love garden pizzas. I load my pizza up with fresh mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, spinach from a box, shallots, and olives.|||use cooked spinach best way is cook the spinach first then add it , use mild kerry gold cheese.
Hope it Helps
What's your favorite raw vegan carrot cake recipe? I went to some vegetarian festival a few weeks ago and they had a really good raw vegan "cheese" cake made with carrots, dates, nuts and other goodies. It was wonderful but expensive (6 dollars for a very generous slice). I want to make my own. Any suggestions? Any other good raw vegan cakes?|||There are quite a few vegan raw carrot cakes on the internet but I chose this one because it seems the yummiest.
Raw energy Carrot Cake
Ingredients
陆 mug sultanas
陆 mug dates
4 tbsp apple concentrate
3 tbsp sesame oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp water
juice of 陆 lemon
3 mugs of finely grated carrots
陆 mug ground almonds
戮 mug rolled oats
陆 mug dessicated coconut
陆 mug oatbran
Method
Soak the sultanas and dates in warm water for 10 minutes.
Whizz the sultanas and dates in a food processor along with the apple concentrate, sesame oil, vanilla essence, allspice, cinnamon and water.
Add the lemon juice to the carrots.
Mix the ground almonds, rolled oats, dessicated coconut and oatbran with the sultana mix and the carrot mix and put in a greased tin. Chill for 2 hours and top with dessicated coconut.
ps- I'd love to go to a vegetarian festival! :-)|||thanks :) Report Abuse
|||hmmm My fave Vegan recipe would be Mudd Gritt Oreo Cupcakes.....but if you want a cheese cake then click on the link :)
http://www.recipezaar.com/209125
i heard that all vegan cheese was nasty (this coming from vegans themselves) and i was wondering if there are any good slice cheese brands that are vegan ( i wanna put it on my veggie burger)|||Some are, some aren't. The tofutti slices aren't bad but I could live without the follow your heart brands one's that are supposed to melt SO great (BS!). Though it is good for making cheese sticks provided the block form it comes in. The galaxy food veg@n cheese is good, it doesn't melt all that great but it's okay if your putting it on a veggie burger. Try around, find what tastes good for you!|||It really depends. If you're looking for something that's exactly the same as animal based cheeses, than you're going to be disappointed. But if you're looking for something that's decent enough to please any occassional cheese craving, they do nicely usually.
I'm from the UK, so maybe the "fake" cheeses are different here than elsewhere, but some of them are actually pretty good. I quite like the Tofutti fake cheese slices, and I think you can get them across the pond as well. I also am a fan of Redwood's Cheezly, which tends to go pretty well in sandwiches.|||My Dad hates everything soy with the exception of tofu cream cheese. That stuff is pretty tasty.
My parents also like almond cheese. I prefer the mozzerella version. The chedder is okay, and the pepper jack cheese would be good if I liked spicy cheese. It is a bit different and it does have a nutty flavor but it melts well and is pretty good.|||i had this sliced kind, i don't know what it is called it comes in a package that has purple on it and vegan is written in cursive. it was okay i made grilled cheeses with it and dipped in in tomato soup and i couldn't tell that much of a difference.|||Try some, It's made from soy, like your burger, so you shouldn't notice anything nasty about it. The question should be what isn't nasty about cheese made out of milk intended for baby cows.|||Yes its gross.
But if you insist, if you have a Fresh n Easy near you they have a whole aisle for vegan/vegetarian food. I got cheese there but it was just nasty.|||There is no such thing as good vegan cheese. Try spreading your veggie burger with avocado.|||http://www.vegan-food.net/category/chees鈥?/a>
Does anyone know of a GOOD vegan cheese other than Daiya?
Daiya is amazing, but I'm looking for other options. The Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet cheese literally smells and tastes like vomit, don't even mention it.
Needs to be casein & lactose free. Thanks(:|||<Decent-tasting vegan cheeses>
Is this a test for oxymorons?
I don't think all those words work in only one sentence.
.|||There is Sheese, Teese (comes in cheese sauces & mozzarella/cheddar), tofutti cheese slices, Dr Cow's Aged Cashew Cheese (really expensive though). But I just stick with Daiya cause its the best!
Road's End Organics makes an Alfredo & Chreese sauces that come in dry packages. Good for mac & cheese, as well as, say a "Chicken" Alfredo. Made one a few nights ago and it was amazing! Used Gardein Chick'n Filets. Some are also gluten-free.
Field Roast makes a Chao Cheese that spreads well on baguette and crackers. If your in the States I think you can get them at Whole Foods.|||I love daiya as well,
When I make a vegan sandwich or occasional hot dog I prefer Rice Dream american style squares. They taste ok. And you already know, make sure to get the one without cassein.|||Sheese Vegan Cheese is pretty good.
i wanna become a vegan and im afraid that all im gonne be eating is veggies and fruits but i see that they have vegan ice cream, vegan cheese vegan meat vegan sandwiches and if i eat that stuff will it make me more fat then the regular ice cream and stuff or what?|||Yes. If you constantly eat these things, you can become fat, because they are junk food and are highly processed. You obviously don't know about the vegan diet if you think we only eat fruits and vegetables. You need to educate yourself first. Vegans eat fruits, vegetables, whole wheat foods, brown rice, nuts, beans, seaweed, sea vegetables, soy milk, rice milk, almond milk, hemp milk, and some eat tofu. A proper vegan diet is very well-balanced and healthy and consists of a lot more than just fruits and vegetables.|||It will not necessaruly make you more fat. Probably equally though. You are going to get fat if you eat these things no matter what lifestyle/diet you are following. They are fattening. However if you replace some of these things with healthy things like fruits and veggies, you will not get as fat. It is all about moderation. You do not have to cut them from your diet, just don't go overboard, and you will be fine.|||Yep. Anything in excess can make you fat. Just because something is vegan doesn't make it less fattening or significantly healthier than non-vegan products.
Besides, french fries are vegan... You could be vegan by just eating french fries all the time, but that wouldn't make you too healthy, and you'd be chunky!|||There is only one way to get fat: eat more calories than you burn consistently. A calorie is a calorie. You could get fat eating nothing but carrots if you worked really hard on it.
Treats are treats, whether they are vegan or not. Sweets and ice creams should be considered treats. If you stick to one serving and don't eat it all the time, you'll be fine. The same goes for the processed imitation meats. Whole foods are generally best (fewer chemicals and less salt and stuff), but a little junk once in awhile won't make or break your diet.|||If you eat more calories than you need, then you will gain weight. Being vegan doesn't change that. You can be an unhealthy vegan and potentially become fat or you can be a healthy vegan and watch what you eat. It's about calories. Calories in, calories out. Diet and exercise is how you lose and maintain weight.|||all things in moderation. so if you eat it no it won't make you fat, but if you eat too much of it then it will. they are just healthier alternatives to the high fat content in regular ice cream, etc.|||If you eat too much of it yes but that goes for any other food also especially processed foods.
What are different brands of vegetarian or vegan cheese that taste good? Also what is tofu? What does this taste like? And where can I buy this?|||There is nutritional yeast cheese sauce, soy cheese, rice cheese, hemp cheese, and nut cheese. Popular cheese brands include FYH Vegan Gourmet, Teese, VeganRella, Sheese, Vegan Galaxy, Chreese, Cheezly, and Tofutti. For Parmesan you can use nutritional yeast flakes and crushed up cashews or almonds, or Parma and Soyco Soymage. The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook is also great for vegan cheese recipes! I prefer the NY cheese sauces and vegan gourmet.
Recipes:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Ch鈥?/a>
http://www.myvegancookbook.com/recipes/r鈥?/a>
http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=284.0
http://veganpeace.blogspot.com/2007/08/v鈥?/a>
Tofu is a low-calorie, high-protein, cholesterol-free food made of bean curd, which is made from the milky liquid extracted from soybeans. Tofu itself has no taste. But when made into something it transforms into that taste. (i.e desserts, tofu chicken, tofu steak, tofu fillets, tofu cutlets, BBQ tofu, stir-fried tofu, tofu fries, tofu fish, tofu scramble, tofu burgers, tofu cheese, tofu yogurt and ice cream, etc). You can buy all different kinds of tofu almost anywhere, especially Whole Foods.|||Although it does not have a solid, chewable resemblance to cheese, nutritional yeast is a delicious alternative. With a strong, nutty, cheesy flavor, it adds a mouth watering edge to anything you wish to use it on! I sprinkle it on yogurt, rice, tofu, scrambled eggs, and occasionally even certain teas. It satisfies the craving for rich nuts and cheeses and brings health as well! You can find nutritional yeast in the bulk section of health food stores.
Tofu is made from soybeans. If eaten plain, the taste may strike you as bland at first, but with a little salt, nutritional yeast, or sauce, it is delicious. I suggest you try a tofu tostada. Some mexican restaurants and taquerias offer tofu as an alternative to chicken, and I have yet to find an example of that dish that is less than mind-blowing. Tofu scrambles are also something you should look into. Boxes of mix with instructions and seasonings are available at most grocery stores and definitely worth a try.
I wish you luck in your food explorations! |||Tofu is a substitute for meat products. Tofu is made from soy. Tofu can be tough like chewy or soft tofu. Tofu can be made with anything. You just have to know how to cook it properly or it can taste icky! Don't cook it plain because you won't like it if you have never had it before as it has no taste. I didn't know what I was doing the first time cooking tofu and it was gross. Any seasoning would go well with Tofu too. It's best if you mix it pasta, rice or salads. Soft tofu is great for deserts, pasta recipes I.E. chicken pasta etc. I went to a vegan restaurant once and they had everything from lasagna to stir fry, you would not even know the difference from tofu to meat.
Tofu is really healthy for you too! High in protein, extremely low fat content and low calorie content. Good for diets as well. You can find this at a typical grocery store in the salad sections near lettuce.
I'm not sure about the vegan cheese though. I haven't been able to find any.|||Tofu is a very nice vegetarian alternative to eat if you know how to cook it properley.
Its soft, and will taste nice with other things - veges and sauces ( try creamed sweetcorn ) my favourite! =)
you can buy tofu in chinese shops - thats where i get mine.
hope i helped!
|||There is some veggie cheese that you can buy from the dairy section. Tofu is soybean curd I think. It tastes like nothing but has a chewy texture. |||veggie cheese slices.
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I really want some cheese pizza (gasp!)
hopefully you guys understand; cheese is addictive.
is there any recipes for vegan cheese pizza?|||Two words: Daiya Cheese
i am a HUGE pizza junkie. I LOVE the stuff. When I went vegan, it was really hard to deal with. But I discovered a bunch of new fun vegan ways to eat pizza that i love even more than the old way! My two favorite kinds are:
Whole Wheat Daiya Pizza:
-Take a whole wheat pizza dough
-spread tomato/marinara sauce on it
-add lots of veggies! :D
-Sprinkle Cheddar or Mozzerella Daiya Cheese on top (or both!!)
-Cook until the cheeze melts
Daiya is available in all whole foods. It comes in nice little white green and yellow packages. Its a little pricey but SooooooOOOoooOoo good.
Option 2- Cheesless pizza:
Who said pizza needed cheese to stand on it's own?
-Take whole wheat pizza dough
-Sprinkle with sweet caramelized onions (google how to caramelize onions)
-Add artichoke hearts (they taste cheezy to me and are the best!)
-Red Peppers
-Cook until it has reached ideal level of yumness
For a quick fix, buy Tofurkey's Frozen Cheeze Pizza (look on their website to see where it is available near you) or go to practically any grocery mart and buy Amy's No Cheese Pizza :)
Careful with some soy cheeze's, a lot contain casein or whey protein! :)
Good luck!|||Cheese is literally addictive. There is a chemical in it that makes it addictive. There are great soy cheese alternatives. You may want to pick up a copy of "Skinny *****" (or "Skinny Bastard", whichever is appropriate for you). Check out their website, they have great recommendations for cheese substitutes.|||Pita bread.
Marinara sauce (Quite healthier than it seems)
Soy cheese.
Cheese pizza isn't addicting because cheese is good, it's the additives/preservatives which make it more addicting.|||They sell soy cheeses at alot of grocery stores. But be careful because some have casein in them (ew!)|||They actually sell vegan pizza in the organic freezer section of most grocery stores
or try trader joes
or whole foods|||there are tons of vegan cheeses in the market.
just throw them on a crust with tomato sauce and you have cheese pizza|||just eat it if you want to. Is anyone making you be vegan?
Hi Guys I have run a number of questions about a vegan/vegetarian restraunt. Now I ask you to please pick me a menue. I want a funky modern and alternative eating house that caters for the modern vegan/vegetarian diner who has moden beliefes of today (organic, low fat, colourful, using vegan cheese, vegan tofu cram etc) Thanks|||Make a tofu "egg" salad, to make sandwiches on whole grain bread. Or use as a protein addition to a salad.
Marinate and bake tofu, then slice thin for sandwiches with tomato, onion, lettuce, spinach, sprouts, avocado on whole grain bread.
Tempeh Reuben with grilled tempeh marinated with liquid smoke, rye bread, sauerkraut, swiss or soy cheese,and grill the whole sandwich.
Wholegrain linguine with assorted steamed vegetables and a Thai-style peanut sauce.
Brown rice (I prefer brown basmati) stirfry with tofu and an assortment of vegetables, with a side of lemon tahini sauce.
An assortment of whole grain salads using hulled not pearled barley, quinoa, bulghur, rye berries, wheat berries.
Desserts made with white whole wheat flour instead of regular whole wheat.|||One of my favorites is three-bean chili:
Sautee onions, garlic, hot peppers (your choice for level of spice), two-three colors of bell peppers. Add cooked black beans, kidney beans, veggie refrieds (for thickness). Mix in your own blend of chili powder and cumin, pour in some beer (or not, your choice). Salt to taste. Bring to a boil and serve hot.
Very low-fat and colorful. Also can be completely vegan, and you can mix it up by adding vegan cheese or whatever you'd like to it. Makes for a good stock soup as it's easy to do large quantities and looks very attractive when served.
I've been working on several ideas for veg restraunts and if i can find my menu lists I'll post some more.|||1) Breakfast: cereal, toast, bagel, fruit etcs.. - this covers your daily carbs, better to have carbs in the morning versus at night.
2) Mid morning: yogurt, apple, protein bar. this will give you energy
3) Lunch: veggie sandwich, grilled veggies, veggie soup with lots of beans - you'll get your proteins and with the veggies, get your "a,b,c,d,e" vitamins.
4) Dinner: big spinach salad, or a leafy green salad, with a main course veggie dish. the salad covers your iron and more protein, with great vitamins. - b12
The main course veggie dish, - whatever you want as along as it not to heavey in crabs!
For ideas for recipes go on-line and there are loads of healthy free veggie recipes!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Does anyone have any good vegan sandwich fillers? I only seem to have them when I have vegan cheese or fake ham but I don't buy them too often. I'd like something quick and easy... maybe a silken tofu mixture recipe that I could use instead of egg mayonnaise or sandwich spread. Any ideas? thanks|||Hummus. You can buy this but it is incredibly easy to make. Get a jar of cooked chickpeas, a couple of spoonfuls of tahini, juice of a lemon, a clove of garlic, a drizzle of olive oil and blend.
You can bake some aubergines and peppers which will store for a week to add to your hummus sandwiches for an awesome protein-rich sarnie.
You drizzle lots of olive oil over some chopped aubergines and peppers, some chopped lemon rind, some chilli and salt. You leave them to absorb for a bit and then bake them in the oven. Once they are cool, you can stick them in a sandwich.
You can also get some great vegan pat茅s from health food shops.
Also, one of my fave pitta recipes is tahini with lots of raw veg like grated carrots, lettuce and bean sprouts, dressed in some cider vinegar and olive oil.
I'm not sure how to make tofu "egg-mayonnaise" but I have had it before and it was lovely so try looking on some vegan recipe sites.
Have you tried tofu slices? You can also get different tofus like "graffitti" which has seaweed and is very tasty raw and in a sandwich.
I'm getting hungry now thinking about it all......
Happy eating!|||Spread bread with hounous, grate raw carrot on top and add a few salad leaves.
Marmite and cucumber. tomato and guacamole|||- Peanut butter
- Peanut butter & jam
- Peanut butter & mashed banana
- Mashed banana
- Mashed avocado
- Mashed avocado & sundried tomatoes
- Soya cheese & Marmite
- Soya cheese & pickle
- Soya cheese & sundried tomatoes
- Soya cheese & beetroot
- Marmite & lettuce
- Hummus
- Hummus & lettuce
- Hummus, pinenuts & cucumber
- Cheatin' chicken slices & egg-free mayo
- Cheatin' ham slices & mustard|||Pre-made Soy Mayo
http://www.nasoya.com/nasoya/nayonaise_o鈥?/a>
Homemade recipe for Soy Mayo
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,so鈥?/a>
I like Hummus for a sandwich filler (Tribe) they come in different flavors or it too is easy to make.
http://www.mediterrasian.com/delicious_r鈥?/a>
I never buy the faux meat or cheese they have too many things I can't eat. My diet is very natural.
Slaint茅|||I like to smoosh some soyrizo into vegan refried beans to make them into spicy refried beans. Smear this onto a slice of toast and enjoy. You can even top with a slice of vegan cheddar and pop it into the toaster oven until it melts. Mmm! Oh yeah, you can do the same thing, but instead of beans, use marinara. Instead of vegan cheddar, use vegan mozzarella. Pop into the toaster oven
As for the beans, try using tortillas instead of bread, and you can make a warm bean & vegan cheese burrito. Yum!|||Coleslaw made with eggless mayonnaise.
Grated tofu with roasted peppers and black olives
Hommous and grated carrot with some toasted poppy seeds and drizzled with lemon juice.|||Why put lipstick on a pig, dear? You have fake everything on it. What difference does it make what the filler is? Just throw on a slab of tofu if you want a thicker sandwich.|||hummus, roasted vegetables.|||Have you considered juicing your sandwich. It is very moral.|||pesto and grilled vegetables or just avacado, tomato and sprouts on whole wheat.|||Hummus is good in place of vegenaise (or other vegan mayo sub).
Now for the fillers, try putting just a couple slices of tomato, some alfalfa sprouts (for crunch!), avocado, and/or cucumber. It's totally delicious, refreshing, and very healthy, too.
I don't have any ideas about the silken tofu other than to try and make it into a mock egg salad. Sorry!
Hope I helped :)|||egg mayonaise / vegan ? am i missing something.
personaly if its fake why eat it ?
but each to their own.
this site may help
http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/|||I LOVE hummus and pickles and tofu
Here's what I do to the tofu
Slice it into thin wide slabs.. rub each side with soy sauce and a vegan "chicken seasoning"
Lightly simmer/fry it in a tad of oil, turning over to brown each side..
I have made tofu "egless egg salad" but I don't have the recipie for vegan mayo on hand" But you could find a recipie for vegan mayo that you make with silken tofu.. then crumble/mash extra firm tofu up and mix it with some "mayo," add dill, chopped celery, onion, pepper, pickle relish.. mustard.. YUMM!!! Better if it has time to sit in the refrigerator, though.. all the flavors mix together better..|||with tofu you can do a good sauce mixing it with olives
or maybe you can try a vegan sandwich with mushroom, tomato slices and salad, it's great!|||not really got any ideas for a substitue , i personal didntlike tofu when i tried it so i have never experiemnet much with it
Hummus, gratted carrot, watercress, spinach and rocket leaf yummy!!
to jazz it up with alittle more flavour add some tabasco sauce to the hummus or make salsa type stuff and spread that on the bread and add anything you like...
or try this hot sandwich
lettiuce, cucumber, sliced jalopino chilli peppers, sliced black olives.
I LOOOOOOOVVVEEEE cheese and I don't wanna give it up but I think I might have too because it gives me acne, I cant at pizza X[ and last night I ate a piece of bread with some spread cheese on it and within hours I had new pimples all over my face, what types of cheese will not give me acne?
I will accept alternatives like vegan cheese or whatever X]|||Any processed cheese will give u acne and low fat cheese too. The lower in fat the higher in hormones. Like skim milk will give u more acne than 1% or 2% idk about whole milk..
I'm thinking of developing a product that would be vegan cheese pop rocks. They would have the texture and taste of cheese crumbles (maybe similar to feta) but they would pop in your mouth like pop rocks.|||No, I wouldn't.=)|||Sounds strange, I wouldn't try it.
I'm sure there are people who would probably like it though.|||Interesting sounds odd buhut Id give it a go!
I am, though it's only been a few days.
I think it's exciting finding all the new foods that are healthy and delicious, like this snack bar with seeds, oats and chocolate I got today.
I can't wait to find alternatives like vegan cheese so I can have all my old favorites again. :)
Oh and I've lost 1lb. o.0|||I've been vegan since 1990, so yeah, finding it very easy.
The only problem I had were my parents. They were the one and only obstacle.|||hehe, same with me. This was my 7th day. I had tofu scramble (sooo good) vegan fried rice and homemade french fries and a veggie dog. Not my healthiest day, but it was a snow day and I wanted nice warm food :)
What I love about this is that I'm trying so many new foods, things I never ate when I was omni. I thought making the change from vegetarian to vegan would mean I couldn't eat anything, but that isn't the case! I made the most delicious vegan oatmeal raisin cookies yesterday, my entire family ate them, even my brother who announced that my ener-g egg replacer was the most sick and disgusting thing he had ever seen (as opposed to the cow butt he ate for dinner)
That snack bar sounds gooood. I'm still trying to find some vegan chocolate, wish me luck ;)|||Congrats! I live in a rural farming community, and the only difficult thing is having to answer the same questions over and over about why I'm vegan, what do I eat anyway, etc.
I love finding new foods too - being vegan has opened my eyes to a whole different world of eating.|||I'm having a ball!
I am eating foods I've never heard of before becoming vegan (like quinoa, flax seeds and chreeze). I will yell from the mountaintops that my diet is more varied and more tasty now than what it ever was when I was an omni.
Best of luck to you on your journey!|||I was a vegan for 2 months before I decided to become a raw food vegan. I just love the way I feel now eating fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds! It's 2 years now that I'm a raw foodist! I'm just loving it!|||awesome.
its very easy when you have vegan friends, restaurants nearby, cookbooks.
in england there is cheezly which tastes just like dairy cheese.|||When I'm home alone, yes. I've been doing this for about two weeks. Holidays and going out? Very difficult. I'm obviously not quite a "real" vegan yet. I am going to keep trying, though.|||vegans are creepers, why you hippies gotta be so wierd, just eat meat like a normal person
Where can I buy (websites too and all must be vegan);
Cheese and onion crisps
Cheese and onion pasty
Jam roly poly
cheddar style cheese
Rice pudding
Where can I buy these? Or does anyone have the recipes they can send links to?
Thanks.|||Now I am totally confused. I thought vegans did not eat cheese.
http://www.followyourheart.com/|||Well, by definition, cheese and anything isn't going to be vegan. If you can find vegan cheese, youc an always veganize any pasty recipe.
If you check out www.happycow.net, you'll find vegetarian and veg-friendly restaurants and natural food stores all over the world.
You can go to www.vegweb.com for vegan recipes.
There are several brands of vegan cheese out there, including Follow Your Heart, Teese (from Temptation Soydairy), and Scheese.
I'm in the U.S. If you live there, message me, and I'll give you links to vegan online retailers.|||http://www.vegan-food.net/
Most of the things your looking for are in the supermarket you gotta look in the right places.|||I have no idea what jam roly polys are, for rice pudding and pastries you would be better off making them yourself.
As for vegan alternatives to cheese there is Sheese and other brands that you can find at some health food stores.
If not you can always shop online:
www.veganessentials.com
www.veganstore.com
I'm not going totally vegan (cheese! icecream! butter! can't live without them, lol) but am thinking about going vegan a few times a week. Can anyone recomend a good cookbook? I'm open to a cookbook which features actual meals, as well as a good vegan baking book.
What did you like about the book you recomend? What do you dislike about it? Thanks so much :)|||1,000 Vegan Recipes. What I like about it, the recipes don't require so many ingredients and has a good number of recipes for almost all occasions. Also, the directions are well put. Veganomicon may be hard to understand with it's directions. What I don't like is that a lot the recipes have cranberries in them. I just don't use cranberries in some. Also, Owlish picked some good ones.|||Veganomicon:
http://www.amazon.com/Veganomicon-Ultima鈥?/a>
Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World (a must have!):
http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Cupcakes-Tak鈥?/a>
The Kind Diet:
http://www.amazon.com/Kind-Diet-Simple-F鈥?/a>
Also, there are very good vegan cheeses, ice cream, and butter.
Cheese brand: Daiya (the best) or Follow Your Heart (also very good)
Ice cream brand: Soy Delicious
Butter brand: Earth Balance
Mayo brand: Follow Your Heart's Veganaise
Soy milk brand: 8th Continent (can be found at Walmart)
All of these can be found at Whole Foods, Trader Joes, or just a local health food store.
I have all of these cookbooks and I've used all of these products, so I highly recommend them. :)|||Collen Patrick-Godreau has some amazing vegan cookbooks. They have appetizers to desserts!! My favourite one of hers is 'Color me Vegan' but all of hers are good. She also has a baking book called 'The joy of vegan baking'. Another REALLY good one is 'The Vegan Planet' by Robin Robertson. There are sooo many good recipes in this book as well as a lot of useful information|||'Fit for Life' by the Diamonds. (Married couple, I always forget their first names.) Most delicious recipes ever. My favorites are the Cauliflower Soup and the salad with the roasted potatoes in it. You'll thank me.|||1,000 Vegan Recipes by Robin Robertson. Holy crap, this book is amazing! Nearly every recipe I've tried has been great. Plus, 1000 recipes? You'll never need another cookbook again.|||Vegan with a Vengeance|||It's not really a cookbook..but this website has a lot of great recipes. yogajournal.com
i got some vegan cheese. i want to add veggies but i dont know which ones. i think zuchini, maybe some yellow squash. idunno help me|||Broccoli. carrots are a good combo together with squash and zuchini|||Zucchini is bad in lasagna, BECAUSE it is all water- it all releases a lot of water and ends up tasteless,
You have to cook it before- like fry it, r roast them til they have got rid of their water, instead of putting them raw in the lasagna.
SO make sure you do that, but I wouldn't use courgettes in lasagna, they are such a delicate taste, and lasagna is creamy and maybe cheesy- yellow squash is the same thing. It turns to mush when you cook it with a load of sauce, and they colours aren't that pretty- it does look ugly and beige.
UNLESS you roast or fry those squash- in butter and with onions. THey should be browned and crispy, and have been cooked long enough before going into the lasagna.
the only thing lasagna is MADE for is wild mushrooms IMO.
Wild mushrooms are fantastic, they add really earhty nutty flavour.
USe poortobellos, enoki, oyster, button and crimini mushrooms. You can cook them too, beforehand0 they release a lot of liquid, but unlike squash, this liquid is nice tasting and ends up like a rich mushroom gravy, so it ends up becoming a flavour enhancer. You do not drink zucchini gravy!
Fry the mushrooms gently, until they'e reduced half in size, then add tothe top of the lasagna layer, with the sauce underneath the mushrooms- you have to make the bechamel sauce (soymilk, flour, etc, cheese only if you want, it is not necessary).
So Wild mushrooms.
This way- you get the prettiest colours too- the creamy lasagna, or green spinach lasagna, and the cream ysauce, and those browned mushrooms. Lovely.
Then add chopped parsley to serve.
Dark rich flavours work well- broccoli ( although I think it's too acidic for lasagna), asparagus, green peas, dark kale, collards, chopped up, they go so well with the cream y suace.
Another thing which is so good- especially with mushrooms and dark kale- brazil nuts, add some of them in the sauce.|||Mushrooms
Eggplant
spinach
Zucchini is a good choice.
I would make the sauce more like a Ratatouille. That would be hearty and able to handle the pasta and not run all over when you cut the lasagna. If you use a lot of veggies that are watery the sauce may be watery as well.|||We use zucchini, summer squash, mushrooms, eggplant, and it sure is yummy!|||Tomatoes, spinach, zucchini.|||my dad is vegan. he uses spinach in his. it's really good. you can also try to throw some fake chicken in there, yuuum|||Spinach is very good in lasagna.|||spinage lasagna is very good(I know that is not spelled right)|||I would use sweetcorn, green peas and diced carrots.|||i usually put red peppers,parsley and pepper
YES!!! My fave kind is made by Galaxy Nutritional Foods, and are called "veggie shreds." These cheeses are made from soy & come in all the standard cheese flavors--swiss, parmesan, cheddar, pepper jack, etc etc etc...VERY tasty, without cholesterol or any of the other unhealthy crap found in "real" cheese.
For the person who said that cheese is a dairy product & vegan cheese does not exist, if you are ignorant, just don't answer the question!|||I thought that I would point out that Galaxy's Veggie Shreds are vegetarian but they are not vegan, as they contain casein. Report Abuse
|||What do you mean, vegan cheeses? Cheese is a dairy product, there's no meat in them. There might be some non dairy cheeses at a specialty shop. Have you ever tried Valveeta? It's not real cheese. But it's delicious!|||No such animal exists. Pun intended.|||vegetarian cheese? do u mean cheese with veggies? i've seen pesto jack cheese. o.o|||vegans do not eat anything made out of any animal, and cheese comes from either cow or goats milk, if you are not that extreme of a vegan, then i would recommend ASIAGO cheese.|||coconut milk can probably be converted to coconut cheese|||If you go to a health food store(ex. Henrys, Sprouts, Farmers Market) you can find rice cheese, or soy cheese.
BUT read the label, I looked at some of these cheeses and they had casein(which isn't vegan) so be careful.|||Cheese is a dairy product which obviously contains milk... I doubt you'll find soy or rice cheeses and if you do, it's probably not cheese or has traces of milk in it.
There are tons of other vegan options. Cheese isn't that great anyway.|||Follow Your Heart vegan cheese melts. Only when you expose it to high heat like on top of pizza. Grilled cheese doesn't fair as well. It's a new product. Wholefoods carries it if there is a wholefoods near you.
Many soy, rice, and almond cheeses taste good but contain casein. Casein comes from cows milk, rendering the cheese non-vegan.
1. Vegan pizza at little caesers (no cheese, just veggies)...the tomato sauce and bread are vegan...check the website. (or should i try vegan z pizza that actually has the vegan cheese?)
2. Vegan vegetable curry puffs
3. Something from The Loving Hut like eggs rolls, vegan cheese cake, or whatever dishes they have there that are chinese
if you have any toher ideas, let me know. I'm really hungry and can't decide|||You should go with the vegan pizza with vegan cheese everything else sounds toooooo veganie|||Hello
Try the vegan pizza with the cheese. Or if you cannot make up your mind, write down all three on a piece of paper and cut them into three pieces, then fold and put into a bag or bowl and pick one out -then you have your answer for tonight.
Lots of Love
Misscpb xxx|||PIZZA. I'll live vicariously through you, ok? I've been craving pizza so bad lately, and haven't been able to eat any. Eat a lot of it for me :P|||Pizza with: ground beef, pepperoni, ham, salami, and chicken.|||Number 3.|||Vegan cheese cake? Wut wut!|||3|||A hamburger.|||Half chicken dinner.|||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQkWrZw05鈥?/a>
I've tried a few different brands in a relentless hunt for decent tasting vegan cheese. It's difficult as it is, because a lot of the rice cheese or "veggie" cheese does have minimal amounts of milk products in it. Has anyone come across a certain brand or kind of vegan cheese that has a decent texture, and a flavor that you can actually enjoy not just tolerate?|||I'm not sure where you are from but in the UK there are several different brands of soya cheese that you can buy from health food shops. However I haven't found any taste anything like real cheese.
The best one is melting cheese by a company called 'redwood'. The taste isn't anything like cheese but the texture is. I haven't yet found a soy a cheese with a nice taste,, but I would never go back to cows cheese so I would rather go without.
The best tasting one I have found is called 'cheezly' and grates like a hard cheese but doesn't melt.
Hope this helps|||I haven't really. I would suggest you look into buying some real cheese from a local place or somewhere where you would feel that the anaimals are being treated well.
What is your favorite way to make your own homemade vegan pizza? Like what do you put on it, etc. Do you like to add vegan cheese or just cheese less, do you use meat substitute or not, and what vegetables, sauces, etc.
When I say vegan I mean no animal products|||I like to make a pizza dough from like vegweb add sauce such as red sauce and vegetables like artichokes, mushrooms, bell peppers, tomatoes, etc. Sometimes add Follow Your Heart vegan cheese. Also Amy's makes this fabulous no cheese vegetable roasted vegan pizza! It has 490 grams of sodium though. Little Caesars has a vegetarian pizza which you can get with no cheese, since their crust and sauce is vegan, and just add more vegetables, it is awesome! The sodium is about 300.|||Feta cheese, olives, tomatoes, green and red peppers, loads of cheese. Yummm!|||Whole wheat tortillas, tomato sauce, spinach and mushrooms. so simply and delicious crispy thin thin crust pizza!|||i use a vegan pizza dough recipe from vegweb.com called easy, yummy and quick pizza crust it takes like ten minutes to make and is sooo good. then i use a seasoned tomato sauce with basil or garlic and for cheese i use the follow your heart vegan gourmet mozzarella cheese. then i put fresh tomatoes and onions on it! i had it tonight its so good!|||i add cheese, but i use spinach and mushrooms and garlic for toppings..also, fot eh dough i use pillsbury...u could try a dessert pizza!! get pillsbury crescent or biscuit rolls dough.,.make into pizza..top with butter and cinnamon and sugar..put in oven and bake..also, u could top with chocolate, bananas, marshmallos, cream cheese, sugar and chocolate candies and eat it..delicious!|||YUMMM!
U rock girl!|||Tomato herb sauce, olives, marinated artichoke, chili flakes, onion, roasted pine nuuutttsss (Mmm..) and some soy cheese to finish it off!|||I haven't made pizza in a while, but I used to eat it all the time, I guess I have more time to cook now.
I mostly used pizza as my quick dinners, so I like to use pita bread...I would use a spaghetti sauce...and load it up with spinach (mix in with the sauce), mushrooms, olives, hot peppers, onions, peppers and sometimes use some vegan feta or vegan cheese....but not always, and top it off with fresh garlic, the garlic roasts and it is so good.
I have made my own crust, but when I do I like to use pesto...then I add mushrooms, onions, olives, peppers (zucchini...whatever else I have in the house) and I drizzle it with vegan B茅chamel sauce and brown the top...that is pretty sweet.
:)|||I use sweetcorn, olivs (always), tomatosauce, vegan cheese, mushrooms, pineapple, onion (mmm), all kinds of pepper.
I dont miss meat, so I dont use any meat substitute nieder on pizza nor in any other food.
It's really yummy it had vegan cheese, veggie bacon, and tomatoe sauce nomnomnom xD [went vegan 3 days ago after being vegetarian of 8 years] What did you guys have for supper? xD|||I know hell pizza they make vegan pizzas that are real yum but pricy
for lunch I had avacado sushi and fruit smoothie, dinner a vege patty sub and a chocolate bar toped with a soy hot chocolate, im currently full|||Salad with avacado and soy bacon slices|||I had an amazing cabbage/onion/chive bread that I baked in my solar oven, made from whole grains (buckwheat/quinoa/millet/flax/oat groats) I topped it with homemade raw yogurt, and a drizzle of agave nectar, and served it with a fresh salad of lettuces, herbs, and garlic that I grew hydroponically-yum! For dessert, homemade quinoa biscotti topped with crunchy vegan chocolate. Nice! Glad you enjoyed your pizza!|||baguette with grilled veggies and balsamic|||Tempeh and brown rice with a teaspoon of vegetable butter.|||Long story but I ate 2 small suppers. First one was a small plate of sauteed vegetables (carrots, onions, garlic, spinach, yellow squash, and french green beans in spices). The second part of my supper was veggie spring rolls.|||I had roasted corn on the cob and carrots, and now im having an english muffin for snack.|||I've been sick lately, so I had some minestrone vegetable soup. Mmm..|||I had a HUGE salad with baby greens, black beans, onion, roasted red peppers, carrots, celery, and balsamic vinegar. YUM. and some falafel with enchilada sauce on it. leftover night!|||You can't be serious.......I ate a veggie pizza too. Oh, my GOD it was soooooooooooooooooo good!!!!!! Your's sounds a lot better though. Yum, yum. Wow!!|||I had stirfy with vermacelli noodles, a ton of vegetables, and soya sauce.|||I think vegan pizza is freaking disgusting, but i guess it all depends
Ive been a vegetarian for 3 years|||Nomer invasion is a freak. Keep it up Ryan. Veganism rocks!|||We forgot to do Cinco de Mayo yesterday, so I made vegan tamales (with corn, chilies, zucchini, and beans) and black bean taquitos with tortillas and refried beans (all made by hand, vegan).Even my omnivore husband liked it and I am stuffed!|||Tomato Soup|||Tomorrow's my last day of finals so I've been studying all day and night for that. Today's been a day of really eclectic, easy finger type food. I've had a ton of fresh fruit, veggies with hummus, a whole wheat bagel with avocado and vegan cream cheese, seitan jerky, and I'm eyeing the peanut butter and jelly night now for a sandwich.
What are the best vegan cheeses to use with the following dishes?
Grilled cheese
Macaroni & cheese
Pizza
Lasagna
Is vegan Parmesan cheese any good?
Thank you in advance.|||Grilled cheese
--Galaxy Nutritional Rice Cheese Slices (Casein Free)
Macaroni & cheese
--Nutritional Yeast
Pizza
-- Follow Your Heart - Mozzarella
Lasagna
-- Follow Your Heart - Mozzarella
-- Make ricotta from:
1 package (8oz) firm tofu
1 TBS Basil
1 TBS Oregano
2 TBS Fresh lime juice
1/2 TSP Salt
Blend in food processor until smooth
Is vegan Parmesan cheese any good?
-- Galaxy Nutritional makes a good Rice parm cheese, I use Brewer's Yeast in place of parmesean, more nutrients and more flavor.
With all cheese replacements, be sure they are casein (a milk protein) free, otherwise they are not vegan. Read the ingredients!
Thank you in advance
-- You are very welcome!|||Vegan cheese :(|||Vegan cheese is pretty bad tasting as well as not melting well. And it is expen$ive for a lousy product.|||The ones I tasted were all pretty yucky except this one parmesan cheese - it was just like the powdered stuff and I couldn't tell the difference. The boxed macaroni and cheese wasn't terrible but it wasn't half as good as Kraft.
When you mix vegan cheddar with vegan mozzarella in a 50-50 ratio that's the best.
Mozzarella is the stringy gooey type which when you bite stretches off the pizza. BUt it doesn't really have any taste. Its white.
Cheddar is the slightly darker more yellow cheese which has a flavour but doesn't do any of the stretching.
When you mix both it tastes so good.
Perfect for pizza.
|||Follow Your Heart mozzarella is the best i've tasted for pizza. just make sure you broil it to get it to melt.
I like tofutti for most everything else (especially cheese fries).
Although if i have the time, i love making my own cheese using nutritional yeast. It's cheap to make and really delicious. |||Try 'Vegan Gourmet Cheddar Cheese' from Follow Your Heart :) I used it when making vegan lasagna and it melts great :D
Check out their website:
http://www.followyourheart.com/vegangour鈥?/a>
You can also get a Mozzarella Cheese version, if you don't like Cheddar. It works better on pizza since Mozzarella is what they use on regular pizzas :)|||watch out for D3 in these cheeses. it is sometimes derived from lanolin which is in sheeps wool|||I use a cheese called KAAS. I've never tried it on pizza (yet), but it's a vegan cheese and it's SO DELISH!|||um idk but i like pizza =)
(plant based versions ~ no added bacteria or yeast or other organism in that way, just looking for plant based answers, thanks)|||Yes- Follow Your Heart brand has several varieties and they are delicious, especially in recipes. It is the only vegan cheese I will eat plain! Also, veganrella is really good in stuff ( but not plain, really). FYH also makes Vegenaise, the best vegan mayo. They are based in
Canoga Park, California.|||BE CAREFUL check the labels and make sure it is VEGAN...ask "follow your heart" brand if they are VEGAN, if they are not : tell them to be. Becareful of different added "bacteria" or yeasts" they can be dangerous...maybe.... so be careful
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|||Vegan Gourmet makes really good cheese substitutes... they melt well... check out their site for recipes and online orders:
http://www.imearthkind.com/
You might try checking this site, too:
http://www.petamall.com/veg.asp|||Follow your heart brand. www.followyourheart.com
Available at Whole Foods Markets. It melts on things but not in things. Makes good pizza, not as good in grilled cheese.
IMO, the sliced ones aren't that great. I like the mac and chReese dinners from Road's End Organics and Soymage parmesan though, the latter is great to sprinkle on top of cheeseless pizza. Tastes just like real parmesan, I use it on popcorn too.|||I'm totally with pppmntgrl. Maybe it's because I grew up in Wisconsin and ate a lot of "real" cheese before I went vegan, but I've never tried ANY plant-based cheese that I thought to be tasty. I just go without :). Good luck.|||even walmart has a variety of sliced and grated soy cheese in their produce section, its by the tofu. easy to find, and it tastes just like cheese|||Honestly, I've never had one I could stomach. Good luck with that.|||http://www.imearthkind.com/
Vegan Gourmet cheese, I love it.
Like I have tried before, but usually just end up failing. I'm already down to just eating chicken and I drink a lot of milk. Also are there any vegan cheeses or milks? I know I already posted this, but I only got one answer and I would like other opinions.|||There are many different types of vegan cheese! :) They usually call it "Sheese". It tastes pretty much like cheese, infact I used to buy it before I went vegan because cheese always went off quickly and I prefered the taste. I'm guessing you're in USA so you'll probably be able to buy it at any wholefood store. (I live in the UK - I buy it from Holland & Barrett, about 20p more than cheese).
Silk soya milk is delicious to drink, I absolutely love the taste. I usually have normal soy milk in cereal and tea. (It's about the same price as normal milk - plus it doesn't go off for months!)
There are many types of Vegan chicken substitutes, you can buy them from supermarkets, wholefood stores and even some corner shops.
There is egg substitute for cooking, etc. Just use nectar instead of honey!
Hope you succeed! :)|||Maybe you should try being a vegetarian first (no meat or animal by products).
And once you can handle that you can stop drinking milk, then stop eating eggs, then stop eating honey, THEN stop eating all foods that contain milk, eggs, or honey.
Also there are lots of great vegan milks you can try, there's rice milk, soy milk, or almond milk.|||Think of being vegan as not eating
(1) dairy/eggs
(2)meat/fish
And for everything that you can't eat, there is a healthier vegan alternative. For example, vegan sour cream and tofurkey. Its easy!|||Start as a vegetarian first because it helps you adapt to a vegan lifestyle as you go.
Like I have tried before, but usually just end up failing. I'm already down to just eating chicken and I drink a lot of milk. Also are there any vegan cheeses or milks?|||Look up some great vegan recipes and start phasing them into your diet.
I recommend these sites:
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/
http://vegandad.blogspot.com/
http://veganyumyum.com/
http://www.theppk.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/oyster鈥?/a>
Look up the vegan alternatives for you favourite foods. There are penty of diary free milks, and there are some really great fake chicken products out there. Don't be to hard on yourself for slip ups, just try to keep going!
I would also reccomend for the first year or so being vegan at home and vegatarian at restaurants and other people's homes, because you have to be really dedicated before you can face a pizza without cheese!
Good Luck!|||just become a vegetarian to begin with, you can still have dairy and eggs, stay away from any meat and seafood, gelatin & other slaughter byproducts and make sure you eat balanced food like greens and beans and nuts, dairy, eggs, etc. it's very easy.
And yes, there is soy mil, rice milk, almond milk, hemp milk.
Also rice cheese, tofu, other vegan cheeses, tempeh, etc.
basically, i'm vegetarian and stopped drinking milk ages ago and would like to change to a vegan diet but i love cheese! i stopped eating meat years ago so no longer crave it or want to eat it, would the same happen if i got the taste of cheese out my system, so to speak. btw, i know u can get vegan cheese, so no need to mention this.|||I know how hard it is to switch from vegetarian to vegan. I was vegetarian for 4 years before I was finally able to become fully vegan after many attempts. It is true that you stop craving cheese after awhile but it takes much much longer than it did with meat. I would say about 2 months before you will totally stop craving cheese. However you never stop craving the convince of cheese (I.E. grabbing a quick slice of pizza) The casein that is in cheese is very addictive. Now after almost a year of being vegan I no longer crave cheese. Also, do not try any of the dairy alternatives until you are totally over cheese. I would wait 2 months of being vegan before you try any of the sour creams, cream cheeses, or cheese this way you wont remember what the real stuff tastes like and won't have anything to compare it to. I know you are fully aware of vegan cheese but i just wanted to mentioned that a new vegan cheese called "daiya" is on the market and it is verrry close to real thing. You can find it at whole foods markets.|||Once I adjusted, I didn't have much of a problem. However, with both of my pregnancies, I did crave it, I just didn't give in. My husband buys cheese for him and our two-year-old daughter from the local meat market that raises their beef as humanely and naturally as possible. They get chicken, cheese and eggs from farms with similar values as theirs. Saturday evening, my husband made whole wheat macaroni and cheese for him and our daughter (there was leftover tomato pasta sauce from earlier in the week so I had macaroni and pasta sauce). I told my husband that that almost sounds good, except I know how expensive the cheese is so I won't have any. (A few months ago, the local Kroger clearanced the the Tofutti cheese, so we stocked up and froze it. I didn't have any out of the freezer.)
Overall, with everything,once I adjusted, the cravings and desires dissipated.|||i'd say yes. i no longer crave it. and i was a huuuge cheese freak too. once in a while i want to have cheese but it's not a craving ... i'd say it's more of a curiosity thing. i'm curious to remember what it tastes like and why i loved it so much back then. but really, it's all a matter of choice. even if the curiosity is really really strong, i choose not to eat the cheese because i know that it is not good for me (in my case it actually causes me to have joint pain, etc.). i remind myself of all the videos i've ever seen about how cruelly animals are treated in those mass production 'farms' and i choose not to support that.|||I was vegan for a year and a half before I started to eat cheese and chocolate again (not together of course). Maybe I didn't wait long enough but I never really stopped craving these two foods. Now I'm a vegetarian but I have been reading a book that is making me think about cutting out the dairy once more. You should read Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer; it will make you never want cheese again.|||Yes, I used to love cheese and actually, our bodies become addicted to cheese and other dairy when we are lactose intolerant. I haven't wanted cheese in years. I didn't even feel the need to try a substitute. I did try one a couple months ago and I still don't crave the substitute.|||it depends... when I tried to go vegan before, I kept craving cheese.. it went on for 6 months, and it didn't stop, so I gave in. (go ahead, give me a thumbs down if you must) Then when I went vegan again, I had 0 cravings :)
basically, i'm vegetarian and stopped drinking milk ages ago and would like to change to a vegan diet but i love cheese! i stopped eating meat years ago so no longer crave it or want to eat it, would the same happen if i got the taste of cheese out my system, so to speak. btw, i know u can get vegan cheese, so no need to mention this.|||I know how hard it is to switch from vegetarian to vegan. I was vegetarian for 4 years before I was finally able to become fully vegan after many attempts. It is true that you stop craving cheese after awhile but it takes much much longer than it did with meat. I would say about 2 months before you will totally stop craving cheese. However you never stop craving the convince of cheese (I.E. grabbing a quick slice of pizza) The casein that is in cheese is very addictive. Now after almost a year of being vegan I no longer crave cheese. Also, do not try any of the dairy alternatives until you are totally over cheese. I would wait 2 months of being vegan before you try any of the sour creams, cream cheeses, or cheese this way you wont remember what the real stuff tastes like and won't have anything to compare it to. I know you are fully aware of vegan cheese but i just wanted to mentioned that a new vegan cheese called "daiya" is on the market and it is verrry close to real thing. You can find it at whole foods markets.|||Once I adjusted, I didn't have much of a problem. However, with both of my pregnancies, I did crave it, I just didn't give in. My husband buys cheese for him and our two-year-old daughter from the local meat market that raises their beef as humanely and naturally as possible. They get chicken, cheese and eggs from farms with similar values as theirs. Saturday evening, my husband made whole wheat macaroni and cheese for him and our daughter (there was leftover tomato pasta sauce from earlier in the week so I had macaroni and pasta sauce). I told my husband that that almost sounds good, except I know how expensive the cheese is so I won't have any. (A few months ago, the local Kroger clearanced the the Tofutti cheese, so we stocked up and froze it. I didn't have any out of the freezer.)
Overall, with everything,once I adjusted, the cravings and desires dissipated.|||i'd say yes. i no longer crave it. and i was a huuuge cheese freak too. once in a while i want to have cheese but it's not a craving ... i'd say it's more of a curiosity thing. i'm curious to remember what it tastes like and why i loved it so much back then. but really, it's all a matter of choice. even if the curiosity is really really strong, i choose not to eat the cheese because i know that it is not good for me (in my case it actually causes me to have joint pain, etc.). i remind myself of all the videos i've ever seen about how cruelly animals are treated in those mass production 'farms' and i choose not to support that.|||I was vegan for a year and a half before I started to eat cheese and chocolate again (not together of course). Maybe I didn't wait long enough but I never really stopped craving these two foods. Now I'm a vegetarian but I have been reading a book that is making me think about cutting out the dairy once more. You should read Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer; it will make you never want cheese again.|||Yes, I used to love cheese and actually, our bodies become addicted to cheese and other dairy when we are lactose intolerant. I haven't wanted cheese in years. I didn't even feel the need to try a substitute. I did try one a couple months ago and I still don't crave the substitute.|||it depends... when I tried to go vegan before, I kept craving cheese.. it went on for 6 months, and it didn't stop, so I gave in. (go ahead, give me a thumbs down if you must) Then when I went vegan again, I had 0 cravings :)
I love cheese (grew up in WI), and was disheartened to learn that I am allergic to milk and milk products. What vegan cheese options do I have for pizza, parmesan cheese, chip dips, etc? Most chip dips are sour cream or cream cheese bases. Any tips so I don't end up with a cart full of gross vegan cheeses today? I'm heading over to Whole Foods in a few hours.|||Well, if you're interested in making your own, I suggest the following cookbook: The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook by Jo Stepaniak (First Link). If you're looking for more of a cheese dip or macaroni and cheese base, try the recipe in the second link. Instead of using it as mac & cheese, I've added soyrizo and other spices to make an awesome queso dip. It uses an ingredient called nutritional yeast, which you will probably find at whole foods. Look for it in a jar that kind of resembles Parmesan cheese. The brand name is Red Star. If you like it (and I've never met anyone who didn't), you should head to a natural foods store and buy it in bulk. Not only is it better for the environment, but you'll be using so much of it, you'll use way more than the little jar will offer you.
Some of the best pre-made vegan cheeses I've tried have come from a company called Teese. Sheez is good also. You may be able to pick it up at Whole Foods, but if not, you can order it online (or if you're in Atlanta, right at the store) from the third link.
I'm not too happy with the result of the vegan slices that I buy at my local store, but they're what I have to deal with. It's not so much taste, but the meltability of the cheese. It's nothing they can really control, as casein is what causes it to melt, which isn't vegan. In order to counteract that, when making veggie burgers or anything like that, make sure to cover the pan when the cheese is put on in order to help facilitate the melting. A few seconds in the microwave will work wonders as well.
Reading what I have though, you're probably only lactose intolerant, and there are many, many more options open to you. Look for a brand called Veggie Slices, or any brand that does contain casein in the ingredients list, as it will melt a lot better. I suggest trying to skip out on any animal products, but if you want to try these kind, it's your prerogative.
As for cream cheese or sour cream, Tofutti is the way to go. I'll go ahead and close with an unrequested dairy alternative: Earth Balance Buttery Spread. It's one of the best butter alternatives I've ever tasted.|||There is one that is made from rice, it is a lot better than the soy ones in my opinion|||I still haven't found one that I like. The vegan cream cheese isn't bad. I have found it is yummier and much less expensive to just omit the cheese completely- cheese free pizza is actually really good, and you can use soft tofu in many dip recipes- find a good vegan cookbook.|||Buy a cow/goat, and milk it and make cheese yourself!|||teese vegan cheese from chicago
you can google it|||IMO follow your heart monterey jack is the best vegan cheese you can buy at the store in the united states. its at whole foods.|||vegan cheese is gross, if you like the texture of congealed mammory juice than toffuti cream cheese isn't bad and plasticy cheese slices the same company does good ones but you can't eat them just with bread or on there own they have to be melty or with a vegan burger or something to be ok. Not like salsa for chips? xxx|||Almond cheese is really good but has a kinda rubber texture not as bad as I describe it but close to it, soy bleu, parma cheese. Soy cheese-rice cheese-vegan cheese are gross to me but out of these 3 soy is the best.
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I love shopping at Whole Foods :D the one in Texas is the best one so far to bad It's usually the smaller ones in MN :)|||I am a former chef and a lacto-ovo vegetarian now, and I have also found the rice cheeses are nice to like the first person, the biggest issue with any non-dairy cheese is the fat content, I have found if you grate the soya cheese, and toss them with a few drops of veg oil and then put them on the product your grilling or broiling, I have just recently tried the Rice Parmesan, and find with the Soya mozzarella and the bit of oil, a dash of salt and even some garlic powder that I can make a decent pizza or garlic toast on fat free ciabatta bread very well.
You sometime have to try a few to find one that is right, here in Toronto Canada I get one from a company that make a cheddar and mozzarella type, Soy Good.|||In my opinion there are absolutely no decent vegan fake cheeses. By definition cheese is dairy.
Though the question seems pretty straight forward, however, my real question is, will it melt in hot pasta? I wanted to make a recipe of it, but the only nutritional yeast I found is around $32 for 16 ozs and I would need over half that container. Quite an expensive meal...lol. Anyone know a place that might sell it less expensive?
Anyone have an easy recipe for it? That does not contain a lot of ingredients.....I am NO good in the kitchen...lol.
Thanks...|||daiya will melt with hot pasta. its only $4 and you can find it at health food stores and whole food supermarkets. if your near a whole foods they have vegan mac n cheese in a box for $2, if you buy it the only thing you need is soymilk.|||No
Ok so i gave up awhile ago on the whole vegan cheese thing because every kind I got tasted absolutely horrible and I ended up just wasting more money than anything because it isn't exactly cheap either. My local giant was just rebuild and remodeled with a HUGE vegan section(compared to what they had before anyway.) and they sell the vegan rice cheese slices made by galaxy. I was wondering, before i waste another $4 on veg cheese that may end up in the garbage again, if anyone here has tried it and what are your opinions? Is it anything like the veggie slices? I used to eat that, way back in the day, and it didn't bother me at all. I thought the tofutti cheese slices and the vegan gourmet were really bad though. Any opinions will be welcomed, my curiousity has been getting the best of me so I will probably just pick up a pack next time i hit the store, I just don't want to be dissapointed again. Thanks guys!|||Hi Icy. It seems like every time a non-dairy cheese comes out, people tell me how great it is, then it turns out to be horrible. The latest one I was told about was horribly expensive, with mixed reviews online. If a couple people say it's bad, you have to go with them. I think it's like anything else-- when you're looking for a replacement, it's hard to duplicate because you are always using the original item to compare it to. I have given up wasting money on those kind of products, and have learned to enjoy food without it-- altering recipes. It's healthier anyway. I have never found a good one. If a good product comes out, they're going to make a lot of money, because a lot of people are looking for the same thing as you.|||Three stars?! ******! I kid. Report Abuse
|||You can try carrot cheese, I had it.|||take carrot cheese
Hi. I'm a vegan. I'm going to be making a vegan pizza for my family in New Orleans next weekend, and I'm not quite sure what type of cheese I should use. I was thinking about Daiya or Lisanatti cheese, but I'm not sure.
I've been reading reviews on the web about Daiya cheese and so far all of them have been positive, except for this one article. It said that alot of vegans like Daiya, but there's atleast a 99% chance that non-vegans wouldn't like it.
I read another review mentioning Lisanatti. The critic said it didn't really taste that good and wasn't close enough to real cheese.
I talked to my little brother (he's also a vegan) he said he doesn't like the Daiya cheese, but he likes Lisanatti.
My mom said Daiya is the best vegan cheese she ever tasted.
I like to cook and I really want to impress my family in New Orleans, and i don't know what to do.
I've tried both Daiya and Lisanatti cheese, and I like them both, but I don't know what my family will like.
Can you guys please help me out?|||I have no idea what Lisanatti.so I can't give my opinion on that, but I feed Daiya to my family all the time on pizza and they love it. They are hard core meat eaters.
The other one I used to use is Follow Your Heart, but you have to use a lot of it AND stick it right under the broiler to get it to melt. - But I'd definitely go with the daiya.
If you want to be safe and not turn them off from the idea of vegan eating, maybe you should try cooking them another dish!|||I've never found a vegan cheese that tastes like I remember milk cheese tasting. So now when I make pizza, I cover it with marinara sauce, spinach, artichokes, olives, roasted red peppers and mushrooms. With so much going on, I don't miss the cheese at all.
If you must put something cheese-ish on there, try Parma. It's made from walnuts and tastes really good. I sprinkle it on my popcorn.|||OMG Daiya is THE best vegan cheese ever!! I use it all the time, and sometimes feel a bit addicted :) It melts and stretches like dairy cheese but without the cruelty!
I melt it on nachos, I make grilled "cheese" with it, and I make vegan pita pizzas with whole grain pitas, regular old spaghetti sauce, and Yves meatless pepperoni.|||Vegan cheese is a disaster. Make a non-cheese one- with lots of peppers, onions, olives, spinach, etc.!|||Cheezly!
http://store.veganessentials.com/cheezly鈥?/a>
My mom and brother(non-vegan) as well as me(vegan) adore it!
And Lisanatti is not vegan(casein)|||I trick my family all the time with Daiya, they still don't know it's not cheese! I love it!!!!|||I've never heard of Lisanatti cheese.
When I would make vegan pizza, I would use veganrella, because it was the only kind I could find. Only my husband is vegan, but the rest of us found the pizza edible, if not tasty. The kids love it, at least. Then my friend recommended Daiya cheese because our local grocery store started carrying. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!! Sooooooo yummy, and melty! I add seasonings before I bake it, like garlic salt and italian seasonings and it turns out so good! I strongly recommend the Daiya cheese. Of course, no vegan cheese is going to taste like real cheese, but there's nothing you can do about that. Hopefully your family is open-minded and they'll find that even if it doesn't taste like the pizza they're used to, they'll find it tastes good on its own!
(Also, I recommend Yves pepperonis.)
So after finding out how horrible animals raised for food are I have decided not to eat meat anymore. (no cow, pig, chicken, fish.. ect)
I feel ok about still eat eggs since my co worker has "pet chickens" (she likes them and the noise they make, as do I. I have always wanted pet chickens they are SO cute I think.) that are free range and wont ever be killed for food. She allows some chicks to hatch every other year or so but doesn't want to get overpopulated with them on her small farm.
-I will never again buy eggs from the grocery store though after seeing how they live and are literally thrown/rammed into their transport cages. :(
I know that milk cows are treated horribly as well and given growth hormones to make their udders and milk production WAY more than is normal/healthy for them, as well as being cruel to their calves.
My question is whether there is such thing as dairy/cheese products out there that do NOT:
#1 treat the mother cow and her calves cruelly (allows babies to stay with mom till weaned)
#2 no hormones for more milk production are given (RBGH free I think they are called, I know that RBGH milk is out there but how about other dairy products)
#3 are free range cows allowed to pasture in normal size herds
I don't see a problem without milk (almost all grocery stores have soy/almond milk now) but I cant find any "vegan cheese" or like products in my small town grocery store. If I buy in bulk and go to a bigger town once a month would i need a separate fridge just for non dairy "dairy" products? Or do some not need refrigeration?
I have found lots of vegan/vegetarian websites so I think I will be good on how and what to make but if you have some favorites feel free to share them!|||I'm not sure of a certain type of milk, but if you have a co-op near your house you could probably find some "cruelty-free" milk there. Co-op's usually specialize in organic, earth friendly, and animal friendly products, so just look there! Good luck and hope I helped :)|||I also hate how they treat animals. And the answer to all these is yes . My family put some research into this and we found a local farm that we got to. Its a small one where all the animals are treaty great and they sell milk and eggs.
I'm trying to elminate dairy because of the growth hormones in cows milk.|||Tofutti makes good slices of cheese. they come in either mozzerella or american flavored. and they're completely dairy/milk free. it melts really well, if you want it in like mexican food or whatever. and it tastes pretty good.
if you're just going to eliminate dairy, but not necessarily go vegan, then there are other kinds of cheese called "veggie slices" but it also comes in shredded too. it has a lot more variety of flavors. but it does have casein, a by-product of milk. so, being vegan, i've never tried that kind.
there's also this stuff called "nutritional yeast". you just mix it with water and boil it until its thick and creamy. it tastes a lot like cheese and is good as a sauce on pasta. or, you can add salsa to it and make it a very healthy and delicious mexican dip.
hope this helps!!|||Because soy, nut, and oils used in cheese substitutes have a light to liquid consistency, most products use potato flakes, potato starch, or cellulose to give the "cheese" a harder consistency and similar texture to true cheese. Many soy cheese products also contain sodium casinate, oils, particularly partially hydrogenated soybean oil, although some manufacturers are gradually phasing these oils out and using ready-made tofu, isolated soy proteins and nondairy lactic acid. Some preservatives and sugars (sugar and maltodextrin) are also present in some brands. So top line 鈥?read those ingredient labels carefully.
Varieties:
Imitation Cheese: "Imitation" cheese looks like cheese, has a similar texture, but is usually primarily made from partially hydrogenated oils that may be a detriment if fat consumption is a concern.
Soy Cheese: Made from soybeans, these veggie cheeses are lighter in texture and difficult to use in dishes that require melting, but make great additions to sandwiches or salads. Soy cheese is available in the style of plain or in cream cheese, cheddar, mozzarella cheeses and other hard cheese flavors.
Almond and Other Nut Milks are used to make some cheeses that are bland and slightly nutty sweet.
When I'm tasting (and judging) a cheese substitute 鈥?here's what I look for:
* Low sodium
* No or low sugars added
* Tastes like natural cheese 鈥?not over flavored
* Melts well
* Not rubbery
BRANDS:
* Tofutti
* Galaxy Nutritional Foods|||I buy an organic non hormone raise dairy milk cheddar like cheese and they use wild nettle leaves to sour the milk, not the rennet most others do, it is a good vegetarian cheese, and I have found with the soya cheese as they lack the fat dairy one have to have them melt better, mix the grated or chopped cheese with a small amount of veg oil this helps them melt better and brown slightly.
I am a former chef and now a lacto-ovo vegetarian, and have tried a number of these products in a number of country's.|||Try to find organic "raw" cheeses... you will find them in gourmet specialty stores... most will come from small dairies and some from other countries like France... the idea is that these will NOT be pasteurized/sterilized to the point where the milk cultures are dead and all you would get is a bunch of mucous.
You can still have dairy, but make sure it specifies that it is organic and "rBST-free" or something along those lines.
If you find you really are sensitive to dairy, consider the various nut cheeses... literally small packs of cheese made from almonds or other nuts. There are various nut milks available on the market too... I like the vanilla almond milk. They are great. You can make your own nut milks, cheeses, sauces and spreads using a high-powered blender and a strainer.
Stay away from soy products, including soy cheeses & milks, because soy is a endocrine disruptor... it will put your thyroid flat on its back, then mess up every other hormone you have while blocking your intake of most vitamins and minerals.|||I don't' know if you can get it outside of the US, but a product that goes by the name of VEGAN RELLA is a great substitute for mozzarella cheese. It is great on crackers, especially if you heat it up. It seems to taste better after it is heated, in my opinion. Has a creamy consistancy when heating in the microwave oven. So, it tends to take care of the "comfort food" craving that many of us have leftover from out childhoods of consuming dairy products. Soy Yoghurt is also a good replacement for the old standard dairy-based products.
I just stopped eating cheese 45 days ago & have found that this product is a good tasting replacement... if you can find it!|||http://www.buteisland.com/
www.chreese.com
www.morningsidefarm.com
Vegetarian Cheese
The good news is there are vegetarian and vegan cheeses available. These cheeses are usually curdled using plants, fungi, or bacteria. Keep in mind, though, that these are real cheeses. In fact, vegetarian cheese is hard to distinguish from cheese made with animal rennet. It's almost impossible to tell difference just by looking at or even tasting the cheese. The only reliable way is to check for the phrase "vegetarian cheese" on the label. Do to the increase in demand, some grocery stores have started labeling their vegetarian cheeses themselves to make them easier to find.|||I'm really not thrilled with vegan cheeses overall, but it depends on what you're looking for. I haven't found anything with a good enough texture and taste to slice and put on a cracker, but there are a couple of mozzarellas that will melt in the oven and make a pretty good pizza. Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet is the easiest to find (Whole Foods carries it) and it's alright for that. Teese is a newer one that, in most areas, is only available by mail order. It melts really nicely and tastes a bit more like the real thing thant he FYH does. They are also working on a cheddar (and on getting into more stores.) But, for the most part, I'm just living without cheese. It's been 10 months and it was far easier to give up than I ever dreamed.|||I'm going to post a link for a macaroni and cheeze recipe that is to die for. You can use the cheese sauce for all different kinds of things.
You don't want to eat a lot of "fake meats" or "fake cheese". They are not only full of FAT but full of isolated/concentrated soy protein - something you need to steer clear of. I put a link to an article you should consider reading.
Good luck and congrats on going dairy free! It's refreshing to read your post - you've actually done your research. This "organic" and "raw" cow's milk craze is beyond ridiculous, if you ask me.|||Don't eat cheese, or stop the quest.
Having lived in Wisconsin with some of the best cheese in the world, I know why you would want something to replace it. But there is nothing that would taste good or be nutritious. Either eat it or don't.
If you are vegan, you don't eat cheese. Substituting anything "fake" will be a disappointment.
There is enough food for vegans to be satisfied without having to go to the fake crap.|||Cheezly is, as several people have said, an excellent substitute.
It's made by Redwood foods, and you can see from this link how many different kinds there are, including several melting cheeses:
http://www.bazaarbuilder.com/cgi-bin/cb2鈥?/a>
In the UK you can buy them in Holland & Barrett, other health food shops and some supermarkets - Tesco sell some of them, and Waitrose sell some Redwood products. Or of course you can order them online.
There's a link on the Home Page for people in America:
http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/index.html
I've never found any other vegan cheese that I liked, except Tofutti cream cheese, which is wonderful|||The best tasting and most meltable cheese is made from rice. The brand I use is called Galaxy Nutritional Foods Rice Slices. They make American, mozarella, pepperjack, and others and I've used them on veggie burgers and enchiladas.
They make other products as well.
Edit @ Ksler: some people like cheese, but have allergies and so they need to find an alternative. Some people want to avoid some of the ingredients in dairy cheese for health reasons and why not try an alternative rather than giving it up altogether? Cheese can be made with all sorts of things and all of it is real cheese.
http://www.galaxyfoods.com/ourbrands/usa鈥?/a>|||first if you purchase organic dairy products the hormones are not given - so not in dairy.
2nd - a long time ago when i would get cravings for cheese - i would get this stuff called "Plant cheese" - wasn't much like cheese but for us raw fooders at the time it was great! do not know if it is still out there. do not eat cheese anyway - wait, unless i am a guest at some ones house & they make a veggie dish just for me & my family & put cheese - i would eat it.
3rd-maybe go online and check out "Whole Foods" site they are pretty big - if any one had a plant-based cheese it may be there - Good luck! :)|||Yeah, Cheezly is great actually and there are even a couple of varieties that melt too. You have to order it though. I've never seen it in a health food shop fridge.
Try www.crueltyfreeshop.com.au
www.veganperfection.com.au
www.veganessentials.com
www.veggiestuff.com|||i'm a vegetarian and i agree with you about the hormones! there's also a LOT of other creepy stuff in meat these days too! it's good your trying to find a sub, but i haven't tried soy cheese before! but my FAV organic vegetarain cheese is Cabot! it is soo good! i say try Cabot and soy cheese and decide what you think is best! ; )|||Vegie shreds are awesome. I get them all the time. THey are in the vegetable section of the grocery store by the tofu and stuff, and it tastes just like normal cheese. They are sooo good, and they have no milk in them. You can get shredded cheddar, mozzerella, parmesian, they even have slices that look like American cheese, but they are soy/ veggie. Soo good. Hope you try them. THey are worth it!|||Have you tried Veggie Slices? My husband is lactose intolerant, but he likes cheese. I can eat regular cheese, but need to watch my cholesterol. The product is ususally found in the produce department of regular grocery stores. It's a decent product if you like cheese but need to give it up.|||It really does depend on the stores in your area.
Many soy cheeses or almond cheeses and stuff like this still contain milk ingredients... such as casein or whey. Check the ingredients because most of the fake cheeses I have seen are not vegan.
By the way... Tofutti cream cheese is definitely a winner in my book :D mmm mmm|||how about some natural roots in the diet
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http://www.godairyfree.org/200802262299/鈥?/a>|||Dairy also has blood, pus, causes acne, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, etc. Worst of all it's cruelty towards animals.
I eat Toffutti cream cheese, cheese slices, sour cream. Their products are amazing.|||I recently tried VeganGormet at a food show and it ROCKED! I love that it melts so I can finally make a decent pizza. It is only on the web right now but I have asked my local grocer and have my fingers crossed. Here is the link:http://www.followyourheart.com/vegangour鈥?/a>
Good Luck!|||Many soy cheeses have a small amount of milk ingredients, so read labels carefully. My favorite brand is Tofutti, it comes in two flavors - American and Mozzerella, and is totallly vegan.|||Parma is good vegan Parmesan cheeze and Follow Your Heart has good vegan cheddar cheeze.
http://eatintheraw.com
http://www.followyourheart.com/vegangour鈥?/a>|||No I haven't been able to find anything in the market.I do have a certified dairy for raw milk close by and I make yogurt cheese,but when I become a full fledged VEGAN I will be cutting out milk.|||In Australia, it is called "Soycheese with chives" it is by a company called "Simply Better Foods". It tastes great and has amazing texture. It also has 37% of your calcium needs in one serve.|||It depends what country your in.
If your in Australia or the UK, then I suggest Cheezly. It takes great. The mozzeralla cheese is really good on pizza.
i don't know if they export Cheezly to the USA though...|||As a cheese-lover, no. There is no such thing as a good-tasting vegan cheese. I can tolerate soy cheese, but I can not say I enjoyed it. This is why I chose to be lacto-vegetarian.|||In the usa a store called Krogers/JayC has a brand called "Shred-Mate" I actually accidentally bought it once, before I was vegetarian and didnt even notice a difference in taste. It just doesnt melt as well as real cheese. :-)|||I've never found a good commercial brand- but I have made several dairy free cheeses with recipes from The Uncheese Cookbook by Jo Stepaniak. (available at Amazon)|||If your a vegan why are you trying to eat something that is similar to cheese? Vegans aren't suppose to eat anything from an animal, why pretend? Isn't that called fake? I got it, why don't you just eat what you want! If it is cheese you want then eat cheese! If you want something that tastes like cheese and is not; try eating a piece of lettuce, and then imagine it as a big block of American cheese. Eventually with this method you will be able to make food taste like whatever you want! Good Luck!|||Vegan "cheese substitute" would be almost as dumb as tofu that has been "formed,flaked & flavored" to resemble a steak!
If you white & are opposed to racism, would you be looking for someone who only LOOKED black that you could discriminate against so you weren't actually being a racist?
If you are a vegan, don't eat non-vegan foods!
Silly goose!
A friend of mine brought some over from the USA a few weeks ago, but I haven't been able to find any in any shops near me, does anyone know anywhere that produces it?
I know you can buy it online but I'd rather get it from a shop - I'm not at home much during the week so delivery would be a bit of an issue.
Where I live is quite remote but I travel a lot with my work, so buying it from most big cities wouldn't be a problem, anyone have any ideas?|||Tesco carries vegan "cheese" as I suspect so do most "chain" stores and supermarkets.|||You're wrong exsft; only Tesco superstores sell 1 type of Cheezly; most don't. Waitrose is the only other supermarket to sell it, again only larger stores. No chain store sells it apart from H&B, Shame the answers from Brits who knew the answer fell victim to the silly points games being played ... Report Abuse
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|||Tesco & Holland & Barrett do vegan cheese|||The type of cheese your friend brought from the US may not be one you can get in the UK.
Holland and Barrett sell Redwood Cheezly - there are several types, including melting ones and a soya-free one.
Larger branches of Tesco and Watrose sell Cheezly, but only the plain cheddar type.
And many independent health food shopes also sell Cheezly and other brands such as Scheese and Tofutti (also sold in H&B).
Pure also make a vegan cheese - I've only seen it in Waitrose. I find it disgusting, and haven't met a vegan yet who likes it.
Cheezly is by far the best|||Health food shops will tend to give you the most variety of choice, though many supermarkets have some as well. I don't buy it very often now, but, the one that I do like is Tofutti Garlic and Herb cream ''cheese''. I've only ever seen that in a health shop.|||Health food stores usually have a nice selection of vegan cheeses. Find one in your area; if they don't have what you want, they'll order it in for you.|||I know an amazing vegan cheese that I love, it is called cheezley and you can buy it in most health food shops and online at the redwoods whole food company.|||Holland and Barrett definitely sell vegan cheese, I've had it from there before :)
My addiction from my vegetarian phase is mac and cheese. I so desperatly want to find a good vegan alternative. I tried a couple recipes using nutrtional yeast which is DISGUSTING. I cannot find vegan cheese where I live, but I am willing to drive to a city about an hour a way if you can give me a good, simple recipe for mac and cheese and give me a clue as to what to use for a cheese substitute or if you are telling me to use a vegan cheese please give me a brand.
I enjoyed sharp cheddar mac as a vegetarian and it was just noodles and cheese, nothing fancy, does anyone have a good vegan recipe stand in?|||Okay, you take some macaroni and you add some cheese and heat it up and eat it. You don't need to worry about anything being vegan. Just eat the macaroni and cheese. Good luck!|||I haven't tried it as a mac and cheese but Sheese makes a good "cheddar". Also the mac n cheese recipe from Skinny ***** tasted pretty good when i had some at a potluck but is full of processed crap... but then again so is regular mac n cheese.
There is a general rule of thumb though that I have found to be true at least with myself, you should go about 6 months from not having any cheese to having vegan cheese because they do not really taste the same and if you immediately try another one than chances are you will be disappointed... I have seen exceptions to this but I know I was like this
My addiction from my vegetarian phase is mac and cheese. I so desperatly want to find a good vegan alternative. I tried a couple recipes using nutrtional yeast which is DISGUSTING. I cannot find vegan cheese where I live, but I am willing to drive to a city about an hour a way if you can give me a good, simple recipe for mac and cheese and give me a clue as to what to use for a cheese substitute or if you are telling me to use a vegan cheese please give me a brand.
I enjoyed sharp cheddar mac as a vegetarian and it was just noodles and cheese, nothing fancy, does anyone have a good vegan recipe stand in?|||I see vegan cheese in most grocery stores now a days. One tip for you though, avoid using soy milk in your mac and cheese, I've done that and it did not go over well at all. Try rice milk instead. Sorry I don't have a recipe, but I just felt i should share that tidbit about the soy milk|||Good luck with that. I think vegan cheese tastes like vomit! I stay away from it.|||Go to http://vegweb.com/index.php?action=searc鈥?/a> for vegan mac & cheeze recipes|||Vegan Gourmet makes good, melt-able vegan cheeses. Find out where it's sold here:
http://www.followyourheart.com/vegangour鈥?/a>
Macaroni and Four Cheeses
Serves 8
1 tablespoon refined coconut oil, melted, or safflower oil, plus more for the casserole dish
About 2 tablespoons fine sea salt
1 pound whole wheat or brown rice elbow macaroni
2 (10-ounce) packages frozen pureed winter squash
2 cups soy or rice milk
4 ounces vegan cheddar cheese, shredded
2 ounces vegan Jack cheese, shredded
4 ounces (about 1/2 cup) vegan cream cheese
1 1/2 teaspoons powdered mustard
1/8 teaspoons cayenne pepper
1/4 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
2 tablespoons vegan Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 375*F. Oil a 2-quart casserole dish; set aside.
In a 4- to 6-quart stockpot over high heat, combine 3 quarts of water with about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the salt. Bring the water to a boil, add the macaroni, and cook according to the package directions.
Meanwhile, in a 3- to 4-quart saucepan over medium heat, combine the squash and milk, stirring and breaking up the squash with a spoon until the squash is defrosted. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and whisk in the cheddar, Jack, cream cheese, mustard, cayenne, and the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of salt.
When the pasta is done, drain it, then return the pasta to the pot. Stir the cheese sauce into the macaroni. Transfer the entire mixture to the prepared baking pan.
In a medium bowl, combine the bread crumbs, Parmesan and the 1 tablespoon of oil. Sprinkle over the top of the macaroni and cheese. Place the casserole dish on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, then broil for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the top is nicely browned.
My addiction from my vegetarian phase is mac and cheese. I so desperatly want to find a good vegan alternative. I tried a couple recipes using nutrtional yeast which is DISGUSTING. I cannot find vegan cheese where I live, but I am willing to drive to a city about an hour a way if you can give me a good, simple recipe for mac and cheese and give me a clue as to what to use for a cheese substitute or if you are telling me to use a vegan cheese please give me a brand.
I enjoyed sharp cheddar mac as a vegetarian and it was just noodles and cheese, nothing fancy, does anyone have a good vegan recipe stand in?|||I would keep eating real cheese. There is no reason not to. Cheese tastes good and is a good source of complete protein. No animal has to die to give you cheese. Yes it is made with milk, but cows need to be milked or it is painful for them. I highly recommend you eat real cheese.|||Have you tried these?
http://www.recipezaar.com/The-Best-Vegan鈥?/a>
http://veganyumyum.com/2009/01/mac-cheez鈥?/a>
It's only been a week and I find myself on the toilet constantly (mostly gas). I don't mean to be crude, but hey, it's the truth. Well, it is so hard keeping a Vegan diet. Even when I buy meatless products I MUST read the ingredients on everything! For example, this evening I baked some Boca Chik'n Nuggets, and it said that it contains "less than 2% egg whites"! I can't even trust brand names. Even veggie dishes are made with real milk!! I tried Vegan cheese and gagged. :-(
But basically I would like to hear some of the daily staples you use to stay well fed. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I thank you and so do the many suffering animals of the world.|||Your body might be reacting that way because you're eating more fruits and vegetables and healthier foods, which your body has to get used to. Amazingly, many people that eat an unhealthy diet that rarely consists of plant sources find themselves taking meds so they feel better when eating their greens. Also, our bodies don't naturally digest animal products, which causes constipation. Just let your body get used to the change and believe me, your body will feel BETTER later on. Every vegetarian and vegan I've talked to has had these problems in the beginning and then it goes away.
As for vegan foods, this should help:
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/ (all vegan)
http://www.tofurky.com/products.htm
http://www.lightlife.com/turkey.html
http://www.lightlife.com/pepperoni.html
http://www.lightlife.com/ham.html
http://www.lightlife.com/bologna.html
http://www.lightlife.com/tempeh.html
http://www.lightlife.com/meatlessmeatbal鈥?/a>
http://www.lightlife.com/jumbo.html
http://www.lightlife.com/smart-bbq.html (love this stuff)
http://www.lightlife.com/smart-orangeses鈥?/a>
http://www.lightlife.com/smart-terichick鈥?/a>
http://www.gardenburger.com/eat-positive鈥?/a> (one of my favs)
http://www.gardenburger.com/eat-positive鈥?/a>
http://amyskitchen.com/
( ^ many vegan products as well as a really great vegan soy cheese pizza )
And the best ice cream ever:
http://purelydecadent.com/
http://tofutti.com/ (really great vegan cheese pizza as well)
Vegan restaurants in your state:
http://www.happycow.net/|||My staples:
Post Raisin Bran with Silk Light Vanilla soy milk
Hummus, tomato and alfalfa sprout wraps with some fruit and almonds
Organic Smuckers peanut butter topped with raisins in a pita pocket and some fruit
Rice and bean, lentil, or pasta dishes with lots of vegetables
(try www.vegweb.com for great recipes and meal ideas)
Organic Strums oatmeal and fruit
Whole wheat bread made at home
Edit: Please ignore untitled.jpg. He knows not of what he speaks.
"Anyway, why would anyone go vegan? Meat just has the most amazing flavor, and they contain most of the 8 required amino acids in their proteins."
So basically, he is eating meat to satisfy his taste buds. Soy and quinoa contain all the essential amino acids.
"If you care so much about animals suffering, I really don't think that is a good idea.If you care about saving lifes so much, you shouldn't do anything when you are sick because that would kill millions of microorganisms. They are going to die on their own anyways, so why not make them sooner and let their body serve a purpose? And plus, a life of an animal is not nearly worth as much as a human life."
So, with untitled.jpg's logic, why not just kill a few humans? They are animals too and are going to die anyway.
Back to the question. I know, it is annoying reading labels, but you should really try to eat unprocessed foods. It is much, much healthier for you.
Good luck!|||hmm yes i don't like the vegan cheeses i've tried either..
what do i eat on a daily basis? I use all of these ingredients every day ( i eat basically the same thing every day):
fruit and vegetables of all kinds, nuts, peanut butter, tortillas, guacamole, all types of beans, iced tea, almond milk, herbs, salsa,olive oil. :]
if you want frozen foods try the brand called amy's. they make it very clear which of their entrees are vegan and which are vegetarian. only thing is, do NOT buy any of their vegan soups that have noodles. ickkkk|||Congrats on switching to a vegan lifestyle! In the beginning its hard and frustrating, I know, but after a while you'll get used to it. Try shopping at your local health food store, they'll have alot more vegan options. Most things that are vegan say so right on the packaging, which is alot easier to read than a huge list of ingredients! You might want to pick out what brands are vegan-friendly and which aren't before you go shopping, so you're not overwhelmed by all the food in the store. I like boca burgers (they have a kind that is vegan), Yves hot-dogs, silk soy milk, and Amy's frozen entrees. The rest of my food is just staples that I put together, like whole wheat bread (I use Ezekiel), peanut butter, fruits, veggies, nuts, and stuff like that. Some good websites for you to visit are vegcooking.com, peta.org, and peta2.com (they have message boards with a ton of stuff about what you can and cant eat).
Good luck!!|||It will probably go away a bit after a while.
Ive found that if I'm going to eat anything like beans, legumes and mushrooms, i just have some toast as well, seems to sorta rounds things of pretty good.
as for staples, for big dinner type meals, spaghetti and curry are pretty good if you load them up with all sorts of vegetables and legumes.
during the day i mostly just eat mixed leafy greens, chillies and some salad dressing for a meal.
pretty much eat nuts, seeds and fruit most of the day in between stuff.
veggie burgers are pretty good for a main meal too.|||i mostly eat fresh produce now.. my body and chemistry in processed vegan foods just doesn't agree with me any more.. too many times i ran into animal product in supposively vegan friendly foods...
so thus i just went back to basics... fresh veggies.. fresh fruits... beans, (legumes) potatoes (tubers) all the green leafy veggies... spices that are fresh.. herbs that are freshly cut... things like that..
even edible flowers.. all fresh.. not frozen... (risky, been blanced.. minerals all gone) no canned stuff (salt, additives, no minerals, all cooked out vitamins... lacks any flavor... slimey and risky... )
no boxed stuff.... too many additives..
i've not had a problem since.. no it's not boring i find what i eat if more flavorful than what i used to eat ages ago when that crap used to give me headaches, gerd, heartburn, constipation.. so on.
my health is doing way better.. (not perfect i have inherited issues) no longer suffering digestional garbage.. haven't been constipated in a real long time...
many benefits... i don't miss any of the stuff i thought i liked.. sometimes my friends ask me to try what i used to like and wow.. what i once thought was delicious... actually tastes like poison to me, no flavor, very acidic, very chemically tasting and bitter. (then i get heart burn real bad) so thus i maintain my fresh produce diet... no regrets..
no dairy for me either.. no eggs.. (that alone gave me some bad issues... real bad problems.) cutting that out i don't have the hypertension i once had... my cholesterol is not a issue to be attended to with drugs... so on.
no more burning sensations in my throat all the time.
much happier.. i also feel very light.. very fluid in a way... it's hard to explain i'm not weighed down... my body feels 'free' i guess is the word.
my skin had great color! i tan well.. i never could tan before.. no more zits.. no more weird oily patches then suddenly dry spots on my skin... no more aches and pains all the time... no more clicky sounds in my jaw or ears...
no more restless leg syndrom.. that was annoying for a long time when i was young.. (didn't have a name for it back then, just creepy legs they called it)
so on... i could go on for a while yet about how i'm happier but i think you've got the point.
:D|||We use all whole grain staples to make everything we need. We don't buy those fake meats because a.) I never liked the real thing, why would I try the fake, and b.) they are so heavily processed in order to make them similar, it defeats the purpose of becoming healthier. Thats said, my children do on the rare occasion of huge gathering eat veggie dogs (our burgers are bean based, made at home...unless I'm in a rush and forget). I still haven't tried seitan (not processed when made at home), but am not sure if I am going to either. We do lots of oatmeal, stone ground whole wheat flour (to make everything), whole wheat pastry flour (for everything else, like certain cookies and pancakes), lots of fresh fruits and veggies, "milks" change with our taste buds, so if my daughter is really into almonds one week, we buy almond milk, or I'm getting sick of soy milk, we go for hazlenut, or hemp seed. We only buy the fake cheeses for specialties items (because of it being both heavily processed and pricey..plus taste is a factor for me, while my kids don't know any different) like homemade pizza (stone ground whole wheat flour), or enchiladas. We also do lots of beans, brown and wild rice, quinoa, whole wheat couscous, whole wheat/ other grained (but never white) pastas. Spaghetti sauce, tomatoe sauce, diced tomatoes, salsa, sundried tomatoes, lots of seeds and nuts. Variety of butters, like peanut, almond, sunflower, etc... As for reading all labels, it gets easier over time that you know the terms to look for and you can just scan it fast. It also helps when you stick to low processed foods so that there are maybe 5 ingredients. Also, for sake of health whether vegan or not, if you can't pronounce an ingredient, don't eat it!! And avoid anything with hydrogenated/ partially hydrogenaated oils (not animal derived, but so bad for you as it is main made...aka trans fats, but if the amount per serving is less than .5 grams, it can say no trans fats, but still contain hydrogenated oils...read ingredient labels, nutrition labels). My husband who didn't care much in the beginning as he still eats meat, has gotten the hang of it that he no longer asks me to double check!!|||I wouldn't rely so heavily on frozen foods aimed at veg people. They are ridiculously overpriced and aren't that great a lot of the time. Your best route is to start cooking. The sooner the better because it will take some time to develop some skill. If you learn to make everything from scratch, you will know everything that goes into your food and you have more control over how much fat goes into it.
Just to clear things up, the vegetarian/vegan diet is not composed of salads, vegetables, fruit and fake meat. Fruits and vegetables are always important but they DO NOT make up the largest portion of any healthy diet.
A balanced plant-based diet includes grains(breads, pasta, rice,cereal), legumes(soy, beans, peas, lentils), fruit and vegetables.
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/f鈥?/a>
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/
http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/ea鈥?/a>
Being vegan can be an art, one whose challenge is to take things that involve the suffering of the innocent and change them into something free of cruelty.
I'm vegan and these are some of my favorite things to eat:
Breakfast: bananas, cream of wheat with brown sugar and soy butter, cereal, pancakes or french toast with real maple syrup, vegan "sausage" patties, smoothies.
Snack: BRUSSEL SPROUTS =) no joke
Lunch: vegan "sausage" sandwiches, sandwiches with vegan deli slices(Tofurkey is the only one that's kinda funky), fruit, dinner leftovers, couscous salad, vegan sushi, potato or pasta salad.
Dinner: sloppy joes, "sausage" and gravy with homemade biscuits, Spaghetti and Trader Joe's "meatballs" or TVP, lasagna, Thai pad see ew, pad khi mao(drunkard's noodles), pad prig king, tofu+eggplant with basil sauce, yellow thai curry with tofu or vegan chikn and veggies and jasmine rice, Indian dal with homemade roti or dosai, channa masala, aloo gobi, vegetable or minestrone soup, pizza, STEAMED "PORK" BUNS with potstickers or spring rolls, sweet&sour/orange/lemon chikn, vegan pho or wonton soup, baked tofu, BBQ homemade seitan (tastes like BBQ'd ribs), kabobs
I use these sites to find recipes:
http://www.foodnetwork.com
http://vegweb.com
http://www.recipezaar.com
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That is great that you want to become vegan. My biggest word of advice is to study a balanced vegan diet and learn how to cook/prepare everything that you will need to keep yourself satisfied BEFORE you start to label yourself as vegan. This is important in keeping yourself healthy and working towards a fit body that can redefine vegan stereotypes.
Your journey as vegetarian was just the beginning of a longer one to a plant-based diet with no animal products. This should be due to the reality of factory farming in which animals that are kept alive to produce milk, eggs, etc suffer much more and longer than animals that are raised to a certain weight and then slaughtered.http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/
http://meat.org
Some people use the word "vegan" in reference to this idea, but be aware that applying that label to yourself should always come with the inclusion of wise activism and advocacy.http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/in鈥?/a>
Two extremely important examples of this are that you should never speak to someone about vegetarianism/veganism without their consent and genuine interest or as a comment on what they are eating AND your dietary beliefs should never be used as an introduction or explanation of who you are as a person. Veg*ism should be something that comes up AFTER people get to know you and they offer you a situation that makes it confusing to withhold the information/discussion. Also, if you are presented something that you choose not to eat or you are
ordering food/eating together somewhere/picking the best place to eat.
A responsible vegan ALWAYS studies the subject of their own health and how to keep their body completely provided for in every sense. http://www.veganhealth.org/sh
To neglect their body is to define a plant-based diet as unhealthy and is the opposite of helping the animals.
When you you hold off on the subject until it's necessary and then act like it isn't a big deal at all, people are usually surprised and WAY more interested and curious than if you were to bring it up when someone's eating or just using it as a conversation starter.
A balanced plant-based diet includes grains(breads, pasta, rice,cereal), legumes(soy, beans, peas, lentils), fruit and vegetables.
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/f鈥?/a>
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/
http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/ea鈥?/a>
Being vegan can be an art, one whose challenge is to take things that involve the suffering of the innocent and change them into something free of cruelty.
A vegan woman can create an ENTIRELY NEW,HEALTHY HUMAN BEING INSIDE OF HER. Many of these children stay vegan and grow up to be perfectly healthy adults. So just keep yourself educated about what you eat and don't let anyone tell you that a veg diet is lacking anything essential.
Technically the term "vegetarian" does imply that you don't consume anything that comes from the body of an animal that requires killing it. Many ingredients such as gelatin and glycerin are found in many candies, Fig-Newtons, and many of other foods as well as rennet found in many cheeses.
http://www.happycow.net/health-animal-in鈥?/a>
The best thing to remember is to take your time so that for example: when you are comfortable not eating whey and casein you can then give up sodium stearoyl lactylate and L-cysteine when you are sure you can make the commitment permanently.
Depending on your age or reliance on parents or regional options, it may not be best to give yourself a label. The important thing is to do your best to make progress and be committed to your compassion towards animals. Never put your focus onto what you or other people use to describe yourself.
If you meet someone that talks down to people for eating meat, dairy, etc or to you because they think they are "more veg" than you, laugh in their face and tell them they are a disgrace to the entire philosophy. People like this only hurt the idea of veg*ism AND the animals. The point of all of this is to live compassionately and and as free from cruelty as you can, all the while maintaining your health and a positive attitude. People who don't maintain either, need not open their mouths and represent our beliefs.
If you actually choose to read all of this, I hope it helps. If not, feel free to e-mail me if you have questions.|||Watch Fast food nation, the blood of raw cow skin dripping into your milk and the baby chicks being murdered and you'll understand.
Animals are pumped with chemicals. Our government is trying to kill us. Stop eating meat!!
Other countries don't do this to their citizens!!!! We must revolt!|||I have not made the switch so I am not in any shape to help. I just want to say I think it is wonderful that you did. When I had my baby, it seemed to saddest thing in the world to feed him animals. Such a cruel cycle. I have heard my cousins who follow the diet say gas at first is common. My cousin who has been one since 17 said try some ginger ale and that will help greatly. GOOD luck and I am proud of your choice. As the family cook, I cut our meat intake greatly and I wish that my husband and children would change their thinking so we did not eat it at all. Even hostess products contain beef fat. Yuck.|||I'm not a vegan or a vegetarian, but I just wanted to say something. The human stomach is not ment to digest only vegetables. We don't have 4 stoumachs like cows do. Being vegan is hard, and you must read every thing carefully, and the replacement tastes horrible. Vegetables are harder to digest, because human digestive track can't do with the diatary fibers (That's what 4 stomachs are for!), and when they come to the intestines, the bacteria partial breaks down and cause gas. in other wirds, more gas, less digested.
Anyway, why would anyone go vegan? Meat just has the most amazing flavor, and they contain most of the 8 required amino acids in their proteins. Vegan diet got most of the protein and fat from beans, and it is a well known fact that beans gave you gas.
If you care so much about animals suffering, I really don't think that is a good idea.If you care about saving lifes so much, you shouldn't do anything when you are sick because that would kill millions of microorganisms. They are going to die on their own anyways, so why not make them sooner and let their body serve a purpose? And plus, a life of an animal is not nearly worth as much as a human life. Suffer from malnutrition just to savce some animals are not worth it.
Scientificly speaking, the most intellegent animals on this earth are ether carnivores(dolphins) or omnivores( most primates).
A few million years ago, the primate line of evolution splitted in to two branch, one herbivore,one omnivore. The herbivore line extincted, and the omnivore line evolved in to humans today. If you want stay helthy , get a balanced diet, no junk food, eat mostly lean and white meat,and exercise. Vegan is just not the way to go.|||You suck B*TCH!
Eat meat and love life! It is God's gift! Animals are inferior and stupid beings! It is an honor for them to be eaten by higher beings like us!|||Hey it's not crude. If you are "going vegan" be prepared to be farty and concerned with bowel movements. Welcome to reality!
Your body may adjust, but mostly you will be obsessed with gas and bowel issues. Discussing them constitutes a good portion of vegan discussions and social life. As for reading labels. You will be doing so the rest of your life and your mind will become so freaked and paranoid you will be unsuited to live among somewhat normal people.
Try vegetarianism. Vegans are nothing but vegetarians with their brains knocked out.
OH and I agree with you about "vegan cheese". I blew chunks with a group of vegans when some slipped down my throat before I could spit it out. GAWD it is HORRIBLE!!! Sorry to hear you had that experience, I can still taste it backing up in my pipes....EWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
What kind of vegan cheese should I use for this. I hate the Rice brand of vegan slices. Would Tofutti slices work or Follow your heart? Also how would I cook it oven, stove, etc? Thanks in advance!!|||toffuti slices are good, do it stove top, put margarine on the outside of your bread put it on a pan that's on medium heat, flip it after a while you know like when its golden brown, just make sure that the margarine is all veggie oil some of them contain a little dairy,|||Never been game to try vegan cheese.... why not try good old hummous? Or bruschetta? dice a bit of tomato, onion, parsley - mix with olive oil, smother over bread and grill. Yum!|||I make a yummy sandwich with cauliflower puree-not quite grilled cheese, but has a nice consistency and works well done on a panani grill or skillet. I don't like the fake cheeses-too much artificial garbage in them.|||You could try nutritional yeast flakes (NOT brewers yeast) It has a nice cheesy flavor and you can use it to make cheesy tasting sauces. That's what I make my grilled cheeses out of. You can find it in health food stores. Its a bit pricey, but it lasts a while and is full of vitamins and minerals. There are a ton of recipes for it.
where can i get it? and is it any good? im used to Dayia but they dont sell it here :/|||Online! Look it up, there are so many brands nowadays, I'm sure at least one of them either does overseas shipping, or is actually based in Germany :)|||As a german descendant, please get out of the Fatherland.
It's a sacrilige to be in Germany and not eat Brautwurst
I bought a bag each of cheddar and mozzarella shredded Daiya vegan cheese, just because I love it and I found it at Whole Foods.
You have to use it within a week of opening, so I'm thinking of doing a cheese week. Can someone just give me a list of all the ways you would use shredded cheese (without meat)?|||Nachos, pizza, lasagna, in a tossed salad, or in Mexican food.|||Make tacos with Soy-Rizo
Make nachos with crumbled tempeh, said cheese, guacamole, salsa, jalapenos, black beans
Just don't expect it to melt correctly. Even if it says 'it melts!', trust me, it doesn't|||Quesadillas - a flour tortilla which you can sprinkle with the cheese and top with jalapeno slices.
Some people like it over baked potatoes.
Sprinkle over salad.|||enchiladas, burritos, quesadilla , grilled cheese, baked potatos with cheese bacon sour cream,etc
I found one online, fat free vegan or something like that, but I don't really think it looks that great. If someone just has any ideas they'd like to share, that'd be helpful.
Oh, also, I'm not a fan of vegan cheese.|||http://vegweb.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=31鈥?/a>
There you go. Take your pick :)|||Mexican Lasagna (or Enchilada Casserole)
1/2 large green bell pepper, chopped
1/2 large red bell pepper, chopped
1/2 jalape帽o pepper, finely chopped (optional)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, chopped
corn tortillas--at least 12
3 cups (28 ounces) beans
2 medium tomatoes, diced
1 tsp. chili powder, divided
1/2 tsp. cumin, divided
3 cups black beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup salsa
1 can enchilada sauce (or 1 1/2 cups homemade)
sliced black olives
Preheat oven to 375 F.
In a non-stick pan with a little water (1 tbsp.), saut茅 the peppers, garlic, and onion for about 3 minutes, or until softened. Set aside.
Spray a 9 X 13-inch baking pan with non-stick spray. Line the bottom with a layer of tortillas (you may cut some of them to fit). Make sure you cover the entire bottom of the pan.
Stir the beans and spread half of them evenly over the tortillas. Cover the refried beans with half of the pepper-onion mixture and half of the tomatoes; sprinkle with half of the seasonings and half of the black beans.
Add another layer of tortillas and repeat the layers of the other ingredients. Spread the cup of salsa over the final layer of black beans. Cover with a final layer of tortillas, pour the enchilada sauce over the top, and sprinkle with black olives. Cover and bake for about 30 minutes or until hot throughout. It will be easier to cut if you allow it to cool for about 10 minutes before serving.
Note: Fresh corn is a great addition to this. I use about 2 cups of uncooked (or frozen) corn and add it as one more layer. You may need a deeper pan, though|||You could make a mock cheese sauce with nutritional yeast-its loaded with B vitamins and iron. That might make it a bit more zippy.|||i dunno but it sounds kinda good. try bettycrocker.com
good luck!|||cram more of your crap cheese in it
My best friend's favorite food is cheese and onion pie (he's british). The problem is that he recently became a vegan, and really misses it. I want to surprise him one night with this, but I can't find any recipes for a vegan cheese and onion pie.
If you have a recipe that would make my day! Thanks!|||You can make a grain or rice crust, by cooking rice, kasha (buckwheat groats) or barley and then adding a flour like potato, rice or chickpea, a bit of oil and pressing it like pie dough into a case, baking it "blind" for 10-15 minutes at 175 d C or gas mark 3, the filling, saute some white onions to a limp level in oil, do not brown, add some plain flour and a veggie stock to make a onion bechemel, season to taste with salt, white pepper, nutmeg and a bit garlic, as for the cheese, I am a former chef from Canada, and have many chef mates in the UK and travel there often, most of the major shops sell a vegan cheese product, add some to the sauce, grated, and when you pour the mix into the case top with more vegan cheese and then bake again at 175 d C or 350 d F,Gas mark 3 for 25-30 minutes, let it cool for 5 minutes before cutting it to serve, a plain salad with oil and vinegar is nice, even steamed veg for a side is nice, you can do the same with asparagus, mushrooms even carrots for a different take on it.|||I agree with the unknown chef!
?|||vegan chees is horrible, its not really cheese. its vegetables processed to look like cheese slices. taste nothing like cheese.|||follow your heart mozzarella and monterey jack are good
sheese is the best vegan cheese
http://www.veganstore.com/sheese-vegan-c鈥?/a>|||I don't really like the soy kind, but the almond kind is delish.|||hey!
my friend is vegan dammit! he thinks our cheese is weird, i truthfully don't think itz that bad.|||Just asked my vegan friend and she said
'Not good on its own, but good in food when its part of a more complex recipe'
Hope this helps :D|||No, it tastes sort of the same but it is lumpy, probably just because it was organic.|||Yes, but it depends on the brand...and everyone likes different brands, so your going to have to try out a few before you find one you like.|||I do not know it, but there are meals that are similar to the real ones.|||depends on what kinda vegan cheese ive chilled with some vegans and some of the food sucks and some is good it all depends on what type and stuff like that|||meh, its edible. i find that trader joe's brand vegan cheeses are pretty good. you have to try the different brands to see what you like. they will be good, but they will still taste way different than normal cheese.
oh and they don't melt like normal cheese either :)|||No, how could it possibly taste like real cheese?|||Well I have a couple of recipes to make vegan cheese which are very good... one makes a 'brie' type of cheese, one makes a yellow cheese which is good for slicing to put on sandwiches etc.... and then theres one for 'cheese/sauce' like you would put over your tortilla chips etc...
They are very good.
Better then any Ive bought.
So if you want good vegan 'cheese' make it yourself....very good!!!|||probably not...|||cant be cheese is like 100 % milk and soy really aint that good|||theres no such things, stop it!! youre a human not a cow!!! eat your food the way youre supposed to 1!!! the human body gets deprived so bad just because you want to save an animal??? youre not contributing to society except looking sickly. no offense. i speak the truth
Different Kroger locations sell different products. However, all the Krogers I have seen do stock vegan cheese. Be warned, though: read the label to see if it contains casein, a protein derived from milk. I know one brand Kroger sells does contain casein, which kinda defeats the purpose...
Either way, happy shopping!
EDIT: Ribbi, my Kroger does not sell Daiya yet,you lucky dog!|||It depends on the store, but probably not.|||All the Krogers in my area carry at least one brand of vegan "cheese," but you may have to ask an employee if you can't find it at your local store.|||Not mine. :(
Mine might have some soy milk, marked down because no one ever buys it but me.
But that's about it.|||My Kroger sells Daiya.
Daiya is great. It melts like a champ and tastes pretty good. Sheese is good for a cheese and crackers type thing however I rarely if ever buy it because I don't really need something all the way from scotland (however "if it isn't scottish IT'S CRAAAAP" LOL...old SNL line sorry)
Don't listen too the classic troll (I am not a troll but everything you do is wrong) Daiya is a great alternative and even if it wasn't you shouldn't exploit somebody just because you enjoy something. A persyn like that probably wouldn't be saying the same thing for a child abuser so why say the same thing for a cow abuser?
Follow Your Heart is semi decent but nothing great. Though a few old school vegans who have been around a while still really like the stuff.
Teese is ok, it was sort of like Daiya before Daiya came out. It was exciting and pretty decent though if I were going with a vegan cheese Daiya would win hands down.|||Sorry, this is coming from someone who has been vegan for three years and no I'm NOT a troll but there is NO such thing as good vegan cheese. Have you ever tasted real cheese? I have. Vegan cheese does not compare to the taste of real cheese. there are way better other vegan options that are delicious. don't waste your time on finding vegan cheese. even most imitation meats suck.
that's why a lot of people don't wanna GO vegan because they taste the vegan cheese and the vegan burger patty and almost throw up. they think that's what vegans are forced to eat. these are NOT yummy vegan options!!! have you ever been to a vegetarian indian restaurant or chinese restaurant? now THAT'S vegan heaven.|||I'm not really a fan of vegan cheese. I've tried a couple different brands, "Follow Your Heart" and the vegan slices from Galaxy Foods. I thought they were both pretty gross. But I do love this one kind of vegan mac and cheese called "Mac and Chreese". It actually has a really nice flavour and creamy texture.|||Tees and Daiya are amazing! They're the closest to real cheese as it gets. Tofutti is horrible, it has the most nauseating texture and aftertaste. Follow Your Heart has some alright cheeses, nothing special. Vegan brand is also alright.|||there is good vegan cheese and imitation meats. i like tofutti cream cheese and also tofutti american cheese slices, but they are only good if you melt them.|||Teese
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Haven't tried Daiya yet. I'll have to get my hands on it since everyone says such great things about it.
I'm a lacto-vegetarian now should I feel like a quitter? For the most part I still eat vegan but I do allow myself some real cheese because vegan cheese is expensive and tastes horrible.I also don't like worrying about milk derivatives in my food.|||You're still doing better than the standard western diet - don't beat yourself up over it.|||i think that being a vegetarian helps the aimals alot and you shouldnt feel bad if you cant make it as a vegan but you should if you cant make it as a vegetarian cause that is easy|||You're not a failure... transition to a total Vegan diet is difficult!
I am in the same boat. Just substitute free range, organic dairy and at least it's something. Most people just shove meat down their throat without conscience... even though the media informs us of the abuse and disease in these commercial farms every day.
Give yourself a pat on the back and do the free range, organic thing. It's not Vegan and it's a bit more expensive than commercial but it's still a compassionate choice.|||You're human, so you're prone to lapses. Besides, if the only animal-based food you have is cows' milk cheese, you are doing better than 97 percent of the people out there. I was never a cheese fan--I only miss it on pizza--so that wasn't hard for me to give up.|||It's up to you. How do you feel about contributing to the dairy industry? If you don't want to contribute, you don't eat anything containing dairy or dairy-derivatives.|||you should feel like no more of a quitter than a recovering heroin junkie
lets see if we can get some ham or steak thrown in there
I am going to go vegan. I am going to whole foods on saturday to buy vegan cheese and whatnot. Can you recommend some brands for me? Ones you have seen at whole foods? Thanks.|||Vegan Gourmet Follow Your Heart Cheese is vegan.
Gardenburger has some vegan items.
Amy's has vegan items; in fact, the vegan items are clearly marked at the beginning of the ingredients list, or you can go to her website and see what's vegan.
Yves, Lightlife, and Tofurkey have a pretty good vegan selection.
I adore Purely Decadent soy ice creams, but if you like coconut, they also have coconut milk ice cream.
Whole Foods has its own store brand of soy milk and rice milk in the aseptic containers.
Imagine Foods and Pacific Foods both have vegan broths for making soups and other recipes.
That's all I can think of now--you're going to have to do some label-reading.|||i didn't know they sold VEGAN food. i haven't been there in a while. BUT... FORSURE if you have a TRADER JOE'S by you they HAVE A LOT of VEGAN FOOD! :] from chesses, soy meats(they smell like real meat), cookies and much moreeee! (:
GOOD LUCK! :D
|||Morning star farms and garden burger brand veggie ribs are good. I go to trader joes and whole foods and both have vegan stuff
I tried vegan cheese the other day, and the stuff by itself is just AWFUL! Is there another way to eat it so that it's more enjoyable?|||I have had the same reaction! The advice given to me by my vegan friend was to just cut out cheese altogether until my taste buds had a chance to change. She said the vegan cheese is the hardest substitute to adjust to.
The recipe I used it in was this:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=20516.鈥?/a>
it was really good!!
|||Vegan cheese tends to not melt in a normal fashion. About the only way we could stand it was, say, melted over a veggie burger at the last minute, under the broiler.
http://daiyafoods.com/
I hear it's quite good. What are your experiences, if any? :)|||I've tried it once at a whole foods. It tastes much like the others maybe a little more nutty. FYH is still my fav.|||It's the best cheese ever! A bit gummy but at least it's not watery like fyh! Report Abuse
|||I really don't get why some Vegans and Vegetarians are always looking for a mock-meat, mock-cheese, etc. Once in awhile I guess they're good, but that stuff isn't real, whole food.|||If it is vegan, it is not cheese. If it is cheese, it is not vegan.|||not yet..
Friday, February 17, 2012
None of the supermarkets near me do :(|||Yes they do.
Tesco (in larger branches) and Waitrose do too, although they only seem to stock Cheezly Cheddar.
If you can't find any, you can order Cheezly (as well as all their other nice stuff) direct from Redwood Foods. Only trouble is you have to stay in all day, they won't give a time, even am or pm.
http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/|||all the h&b i have been to recently do. soft cheeses and redwood hard cheeses incl melting mozzarella style. if your H&B is a distance, give them a call first to check as sometimes their stock levels run a little low|||Yes, the one near us stocks Cheezly and Tofutti.
I'm a vegetarian but I don't eat eggs unless it's been cooked into something like cakes or muffins, I don't drink milk cause it makes be break-out, cheese is a different story but I'd like to cut that out if I could find a great substitute for it. Also I'd need to order it online since I am not close to any health foog stores. Thanks|||I agree with the person who said try the Follow Your Heart products.
I have had the Follow Your Heart mozzarella and it was really good. It comes in a block and I grated it up on pizza or lasagna. I even like to eat it uncooked.
I haven't had much luck with sliced vegan cheeses, though. They taste like plastic.|||cheezly
http://www.veganessentials.com/|||Try follow your heart products. |||I tried cheezly for the first time yesterday!
I liked it, although I tried just a slice on its own and found the soy flavour a bit overpowering. But then when I added it to my food I found it tasted a lot more like dairy cheese! Just don't expect great things and you won't be disappointed.
I don't know where you can order cheezly sorry.|||oh god just eat CHEESE!!!!!!
Ok, I have a slight problem. I'm lactose intolerant, but I love cheese. I would be quite happy with soy cheese, but I can't eat soy protein as it just comes straight back up again.
There's the option of Rice cheese (which looks really awful) but it has Casein in it, which is a milk protein. I need to know whether Casein contains lactose or not, because if it doesn't, I can eat Rice cheese. If it does, I'm back to square one, unless anyone can recommend non dairy, non soy cheese?
Thanks|||I answered a similar question a few days ago, I am going to cut and paste my previous answer for you, edited for your needs. Be sure to try these in small amounts at first. My sister is lactose intolerant, and she has been able to eat several cheeses in this group:
Lactose is not contained in the fat of the milk, but in the whey. Lactose intolerance is caused by some people's inability to produce the enzyme lactase. Lactase is naturally occurring in unpasteurized milk. Pastuerization removes the natural lactase and can make it difficult to digest any pastuerized cheese products.
Some ideas for lactose intolerant cheese lovers:
Hard aged cheeses have more whey removed during the cheesemaking process. Most of the lactose is contained in the whey, so while lactose will be present, but in much smaller amounts.
Goat cheeses are an excellent alternative if you want a softer cheese, goat milk contains much less lactose than cow's milk. Hard aged goat milk cheeses, even better since most of the whey is removed.
Yogurt cheeses are a good alternative as well since the bacteria help aid digestion, which is why many people who have lactose intolerance can still eat yogurt. There are several brands of good yogurt cheese on the market, or you can make your own quite easily.
Raw milk cheeses are good to try in small quantities as well. However, if you are in the US, raw milk cheeses imported into the US must be aged for at least 60 days (to limit listeria contamination). There are many raw milk cheeses available in the US, most of which will be of the more aged variety. These will still contain the vitally important lactase that many people do not produce naturally.|||Best to avoid these products if you are lactose intolerant or have a milk allergy.
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Butter oil
Caseinates
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Hydrolysed Casein
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Cheese
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Lactose
Margarine
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Sour milk solids|||http://www.smartbalance.com/CheeseFamily鈥?/a>
Go here... they have non-dairy, non-soy cheese|||Casein is a form of dairy. As for having lactose, am honestly not sure. Follow Your Heart cheese is casein free and personally I find it quite tasty - especially when melted. It melts best in the oven using the broiler.|||Rice cheese is strange :) I'm sorry to say...
I have seen lactose free products with casein, so it should be alright for you to eat.
here is a link.
and how?|||Yes. Mostly homemade recipes are nut-based.
http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2010/08/c鈥?/a> Haven't made this one, but it's on my to-do list.
http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2010/08/v鈥?/a> Made this a while ago. Not bad.|||You can make a melty vegan "cheese" sauce (like Nacho cheese sauce) using Nutritional Yeast. Nutritional Yeast is very high in protein and B-complex vitamins, including B-12.
This can be used for Nachos, Vegan "Cheese" Dips, Vegan Mac and "Cheese", Lasagna, and Vegan Pizza, for instance.
It is a lot cheaper than buying Vegan Cheese substitutes as well. Probably healthier as well (depending on the recipe you eventually use!)|||Yes, and there are several recipes available online. Most of them involve cashews. The ones with a similar consistency involve "Irish Moss" - a form of seaweed that's a little hard to find. You can get a good cheesy taste to stir into risotto's and such by mixing soy cooking cream with nutritional yeast flakes. The easiest option is to just buy vegan cheese already made!|||You can make it if you want, but they do have brands of vegan cheese.|||Nope,,,,,,|||Its called Tofu, you can buy it at any local grocery store.
What is your favorite vegan cheese sauce (like nutritional yeast type) recipe and your favorite vegan cheese brand.|||I don't buy vegan cheeses because I haven't found one I like, BUT, this homemade "cheesy" sauce is a favorite in my apartment (I got this from "La Dolce Vegan" by Sarah Kramer):
Wolffie's Nutritional Yeast "Cheese" Sauce:
1/2 cup Nutr. Yeast flakes
2 tbsp. unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup water
2 tsp. oil (I always use olive oil, but others will do fine)
1-1/2 tsp. prepared mustard (the squeeze bottle kind)
1-1/2 tsp. tamari or soy sauce
In a small saucepan, whisk all ingredients together. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat. Simmer for 2-4 minutes stirring constantly. Makes approximately 1-1/2 cups.|||I agree with veggie-wedgie, the Cheezy Sauce from Veganomicon is AWESOME. If you don't own Veganomicon, go out right now and purchase it ASAP. Every recipe I have tried from there has been great. I highly recommend this cookbook to any vegan or vegetarian (well, to anyone really, but especially veg*ns). (Also, I highly recommend Isa Chandra's other two cookbooks: Vegan with a Vengeance and Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. The recipes are every bit as awesome, but Veganomicon is just so HUGE and comprehensive that I'd have to recommend it over the other two.)
My favorite brand of vegan cheese is Follow Your Heart. It's not quite like the real thing, but it's very good. (And it melts, which is a big plus!)|||The cheezy sauce from Veganomicon is fresking awesome.
You can find a recipe on theppk.com/recipes
Hi everybody! I am a vegetarian at the moment trying to make the transfer to vegan.
Ive just this second tried soya milk for the first time and was pleasantly suprised! What is the difference between sweetened and unsweetened? Is there anything I should know when using soya milk?
I currently get my eggs from a family friend who treats her chickens very well and won't be going to slaughter.
But my next big milestone is cheese..... I LOVE cheese! Is there a vegan cheese?
Thanks everyone!|||Redwood's Cheezly is probably the best - there are several different kinds, including melting ones.
They're available at Holland & Barrett, in many health food shops, and in some supermarkets (Tesco and Waitrose), though supermarkets usually only sell Cheddar.
This is their whole range: http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/products/c鈥?/a>
You can also get Toffuti cheese slices. Tofutti's Better than Cream Cheese is wonderful. These are also sold in H&B.
Some Supermarkets now sell Pure - slices and a cream cheese; personally I find these next to inedible|||I'd use sweetened soya milk for cereal or drinking. I'd use unsweetened in cooking or in tea/coffee.
Soy milk can curdle if you put it in coffee. There are ways you can get around this, such as heating the milk or steaming it.
There are vegan cheeses, but I'm not a big fan, personally. If you live in the US there's Daiya cheese I've heard good things about. In the UK there's Pure (slices and spreadable), Sheeze and Cheezly.
I don't know if you intend to give up eggs or not, but eggs are not vegan no matter where you get them from. You should know that there is always cruelty in the equation - wherever your friend gets her chicks from, the males with still be killed.|||This is so exciting because now I can finally offer a great alternative to new vegans: Daiya cheese!
It is sold at Whole Foods now, and it is excellent (especially when melted). Check it out: http://www.daiyafoods.com/products/index鈥?/a>
If you can't find it, Follow Your Heart cheese is decent when melted, but not great.
About non-dairy milks:
- Try almond and hemp milks. They don't have the same aftertaste as soya milk does.
- Unsweetened v. sweetened is purely a taste preference. Also, for cooking, use unsweetened.
- One thing to be cautious about soya milk is the soy content -- soy is good only in moderation. So, if you have tofu or tempeh for dinner, try some almond milk instead.
here's a link about soy: http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxificati鈥?/a> http://www.healthyfellow.com/218/the-tru鈥?/a>|||congrats on trying to go vegan! there are ton of vegan cheeses some better than others. Daiya which is usually found in packages near pizza sections is the best i have found, you can also order it in bulk online, just google it. I tried the rice dream vegan cheese and it was horrible so don't waste your money on that! Also, Amy's frozen meals has a vegan mac and cheese which is yummy and i usually add some greens (basil, parsley, cilantro, spinach) to give it more color and nutritional value. As milk goes there is also almond milk which is a little lighter on the calories, rice milk, and coconut milk which is heavier on calories but great for curry dishes and smoothies, so experiment with them all! For some great vegan advice look at Alicia Silverstone's book "The kind diet" and her blog thekindlife.com for some great advice, recipes, and support for vegans! Peta's website also has some yummy recipes to try.|||Sweetened is usually used for drinking, putting on cereals, etc. Unsweetened is usually used in baking/cooking.
Ahh, cheese, I can relate. I had the hardest time giving it up, heh. Yeah, there are plenty of vegan cheeses...everyone has different preferences. Personally, I dislike most...but whenever I'm having a major cheese craving, I like to make some nutritional yeast queso. Good stuff. As for vegan cheese brands though...I like Teese, Daiya, and Follow Your Heart the best. Parma Raw also has a really good vegan Parmesan topping. I've heard good things about "the Uncheese Cookbook" so maybe you could check that out.
Good luck :)|||wikipedia,the free online encyclopedia has information
on dairy and non-dairy cheeses at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_anal鈥?/a>
on alternatives to dairy mlik at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_milk
and on soy milk at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy_milk
for information on the health food stores,the vegetarian and vegan restaurants in and around the area that you live as well as recipes plus additional resources go to happy cow at http://www.happycow.net
veg web has recipes plus additional resources at http://www.vegweb.com
vegan world order has recipes,information on the vegetarian restaurants and vegan restaurants in and around the area where you live plus other resources at http://www.veganworldorder.com
search the internet,one phrase a searc,with phrases such as: "vegan cereal", "vegan cereals", "vegan smoothie recipe", "vegan smoothie recipes" and "vegan ice cream".good luck.|||I had the same issue-I wasn't going vegan but I was trying to find a healthier but tasty cheese alternative. Finally I found "The Uncheese Cookbook" on Amazon. It's a little bit of work but worth it to me. Commercial vegan cheese is terrible, but many of the recipes in this book are quite good.
Don't expect it to taste exactly like dairy cheese, though.|||I've never drank "soya" milk so I don't have any information on that.
But as far as vegan cheese, yes there is! There's a couple of different kinds you can try too. Most are sold at health food places though.
I just recently went to my local henrys and got them to make me VEGAN pizza and nearly died it was so good.
Anyway you can try their rice, soy or regular vegan.. The rice vegan melts better. I tried to melt the regular vegan cheese and burnt the bread. : ||||i use sweetened soy for coffee most brands can curdle but a tip with some is stir the coffee into the milk then add the water. i use rice milk for cooking sweet things
and rice and oat milk for pancakes or water depending. i havnt ate eggs for 15 - 20 years and i did think i loved cheese till i cut it out and i really havnt missed it.
gl|||There are loads of vegan cheeses but I haven't found one yet that actually tastes anything like cheese, except for some of the soft cheeses. I like Pure soft.
I found the best soya milk is Soya Life - no difference on cereal.
Good Luck with going vegan.|||Almond cheese is supposed to be really good - we have a friend who LOVES it, and she's not even vegan/vegetarian.
Soy cheese (depends on what brand)|||Sweetened soy milk is drinkable by itself and good on cereals and in tea, where as unsweetened is not very nice on its own. I think it's more for baking maybe? I use sweetened for everything, even baking and it seems to work fine. Other "milks" to try besides soy are Rice or Almond milk, which depending on the brand can be very tasty as well.
If you DO decide to not eat eggs, there is this powder (you can find at most health food type stores) called "egg replacer" that works well in baking.
Cheese was also the hardest for me. There are quite a few brands of soy cheese... some are gross and some are quite good, so you just have to shop around. Watch out though, as some soy cheese has "casein" in it (which is an animal product).
there is no soy cheese that tastes quite like real cheese... but I found that after awhile of not eating real cheese that my cravings for it went away.
It's getting easier to find vegan stuff, so once you start looking you'll see there is even such things as vegan cream cheese, sour cream, yougart, and more!
Oh a good informative book to read is "Skinny *****" by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin.
Those same authors also have a cook book called "Skinny ***** in the Kitch" which is totally vegan, has easy healthy recipes, and also yummy deserts, as well as tips on vegan replacements for "regular" foods and ingredients. I highly recommend it!
Good luck!
By this I mean, alternatives like chicken style tofu, meat free ham, nut cutlets (high in fat), soy ice cream and chocolate and vegan cheese? Are they healthier that the 'normal' products, I dont understand how SOY can me made in to so many different products...are there alot of bad things in these alternatives?|||Quick unresearched thought: probably. Seems like everything that is supposed to be a healthy alternative to a "normal" product ends up being bad for you. Exhibit A: aspartame. Also it seems like the more something is processed the worse it is for you, be it bologna or some of these soy products. I'd take edamame over some weird thing that looks kind of like ham any day.|||afaik- they are healthier, especially in the way they are made.
I do not do soya in a big way so i dont really know too much about it.
I think its safe to say, Its certainly good in moderation, but like all things in life : Only as part of a balanced diet|||I guess there could be additives like preservatives and artifical colors and so on But soy products are usually marketed to vegetarians and "health nuts" and I would think they would avoid putting things in the food that would discourge the customers from buying it.
No telling what a food company will come up with though. "Granola" was supposed to be "health food" and now you can find "Marshmallow Granola Bars" and things like that.
Somebody is probably going to answer here with the alleged "dangers of soy" feminizing men, causing thyroid problems, etc. Media hype. I have eaten soy foods for thirty years and I don't have any of those problems. It's nonsense. There are some weird results in soy research, but then there are other studies that contradict those claims. I had to study statistics in college and it's pretty easy to make things look the way you want by emphasizing some results and ignoring others. If the "soy dangers" were real then the FDA, AMA and ADA would all be supporting it. They aren't.|||many vegan alternatives are high fat and veggie protiens are not as compleat. it is always best to eat a vierity of foods including meat ,cheese, and vagan produtcs|||Vegan products are often not at all healthier than the "normal" alternatives Any processed and prepared food is going to have its failings and any diet that depends heavily on a few ingredients is also going to have real pitfalls. Soy is an Oestrogen mimicker and too much of it upset your body's hormonal balance, but so many vegan foods from health stores and even supermarkets are made with it that we end up supposing that it must be good for us or surely they would not use so much of it..besides, vegan food is somehow perceived as being healthy in and of itself.
Try to vary the prepared foods you use, Quorn is made from mushrooms, not soy and although I would not recommend every product made from it, the "Meat"balls, fillets and pieces are all very useful and have a good mouth feel..besides lending themselves to a variety of recipes as a simple replacement for chicken..although Quorn requires much less cooking.
Mostly I would suggest that a vegan prepares most of their meals for themselves...get a good vegetarian recipe book and make what substitutions are necessary,making sure that you have as varied a diet as possible with plenty of fruit and veg as well as nuts, oils and pulses. And when you do buy prepared foods, check out the addatives in them..pointless colourings, preservatives if food that is already tinned or frozen or dried and does not need any other preservation, and flavor enhancers ..which are worse than salt and used as a substitute for it...you can add your own salt after all.if these things come high on the list then think twice before buying.|||Soy milk/curd alone as a food is not harmful if eaten in moderation( any food eaten to excess or exclusively can be harmful). It's what is done to soy that can be unhealthy. Check the labels to see what is in these soy products.|||Yes they can. Soy first of all has to be organic. GMO-soy, including soy protein isolate and TVP, is everywhere. GMO-soy is where soybeans have been added the Brazilian nut gene to make it more pest resistant. Many people are allergic to nuts. They have also found that the DNA fragment for the protein,can also be excised out of the soy's DNA and put into your gut bacteria's DNA (so you end up making this protein in your own body forever as long as the bacteria has the gene in its DNA and duplicates - a good week of antibiotics may get rid of the GMO-bacteria).
Processed food is not healthy in the first place. You could be omnivore or herbivore, eating processed food with animals or without animals/animal by-products is not healthy. You have to take responsibility for what you put in your body, so take the time to prepare your food and know what is going in. Because many times food toxins (preservatives, additives, conditioners, flavorings, colorings) are not processed and are just wrapped up in your fat tissue and put away in your body for the rest of your life.|||Here's a pretty good compilation of the latest determinations re: soy and soy products. http://www.frot.co.nz/dietnet/basics/soy鈥?/a>
Of course I can't boast the overwhelming authority of a person who took a statistics course "in college" LOL ... but a number of research universities have concluded that soy can be problematical.
An interesting note is that Asians regard soy as a condiment rather than a protein staple. Anyone who has spend time in Asian cultures would know this. Soy consumption as a protein source is peculiar to the misplaced western notion of "strict vegetarian/vegan of convenience".
However, from a business perspective soy and soy products are a multi-billion dollar business. It's gigantic and tons of money on soy products and soy futures exchange hands worldwide daily on futures and commodities markets. Probably one of the more lucrative commodities on the world market--fortunes can be made and lost in soy futures at the stroke of a key.
And where there are obscene amounts of money to be made you are going to have self-interest and the health of the public be damned.
Strict "Veggers" in modern societies by and large are "faddists", IMO and hence extremely gullible to market manipulation and possess little innate or folk wisdom about the diet they cling to with ferocity usually reserved for life and death matters. So they inadvertently eat a lot of crap that is unhealthy.
Flexitarian vegetarians tend to be "thinking" vegetarians and intune with those cultures that eschew fads for moderation, balance, exercise and spiritual practice.|||They are likely to be bad simply because they are less like the living forms than the "real" alternatives. They are likely to be high in trans fats as well as soya, and in the potentially carcinogenic isoflavones in the toilet itself. The best thing to do is to design your own diet based on established nutritional principles, based on fresh and unprocessed foods.
none it is not healthy for you \at all
High levels of phytic acid in soy reduce assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy is not neutralized by ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting and long, slow cooking. High phytate diets have caused growth problems in children.
Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.
Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.
Soy phytoestrogens are potent antithyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.
Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the body's requirement for B12.
Soy foods increase the body's requirement for vitamin D.
Fragile proteins are denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein.
Processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.
Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods.
Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.
eat raw cheese and breast milk
To the first user a low cholesterol is NOT HEALTHY. Do you know that your brain is primarly composed of cholesterol ?|||if you have it instead of dairy milk and cheese then
a) you help prevent unimaginable cruely to cows sheeps or goats.
b) you will have lower cholesterol
c) you will be thinner
d) you will have less chance of cancer due to less saturated fat and growth hormones in milk
e) you will have less chance of breast cancer due to plant hormones in soya
f) you will have easier menstruation, and menopause due to plant hormones.|||They taste bad and don't have calcium in them like normal milk and cheese? Wait, sorry, that's not a benefit.
http://www.galaxyfoods.com/pdfs/brandinfo/Rice%20Vegan%20Slice%20AM.pdf|||http://www.carrageenan.info/
http://www.notmilk.com/carageenan.html
Well the only thing debatable is the carageenan content. I've eaten this type of cheez on rare occasions. My opinion is that once every blue moon won't kill me. I mostly use nutritional yeast flakes when I want a cheezy taste on something like broccoli or cauliflower. But for pizza or lasagna I'd say vegan gourmet cheez is your best bet.
http://www.imearthkind.com/|||there seems to be alot of fat in it but if it taste good then go for it its hard to find fake chesse my bro is vegan and we baby sit his kid very difficult food wise
Did you ever test to see if a mouse would eat it?|||Haven't you learned ANYTHING after trolling around this section with multiple troll accounts. Food is a choice, no one needs approval from anyone regarding food choices.|||So you've tried ALL the different vegan cheeses? Why? Did some vegan test to see if you would eat them?|||Some vegan cheese tastes better/worse than others. Home made vegan cheese is usually the best.
Also while I did not test vegan cheese on *mice*, I once shared vegan mac & cheese with my pet rats - they liked it, no joke. I also gave them several different things to try and they went straight for the vegan mac & cheese, so what does that tell you lol.|||Using mice to test it isn't vegan either! And mice actually prefer other foods like seeds, nuts and grains.|||That's not what your mom said last night|||Mice are actually lactose intolerant (Like the majority of the human species), so cheese isn't a good food for them, nor us. I think cheese smells rotten and curdled. I've tried Daiya cheese and it's okay but its definitely not something I eat on a regular basis.|||I agree, vegan cheese is horrible.
They've perfected replicating milk and butter. But for the love of god, vegan cheese shouldn't exist.|||not bad.|||Do you have nothing better to do than cut down food choices?
Do you have a mouse test all your food before you eat?
My teenage kids had friends over and they devoured our vegan cheese saying it was better than dairy cheese. I had to go get more at the store. One also told my daughter that she likes eating at our house because it's good and she feels so healthy afterward. I think that's a better indicator than giving a morsel to a mouse.|||I personally prefer Daiya cheese over real cheese.|||"My" vegan cheese?
I've never had faux animal products, in 5 years of veganism.
That crap's mostly for those finding it hard to give up their food addiction, either for health, or ethics.
Not all or even most vegans get it.|||All vegan food is nasty
I wanna try and make a strict vegetarian pizza meaning no animal source whatsoever, that includes the cheese but my local grocery store doesn't carry any vegetarian cheese - Are there any substitues for vegan cheese or is there some online source where I can buy vegetarian cheese?|||Pizza is better without the vegan cheese...it doesn't taste that great. Cheeseless pizza is really good if you make up for it with spices and lots of vegetable toppings. Soymage parmesan topping is really good on top of a cheeseless pizza too: http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/s鈥?/a>
It's also good on plain popcorn; just drizzle on a little olive oil to make it stick.|||I can find you vegan cheese:
www.veganessentials.com and www.veganstore.com both carry vegan cheese.
A natural foods store should carry Follow Your Heart, a cool vegan cheese.
Or you could just have a cheeseless pizza loaded up with veggies.|||Since I don't know your location, I can only give you this ...
http://www.google.com/search?q=vegan+che鈥?/a>|||EWWWWWWWWWWWWW, vegan cheese tastes like crap. Many vegan cult members don't like it even.|||vegan cheese? WAT THE HECKY!!! lol i did not know that milk hurt the cow... o ya it does not! lol|||A lot of Cabot cheese is vegetarian. In fact, most of it is! There is probably an online source for it, although I am not positive. I believe the factory is in Vermont...|||You mean vegan right? Because most all cheese is permitted on a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet.
For more on vegetarian cheese see the link in my sources, it's a list by brand.
i'd like if they could be purchased at regular super markets|||Whole Foods
Trader Joe's
Tofutti brand Vegan Cheeze....casein free, good taste, melts fine|||Vegan Gourmet, Tofutti, and there is a new one out that is supposed to be really good. One of our local chain grocery stores carries Tofutti and Sprouts carries both.|||Tofutti makes soy cheese without casein. It really depends where you shop. Some stores carry soy cheese (without casein), and others don't. I found theTofutti soy cheese at Hitchcock's.
They're online site has a store finder:
http://tofutti.com/loc-search.asp|||Tofutti and Follow Your Heart both make "cheese" w/o casein. Tofutti has hydrogenated oils in it, which is bad for you.|||not usually|||beef
Hi, everyone. I am lactose intolerant and I'm thinking of trying some of the non-dairy shredded "cheese" that is located in the health food section at my local grocery store. In your opinion, which tastes the best? Thanks!|||Well not all non-dairy cheese does not equal vegan, I am not sure if pre-packaged vegan shredded cheese exsist. My favorite vegan cheeses are nutritional yeast cheese sauces, FYH Vegan Gourmet, Teese, VeganRella, Sheese, Chreese, Cheezly, and Tofutti. The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook is also great for vegan cheese recipes!|||vfgh|||I don't think there is one. Stick with tofu|||Almond Cheez tastes pretty good and melts fairly well on a pizza with the help of a little olive oil. When in something, like a quesadilla, or "cheddar" biscuit, it works fine as is.
( I haven't seen any that's pre-shredded, though. )|||If I'm not mistaken , lactose intolerant peoples should be able to eat cheese, as the cheese contains little to no lactose.
“Most cheeses are so low in lactose that they do not present a problem for patients with lactase deficiency,” said Michael D. Levitt, M.D., gastroenterologist at the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and lead author of a New England Journal of Medicine study on lactose intolerance.
The rest of this article at link below.|||I like Veganrella, both mozza and cheddar flavors. It doesn't taste great by itself, but melted it works for cheese sauce for veggies or macaroni, grilled cheese sandwiches, burgers, shredded on pasta, or on pizza.
|||I have tried many of them and most taste pretty bad or don't have the texture of real cheese. Also, they tend to contain a ton of chemical laden ingredients. If anyone has any good suggestions I'd like to know too.|||theres soy cheese, my friend eats it!
its yummy :D|||My favorite type is Follow your heart vegan cheez. But some like vegan-rella better. I love the way Follow your heart melts. Almond and cashew cheez are great too, but they are so very hard to find.
I will leave you some links.
http://vitanetonline.com/Organic-Foods/7…
http://www.imearthkind.com/
http://www.tofutti.ca/|||lactose intolerant CHESSE?
I've tried Almond Cheese... it's not bad, but it tastes nothing like the real thing. Anyone know of a kind of cheese that tastes as close to real cheese but WITHOUT soy? Much appreciated.|||The very best vegan cheese is called Dr. Cow. It's an aged, artisan, nut cheese and it's fantastic. My favorite is the cashew and hemp.
I served some (with table water crackers) at a cocktail party once. Four people asked me what kind of cheese it was, and where could they get it.
(This is a case of "you get what you pay for." It is rather expensive.)
It's a small operation, and not widely available yet, but you can order it from Pangea.
http://www.veganstore.com/index.html?act鈥?/a>
Also, it looks like it may be available from Amazon soon.|||Uhm, what brand of almond cheese? The only almond cheese I know has casein(a milk fat) in it.
And to answer your question, daiya is soy free.
By best I mean best-tasting, and by vegan I mean containing NO dairy.|||You're in the UK, so you'll easly be able to get Redwood Cheezly cheeses, which are the best by a mile.
They are available in Holland and Barrett and other health food shops.
Morrisons and larger branches of Tesco and Asda stock th cheddar flavour, but not the others.
The melting ones really do melt and aren't a bad substitute.
They have recently brought out a non-soya version.
If you can't find them, or can't find the flavours you want, you can order them online.
http://redwoodfoods.co.uk/index.php?page鈥?/a>|||I would recommend the white cheddar cheese by 'Cheezly' (Redwood), it is absolutely lovely, they do about 4 versions but the fastest selling one is always white cheddar. Also, the range of vegan cheeses by Bute Island Foods called 'Scheese' are also very nice, they have about 5 different ones and they are all really nice, especially on crackers.
When I first became vegan nearly 20 years ago, the cheeses were pretty awful but now there are many to go for and Redwood and Scheese are the best .Try a toasted sandwich with Redwood white cheddar and Redwood Veggie Rashers in it, let me tell you, that is Nirvana On Toast !!
I hope this helps.|||i've only tried tofutti mozzarella but it would be something to get used to. its a soy cheese. i dont think they sell any other kind around here. tofutti is the leading vegan provider where i live.
but my husband an omnivore and a major cheese eater thought it was real mozzarella i put in the quesadillas yesterday so that says something.|||Galaxy Vegan Cheese (www.galaxyfoods.com) is okay, but I've heard really good things about Daiya (www.daiyafoods.com). Be aware of some "vegan" cheeses because they contain casein which is a protein that comes from milk. Good luck, you'll find that you may need one brand of veggie cheese for one thing and another brand for something else, for example I like Galaxy cheese for melting on pizza, but I like rice cheeses for anything else... Enjoy!|||Best-tasting is subjective, but I personally love soy cheese.. (not tofu, but actual soy cheese)..
You can ask for it at your local deli (depending on where you live)..
It has the consistency of dutch edam cheese, but no dairy/animal products.|||Daiya is my favorite and the only brand I've bought since trying it. Teese and Follow Your Heart are second-runners up by my tastebuds, but still leagues behind Daiya.|||Daiya and then Teese. Oh, Follow Your Heart cheese is yummy too!|||I read that daiya is a good cheese. You could probably find this at a typical vegan store|||Daiya cheese, it taste amazing and had no dairy, eggs, casein or soy.|||Daiya is the best! My non-vegan friend thought it was real cheese :)|||I don't know the brands but the rice cheese I get does't melt really good. I think the soy cheese is the best. The block kind can be shredded for pizzas. The problem is that it seems to go fast.|||If there is no dairy in it its not cheese.
...???|||I am a former chef and like to use it as it is low in fat, for problems with melting, the problem is it does not have the fat in it like dairy cheese, that is what aids in the melting of the cheese and browning.
To fix this when you grate or use slices just add a bit of veg oil to it rub it on slices and just toss a 1/4 teaspoon into a pile of grated cheese, it worked well for my veggie lasagna and in cooked sauces, I found with right spices and flavours it can make alternative pastas like rice, soya and spelt taste good, most people try to relie on the cheese in the sauces and food items but soya cheese will not give you that creaminess or mouth feel of dairy cheese so you have to play with your dishes and add more flavours to aid in the dishes.|||i use vegan cheese made by "follow your heart". they melt well when cooked in a pot. i've used the nacho flavor on fusilli noodles, and that's a good mac&cheese sub. i grated (they grate well, too) mozzarella on my pizza the other night, but it didn't melt in the oven. i'll have to cook it over the stove first, then pour the 'cheese' onto the pizza next time.|||Follow Your Heart cheese melts and grates really well.. I use it for pizzas, grilled cheese, and quesadillas. You can get it at Whole Foods.
Tofutti soy cheese melts pretty well too. It only comes in slices though.|||there is one kind of vegan "cheese" that does melt. I just can't remember the name of the brand right now. if you google it I'm sure you'll find it.|||No. It's terrible. Sneak the real stuff, nobody cares.|||Not really. I use it because I'm lactose intolerant.
to put on sandwiches and stuff without the expensive ingredients and instead it can have like soy milk and tofu or something|||they have vegan cheeses at Whole Foods and some other grocery stores. That's probably easier than making it from scratch.|||I looked around the web but everything i find for simpler ingredients are usually sauces. For cheese you will need agar agar powder, its like gelatin I guess but from plants.|||I haven't tried this one yet but I trust it because looking at the recipe it seems sound and looks pretty decent
http://ieatfood.net/?p=28
This is a gluten free recipe (but you could use regular flour)
http://www.betterbatter.org/?p=1016
This just looks good but I haven't tried it yet because I don't have a whole lot of cash:
http://www.pangeaveg.com/dr.-cow-cashew_鈥?/a>
Just got some but have yet too try it but everything I have heard says it is way better than the Follow Your Heart cheeze:
http://www.teesecheese.com/|||There's no such thing|||http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=284.0
A friend of mine has a good one, I'm still looking for it.
What have you used it for? How'd it turn out? etc
Rice Vegan cheese is from Galaxy Nutrition
Thanks|||Rice vegan cheese...think about it...does that even sound appetizing?|||I like it..I would just say the flavor isn't as strong as with dairy cheese. I used it for a seitan philly cheesesteak and it did melt. I also use it all the time just to put in sandwiches or even over chick-un marinara.|||Vegan Gourmet has mozzarella cheese that does melt and tastes quite yummy. It isn't made with rice though, it's made with soy.|||REAL cheese is the only cheese that is any good, cheese that came from milk from a cow's thing.|||Noooo, it is awful.
Hi, I'm from Czech republic and it's very hard to find vegan products here. I guess we have just tofu and soy milk (which is very expensive) and I'm looking for a place to buy things like vegan cheese or nutritional yeast or similar stuff.
Do you know about a website where I can buy things like that AND they ship to my country?|||Hey, the UK is very vegan friendly, and looking at the Holland and Barrett website, they do ship to other European countries. Check out the link below, and select "international shipping."
http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/i鈥?/a>
It looks like they may charge around 拢7 for a delivery so it may be worth buying in bulk.
x|||http://www.urbanesia.org/index.php?k=veg鈥?/a> try this international shop|||Holland and barrett
@Tom, yeah that's why there was about five veggie and vegan roadshows held last week all over the UK. That REALLY shows hatred towards vegans.[Sarcasm]|||EUROPE IS AGAINST VEGANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE IS A DECREE FROM THE QUEEN OF EUROPE TO BURN VEGANS ALIVE!!!!|||www.vegansociety.com
They are based in the UK and have a good resources page. Hope the helps! :)
I am 15 i have been a vegan for a year and i LOVE it. I do all the cooking for my family (they are not vegan but still like my food =) ) i am looking for some new vegan ideas. It is a pain to look on line because most recipes have vegan cheese, vegan meat, vegan this and that and i live in China and they just don't have that stuff. My family and i are also not big tofu fans and i have never seen tempeh. i would love some good vegan meal ideas =). i love cooking and always want to make new things. i have over 100 recipes i have made vegan for myself but am always happy to make new things. Thank you! (i can access non-dairy milk though so feel free to include recipes that need those)|||Here are some amazing recipes that contain all natural ingredients.
http://www.easy-indian-food.com/indian-b鈥?/a>
http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/category/鈥?/a>
Its also a good thing that y'all are not consumers of tofu because for one,it is very very bad for health( http://rheumatic.org/soy.htm ) and for another it is processed so you never know what went into its making. Email me for more recipes as I can help you on your way to becoming a full blown vegan. The only healthy vegan substitute to milk is "homemade" almond milk. Its way cheaper than soy milk too.|||Use miso paste if you want, it's amazing tasting.
You can get fermented bean paste, not just miso, that is so good to eat, use it in noodles and soups.
There is seitan and gluten- both of them have a fermented tangy taste.
This site has plenty of recipes, hundreds. It's all vegan, nothing from sour animal bodies.
There are some tofu and veg cheese in there, but many of them don't have that.
I'd also try using seaweeds- these are lovely and tangy.
http://www.vegalicious.org|||Lentils and rice with stewed tomato. Easy and tasty.
Borsch is a good soup. I make mine with carrot, beets, onion, potato, and cabbage. We put a little sour cream on top, but you don't have to.
Falafel is actually easy. Mash cooked chick peas (garbanzo beans). Mix with minced garlic and onion. Roll into balls. Traditionally they are fried, but I spray mine with cooking spray and bake until brown. You serve them in a pita with salad veggies, hummus, and cucumber sauce.|||Soya products come from just the soya bean. If you can access other beans like chickpeas then you can make nice meals using coriander, garlic, onion, chilli oil and regular oil. You can blend it into a paste, eat whole, do all kinds of stuff.
I've decided to try going vegan, but I'm having a really hard time finding recipes that don't contain fake meats (tofu, tempeh, seitan, etc.) seeing as I prefer to stay away from the more processed foods, and would rather use like canned/dried beans or something. Also would like it to not have vegan cheese, or to not have vegan cheese be a main flavor so that it could be excluded if necessary.
Any suggestions would be great, and thanks in advance.|||Look at www.fatfreevegan.com. Here recipes are good and she doesn't use much in the way of processed foods|||Stir fry over brown rice
Grilled marinated vegetables
Vegetable bean soups and stews
Lentil Tacos
pasta with homemade pesto sauce|||Take a look at some of the recipes in Alicia Silverstone's book The Kind Life. (:
A lot of those don't have processed food.|||try these sites for meal plans and vegan recipes-
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/f鈥?/a>
http://www.nutritionmd.org/nutrition_tip鈥?/a> (see the meal ideas on left hand side)
http://www.nutritionmd.org/recipes/index鈥?/a> (searchable database, or click on 'All recipes' to browse through them)
http://www.pcrm.org/health/recipes/
you should be aware that as a vegan, you'll need to ensure you get enough vitamin b12 from sources like fortified soy milk or a supplement. vit. b12 deficiency can be harmful to the body. see http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/ever鈥?/a> to find out how much you need.
happy eating!|||Ingredients
* 1 quart sauerkraut, drained
* 1 onion, chopped
* 2 stalks celery, chopped
* 1 green bell pepper, chopped
* 1 large carrots, chopped
* 1 (4 ounce) jar diced pimento peppers, drained
* 1 teaspoon mustard seed
* 1 1/2 cups white sugar
* 1 cup vegetable oil
* 1/2 cup cider vinegar
Directions
1. In a large bowl, mix together sauerkraut, onion, celery, green bell pepper, carrot, pimientos, and mustard seed. Set aside this mixture.
2. In a small saucepan, mix together sugar, oil, and vinegar. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
3. Pour sugar mixture over salad, cover, and leave it in the refregerator for 2 days before serving.|||here is a good recipe for potato kale stew:
ingredients:
* 3 tbsp olive oil
* 2 cups diced onion
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 1 medium sweet potato, cut into 2" pieces
* 1 yukon gold potato, cut into 2" pieces
* 1/2 red bell pepper, cut into 1/2" dice
* 4 cloves garlic, minced
* 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
* 1 tsp ground coriander
* 1/2 tsp turmeric
* 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
* 1 (14 oz) can coconut milk
* 2 cups sliced fresh kale leaves
Directions:
1. In large pot, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add onion and salt, and saute 3-4 minutes until it starts to soften.
2. Add potatoes, bell pepper, garlic, ginger, and spices, and saute for a minute or two.
3. Add coconut milk and bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover, and simmer 20-25 minutes, until potatoes are tender.
4. Add kale leaves, remove from heat, and allow to sit for a minute or two for kale to soften.
5. Serve and enjoy!
So I bought a bag of roasted nuts and another of raw I soaked them and peeled them in separate containers so I got trough the roasted nuts and began with the raw but we I grabbed one I felt something pop in my hand and I notice a whole in the nut and a clear gel like substance around it do you think this was a worm the whole wast to deep and looked kind of rotten but that still dosent explain the gel can I used the roasted nuts instead I'm not I raw vegan I just wanted to make the cheese|||THrow that one nut out, and use the rest. It's not uncommon. Holes may be in the seam of the nut, or from a tiny insect, and the fleash of the nut ( ironically called the meat of the nut) goes rotten, from moisture.
I've been through two brands already (I honestly can't remember the names, though), and I couldn't even swallow one bite. I had to spit it out, it was so gross. I think that cheese is my biggest roadblock to becoming vegan, since I adore it so--mac 'n' cheese and veggie burgers with cheese and cheese sticks are my favorite foods. I feel like if I can find a (non-wallet-emptying) cheese substitute from which my taste buds don't recoil, it'll be all smooth sailing from there. So, vegans, what's the best fake cheese out there?|||Hi :)
I have been through tons of brands and here are the ones I think are the closest to dairy and the yummiest!
For Cream Cheese: Tofutti "better than Cream Cheese"
This tastes great on bagels and wraps, you can make very delicious cheesecake with it, and I make the most delicious lasagna filling using it. For this I process firm tofu in a blender til smooth, then mix in a bowl with the cream cheese, chopped spinach, herbs, salt and pepper. So yummy!
For Processed cheese slices: Tofutti brand also. It comes in mozzarella flavor and cheddar. Great for burgers, sandwiches, etc.
For Parmesan Type: I use many brands. One is "Galaxy Nutrition Foods" and another is "Life Free From"
For Grated Cheddar or Mozzarella type: Daiya is really, really good. You can make a pizza with it and it melts, stretches and tastes very good. It comes in both cheddar style and Italian which is a cross between Parmesan and Mozzarella in taste. I make my mac and cheese with it. I usually mix both flavors of the Daiya cheese, even on pizza.
So I think you'll be okay going cheese free! lol
Btw, the last link for Galaxy, the only cheese I like from them is the grated topping, which is the parmesan one. The rest are plastic like and gross.
Good Luck!|||I guess after a while you don't miss it at all when you consider what is in it (dairy cheese that is) but I make my own using tahini & nutritional yeast, lemon juice .. but I don't find the 'cheesly' brand or tofutti too bad -they are ok for a treat occasionally!- do a search and I'm sure you could make something up! otherwise just let those cravings become further and further apart so you have the 'cheese' as a treat and nto everyday! hope that helped! cheers|||There is no perfect cheese substitute. I use Nutritional Yeast in a lot of stuff instead. But if you want to use it for sandwiches and stuff try Teese. I think it's the best. It also melts pretty well. You can't get it everywhere but I think you can order it online. http://www.teesecheese.com/|||My favorite at the moment is Teese, as another answerer said.
I'm with you, cheese was the hardest thing for me to give up. But now I don't miss it anymore after experiencing the benefits of being vegan :)|||I've heard wonderful things about Daiya, unfortunately they don't sell it anywhere in Utah. :(|||NONE.
They all taste like socks.
Hi, I've been looking at vegan cheese recipes on youtube like this one for example :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3FYduSF-鈥?/a>
and I noticed that many people uses cashews or cashews+pine nuts when they make their cheese.I prefer using sesame seeds instead of cashews but I don't know if it'll come out alright ? and I also wanted to know if I can get a block of cheese if I use flaxseed instead of agar like in the vid ? .My recipe is going to be something like this:
water [ maybe 1\2 cup]
flaxseed[ 2 tsp]
sesame seeds[ maybe 1\2 cup]
yeast flakes [maybe 2 tbs-3tbs]
salt [...1\4 tsp]
onigion power[...1\4 tsp]
turmeric powder for color[ maybe 1\4 tsp]
lemon juice[2 squirt]
I want to buy some of my ingrediants like yeast flakes on well.ca
thanks|||Sesame seeds would be good for making "sprinkle cheese" but probably not very good for making block cheese (due to the amount of skin). I do think tahini could be tasty in a cheese, though. I don't think the flaxseed would have the binding/gelling effect that you're looking for here. However, the above recipe would probably work nicely for a pate-spread type "cheese."|||It would make a great parmesan substitute. I made sesame parmesan a few nights ago for a parmesan-style eggplant dish. I blended 6 tbsp of sesame seeds with 1 tsp of salt in a food processor. It tasted so good and I preferred it over the store bought parmesan substitutes.
Also-if I were you I would check out "The uncheese cookbook" it has a lot of good ideas and a few block cheese recipes.|||No, because there's no such thing as "vegan cheese"|||I have made sesame milk. Without a juicer with a fine filter (which I have) the hulls would make it very gritty. You could probably use some kind of thickener or coagulant to make a block that could be sliced, but even with salt and acid added it would require suspension of disbelief to say it is very much like cheese.
I normally make cashew milk because there is no fiber that needs to be filtered out. 鈭犅?
My twins have a dairy allergy & my husband is lactose intolerant. So it seems we're switching from our vegetarian diet to a vegan diet. The whole family loves cheese though. We've found ways to make "cottage cheese" & "mac & cheese" but we still don't have any sandwich or pizza cheese. We mainly need a recipe for "block" cheeses such as mozzarella, monterrey & cheddar. We have no Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, etc. We live in a small southern town & honestly don't have anything vegan that's pre-made except tofu. So, Can anyone tell me how to make Vegan cheese? Can I use tofu?|||http://www.ehow.com/how_2303218_make-veg鈥?/a>
1 and 1/2 cups water
5 Tbsp agar flakes
1/3 cup nutritional yeast flakes
1/2 cup macadamia nuts
3 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp tahini
1 Tbsp good quality soy sauce
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp turmeric (adds color naturally)
1/4 tsp salt
Fresh ground pepper (optional)
鈥? Coat a 3-cup plastic or glass container with rounded bottom with cooking spray. Set aside.
鈥? Mix water and agar flakes in a small sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring often, until the flakes are totally dissolved (about 5 minutes).
鈥? Put the remaining ingredients in a blender or a food processor, along with the dissolved agar. Process for a few minutes until totally dissolved. Scrape excess mixture from the sides as needed.
鈥? Pour into your prepared container and cool, uncovered, in the refrigerator. When cool, cover and chill overnight. To serve, turn over onto a plate or board and slice. Serve on crackers or bread, or slice and use to make a grilled cheese sandwich. This should keep in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.|||I'd recommend taking a look at a wiki site for the answer. They might have more information for you.
I am cooking this for a vegan friend and I want to make it vegan for her. I know I can get vegan cheese (already bought some) but what about the icing and sprinkles?
Cheese Cookies
Ingredients:
Cheese
Icing
Sprinkles
Utensils:
Cookie Cutters
Rolling Pin
Take the cheese and roll it out like cookie dough. Then cut into shapes with cookie cutters and top with icing and sprinkles.|||I was really perplexed by your question and then I came across this:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>
Now I understand! Stay away from the purple goofy in the future and you'll understand the following<g>.
Make the icing with soymilk, Earthbalance and raw sugar. Use coarse grained raw sugar instead of sprinkles and make certain your cheese really is vegan and contains no forms of casein or other dairy by-products<G>.|||How would you make that recipe edible?|||No offense but that does not sound very appetizing. But very simple.|||you can buy vegan cheese its called cheese and i believe is made out of tofu. they have an equivalent type for most types of "normal" cheese so try experimenting with that|||Vegan margarine for the icing. And do you really need sprinkles? What about colored sugar pieces?|||The icing and sprinkles are 99% sugar (slight exageration), so the sprinkles should already be good to go. As for the icing, make your own so you know what's in it.
I want to be vegan, but I'm 14, and my mom obviously pays for things. Is there some kind of website that shows you which stores have certain vegan things. Like I need to find a store near me that sells vegan cheese, egg replacers, vegan margarine, etc. Mostly I'm having a hard time finding the dairy-type products that are vegan. It needs to be somewhere near me like Food Lion, Publix, Wal Mart, Ingles, etc. Please help.|||Over time you might want to consider migrating away from such "fakes" and adopting a diet that is uncorrupted by the taint of historic animal ingredients.
Good luck and well done for being a self-starter at such a tender age. I only hope that you have a good equivalent to the Vegan Society we have here in the UK.|||Stores vary. You'll probably have better luck finding a local health food store. Make a list of what you're looking for and start making phone calls.|||You should have a health food store of some kind. Ours is called Ada's and there are a lot of Whole Food stores around. You will have to ask at the health food store. I would try the stuff in small doses-a lot of it tastes funny and it is real expensive.|||locally in California Safeway, Raley's/ Ralphs/ Belair all have a big natural foods selection. But big chain stores don't stock what doesn't sell. Can you shop on line with Mom's permission try Food Fight.com . Also you can find alot of vegan items like beans, rice fresh veggies and tofu at a regular store. Farmer's Markets are a great resource and might be a fun time for the two of you together. The food is fresh and some times cheaper or = to supermarket prices. You can look on-line for vegan recipes for any ingredient. Also try happycow.com they list restaurants but may have food suppliers as well.|||For egg replacer you have a lot of options. I use grounded flax seed for my baking. If you do a search, particularly on about.com. you'll get a host of answers. There are many binding substitutes, such as flax, apple sauce, and silken tofu.
In terms of protein, that's really easy to get from mass market stores. Just look at the beans! They're high in fiber and protein and low in fat, and they are wildly versatile.
For margarine and fats, if you're shopping at crazy national chains like Walmart, look for kosher margarines if you can' find EarthBalance. EarthBalance is tasty and amazing, but there are a lot of kosher margarines available. Given the dietary restrictions for kosher food, many kosher margarines are dairy free. They still don't taste as good as the EarthBalance, but margarine in a difficult field to be in.|||I can't tell what state you're in, but see if you have a Whole Foods or Trader Joe's.|||look 4 a health store in ur area|||It sounds like you're in the south from the stores you listed. Look in the yellow pages for a "Nature's Bounty" They are pretty good. Ingles usually has a pretty good choice of vegan products. Walmart even does sometimes. Check the produce section and not the dairy section of the store. Then there is always ordering over the web. Good luck.|||You can go to www.happycow.net to find vegetarian and veg-friendly restaurants and health food stores all over the world. If your mom is willing to buy stuff online for you, there's www.veganessentials.com and www.veganstore.net to buy vegan stuff.
And for recipes and other resources, check out www.vegweg.com.|||Dear, these vegan products are VERY expensive in comparison to "normal" products. My guess is that it would be a huge financial burden on your family unless you are contributing in some way to the purchase of food.
Wait until you are out of the house and then you can eat whatever you want.
But for right now, have some consideration for your mother and the family budget.
I am making a vegan celebration field roast,
garlicky mashed potatoes,
vegan snickerdoodles,
and a (vegan) cheese rice and broccoli casserole.
I know this can be a really stressful time for vegans attending someone else's meal, but it can also be one of the most rewarding experiences too!
What are your plans?|||Tofu with blended cauliflower on top. Mashed soybeans with mushroom gravy. Celery sticks. Carrot sticks. And soy milk to dip veggies in.
Where can I get it and which is the best one? I love strong cheadder so anything close to that will do! Thanks.|||Redwoods Cheezly is the most widely sold, there are several flavours, and a couple of melting cheeses. I like the new soya free one best, but it isn't that widely sold yet; it's the one that tastes most like dairy cheese - I think, it's a long time since I tasted dairy cheese
Holland & Barrett stock several of the flavours; larger branches of Tesco and Waitrose stock the White Cheddar but no others.
Independent health food shops sell it too.
There are other makes.Scheese is sold in independent health food shops, I haven't seen it any where else. Tofutti make cheddar and mozzarella slices - ok if you can't get Cheezly - and Better Than Cream Cheese (it is) in a few flavours; H&B sell these.
Pure - who make the dairy-free spread - make a cheese. I've only seen it in Waitrose. I find it disgusting.|||Hi! You can get many cheeses, Sainsburys, Tesco and Asda Stock Parmesan and Cheddar Powder which you can sprinkle on top of pasta :) like this http://store.veganessentials.com/parmazano-imported-vegan-parmesan-p2586.aspx
You can also get alot of cheeses like mozerella and blue cheese and many more from redwood, Which are lovely! http://redwoodfoods.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=3&Itemid=29&vmcchk=1&Itemid=29
Hope this helped :)|||I would seriosuly look at making your own.
It's cheap ( cheese is always so darn pricey), and you can make a crap load with different tastes.
This is blue cheese
http://www.vegalicious.org/2011/06/03/bl鈥?/a>
I have tried it, it was good.
This is sharp cheddar haven't tried it
http://www.food.com/recipe/vegan-sharp-c鈥?/a>
I have to promote almond cheese- look for recipes to make that, it's amazing. really realyl tangy, rich solid.
I use miso paste a lot, I love it. You can buy it very cheap at any Asian market, and I'd suggest finding one close to you anyway, because they sell fresh tofu, pressed tofu, sea weeds, sea vegetables, dired vegetables and all kind of things MUCH cheaper than Sainsbury's which won't have them all anyway.
I need vegan cheese that melts I already know sheese but it doesn't melt and its 8 dollars a pack. Is there any other cheeses? Best answer 10 points:] Thumbs up if I love ur answer.|||There's no vegan cheese at the grocery store i go to, but i'm pretty sure when you go to the store and read the packages they say whether it melts or not. Vegan cheese is soy non-dairy & non-rennet cheese for the other answer who asked. There is soy cheese i saw at the store, but its got milk protein in it, so i didn't buy it. Sorry i can't tell you a specific brand.|||Follow Your Heart vegan cheese melts. I've bought the cheddar kind, had it melted on tortilla chips, and it was ridiculously similar to normal nachos (so similar it almost creeped me out, haha). They have other types too like mozzarella. I got it at a health food store.
And to Bob- Vegan cheese is to cheese as veggie burgers are to normal burgers. Vegan cheese is a dairy-free, caesin-free alternative to normal cheese. It has soy and other ingredients in it rather than milk. It's just a substitution. It is vegan because there are no animal products in it.|||Try this first site for good vegan mock cheeses that actually melt..
http://www.vegan-food.net/category/chees鈥?/a>
You can also checkout this 7th day Adventist site but this addy I gave you skips the religious side of this site and goes directly to a page about recipes. .
http://www.mountshastasda.com/article.ph鈥?/a>
You could also check out the Loma Linda University site for recipes too.|||I'm sorry I think I'm confused... doesn't vegan mean you don't eat cheese? Cheese, dairy, from cows... I'm ignorant I know, so please help me get it.
i am looking for a good vegan cheese, one i can use for pizza or something. it also has to be gluten free. i have tried Daiya. it is one of the few soy free cheeses (some family members are allergic to soy, i am not) and it is good when made into macaroni or used in a white sauce, but eaten by itself (melted of course) like in a quesadilla or a grilled cheese, it has a strong flavor and makes me incredibly nauseous. and for a pizza topping, it would be "raw", so i need one that wont make me feel like throwing up. i have tried tofutti cream cheese, it is good in frosting but nasty by itself. i looked up reviews for there cheese slices and alot of people said those were nasty too. so are there any other brands of dairy (and gluten) free cheese that would go great on a pizza that anyone has tried?????? or heard good things about???? thanks 8]]]
also just as a side note: i have peered at some supposedly "vegan" cheeses in grocery stores and saw that many contained casein. casein is a milk protein that i cannot eat and i feel it is false advertising to say something is vegan when it contains a dairy product. i have seen this on many cheeses and i feel like it is a very annoying issue.|||this is going out on a limb a bit, BUT...if you soak some raw cashews for a couple of hours, then drain them, then blend them with garlic, salt, and oregano- it tastes kinda cheesy and plus there is no soy or weird afterflavor Its just salty and slightly nutty
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJVc9f1Q5鈥?/a>
You may be surprised.|||Are you sure they're labelled as "vegan" cheese, not just "soy" cheese? Because it's not just peoples' dietary choices at play there, it's also to do with allergies. In my country we have a few soy cheeses but they always contain casein too - why can't they make a true vegan cheese? We don't have the range of vegan cheeses in Australia that you guys have over there, and the ones I've tried have been disappointing. I've pretty much given up on vegan cheese (apart from Tofutti and chives on a bagel!), and am about to get into making my own vegan cheese. There are loads of interesting recipes online that I will investigate: http://www.google.com.au/search?q=vegan+鈥?/a> http://www.google.com.au/search?q=vegan+鈥?/a>
As the old saying goes, "if you want something done properly, do it yourself"!
My dad says I need to find coupons for the vegan food I need because it is so expensive. From little things like soy milk or almond milk, vegan cheese, etc, to any other things I will need to remain vegan. Every website I find needs me to download something, which I am unable to do. Can anyone help me?|||LOL...Soy milk is only a dollar more a gallon that regular milk and canned beans/boxed rice are so cheap. You are going for prefab items that you absolutely don't need.
Canned beans
Boxed or bagged rice
Barley
Oats
Cereal
Peanut butter
Canned or frozen fruits and vegetables
Potatoes and Onions
Vegetable bullion cubes
I feed a family of 4 on 75.00 a week! If you need more help message me.|||I've never found vegan food to be expensive, but I don't eat the substitutes (milk, cheese, faux-meat, etc). If you eat whole foods, you don't really need to stress over coupons.
As for finding coupons: go to the manufacturer website and see if there's coupons there. retailmenot has coupons for stores, such as wholefoods: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/coupons/
You can make almond milk at home (buy almonds, grind them, add water, and blend). Almonds are much cheaper than buying the milk, and don't have the weird stuff they add to it nor sweetener (urgh, the sweetness....can't take it!)
Also, if you email the company in the "contact us" site, they may give you coupons: http://vegannomnoms.blogspot.com/2010/11…
Daiya doesn't have coupons, though.|||If there is a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods Market near you they have things like soy, nut and grain milks, and even ice cream and veggie sausage under their own label that tend to be much cheaper than the name brand things. If any markets near you (especially health food stores and Food Co-ops) have bulk items, bulk tends to be cheaper. For things like tofu, soy milk, tempeh and coconut milk go to an Asian or ethnic store for better or cheaper prices.
Here is a cheap alternative to milk: Put a handful of raw, unsalted cashews in a blender with three times the water and blend on high speed for about 10 minutes or until completely smooth. Store in a sterile, tightly sealed glass bottle in the coldest part of the fridge.
I have a few recipes that you can use to make your own cheap stuff:
http://thefeasiblevegan.wordpress.com/|||Produce, beans and rice are cheap. Learn to cook.
Processed crap is not a requirement. I haven't eaten any in years.
does anyone know where I can order or buy GOOD vegan cheese. All the ones I can find at whole food are not that great. Also, what is a good recipie for thin crust pizza dough, and sauce?? I have something to replace the milk and eggs if it has them in it.
Ever since I went vegan i have wanted pizza!So any recipie or brand name you can give me would be good!|||Vegan Pizza Dough: dont know about the cheese, sorry.
Ingredients
3-3 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 ounces fast rising yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup water, very warm
2 tablespoons olive oil
Directions
1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2) In large bowl, combine flour, yeast, and salt. Add warm water and olive oil, knead about 5 minutes or until mixture is well combined and forms a ball. Let dough sit for 10 minutes in a warm place.
3) Roll out dough and fit to oiled cookie sheet or pizza pan. Place in oven and bake for approximately 10 minutes or until very slightly browned.
4) Remove from oven and let cool. Add pizza toppings of your choice. Return pizza to oven and bake approximately 10-20 minutes or until cheese is melted. Cool, slice, and serve.
WEBSITE FOR CHEESE:|||You can buy vegan cheese in most health shops, but I've only ever seen a few varieties.
As for pizza dough, it is vegan anyway as all it is is flour and water.
If you don't want to make it yourself you can go to Pizza Express and they'll make any vegetarian pizza vegan by simply removing the cheese.
I've only browsed through tesco/supermarkets but I can't seem to find any vegan cheese.. not tried Holland and Barrets yet but I was wondering if anyone knows of any easy to get vegan cheese ?
Heard people trying various brands but I can only find websites from the US|||I buy Cheezly in Tesco, it's hidden away next to the lactose free cheese so it might be worth you having another look or even asking them to stock it. But failing that, good old Holland & Barrett. :) Perhaps also ask in this forum. http://www.veganforum.com/forums/forumdi鈥?/a>|||Waitrose, Sainsbury's and Tescos.
Cheezly, Tofutti, SHeese.
UK is a big place. It depends where you are.|||Morrisons also sell white mature cheddar cheezly near the lacto-free cheeses.
Otherwise, I would have a browse in holland and barratt or an independent health food shop (as others have mentioned, you'd probably get better advice if you let us know where abouts in the UK you're from :) )|||H&B is the best place to start - one on every high street and they usually stock several varieties of Redwood's Cheezly, as well as Tofutti and a couple of others.
Larger branches of Tesco and Waitrose stock Cheezly, but only the white cheddar flavour. Waitrose also sells one by Pure - the makers of the margerine. Be warned - it's disgusting.
Sainsburys don't sell any vegan cheeses.
Independent health food shops with a chill cabinet will also sell Cheezly and other makes.
If you really can't find any, you can order online from Redwood; at least that way you'd be able to choose from the entire range - my current favourite is the new soya-free one
http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/index.php?鈥?/a>|||Go to Holland & Barrett, depending on the size of your local store, you should find pretty much the whole Cheezey, Tofuttii and Redwood Wholefoods ranges in there.
Also check out your local health food store if you have one, more often than not you can buy things there that you won't find in places like H&B|||I'm not vegan myself, but I've heard that the best vegan cheese replacements are the ones you make yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3FYduSF-鈥?/a>
You can also buy ready made from:
http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/index.php?鈥?/a>|||you can get vegan chesse just google it|||There is no such thing a vegan cheese. Cheese by definition is dairy.
hi this cheese stinks and taste horrible so i would love help from those with ''similar'' taste buds like mines lol.thanks
ps; daiya cheese is the first vegan cheese i ever tasted so i dont want this to discourage me from eating vegan cheese again.|||I used a fake mozarella cheese before. It melts well and tastes like cheese imho. The cheddar was awful.
hi this cheese stinks and taste horrible so i would love help from those with ''similar'' taste buds like mines lol.thanks
ps; daiya cheese is the first vegan cheese i ever tasted so i dont want this to discourage me from eating vegan cheese again.|||I used a fake mozarella cheese before. It melts well and tastes like cheese imho. The cheddar was awful.
Like would my very picky kids and s/o be able to tell the difference between vegan cheese and dairy cheese? Is it considerably more expensive or the same?
I'm asking because we're going vegetarian(I am committed to this!) and I am making my shopping list.
How does vegan cheese compare, sodium wise?(The adults in my household all have hbp.)|||I've been a vegetarian for 8 years or so and off and on vegan - the cheese is one of the things I just could never get used to. It's okay piled on a sandwich or something, but plain I personally don't care for it. It's worth a try though. It usually is a dollar or two more expensive from what I've noticed.
Add: Dread - I understand what you are saying, but those foods make transitioning to going vegan a lot easier - especially when you are first starting out, not a good cook, or not creative in the kitchen. And some people like the taste of those things burgers, cheese, etc. - but want them in a vegetarian or vegan form.|||The texture is strange, and the taste is nowhere near the same. As Hey Mama said, it does not melt properly. I was almost-vegetarian for years (no dairy, red meat, pork, but I would eat eggs, fish and maybe once or twice a year, chicken) and I just gave up cheese altogether rather than eat the vegan stuff. Also, most of the soy cheeses out there contain casein, a milk protein, so you have to read the labels, otherwise you end up with a non-vegan cheese anyway. I have found that it is more than twice the price at least.
PQ - Hubby. I was a quiet, well-behaved child. who would sit and read for hours. My two oldest are hyper and loud, typical boys, and the littlest guy is only 5 months old, so still early to tell.|||the texture is weird -- it doesn't melt like cheese does. I would just try to find low sodium cheese or cut it out all together. try it though, maybe they'll like it. I have tried lots of vegetarian substitutes for things that taste a lot like their meaty counterparts -- cheese just isn't one of those things. not-dogs, veggie burgers and chicken nuggies though...that's good stuff right there.|||I guess by vegan cheese u r reffering 2 Tofu.
It isnt sort of cheese. Children may find it Not much tasty.
Sry i dnt knw about its sodium content.|||i wish vegans would name their foods something other than what they are NOT
there shoulkd be a law against vegan cheese being called cheese... its nasty and gross
PQ... a little bit of each|||why would you do this to your husband and kids?|||I was vegan for a handful of years, and that vegan cheese? It sucks. In fact cheese was one of the things I was least able to replace as a vegan *except* there is a vegan cream cheese -- I think it's called 'Better than Cream Cheese' or something like that, which I don't kid myself is 'all chemical, no animal' (ie. not good for you) but makes THE most awesome cheesecake when mixed with pumpkin (this is the recipe, I believe: http://www.veggieboards.com/newvb/archiv鈥?/a> The fake parmesan sprinkle has its uses as well. There is also a 'UnCheese Cookbook'***, which I am ashamed to say I own, but have tried zero recipes in (I did steal some ideas from it tho). Anyway, I think that's going to be the better way to go. It certainly couldn't be any worse than most of the fake cheeses -- which taste like they're made of plastic, in case you wondered. Anyhow, the recipes in that book use stuff like nutritional yeast, which is actually pretty tasty (and of course, nutritious), and tofu -- which you will most likely acquire a taste for, especially if you learn how to cook it in interesting ways. I used to hate it, and now I eat it plain and uncooked and love it.
BQ: My eldest is fiery, bossy, intense, socially awkward and nerdy - like me. (Yikes! Those teenage years are going to be fun!) My youngest is a social butterfly, sweet, and is (almost always) so easygoing that it blows my mind. I have no clue who she got that from, especially the social stuff, but she's the ying to my yang. We get along really well.
I want to buy some vegan cheese that tastes close to regular cheese and I need some recommendations. I've seen some veggie cheeses in Whole Foods, etc. but they contain Casein (a milk derived ingredient) and I want to stay away from that. I've seen some vegan cheeses online and I want to try finding them in a store near me to try. I just wanted to know if anyone has any suggestions for a good vegan cheese (cheddar and Parmesan flavor) that I could get that tastes REALLY GOOD and MELTS! Also, if its Organic, that would be great!
Thanks in advance!|||Ignore the trolls :)
One of my favorite vegan cheeses is Follow Your Heart -- Vegan Gourmet Cheese Alternative. It's available at Whole Foods and other health food stores. It tastes really good melted but I don't like it plain. There's a cheddar flavor.
http://www.followyourheart.com/cheese_pr鈥?/a>
Teese is even better, but the flavor is mozzarella.
http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreF鈥?/a>
I'm not sure if there are any vegan cheeses that are organic.|||Cheese is made of milk. If it's vegan, it ain't cheese.
Cows like being milked. I imagine sheep and goats do, too. They have a nice life on the farm. What's the problem?|||hey will, cows like being milked: yes.... BUT cows only need to be milked when they're prego.. now i don't know how smart you are but when a cow gets preganent is usually has a baby who takes the milk from it...
thats how it USED to be until humans came along and connected big awful machines to a cows uterus and took its milk AND its baby.....
and fyi... they don't live a happy life on the farm
so back to the question at hand: you can try a cheese called shreese... i havent had a chance to try it but i heard its really good...
I became vegan a few weeks ago and have been trying to find a good vegan cheese. So far I've tried Follow Your Heart and it tastes ok, but doesn't melt very well, which is the case for most vegan cheeses. Does anybody have any recommendations for a vegan cheese that tastes good and melts relatively well? And some brands advertise themselves as vegan, but actually aren't, like Veggie Slices, which has casein in it. So if anybody knows a really good vegan cheese that is actually vegan, that would be very helpful. :).|||The absolute best melting vegan cheese is Daiya. It tastes great and you can use it for pizza, gratinating, baking, cooking, anything for that matter: http://www.daiyafoods.com/
Daiya cheese is made from cassava root and truly sets itself apart from other vegan cheeses.|||I love Tofutti brand Mazarella cheese. I tried the cheddar too because I used to like cheddar the best before coming vegetarian and transitioning to the vegan lifestyle, but then when I tried this Mazarella Tofutti one that is my favorite vegan cheese. It is good on sandwiches, and also melted. I made pizza with it the other night and it was delicious. It melted better than the other ones I have tried.|||The only vegan cheese I have tried so far that tasted really like cheese (even to my wife, who was quite sceptical on the whole issue) is a Swiss product called No-Moo-Cheese. Don't know if it is available in the US, unfortunately, but it tasted like real Gruyere or Appenzell cheese.
Best regards,
Andy|||Daiya makes the most meltable cheese but it's still not comparable in taste to real cheese. I really liked it at first but recently I'm having a hard time enjoying it. Still, if you're looking for something that melts, that's your best bet. Oh, there is also a cheese called "Cheezly" that you can order online. Here's a link- I haven't tried it but it looks good:http://store.veganessentials.com/cheezly鈥?/a>
And those other cheese don't advertise themselves as vegan- they are simply soy cheeses. A company can't say "vegan" and then have ingredients like casein.|||Teese! I love making mac & teese with it! I just add salt and it's pretty close. It's also good for making pizzas at home, grilled teese and a lot more. I've also used it to make chips & teese and it was pretty good. I suggest using a cheese grater on it for chips and teese for an even distribution.
www.teesecheese.com|||I honestly can't find a vegan cheese i like. I had "Pure soy slices" which in honesty tasted like clay. Apparently a brand called Cheesaly or something is nice. I haven't tried it but apparently it tastes like real cheese. I was always told the best way to make the best vegan substitutes is to make it yourself. You can find loads of recipes online.
Good luck hope I helped :)|||I know in the UK there's a brand called "Pure" who also do Vegan butters. You could try their cheese. Apart from that, maybe you could even try and make some cheese :) It's a pretty straight forward process, and theirs loads of videos on youtube on it :)|||I tried the Veggie Slices made from RICE (read: not soy) and it is Vegan. Didn't taste very good cold, but once heated up (made a grilled cheese lol) it melted all right and tasted good. The only other Vegan cheese I've tried has been homemade with Nutritional Yeast.|||I have never found a good vegan cheese. The texture of them all is nasty to me.
I think, for me, cheese is the one thing that is not good made vegan.|||here are some tofu recipes for making non-dairy cheese at home and a few other tofu non-dairy althernatives.|||I love daiya cheese and it melts really well.|||cracker barrel sharp cheddar, yo|||totally agree with others: Daiya!!! If you can't find it near you, you can buy it online. I got it from Pangea: www.veganstore.com|||This is not just a good vegan cheese, but an AWESOME one: Daiya!!!
It comes in mozzarella and cheddar flavours, and it melts just great! I make vegan pita pizzas all the time with it, along with Yves veggie pepperoni... Just slap a couple of tablespoons of low-sodium spaghetti sauce on a whole-grain pita, with as much veggie pepperoni, and add the Daiya. Bake at 375 for about 10 minutes, then you may want to broil it for another minute to make sure the Daiya is all melted.
One of the best things about Daiya? You can freeze it right away, then just take out what you need, and it will last for ages (otherwise you have to eat it in about a week). Just defrost it carefully so that it does not melt in the process.
I also make grilled "cheese" with it - so easy and yummy!
It is a Canadian product but I think it is fairly easy to find in the US. Here in Ottawa, Ontario, it is available in all of the health food stores like Natural Food Pantry and Rainbow Foods. It is also available online! You just need to order from your own country to be allowed to ship it with a cold pack (this is how I got it before it was in stores here in Ottawa).
Like would my very picky kids and s/o be able to tell the difference between vegan cheese and dairy cheese? Is it considerably more expensive or the same?
I'm asking because we're going vegetarian(I am committed to this!) and I am making my shopping list.
How does vegan cheese compare, sodium wise?(The adults in my household all have hbp.)|||There are several different brands of veg*n "cheese." You'd have to read the label on each to see the sodium content.
But I can tell you, no, they don't taste like real cheese. Your kids will NOT be fooled. Whatever you substitute, be sure and read the label and be sure it has had B12 and calcium added during it's manufacture. Soy, hemp, rice, etc., milk does not naturally contain much calcium or any B12. They're highly processed products. Most of them have had B12 and calcium added, but be sure. Also regular soy milk contains about the same fat as 2% cow's milk. So it's not what most people would call "low fat."
Read labels. There are lots of fat veg*ns out there. Just going vegan won't cause weight loss.|||2% cow's milk IS low fat. Soy milk IS healthier than heavy cow's milk. I gave this answer a thumbs up, but it's not necessarily true. I recommend you do your research. Daiya cheese is definitely superior to dairy and when added to grilled cheese sandwiches, your kids will not notice the difference. Report Abuse
|||There are also other (better) sources of B12 and calcium such as leafy greens. The purpose of non-dairy milk varies, you don't need to get your nutrients from it. You can add various foods to any meal to aid its nutritional content. I'd look out for the sugar content or harmful additives. Report Abuse
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|||They do not taste at all like milk cheese, and your kids will not be fooled. I'm not a picky eater at all, and I avoid commercial vegan cheeses. I have the Uncheese Cookbook and the recipes are quite tasty, but they don't actually taste like real cheese.
Since you're not going full vegan anyway, I'd recommend just sticking to regular cheese. If, that is, you need to eat cheese at all. It's healthier and cheaper going vegan by sticking to whole foods, and not relying on the heavily processed imitation meats and cheeses.|||I had vegan chocolate once (It was a small Easter egg) and I was wondering if it was actually cowpat. I've had vegan chocolate before but that was probably filled with loads of chemicals and stuff. But that was by a large company, not by what I'm guessing was someones small little market store.
I haven't tried vegan cheese but I bet it's terrible. It's probably terrible for you as well.
If you're gonna be vegetarian, you don't need vegan cheese.|||I'm 16 year old, a vegan, and it took just a little bit to get used to.
Galaxy Nutritional Foods Rice Cheese on a grilled cheese sandwich, on the other hand, couldn't notice at all! $3.49 for 10-12 slices.
Daiya shredded mozzarella cheese is wonderful for pizzas. It's a little bit stickier (it's not even sticky really, I don't know how to word it) but it doesn't melt as well as real cheese does. It's more expensive... I find it for $5.50 a bag.
As for sodium, the Daiya cheese I buy has 280mg per serving, and the Rice Cheese has 120 mg/slice.|||It doesn't taste exactly the same and does take some time to get used to. There is VERY little variety, as well. I think nutritional yeast comes the closest to a cheddar taste and it's not expensive really. Perhaps, $8/lbs, but it is as light as feathers takes a lot to reach a pound. You have to find a recipe to make it cheese that's liquid, since it's dry. It goes great in place of parmesan on vegan pizza, too. Parma Raw is a great parmesan alternative, but it doesn't rally taste as strong as parmesan, it mainly has a similar texture, but the ingredients are GREAT - all natural. It has a high salt content though, but it uses Celtic Sea Salt.
Daiya is fairly good and contains no soy, it melts very well, but it is a bit pricey for what you get. It only comes in two flavors: mozzarella and cheddar.
Rice milk based cheese is by far the worst... imo. Sodium wise, I'm not sure, make sure you check the labels..|||IT ALL DEPENDS
the Vegan pizza from whole foods taste about the same as real pizza then his one ffrozen brand i ate tastes like card bourd and garlic XP|||I have never found one that tastes like cheese. Maybe there are some that do.
I really love cheese, and mac and cheese. I'm a vegan, and allergic to milk, so I literally can't have mac and cheese. I've seen cheese sauce and mac and cheese recipes online, and they all have onion powder, pepper, and garlic in them. I just want a plain cheese sauce to put on my noodles. Plus, I have stomach problems, and I cannot have garlic, pepper, or onion.
All the vegan recipies I find are so fancy and have so many spices in them. I don't like that stuff, at all. I like PLAIN. Literally, plain. Most nights I have plain tofu and rice. Haha, that plain. Does anyone know a very PLAIN cheese sauce? I mean, very plain. Nothing fancy, just a plain cheese flavour. I have a vegan cheese that I love, but whenever I melt it, it gets warm and gooey then it gets hard and all my noodles and in clumps. Do I have to mix my cheese with something first?|||I HIGHLY recommend Daiya cheese, if you can find it. http://www.daiyafoods.com/, you can make a cheese sauce w/ this cheese, soymilk, non-dairy butter & flour.
This cheese is great because it's not made from soy
BEST EVER|||To make regular cheese sauce I always melt it in milk and butter and that makes a great plain cheese sauce, no spices needed. The problem is vegan cheese use oils and proteins so they don't melt as well and obviously you can't use milk... maybe try using soy milk? I have seen vegan cheese in my local super market (I love the vegan hot dogs!) and they have some specifically for melting so maybe try one of those melted in soy milk. If you melt even regular cheese just on top of a food it tends to turn hard after it cools, when it's melted in milk and it hardens its all bound together, so heating it up again (like leftover mac and cheese) makes it nice and creamy again.
I have never cooked with vegan cheese, so my best advice is to try one that is made for "melting" I know Redwoods is a popular brand for melting. Also do not add butter as vegan cheese usually has oil in it already.
Any time I have been grocery shopping and seen non-dairy (soy) cheese, I look at the ingredients and usually listed as the second or third ingredient is casein, which is milk protein and therefore an animal bi-product. Is there any 'cheese' that is 100% vegan? I wasn't a very big cheese eater before going vegan, but I would like to have the option to use it.|||Tofutti cheese is the best sliced cheese BUT nutritional yeast flakes taste almost exactly like parmesan cheese and are REALLY high in b vitamins as well. I love them.|||What country are you from?
In the uk, Cheezly and Toffuti cheeses are vegan, there's another two but I forgot the name. Cheezly is best in general, but recently discovered the Toffuti mozarella slices are great on pizza.
Go for one approved by the vegan society. Fully vegan cheese will state that it is vegan, too, since that is their big market.|||Isn't that annoying? I don't think they should be able to label it as non-dairy even if it has the slightest amount of dairy in it like that.
I've heard that Cheezly is amazing, but it isn't available in the US (yet? I hope I'll be able to try it at some point. Get on the ball, Cheezly people! :)), so it depends on where you're located. If you're in the US, look for Tofutti. They have vegan individually wrapped style cheese slices, and their "Better than cream cheese" is great, especially for making vegan cheesecake. There's also a vegan rice cheese by Galaxy, which I think is much better than Tofutti. I use their shredded mozzerella style every now & then when I make pizza. Follow Your Heart also has many varieties of brick style cheese which can be okay for cooking, but not to slice up for crackers or anything like that...pretty gross. There's also a vegan parmesan style cheese which I can't remember the name of or the company. But I prefer just plain nutritional yeast with a little salt for parm. anyway.
All of these are kind of expensive though, so mainly, when I want something cheese-like, I use this recipe: http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7057.0 . I don't use as much salt as it calls for and I add a bit of turmeric, and use soymilk instead of water usually. The longer you cook it, the thicker it will get, so you can either make it something creamy & smooth to pour on top of veggies or for nachos, etc. (might need to add a tiny bit more water or "milk" for this) or let it cook longer & then chill for a while so it's more like a sliceable/spreadable soft cheese. I love it thicker & spread on a sandwich with toasted bread or a bagel. Yummy. :)|||You should keep your eyes open for "Follow Your Heart"
Its a vegan cheese, no casein.
BUT, in my opinion its not the best. Actually,the cheddar is sick. But i really do find that the mozzarella is quite okay.
Galaxy foods also makes a parmesan "shred" that just sprinkles over food, i find it to work well in pasta when you want that cheesy flavor.
You could always order them off the internet, if you cant find them at the store.|||By definition cheese is dairy therefore not vegan.
I'm a vegan and I ate vegan cheese once, it tastes SO BAD!|||Vons and Ralph's both carry Veggie Slices. They hide it near the tofu, not the cheese. I'm not 100% sure this is vegan but worth checking the label. Some groceries will also be happy to place special orders. In any case let your grocer know you want it, they'll only stock it once they know there's a demand.|||And you most likely won't in a regular grocery store. Even living in California, I had to search high and low and only found it at Whole Foods. It's not the greatest anyway, and still processed, so to just avoid those recipes or try to redo them without the "cheese" would be best!|||actually its best if you avoide soy cheese because those things are more trouble than they are worth lol.......they are notorious for not having the best taste and alot of vegans avoid them its just weird how it melts in your mouth and not in a good way at all......health food stores under soy cheese i would suspect but dont say i didnt warn you i dont even really like cheese so it was no problem to give that up|||I have a friend who is Vegan and she was able to find some of these products at our local grocery store. It's usually made from soya-protein.
But here is a web site with Vegan cheese information, recipes and a list of where you can find these products. Good luck! Props to you for being vegan...you're awesome.
http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/ca鈥?/a>
|||try looking in health stores. I found vegan cheese at an organic market.
I have tried quite a lot of vegan cheeses and so far I hate them all. To be honest I was never a very big cheese person before anyway... I mostly only ate mozzarella on pizzas, but I did also like white cheshire cheese a lot. I bought Tofutti's dairy-free "mozzarella style" cheese and it smelt and tasted foul. I've tried two type of Scheese cheese - one was cheddar and the other a cream cheese, both nasty! And the most recent one was "Vegourment" vegan cheese, and it was again nasty. I do like vegan CREAM cheese though (except obviously the Scheese one I tried)
Are there ANY tasty vegan cheeses out there (I'm after the 'harder' cheeses like cheddar, cheshire, lancashire, mozzarella, etc) ???
Thanks!|||I'm in Australia so don't know the whole range. But I've had Cheezly cheddar style (weird). However, the Cheezly blue vein style goes very well on a pizza with pesto, caramelised onions, baby spinach, mushrooms, walnuts, a bit of grated cheese (the aforementioned cheezly cheddar or any other vegan cheese) and a layer of rocket leaves and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar just before you eat it.|||You could try cheezly and daiya if you can get them but that's about it if you've disliked the others.
How long have you been vegan?
There are no soy cheeses which taste identical to dairy cheese and most vegans stop wanting and craving cheese after 6-8 weeks.
ADD: Nutritional yeast/savory yeast flakes are good on pizza as well instead of cheese.|||i dont think so
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
I have been a vegetarian for 9 years and recently have began thinking about becoming a vegan. After seeing the living condition "milk cows" are placed in, I think that is very cruel and dont want to help fund that. I was wondering about vegan cheeses and butters. I live with a meat eating boyfriend, although he is currently trying to kick meat for good, and i don't want to ahve to buy both vegan cheese and milk cheese. I was wondering how different vegan cheese or butter tastes from its dairy counterpart. I want to be able to buy only vegan but I'm afraid my boyfriend may not like it. Does it taste alot different than the other? Where can I buy it? How much more expensive is it?|||Vegan margarines are very similar to others, and can be quite cheap. Nucoa is vegan, and very cheap, good, and at most super markets. :) As for vegan cheese, it tastes nothing like dairy cheese, but some are quite good. I was obsessed with cheese before I became vegan (almost 2 years ago), and I can admit that I miss it. Most food co-ops and Fred Meyer/QFC (if you have them where you live) have a fair selection of vegan cheeses. The best I've found that is easy to find is Vegan Gourmet, especially the nacho flavor. It is good in foods, but not great alone. Make sure they don't have casein, a milk protein (not vegan). Tofutti slices are also not so bad.
Sadly, the only really good vegan cheeses I've had are ones I've had to order online (Teese is pretty darn good). Good luck and good for you for thinking about this. I know its hard. I live with a meat eater, but I still love him. :)|||A lot different!
I personally cannot stand the taste of vegan butter & cheese.
Well I once had a vegan cream cheese spread that wasn鈥檛 too bad but on the whole I avoid both.
You only have to read the ingredients on vegan cheese to put you off for life!
So it may be a case of trial and error, try a few different brands.
Health food shops normally sell it. Organic stores sometimes sell it.
Contact your local vegan society, as they can give you advice on vegan food brands, where to buy, cost etc....
http://www.vegansociety.com
http://www.americanvegan.org
Do a search for your area.
.|||in my opinion vegan margarine and regular margarine are very similar,
when it comes to cheese not so much, i've only bought the sliced cheese kind which didn't taste good plain but as a grilled cheese it was okay.
there ae so many different types of vegan cheeses, your bound to find at least one you like, even if it doesn't taste exactly like real cheese.|||well its not a dairy product so how do you think its gonna taste!? thats like asking if soy milk is like real milk. hell no. if you like cheese eat cheese, just find some that is made on a free range farm, its out there.|||soy cheese is OK
But Earth Balance butter substitute is awful! You can NOT bake with it as the package says. And it smells and tastes funny.|||Well, I have never aten it plain, but I had vegan soy cheese on lasagne and it tasted just fine, same with the texture so yeah. Dunno about butter.|||nope.. it's processed... read the ingredients.. most will have some derivative from animal.|||I totally agree with you on the cow thing.
Okay, for starters, vegan cheese, for me, is really good! I like it. Vegan cheese can come shredded or regularly sliced, like how you see american cheese. I haven't tried vegan butter (which is just made from either soy, flax, and/or canola oil), I have been waiting for them to go on sale.
If you go to an all-natural food store, you can get them cheaper then if you got them at Vons or Ralphs, or whatever grocery chain there is. They will be a little expensive and they usually don't go on sale very often. I'd say the price is about $3.99 - 6.99.
But, you don't have an all-natural store, then you can go to your local, big-name, chain grocery store. The vegan cheese is NOT in the regular cheese area. Wherever you find tofu, you'll find vegan cheese and vegan items. The vegan stuff is usually in the produce section; real easy to find, of course.
There are many "types" of vegan cheese, such as: Monterrey jack, cheddar, american, jalapeno, and mozzarella. I recommend that you try them.
Peace!
im a vegetarian thinking of going vegan but i love ice cream and cheese ravioli a little too much too commit.|||Good Karma makes vegan,gluten free "ice cream" that is rice milk based. I like their pb fudge and carrot cake the best, but they are all very good.
I have also found shredded rice cheese (I can't eat soy) that is tasty. It comes in mozzarella or cheddar. You can also get Toffuti "cream cheese" to replace regular cream cheese. You can find them at any health food store, in fact a lot of mainstream grocery stores carry them as well. If the don't already have them, ask the grocery buyer/manager to bring them in for you. They are always willing to help a customer.
Good luck!|||it can't be cheese or cream if it is made from vegetable matter...cheese and cream come from animal fat.
To paraphrase a rose by any other name would still smell (taste) as sweet...
vegetable fat whipped into a cheese substitute would never taste as sweet as real cream...butter or cheese!
You can fool some of the people some of the time by calling it cheese but it will never be.|||Stores have a ton of vegan stuff. Look around in the health food section and check the regular ice cream store, and I'm sure if you look really hard you'll find one, or if you are good at making stuff there are a ton of recipes online. Some vegan cheeses: http://www.teesecheese.com/index.php
http://www.galaxyfoods.com/ourbrands/usa鈥?/a>|||Yes there is, which tends to be made with vegetable oil and Soya
Cheezley
Sheese
Toffuti (which is a tofu cheese)
Free & Easy (some items) such as the cheese sauce.
And the life (free from range) have a variety, even dairy free parmesan cheese.|||I agree with wrenched....it is not cheese
If you like cheese why don't you just eat it? Why would you go and try to find something that tastes like what you want. Just eat the real thing.? I have seen soy recipes for buffalo wings? Buffalo wings????no way that isn't a buffalo wing...
wtf?|||yes there is substitutes and alternatives. most of them are soy-based, but they taste just like real cheese. of course, they won't be exactly the same because they won't be dairy.my favorite brand is Vegan Gourmet cheese, but our tastes might differ. hope i helped.|||Yes!
it is made with almonds or cashews and nutritional yeast.
The store bought stuff is full of crap. You an make a really good "cheese" at home out of very few ingredients.
Just Google vegan cheese and you will get a pile of recipes!|||after going vegan i had the same worries.....but omg the ice cream is amazing i love luna and larry's coconut bliss its to die for.
and they have cheeses too my fav is follow your heart gourmet vegan cheese
goodluck|||If there can be vegetarian meat there can be vegan cheese.|||anything can happen with soy .. they can make soy milk so one would imagine soy cheese is a possibility|||Not only is there soy baed cheese, but ice cream too. :)|||Yes.|||wtf!? you can have cheese cuz its cow milk. vegetarians are ridiculous... you people take things WAY to the extreme.|||...yeah ! I get my "cheese" from around the "rim" of my Big Johnson... "she" says it's delicious....
so, if vegans cant put all this stuff in their cheese, what the [heck] is in itt?? forreal! my friend tried being vegan once, and said it was way too hard, so is now sticking to vegetarianism. i have a friend who is a pestotarian, and she doesnt eat animals cept seafood..... lol. i GET that, but what's in vegan cheese??? lmao.|||Actually it is very easy to make a Vegan Cheese. You can make cheese by simply blending up some cashews, some water, yeast flakes, pimentos(or red bell pepper), a little bit of lemon juice and then you can add some granulated agar so that it will jell and slice if you want it to. It is really yummy. You can even turn it into a queso by adding some rotel, or chilis. It is yummy! and good for you!|||Probably soy cheese and a bunch of preservatives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy_cheese|||You mean pescatarian not pestotarian.|||It's usually soy-based. Not too tasty.|||It is flavored tofu in essence|||It's a little thing called soy. Look it up. It can be your best friend.|||I believe it's soy based.|||I don't want to know...|||tofu isnt it|||well! i don't know! perhaps milk!|||your mom..jk...lil ilyg. soy and such...
I've been vegetarian for a few years and I'd like to go vegan. But my weak spot...cheese. It's kind of a staple in my diet. How painful is it to wean yourself off?|||Coming from a vegan, who has tried most mock cheeses.
There all just unbelievably horrible, they taste disgusting, and I would highly recommend just forgetting about cheese, and eating other vegans foods that taste good.
Of course you can try some mock cheeses, and see if you like them. But if you think its going to taste anything even close to cheese, you're going to be disappointed..|||Not too painful. I use daiiy. They have a great shredded cheese product that's meltable etc and I think it's delicious. I discovered it while trying to find make a good vegan pizza. Nutritional yeast also adds a cheesy taste to most dishes. I haven't yet found a vegan cheese that I think is great just to eat with cheese and crackers but maybe I'll find out after I answer this! :) Also, consider what happens for to the cows and male calves. The mother's are often artificially inseminated and have to just keep giving birth until they can't anymore and die of exhaustion or are sold off as diseased meat. The males are separated and usually killed before they even know what's going on. That's what happens to get your cheese fix. Best to you. You can do it. There are also awesome vegan pate that can be amazing and you can do a LOT with taste. I make mine in my vitamix but you could also buy an inexpensive cuisinart and do the same thing. Have fun!|||There some vegan cheese-like products. None are going to taste like real cheese,but they can do in a spot when you are having a craving. Food Front in Portland sells a bunch of different types, here is their website: http://foodfightgrocery.com/fake-cheesy/
Also, nutritional yeast, sold as a vegan supplement and in bulk, has a cheesy-nutty flavor. It is good sprinkled over pasta with olive oil. There are many fake-cheese recipes made with nutritional yeast, like "gee whiz" to make a fake processed-cheese like product. It's pretty good.|||Most "fake" cheeses don't taste like cheese. The only thing that tastes like cheese is cheese. However, the other stuff can be good if you appreciate it for what it is, rather than what it's trying to imitate. The same goes for any "replacement" foods.|||@Ariel Thank you for the hummus suggestion!
I am also trying to reduce dairy. But I really wanted to make this carrot souffle I love for xmas. I wasn't sure how to replace the cheese in it, because I don't normally like vegan cheese. But I just bet that hummus would give an excellent edge to the souffle!
Yay!|||Cheese! My weakness too. There is some fake cheese called Veggie Slices. I have seen them at Target and Sunflower Market. They have some different flavors like American, cheddar, and pepperjack. Otherwise it looks like you already got some good reccomendations from other people :)|||My sister is a vegan and used Daiya cheese in everything (http://www.daiyafoods.com/). I have tried it before - it's good and I couldn't tell the difference.|||Hummus!|||I think maybe tofu?
please.. i need the info 'cause i'm a New Vegan ('cause I'm allergic to almost anything..except the vegan diet)and need to know everything about this type of diet!! thxs|||so far, only one of the answers up here have touched on the actual vegan cheeses. most soy cheeses are NOT vegan. almost all of the soy cheeses i have seen available in the mainstream grocery stores (safeway, ralphs, etc.) are NOT vegan.
there is an ingredient in them called Casein or Caseinate that is animal derived.
i think it's in there to help with the cheese melting, and a lot of vegan cheeses tend to not melt all that well.
im pretty sure that most vegan cheese will specifiy "vegan" on the packaging. Follow Your Heart cheeses are my favorite vegan cheese. and Tofutti makes vegan cheese slices, cream cheeses and sour creams.
just check for those two ingredients listed above. those are the ones that get you. (soy cheeses tend to be marketed toward people who are lactose intolerant, not vegans, unfortunately.)|||Feta cheese is sheep and/or goat cheese, therefore not vegan BUT many people are NOT allergic to feta or goat milk porducts. so you may want to try that one out.
Feta has to be sheep milk at least 70% to be called feta, the rest os goat milk.
Some american stores will cheat and call it Feta when it is made with cow milk, or ALL cow milk. This is food labelling for you, and if you're going to be vegan ( I am) you have to assume that most labelling can be a lie, and as long as 2% of the label is correct, they are technically not lying....
I hate food Labelling in USA, its always a lie.
Anyway, soy cheeses are vegan and almond milk and rice milk cheeses.
I love almond cheese, its very good and lovely creeamy taste|||No, feta is not vegan. I've pretty much omitted the idea of cheese out of my diet, I find it unnecessary, but in your transition, you might find it comforting to have a substitute. Health food stores have vegan cheese, but they're expensive, and in my opinion, not very good. Check the ingredients, sometimes it seems like a cheese is vegan, but it's not. look for ingredients like casien and whey - these are not vegan.
I make "cashew cheese" and it is delicious! Raw cashews, a little water, nutritional yeast (vegans should always have this in their pantry, it is delicious and it adds a cheesy flavor), salt, pepper, fresh lemon juice. mix it up in a food processor. It should be the consistency of between feta and ricotta. Put it in a cake pan, put it in the window and let it ferment for a while, then put it in the fridge. You can eat it right away, but its better the next day. It's good with crackers, you can mix different herbs in there, that would be good. Mainly I use it to top pizza, yummy!
Get yourself some vegan cookbooks - vegan with a vengence is good, or veganomicon. You'll learn a lot from those. Also, join vegweb.com. it's a website where vegans post their own personal recipes, there's lots of good stuff on there.
Congratulations on making the switch! :) The transition can be difficult, but once you get the hang of it and discover this whole new world of delicious food, you'll wonder why everyone doesn't just become vegan, because meat, dairy and eggs are so unnecessary.|||Sorry, feta cheese is dairy and therefore, not vegan. Look in the cheese ailse of your local health food store or check out the selections that are sometimes found in your grocery (next to the fruits and veggies -- I'm not sure why!).|||Of all the cheeses I've ever had NONE have been vegan because they all come from animals. Only soy cheese if vegan because it's made form a non-animal. Good luck with your new diet.|||since feta is made from cows milk then I would say nope.
only certain soy cheese is vegan friend. I don't think all of them are, so be careful with that|||No, but there's such a thing as rice cheese.|||Feta Cheese = Goat Cheese so no it's not vegan.
I need help finding the best vegan cheese. I tried Follow Your Heart today, I almost threw up!!! What do you reccomend for a vegan cheese?
Thanks for the help :]|||Follow Your Heart is typically considered the best vegan cheese, and it's certainly not a replacement for real cheese. At this time, there isn't really a good vegan cheese that will satisfy true cheese lovers. FYH has an odd texture before melting. VeganRella isn't much better, and it's completely bland flavor-wise. I haven't tried Teese, but I don't have high hopes. Maybe I'll try it and be pleasantly surprised in the future.
I don't know if you ate FYH straight out of the package, or melted it. Any vegan cheese will be much better melted than in its initial, solid state. If you want a vegan cheese that you can cut a slice off to eat, you're basically out of luck. Follow Your Heart melts better than any other vegan cheese I've tried, especially shredded, and I like it. Both the cheddar and the mozzarella make a decent grilled cheese sandwich. I added Yves Fake Canadian Bacon to a grilled mozzarella sandwich, and it was really yummy. I have made successful nachos as well. The mozzarella is fine on a pizza, but it doesn't add much for me since I've always liked cheeseless pizza.
Another way to satisfy a cheese craving is nutritional yeast. It has a faintly cheesy flavor and supplies important nutrients like vitamin B12, which you probably know is one of the few things that can't be found in a plant food source. I like to shake it over spaghetti or on popcorn.
So, those are my suggestions for ways to get a little cheese fix. Sadly, there just isn't a product on the market that truly replicates a good cheese.|||If you can find it, Daiya is very good.
http://www.daiyafoods.com/|||I like to eat Cheezly from the Redwood brand, because it tastes good and it actually melts. But that can only be found in the UK. If you live in the States then there must be something else for you.|||Vegan cheeses are largely horrible. Follow Your Heart is at the top of most vegans' lists; I can't stand the stuff, though. Tofutti makes a passable sliced American substitute that I put on veggie burgers from time to time, but it's not much comfort as I've never been wild about American cheese to begin with.|||The best vegan cheese, by far, is Dr. Cow. It's nearly impossible to find, but you can order it from Pangea. http://www.veganstore.com/|||I like Galaxy, both slices and shreds. I may be the minority. I've never tried Follow Your Heart, but I've tried the Tofutti slices and was repulsed.
http://www.galaxyfoods.com/|||I assume you want the melty sort of cheese, in which case you're pretty much SOL as far as I know. Follow Your Heart does make an excellent cream cheese, though, under the label Vegan Gourmet -- I couldn't stand their mozzarella but I love this stuff to death. I hope that helps.
Hi!!
I am a vegetarian and thinking about becoming vegan. My mom says vegan cheese is nasty, but I want to know your opinions!!! So please answer!!!!=]
Thanx!=]|||I do not like the Veggie cheese but the Soy Cheese is UNBELIEVABLE!!!
YUMMY!!!!!!!!!
If you are considering becoming Vegan please read these two wonderful books:
Skinny ***** by Kim Barnouin and Rory Freedman
Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover by Marilu Henner and Laura Morton
Dairy is soooo bad for you. Go Vegan!!!|||I like the vegan cheese. Just check to see what brand your store carries. I use it all the time in many different recipes and for sandwiches.|||I really don't like the vegan cheeses I've tried (I'm UK based, so they were only British brands - US ones may be a lot better). Tofutti cream "cheese" and "cheese" squares I found edible, but a bit bland and plasticky. Redwood Cheezli made me vomit.
But don't let that put you off becoming a vegan. I was a total cheesoholic before I became a vegan, but I survived giving up cheese, not by finding a cheese substitute, but by finding lots of other foods I liked. If you do become a vegan, don't expect to find an exact substitute for everything you liked before - half the fun of being vegan is discovering completely new foods.
Good luck.|||I've never heard of a food substance which is that vile before!
Do you really want to give up ice cream?|||I would recommend cutting down your cheese intake for a while before going "cold turkey." Vegan cheese doesn't taste like dairy cheese, and if you turn to cheese substitutes right away, you may be disappointed.
Get a vegan baking book like "Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World" or "My Sweet Vegan" and start cooking up some delicious sweets that will take your mind away from thinking you are deprived in any way. Get a regular vegan cookbook too, so you can make some great meals that taste fabulous without cheese. Try "Vegan with a Vengeance" or "Veganomicon."
If you do try cheese substitutes, remember to read the labels. Many soy cheeses are not vegan because they contain casein. You will probably have to go to a health food store or Whole Foods to find real vegan cheese. That being said, I like "Follow your Heart Vegan Gourment". It is best melted and not eaten raw, but some people like it raw. "Sheese" is very hard to find, but I hear it's very good. There are also recipes for vegan cheeses. "The Uncheese Cookbook" is a great one. Most of the recipes don't taste like dairy cheese, but have a "cheesy" taste and will satisfy a cheese craving.
Here's an amazing recipe for mac and cheese from the "New Farm Cookbook". http://xtrinity.com/wasabimon/2007/03/ve… The key ingredient (as in most cheese-like recipes) is nutritional yeast, which can be purchased at a health food store or online. Make sure you don't get brewer's yeast. It is not the same!|||Funny you ask, I used to LOVE CHEESE. Im vegan. I have though about about goin veggie for the cheese but I ususally think to myself, "Its fattening and gross anyway." Its good, but it comes from dairy and milk is sick. My body is better off and healthier without.
My favorite vegan cheese is "Follow your Heart" brand. I have not found one I really "enjoy" except a cashew cheddar from a restaraunt called Real Food Daily in West Hollywood/ Santa Monica, Ca.|||I like it ... melted on flax bread or on a veggie burger.
the pepper-jack is amazing.
Does anyone know of any vegan cheese pizzas (frozen) that are in stores?
How about a vegan cheese that works on a pizza?
My friends son has a major dairy allergy. Our kids are in preschool together and their class is having a pizza party. I want to find one for him so that he does not feel left out of the fun!
Any information will be greatly appreciated, thanks! |||if you buy a soy cheese or almond cheese etc make sure there is no casein in it! This is a milk derivative and if the allergy is as bad as you say...this could have bad effects! there are some soy cheeses that are vegan. look for the vegan name on it just to be safe! good luck!|||Amy's makes a vegan pizza called "roasted vegetable pizza."
http://www.amys.com/products/category_vi鈥?/a>
Trader Joe's also has a roasted vegetable pizza that is vegan called "roasted vegetable pizza." The name may/may not have been stolen from Amy's. ;)
Neither have cheese on them, but I like them.|||Follow Your Heart vegan cheeses work well, but I personally like to stick to pizza recipes that didn't call for cheese to start with. Italian tradition has quite a few of those, the Mozzarella-covered thing is an American invention.|||You can buy Rice Cheese, Almond cheese, and Soy Cheese in many different flavors (cheddar pepper jack, ect.) and use those! They are both healthy for him and non dairy so they should work fine! |||Amy's has a few, but be careful- most of the soy cheese pizzas are not vegan. And you could always make your own with vegan cheese. Follow your heart is good and melts well.|||http://www.galaxyfoods.com/ourbrands/usa鈥?/a>|||AMYS! It's so good!! Even my non-vegetarian sister loves it.
i used to order my vegan cheese online but the website no longer ships to my location so i need to finds a local grocery store or another website that carries it.|||You can order it from Food Fight at: http://store.foodfightgrocery.com/
They have tons of stuff on their "cheesy" page and everything they sell is 100% Vegan.
You said you want some place local - but you didn't say where it is you are...so we can't help you with that part.|||Any Whole Foods supermarket will have it.|||http://www.daiyafoods.com/where/index.as鈥?/a>|||you can get soy cheese in any grocery store. sobeys or Safeway. really any place has them now. i don't know about vegan cheese i have never some across it.|||Whole Foods. At soem Krogers they have vegan Rice Cheese. I like it. Sometimes you have to ask them to carry things.|||I get mine from my local nutrition store.
Where can I go to buy vegan cheese in the UK?
I usually buy from TESCO's and I bought 'cheezly', but I want to try something different now.
What are the best cheeses you've tasted and where do you get them from??|||Scheese cheeses are nice and I probably would recommend them more highly than Cheezly, with the exception of the Cheezly mozzarella- that melts far better than any other and is available in any Holland and Barratts usually. Another nice one available in H&B is Tofutti cream cheese.
For Scheese products, the first place to try would be your local independant healthfood store: they often stock a different range which may well include those. It's likely to be a wider range than a supermarket too. These stores are often willing to get in new proucts available from their stockists if they think there is a demand also.
Failing that there are a variety of vegan cheese alternatives easily available on online veggie or healthfood stores. It's just always worth checking when ordering this way whether or not they charge extra to deliver refridgerated products and bearing in mind you won't be able to check the use by date! Vegan cheese tends to last longer than dairy but don't stock up large amounts this way because you don't know what the dates will be. For these reasons it's best to check out what's avialble from local stores first.|||There is also Sheese - according to their website, Sainsburys stock this. Personally I like the Cheezly products. Both do loads of different varieties and other great products for us vegans!
Infinity Food stores are a good distributor of such products. Also, Taj stores -- that is if you have any of these shops in your area! Also Holland & Barrett. Ask at your local organic/healthfood store. They will be able to order most products if you ask them to.
Cheezly (Redwood Foods) website:
http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/
Sheese (Bute Island Foods) website:
http://www.buteisland.com/|||My local Sainsbury's has Scheeze. Holland and Barratts would have other options as well.
Goodnessdirect.co.uk do deliveries, not sure what they have in terms of vegan cheese but they are generally really good for vegan stuff.
It does really depend where you live- but I am sure there is a good health food/organic shop near to you if you look it up. There are vegan forums online as well, you might be able to find a local one to help you source other vegan goodies as well.
Good luck!|||I like Cheezly cheeses too; I've only ever found one of the cheddars in Tesco; try Holland & Barrett or any good health food shop for other Cheezly cheeses, including melting ones, or visit the Redwood site as above and order online.|||Cheese is not vegan. It is dairy.
Does vegan cheese taste like real cheese or can you tell it is not real cheese? What is a good brand to buy? |||I like tofutti and follow your heart the best. I've heard Sheese is really good and tastes just like cheese, but it's too expensive for me to buy. I actually prefer to make my own cheese with nutritional yeast. |||vegan cheese is so tasty.. im sorry i forgot the name of the brand i liked best... sorry i dont eat it often, but i have tried it. it tastes closer to cheese than you would imagine.. but not spot on.|||I don't know if you can get it where you are, but Redwood make several good vegan cheeses, including some melting ones.
It's a very long time since I ate real cheese, so I can't say how it compares, but it's good
http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/
I've been vegetarian for almost four years, and have decided to take that extra step and try out a vegan diet. Bought "Rice Dreams" milk (it's delicious), but I need help finding and affordable, easy to find vegan cheese. So recommended away :)
oh, and are most Morningstar Farms products vegan?
A bit confused on that one :/
Thanks!|||Most Morningstar stuff is NOT vegan, a few things are...I think the Chick'n or Steak strips are.
Try Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet soy cheese in mozzerella, monterey jack, or cheddar. The thinner you shred it the better it melts, and it's at health food stores.|||The problem with commercially available "vegetarian" cheezes is that they often contain non-vegan products. You have to become an expert at reading ingredients. My nose and stomach are expert at finding non-vegan cheez ingredients, so I finally gave up trying, for the most part, with one exception:
If you want to just buy a good vegan cheese, go to
http://www.dr-cow.com/products/
You can also look at the book The Uncheese Book, by Joan Stepaniak. This is a vegan "cheese" cookbook (for raw vegans who may be reading, most of the recipes can be easily converted to raw)
Charlie Trotter's book, Raw, contains a really good recipe for cashew cheese, which can be made easily over three days in even the most un-prepared kitchen -- you only need a food processor. This cheez, which is very like cream cheese can be altered adding spices and herbs, to get a cheez very much like Boursin.
Ani Phyo's book Ani's Raw Kitchen gives some interesting quick to make cheeze recipes.
My all time favorite cheez recipe is for a "cheddar cheez"
juice of one lemon
1/3 large red or orange red bell pepper
1 T onion powder
1 t sea salt (or celtic salt)
1 T chili seasoning (optional)
Water to the level of the other ingredients in the blender.
Blend all ingredients to smooth. This will give a creamy cheez which can be used a dip or spread, or even a salad dressing.
(if you want a thicker cheez, reduce the amount of water to the minimum which allow you to process the ingredients to smooth).|||Galaxy Nutritional Foods Make RICE Cheese has no soy, gluten, casein or lactose. Even melts!
http://www.galaxyfoods.com/ourbrands/usa鈥?/a>
My daughter buys some nice Almond Cheeses for her family that they like real well. I have not tried them because I'm allergic to almonds.
There are also Soy Cheeses that are decent.
Slaint茅 (to your health)|||The best commercial vegan cheeses are Dr.Cow (hard to find- I order it from Pangea) and Sheeze. Most of the grocery brands are fairly dreadful.
You can make your own, too- Jo Stepaniak's cookbook "The Uncheese Cookbook" is full of good recipes.|||Holland and Barratt (are you in Britain) - do some really good vegan cheeses I think. I'm pretty sure they're vegan.
and also Redwood foods...
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/food/cheezly-mat鈥?/a>|||TOFUTTI:]] lol
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>|||Tofutti i think its called make good vegan cheese ^^
Vegan cheese is made from soya milk which is rich in proteins and low in fat compared to dairy cheese. The answer to your question is, it is non-fattening.|||No its VEGAN.
No fatty oils or animal products.|||No way!! It's good for you.
If it's vegan that means there is no cholesterol and very little fat.
No better choice :)|||i was gonna buy some the other day, but when i read the nutrition panel it was 5grams of fat per slice,,,, thats way fattening, i know its not animal fat, but any fat aint gonna help u lose weight, for me i want to lose weight while being vegan, xxxxxxxxxx
No, we bought soy cheese once and it had way different properties than dairy cheese. It still tasted fine, but it decidedly did not melt like normal dairy cheese.|||I wanna know what it's made out of because it can't be good!|||who cares its nasty.|||It doesn't melt as well as regular cheese, but it works.. On a cold sandwich you can not tell it from regular cheese.|||Not any I've tried... and they're not very tasty either.
One thing that I discovered today is that Tofutti better than cream cheese tastes like chedder cheese spread when you put in on a cracker.
My boyfriend's mother bought us some tofutti, and since there is not much to eat for me in my house lately [lack of funds], I've been snacking on that. And today I got the bright idea to spread in on a cracker. It's awesome and cholesterol free. A little expensive though...|||Not exactly. The best brand I've found is Vegan Gourmet. The mozzarella is pretty good if you want to make your own pizza! It will melt, but it won't spread out and all melt together in a gooey glob like dairy cheese will. You can't use it very well on things like nachos or things like that, but most things will be fine.|||Not exactly.|||The consistency is slightly different. While dairy cheese tends to have this distinct stringiness and is thicker, the vegan cheese I've had (Vegan Gourmet) is neither stringy nor thick. It does melt, and it's great on pastas and makes an awesome mac n' cheese. It falls short, however, on pizzas and other cheese-like dishes, imo.|||Not usually as well as dairy cheese, no.|||Some "Vegan" cheeses do better than others at melting.
BUT.. most of the ones that melt at all have "cassien" in them.. which is an animal product (a milk protien I believe) GO figure! Make a vegan cheese with a milk product in it! Sheesh.. they must just be cutting corners to make it taste better/melt better, thinking that no one will know what "Cassien" is.|||Vegan cheese is AWFUL. It does it's own thing. And melting like real cheese is not one of them. Neither is tasting like real cheese either . . .|||yes it should
I'm a vegetarian but I want to cut out dairy from my diet. I would buy soy cheese but the one time I ever ate soy cheese I wanted to puke. I hear rice cheese is good. Anyone have any ideas about any good brands of soy cheese, rice cheese or any other vegan cheese analogues that don't taste completely disgusting?|||I know this might not be what you want to hear but you're better off without analogues. Try to eat food that is intended to be vegan in the first place - or at least tastes okay without any dairy or animal products at all, so it doesn't need any fake stuff. In time you will lose your cheese cravings. I wasn't impressed by any vegan cheeses either. =)|||http://www.amazon.com/These-May-Freely-E鈥?/a>
You can buy this book for one cent plus S&H on Amazon. It's called a vegetarian cookbook, but it's vegan. It has a whole chapter dedicated to different varieties of vegan cheese replacements, and although I haven't tried any yet they all sound pretty good.|||The best vegan cheese out there is called Daiya. I believe its also made from soy but tastes nothing like Follow Your Heart or the many other soy cheese available at markets. Daiya is used in many vegan restaurants and if you ever have a vegan pizza, most likely you're eating Daiya. I've tried rice cheese but I found it didn't melt as good..really there is nothing that compares to Daiya. I buy mine at Whole Foods if you have one near you.|||*Block cheeses
鈥egan Rella
鈥heese
鈥egan Gourmet Cheese by Follow Your Heart
鈥eese Vegan Cheese
*Cream Cheese
鈥offuti Better Than Cream Cheese
鈥heese Cream Sheese
*Cheese Slices
鈥offuti Vegan Cheese Slices
-Vegan Singles Cheese Slices by Galaxy Nutrional Foods|||"Follow Your Heart" company makes the best vegan cheese I have had, and it has no dairy products in it. Some of the soy cheeses available in my area contain milk products, and I didn't like rice cheese, but it is a personal preference.
My daughter has milk allergy and she can't have eggs so breakfast is so difficult!!! We tryied Tofutti but it has a sour weird flavor she didn't like, so I'm looking for another option in the Laredo, McAllen, Austin or San Antonio Area.|||Watch out for some soy cheeses, as they do have milk proteins in them. "Vegan Gourmet" is a totally dairy-free cheese alternative that melts well and tastes great.
Here's their website, they have a store locator: http://www.imearthkind.com/
I live in Oregon and we have Fred Meyer here, which has a pretty good organic section and carries it. Any health food store should have it though - dunno if you guys have Whole Foods down in Texas, but they have ALL of that stuff - dairy free chocolate and the like. Great stuff :)|||kroger or walmart usually carries it. i'm sure any other major grocery store would too
I take it that you and your family members are not vegetarian. These vegan items are not usually found with the regular milk, cheese & other dairy products. They are usually in a refrigerated section near the produce, just to let you know how to find it.|||Whole Foods?|||Cheese is a dairy product by definition.Anything else would not be cheese.
I have tried all the vegan varieties of cheese they offer in my are. My favourites are Sheese and Daiya. But I find that they both have a strong taste of something, which i seem to pinpoint tastes like margarine, but i may be wrong. Is there any way to dilute this tastes or get rid of it when using the cheese in recipes? It grosses me out. Thanks!|||hmmm well i love Daiya, but maybe you could try mixing in some nutritional yeast to make the cheesey flavor a bit stronger?|||I'm in Australia so am not familiar with the brands you mention. I found soy cheese to be really bland and a bit creepy, so I never eat it. If you're grossed out by the taste, just forget about it. AND it's ridiculously expensive!
Soy,rice or almond? And which one melts the best too?|||From my experience the question should be, Which one tastes the least bad?|||follow your heart and daiya are probably the most popular right now... follow your heart came first and its made from tofu and is best for sandwiches and stuff and tastes good.... daiya is new and is praised because it melts, stretches and mimics cheese and contains no dairy, casein, gluten, nuts, or soy in it.... crazy, but im actually not a fan... doesnt taste like cheese to me or maybe it tastes too fake (idk havent had real cheese in years) ... but i just prefer no cheese because i have yet to find a substitute i actually like even though people swear by these two|||The Daiya shredded vegan mozarella is delicious, but I am not a big fan of the cheddar (it smells bad to me). The Galaxy brand sliced mozarella and American cheeses are both delicious, I usually buy one of each.|||I LOVE Rice Cheese
I looked online and Daiya cheese and Veganaise aren't available at my local Kroger. I doubt my parents will take me to this one special store that sells it about 30 miles from my house. Are there any other replacements that would be at local grocery stores?|||I just bought the Daiya cheese last week and just ate it before I seen this post! It's very good, haven't tried it in pizza yet. I'm not sure what stores are around you, but most stores around here carry Veggie Shreds. I do not get them because they contain casein* but they are labeled vegan. There are also a brand called Tofutti which do not have the casein. There are I believe 3 different types of those.
The Vegenaise tastes a bit better than Nayonnaise in my opinion, but they carry the Nayonnaise other places as well besides Health Food Stores. 30 miles is very long, but I do think it's worth the trip, but then again I totally understand that parents don't want to drive all that way for it! Although I would. :)
Hope this helps..and I hope these are sold near your grocery store. Just check where tofu and other healthy food items are in your grocery store and you may stumble upon other brands I haven't seen! Good luck!|||There are other brands of vegan mayo, but if you can't find Vegenaise, I doubt you'll be able to find any others, since Vegenaise is probably the biggest seller. But I guess it doesn't hurt to check. :) Naysoya & Spectrum both make a vegan mayo, I believe, or at least they used to. Neither are as good as Vegenaise though. You can also look up recipes for mayo. I've never been able to find one that I like, even with tweaking, so that's why I just buy Vegenaise.
I've never been a fan of vegan cheeses, but I've heard Daiya is good though. You might be able to find Tofutti slices or Galaxy brand's rice cheeses. Perhaps Follow Your Heart, too. There are lots of great recipes on vegweb for cheese sauces/spreads. All that I've tried taste so much better than any store bought vegan cheese.
As far as getting to that "special store"...is there a bus route that will get you there? I'm sure your parents would be willing to shell out a couple bucks for bus fare, right? :) Or, is there anything else in the city where the store is that your parents would be interested in? You could make it a day of shopping, or if there's some sights to see/things to do in that city, a nice day trip.|||do you live in the mid-west or something?
it really depends on where you live, what are your local grocery stores?
raileys carries "vegan gourmet" cheese, its amazing, and it melts!
Trader Joes has a good mayonaise, they dont advertize it as being vegan, its just a big jar of mayonaise
Whole Foods carries Miso Mayo- to die for!
you may also consider making your own cheese and mayo, its much cheeper and may not be as hard as you think. try vegweb.com|||you can order them online! you might have to beg your parents to order it for you but its worth it. I order from this company all the time.
http://veganstore.com/vegan-food-items/d鈥?/a>|||Make your own.
There's some simple recipes posted at the link on yahoo.
Tofutti isn't my favorite vegan cheese, but it's most readily available in the UK, like you'll get it in Tesco, Holland and Barrett and most health food stores, you can buy it here just in case you can't find it anywhere :)
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-loca鈥?/a>
My favorite, and the one that tastes even better than real cheese (according to people who eat real cheese) is Sheese, it's sooo good!
Heres a link of where you can get some, i strongly recommend it!
http://www.buteisland.com/a_suppliers.ht鈥?/a>
Hope i helped! :)|||I've tried cheezly and wasn't impressed. It had a powdery texture that wasn't nice at all.
My total fave is sheese, by Scottish company Bute Island... their website V V V V
http://www.buteisland.com/
You can buy sheese in Sainsburys, and places like Holland and Barrett and The Nutrition Centre do a good range of sheese too.|||I quite like the garlic and herb Tofutti cream cheese.
For pizzas etc the newer "meltables" from Redwood et al are not bad.
You can also make "cheese" sauces/toppings etc using nutritional yeast - see Joanne Stepaniak's "Uncheese Cookbook".|||The best vegan cheese in the UK is Tofutti original. You can also purchase it with herbs and in different varieties.|||I'm quite happy eating most of the ones people have mentioned, they're all pretty good.
I find it so funny how people get involved with these threads when they've nothing to say but "why eat 'cheese' when you're vegetarian"... hmmm|||I tried cheezly and I didn't like it. I will be very interested to see what others think and whether the other brands taste any different.|||cheezly|||daztg|||why eat cheese when your a vegan
its like people eating quorn burgers when their a vegetarian!
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This is my favorite vegan cheesecake recipe, and I have gotten so many compliments on it - even from meat-eaters! It's not "healthy" (it's moderately high in fat & sugar) - but cheesecake is supposed to be a decadent dessert, right? This is based partly on the recipe in "The Joy of Vegan Baking," but I have made several tweaks to perfect it.
Vegan Lemon Cheesecake with Strawberries
Ingredients:
* 4 陆 tsp. Ener-G Egg Replacer powder (equivalent of 3 eggs)
* 6 Tbsp. warm water
* 2 tsp. cornstarch
* 16 oz. vegan cream cheese, at room temperature (I use Tofutti brand)
* 8 oz. extra firm silken tofu (about 2/3 of a Mori-Nu aseptic package)
* 1 c. evaporated cane juice (or any granulated sugar)
* 1 tsp. vanilla
* 陆 tsp. lemon extract (if you have it; if not, no biggie)
* 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice (up to 3 Tbsp. if you really want a lemon zing)
* 2 Tbsp. lemon zest
* 1 graham cracker pie crust (homemade or store-bought; some brands are vegan)
* Fresh strawberries for garnish (optional, but highly recommended)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350掳F. Lightly oil a 9- or 10-inch springform pan (if you haven't already done so from preparing your homemade crust).
In a food processor, whip the egg replacer & water together until thick & creamy (about 1 minute). Add cornstarch & mix for another 30 seconds or so. Add the cream cheese & tofu and blend until everything is incorporated (about another 30 seconds). Scrape the sides down as necessary. Add sugar, vanilla, lemon extract, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Be careful not to overmix, as that will cause the top of the cake to crack during baking.
Evenly spread the batter into the crust. Bake for between 50 and 55 minutes, or until the center barely moves when you tap the pan. (It will finish firming up in the fridge.) It might turn a little golden-brown on the top, but not to worry; this is normal. Let cool in the pan on a rack for at least one hour. Cover & move to the fridge to further chill for at least 4 hours, but preferably overnight. Carefully unmold the cake from the springform pan, garnish with strawberries, and serve.
Makes 8-12 servings
*You can leave out the lemon zest & extract to make it a "plain" cheesecake, but don't omit the lemon juice, as that adds the necessary tang for that "cheesecake" flavor.|||Amazing Vegan Cheesecake
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
Crust:
16 vegan graham crackers
1/4 cup margarine
1 tablespoon corn syrup
1 tablespoon flour
Filling:
16 oz. (2 tubs) vegan cream cheese
1/3 cup raw sugar or fructose
4 EnerG egg substitute eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
juice from one lemon (optional)
Directions:
Crust: Mush firmly with fingers and press into spring form pan
Filling: Blend all ingredients until smooth and creamy. Pour on top of crust. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes, or until set.
This is by no means a health food, but it is a really great dessert. Serves: about 8
Pumpkin Tofu Cheesecake
Ingredients:
1 12 ounce package silken tofu
1 8 ounce container Tofutti vegan cream cheese
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup sugar
3 tbsp flour
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
dash salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 pre-made pie crust
Preparation:
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
Process all ingredients in a food processor or blender until smooth and creamy.
Pour into pie crust and bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
Allow cheesecake to cool slightly, then refrigerate. Cheesecake will set more upon chilling.|||This is my own personal recipe. It's so good & it fools the omnis every time. :)
http://www.grouprecipes.com/46716/cheese鈥?/a>|||I've never made it but I believe you use soft tofu in place of cheese and nutritional yeast for the cheesy flavor. That's how you make vegan mac&cheese anyway.|||3 packages cream cheese.
1 can condensed milk
1 lemon
vanilla
Graham cracker crust
Cream the cheese and condensed milk together, add the juice of one lemon.
You can include the zest of the lemon too if you want it to be lemony flavoured, otherwise add a splash of vanilla.
Pour it into the graham crust and let it set in the fridge for 4 hours.
I've been vegetarian for 3 years and I'm trying to become vegan. I used to use Veggie Slices, but they do have a little bit of milk in them. I've tried Tofutti and it didn't taste good at all. The texture was weird too, like limp cardboard. So what's some good vegan "cheese" that tastes good?|||I like "Vegan Gourmet" by Follow-Your-Heart, Earth Island. Here is their website http://www.followyourheart.com/product-f鈥?/a>
I usually buy the Mozzarella flavor - although they do have a cheddar which isn't bad, but I prefer the mozzarella better.
They proudly exclaim "It Melts!" on the label, but i haven't tried that :)
It is 100% vegan, so no dairy at all, no animal products. It is made with tofu, but I can't taste it in there. (and I love fresh tofu)
But - I only find it in small blocks (about the size of sliced cheese, but not sliced) and it is $5 for 10 ounces which I think is a tad on the high side but it may be less in your area.|||Actually Veggietart, they do come in blocks.
http://store.veganessentials.com/daiya-5鈥?/a>
I have tried Daiya shredded and it's pretty good, melted at least. I also like vegan gourmet. I haven't found a vegan cheese that is very good cold yet though. But Daiya would probably be the best from what I've tried.|||The best vegan cheese is Daiya, but it comes in shreds. It's great for any recipe that requires melted cheese, like a grilled "cheese" sandwich. Right now, they don't have it in blocks or slices. You can go to the website for more information.|||go on www.veggiestuff.com they have all the vegan,organic,vegetarian foods. and they also show the prices and calories :)
Daiya is my favorite but Tofutti mozzarella is really good on grilled cheese sandwiches. Teese and cheezly are pretty popular too but I've never tried them. There's also follow your heart which I think is kind of gross.|||Many people enjoy Teese, but Daiya is definitely a crowd favourite. It's delicious.|||u can make it with tofu, do a search for tofu cheese, i made some that tasted just like real bluee cheese
Buying vegan cheese can be tricky... a lot has casein in it, which is a milk derivitive, it can give you an upset stomach (amy's soy cheese w/ casein once did this to me) I know Whole Foods has true vegan cheeese, and more and more supermakets also. Beware of some "cholesterol-free" or "lactose-free" cheeses that really aren't vegan and might have gelatin or other animal by-products. These are for people who aren't vegan or vegetarian and are on cholesterol or lactose free diets. I reccomend the brands Tofutti and Vegan Gourmet brands of cheese... the Vegan Gourmet Mozzarella is my favorite (excellent on pizza) and is 100% vegan! Good luck and happy hunting!|||I made pizza w/ vegan cheese last night, it was awesome! Go out and get some, its worth the price... you won't notice much taste difference, depending on how long ago the last time you had dairy cheese was. Report Abuse
|||Health Food stores, Walmart (produce section), HEB, Kroger, Smith's.
Good luck|||In Great Britain Holland and Barratt stock, 'Cheezly' , 'Tofutti' and 'Redwood' 'cheese'. My friend H on here say's that the Redwood cheddar substitute is delicious.|||You can buy cheese slices made from rice. Go check out a health food store like Wild Oats or whatever is around where you live.|||a lot of places.
i cant remember..but i have a tip for you.
the "soy slices" you see around..
read the ingredients..
they still have whey and milk products.
thus making them non-vegan.
i've made that mistake before :[|||every supermarket! never been to a supermarket that didnt have vean cheese. its usually at the veggie aisle not the cheese aisle but it does vary by supermarket.|||Check the produce department of your local grocery store. It's usually next to the tofu.|||I would try:
Trader Joes
Oasis
Whole Foods
Wild Oats
Any local co-op/ organic grocery
Vitamin Cottage
and maybe a larger type grocery chain
as a vegan and lactose intolerant anyway, I can tell you that vegan cheese is not very tasty...but good luck finding it!|||whole foods|||Any Healthy food store... Or where you buy your Vegan products.|||whole foods|||they're pretty gross, and if they aren't, then they are full of fat or they are actually vegetarian.
these are the only "vegan" cheeses I ever found at "Whole Foods", and they were very fatty.
http://www.imearthkind.com/Main.htm|||make sure it really is vegan.. there are milk derivatives hiding in most soy and rice cheese.
even most stuff at whole foods and natural food stores is not vegan. check out vegan gourmet cheese by follow your heart. you can order it on their website if you have trouble finding it in your area.|||world international food market. look for on the web for local near you.|||You can't. Sorry.
What's a tasty kind of vegan cheese? I want to make vegan cheese spaghetti. (without meat)
Ingredients:spaghetti, ragu, cheese and ground meat
I want to make a vegan version with no meat and vegan cheese.
Does vegan cheese melt like dairy cheese? I think I read on the internet that vegan cheese doesn't melt as well as vegan cheese.|||for vegan cheesy tomato sauce the best is adding nutritional yeast. tastes just like cheese.
cheezly melts like cow cheese.|||Sure it does! The soy cheeses in health stores are good, or you can make your own cheese by blending raw cashews with enough water to make creamy, a tablespoon of nutritional yeast, and lemon juice and salt to taste. I do it all the time; it's delicious!|||There is no tasty kind of vegan cheese because, by definition, cheese is dairy.
I've been looking for a good vegan cheese for almost 3 years.
Does anyone know a good brand that actually melts and tastes ok?|||I have yet to find a vegan cheese that melts from heat alone, sorry.
I've found that Follow Your Heart's "vegan gourmet" cheese does melt when cubed into a pot of macaroni and stirred for a while. I suspect all vegan cheeses need a little bit of mushing to melt properly. So, lasagna is a bit tough, but mac and cheese is no problem.|||Pure make vegan cheese in slices for veggie burgers etc. There really good and they melt.|||Agree with Matt on Follow Your Heart - it tastes good and does melt, but it needs a little sweet talk. There's also Daiya, which I believe is relatively new on the scene, and it's good and melts pretty easily.
As far as cheese slices, Tofutti's are pretty ace.
in california|||whole foods or trader joes|||well you could try whole foods.
but it is kinda expensive there.
in canada & we have a vegetarian/vegan brand here called "yves" but im not sure if its canadian or not.
but you should be able to find something at whole foods|||I know in Florida there is a wholefoods market; after a little research i found this website for organic food markets in California.
http://www.organicstorelocator.com/calif…|||Wholde Foods (Whole Paycheck), Trader Joe's, some traditional grocery stores - you'll have to do some looking there....|||is there a My organic market (MOM) in CA|||try 360 whole foods
Its very expensive being a vegan when companys try to rob you. :/|||Um, it's cheap being a vegan if you don't eat all those soy products and artificial crap!
Seriously hydrogenated soy is SO not good for you!
BTW they're expensive due to a small market and knowing they can ask for more money because your options are so limited.|||it's processed garbage with dairy in it.. come on read the labels it is SO not VEGAN.|||The reason vegan cheese is so expensive is because there is alot of processing that has to happen to replicate cheese. Same goes for any replicated product. best bet is to stick to real vegan choices versus fake meat or dairy products.
the bounty of veggies, nuts, legumes, tubers is endless,
Enjoy!
Any other vegan questions please ask me, i'll help if i can..
Elyse|||Many soy alternatives were pricey when they first started hitting the market (and not the best quality, to boot). As these alternative diets become more and more common, such products come down in price and become more readily available in mainstream supermarkets (remember when you could only buy tofu in specialty stores?).
http://www.vegfamily.com/vegan-recipes/
enjoy
and another
http://www.theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/鈥?/a>|||Hello,I have a recipe i picked up from the chip isle a couple of days ago.It is a Veggie cheese dip.Here it goes.
1Tbsp-veggie oil
2Cups-cherry tomatoes,quartered
1 1/2Cups-button mushrooms,small chunks
1Cup-fresh corn,kernels(frozen may be substituted)
1-15 1/2 oz. jar Tostitos Reduced Fat Zesty Cheese Dip
1tbsp.roughly chopped fresh parsley
Heat oil in non-stick saute pan over medium heat.Add tomatoes,peppers,onions,mushrooms and corn.Cook veggies for approxomately 4 minutes.Remove veggies from pan and place in mixing bowl.Add Tostitos Reduced Fat Zesty Cgeesed Dip & parsley & combine evenly.Pour dip mixture into a serving bowl and serve immediately with Tostitos Multigrain Tortilla Chips and fresh broccoli florets. Serves4-6 people.
Here is the link to their website so you can look up more.http://tostitos.com/home.php|||Homemade Vegan Cheese
Ingredients:
soya flour
vegan margarine
yeast extract or yeast flakes
herbs
salt and pepper
Method:
Melt a measured amount of margarine. Measure out the same volume of soya flour, and stir in to the melted marge gradually. Depending on absorbancy, you may need slightly more or less flour. Mix in dried herbs and yeast extract or flakes to taste (experiment with the flavourings - I tend to use basil and oregano, and sometimes a little tomato puree), and salt and pepper to taste.
Press into a greased container (perhaps the margarine tub), cool and refrigerate. Firm margarine will give you a hard cheeze for grating or slicing, and soft margarine will give you a spreading cheeze.
I'm a vegetarian and thinking about becoming vegan so i went to this health food store and they had vegan cheese, so i bought it but it doesn't taste very good. is there any kind of recipe or food that i can make where it tastes descent? or should i just not buy any more after this...|||Been there, done that! I just remember that the cheeze is probably just soybean or possibly rice (that is what I use since I am intolerant of soy). I then just cut it up and put it in chili (as a bean) or soup. It really doesn't melt per say, but it will just add a little texture and some nutrients to the dish.|||I'm sure it tastes extra bad because you are still used to dairy cheese.
However I have been vegan for 5 months and I am not brave enough to try the vegan cheese. lol
Try making grilled cheese and dipping it in salsa. to mask the taste of the cheese?|||Depends on what kind of cheese it is? Is it cheese that melts? Vegan cheese is more often than not perceived as something that will taste exactly like the "real thing," but rarely is. I would say try making it in a recipe, and grate it on pasta (if you're able to)
I don't eat any Vegan cheese. You tend to use less substitutes for dairy after awhile. Make quesadillas with the cheese? Try using it the way you would use regular cheese?
Good luck! Worst case scenerio? Throw it out, and learn from it.|||You could try eating it with whole wheat crackers! =D|||1. Take a vegan food other than cheese.
2. Use a tool and shape it until it looks like cheese.
3. Devour.|||You can always melt it and spice it up a bit. Use good spices like garlic and some salt etc. that should do the trick, or eat it with a vegetarian burger by Morningstar. Their food is great :]
http://www.seeveggiesdifferently.com/pro鈥?/a>|||I'm vegan, but I do not like the non dairy cheeses that I've tried over the years. I suppose if you're stuck with it, and it melts, you could always mix it with some diced veggies and make a grilled cheese sandwich.
Or dump it and find other recipes you enjoy without the non-dairy cheese.|||I was vegan for over a year and never found any decent cheese. Basically just cut it out of your diet, otherwise you'll be disappointed. I've heard Teese is really good, but I've never actually seen it. It's hard to find vegan cheese in stores, and I live in a place that is full of hippies and we have some of the best vegetarian/vegan, organic, local, etc sorts of foods at our grocery stores, but I still have never seen that, or any good vegan cheese at that. And just watch out because a lot of soy and rice cheese still have milk protein (casein, aka sodium caseinate). If you want a cheesy flavor in something, you can add nutritional yeast which is pretty good, but if you need more than just the flavor and need the consistency too, you're probably going to have problems.|||Why would you do that to yourself? You could just eat real cheese. There is nothing wrong with it.|||most suck but there are a few really good ones
Try Holland & Barrett. There are loads of branches in London and they do a good range of vegan items, including both cheese and mayonnaise.
Check the link below to find your nearest branch.|||A vegan shop?|||Most UK supermarkets sell cheeses and mayonnaise suitable for vegans, but usually in the lactose-intolerance parts of the store.
There are also numerous specialist shops, listed in the source below.|||Holland and Barrat?|||Try Portobello Road in west London, plenty of shops for the vegans of today.|||Vegans would not eat cheese or mayo...a vegetarian would, but not a vegan.
Vegans do not use ANY animal products or byproducts. Mayo has eggs in it, cheese is obvious.
So, there's no such thing as vegan cheese or mayo...but any cheese or mayo on the market is fine for an ovo-lacto vegetarian.|||I'm in the states so can't help directly but I've seen on-line UK shops that have vegan food items. We've got one in the US but they can't ship out of Amerika.
Mainly I wanted to flame Sharon! There *are* vegan cheese and mayo's available along with sour cream, cream cheese etc!
Jackie, if all else fails I've got recipes for 'melty cheeze', 'grilled cheeze, tofunaise etc.|||Try Hollan and Barrett they are really good. And you will not get osteoporosis if you don't eat dairy, don't know which medical journal you read foxhunter but it needs correcting!|||I would guess that most health foods shops would sell it.|||You can get it in Holland and Barrett. Sorry don't know where in London there is one as am not from there but I do know there will be at least one|||There's a health food store around Highbury Corner, I don't know the exact name or address but it's just near Highbury and Islington station, down one of the roads there. They have loads of good vegan stuff.|||most health food shops and supermarkets.|||Tesco/ Sainsbury's|||Mayonese? Is that like Chinese Mayonnaise or something?
Either way, just make sure you still include some dairy products in your diet. If you do not consume dairy in your diet, your bones will get weak and you will get osteoporosis. I read this in a medical journal.
What is the best vegan cheese to buy in the UK?
I've tried a couple, but they're awful! :(|||I've never had a store-bought vegan cheese I liked. Sheeze was alright, but tasted potato starch-y, and I never managed to finish a whole block before it expired.
I just make this raw vegan recipe now, it's more of a spreadable cheese but it's easy and tastes really good in sandwiches, on bagels, or in lettuce wraps:
2 c. raw cashews
Juice of 2 lemons (4 Tbsp)
3 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp sea salt
1/4 c. water
Process cashews, lemon juice, garlic, pepper, and salt until smooth, adding only as much water needed to make a smooth, creamy texture.|||IDK but nutritional yeast flakes taste better then any vegan cheese I've tried.|||(if you didn't already know this) Be careful! casein is a dairy product that is found in most "vegan" cheeses. There are very few actual vegan cheeses- and I haven't found a good one yet.|||Sorry, but they're all awful. The industry's notorious for it. What is salty and chewy and protein filled, yet still vegan? Vegan eggs aren't half bad with a little olive oil and salt. You could use that on a sandwich or as a side with some chopped peppers. And for that weird sulphuric tang from cheese, could try collar greens or cabbage. Often, when I was off dairy and craving some cheese, enough almond milk would do the trick for just about anything. Mostly, I'd say substitutes really stink and it's hard to make your body crave what it doesn't yet know, so branch out into new foods and hopefully you'll find lots of complimentary combinations that are satisfying and completely desirable.
I hope this will help in some way, if not the answer you were looking for. Good luck.|||Well, you should start by telling us which ones you've tried! How else are we going to recommend different ones?
Vegan Gourmet is the best one I've tried here in the states. Melts great, tastes great- you just gotta eat it in moderation like real cheese since it's high in fat. There is also one called "Teese" which is supposed to be delicious. Those are the 2 they use here in DC restaurants when you order vegan pizza :)
I'm not sure what they sell in the U.K. but if you simply do a Google search you should find reviews and information.|||Cheezley have a range of vegan cheeses - white chedder, mozzarella and edam, they're ok, I guess its one of those things which are not the easiest of things to convert to vegan. Try it, try everything you can :)|||It really depends what you are using it for As someone said vegan gourmet AKA follow your heart does melt great for something like pizza Also Sheese m(made in scotland) has a good smoked cheddar which my wife liked with crackers (I never liked cheddar)
Hi all,
I am experimenting with vegan recipes and was wondering if anyone had a good cheese recipe.
Thanks!|||Here are some links to recipes...
Cheese (vegan)
http://www.godairyfree.org/Recipes/Sandw… (grilled cheese sandwich)
http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=284.0 (lots of general vegan cheese recipes)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/317/Bas… (basic seed cheese)
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7229.0 (melty cheese, nutritional yeast, almonds)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/1055/Ye… (nutritional yeast cheese sauce)
http://www.theveggietable.com/recipes/ve… (nutritritional yeast cheese sauce)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/469/Nut… (nutritional yeast cheese)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/reci… (Lessarella cheez)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/reci… (pimento cheese)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (pimento cheese brick)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (tofu cheese rarebit)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (millet cheese)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (golden sauce)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (chee sauce)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (no cheese spread)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (tofu cheese sauce)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (savory tofu sauce)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (gee whiz spread)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (cornmeal cheese pudding)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (walnut tofu cheese spread)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (soy cheese from soy flour)
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/arti… (nut cheese from nut butter)
http://blog.vegcooking.com/2008/02/guest… (cashew chive bourson cheese …can be used in Ravioli)
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/000… (cashew cheddar cheese)
http://www.theveggietable.com/recipes/mo… (mock parmesan cheese from sesame and nutr.yeast)
http://www.recipezaar.com/283639 (Almesan Parmesan…from almonds and sesames seeds)
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7105.0 ( Parmesan…from almonds and nutritional yeast)
http://www.theveggietable.com/recipes/mo… (vegan feta cheese)
http://www.ellenskitchen.com/clearlight/… (almond ricotta cheese)
http://revver.com/video/210085/raw-vegan… (macadamia ricotta cheese)
http://www.boutell.com/vegetarian/manico… (ricotta for manicotti from tofu)
http://www.theveggietable.com/recipes/to… (vegan cream cheese)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/databa… (vegan cream cheese)
http://www.veganrepresent.com/forums/arc… (vegan cheese..forum)
http://www.veganrepresent.com/forums/arc… (vegan cheese like nacho or cheddar)
http://www.mountainhomebrew.com/browsepr… (vegetable rennet and cheese making supplies)
http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/s… (vegan parmesan to buy)
http://www.leeners.com/mozzarella.html (How to make mozarella with vegetable rennet)
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Che… (ricotta making)
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Macaroni and cheese (vegan)
http://www.chezbettay.com/pages/dinners1… (with premade vegan cheese)
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/000… (with cashew cheddar)
http://www.veganrepresent.com/forums/arc… (Bryanna’s Mac and cheese)
http://www.veganrepresent.com/forums/arc… (PETAs mac and cheese)
http://www.veganrepresent.com/forums/arc… (mac and cheese, vegan)
http://www.vegan-food.net/recipe/1054/Ma… (mac n cheese, vegan..2)
http://grazingrecipes.blogspot.com/ (best macaroni and cheese..scroll down)
http://www.ellenskitchen.com/bigpots/oam… (mac and cheese..ellens cashew)
http://www.veganoutreach.org/starterpack… (mac n cheese..yeast)
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Vegan-Mac-a… (vegan macaroni and no cheese)
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2007/10/eas… (vegan mac n cheeze)
http://letsgetsconed.blogspot.com/2007/0… (new farm mac n cheeze..low fat)
http://www.postpunkkitchen.com/forum/vie… (New Farm Mac and cheese regular)
http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/ncomm… (wild mushroom mac n cheese..almond cheese..hemp milk)|||Taken off of vegan.web
A sharp, thick, slightly nacho-y sauce.
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
3/4 cup canned diced tomatoes
3/4 cup nutritional yeast
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/2 tablespoon onion granules
1/2 tablespoon garlic granules
1 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoons cashew butter
Directions:
Combine all ingredients except cashew butter in a food processor and pulse until well combined.
Add the cashew butter and process until smooth and creamy.|||http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7580.0
have not tried this one yet.. but i want to.. good luck..|||I hear great things about the Uncheese Cookbook http://www.amazon.com/Uncheese-Cookbook-… but haven't picked it up yet. I have Vegan Deli by the same author and likes a lot of the recipes in that, but they aren't "cheesey" recipes.
One of my favorite things to eat is vegan mac n cheeze, this is the recipe I use. http://letsgetsconed.blogspot.com/2007/0… I use a squirt of dijon to give it a little tangy flavor, also black pepper, paprika, and a dash of cayenne, but play with the seasoning to suit your taste.|||Here is one of my current favorites:
CASHEW CHEESE
3 C cashews, soaked 10 - 12 hrs and drained
1/4 C rejuvelac *
1/2 t sea salt
Process the cashews through the Champion juicer, using the blank plate (alternatively, use a high speed blender, like a VitaMix)
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well.
Place mixture in a sieve lined with a double thickness of cheesecloth and placed over a bowl. Drape remaining cheesecloth over the mixture.
Place in a warm place to ferment for 12 hours.
Remove cheese from cloth.
Form into a round, and refrigerate for 24 hours in a covered container, until it becomes firmer.
Use immediately, or store in covered container for up to 3 days.
MY NOTES:
This makes a lot of cheese. With the additions I made, it is very reminiscent of Boursin or Rondele “pub cheese.” or cream cheese.
I decided to divide my cheese into 4 parts. Then I mixed in different seasonings in each one – in one, I added sun-dried tomatoes, in the next, I added red bell pepper powder (ground dehydrated peppers) and soaked red pepper flakes with a little garlic, in the third, I added garlic powder, onion powder, and herbs d’provence. I left one plain to see what it would taste like – (I am trying to get close to a tofu sort of thing, but my room-mate says it tastes more like cream cheese)
I have seen other recipes that say that you can keep the cheese anywhere from 1 to 2 weeks.
*Rejuvelac is a fermented beverage made from sprouted wheat.
for more info and recipe:
http://snipurl.com/226p2 [prettysmartrawfoodideas_wordpress_com]
I checked Sobey's with no success, and Super Store did not have any either. Any places in Fredericton that sells vegan products..
Also, any restaurants in Fredericton that are vegan-friendly? (Besides Subway)|||Here are some stores you might have better luck in:
1) True Food Organics 207 Charlotte St, Fredericton, NB E3B 1L5, Canada +1 506-459-4333 鈥?
2) Aura Whole Foods 199 Westmorland St. Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 3L6 (506) 454 4240
3) Mother Nature's Market 647 Main, Woodstock, NB, E7M2C5 506-328-1815
And I agree with the other poster who suggested Happy Cow for restaurants. It's a pretty good resource.|||http://www.happycow.net/north_america/ca鈥?/a>
that shud answer the second part of ur question
where can i buy good vegan chess in L.A? is there a special market that supplys this stuff?
i know wholefoods.. carries it. Does trader Joes carry it?|||Trader Joes does not, sadly. No vegan cheese at all-- no Diaya, no Vegan-rella, not even the usually-very-easy-to-find Follow Your Heart or Toffuti, and no other vegan cheeses either. Sorry. When I spent a few months in SoCal with my Trader Joe's-loving family this last summer (I also love it), I found that out and was saddened. TJs is such a good inexpensive place to get other good items, it'd be nice if they had more specifically vegan products. Still, wherever there is a TJs, there's usually a WFM pretty nearby. There are other great natural groceries in SoCal, too. Check it out (scroll down about half-way down the page to "Health Food Stores"): http://www.happycow.net/north_america/us鈥?/a>|||Most big grocery stores have some non-dairy cheese, although they might not be vegan.
Trader Joes is good. Mothers Market is also great if you find yourself in OC
edit: I may be wrong about Trader Joes, I didn't shop there very often. I mostly shopped at Mother's.
Does anybody know of some kinds of organic vegan cheese? And where I can get it? It needs to be organic!|||It's not widely available but there are a few flavors made by Dr. Cow. They are based out of NYC but there are some health food stores that sell it, as well as some online retailers. Just a warning though, it's really expensive on account of it being organic and a vegan novelty item.|||Whole foods
please tell me ?|||it tastes the same as cheese....... here is a link to it.... where to buy it on or off line since i don't know where in the world you are...
I have people in my family that are allergic to dairy so they use this....
http://www.daiyafoods.com/where.html|||I understand only chese de minas
never seen this|||yes there is the most common ingredient is soy try your local health food store
I have some plain almond milk, and I was wondering if I could make some vegan almond cheese with it. I read an article online about making cheese, and it says that all you need is some milk and something acidic, like lemon juice or vinegar. However, they used cow's milk, so I'm not sure if it would work with almond milk.
Has anyone ever tried this? Do you have a recipe?
Thanks. :)|||There is no such thing as Vegan Cheese. There are many Cheese substitutes, but none of them are actually cheese.
I continue to be amazed at those who decide to forgo animal products, yet spend so much time trying to replace them.
If you want to be a Vegan, thats great for you. However, be a vegan. Stop trying to pretend like Tofurkey is the same thing as turkey, that Soy Milk is the same as Cows Milk, or that tofu is anything other than fermented bean curd.
Embrace your chosen life style. Eat plants only, stop trying to keep all the fun of meat products without the "pain".|||I can recommend a cheese-like sauce.
Basically you need:
-cashews (raw gives more of a mild/sweet cheesy taste, and roasted gives more of a rich taste
-nutritional yeast flakes (this gives it the tangy taste. It's a necessary ingredient)
-turmeric (I honestly add this because it is healthy, but it gives it a nice colour)
-salt to taste
- lemon juice
-1 or 2 cloves of garlic
-other spices if you want (I've added herbs such as oregano, and it's been pretty good)
I'd say use 1-2 cups of cashews, 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast flakes, and you can figure out how much you need for the other ingredients, according to your tastes.
Put all the ingredients into a blender with some 1-2 cups of water. Pour the mixture into a saucepan and heat on low mixing constantly. You can use the sauce right away, or put it in the refrigerator overnight to give it a tangier taste.|||Homemade vegan "cheese" is typically made with nuts, not with soy or almond milk. As someone mentioned earlier, when you add something acidic to soymilk, you get tofu. I doubt it would do anything to almond milk, because it doesn't have any protein, and that's the part that coagulates.
Google "nut cheese recipes" and you'll get a ton of recipes. Almonds and cashews are the most commonly used, but there are recipes with all sorts of nuts.
Good luck!|||I'm not quite sure if that will work. I do know that tofu is made using the method you described, except soy milk is used. I found an internet site that explains how to make vegan cheese. The recipe dosen't call for almond milk, but it does call for tahini:
http://www.veganreader.com/2009/06/25/ve鈥?/a>|||you could search the internet with the phrase "how to make vegan cheese" or you could find out if there is a health food store in and around the area that you live in which sells vegan cheese.for that information go to happy cow at http://www.happycow.net|||Yes, you can make a cheese like product out of cashews and other ingredients. How it All Vegan has several good recipes. I recommend buying the book. They use cashews and sometimes other nuts, and sunflower seeds too.
Bon appetit.|||I don't think you could make anything approaching "cheeselike" with those ingredients. Your best investment would be a copy of The Uncheese Cookbook. ( I suggest the original over the revised version.) I use that book all the time. Just last night we had grilled cheez sandwiches. Yummy!|||we've tried making our own cheese and it was an experiment gone wrong. stunk up the entire house and looked terrifying. good luck trying to find something!
does anyone know where i can buy vegan cheese from around the world|||I have seen it in pretty much every health food store that I have been to. Ask the workers there if they have it for order.
Something that I often see is Tofutti, it tastes like a cross between cream cheese and sour cream. It's really good, all of my non vegan friends love it. lol
|||trader joes|||Have you tried health food stores in your area?
It's not easy to find...then again, in my experience, it's not all that good...but comes in handy with a few meals. |||In the UK, you can buy Sheese in most supermarkets.|||Wal-Mart, the one here has Veggie Shreds which are supposed to melt really well. Good luck!|||There is no such thing as vegan cheese. If anyone sells this as a non dairy product you have to read carefully what is used to make the cheese. The word cheese is probably misleading advertising !|||You can buy it from
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&鈥?/a>
Hope this helps
Good luck!
|||Why don't you make it?
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup nutritional yeast (available health/whole food stores)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp wet mustard
2 cups of water
1/2 cup vegan margarine or olive oil (can use less if you want)
Place all dry ingredients in a saucepan, whisk in water and continue whisking until it starts bubbling, then whisk in margarine/oil and mustard. It takes about 5 mins to cook.
I know this sounds crazy but is actually really good on pizza, on top of Shepard's pie and stirred through pasta (vegan mac and cheese). In the oven it browns really well. Oh, and I love it on mexican beans.
I often make it with less oil and it's fine. I find the bought vegan cheeses are very expensive and full of fat. There is something so satisfying about making it your self. Nutrional yeast has b12 in it also, so it's a pretty good thing to eat.
Otherwise in Australia they sell soy cheese in the supermarket and whole foods stores.
Have you checked the vegan society website?
http://www.vegansociety.co.nz/
Also the vegetarian society has some region specific info. You can get Kingland soy cheese (aussie brand, I love it) from Common Sense Organics in Wellington: http://www.vegetarian.org.nz/content/hom鈥?/a>
You can also get this in Aukland but it doesn't specify where, but it does have a big list of veg friendly supermarkets to ask: http://www.vegetarian.org.nz/content/hom鈥?/a>|||I don't know where in NZ you are, but have you tried the SAFE shop in Auckland?
SAFE's Cruelty Free Shop
Shop 11
St Kevin's Arcade
179-83 Karangahape Road
www.choosecrueltyfree.org.nz|||I dunno about vegan cheese but you can get vegetarian cheese from Countdown and Pak n Save - all the major supermarkets. It's a little bit more expensive and doesn't come in 1kg blocks.|||Try buying "The Uncheese Cookbook" (by Joanne Stepaniak) and making your own.|||Vegan Cheese?
You will never find a imitation cheese that will taste as good as the real thing.
If you are against eating meat and other animal products, why do you people insist on eating imitations that taste the same?! That just says right there that vegans do in fact crave meat! If a cow has the intelligence, he would eat us too!|||There's a cheese by this company named "Vegan Gourmet"
They have the best vegan cheese. It tasted good and it actually melts. I made me a nice vegan cheese pizza with the mozzarella flavored one...
They sell it at "Whole Foods" (best place for us vegetarians to shop!) and other major grocery stores.|||Tawnia, that's very simplistic. People raised vegetarian don't crave meat; people who used to eat meat/dairy crave it because they don't want to give up the foods they have emotional attachment to.
As for the vegan cheese, Tofutti makes excellent cream cheese for in recipes or on bagels or such. Parma zaan and Parma! are two parmesan replacers I've tried and liked. I don't like any other vegan cheese I've tried, though. I find the texture and taste pretty vile. I've heard very good things about 'follow your heart' brand but I can't get it where I live so I can't give any firsthand feedback.|||Just my opinion, but no. They can make many great-tasting things out of soybeans and grains, but cheese is not one of them.
I thought it was worth a try in my early days of being vegan and was sorely disappointed after trying several brands. Maybe that's because I grew up in Wisconsin where people put cheese on everything. I don't know. Don't let my opinion stop you from trying some out for yourself, though.|||Vegan cheese?!?!? BLLEEAAHCH!!!!|||Not sure about other countries but in UK you can buy cheezly i love it =]|||Have you tried Veggie Slices?? Great flavors like Jalapeno, cheddar, and my favorite mozzerella. You should be able to find them in most grocery stores, I found them out here in LA in Albertsons at about $3.50 for a package of 12 slices. Just don't tell my Italian grandmother I'm eating mozzerella Veggie Slices.|||I get excellent vegan cheese called cheezly which actually melts! They have lots of different kinds and their fake meats are really good too:
http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk|||I make my own vegan-friendly cheese substitutes, here's one for feta that you have to try to believe:
http://www.cookingcache.com/vegetar/vegb鈥?/a>
Tofutti's cream cheese is pretty good. I use it for lasagna.
There is a blue cheese vegan dressing that is pretty convincing, if you ask me. Here's a link to it:
http://www.nasoya.com/nasoya/dressing_ta鈥?/a>
You can find various recipes online to make something to stand in for cheese in recipes; it's helpful when adapting non-vegan recipes to your liking.|||I have to argue with those who say there is not a good replacment cheese. Almond cheese is amazing and melts, grates, and savors just like a good (not storebrand) cheese. I have had herb almond cheese and plain. both are great. grilled cheese is somehting i have missed and now it is mine again. mmmm yum|||I don't know if you have this product where you live but there is this one called MINI-CHOL, it is made from Soya Bean. It comes in blocks. Slice it for sandwiches or cheese platter, melts very well in cooking.Great texture. Has a mild, fruity flavour, goes well with red wine. Grated as topping on vegetarian pasta dishes and on homemade vege pizzas. Good for people who are lactose(dairy) intolerant. It's a great cheese substitute, I use it all the time, you would love it. Perhaps you could look it up on the internet.....MINI-CHOL SOYA CHEESE. Hope you can get it.|||I like these:
Follow Your Heart soy cheese
http://www.followyourheart.com/cheese.ph鈥?/a>
Tofutti slices, American style
http://www.tofutti.com/cheese-amer.shtml|||yves cuisine from bc has a great vegi cheese
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Follow Your Heart "Vegan Gourmet" is amazing, but expensive. That's what a lot of the veg restaurants use.
Chreez brand products are good (especially Nacho Chreez) and available at a lot of Whole Foods.
Make your own! Do a search for "Vegan Cashew Cheese Recipe" and you will be amazed at what you find! Just make sure you use a sturdy blender when mixing. Try using it over pasta with some chopped kale and garlic powder for Veganccini Alfredo!|||Follow-your-heart brand is best, especially if you want it to melt, but is is VERY expensive, and you might be better off using non-processed cheese substitutes, such as bread crumbs on pasta (that's an authentic technique from Italy, used by peasants who couldn't afford cheese), finding pizza recipes that don't call for cheese (there are many of them) and using flavorful spreads, like Hummus, on sandwiches.|||Personally, I love Sheese. Also, Teese vegan cheese puts Follow Your Heart brand to shame.
I saw your repeat question in Diet & Fitness and was saddened to see that you didn't receive any good answers there. Be patient as questions in this V&V section usually get answered over time. I'm in Australia so can't be too specific about American brands except to say that I bought a packet of Tofutti American cheese slices yesterday and thought they were disgusting! There is no way I could recommend them to you. But I do like Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese in certain circumstances (on a bagel with lots of chives!).|||There are no vegan cheeses. Cheese is a milk product. Manufacturers label various concoctions "cheese", but it's not. You'll never be able to find something that actually tastes like cheese. Perhaps you will find something that you can "make do" with, but it won't be the same.
I've already been vegetarian for several years and want to be vegan, I have no doubt I could live without milk, but the main thing I'm worried about giving up is cheese..
I've heard of vegan cheese products..
What are they like?
Do they taste like the real thing?
How well do they melt?
Do they come pre-grated or just in blocks?
Are they more expensive?
So many questions! :P|||Vegan cheese doesn't taste the same as regular cheese and I missed it for a while when I gave up dairy but you forget about it soon enough just like you forgot about eating meat. I use Redwood麓s Cheezly Mozzerella to make Pizza's and it tastes REALLY good like that...I wouldn't nibble on chunks of it cold like I used to do with Edam cheese though :o)|||What are they like?
I found one that made a damn good grilled cheese, but I can't remember the brand name. It was really processed and bad for me anyway though.
Do they taste like the real thing?
No. The only really good vegan cheese that I've found was on a frozen pizza from Amy's. You can make your own, but I haven't tried this yet. I'd imagine those would taste good, but probably not like real cheese.
How well do they melt?
For the most part, the ones I've tried only melt in the microwave. If it melts really well, you probably want to check it for casein.
Do they come pre-grated or just in blocks?
I've seen grated vegan cheese and sliced vegan cheese and vegan cheese sprinkles, but I haven't seen any vegan cheese blocks. Like I said, you can make your own, and that will be in a block, but I haven't seen any that you can just buy.
Are they more expensive?
Yes, unfortunately they are. I don't think they'd be too much more to make, but I haven't tried that yet.
Please don't base your entire opinion on me though. I haven't been searching too hard for a vegan cheese. I really, really love cheese. In fact, probably the only reason I was finally able to go vegan is because cheese gives me absolutely debilitating migraines. So I'm trying to resist vegan cheese until I know it won't tempt me to eat the real stuff. All of this experience with vegan cheese is from the last time i tried to go vegan four years ago. :)|||Soy milk, Rice milk, and Almond milk are good alternatives for cow milk.
Ener-g is a company that makes an egg replacer. If you like to cook, the egg replacer is great for making cakes, cookies, and muffins.
I do not know of any good vegan cheeses.
HOWEVER, Amy's Kitchen is a company that sells VEGAN macaroni & "Cheez."
It's delicious. It tastes just like cheddar cheese. I'm not even a vegan, and it's my favorite macaroni and cheese.
You can find the vegan macaroni & "cheez" at a whole food store or health food store. You can also find it online, but it's more expensive if you get it on the internet.|||Tees and Daiya are the closest in taste to real cheese and are the only that melt well. Tofutti is disgusting unless it's melted and even then its nothing special. Follow Your Heart and the Brand Vegan are alright. The brand vegan makes pretty good parmesean though.|||Some vegan cheeses are better than others. I like Soy Kaas brand, which comes in a block and tastes like real mozzarella. Plus, it actually melts like cheese. Other brands are more hit and miss for me. You'd need to try a few and see which you like.
All vegan cheeses are going to be more expensive than real cheese, since there's a comparatively small market. One smallish block of cheese is around $8.|||there are a lot of vegan cheeses out there, some are pretty gross. but there are some good ones: teese, sheese, and dr. cow are all really good. teese probably melts the best.
they come just like real cheese, you can either get them pre-grated or in the package.
price difference isn't much, and it's worth it.|||Pure make a nice soft cheese but I haven't found a hard cheese yet that I've liked.
I think there are more choices in the USA but you have to be careful and read the ingredients - make sure they are not made with natural flavouring - it could be from animals.|||I'd say that you would need to go out and just buy some. Like most real cheeses, they probably have many different types of vegan cheeses. To be able to know what they taste like, I'd rely on myself to go get it and try it, ya know?|||In my opinion, most brands don't taste very good and I wouldn't ever put a slice on a sandwich. Also, it is more difficult to melt - Forget about nachos but pizza isn't too bad if done right.|||Most are made from palm oil, which is generally an unethical product, as its production involves deforestation.|||Most vegan cheese's I've tried taste like creamy white American cheese when melted. Never had a cold slice.|||My family likes Tofutti Slices for sandwiches.
http://www.google.com/#q=tofutti+cheese+鈥?/a>
We like Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet brand for everything else. It comes in a block and an be grated. Great on salads or in tacos! To put on pizza or to make mac and vegan cheese it's best to melt on the stove. It does melt, but doesn't stay smooth for a long time.
We have served both to non-vegan friends and family and all like it. We've even known some who like it better and buy it for themselves instead of dairy cheese.
http://www.amazon.com/Follow-Vegan-Gourm鈥?/a>
(this isn't the best place to purchase, I just am showing you what it looks like)
I haven't tried it, but have heard good things about this vegan cheese that comes shredded:
http://www.cosmosveganshoppe.com/Merchan鈥?/a>
Tofutti makes a great vegan pepperoni and soy cheese pizza. You should look at their site and products.
Prices vary greatly according to store. Oddly enough the place I have found the best price for the Follow Your Heart is the usually very expensive Whole Foods Store.
Do they taste like "the real thing?" Soy cheese is just as real as dairy cheese. None will taste just like dairy cheese so don't expect that. But they taste really good and you can be happy knowing you hurt no cows with your food choice of vegan cheese.
Make sure what you buy says vegan. Rennent is enzymes from a cows stomach and can be in dairy cheese, too.|||Hello
I do not like vegan cheese at all, its disgusting and is something you can learn to live without anyway.
I want to make a vegetable lasagna and I was wondering if there are any good vegan cheeses?
Any Advice|||Redwoods Cheezly cheese is the best vegan cheese ever ! They do melting varieties that include mozzarella,Gouda,Edam and cheddar.My non-vegan friends like it too so i'm giving you an un-biased opinion here ! Infact The redwood company do loads of great products,vegan ham,roasts etc,look 'em up.Can i have a bit of lasagne now please? lol ! x|||There are great options, I use a brand, the name escapes me, that comes like a cheese single, but it is like mozzarella. I comes in a green wrapper. -s|||they come close but miss the mark. If you want that morphine saturated fat high you will never get it with vegan substitutes. Sorry, but live a little and do the real thing.
You won't die, just feel that you have betrayed yourself. A day on the ape (raw) diet will fix that.
Enjoy and don't look back, you don't want to be ninety and saying, "Damn, I wish I had made that with real cheese!" before your go to the Summerland!|||I like this kind...
http://imearthkind.com/|||i know of a good brand called vegan gourmet, but i'm not sure how that would hold up in a lasagna. i like that cheese sub best as a mac n' cheese. vegan gourmet also makes a mozzarella flavor, but i haven't tried that.
maybe you'd be better off with a ricotta-style cheese, such as this one http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7587.0鈥?/a> there are a few other ricotta recipes (and lasagna)... just type in "ricotta" in the search engine.
best wishes! :)|||I have tried (and liked) the Galaxy Nutritional? foods VEGAN cheese, thats what it says on the label in a purple package!
i have tried the slices but it also comes in block cheese, that might work but I've heard most veg cheese doesn't melt.. :/|||NO! All crap.
Has anyone tried Sheese? And if so whats it like. Ive tried other brands of vegan cheese before, and i didnt really like it to be honest. Does anyone kno of a tasty one???? Thanks|||We just found Sheese, and we blended it into our vegan spinach-artichoke dip. It seemed pretty tasty, but we've never tried it on its own.
Most of the commercially available cheese substitutes we've discovered weren't really to our liking, though. They don't taste like cheese at all, and some even have had a terrible chemical odor or taste.
Hopefully, someone else can offer you some other recommendations. Have you heard of the Uncheese Cookbook? It relies on things like nutrititional yeast to simulate cheesy flavors. We've had some success with the recipes.
http://www.vegsource.com/jo/uncheese.htm
Ignore the idiots like the one above ...|||Yuck. There is no such thing as good vegan cheese.|||I haven't tried Sheese, but "Rice Vegan" cheese is really good. (And it melts!)
And as Fez said- many of the recipes in the "Uncheese Cookbook" are good- particularly the sauces.|||I've eaten it, it's pretty cheesy. I'm not a vegan either, but a have a vegan friend (who says it tastes too cheesy for him!) but I can't imagine a much better alternative. Try the different types (edam etc) as I think they vary quite a lot.|||I have only tired Follow Your Heart's Vegan Gourmet, which is only good when it is melted, and it takes a while till it is melted. Which have you tried?
Here is a great article on the different, vegan cheeses:
http://urbanvegan.blogspot.com/2007/07/g鈥?/a>
Vegan cheeses:
http://veganarch.blogspot.com/2007/09/ot鈥?/a>|||Yeah, get some of that sheese, and grate it all over a juicy sirloin steak burger, that should sort you out
I'm a vegetarian finally taking the next step towards veganism. I tried several vegan cheeses a couple years ago and they were all CRAP. I did have some vegan cheeses recently at a pot-luck, and it sure made for a great lasagne. So, what brand name vegan cheeses are good? I just remember the veganrella mozarella alt-cheese stinkning up my home.please advise|||"Rice Slices" are good, and they melt. "Sheeze" is another good brand, but it's hard to find.
There is a cookbook called "The Uncheese Cookbook" by Jo Stepaniak that I could not live without. Good cheeses, spreads and sauces.|||You could also attempt to not try to find analogues to meat and animal based products. I know it makes the transition easier, but for me, it always made me think of going back to eating animal products.
Meat and cheese are addictive. I've found that having fake meats and cheese products around the house is like giving a recovering drug addict "fake crack." Sure, it's not drugs and is better for them, but it doesn't do anything to stop the addiction.|||Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet cheeses are GREAT! I swear by them and I use them on everything. And they MELT, unlike most vegan cheeses! I recommend it to everybody and everybody likes it, lol. I was a huuuuuge cheese lover before I went vegan, and finding this brand to be so delicious allowed me to eat pizza and quesadillas and lasanga again! Haha, here's their website with all the information about the brand. Hope this helped! :)
http://www.imearthkind.com/|||I would eat it sparingly and not try to find a vegan alternative that's going to become a staple in your diet. Even though it's vegan, it's still not good for you. At first when I went vegan I didn't eat much mock products but over the years it's increased heavily and I've noticed my health isn't as good as when I first went vegan.
For taste, that's really up to the individual. I have read rave reviews of some products, tried it, thought it was disgusting. I read bad reviews of some products, tried it, and loved it. I completely swore off all vegan cheese until at a vegan restaurant I ordered a pizza made with vegan gourmet cheese (already recommended by another user). It was so good that since then I buy it now and then to make pizza at home. My local stores do not carry all the Toffuti products but their cream cheese and ice cream rocks. Their sour cream is good in a cheesecake recipe I have.|||MINI-CHOL SOY CHEESE. Soft, very light, fruity, mild. Goes well with red wine. Comes in a block, slice it, grate it, melt it. I use it ALL the time. It's wonderful. I'm not a vegetarian but my partner is lactose intolerant that's why I use it. I don't miss the other cheeses. We have it here in Australia. It's so popular the supermarket is always running out of it. Perfect as a pizza topping.|||I'm a very picky eater and the only soy cheeses I like are:
Follow Your Heart:
http://www.followyourheart.com/cheese.ph鈥?/a>
Available at Whole Foods and other health food stores
Teese:
http://www.teesecheese.com/
Only available online and at certain restaurants.
Order here: http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreF鈥?/a>
Tofutti American-style:
http://www.tofutti.com/cheese-amer.shtml
I only like it melted, not plain. Available at health food stores, and some regular grocery stores might carry it.
Good luck!|||TOFUTTI is the best american sliced cheese brand (for sandwitches and things). It's the only kind I use, as I am a very picky vegan. You can hardly tell the difference.
It's also the only REAL vegan cheese I can find.
If you read the ingredients and there's casein or whey, it's not vegan.|||Have a look at Redwood's Cheezly range; they do Cheddars and Greek feta cheese as well as some melting cheeses - mozzarella, Gouda, Edam - that really melt.
It's the only brand of vegan cheese I've found that I like - I agree some of them are vile. Redwood is based in the UK, but there's a link to click on the home page if you live in the US or Australia
http://www.bazaarbuilder.com/cgi-bin/cb2鈥?/a>|||Another vote for Cheezly, its very very yummy!
Tofutti is okay - but better on sandwiches and the like - it gets really runny when its cooked.
Follow your heart isn't bad either but it doesn't melt as well as Cheezly.
I haven't tried Teese yet, but I've heard awesome things about it - so that might be worth a try as well.
Shreese is nice as well - but doesn't melt.|||Vegan Gourmet is also good on pizza and grated on taco salads, fajitas, etc. I like it better melted than not.
Is it out of this world good, no. But it will do the job just fine if you really have to have it.
http://www.imearthkind.com/|||i had rice mozzarella the other day on a pizza. it was very good.
Follow Your Heart "Vegan Gourmet" is amazing, but expensive. That's what a lot of the veg restaurants use.
Chreez brand products are good (especially Nacho Chreez) and available at a lot of Whole Foods.
Make your own! Do a search for "Vegan Cashew Cheese Recipe" and you will be amazed at what you find! Just make sure you use a sturdy blender when mixing. Try using it over pasta with some chopped kale and garlic powder for Veganccini Alfredo!|||Follow-your-heart brand is best, especially if you want it to melt, but is is VERY expensive, and you might be better off using non-processed cheese substitutes, such as bread crumbs on pasta (that's an authentic technique from Italy, used by peasants who couldn't afford cheese), finding pizza recipes that don't call for cheese (there are many of them) and using flavorful spreads, like Hummus, on sandwiches.|||Personally, I love Sheese. Also, Teese vegan cheese puts Follow Your Heart brand to shame.
I know one is made with tofu, and the other with cream cheese, but taste and texture wise, is there much of a difference? I love cheesecake and am thinking about going vegan...I only have it once every so often(maybe twice, three times a year) and want to know your thoughts on vegan cheese cake.
Thanks!|||Hello. I'm not going to lie to you, it does taste different, but not necessarily in a bad way.
In general, the vegan alternatives will never taste exactly the same, but once you get used to them you really will like them as much. You can also keep experimenting with the recipe until you get it just right.
X|||ive never made it before but ive had it at vegan restaurants and it was amazing, my mom (an omnivore) loved it more than i did! lol|||No. Nothing made from soy tastes like its "real" counterpart, IMO.
1 and 1/2 cups water
5 Tbsp agar flakes
1/3 cup nutritional yeast flakes
1/2 cup macadamia nuts
3 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp tahini
1 Tbsp good quality soy sauce
1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp turmeric (adds color naturally)
1/4 tsp salt
Fresh ground pepper (optional)
鈥? Coat a 3-cup plastic or glass container with rounded bottom with cooking spray. Set aside.
鈥? Mix water and agar flakes in a small sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring often, until the flakes are totally dissolved (about 5 minutes).
鈥? Put the remaining ingredients in a blender or a food processor, along with the dissolved agar. Process for a few minutes until totally dissolved. Scrape excess mixture from the sides as needed.
鈥? Pour into your prepared container and cool, uncovered, in the refrigerator. When cool, cover and chill overnight. To serve, turn over onto a plate or board and slice. Serve on crackers or bread, or slice and use to make a grilled cheese sandwich. This should keep in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
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this is the cheddar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3FYduSF-鈥?/a>
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Ingredients:
1 C. Raw Organic Sesame Tahini (available at most natural foods stores near the peanut butter)
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1 1/2 C Raw Organic Sesame Seeds ground into a powder in a nut grinder
1/8 C. Organic Rice Vinegar
1/8 C. Organic Olive Oil
2 T. finely chopped fresh Organic Chives
1/2 t. fresh organic Thyme Leaves
1 medium sized sprig chopped Organic Dill Weed
1 heaping T. red star vegan formula Nutritional Yeast
Salt & Pepper to taste
Equipment
A knife to chop the herbs
A spoon to spoon up the tahini
A 16 ounce glass mason jar with lid
Directions
Chop your herbs and put them in the jar
Add vinegar and oil and whisk them up with the spoon
Whisk in salt and pepper (remember, conventional cheese has a lot of salt in it so be free with the salt in this recipe)
Add the tahini (or the ground sesame seeds) and nutritional yeast to the jar
Close lid tightly and shake vigorously for about half a minute, and that鈥檚 it!
Store your cheese in the refrigerator. You may need to shake it again before each use as the olive oil likes to separate from the tahini. The mixture will remain quite good for about a week 鈥?if it lasts that long in your house.|||Vegan Sharp Cheddar Cheese
5 teaspoons powdered agar-agar or 5 tablespoons agar-agar flakes
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup cashews
1/3 cup nutritional yeast
1/2 cup pimiento
3 -4 tablespoons lemon juice, depending on how sharp you want it
2 teaspoons onion powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard
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Begin by combining the agar and tap water in a small sauce pan.
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Heat over a medium flame, stirring often.
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When the mixture boils, reduce the heat a bit.
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Allow the agar to boil gently for 5 minutes.
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Stir often to prevent burning and to make sure that all of the agar dissolves.
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Meanwhile, measure all of the other ingredients into a blender container.
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When the agar is finished boiling, carefully pour it into the blender container.
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Place the lid on the blender and whizz it on high for about a minute.
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Stop, scrape down the sides, replace the lid and whizz again, for about another minute.
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The mixture should be very smooth and the same orange color as dairy cheddar.
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Pour the mixture into a small, lightly oiled loaf pan.
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The pan I use is about 3 by 7 inches.
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Place the pan in the refrigerator and allow it to chill until firm.
I was wondering if there is true vegan cheeses out there for people who do not eat anything that comes from animals. Can cheese be made from soy milk or does it have to have animal product in it to form. I am a cheese lover and was just wondering about this.|||I also love cheese, but am a vegan. There are many vegan "cheeses" out there. As suggested earlier, Daiya is the best brand, but to be perfectly honest, even the best vegan cheese does not taste very good. It really is your best bet to get the cheese idea out of your mind : )|||Of course there are vegan cheeses- I'm eating one right now by a company called Daiya.
Some are made from soy, others from rice or tapioca. Visit your local health food store and you'll find quite the variety
P.s. there is so much info on the web these days. All you had to do was type in "vegan cheeses" and you would have found the answer to your question. :)|||This is just a question but if you already love cheese as it is why switch to a product that may not even taste like cheese?
I'm not being mean, I'm being inquisitive and really do want to learn.|||Daiya is soy free, lactose free, dairy free, and gluetin free. Its the best Vegan cheese alternative so far. I really only use it if I am making a home-made pizza. Otherwise I stick to whole natural foods.|||yes. but to be totally honest i don't like the taste. it looks like cheese, feels like cheese, but the taste is boring compared to it.|||they do indeed exist expect to pay 2 or 3 time more then regular cheese per ounce
I've searched high and low for good VEGAN cheese substitutes. My guy LOVES pizza and I've yet to find a good fake mozarella. The best I've found so far has been VeganRella, which is OK but not great. Lots of the soy-based cheese have casein (milk protein) and they're like plastic.
Any suggestions from like-minded folks are welcome. Thank you! (:|||Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet. It can be hard to find but it makes an awesome pizza. Make sure you broil toward the end to get it to melt.|||Vegan Gourmet Mozzarella Cheese
http://www.followyourheart.com/Merchant2鈥?/a>
I've tried a vegan cheese and it tasted like rubber. It was so disgusting. Totally not worth it and I think it made my vegan burger taste like crap. So which is the best vegan cheese on the market? Preferably from whole foods..|||Unfortunately vegan cheese is never going to be like real cheese. But the best I've tried is Daiya. It melts and stretches. You can get it at Whole Foods.|||Without question the best vegan cheese on the market is Dr. Cow. http://www.dr-cow.com/
It's natural and aged, without any of the crap most fake cheeses use, and it's made from nuts- no soy. It tastes like artisan cheese, and the price reflects this.
Because it's made by a small company it isn't widely available- Whole Foods doesn't have it. You can order it from Pangea. http://www.veganstore.com/|||Daiya vegan shredded cheese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I always get cheddar flavored and melt it on a veggie burger or use the mozzarella flavored and make a quesadilla with it. You can get it at Whole Foods. And trust me, I know how you feel... I have gone through so many packages of different brands of vegan cheese, and that's the best kind I've found. I have to admit, it doesn't really taste good unless it's melted though.|||In my opinion, all vegan cheeses are crap. Cheese is made from milk, period. Anything else is "fake" cheese and I've never had a vegan type cheese I didn't immediately spit out.|||I like the Daiya best. Teese (from the Chicago SoyDairy) is crap on pizza, but it isn't bad in sandwiches. I've never cooked with either, though; I've only had it at restaurants.|||vegan jack cheese tastes yummy. unfortunally not all stores carry it.|||Vegan cheese? How is that even possible?
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鈻猜犫柌|||Try cheezly, that's really good, or Pure cheese slices. Best vegan cheese!|||I've yet to find a good one... Bleck! I just go cheese-less.
Worth the price?
How much does it cost where you live?
Costs $8 here! Ouch!
Anyone from Scotland -- how much is it there?|||I tried two flavors of Sheese and they both tasted disgusting. Tried to melt it in the microwave and it didn't melt & just made the microwave reek. I'd stick with Follow Your Heart soy cheese - so much better-tasting and cheaper.|||It has hydrogenated fat in it ... that will kill you. I tried it. I don't like it and it is expensive. I don't know how much it costs in Scotland, but they can keep it all there as far as I'm concerned.
Its absolutely disgusting!
I'm vegetarian and i'd like to try and be vegan one day, but i absolutely LOVE cheese. I tried this vegan cheese replacement from holland and barratt and it was just horrible. It wasn't so bad when i melted it and made nachos with lots of sauce... Do all Vegan cheese replacements taste horrible?|||I've only tried two different types of vegan cheese. Once it was on macaroni and cheese. Tasted absolutely horrible. The second time was in a grilled cheese sandwich. It was kinda plain but I got used to it after awhile and it was good with ketchup to dip.
I think you have to keep in mind that there is no way to make vegan cheese that tastes exactly like dairy cheese. (You might be tricked if you haven't had cheese in awhile though, or if someone tells you its a different kind of cheese.)
I've heard of numerous vegan recipes that taste "cheesy" though. I can't recall any at the moment, sorry, but I know I have heard of plenty of them including yeast. (Apparently if you cook the stuff just right it has a cheesy flavor.)
Hope that helps a little.|||Ughhh i know!
I only use it to make cheese sauces or in toasties, only way it tastes reasonable aha
Toffuti cheese slices are much better! :)|||Veggies Slices are pretty good - however they contain milk proteins so they would not be vegan but they would be a step closer in the direction you're trying to go. They are soy-based. They don't taste quite as good as 'real' cheese and I think that most substitutes fall short of that but they are the best I've found so far.
The problem with truly vegan cheeses is that there is that they have to completely recreate the texture and taste of a dairy product without using any component of it.
My son is allergic to milk but can tolerate these so we use them as a substitute for grilled cheese and melting. I believe the same company makes shredded 'cheese' and other products but my local grocer doesn't carry them.|||what about vegan gourmet? I think it tastes really good! I have try the cheddar and mozzarella. I really like the mozzarella. It takes forever to melt, but well, it is vegan! We used to make a pizza, and it was the best vegan pizza! Not kidding, it is not because we made it, but it was delicious. Try it, you might like it. When I was vegetarian, I tried another kind of "chesse" but I did not like it, but I do like vegan gourmet.
I find vegan cheese is a lot easier on the digestive system and I really miss pizza (even though I eat dairy cheese pizza once in awhile)|||Rice Slices, by Galaxy Foods, melt really well. They come in American, Pepper Jack and Cheddar. (For pizza, I'd go with the Pepper Jack.) They're sold in natural food stores like Whole Foods Market.|||follow your heart melts at 450 degrees or broiling
You most certainly can use soy milk or rice milk.
Dairy drinkers have never noticed a difference or any *soy taste* in my baking or cooking... and some of these people are brutally honest.
:)
Vegan cheese it a bit tougher. The casein (non-vegan milk derivative) in cheese is what gives it the ability to melt in a way we feel cheese should melt (like on pizzas etc.) Vegan cheese is great to use in dishes where you will not need to cook it. Some can turn runny and some can turn hard.
Tofu can make a great substitute for cheese in dishes such as stuffed shells and lasagna.
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I really like this ricotta cheese recipe for pasta
1 lb tofu
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 clove minced garlic
1/4 tsp salt
black pepper
basil
2 tsp olive oil
Really mush the tofu with your hands when you are making it.
:)
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Dairy is easy. But many cheese-loving vegans may find themselves on a quest for great cheese substitutes.
On pizzas, I have seen hummus used, and sometimes no cheese at all.
There are a few decent vegan cheeses, but it is often best to look for recipes using tofu and/or nutritional yeast.
:)
Good luck
http://www.veganstore.com just got a new kind of vegan cheese in that melts and is thought highly of. I haven't tried it yet, but may soon.|||yes... it usually works fine. and i can't really tell any difference in taste or texture|||Of course. And fyi, applesauce is a good egg substitute in recipes.|||yes or you can use rice milk.|||absolutely! In any recipes|||Yes, you can absolutely substitute soy milk in recipes. It will not cause a problem. I use my rice milk when I cook and things go smoothly.
As for the veggie cheese, that will substitute well too. I use "Veggie Shreds" by Galaxy Nutritional Foods. (I find it in the refrigerated section of my "health-food" section). It is in a green resealable package. It's an acquired taste, but it melts well. And after it melts, it tastes like regular cheese. :-)|||You can but it will not taste as good.
Soy products almost killed me. They are toxic and they stop the hormones in your body; especially women. Soy blocked the thyroid medication I take and I lost about half my hair and all the symptoms of Graves Disease came back to me even thought I was taking the thyroid medication
Soy is a terrible food and you will eventually get really sick if you continue to ingest it.
If you wish to be a vegetarian there are plenty of other things you can eat besides soy.|||i wouldnt, soymilk gives the soy taste, milk gives the cream taste, soy is better anyway
I like Follow Your Heart brand vegan cheeses, but be careful how you use them. They melt and they taste good, but eating them cold will make you realize the texture is all wrong. However, if you cube them over a casserole or into macaroni and let it melt, it tastes great and it's the perfect, gooey, cheesy texture, but with animals taken out of the equation. :) Sounds good to me.|||There is a brand called "Tofutti" that makes cheese slices that do really melt! soooo yummy in grill cheese sandwich!
also, there is a brand called "Follow your Heart" and they proclaim directly on their label that there cheese melts. - which it does, but it hardens pretty quickly if you don't eat it right away. BUT it's VERY delicious!
call your local health food store to see if they carry these brands. However, I have noticed that Tofutti is being carried in more grocery stores than just the health food ones.
good luck!|||I use Galaxy too (sold where the tofu is; sometimes in the produce refrigerated section). The shredded melts fine in mac & cheese.....and the slices melt too, but will melt much better if they are covered with something (a slice of bread, or even just wax paper- in the microwave). The individually wrapped slices come in American, Cheddar, Cheddar w/jalapenos (my favorite); Pepper Jack; Mozzarella and smoked provolone|||I think Teese is the best vegan mozzarella I've tried. It gets nice and melty on pizza and tastes better to me than Follow Your Heart. You really can't eat it sliced or anything because the texture is not right. The unfortunate thing about Teese is that it's not widely available in stores yet. But you can order online from either Vegan Essentials or Food Fight Grocery.|||I get a brand called "Galaxy" they're called vegetable slices, but come in american, and cheddar flavors for sure, and you can also get it shredded, it melts on my boca burgers within 30 seconds in the microwave|||go to http://www.teesecheese.com/ and click where to buy at the top of the page good luck P.S I am vegan too peta.com is great site for vegans=^..^=|||I have never tasted a vegan cheese that I liked. I think they are all disgusting.
But that's just me. I've just learned to live without cheese.|||Galaxy veggie slices melt well and taste OK melted..but I don't recommend eating them cold.
daiya is in the USA; redwood is only in the UK
I'm in Norway...?|||100% VEGAN CHEESE, 100% TASTY
One of the most common reasons given for not giving up dairy produce
used to be that there wasn鈥檛 an acceptable dairy-free alternative to cheese,
that really tasted of cheese. All that changed in 1988. Bute Island Foods started
making their own scrummy Vegan cheese, known as Sheese.
Fast forward twenty years & there are now 9 flavours of hard dairy-free cheese,
and 5 flavours of 100% non-dairy cream cheese, called Creamy Sheese
(all of the styles are 100% Kosher and Pareve!)
So now you really can grate Mozzarella Sheese on your pizzas, make
Sheesy sauces with Cheddar spread, or any of the 5 Creamy Sheeses,
and actually enjoy wonderfully golden, melted Sheese on toast again.
You can enjoy a Cheshire Sheese and salad baguette,
or have a Cheddar Sheese ploughman鈥檚 lunch.
You really don鈥檛 have to miss out any more 鈥?and rest assured 鈥?br>
no animals have suffered to satisfy your taste buds.
So, smile and say Sheese!|||Wow,I wish I had a good answer for you. I'm just writing because I feel your pain. I'm an American living in Denmark (hello neighbor!),and after most of my life as a vegetarian and then the last 6 years as a vegan,I up and leave my country around the same time they invent Daiya! I haven't tried it,yet. I cry a little at night when i think of the wonderful vegan cheese I'm missing out on (also,have you read about Dr Cow raw nut cheese? I DREAM about trying that!). The only kind I find tolerable is Sheeze,and it's only ok. At least you can use it for more than one dish per piece and it doesn't mold too quickly. If you hear of anything,let me know!! I'll do the same for you ;).|||Hi, I've just did a little research on the net for you and I've come across a dairy free cheddar sold in Norway called Tofutti.
Hope this helps :-)
ok this may or may not sound like a stupid question..
i know cheese is made from cow milk...but since theres soy milk and all these other non-animal by products is it possible to make vegan cheese? and if so where can i buy it?|||Whole Foods and Wild Oats sells them.
So, Yes there is an artificial cheese for Vegans.|||wow, I bet it will taste like..............................eeeeww鈥?will just taste BAD....
meow|||yes . i have been vegan for years and i still cant eat the garbage. the only one that i can stomach is Tofutti mozzerella.
You can get it at whole food ,traders joes or a health food store.|||Yes Whole Foods and Earth Fare both sell it.
|||yes it exists
go to the supermarket|||Taco bell makes their cheese artificially in a lab. You can sleep well knowing that you didn't relieve the pain cows have when they don't get milked, if you eat cheese from taco bell. Although, milking a cow is a natural process of its life. Wouldn't wanna put the animals through too much pain, now would we?|||yes, there is soy cheese, and if you have trader joes near you, they sell it. probably whole foods does too. personally, i think it tastes like crap and would rather go cheeseless, but other people seem to like it. (and I do like soy products, just not the cheese)|||Yes, there's all kinds. People tend to favor Tofutti mozzarella, but they also have the yellow american cheese version and even one called Better Than Cream Cheese. They sell them at Wal-Mart and such places.
Here's a link, browse around their products and see what's available:
http://www.tofutti.com/cheese.shtml
There's also one called Sheese (hmm weird name):
http://www.tofutti.com/cheese.shtml
And Cheezly:
http://www.redwoodfoods.es/cheezly.php
And TeeseCheese:
http://www.teesecheese.com/
I don't know ehre they sell them, but they're probably at Wal-Mart, as I said, or health food stores.|||They have soy cheese at whole foods. I thought it was pretty gross though. soy yogurt also tastes like crud. Soy milk is the best.|||Most have Casien(dairy product) so are not 100% Vegan.Read the labels.: Soy, Rice & Almond are 3 of the most popular I find. I get mine in the regular grocery store. ASK! They will not be with dairy products usually in the fresh Veggie/Fruit section.|||Quick warning: just because the cheese in taco bell's menu may be "artificial" that doesn't exclude the possibility that an animal was used in the process. Fast food and ethical food don't quite sit right together so you may check that website. I have no had vegan cheese. I have heard nothing but bad stuff about it and I'm terrified to try it. yves has a good pasta though with some cheese. It's minimal though. If you're wanting to eat it alone or as a major flavor in something... I'd probably say to snack on something else |||Wal-Mart carries soy cheese and veggie cheese. They come in individually wrapped slices. They are in the produce section.|||i can't answer your question, sorry
but you just put me in the mood for some cheese!!!
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I have been eating a vegetarian diet for a while and now I am trying a vegan diet. But cheese is my downfall and so far all the vegan cheeses I have tried have been awful :(|||im really sorry to tell you this but i highly doubt that you are going to be able to find a good non dairy cheese. i know i never could. once you have been eating the real thing for so long its not going to taste right. cheese was also a tough one for me too, but i got over it eventually and now i dont even miss it. just focus on why you want to be vegan in the first place, if its a strong enough reason you wont need any substitutes.|||The best advice I can give you is that you need get over the mental attachment to cheese in your mind. There are no vegan cheese substitutes out there that will work out of the bag like the real thing.
What you can do is creatively use other foods such as nutritional yeast flakes, garbanzo beans, almonds, silken tofu, etc to mimic the tastes and textures of cheese. If you're willing to pick up some heavy duty cooking skills, you can make vegan dishes out of things like pizza, alfredo, and even mac & cheese. I suggest you read The UnCheese Cookbook by Jo Stepaniak if you want to learn how to do any of that.
If you are going to buy store made vegan cheese, that only brands that I've had a good experience with are Vegan Gourmet, and the vegan cheese made at the Whole Foods deli. With both of those, it does help if you add some extras to spice things up a bit, eating them out of the package would be most disappointing...|||Thats a tough one, LOL.
2 things.-
Some "vegan" cheeses have casein in them, which is a milk derivative, so not 100% vegan.
Unfortunately this tiny ingredient makes the "cheese" a bit tastier.
If you want to avoid the casein, its harder to find a yummy/melty cheese. (Almost impossible, lol)
For me, I like the spread "cheeses"
I really like the "Tofutti" brand: "Better then cream cheese". Its delish! (And no casein!)
ALso, if you havent discovered Tofutti "cuties", yet.....omg! Go to the local health food store and look in the "ice cream" section....heaven.|||For fantastic Europeon-like cheeses that are vegan, nothing beats "Sheese" in my opinion (though I haven't tried every vegan cheese, yet). It's imported from Scotland, and my favorites are the Gouda and smoked cheddar. They also have mozzarella, which I haven't tried, because I really like the mozzarella that "Follow Your Heart" makes. Toffutti "mozzarella" sliced cheese is good for pizzas also (it melts great). Toffutti American cheese slices are great for grilled cheese sandwiches.
Also, if you like cooking and trying new recipes, pick up "The Uncheese Cookbook" by Joanne Stepaniak, and you can make your own vegan cheeses. The "Crock Cheez" recipe is excellent and goes great on crackers!
It's all a matter of trying them and finding which ones please your personal tastes.
Also, not sure if this is true for many vegans, but the longer I am vegan, the less I crave anything "cheesy". I rarely even put any vegan "cheese" on my pizza anymore.
Good luck to you.|||I second the daiya suggestion. It is difficult to get, I got it from veganstore.com (ordered online) but I've been searching around for it, I've heard some whole foods stores carry it. It is amazing though, my non-vegan family/friends couldn't even tell the difference. I've only tried the cheddar but it's amazing, its great plain, melts well, and goes great with baked potatoes, tacos, nachos, grilled cheese, etc. No other vegan cheese has been so amazing, but my second favorite (which is easier to obtain from natural food stores or sometimes supermarkets) is follow your heart vegan cheese, the cheddar is pretty good and melts somewhat well, I use it mostly for sandwiches.|||I agree that most are awful.
Vegan Gourmet cheese tastes ok but doesn't melt too well, especially on pizza.
Daiya is my new favorite. It melts really well and doesn't have a horrible aftertaste. I was able to find it at a Whole Foods Market near me.|||I've heard good things about Daiya cheese, but it's not available where I live so I can't give you my personal opinion.
Is it better to just skip the wine and cheese party when you're vegan and sXe?|||Honestly, as someone who loves wine and cheese, I would be incredibly disappointed in sparkling grape juice (which is good, but far from being wine) and fake cheese.
I agree with the other person who said find a theme that better fits your lifestyle. (Though perhaps something a bit more legal than a pot party!) There are tons of other fun party themes out there to try.
.|||Yes. it is better to skip the wine and cheese party if it does not go with your lifestyle choice.
non-alcoholic wine is pretty much grape juice......and vegan cheese is....interesting
i don't think either are worthy of having a party over, lol
just have a pot smoking party. its all natural, safe and fun :D|||Soy cheese and non-alcoholic wine seems like it's just emphasizing what you're missing. How about a fresh sweet cider with pita and hummus or baba ghanoush, or some nuts and fruit.|||I mean... I cant imagine it being fun - but thats MPO. If your friends LIKE vegan cheese, and non alcoholic then yeah - go for it :)
i'm a vegetarian and i'm considering going vegan.
i tried some rice based cheese and i couldn't stomach it.
what vegan cheese is the closest to real cheese.
that would be the main thing stopping me from going vegan.|||Daiya!!!! Especially when melted. Raw, not so much. Also, teese is a great vegan cheese. Other than that, they're mostly crap.|||lol
well i eat redwood cheese... it may dont taste like real cheese... but its okay tho Report Abuse
|||I don't know how accurate I am, but have you tried veggie slices?
It's soy based with natural flavors (for ex, pepperjack)
I'm not 100% sure about the ingredients though...I just know I eat them (I'm slolwy converting myself to a vegetarian) but they taste delish! I'm lacto so you already know I need something as close to real cheese/milk as possible LOL|||You really have to experiment. I'm vegan by allergy and have tried a few to replace pizza toppings.
The easiest rice cheese to find is Galaxy. Awful raw and as a block to be shredded. Fantastic if it comes shredded. So it's hard to say because so many are only good for one thing.
Most soy cheeses aren't awful, if you're OK with eating soy.|||there is no vegan cheese that tastes like cheese
the soy ones that are good and taste like cheese have milk lactose in them and arnt vegan.
if there was good vegan cheese then everyone would eat that.
they all taste like caca.|||Cheezly cheese is vegan and delicious!
Nutritional yeast in place of Parmesan.
please include:brand, flavor, and where i can buy it|||Follow Your Heart- the Monterrey jack is good and you can get it at Whole Foods, health food stores, and even some major grocery stores. I know Giant has it.|||follow your heart is by far my favorite. they have cheddar, monterey jack, mozzarella and a nacho one i think. whole foods carries it and if you have a co-op near you, they should have it too. if you can't find it, try road's end organics. they have "chreese" packets that they can ship and its really good for mac n cheese or lasagna.|||There is no such thing as vegan cheese. Cheese by definition is dairy.
I'm slowly going off of dairy and I really love cheese, can anyone recommend a good vegan cheese?|||TEESE and DAIYA!!! I wouldn't eat them raw, they definitely need to be melted, but I'm pretty sure daiya is real cheese -- it's THAT good!! I think they're just trying to trick us ;)|||I can't remember the brand name but at your nearest health foods store the clerk can have some suggestions.|||I stick by "Vegan Gourmet" by "follow your heart" they are the same people who make veganaisse. I use the mozzarella flavor - but they have a cheddar as well.
Here is their website: http://www.followyourheart.com/product-f鈥?/a>
I just tried melting it the other day - and it melts FAST! it is good in a sandwich and contains no animal products.|||I hear a brand called Daiya is good.
http://www.daiyafoods.com/|||Daiya is the best I tried. But I would never ever eat it plain. It would be okay in spaghetti, pizza, etc.
Follow your Heart imo is GROSS|||Vegan cheese? If there was such a thing, it would taste terrible and be unmarketable.
i went to trader joe's the other day and i was looking at the vegan cheese, but there were milk by-products in the ingredients, so how come they label it as vegan cheese?
where can i get real vegan cheese?|||Hmmm, I think you probably saw soy cheese and thought it was vegan or it had a vegetarian symbol and you got confused. I have never seen any vegan cheese at Trader Joes and know they understand veganism fairly well but for some reason don't carry any vegan cheese. They have a list of products that are vegan:
http://www.traderjoes.com/pdf/lists/list鈥?/a>
However there is loads of vegan cheese out there:
Daiya - http://www.daiyafoods.com/ (my favorite)
Sheese - http://www.buteisland.com/
Teese - http://www.chicagosoydairy.com/teese_veg鈥?/a>
Dr. Cow - http://www.dr-cow.com/
Follow Your Heart: http://www.followyourheart.com/
Galaxy Vegan - http://www.galaxyfoods.com/galaxy-produc鈥?/a>
Wayfare - http://www.wayfarefoods.com/|||Yeah I don't know why they do that. I don't eat vegan cheese, but when I did, it was really annoying to have to make sure that it was truly vegan. Daiya cheese is completely vegan. I believe Tofutti cheese and most Galaxy Foods cheeses are purely vegan as well.|||Trader Joe's is a joke.|||It's called vegan cheese because it doesn't use rennet (which is extracted from the stomach of a calf) to separate the milk into curds and whey.
I personally think Daiya is the best overall vegan cheese out there. It melts, and it tastes like cheese (at least to a 2 year vegan lol).|||DEFINITELY Daiya! my second favorite is Follow Your Heart, but it isnt nearly as good as Daiya. (also, remember to always check the ingredients, there are some packages of soy cheese that still contain casein, a milk derivative)
http://wayfaringvegans.weebly.com/
Hi. I want to know what your favorite vegan cheese brand is that you've tried...like solid cheese...not sauce. Serious answers only, just name the brand ya like and tell me why, or tell me kinds that you think are really bad. I am trying to find a decent tasting vegan cheese that melts if that exists. Thanks lots. :D|||Galaxy Nutritional Foods has vegan cheese slices that I always buy at Whole Foods. I love them! They come in mozzerella and american flavored, so you have options :)
GNF also has grated parmesan cheese too!
Edit: Rice slices aren't vegan Jen... they have casein in them...|||My favorites are Sheese and Dr. Cow.
Dr. Cow (an aged gourmet raw nut cheese) is still a small operation, and Sheese isn't widely available in the U.S. yet, but both can be ordered from Pangea: http://www.veganstore.com/
Of the ones you can get at Whole Foods, Rice Slices are good, and they melt!
Edit: Rice Slices are labeled Vegan, and soy and casein free:
http://www.galaxyfoods.com/ourbrands/usa鈥?/a>|||Hmmm... difficult question because I find most of them pretty unpleasant. I'm still waiting for one to be really good. The best of them that I have tasted so far has to be Teese Cheese, but it's only available online as far as I know. http://www.teesecheese.com/ A local vegan cafe uses it and I've had it there, it's not bad.
P.S. I have noticed that SOME of the Rice (brand) cheese now IS vegan, you just have to check the label. (It's ok, I'm just kind of lukewarm on all vegan cheeses at this point in time -- still waiting for that really great one to be invented...)|||There isn't a particular name for it...but I've found that many East Indian stores (that sell a lot non-perishable food item, like curry paste, but also things like naan, etc.) have had the best vegan cheese. Hope there's one around where you live!|||I don't know a good one, but I CAN tell you that SoySation is disgusting although it does slightly melt.
oh and i plan to put spinach on it and garlic and possibly mushrooms..
Please help me !!
Thanks (:|||Virtually any pizza recipe will work just sub any non vegan food with Vegan food and it will work.
Sounds good|||here is a recipe:
http://www.honeylocust.com/pizza/
or this for a printer friendly version:
http://www.honeylocust.com/pizza/pizza_t鈥?/a>|||go to youtube and type in "lifeinshiga" that guy is a vegetarian and in one of his most recent videos he is makes a pizza
Well I am a vegan who uses vegan cheese..so the above poster..no idea where that idea came from.
Tofutti make sgood sliced vegan cheese. I also enjoy Vegan Gourmet.|||if you mean Soy cheese, its ok. the flavor is nice but it tends not to melt well. Actual Vegans consider cheese or cheese substitutes to be endorsing the use of animal products and very un-vegan :) On that note, I am not a Vegan! But soy cheese is better in salads that grilled cheeses :)|||i dont like fake meats/cheeses/milks. i have turned vegan so i eat as naturally as possible!|||Eh, it's okay. In all honesty, it really depends upon the flavor. I love the american... I'm not too big on the mozerella.|||cheezly moserala on a pizza is great but some like things others do not just try everything and see|||Some are good and some are just sh!t.
Most non-dairy cheeses are not vegan.|||Follow your Heart brand seems to be the only one that comes close to real cheese. It kind of melts and doesn't have trans fats like some other brands. I wouldn't say that I like it though. Fake Parmesan is fine, it's just salty.|||I am a former chef and use alot, and Green_Sea has a point, but as a former chef I have found once you grate or chop the veggie cheese, if you gently toss it in a bit of veg oil it melts better, it will not brown or bubble, as it has not structure in it to do this but as a sauce base in pasta dishes, I make a lasagna with it vegs and rice noodles from an asian store.
In sandwiches like grilled cheese it is better as it steams in the bread, taste wise it is a bit bland, but I have had the Pepper jack sytle and added some additional chilis and abit of garlic for added zip. It can be a hit or miss as each brand has a unique quality to it, so you have to search around for you favs.|||There is no such thing as vegan cheese, true cheese can only be made from the milk of an animal and therefore it can't be vegan.
I have no problems with vegans wanting to eat something that tastes like cheese but why call it vegan cheese.
I think there are , but then I haven't had real cheese for a long time.
Redwoods Cheezly is the best, they make several kinds including ones that melt. No, they don't melt exactly like real cheese, but it's a reasonable substitute.
Tofutti cream cheese is delicious, I know omnivores that eat it.
Wahoo, I don't think you've quite grasped the meaning of the word hypocrisy - to claim that you don't eat animal products and then eat them in secret would be hypocrisy. To claim that you don't eat any animal products and then eat something that - well, isn't an animal product - that's not hypocrisy
Jasmine H - the questioner is asking about fake cheeses, not about tofu.
::|||no, because they aren't cheese.|||no|||i was wondering that too cuz im like a vegetarian but turning into vegan|||Its actually tofu, it doesn't taste or act like cheese (it won't melt easily) and although manufacturers try to get it to smell like cheese, it smells absolutely revolting.|||there are a few alternatives - i don't think they are too close to the real thing, but try the various kinds (Sheeze, Tofutti soft cheese, Cheezly, Rice slices, etc...) and see if you like any of them. personally i didn't like cheese to begin with, so I am happy not to eat the vegan cheese either!|||There's a new brand out called Sheese. It's made in Scotland, and it's just starting to be imported to the States, as far as I can tell. They offer about six different styles, and they're all 100% vegan. Most vegan cheeses I've had are horrible, but this one isn't too bad.
What's hypocritical about wanting to enjoy the flavor and texture of a food you used to like? If you can do it without causing any pain and suffering to an animal, what's the problem?|||Rice Slices are pretty good, and they melt.
Sheeze tastes really good, but is still hard to find.
You can make your own though- get a copy of "The Uncheese Cookbook." It has recipes for vegan versions of everything!|||Of course not.|||My but people can be rude and judgemental here!
I have just recently found "Follow your Heart" brand mozzarella flavor. It is not exactly like cheese, but it is not gross at all like many vegan cheeses are. It is good on its own, and very yummy melted. I put it on homemade pizza last week, and it was wonderful.
I am not vegan because I think cheese tastes bad, I have my own reasons. I don't think that other people are served by judging you for asking an honest question instead of answering.|||I personally have not tasted any that I can really get passed the different taste. Just have to get used to it I guess.|||not there is no such thing as vegan cheese there is a substitute product which is not cheese which is sold to those to stupid to understand the difference as cheese but cheese is created using a very specific process which includes the addition of rennet an animal enzyme ergo no way can you make cheese without it. If you buy vegan products or veggie products you are getting an untested and inferior product which may do you a great deal of harm.|||No sorry I've a vegan friend and vegan cheese isn't really good at all. One exception is cashiew cheese with pamintoes. Now that is great, tasting.|||i use almond cheese. it cooks a little differently than normal cheese, but i find the taste comparable. sometimes you just have to try a bunch of different kinds and see what's the closest for you! good luck!|||Hi,
there is the new Nu-Muh-Ch盲s from Vegusto in Switzerland. (http://www.veganversand.at/assets/s2dmai鈥?/a>
Awailable in Switzerland, Germany and I don't know where else.
Do you know the products of Hexerk眉che and Redwood? Redwood is from England, tastes good but is not organic.
Greetings, Vega|||Yeah, cheese|||I think that it is somewhat hypocritical that vegans want vegan bacon, vegan cheese, etc. Either you embrace the idea or forget it.
Edit I see there are at least 7 people who disagree with me. If you want to be vegan, so be it. But accept that you are giving up some flavors.|||No, and there would be no point. Try being an ova-lacto vegetarian, so you can eat real cheese.|||If you want to be vegan then don't eat cheese!
Something that tastes like the real thing, but Totally Vegan!|||The link below is to the best I've ever found. I'll warn you that it's best when used as per their melting tips section. Eaten 'fresh' it's still not quite there.
The Roads end Nacho goo @ food fight is decent and got me away from the usual jars of Nacho plastigoop. The Soymage Parmesan ROCKS!|||why do you need vegan cheese? they don't harm animals to make cheese?|||i hate cheese
The "Veggie Slices" at the grocery list casein as the second ingredient, so I am not sure what the motivation to buy them would be. My baby has a severe dairy allergy and I am just searching for alternatives. Thanks!|||Whole foods
New leaf
trader joes(beware: sometimes tj's products have casein!)|||You can get some at Whole Foods. You don't need it, though. Just go without.|||Trader Joe's|||whole foods
Does anyone know of a vegan cheese that melts? Usually I make homemade cheese substitutes and I use that for macaroni and cheese, nachos, chili(vegetarian chili of coarse) cheese fries, cheese over veggies etc....I guess I'm looking for a mozzarella cheese substitute that melts, I've tried Vegan Gourmet, and that's not bad, I've also heard of Vegan-Rella, not sure if that melts and some others but it's always good to try vegan cheese substitues that are recomended by others. Thank you.|||em o is correct in her assessment but in my experience they're still inferior to the homemade subs<sigh>. They all just get too greasy too quickly. I'd kill<g> for a sub that could make halfway decent Pimento 'cheeze' and/or nacho 'cheeze'.|||cheezily! :) Report Abuse
|||How about sharing your "cheese" recipes. We're vegan but my daughter is allergic to soy which REALLY limits us. Tofu is out. All of the commercial faux cheeses have soy as the main ingredient. Report Abuse
|||Follow Your Heart cheese melts. They're available at most Whole Foods- try their website for more places (www.imearthkind.com). Also, if you're looking for slices Tofutti sliced cheese melts (but it has a very quick time period between melted and pure oil).|||velveetA|||I've tried quite a few vegan cheese brands, and most are only so-so at melting. Vegan Gourmet is good (but you've already tried that).
Another option is that Lactaid makes Lactaid (lactose-free) cheese slices and shredded cheese in some markets. If you can find this, and can tolerate real cheese (I am assuming that you are lactose-intolerant), then Lactaid shredded cheese melts really well since it's real cheese.
Good luck.|||isn't vegan and cheese an oximoron?|||Follow Your Heart brand melts on pizza and nachos and has trouble melting in grilled cheese. I'm not sure if they make a mozzerella flavor. Our vegan friends have good luck with it. I have only found it at Wholefoods Market. It is vegan.
Hello people,
I am looking for a cheddar cheese or red Leicester style recipe. I am a vegan and would love to make cheese at home. I have googled and found lots of recipes but with rennet which I don鈥檛 want to use. Does anyone know of any recipes which are easy to follow and quick.
Thank you :o)|||how to make vegan cheese at home? you can buy a book about it.|||Ok, you do know vegans don't eat dairy, right? Because I never heard of cheese made with rennet that didn't involve dairy. If you have found some that look good to you (and are vegatarian vs. vegan), look up "vegetable rennet" and buy some-it does exist.
Otherwise, vegan cheeses are made with nuts, tofu, agar and flavorings-they don't really resemble dairy cheese that much but some are very tasty nonetheless. Look for a book called "The Uncheese Cookbook"-it has some very good recipes.|||My Gourmet Vegan Dairy Free Cheese Recipe
Ingredients:
1 C. Raw Organic Sesame Tahini (available at most natural foods stores near the peanut butter)
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1 1/2 C Raw Organic Sesame Seeds ground into a powder in a nut grinder
1/8 C. Organic Rice Vinegar
1/8 C. Organic Olive Oil
2 T. finely chopped fresh Organic Chives
1/2 t. fresh organic Thyme Leaves
1 medium sized sprig chopped Organic Dill Weed
1 heaping T. red star vegan formula Nutritional Yeast
Salt & Pepper to taste
Equipment
A knife to chop the herbs
A spoon to spoon up the tahini
A 16 ounce glass mason jar with lid
Directions
Chop your herbs and put them in the jar
Add vinegar and oil and whisk them up with the spoon
Whisk in salt and pepper (remember, conventional cheese has a lot of salt in it so be free with the salt in this recipe)
Add the tahini (or the ground sesame seeds) and nutritional yeast to the jar
Close lid tightly and shake vigorously for about half a minute, and that鈥檚 it!
Store your cheese in the refrigerator. You may need to shake it again before each use as the olive oil likes to separate from the tahini. The mixture will remain quite good for about a week 鈥?if it lasts that long in your house.|||i don't think you can make vegan 'cheese'. find something that tastes like cheese but isn't|||If it's not made from milk then it's not cheese. Period.
Is there an online store that sells parmesiano-reggiano and the like that are $5 more or less. I don't want vegan sour cream and cream cheese. The cheese that I currently have is parmesan but it smells and tastes horrible; how other vegans like it beats me.|||try making your own Parmesan alternative called Sprinkles it is made from nutritional yeast flakes and sesame seeds that have been dextranized and cooled then ground. Very tasty and not to expensive for a large batch
There are several recipes for cheeza sauce different kinds and also ricotta alternative for stuffing shells but need to figure out how to find them and get them typed up for online use.
We also have a cookbook for sale but it went down last two time I tried to share them.|||Trader Joe`s
I've gotten the Road's End "chreese" packets before, but I was wondering if the Leahey are better?|||Most of the cheese sauces/powders contain nutritional yeast-I just buy that and make sauce from scratch (cheaper- especially if you can get nutritional yeast in bulk.)|||Anyone can cook! If you have nutritional yeast powder, and the ingredients you would use to make the cheese sauce (non-dairy milk (unsweetened) and margerine) you can make it! It is a lot healthier, fresher and safer to make food in your own home.. It is also a heck of a lot cheaper Report Abuse
|||None of them taste good. I prefer Kraft cheese.
and does it taste good, thanks
and i was just wondering how you add additional notes?|||I just bought some called Vegan Gourmet and it is really good. I got it at Whole Foods Market.
You add additional notes by putting your mouse over the drop down arrow that looks like a pencil and pick add details..|||Bah! She is a company schill! *laughter* Report Abuse
|||Whole Foods Market carries a line of vegan cheese. If you have a Trader Joe's they might have some too. If not, most health food stores, and some chain supermarkets carry it in the tofu/grocery section.
It's surprisingly good, closer to dairy cheese than imitation meat is to meat (according to omnivorous friends). I eat non-animal-rennet dairy cheese and the soy cheese is pretty good even if you can tell there's a difference.|||Wild Oats sells vegan cheese but I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know how it tastes.|||If you look, you can find vegan cheese in just about any grocery store out there. Even Wal-Mmart has it. I must warn you though, I've tried just about every vegan cheese out there and they all taste awful to me. The best one would have to be Tofutti. I bought that one most recently and it has almost a cheese-like smell to it with an odd oder. It still didn't taste good though.|||Look at the ingredients before you buy imitation cheese. Some misleading soy, or rice cheese's have casein in them, a milk derivative. I think that trader Joe's does. I would try the Whole Foods Market.|||You can get soy cheese at Wal-Mart. It's usually in the produce department. You can find a greater variety at health food stores, though, and a lot better help with finding vegan foods. But if you're just looking to try it, go to the grocery store and find some. It doesn't taste like cheese, exactly, but it's pretty good. I think almond cheese tastes a lot more like real cheese...you'd have to go to a health food store to find that.
To add add'l notes, go to your question and there should be a button that says "Add More Details" or something similar.|||buy it at a specialty shop, like natural food co-op. it tastes a little bit weird but you get used to it.|||There is no vegan cheese, no cheese, as a vegan you can't eat the product of an animal's bodily fluids. Vegans and Peta oppose all of the "abuse" that dairy cows suffer. Of course, I'm omnivorous and eat whatever I want, including animals and their fluids.|||Try at a cowless farm.|||Buy it at a vegan cheese store!|||well as far as i know cheese is NOT an animal so just eat the real stuff :P|||Isn't cheese vegan to begin with? (no meat in it?)
Would like to avoid soy products or conglomerate websites please.|||Daiya cheese is vegan and soy free.
You can buy it at www.veganessentials.com or www.veganstore.com
I haven't tried it yet, but I've heard good things about it.|||I have had daiya cheese and it tastes amazing! yum by far my favorite! best of all it is soy free!|||By definition cheese is dairy therefore not vegan.|||Pangea sells the best gourmet vegan cheese - Dr. Cow.
http://www.veganstore.com/index.html?act鈥?/a>|||Well, everyone beat me to it.
Daiya and Dr. Cow are both vegan soy-free cheeses. I've tried Daiya at a couple of local restaurants, and it's really, really good and melty. I was never a big cheese fan, but this stuff is good!
I think I've tried Dr. Cow at a restaurant once or twice. Dr. Cow is made from nuts and is a raw cheese. It's pretty expensive, though.|||I've never had vegan cheese. I hope to try it one day.
Thanks :)|||I answered your other question on this - was it deleted? Why?
Tesco sell Redwood's Cheezley, though I've only ever seen the Cheddar there.
Waitrose and Morrisons sell some Redwood products, so perhaps some larger branches sell Cheezley.
I've never seen any vegan cheese in Sainsburys, though I shop there regularly.
Holland & Barrett, who have a branch on most high streets, sell vegan cheese|||According to this website http://www.vegansociety.com/food/catering_and_cookery/vcheese.php
some branches of Sainsbury's do. I would imagine high street health food shops would too. If youstill have trouble the website above lists possible sources of vegan cheese|||I am a former chef from Canada and travel to the UK quite often and they do have soya cheese's there, the Brits are very anal when it comes to the word "cheese" and "cheddar as they were a staple there until the EU regs came in and tried to change things, that is why they will not give up the UK pound, a sovereignty issue|||There is no such thing as vegan cheese. By definition cheese is dairy therefore not vegan.|||Yes...the super market is in Saseme Street....
I was at the grocery store, and I was looking at a bag of non-dairy cheese. I looked at the back, and the ingrediants list was so long. Certainly that can't be healthy! And how does it taste? Is it worth it?|||It doesn't really offer much health-wise except maybe a bit of calcium and protein, possibly B12 if it's been enriched, but it's a good way to spice up a veggie burger, salad, pasta dish, soup, etc...
As for the taste... Definitely noticeably different than regular cheese but some brands are better than others. I like tofutti mozzarella the best. Stay away from the cheddar!! It's gross.|||No.
It tastes horrible.
Better to do without.|||A long while ago -before i ever when vegetarian... i accidentally bought soy cheese, i used it all and didnt notice a difference. it was when i threw out the empty bag, i read that it said soy haha :-)|||personally, i like it
but you have to make sure to get really high quality organic stuff that isn't pumped with chemicals otherwise you're pretty much eating kraft singles.|||find a woman who has baby who has milk and make real chese from her milk this is ok with vegans cause the woman say its ok not like a cow|||I don't like vegan cheese. Or "cheeze" as it's often called. I agree entirely about how processed faux meats and cheeses are. I generally stay away from them because of this, and because often, they taste horrible and they're far too expensive.
As a side note, most "non-dairy" cheese is made with a milk derivative that the USDA for some godforsaken reason has deemed non-dairy. Unless it's certified vegan, beware.|||cheese gives me gas|||the only good one that i have had is follow your heart (it melts!). look up vegan queso dip, its good.|||Tastes same to me|||i have not found vegan cheese.
a lot of the cheese in the grocery store like "veggie slices" still contain caiesin (sp.) which is dairy. it says veggie b/c real cheese has rennet which is calf stomach. so that is not vegetarian. but this 'veggie' cheese is not vegan.
just be sure you read it all the ingredients.
im vegan for 8 months. i never crave cheese so i dont even bother.|||some vegan cheese might be good but those with whey or cassin taste better. personally I did not like the flavor and the one brought to me was grose. not sure if it was the cheeses falt or the color turned me off before i got to that.
make your own there are several that can be make i have a cookbook and will have to hunt the recipes up but there is one i use often for parmesioan alternative.
Sprinkes
1 cup of nutritional yeast
1/2 cup of flax seeds ground
1/2 cup of sesame seeds ground
1/8 tsp salt
mix and use like you would for parmesian but remember this has a drying effect and you may need less of it. makes wonder ful nondairy pesto.|||I tried it with garlic and herbs. It was delicious.
I found it strong so I used thin slices, it was lovely and crumbly.
It didn't have a long ingredient list - main ingreds: potato starch, soy, garlic, herbs.
I bought it at a whole food shop|||the taste is the same to me.the only difference i notice is that it doesn't melt as well.
peace
Can I buy it at Shaws, Market Basket, Hannaford?....Does Whole Foods have it or would I have to go to a health food store to get it?|||Walmart is your best bet.|||I have never seen FYH at Shaw's or Market Basket. Any Whole Foods should have it. Finding it at Whole Foods has never been a problem for me. Dunno about Hannaford, never been there.
Harvest Co-op Markets in Cambridge and Jamaica Plain have it. ----> http://ncga.coop/node/930
One more thing.. the FYH company has a store locator but it doesn't tell what FYH things the store has.
http://www.followyourheart.com/storeloca鈥?/a>
Monday, February 6, 2012
Yes! I have even served them to those who still eat dairy (as well as meat) and they like them. The first is:
http://www.followyourheart.com/products/
This comes in cheddar, mozzarella, nacho cheese, and Monterey Jack flavors and comes in a block but can be shredded easily. If you use it, I recommend melting it in the microwave or on the stove and then adding to you recipe. It is good for macaroni and cheese or for Mexican dishes including nachos. Adding soy milk to it as you melt it helps it stay "melted" longer.
The more popular choice is:
http://www.daiyafoods.com/
It comes in cheddar, mozzarella and pepper jack and comes shredded.
This melts really well!! It is better for pizza, but either soy cheese can be used. I have also added it to pasta with marinara sauce to make a creamy sauce. It's quite popular. It's also good in all the ideas I listed for the Follow Your Heart brand.
Both can be used on baked potatoes, for grilled soy cheese sandwiches...let your imagination run wild.
They are a bit pricy, but really tasty. And, as I said, I have served them to many and all have liked them (well, one person wasn't crazy about the Follow Your Heart, but I think it was more the other stuff he put on his french bread pizza - he kept talking about something being too spicy but blamed the soy cheese.)|||yeah at whole foods ... its kind of gross :/
could be worse though...
No such thing.
Cheese, butter and other very delicious products of that nature are all made from MILK. Real milk, not substitute.
If it isn't made from milk, it is just a bunch of chemicals approximating the real thing.
Which do you want in your body; Something natural or a bunch of man-made chemicals.
Get over the propaganda, folks. The vegan diet is unnatural and just a bunch of Peta-induced fantasies.|||Beef.|||Vegan Rella is literally the only commercial 100% Vegan cheese on the market that I have ever seen and tried. I'm going to make a cashew paste that has a similar taste to moz. cheese apparently.|||I use Galaxy Vegan Soy Cheese slices to make grilled "cheese" sandwiches and I really enjoy the taste of it.|||Well, my store doesn't sell vegan cheese, but I've heard good things about this brand: http://www.daiyafoods.com/
But I did find Tofutti cream cheese and sour cream (both are vegan, yay!!). I haven't tried the cream cheese yet, but the sour cream is awesome. I had it on a homemade black bean burger with salsa, tastes just like the real thing.
Oh and this is a bit off topic, but if your looking for vegan yogurt, silk is delicious and tastes nearly identical to real yogurt (even my pescatarian mother loves it).|||Actual cheese. It is not an animal product.|||Parmesano = nutritional yeast
White cheese = tempeh
Cream cheese = grinded tofu
Soft cheese = preparation of yeast, mustard, starch and flour
I am Vegan, but could really use a cheesy sauce back in my life that has no animal porducts. I 've tried lots, but just can't find any good ones. =( Help!!!|||these two are both really good:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7126.0
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=12238.鈥?/a>|||I hate to tell you this, but cheese involves milk. Which isn't vegan. But if you insist:
The things you need are...
* 1 large saucepan
* Wire whisk
* 1 cup nutritional yeast flakes
* 1 cup flour
* 1 tsp. salt
* 1 tsp. garlic powder
* 4 cups water
* 陆 cup margarine
* 2 tsp yellow mustard
Here's how to make it.
1
Mix all dry ingredients in the saucepan. Add the water, whisk briskly to blend all ingredients.
Step 2
Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly. Bring to a boil and cook for 25 to 30 seconds, or until thick. Remove from heat.
Step 3
Add the margarine and yellow mustard. Whisk until blended.
Agree with Kitty Kat, the V&V section has much better answers for the likes of this
EDIT***
@ThisIsTheLife: Please for the sake of vegetarians be quiet, your argument is ridiculous & just furthers the stereotype.
QUESTIONER: try a YA search, chances are this question has been asked. It is also likely brands change depending on geo-location + you prob caught the V&V section at a bad time, you'll get an answer i'd say within the next 12 hours or just google.|||Kitty Kat: Yes, but eating meat isn't the healthiest option hence HEALTH and fitness. Your answer actually pissed me off so I'm going to lecture you. We're naturally omnivores by eating plants and BUGS not mammals and fish and birds, but BUGS so no we shouldn't eat meat. I actually think of eating meat as cannibalism and fee it's like eating your family. Would you like it if I killed your mother and asked my family to et her? Hell no. Would you like it if I killed your family and made them into shoes and handbags? Nope. If you want to be a sadistic murder then carry on what your doing you un healthy freak.
Anyways, I like Toffutti :D It's great.|||Paneer :) never had it raw but it's lovely in a curry as a substitute for meat.
I was looking at the only alternative cheese option in my grocery store, and it had milk protein in it. I went to whole foods and got soy Parmesan "cheese", but it smelled like play-doh and tasted awful. Is there an alternative cheese that tastes good and doesn't have any animal products?|||Daiya.
It's flippin' fantastic.|||I've had vegan rice parmesan cheese that I really liked. I would also suggest Follow Your Heart, they are based in California and make their own condiments, cheeses and vegan meats. I've had their vegenaise; sub for mayonnaise, and it's better than the real thing.|||Nutritional yeast is good and actually healthy compared to fake alternatives.|||Daiya is definitely the best.|||dayia cheese is great!|||Cheese is made from milk. There are all kinds of "alternatives", but they don't taste like cheese. And if you read labels, you'll see they're mostly fat and chemicals. Tough it out; you don't need cheese!|||no
This stuff is just gross. Can I use it for anything, does it melt? Or should I give it to the dogs?|||It doesn't taste that bad in a sandwich.|||Make a pizza and put the rice cheese on it! It melts.. just not like real cheese does.. but it is great with pizza!
Make macaroni and rice cheese with it!
Slice it thin and put it in a veggie burger!
Grate it in a salad!
Hope I helped! :)|||I made grilled cheeses out of mine. I didn't think they tasted *that* bad once they were doctored up with some tomato, onion, and pepper.|||Go to Wikipedia web sight and enter "rice vegan cheese".
For a vegan as i don't like vegan cheese substatutes and making pizza for the kids with cheese so looking for an alternative for me any idea?|||Just put sauce and veggies on it. I would put mushrooms, roasted red pepper, kalamata olives, artichoke hearts and roasted garlic. I do this to save calories|||Of course. I am a chef and where I use to work one of the regulars use to have pizza no cheese all the time.|||Yes, there are no rules with pizza.
One that's so nice has pesto for the base,
then vegetables you like on top, such as
artichokes, mushrooms etc.
Pizzas can also be made sweet for dessert.
It all depends on your imagination.|||There are no laws governing how you must prepare food.
You can take a pizza dough and cover it with peanut butter and jelly if thats what you like.
So, yes, of course you can leave off the cheese.
Just be prepared for a messier pizza, as the cheese is usually what holds the toppings in place.|||absolutely! you can also change it out and use bbq sauce. I use that for zucchini and mushrooms and my kiddies love it.|||in stead of cheese i use guakamole or plain avacado for richness, moisture, and creamyness. put some guak on the pizza instead of cheese.|||Why not? It's food. You can eat it however you want to. The last time I checked, there wasn't any such legal requirement. & it's not like the Italians will be offended or something. Just look around you & see what the world has done to the Indian foods (the the cuisines from India).|||Yeah, just do it without cheese. Load it up with veggies, it will be delicious.
I had pizza with roasted peppers, zucchini, and caramelized onions once, with no cheese, and it was great.|||Yes and you can also order it from papa john's with no cheese and just veggies.
I have tried Sarah Kramer's recipe using vegan cheese. I have tried nutritional yeast which I HATE and my husband is allergic too. I have not been vegan for very long, so I still remember exactly what mac and cheese tasted like (and it was my favourite meal). Do I just have to give it up completely or is there another alternative that I am missing?|||i know how you feel. i've only been vegan for about 2 years, and mac and cheese was my favorite too. i've tried many different recipes for vegan macaroni and cheese, all of which were disgusting :(
sorry, i know that that was not at all helpful|||Use soft tofu in place of the cheese. Instead of nutritional yeast use some other nuty falvor like peanut butter, or soy butter. Serve it with stewed tomatoes.|||"amy's brand"
Its vegitarian and vegan grocery products.
Its ammazzinnggg.
Some of them are in the freezer section already made etc and you just have to heat it up!!|||Yes. Look for the carrot mountain brand at your local grocer.|||Use real cheese you freak|||try to find daiya cheese, it's awesome!|||No, there is not. You wanted to be vegan. Now pay the price.
1 gram or less of fat per serving.|||I I always purchase vegan cheese from either Wild by Nature or Whole Foods Market. They're both, rather large, supermarkets in my area. I have also seen it sold in smaller health food stores.|||I think your best bet is to make your own, with either nutritional yeast or raw cashews.|||Your local health food store probably has it! If they don't they'd probably order it for you! I've asked for certain items at a Healthfood store and they didn't stock it. They said they'd order the items if I would really buy them! Note for a business to special order something it is going to cost more than stuff they stock!|||Whole foods...vegan gourmet!|||You cannot Cheese is dairy not vegan.
Does walmart carry it? My local grocery store doesnt seem to have it.. actually I dont even know wht the brand name would be either.
I have no idea where to go to find this.|||Tofutti sells vegan cream cheese, cheese, ice cream and more. If you want to see the product location just go here and type in your zip code:
http://www.tofutti.com/loc-search.asp?zi鈥?/a>|||the best is called chezzily (not sure if i spelt right) it comes in mozerella and tasty. I have to go to the health and wholefood store for it. the mozerella actually melts. sometimes you can get vegan soy cheese from your supermarket but the brand that i have got is not as nice as the cheezily. ring around some big wholefood and organicy type stores.|||I don't know where you live but some stores that do carry vegan cheese are: Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and Wild Oat you can find a list of them and other non dairy dairy-like products (plus a lot more) here http://www.vivausa.org/activistresources鈥?/a>|||do you have a Whole Foods market near you?|||Why would you want to pay money for crap? All of it is AWFUL unless of course you have an unrefined palate.
Please no grains or soy.|||I've had this link sitting in an open tab on my browser for weeks now but haven't got around to checking it out yet. I'm like you and would like some variety, and am allergic to dairy (casein - which is also used in some soy cheeses). http://www.google.com.au/search?q=homema鈥?/a>
To those saying why would a vegan want to eat cheese anyway - cheese is just the generic word for it, like saying Kleenex instead of tissue. If you want to split hairs you could also call it pat茅 or whatever.
Hope you find some good recipes.|||I've heard people refer to daiya, but I've never had it myself. Apparently it's like velveeta to some (since it's supposed to also melt easily).
In many recipes, I've seen people make faux-cheese with cashews (like for a sub for ricotta in raw lasagne, as a spread on crackers, etc). Again, I haven't tried it myself, but if you do a search for cashew cheese, you can look through the various recipes to see what looks the best for you.|||there's no way to make vegan cheese useless u use milk and that defeats the whole purpose of being vegan. ur best alternative is tofu.|||If you are vegan... why would you be interested in cheese at all?
What is it with people who abstain... but want to carry on their past practices in a fake way???|||Fondu, it makes my belly tickle ^_^
What's your favorite brand?|||depends on what you are using it for. The only kind I really buy is Tofutti cheese slices. My omnivore roommates always use it by mistake and never notice.
try vegweb.com
There are a lot you can make yourself for everything you could imagine. And it has reviews so you can see whats really awesome and what bombs.
Dont think it will taste exactly like cheese, its an acquired taste for some of them. There are DAMN good substitutes though.|||It costs a lot more, since people have to actually make it themselves, (ie, no fertilizers for the plants the animals eat, no steroids to make the animals grow faster than normal, and etc.)
I've never tried it myself, but I guess if you are into being natural.......whatever floats your boat, since you can afford that rich stuff.|||i've tried a vegan cheese i bought from trader joe's on rte. 202, and i found it to be rather mild in flavor. in fact, too mild... maybe cheddar or other flavor would have had more of a flavor punch.|||i have been trying to switch to vegan cheese for years. i've tried several different brands and none of them worked for me. in my opinion, they don't taste anything like regular cheese. i've started using goat's milk cheese instead. it's not vegan, but it's a bit healthier.|||it depends..
so far the vegan "cheese" I've tried taste really good. and you gotta read the labels on it; if it actually melts it'll say so.|||Vegan cheese is not as tasty as the real thing. But many vegans find it satisfactory as the rest of there diet is very bland and tasteless by comparison. However, studies have indicated that vegan cheese is difficult for the body to digest and is harmful to the liver and kidneys if eaten to excess. But not to worry if you eat it in moderation. And by the way, it does not melt as good as genuine cheese. Good luck to you.
Currently I have the Follow your heart brand and it doesn't taste like cheese (I know it won't taste EXACTLY like cheese). What brands do you recommend?|||My vegan friend told me Daiya is the best kind, but I haven't tried it. It just came out last year so it's not available everywhere yet.|||Trader Joes soy mozzarella cheese is pretty good|||How about something like this:
http://www.nature.com/scitable/content/n鈥?/a>|||All the fake cheeses from our trader joes contain casein so that is not an option-
But to be honest I think it's just going to be pointless trying to find a fairly good fake cheese. Follow your heart is supposed to be the best but I ended up throwin it out. But if you miss parmesan, galaxy brand makes a fairly good vegan Parmesan sprinkle topping thing. Great on pasta!|||As far as vegan cheese...none I've tried. The closest would have to be VeganRella's cheese.|||Daiya is, by far, the best vegan cheese out there. It even melts!
Which is the best vegan cheese for melting on toast etc? It's the one thing I really miss because there isn't really a proper alternative to it. Serious answers only please.|||Since you seem to be in the UK you should look up the vegan alternatives from this company:
http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/
I've never tried them since I'm on the wrong side of the pond, but if you are in the US try this brand:
http://www.imearthkind.com/Main.htm
Edit:
Something I should have pointed out earlier but didn't (since the link I wanted to give changed<arg>) is that the *best* vegan cheese replacements are the ones you make yourself! The links below are both to the Above Rubies list of really good recipes, use arrowroot to get a stringier cheese. The first (if it works) shows them all together, the second link will make you go one page (and recipe) at a time<g>. Oh, they also have some really good reasons to avoid the animal junk<evil grin>.
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/inde鈥?/a>
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/reci鈥?/a>|||You're welcome! Report Abuse
|||none. iIt won't melt,dammit - not even with a blow torch|||Try this, yummy!
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/412309.html|||'veggie shreds' is a really awesome brand. they make slices as well as shredded cheese, with several different flavors (parmesan, cheddar, something else i think) and it really melts! it has a somewhat higher melting temperature than real cheese, but it's a very good alternative.
also try tofurkey italian sausage... fry it up and throw it on some pasta, DELICIOUS! i'm not even vegan or vegetarian and i eat them anyway because they're so good.|||The brand, Veggie Shreds, contains casein (from cow milk) and is not vegan - at least it wasn't the last time I looked! I'm not sure what they carry in the U.K. but if you can get theat Follow Your Heart vegan gourmet cheese that GreenGhost linked to...OMG it's so good! It is so incredibly melty. I've made nachos, quesadillas, and I use it on pizza and to top chili all the time. Just don't cut off a hunk and try to eat it cold - it's sort of gross. But melted...yum! I also am very fond of Toffuti's sliced American cheese - it has a wonderful flavor. It doesn't melt all that well, but it's delicious. There's one other brand I bought recently that I haven't tried yet, but I'm planning touse it for dinner so if it works out well I'll come back and let you know!|||the only vegan cheese ive actually bought and eaten was from wholefoods, under http://www.galaxyfoods.com/ourbrands/usa鈥?/a>
i had bought the jalapeno flavored one.. it tasted alright bland, but it may taste a lot better melted on toast. dont be intimidated, however, by the lactose thing listed in their ingredients. i emailed the company and they reassured me that it was vegetable-based.|||I wasn't awhere that vegan cheese existed. You really do learn something new everyday. Sorry I was no help and thanks.|||I tend to like roast beer and cheese, cheeseburgers, steak and cheese... actually any MEAT with cheese.
Vegans... what a joke.|||I duno if its vegan but its called Cougar Cheese made in Pullman, Washington.|||the one in my refrigirator!!!|||The animal renet is the problem here.My brother has been vegan for about 30 years now and has given up cheese as it is not possible to get the right stuff where he lives.(NZ) so you may have problems
I'm a vegan and I'd like to make my own vegan cheese but so far I haven't had of any luck finding any recipes that don't involve nuts or yeast (which I am allergic to) , so does anyone know of any?|||Here are some cheese recipes:
Three Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms: http://www.fourgreensteps.com/community/recipes/appetizers/three-cheese-stuffed-mushrooms
Homemade Mozzarella Cheese: http://www.fourgreensteps.com/community/recipes/appetizers/homemade-mozzarella-cheese|||You could try making soy paneer...though essentially you'd be making tofu. Sorry, I can't think of any that aren't made from cashews and other nuts. I was going to suggest sunflower seeds, but I don't know if you can eat those either.
[Edit] Well, in that case, you should try to make a sort of pate with sunflower seeds. Just substitute the usual nut cheese recipe with sunflower seeds and hang it up in some cheesecloth.|||Try Vegan Cauliflower Cheese Soup
I've never really liked cheese anyway, but I do miss pizza a bit so I'd like to make some using vegan mozzarella cheese. I've tried vegan mozzarella by itself, uncooked, and hated it - so it put me off using it for a pizza. Does it taste better cooked?|||Yes yes yes!! I've been a vegan for almost a year now, and I still don't like cold vegan cheese unless the taste of it is disguised in a wrap or something. I always melt it and it tastes waaay better!
By the way, try using Daiya if you don't already. It's the tastiest kind I've found. Yum! And it melts well too :)
http://www.daiyafoods.com/|||Wait till you've been Vegan for at least three or four years. If you have any actual memories of pizza in short term memory, you'll realize that the stuff tastes nothing like actual cheese. You can fake a pseudo-ricotta that is vegan, but not a real cheese.|||no alternatives are just that alternatives. as for awesome flavor I have a recipe you can use I will share it via email but do not have it here at this moment so I can share it with everyone. May add it latter, when I get to where it is but will be glad to share it with you if you would like.
you will have to email me and I will try to get it here later for everyone else.|||Yeah, for me anyway it'll take a whole lot better if its cooked. But hey, everyone has different taste for food. You gotta try it yourself and you'll know which tastes better.|||Yes it does! I have been doing that since last year!
I recently went vegan and have been trying some vegan cheeses and most of them are pretty gross. i just wanted to see if anyone had any idea of a good soy cheese replacement?|||To clarify the answer: Daiya
DO NOT BUY "VEGGIE CHEESE"! (it has milk something in it)|||try making your own cheeza there are recipes for doing so not sure they are online but you can make them from cashew and nutritional yeast. I love them and they work for most things and is more healthy for your they do not taste like cheese but they are very tasty on there own.|||Daiya. All the flavors are really good. Daiya is awesome for making pizza, grilled cheese, mac and cheese, etc.|||Daiya. Hands down the best. It melts like real cheese, makes amazing pizza. Most vegan restaurants use it.
Hi i've been a vegetarian for a long time and recently decided to try my hardest and give being vegan a go?
The thing is i love cheese and milk chocolate?
Does anyone know any good stores where i can buy products like the above that are vegan friendly.|||Most large supermarkets sell vegan cheese such as Morrisons, Tesco and Asda. You can also find it in many health food stores. I have also seen vegan chocolate in health stores.|||Um, I think you can get soy cheese stuff, you'd have to look in the dairy and "special diet" kind of sections in your local Tesco etc (unless you have a shop nearby that caters to this sort of stuff).
Apparently vegan chocolate is a thing. You can also get some fairly delicious recipes for things like vegan chocolate cake.
If you get serious about wanting to do it long term, I suggest finding some long-term vegans and hanging out with them to get tips etc before diving in the deep end. So you don't feel exhausted from a lack of nutrients, or isolated because your non-vegan friends find you too hard to cater for.
Places like this one: http://cultivate.ie/ will help you find like-minded people.|||Holland & Barrett have a very good selection. You should also check out any independent health food shops that are near you, if any, they will sell a lot things that you can't find in mainstream stores|||There should be a holland & barrett near you, they sell loads of vegan stuff.|||get mine from holland and barrett, they do a membership card now where you earn points x|||I'm the same, I've been veggie for awhile and am going to try out veganism to see how I get on!
I personally haven't been able to find any decent vegan cheeses, they always taste odd to me. But that's not really a problem since I'm not a fan of cheese anyway. However I did once make my own vegan garlic and chive cream cheese which tasted like Philadelphia, and it was really good! All I used was tofu, garlic and chives... plus a bit of salt and pepper for more flavour of course. If you prefer the more 'harder' cheeses like cheddar, etc then I'm not really sure about that - as others have said, check out local health shops such as H&B. I also recommend looking around online if you don't mind online shopping - some good UK sites selling vegan cheeses include:
http://www.alternativestores.com/ethical鈥?/a>
http://www.veggiestuff.com/acatalog/vega鈥?/a>
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-loca鈥?/a> (mmm vegan cheesecake!)
As for milk chocolate... again you can buy these easily online. But I've also seen plenty in supermarkets such as Sainsbury's, Morrisons, etc. The tastiest, creamiest vegan "milk" chocolate I've had was bought online, I really recommend it, it's nicer than actual milk chocolate IMO:
http://www.veganstore.co.uk/mm5/merchant鈥?/a> ("milk" chocolate)
http://www.veganstore.co.uk/mm5/merchant鈥?/a> (white "milk" chocolate.. both are so good!)
And here's a full selection:
http://www.veganstore.co.uk/mm5/merchant鈥?/a>
http://www.veggiestuff.com/acatalog/dair鈥?/a>
http://www.alternativestores.com/ethical鈥?/a>
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-loca鈥?/a>
All UK sites. Hope that helped :)
Pizza isnt pizza without cheese, but my parents wont pay for vegan food so I have to make due with stuff around the house.
Is there any alternative???
If not, can I make my own vegan cheese?
Please dont tell me to suck it up and eat pizza w/o cheese, I'll do that if there are no other options...|||If I have no vegan cheese I like to go all out on the sauces. I like to use a thinck tomatoe paste, mix it with some herbs and spices, basil, cracked black pepper, garlic, oragano etc. loaded the pizza with yummy veggies (what ever you like) and some big black olives. If you have enough toppings on there you wont even notice the cheese isn't there. :)|||If you have tofu around, you can make a ricotta-style "cheese." You can really sprinkle it on, but you can putdollops of it on here and there. Here are a couple of recipes:
Basil-Tofu Ricotta:
1 lb firm tofu, pressed
2 tsp lemon juice
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp salt
dash ground black pepper
Handful of fresh basil leaves, finely chopped (10 or so)
2 tsp olive oil
1/4 c nutritional yeast
In a large bowl, mush the tofu up with your hand until it's crumbly. Add the lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper and basil. Mush with your hands again, squeezing through your fingers for 2-5 minutes. Add the olive oil and stir with a fork. Add the nutritional yeast and mix all the ingredients well. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
(You could leave out the nutritional yeast if you don't have it or don't like it. Also, you could sub some dried basil if you don't have fresh.)
Cashew Ricotta:
1/2 c raw cashew pieces
1/4 c fresh lemon juice
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 cloves fresh garlic, pressed or minced
1 lb firm tofu, drained and crumbled
1 1/2 tsp dried basil
1 1/2 tsp salt
In a food processor, blend together the cashews, lemon juice, olive oil and garlic until a thick creamy paste forms. Add the crumbled tofu to the food processor until the mixture is thick and well-blended. Blend in the basil and salt.
The second one is REALLY good.
I actually really like pizza without the cheese. You get to taste the sauce so much better. The only problem is that the toppings tend to fall off...|||Hi, I dont know if you would have these ingredients at home to make vegan cheese, but maybe keep the recipe for in the future.
Vegan Recipe
Homemade Vegan Cheese
Ingredients:
soya flour
vegan margarine
yeast extract or yeast flakes
herbs
salt and pepper
Method:
Melt a measured amount of margarine. Measure out the same volume of soya flour, and stir in to the melted marge gradually. Depending on absorbancy, you may need slightly more or less flour. Mix in dried herbs and yeast extract or flakes to taste (experiment with the flavourings - I tend to use basil and oregano, and sometimes a little tomato puree), and salt and pepper to taste.
Press into a greased container (perhaps the margarine tub), cool and refrigerate. Firm margarine will give you a hard cheeze for grating or slicing, and soft margarine will give you a spreading cheeze.|||Cashew cheese!!!
- 2/3 cup cashews
- 1/2 cup water
-1/4 cup chopped bell pepper
-1/4 of an onion
-1/4 cup yeast flakes
-2 or 3 cloves garlic
-3 tbsp lemon juice
-2 tbsp soy sauce
-1 tbsp sesame oil
-Salt to taste
Put it in a food processor and blend your heart out. If it ends up too watery, add more nuts or veggies. If it's too thick, add water. It's SO good on pizza.
Or, just have a tomato pie! Yummy with just sauce and garlic.|||You can try grinding up some tofu and sprinkling it with nutritional yeast (it's highly nutritious and tastes like cheese). The tofu will give your pizza some texture and the nutritional yeast will give it the flavor. Typically, you'll find nutritional yeast at health food stores and grocery co-ops.|||I eat amy's vegan pizza and its good at $8 for two. I think they use soy cheese. But if you want to make soy cheese yourself.. this is a simple recipe
http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/dai鈥?/a>
but I don't think it'll taste anything like cheese..
There are some other recipes but i think you're better off buying the soy cheese or soy cheese sprinkles. Top the pizza with grilled veggies and add sprinkles|||tofu cheese is a tofu product in the vegetarian(only about 3.00,maybe you can buy it yourself) section|||I order Veggie NO CHEESE Pizza all the time when I go out. It's yummy too. I'm allergic to dairy.|||u can buy soy cheese|||I actually order pizza - with no cheese on it - that is called "margaretta pizza" and ask for no cheese. Easy to make yourself.
Olive oil
1/2 lb. plum (Roma) tomatoes, chopped in 1/2鈥?pieces
1 clove garlic, crushed and finely chopped
1/2 tsp. salt
Pizza tomato sauce (homemade or store bought)
1 12鈥?uncooked crust (you can buy raw dough from most grocery stores, or make your own
6 fresh basil leaves cut into julienne strips
extra virgin olive oil
Put the olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, and salt in bowl. Marinate while making dough. Brush dough crust lightly with olive oil.
Tomato sauce first, add the tomato on top. Drizzle with olive oil. Bake in preheated 500F oven on pizza stone for 8 to 10 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
Remove from oven and top with then basil (or put it on in the last few minutes of cooking - I like that better- personal taste)
Cool for a few minutes - you got pizza with no cheese that is actually very good.
If you don't want to make your own cheese - and you can't get the vegan cheese - a really good alternative that I think you might actually like.|||well you cant really make vegan cheese pizza without vegan cheese...you could try like cooking it then putting hummus or something on it afterwards but really you need vegan cheese|||Switch and make a calzone instead. Toss in some of the ricotta from one of the recipes if you want. It'd be good plain, too.
Vegan cream cheese
by Tony Weston and Yvonne Bishop, from Vegan
Serves 4
Preparation time less than 30 mins
Cooking time no cooking required
Resembling ricotta, this cheese is especially good on toast with home-made jam. Alternatively, it can be eaten as a savoury - rolled into balls and dipped in herbs, cracked black peppercorns or seaweed flakes.
Ingredients
175g/6oz tofu
50g/2oz coconut oil, melted
1 tbsp rapeseed oil
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp agave syrup (substitute maple syrup if unavailable)
2 tsp salt
Method
1. Place all ingredients in a food processor or liquidiser and combine well.
2. Transfer the mixture to a glass jar, store in the refrigerator and use as required. It will keep for up to one week.
I want to make a vegan lasanga using chopped up falafel instead of mince.
How does it melt and taste?|||Holland & Barrett and other health food shops with a chill cabinet.
Tesco and Waitrose stock it in some branches, but usually only the cheddar type.
Or you can order it direct from the manufacturer, Redwood Foods http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/
The melting ones melt well. I like most Cheezly varieties, but I haven't tasted dairy cheese in a long time so I don't know how it compares.|||falafel is AWESOME! it melts like regular non-vegan cheese. the taste is pretty good|||Falafel isn't "lasanga" either.
Vegan cheeses are available from health food shops and some branches of Waitrose and Sainsbury鈥檚.
I bought Veggie Slices only to later find out that they contained casein.
I've been going crazy looking for some good vegan cheese.
Where can I get some? I live in Orlando Florida.|||Sheese is an excellent brand of vegan cheese (it doesn't melt very well though!). It's the only one I've found that tastes good. Most normal grocery stores I've found carry it, but you may have to try a health food store, or even ordering online (www.veganstore.com).
Even if cheese is labelled "vegan", read the ingredients. I've found quite a few "vegan" cheeses with casein in them, so watch out for that.|||You can get them online. Also, at any health food store. I also bought Veggie Slices and ate the whole bag before I realized they had casein. But there are a lot of brands that are completely vegan and taste amazing.|||vegans cannot eat any sort of dary products
end of story|||Try Whole Foods Market.|||I get it at Trader Joes
but they only have a few kinds|||Whole Foods? Or Wild Oats? they have those everywhere now.
I bought Veggie Slices only to later find out that they contained casein.
I've been going crazy looking for some good vegan cheese.
Where can I get some? I live in Orlando Florida.|||Sheese is an excellent brand of vegan cheese (it doesn't melt very well though!). It's the only one I've found that tastes good. Most normal grocery stores I've found carry it, but you may have to try a health food store, or even ordering online (www.veganstore.com).
Even if cheese is labelled "vegan", read the ingredients. I've found quite a few "vegan" cheeses with casein in them, so watch out for that.|||You can get them online. Also, at any health food store. I also bought Veggie Slices and ate the whole bag before I realized they had casein. But there are a lot of brands that are completely vegan and taste amazing.|||vegans cannot eat any sort of dary products
end of story|||Try Whole Foods Market.|||I get it at Trader Joes
but they only have a few kinds|||Whole Foods? Or Wild Oats? they have those everywhere now.
I've tried "mozzarella" and "chedder" slices but they weren't very nice at all. I'm tempted to buy the Cheezly version but always back out cos it doesn't look too nice!|||This is the best vegan cheez I've tasted so far. I always get from whole foods.
http://www.imearthkind.com/Main.htm
I plan to try these. I don't know how good they are:
http://www.galaxyfoods.com/ourbrands/usa鈥?/a>|||I'd rather go hungry than eat non-dairy cheese!!
My mum won't eat dairy so I have to find meals and recipes that don't include milk, cheese etc for her. I've never resorted to 'fake' foods to make up the difference. Experiment with nuts and herbs for the tastes you miss...|||I've tried a few brands; unfortunately it's all a poor substitute for the real thing. I respect your dedication, but I could never give up cheese. I once told my vegan sister-in-law that I'd eat cheese even if it were made from human children. I'm exaggerating of course, but cheese is the greatest thing in the world to taste.
I don't know what to tell you. Try to find one of those pretentious grocery stores (you know the ones; everything's wooden) and sample them. Let me know if any of them are palatable.|||yeah i think the cheezly "mozzarella" is great on pizza as it melts very well. I have to say though i've tried the gouda style and i coudn't even finish it has such a weird texture and horrible aftertaste. maybe try the "mozzarella" on a pizza first with "smoked sausage" seitain, olives and mushrooms. mmmmm|||Actually dear, "best", "vegan" and "cheese" cannot be used in the same sentence.
If you have bizarre and unrefined tastes, you might like "vegan" cheese. Most people who indeed know their cheese would say any of it is "crap".
And of the ones that I've tasted, it's enough to make one hurl if you can get past the smell.|||The hands-down, greatest vegan cheese (IMO) is Follow Your Heart Mozzarella. Most vegans I know will simply not eat pizza without it once they've tried it. FYH also has other varieties such as cheddar, etc. Highly recommended. Enjoy!|||I've never tried a cheese made from the milk of a vegan before so, I couldn't tell you.|||Definitely try cheezy... it tastes good and melts too. I like the chedder the best, the gouder's good too... I have some mozerella in the fridge but haven't tried it yet. I tried Bute Island but it was rank and had a horrible after taste. Just experiment and find a brand you like the best.|||any not made from animals milk
so if you find any let us know too
as i do not believe there are any
vegan cheeses
so i think the only cheese a vegan can get is
cheesed off as there is none|||The 'cheddar' style soy slices in Holland and Barrett are similar to oridinary processed cheese slices. They're all pretty foul though. I find some taste of vinegar, really acrid.|||vegans dont eat cheese!
i think you meen tofu|||vegan's dont eat cheese....|||Uhhhhhh...yeah, vegans don't eat cheese. LOL. You fail.
I have a block of cheddar and mozzarella that I need to use up, but not sure what to cook. Ideas or recipes? :]|||You could make vegetarian lasagna...MMM SO TASTY!|||Two cheese pizza?
Or tacos with two colored shredded cheeses.|||How about a huge pork sausage pizza, or better yet a big fat bacon cheeseburger. Yum!|||Cheese toast|||Egg plant parmisan :D Idk if you like that stuff but I love it.
I usually shop at stop and shop because a lot of their stuff says its organic and freshly pulled with no chemicals.
heres the two cheeses i usually eat:: muenster, that stuffed crust cheese that go inside them.|||There is no vegan cheese that tastes anything like munster. Even mozarella is hard to mimick.
As the previous poster said, Daiya is the most meltable, so great for pizzas or baked ziti type dishes.
Follow Your Heart makes soy vegan cheese as well- melts okay (you'll need to broil the last minute for a pizza) but is yummy cold.
VeganRella is okay- not very meltable.
Also, Tofutti makes highly processed sliced cheese. Not my favorite.
You should consider making your own, homemade nut cheeses. Less processed and absolutely delicious!|||Daiya is the best vegan cheese I've found so far. I get the "cheddar-style shreds". It actually tastes good and is dairy-free, casein-free, egg-free, and soy-free! It melts, too. You can use it on pizza, in wraps, for quesadillas, nachos, mac n cheese... pretty much anything.
http://www.daiyafoods.com/
I've heard Follow Your Heart brand fake cheeses are good too, but I haven't tried them.
http://www.followyourheart.com/|||i use veggie slices brand cheese on all my sandwiches, its really good and low in fat
as for the milk i find soy milk gross it like sticks in my throat, but i definatly reccomend almond milk|||If you want cheese that acts like cheese...Daiya, and nothing else.
I like nut cheeses too. Yum, and fun to make!
i just tried this one made by galaxy foods, and it was disgusting. I live in Regina, Canada, and we only have one health food store that I know of. Does anybody know some good brands of vegan cheese that taste good cold and melted, or any health food stores in Regina?|||I actually just tried one tonight. I don't remember the exact brand name but it had "Rice" in it, as it is a rice cheese. I ate a few shreds and thought it was pretty gross. Then I sprinkled some of my enchiladas and cooked it. It was actually pretty good! So my advice would be to add it to things and make sure it is a little melted.|||there is no cheese in it GROSS|||the "Veggie Slices" brand|||Vegan Gourmet mozzerella and monterrey jack are good used in dishes like enchiladas or pizzas. It's gross cold though.|||sick no|||I don't know if you have Redwoods products in Canada, their Cheezley 'cheeses' are good and their melting cheeses, while not melting in exactly the same way as dairy cheese, are an excellent substitute.
It's a British company, no idea if it's available anywhere else|||Sorry I have tried a few and they are nasty. I have really gotten into Tofu though - get a book at the library there are many ways to use it and it can pass for cheese in Lasagna, on pizza and even be served as a "cheese" dip. Since it is basically flavorless you just have to learn to season it and which firmness to use for what applications. Good Luck!|||It's terrible.|||wtf|||I will also openly admit that I find them disgusting. I have found it easier to make my own cheese to stand in recipes, I make my own ricotta from a recipe online using tofu, seasonings and lemon juice... it's sort of like making your own mayo or sour cream, there are recipes online for that as well. The ricotta doesn't taste quite right alone but you'd never tell once you put it into a lasagna or stuff pasta shells with it, especially paired with a tomato sauce.|||omg yeah i have tried vegan cheese. it is nasty.......
Meaning cheese not made from animals.|||There are lots of recipes for vegan cheeses available. There are a few recipes in Tal Ronnen's new book 'The Conscious Cook'. These use nuts like cashews or macadamias with probiotics and other flavors added.
http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Cook-Del鈥?/a>
There is also a vegan cheese cookbook, but I don't know what the recipes use because I don't own that one.
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Uncheese-鈥?/a>
And then of course there are the various products available in stores, many of which use soy.|||I think it was back in April that Vegetarian Times ran an article called "Say Cheese!" With recipes for four different vegan cheeses. I personally haven't made any, but they look pretty good. If you try to buy soy cheese, be sure to check the ingredients for casein.|||most chese are made from rennet, which we cant eat, your gonna have to know how to make chese already, and if you do, just dont add in the rennet. or you can just go to your local supermarket and buy vegetarian chese.|||It's made from fermented soy and sold in health food stores|||cheese from soy milk?|||Cheese n milk:)
Depends there are so many different kinds of vegan cheeses. There is brand cheeses (such as Teese, Vegan Gormet, Cheezley, etc) you can go to their website and look at ingridents. For homemade vegan cheeses most are made of either nuts (raw cashews), nutrional yeast, soy milk, rice milk, etc, search online for various recipes!|||please vote me best answer!
Vegan cheeses are normally made from soya protein. There are a variety of types available - hard or firm varieties that can be grated and sliced; soft or spready versions that can be used in sandwiches or rolls; and even a mozzarella that can be sprinkled on top of pizzas. There are also lots of different flavours available e.g. Cheddar, Gouda, Stilton or Edam. some vegan cheeses are also made of nut varieties. a few soy cheeses have casein or caseinate in it, which has milk in it, so be warned. you may find that it doesn't melt or stretch like normal, dairy cheese. recommended vegan cheese brands - which taste and melt like normal cheese - is Follow Your Heart's Vegan Gourmet Cheese Alternative, and Teese vegan cheese, and Tofutti's Soy Cheese Slices, Cheezly, and VeganRella. sister brands, such as TofuRella and AlmondRella, contain casein.
Vegan cheeses are normally only available from wholefood or healthfood shops, but they are becoming more popular. it can be grated or sliced and used in scones, lasagnes, pizzas, sauces, sandwiches, rolls or baked potatoes.
please vote me best answer!|||It's usually made of soy products, such as soy milk, or tofu. It has a flavor that sort of tastes like cheese, but I didn't like the gummy texture of it. There are different brands, however, so you just have to experiment until you find one you like. Try Whole Foods or other stores that feature organic, vegetarian or natural foods.|||Vegan cheeses are normally made from soya protein. There are a variety of types available - hard or firm varieties that can be grated and sliced; soft or spready versions that can be used in sandwiches or rolls; and even a mozzarella that can be sprinkled on top of pizzas. There are also lots of different flavours available e.g. Cheddar, Gouda, Stilton or Edam|||Fermented tofu is the closest taste I've ever come to cheese, and cheaper too... It may not exist much in the west outside of Chinatown, but in the Vietnam days, Asian locals substituted it in restaurants if they couldn't find real cheese to feed the GI's.
I don't particularly like the taste of it, as it has a much stronger flavor than even the ripest cheese, and is saltier, too.|||It could be made out of a variety of things. Primarily vegan "cheeses" use soy protein and add flavorings. However, I've also seen almonds used as a base.|||Theres quite a bit too it. But I found these two recipes:
http://www.fatfree.com/recipes/condiment鈥?/a>
http://nomilk.com/cheese1.txt|||Soy protein, and the flavor usually comes from nutritional yeast. It tastes a lot like cheese.|||Usually soy and soy preparations like tofu.|||It can be made out of any vegetable oil.|||Vegan cheese is almost always made of Soya milk and treated just like normal milk|||Soy.|||almonds, rice, or soy.|||soya milk and tofu and is very healthy|||There is no such thing as vegan cheese. By definition cheese is dairy.
Edit Saying 'vegan cheese' is almost like saying 'meat eating vegan'.|||Vegan cheese is made out of Vegans!
We have tried a few brands, but find that the taste, consistancy, and smell make them undesireable. Thank you!|||tofutti makes a really great cream cheese and they make processed cheese slices. the slices dont really melt (they turn kind of oily) but theyre great for cold sandwiches or if you only toast it for two minutes or so. other than those i havent been very impressed by the other cheese substitutes ive found, though they are all worth a try as peoples tastes differ. kroger has tofutti products (usually in the organic cooler area, near produce) and whole foods has everything under the sun. hope you find something you like!|||Why not go the whole hog and give up cheese|||The doctor had us keep our 14 mos old off of milk products bc they thought she had an allergy and we found Road's End Mac N Chreese. She liked it but it smelled like a stinky locker room or stinky gym socks, consistency was odd, and tasted like it smelled to me, but again my baby ate it up and loved it. We also found some rice cheese, like sliced cheese, also yucky. I apologize for not having an answer for you but I thought you might gain something from our experience. Good luck!|||My personal favorite (though most of my vegan acquaintances agree) is the brand Follow Your Heart. The mozzarella is legendary for pizzas and I just recently tried their Monterrey jack on quesadillas. Their stuff melts so perfectly and tastes awesome. I highly recommend giving them a try, they're located in most Whole Foods/Wild Oats/Trader Joe's, etc.|||Hands down...Earth Island Cheese brand. Even better if you melt it on recipe's. Then you really can not tell the diff...|||Tofutti is the easiest to find, and they make all kinds of vegan products including cheese, cream cheese, and ice cream. And they taste good.|||Tofutti usually have a good variety of soy cheeses. Good luck!|||I second Follow Your Heart's "Vegan Gourmet" products...oh so good!
http://followyourheart.com/cheese.php|||Well luv, you can try ALL the brands of vegan cheese and you will conclude they are ALL CRAP. You must be a fellow Brit, dear "undesireable" is a typical British understatement. I prefer the Yank equivalent of CRAP as more indicative of reality.
I'm looking for a really good vegan cheese. Either a brand or a recipe. I've tried a few but they've tasted a little sour or had a weird texture. So I'm wondering what other people would suggest.|||For a while the best was Follow Your Heart ( http://www.followyourheart.com/vegangour鈥?/a> which was ok but didn't melt that well (it does melt but teese is better) and taste wasn't perfect (though the same company make veganaise which is supreme to everything) but then came Teese and all was better.It is fairly decent tasting but most importantly it melts and it melts well, really well.
http://www.teesecheese.com/
I have also seen this but not yet tried it but have high hopes since it is made from cashews and other delicious tree nuts and aged. It also seems like more of an eating cheese than an adding to a dish with other flavors cheese:
http://www.dr-cow.com/products/
Plus I think there stuff is also raw or damn close too it which is exciting.
If you want to make your own vegan cheese here are some recipes I found a bit ago:
http://ieatfood.net/?p=28
http://www.betterbatter.org/?p=1016|||http://veganstore.com/daiya-vegan-cheese鈥?/a>
this cheese is delicious and in my opinion very affordable. this cheese is actually like cheese in the way that it can melt and hold the consistency of cheese throughout the baking or whatever else you intend to do with it. tastes great and is great for your wallet also. :) ENJOY!!!|||None!! When I had to go no dairy for my son when he was breastfeeding, I'd just ignore the cheeze advice on vegan recipes because they all tasted horrible. But if we were having something vegan and hubby had reg, I'd buy the fake cheese (so my kids wouldn't feel left out) and my children would eat it straight up!! They're weird!!|||My favorites have been the Vegan Gourmet ones from Follow Your Heart because even though they don't melt well, they don't taste horrible.
I haven't tried teese cheese, but it sounds even better than Vegan Gourmet.|||Toffuti cheddar is my favorite!|||Never have and never will try fake cheese! REAL CHEESE IS THE BEST!!! MOO MOO!!!!!!!!
I'm going to start being vegan, but I have major dairy cravings, especially cheese and chocolate! Thankfully I can just eat dark chocolate( though I love milk chocolate T-T ). But how can I satisfy my cheese cravings when everything is made of soy or rice? I don't mind soy for sweet things, but when it's made into something savory it just tastes wrong. Any good vegan snacks and recipes are welcome. Especially if you have a good vegan pizza recipe.|||Daiya is orgasmic. It's made from tapioca, but don't think it's sweet, pudding is sweetened. Tapioca is just starch.|||That's a tough one....nothing is going to taste like cheese.
I can eat about any of the substitute foods for animal products, but haven't found a cheese that works.|||Try Marmite, has a very savory flavour. There is a Daiya Vegan Cheese which is a dairy free vegan product.
Preferably something with no trans fat...
I need it to be 100% vegan (no milk/dairy proteins/ extracts or hooha) and something available and common in Canada|||Sheese is one of the best. Their blue "cheese" is fantastic. They should be readily obtainable in Canada, too, since they're located in the U.K. Their webpage is down currently, but here's where it should be:
http://www.buteisland.com/
You can get a Google cache of the page and see the whole range of their "cheeses". Or check with your local health food store and see if they can order it for you. Good luck!|||I don't know if it is available in Canada, but you can order it from veganessentials.com. "Cheezly" is a vegan cheese that tastes a lot like dairy-cheese, if that's what you like. It has a similar texture, too.|||Galaxy brand by far. I've tried others and they have tasted like plastic or wax, didn't melt well, or had strange aftertastes. The Galaxy brands are great and they offer various flavors (pepper jack for example). You can purchase in slices or in bricks.|||Fermunda seems to be a vegan favorite.|||TOFUTTI! I love it on grilled cheese. It's brilliant!|||follow your heart <3
we have tried many many things, and we cant find anything good! its all so repulsive! is there anything good that actually tastes mostly like cheese? I would love to know. I have the hardest time not eating cheese! And if you also know, are there any good vegan chocolates out there? Thank you! :)|||Hi, hopefully I can help!
I don't know if you are a creator or consumer, maybe you don't have too many places around you that you can shop.. that's the case for my b/f & I.. and we love to make food anyway..
So, this is a cheese recipe I got off the internet when we were having a fondue party for some vegans.. and we've used it ever since.. for everything. but I don't have the link.. so hopefully you'll be interested in it & I'll type it out for ya.
2 3/4 C Water (could easily add or subst. w/ silken tofu)
1 C Chopped Red Pepper (sometimes we use less)
1/2 C Raw Cashews- finely ground
1/3 C Quick Oats
1/2 C Nutritional Yeast Flakes
4 Tbsp. Arrowroot or Cornstarch
3 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
1 Tbsp. Tahini
1 Tbsp. Onion Powder
2 Cloves Garlic- minced (note: they are going in a blender anyway, but this is how recipe gave it- also.. might want to adjust to taste- strong flavor)
1/2 Tsp. Mustard Powder
1/4 Tsp. Tabasco or other hot sauce (I do this optionally)
1/4 Tsp. Nutmeg
1/4 Tsp. Paprika
1 Tsp. Salt
All ingredients go in blender until smooth, transfer to pot and heat gently to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low & cook until thickened & smooth. My b/f has got in the habit of putting it back into the blender afterwards and then serving.. It depends on the consistency you're going for.
We use this on pizza, tacos (we add salsa to the "cheese"), mac & cheese, chip dip- nacho type thing.. basically it's really flexible. just add or remove whatever ingredients you need for the specific recipe.
& here is one website for an almond-based cheese, we've found cashew and almonds work really well for cheese. I have not tried this one however:
http://www.veganchef.com/italcheese.htm|||Stay true to your vegi insanity, drink lots of water and eat grass,|||http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q=鈥?/a>
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q=鈥?/a>|||The Best Vegan Cheese
The Vegan Gourmet brand of vegan cheese contains no whey, casein, rennet, or other animal products (many soy-based cheese still contain a bit of milk in them) and is also gluten-free. The texture is somewhat softer than a dairy cheese, but it tastes great and melts better than other vegan cheeses. This is the best completely vegan brand there is for pizzas, sauces, and anything that you need a really melty cheese for. Although it comes in four different flavors, my favorite is the nacho flavor!
http://imearthkind.com/|||I ama former chef from Canada, and have used a brand up here a number of times, they have 3 varieties a Cheddar version, Mozzerella and a Pepper Jack type.
The early ones I used had a problem melting like dairy based cheeses, but these all have extremely good qualities, all you can do is try all the varietys and flavours you can find, and pick the best for you.
As for the person that said they contain a trace amount of milk, it cannot be labelled as Soya cheese with any dairy in it, the FDA and Dept of Agriculture in the US and Health Canada would require anything not to be a pure product to labelled as a process soya cheese food like sliced american cheese food used for sandwiches, once a product is modified beyond its original nature, it must be labelled as a "product" not a "pure" ingredient.|||the only vegan cheese ive bought was from wholefoods, and it was a cheese sold under the name of "galaxy". tasted sort of funky by itself, but better when combined with other things. do not worry: their lactic acid or lactic whatever is vegetable based.
your best bet on vegan chocolate is just sticking with dark chocolate; that's what ive done myself. also, you could try luna bars or lara bars and try their chocolate flavors.|||Soymage parmesan is good. Road's End organics Mac and ChReese dinners rock too. Haven't found a straight-up cheese that was very good though.|||Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook has some really good block cheese recipes. Just keep in mind that the vegan cheeses won't be as high-fat and probably salt as you are used to. And I wouldn't compare them to dairy cheese; they are unique and not a substitute - they are vegan cheese. :D
I love Equal Exchange fair-trade dark chocolate with almonds. Yum.
I like daiya I have had that before, but does it work for baking?
I want to make baked macaroni & cheese for my boyfriend who is not vegan but he is lactose intolerant so all that dairy cheese would make him sick. I need one that melts nicely & would hold up to a creamy cheese sauce.
Thank you fellow vegetarians & vegans =)|||Daiya and Teese cheese both work well for baking, at least in my experience. But if you're a vegan yourself, you shouldn't eat those cheeses because they are made with palm oil, which the production of it is chopping down millions of acres of rainforest. Just FYI. But if not, go for it!|||Here's a recipe I use with Vegan Gourmet cheddar:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=21733.鈥?/a>
It's really good. But you only need to use 1 package, not 2.|||Use nutritional yiest...you can find it at whole foods
And any stores that you could recommend that sells great Vegan products.|||I live in Manhattan too. I get my groceries @ Trader Joes [14th street], Fairway, Health Nuts and Integral Yoga. I MAINLY go to Trader Joes and Fairway. Integral Yoga has a beautiful line up of veggies! Health Nuts is mainly vegetarian but damned expensive!
You can find that @ Health nut [it's like 98th and Broadway], you can find it @ Fairway [there's one on 74th and Broadway...for that one, you gotta go upstairs for the orgainc/vegan/vegetarian section and one way uptown like 130soethin street next to the Hudson..take the 1,2,3 train]..ummm...Whole Foods probably sells it too, and you can find it also at Integral Yoga [13th street between 8th and 7th avenue..I love going here!].
those places there are GREAT for vegan shopping. Fairway, Integral Yoga, and Trader Joes [not exactly vegan but VERY cheap and still vegan friendly, i suggest taking a stroll there] are super cheap too.|||I wish I could answer you, but I don't have an answer to your inquiry. All I can recommend is to search for nearby places where they sell Vegan Cheese in the internet.|||Organic Direct
http://www.organicdirect.com/vegan-veget鈥?/a>|||Try walmart. They have everything.|||Ebay|||THE CLOSEST VEGAN CHEESE TO ME IS A 2-HOUR DRIVE|||idk
I want to make a vegan cheese and chive dip to have with bread sticks. Anyone know of a good recipe?|||CHEESE & CHIVE
cheese and chives dip/////////////////////////////////////鈥?br>
1 tsp. salt
1 c. soy milk
1 (8 oz.) tofu paste / cube and into processor
1 tbsp. chopped chives
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. minced onion
Paprika
Mix together all ingredient in food processor.
cheese and chives potatoes//////////////////////////
ingredients
4 cups cubed boiled potatoes
same ingredient as cheese and chives dip
Cook potatoes with salt until tender, drain. Place potatoes in shallow greased 2 quart casserole. Heat milk and cream cheese, stir until cheese melts. Add chives and next 3 ingredients; pour mixture over potatoes. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Garnish with fresh chives.
maggi|||If you are a vegan, why are you eating cheese? |||soy cheese duh! people are so naive..lol
I'd like to try making my own vegan cheese but I can't find a good recipe. I'd like something that's not too hard to make and not TOO high in fat. I'd also like something not too gooey because I want to be able to put it on a sandwich.|||Although not quite what you asked, if it's a 'cheese' sauce you're after, look out for a product called 'nutitional yeast' available from most health food stores. It has a nutty, cheese-like flavor and the soluble flakes can be added to white sauce - along with a tiny amount of mustard - to make quite a convincing substitute|||They had a recipe in the Vegetarian Times magazine recently on how to make vegan cheese. You should be able to find it on their website.
I once made my own cheese alternative with banana, oil, vinegar, salt and sugar, and it tasted and looked pretty close to real cheese, but the banana discolored soon so I want to know a better alternative that you can make at home. Any suggestions?|||If you really are looking for something like that, I would get from the library or purchase the Uncheese Cookbook. It has recipes for all kinds of make your own cheese products. I cannot vouch for it, because I gave up on cheese subs awhile ago, but maybe that has what you are looking for,|||You need nutritional yeast.
The best vegan Cheese recipes involve raw cashews, nutritional yeast, and water, starch and lemon juice.|||This is my favorite recipe for "cheese". I don't use quite as much salt as it calls for.
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7057.0|||This will make sort of a cheese dip:
nutritional yeast
flour
garlic powder
onion powder
salt
margarine
mustard powder|||Buy Uncheese Cookbook.
I turned vegan about a month ago im doing great just miss philadelphia cheese! Does anyone know any vegan cheese with a similar taste?|||Tofutti "Better Than Cream Cheese" is like cream cheese. I use it and I like it.|||Yes, Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese is probably the closest. It doesn't have that real cheese taste, but doesn't taste disgusting and chalky like some soy cheeses. Actually, it's pretty good with fresh chives on a bagel. I recently had a taste (accidental) of Philadelphia after many years of not eating it - it tasted fatty and sour - whereas the Tofutti has a much lighter cleaner taste.|||I haven't tried the one everyone else has answered about, but Tofutti do do lovely cream cheeses anyway, so I'd imagine it's as good as everyone is saying! I love Tofutti's "herb and chives" cream cheese, I can't taste any difference between that and "real" cream cheese
Go for Tofutti! They do lovely ice cream/iced soya desserts as well|||Hmmm..correct, whenever my mother in law comes to the house for a visit (she is vegan), I serve her this Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese and she loves it..but if you ask me, my favorite cheese is the bufala mozzarella cheese..its just creamy and tasty and makes my ever dish taste really good..here鈥檚 where I always order it from: http://www.idealcheese.com/bufalamozzare鈥?/a>|||Cheese is by nature a derivative from an animal product.therefore,as a vegan,your cheese days are over.
My boyfriend's a vegetarian, although I am not. He's recently made the jump to eliminate all animal by-products, and we're grasping at straws for a few things. Primarily, what is a good thing to replace cheese with?|||The cookbook apres vous suggested is really good.
Most of the soy cheeses on the market are fairly vile. "Rice Slices" are good, and so is "Sheese" although it's still pretty hard to find.|||There is vegan cheese and you can buy it at health food stores like whole foods.|||I am trying to be a vegetarian, so I know how hard this is!!! I believe there is a soy cheese because my friend's daughter is allergic to ALL milk products (like really bad allergic!) and she eats a soy cheese, but I do not know the name. Try asking at a good health food and supplement store - they usually have access to the better tasting substitutes and usually are a wealth of information.
I wish him all the best luck!!|||There are a few vegan cheeses on the market. I've tried them before and I don't like any of them so I just go without. You can always try to get a copy of the Uncheese Cookbook by Joanne Stepaniak http://www.amazon.com/Uncheese-Cookbook-…
Be careful with some of the veggie or soy cheeses because most contain casein (milk protein), therefore not vegan. For vegan ones, most people recommend Follow Your Heart and VeganRella in America and Cheesly and Sheese in the UK. Also vegan cheese takes a bit of effort to get it to melt. It can be quite annoying.
I know cheese and cheese substitutes may seem hard to give up but really it's not hard at all.|||As far as cooking, Nutritional Yeast has a very wonderful flavor that can sometimes be described as cheesy. It's not an exact match, but it is also incredibly good for you.
There are a number of recipies for vegan "mac and cheese"
that used this to achieve a "cheesy" taste. I personally sprinkle it on any pasta and even popcorn! Yum ;)
Everyone else covered the other "cheeses" pretty well, but i wanted to pipe in with my two cents about this little gem.|||My favorite soy cheeses:
Follow Your Heart is really good when melted. You can find it at Whole Foods and many health food stores.... I've even found it at regular grocery stores, in the natural/organic section.
Tofutti soy cheese (American style) - don't like it plain, but love it melted. It comes as individually-wrapped slices.
Teese tastes soooo good but you can only buy it online:
http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreF…
Also, see this site for a list of non-dairy products and vegan faux meats: http://www.vegcooking.com/guide-favs.asp
You can also make delicious vegan cheese with this recipe:
Vegan Cheese
(adapted from “The New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook”)
1/2 cup Red Star nutritional yeast flakes
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups water
1/4 cup vegan butter like Earth Balance
Mix yeast flakes, flour, and salt in a saucepan. Then add water. Heat and stir until consistency becomes thick. Then turn off heat and immediately add margarine. Stir margarine until it melts completely.
Thanks for being supportive of your boyfriend. Hope this helps!|||tofutti - Cream cheese substitute (I love it!!)
There are a pile of soy and rice cheese out there. You are pretty much limited to cheddar, mozzarella and maybe Parmesan if you are lucky however they are out there.|||soy cheese|||I suggest rather than looking for a cheese substitute, you look for a new boyfriend.
Any suggestions?
And tracilicious or whatever, spare me the whole 'vegan cheese is crap' nonesense. Funny how your a peta 'activist' and at the same time you tell me that I shouldnt waste my money on a product that has nothing to do with animals.|||I haven't tried it in lasagna, but Follow Your Heart's Vegan Gourmet mozzarella is pretty decent for pizza. It melts and browns under the broiler, but I don't know how well it'll melt buried in a caserole. I plan on trying it though.
You can buy or make tofu ricotta.|||She did the same to me when I asked about milk substitutes. *rolls eyes*
I havent made lasagna yet, but I like veganrella for cheeses.|||I found the vegan Parmesan is always good for sprinkling on top.
The white sauce filling( which can be made from pure margarine flour and either rice or soy milk) didn麓t really need vegan cheese but the sheeze blue "cheese" works quite well in it for a nice spinach lasagna. or the Mexican style with a roasted red pepper lasagna. It really depends what type of lasagna it is.|||Well, I won't spare you, M. Vegan cheese IS CRAP! And VERY expensive crap it is. And it gets more foul when you try to melt it. Absolutely ghastly!!. And cheese does have to do with animals i.e. the rennet.|||I think you would enjoy some fermunda cheese.
I'm a vegan and eat regular cheese.
Friday, February 3, 2012
I have tried rice cheese and I didn't like the taste at all. I also tried another vegan one I can't remember the company but it tasted bad to.
Anyone have an good vegan cheeses to recommend?|||I agree with you the rice cheese tastes bad. I like Toffutti, they have it in slices in american and mozarella. Alse they make pretty good pizza with vegan cheese|||daiya|||The best I've found is called Dr. Cow, which you can order from Pangea.
http://www.veganstore.com/index.html?act鈥?/a>
Also, there is a book called The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook, that has lots of good recipes.|||follow your heart vegan cheese is good......it melts too
http://www.imearthkind.com/|||sheese is good, doesn't melt, but is still tasty
I mean, a sort of vegan cheese to make vegan pizza or lasagna or something like this.|||Yes there is! There is rice mozzarella, and it's pretty good. Goes really well with pizza, and lasagna.|||There's a whole selection of different cheeses at this website:
http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreF鈥?/a>|||WEB RESULTSVegan and Vegetarian Cheese Guide
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I think this is an excellant question as many people are allergic to soy( I am 1 of them) & are looking for alternative foods.
Slaint茅(to your health)|||There's always Vegan Gourmet Cheese. I've never personally tried it, but I know of a lot people who love it.
http://www.followyourheart.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=fyh&Category_Code=GC|||you dont kill the cow to get the milk that makes the cheese. so why not eat the real cheese? you dont put the cow or other aminal in danger when you milk it? i dont understand. you eat bread right?|||there's yeast cheese
almond cheese and rice cheese that I've seen regularly in veg stores...
Please tell me the cheesiest recipe for vegan cheese that doesn't use ingredients that I will only find in America (I'm an Australian). Thanks!|||Vegan Cheese Sauce
Submitted by LK
prep time: 5 minutes | cooking time: 5 minutes | makes 2+ cups
This recipe is an amazing alternative to all sorts of traditional cheese sauces. Use less water for a nacho cheese or use a little more water for a macaroni and cheese style sauce. Adding extra margarine will make it creamier. Great over steamed vegetables, mashed potatoes, in burritos, on veggie burgers, and the list goes on! (Check out LK's website here)
Equipment:
Sauce pan
Ingredients
1/2 cup unbleached flour
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
1 1/2 - 2 cups water
2 tbs soy margarine
1 tbs yellow mustard
garlic salt to taste
Additional spices can and should be added at your discretion. Yummy add-ins are curry powder, turmeric, red pepper, powdered mustard, cumin, etc.
Directions
Mix flour and nutritional yeast in saucepan. Add enough water to form a thin paste and mix thouroughly to avoid any dry pockets. Add the rest of the water and turn on heat to medium. Stir continually until sauce reaches desired consistancy. Remove from heat and stir in margarine. Add yellow mustard, garlic salt, and any other spices you wish.
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Please tell me the cheesiest recipe for vegan cheese that doesn't use ingredients that I will only find in America (I'm an Australian). Thanks!
List any sources like web sites that helped answer this question. (To add multiple sites, list each one in a separate line by pressing Enter.)|||There is no vegan cheese. For it to be cheese it must be made of milk and therefore cannot be considered vegan.
Basically, I'm asking for cheese suitable for vegetarian. Seems to me that I could only find vegan cheese or those that contain animal rennet.
And it'll help more if you could tell me about ones that can easily be found in Singapore.|||http://cheese.joyousliving.com/CheeseLis鈥?/a>
Here's a list. Cabot is the easiest to find. A Trader Joe's or Whole Foods will have more varieties of vegetarian cheese stocked.
Edit- Here are some resturants and Natural Food Stores in Singapore.http://www.happycow.net/disp_results_add鈥?/a>|||Thank you Report Abuse
|||The enzymes are what makes the cheese work. Lactic acid , the catalyst in cheese is an enzyme.
You must keep searching and look for a cheese with"microbial enzymes" these are not from a cows stomach.The enzymes will most certainly be killed during cooking of Lasagne.|||I am not sure how many of us know where to find Veg friendly cheese in Singapore. Your best bet would be to contact their Veg. association.
Good luck
http://www.vegetarian-society.org/|||I have no idea where you find rennet free cheese in Singapore, but in the US it's usually in the same case as the tofu. You need to read the lables.|||most cheeses will have rennet (from a cow's stomach) listed on the ingredients list
some grocery stores (whole foods for example) actually put it right on the tags with the name "contains rennet".|||McAdam and Cabot. I know that each company makes several block cheeses that do not contain animal rennet|||look it up online
I have been vegan for almost two years and i have found like one kind of cheese i can eat and i lost the website. So please, help?|||There are several different vegan cheeses out there and I don't think I've found them all yet.
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Sheese is Scottish so travels quite some ways if you're in North America, however they have several flavors.
Vegan Gourmet from Follow-Your-Heart is well-liked.
Galaxy has several different kinds including a Rice sub so soy can be avoided (also does Soymage)
Cheezly, ChReese, Sunergia, Tofutti, are some others that make vegan versions of various kinds.
Joy-Soy has cheese alts and mayo, butter, and ranch subs.
I really like Parma as a parmesan sub. It's great on popcorn and so good I've been known to nibble on it straight without putting it on anything. Two flavors, traditional and spicy. And no soy either.
There's also Lisanatti Soy-Station and Good Health Cheese Alternatives which come in several versions including rice, almond and soy. I do believe these have casein (at least the soy does but not sure on the rice and almond ones) but they are a responsible family business using non-gmo and organic ingredients which makes them animal and earth friendly there. Just something I had to put out there because I've been pondering the balance and whether a bad company that has a few animal-free products is a better choice than one that really cares about the world overall... Least harm struggles.
Teese is one of the newest and is getting rave reviews but is difficult to find. They are suggesting people ask for it to be carried at their stores and that includes all kinds of establishments.
As to finding vegan alternative cheeses that can be tricky depending on the area you live in. Co-ops are almost always good sources. Locally owned markets are surprisingly more likely to have more and better choices and are usually much more responsive to getting items requested by their customers than big boxes. They might even order special just for you especially if you'll buy more than one package (maybe find some friends to go in with you). Other than that, health food and high end stores often have at least a couple choices. You can also check on the websites of the various brands to see if they have a where-to-buy list. Another possibility is to check out Happy Cow for grocery stores in your area or even to see if a vegetarian (or veg-friendly) restaurant in your area might get the cheese for you (I have a combo vegan restaurant/store near me which is great because if they need something in the restaurant they just go over to the store portion and that also helps turn the store stock so it's always fresh). Finally, another source would be online such as through Food Fight Vegan Store or Vegan Essentials (which has most of them). Post Punk Kitchen (PPK) also has an undated article on low-protein vegan subs which include Ener-G (which also does an egg sub) and Vegan Rella; the page includes some info on where to find the products.
Finally you can make your own with any of several recipes from Vegan-Food.Net (though there are lots of other recipes out there on the net) which also allows you to tailor the tastes to your palate.|||Try nomilk.com or vegweb.com|||http://www.teesecheese.com/
Edit: Teese is vegan but a lot of soy cheese has casein, a milk product so read the ingredients carefully.|||Walmart has vegan "cheese" in cheddar and American flavor slices. They also have shredded cheddar "cheese" and white quesadilla soy cheese. You will find it in the vegetable section next to the tofu, blueberries, mushrooms, strawberries and oriental chillled foods. It tastes great and is animal free!
You can also find vegan "cheese" at most health food stores even the small locally owned just call ahead and ask before making the trip. That is what I do!|||Pardon me for being a cynic, but why bother with a vegan diet if you're going to fill it with simulated animal products?|||I found some at Whole Foods, and it was called VeganRella. I didn't like it much, but it's the only kind I've ever found.|||I have only found 1 kind of vegan cheese that I actually like.
"Follow your heart" makes it. It is called VEGAN GOURMET. I get it from a local health food store. It is surprisingly good. I like the mozzarella and the cheddar. You should definitely try it..|||There is no such thing as vegan cheese. Cheese is dairy therefore not vegan.
It was Daiya cheese. Pretty much starch and water and some kind of flavor. I was wondering two things: first, how the **** do you get food poisoning from VEGAN cheese? It'd been open for a while but.. whatever. Second, shouldn't have cooking it to such a high temperature have killed everything?|||It depends on what the bacteria was. Salmonella would have been killed at 180F, but something like botulism needs to be heated to 250F (although I doubt it was actually botulism since you're alive to tell the tale). Also, it might not have been heated evenly - part of it might have been 180F but other parts a much lower temperature.
The other possibility is that you didn't have food poisoning at all, and just caught a bad stomach virus.|||If you cooked it to 180 degrees, you probably didn't get food poisoning from the cheese. There aren't many dangerous microbes that live through that temp, especially if you held it there for any length of time. Commercial dishwashers that use heat sterilization are around 180 degrees, so that tells you it is a safe temperature. Why do you think the sickness came from the cheese?|||you can cook rancid vegetables as long as you like but they are still toxic and the cooking can make them even more toxic, plus vegetables are covered in insecticides in most farms, chinese vegetables and now some here in the US are grown using human waste as fertilizer so who knows what can happen with those - don't eat chinese peanuts!!!!!!!!!!! remember the californian toxic spinach , they claimed sewage had contaminated it ? who do you think put the "sewage" on it?|||It could have been from improper/unhygienic handling. The cheese was put in the packaging with bacteria on it, and you ended up eating it. Happens quite often, and has nothing to do with the proteins in the food.|||Because:
A. food poisoning has nothing to do with whether a food contains animal products,
and:
B. is very often caused by toxins, as opposed to microbials which can be "killed"?
I love cheese, and I am going vegan (I've been a vegetarian since I was 9,) Any good brands?|||the easiest to find is "follow your heart". its pretty good. but i've tried cheezly and that was good but harder to find. look online at veganessentials if you can.|||Cheezly seems to be the most common one - they even have it in bigger Tesco stores.
Personal taste will tell you which is good for you. Since vegan cheese is pretty rare, any brand I can find is good for me
Good luck with the veganism
Recently found out I'm sensitive to dairy and gluten :(
I need suggestions on a good gluten free, vegan cheese substitute. Are there any?
Thanks!|||I don't use it often but the best one I've found so far is tofutti brand.|||I like vegan rice cheese.|||DAIYA cheese.It is soy, gluten, dairy free.You can get it at Whole Foods.
When I tried to melt Rice Vegan Cheese in a stove, the cheese came in some kind of bubble as if it was going to pop. I haven't tired Daiya yet.
To be honest, I never melted a cheese before because I hardly ate any.|||daiya is good but if you keep it in to long it will harden. i haven't tried the rice stuff but i am guessing it is the same.
Ok so i'm making vegan cheese pizza right now and I was wondering why is it that pay twice the price for vegan cheese but you only get half the amount of cheese compared to regular sprinkle cheese you put on pizza?|||It's the economics of "supply & demand."
If I make a "specialty" product with low demand then I can charge more money for a product not widely available.|||Quality, not quantity =)
And vegans aren't so common...(3 vegan kids in my school including me, outa about 600 kids..) Report Abuse
|||because its not very popular and vegans arent very common so there for they charge a lot and dont give u much|||bc it's made by smaller companies who use better ingredients and are typically concerned with organic, natural, and/or healthy products|||Because I think it cost more to make. And its not fair most cheeses aren't even vegetarian what about us? Did they forget that not everyone eats meat. And eww cheese is very bad for you anyway. And by the way but it from here:] http://veganstore.com/ much cheaper and your giving to a good cause:]]|||its not common for vegans and its also good for you. whatevers good for you cost more.|||because it's a complete rip off.
marketing
the price is jacked up
no way it should cost that much|||Because volumes of sales are low and the cost of production is high!
I have tried several recipes for home made vegan cheese based on nutritional yeast flakes and agar-agar flakes combined with several other ingredients (lemon, onion powder etc), but I'm not happy with the result as it turns out too soft. Does anyone have any recipes he/she has tried out successfully?|||Geez! How rude!!
The best web recipes I've found are at veganmania and aboverubies (but I can't find the links, sorry). I've made my own quite a bit through the years and overall my favorites are the sauce types that are based on the recipes in "The new Farm Vegetarian Cookbook" but of course these are sauces.
I started 'playing' with block types while snowed in around Xmas. I won't share my exact recipes since there's a chance they might be marketed.
What I am willing to share is that the texture can be improved by using extra virgin coconut oil or palm kernel oil as a part of any oils called for in the recipes. Don't freak that those are supposedly evil tropical oils! Those are actually healthy (the tests that showed they were bad were done on refined, partially hydrogenated versions).
You can also use small amounts of Xanthan gum to improve the texture. If you aren't familiar with it it's a natural product with a scary name<g>. It has dozens of uses in a vegan and/or allergy-free kitchen! It's ridiculously powerful so start with very small amounts and experiment until you find the amount you like.
If you can find it, you can try Konjac but be even more cautious with it than Xanthan. You can literally obtain something so rubbery you'll choke on it (which is why it's hard to find).
And one last tip (not related to texture) is to try different brands/strains of N.T. It can make a huge difference in flavor since there are several dozen different yeasts sold as N.T.
(and a nasty email to BS is on it's way<g>)|||Thanx! If you ever need more help feel free to email for troll-free assistance. Report Abuse
|||Hi,
I suspect there will be no satisfactory 'vegan cheese' and don't believe there should be.
Cheese is a product made from animal milk and is a favourite in thousands of varieties throughout the world. People who choose a vegan lifestyle eshew the use of any food of animal origin, including milk, eggs and so on.
This is their choice and they are right to make it if that is what they want. I believe that trying to recreate a foodstuff of animal origin (cheese) by artificial means is proclaiming they haven't been fully willing to accept their own teachings and beliefs.
I feel the same way about vegetarians who despise meat but then make meals to look as much like meat as possible (nut cutlets, minced soya products looking exactly like minced meat, etc.)
If you choose a vegan lifestyle you should encompass the whole belief- i.e. that using ANY animal product is wrong and that should be your belief entirely. To attempt to recreate the 'missing' foodstuffs by artificial means must be wrong. Either choose the lifestyle or don't choose the lifestyle. Up to you!
Either way,
Be happy,
BobSpain
I found a recipe for a vegan cheese sauce that looked really good, I then read it just recently because my mom asked me how much nutritional yeast will be in the recipe( she's not a huge fan of it) and it didn't call for any. So I was wondering if anyone has tried a vegan cheese sauce made withOUT nutritional yeast and how it tasted, and if it tasted better if u had added any kind of spice or herb or something to it.|||I've done quite a few that tried to use different mushrooms or nuts and found them lacking. As a general rule (in my experience) the most important flavorings to give the impression of 'cheesiness' are NT and (distant second) dry Mustard powder. The best recipes I've found for 'faking' cheese all come from "The new Farm Vegetarian Cookbook". With the exception of their calling for honey in some recipes it'd be totally vegan.
I'm curious what your mom has against NT (besides maybe the flavor of most of 'em) if you don't mind me being nosy<G>.
OK, thanks for the answer. You might try a different brand of NT since they are different in taste/smell/texture, I prefer the KAL flakes because they do have a bit more 'cheesiness' than the others I've tried (and I think through the years I've tried them all<g>). You haven't asked for a recipe but I'll give you this one which does ask for NT but I've made it without the yeast in the past since I've got a friend that has a 'quasi-allergic' reaction to yeast. (it's my modified version of the Farms cheese sauce)
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
2 cups water
1/4 cup vegan margarine
1 tsp Coleman's mustard powder
1/2 cup NT or 1/4 cup potato starch+1/4 cup cornstarch+1 tsp mushroom extract
Over medium heat bring water to simmer, then mix dry ingredients and whisk into water until thick and bubbly. Remove from heat and whisk margarine into mix.
The thickness is going to be similar to nacho cheese 'plasti-goop' but you can add as much water as needed to get the texture you want (the 'built in' texture is good for mac'n'cheese on pizza) for things like pouring over veggies. Additionally, the no NT version gets a little stretchy when oven baked on things like pizza or for "au gratin" type dishes.
Hope this helps!|||There is a book called "The Uncheese Cookbook" with all manner of vegan cheese recipes. I believe there are some that are made with ground cashews that don't make use of taste-able amounts of nutritional yeast. I haven't looked at that cookbook for years, but if it has 100+ recipes, they can't all be based on nutritional yeast!
Besides lasagna, pizza, dips, i can no longer think of other ways to use Vegan Cheese as an ingredient. Any suggestions?|||I make cheese and potato pie. Just mash boiled potatoes, grate most of the cheese into the mash and mix it up until the cheese has melted into the potatoes. Put the mix into an oven proof dish, grate the rest of the cheese over the top of the mash, so when you put it in the oven it ends up with a nice cheesy topping, its yummy! Or you can make mac and cheese like the other person said. Or cauliflower cheese. Or you can just have cheese on toast, cheese on potato waffles. Or pasta with a sauce made from the cheese melted in a pan with a touch of soya milk.|||You can tile your kitchen counter tops with them.|||vegan cheese and crackers?|||mac and cheese!
I bought a big container of nutritional yeast so I could make vegan cheese sauce but every recipe I've tried tastes terrible! I don't want to waste the big container of yeast I bought because it was sort of pricey, so I need a recipe that tastes good.|||I don't know how to use yeast, but I will tell you how I make it.
Take 1 lb of your favorite kind of soy cheese...Whichever would suit your need. Cut it into tiny cubes with a knife and put it into a small saucepan on the stove. Poor about 4 tablespoons of regular soy milk into the pan.
Turn the burner on medium-high and stir the mixture constantly until all of the cheese is melted. Then turn the burner off. Let the mixture stand for 5-10 minutes. Then stir it again. A "skin" will form (I know that sounds gross, especially for a vegan). Just stir it in.
Then you can use it for whatever you need it for.
You can put it over boiled and drained pasta (1 lb)
You can use it for nachos|||Joanne Stepaniak has a book called "The Uncheese Cookbook." I'm not a cheese freak, so I haven't gotten it yet. You can also use nutritional yeast on your pasta or as a coating for tofu while you pan-fry it.
Check this recipe out: http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=10755.鈥?/a>
I add the veggies at the end, though to make them crispier.|||There is no such recipe. By definition cheese is dairy therefore it cannot be vegan.
I had some vegan cheese that I used in a pizza, put it in the freezer for over a week, yesterday took it out and put it in the refrigerator part so it would defrost. Took it out today and it's a little soggy. Is it still good to use?|||If it smells good (when defrosted), it's OK. And if you're within the date that it can be used, it is for sure OK (provided your freezer is OK). Bacteria do not grow in the freezer, so it can be stored for large periods of time - usually 6 months-1 year.|||I would say about 2 years.
It's frozen! seriously there can be no bacteria growth of any sort. Look at the shelf life on any frozen food you can find. At least 2 years minimum. Might be a little freezer burnt, but totally safe.|||I can't imagine why not. It doesn't sound appetizing but I'd think it was edible none-the-less.
Can you do a spell for me?|||i would say nomore than 1 month. mine became gross and starting growing blue dots after 1 month.|||Cheese is an inanimate object. It can't be vegan. >:O
I am making pizza but I don't know what to use for cheese, since I do not eat it because I am vegan?|||Well you do not need to use cheese to make a pizza you can just add more vegetables and stuff. But if you wanted cheese you could add some Teese or Vegan Gourmet, or make your own cheese with raw cashews or nutrional yeast.|||I'm looking for the same thing! I will keep checking with your answers! :) Thanks for asking!!!|||i just eat it without cheese, put some pineapple on it and its sooo yummy|||Well..you don't need cheese to make pizza...load it up with roasted veggies and a tomato based sauce|||I'm not a vegan, but I do have lactose intolerance. I buy Vegie Slices and Vegie Shreds in the produce section of my supermarket. They taste good to me, and they melt pretty well too. Good luck!|||Like Tracey said Veggie Shred is a good way to go. Also I don't know where you live but in my supermarket (NYC) they sell a lot of imitation cheese (doesn't melt like cheese but it does the job if ur vegan). It is usually right next to the regular cheeses.
Also have you thought about ordering soy cheese from an on-line supermarket?|||Just as there is no such thing as a veg*n that eats any sort of meat there can be no such thing as vegan cheese. By definition cheese is dairy.|||dont buy veggie shreds, they have a milk protein called casein. the best (in my opinion) cheese for pizza is called teese. you have to order it online unless you live in chicago. 2 more good brands are "follow your heart" and "cheesly". research them online to learn more|||Yes, teese. You could also make the tofu ricotta from Vegan w/a Vengenance. I make it about once a week!|||I use soy cheese that I buy at my local grocery store. I either slice it paper thin with a cheese slicer and overlap it over the pizza, or I use a cheese grater to grate it then I spread it evenly over the pizza. Also I prefer to use the mozzarella flavor. If you wanted to make a Mexican style pizza you could use spicy soy cheese that has pepper pieces in it. Then you could use smart ground and taco seasoning.
I recommend the Pillsbury pizza crust that comes in a can. You just open it and spread it out on a cookie sheet. Then you spread your sauce and add your toppings.
Also try vegan pepperoni. It tastes so much like regular pepperoni. It's amazing. I love it. They have the spices down to a tee.
I am so hungry for pizza now:)|||I but this brand called Smart Beat! Its lactose free and fat free as well and it tastes great. The only problem is I don't think it comes in a shreades version.|||Just make it without cheese. It's delicious and you actually taste the sauce and toppings. I put all kinds of veggies on mine.
Plus - you really don't want to eat "fake cheese" anyway. It's full of isolated soy protein.....something you NEED to stay away from......|||lots and lots of vegan cheese replacers!!!
the mozzarella style melts best for pizza take your pick, blue cheese, cheddar, Edam, Parmesan oh my!
http://www.veggiestuff.com/acatalog/dair鈥?/a>
its nice without cheese, but i love cheesy style food, without the cruelty :-)|||THey have veggie cheese(its kinda nasty) and probably soy cheese at your local supermarket.|||follow your heart vegan gourmet cheese alternative!!!
you can f ind it at some specialty health food grocery stores. the best thing is that you can being it to some pizza places and just ask them to use the 'cheese' that you brought itstead.
Does everyone think like me that all vegan cheese sucks? Or does anyone know of one that doesnt?|||I second the Follow Your heart brand. I've used it on pizza with great results. I've also used the cheddar flavor to make quesadillas and nachos! it melts really well. Almost too well so you have to keep an eye on it while it's cooking so it doesn't go liquid onyou. You can order it from them direct - doa search. It's expensive, but because you don't use it that often, it lasts forever. Oh, do beware - it is straight up nasty if you go eating a hunk of it just plain. This is strictly for grating onto food.
I also second Toffutti's American cheese slices. I like them way better than regular dairy American cheese. They almost taste buttery. I use them on burgers. They don't melt as much as regular cheese slices, but they do the trick when you're in the modd for a cheeseburger. If there were only one cheese I could use for the rest of my life it'd be this one.
I also like the VeganRella mozzarella flavor - it doesn't melt that well, but it's still decent when grated on pizza. Also, Galaxy Food's parmesan sprinkle is good, too.
I have accepted that I will never again have that gooey, stretchy, greasy, tangy experience of real cheese ever again, but you know what? It's worth it. My body thanks me for it daily.|||sorry
never
heard of it
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<3|||How about making your own yogurt cheese? Get a 8 or 16 oz carton of plain NOT fat free and pref. Greek type. Get a paper coffee filter put yogurt in it and place it over a coffee mug...place in frig several hours or overnight. Transfer to plastic container w/lid and enjoy. For topping on a bagel, add honey & nuts ; put on a baked potato; add salsa for dip or ejoy plain on toast.|||omg I love vegan cheese
then again I have been eating it forever and probably devolped the taste for it but yeah, yummy|||I find that it doesn't melt when you are making pizza's. It doesn't taste like the real thing, but because I can't eat dairy I have no other choice.|||I've tried loads of different brands and I have to agree with you, they all suck. I like being vegan, I just wish their was a good cheese replacement, but I'll be ok without it.|||Follow Your Heart vegan gourmet cheese is amazing! http://followyourheart.com/cheese_produc鈥?/a>
I use the mozzerella flavor for pizza, grilled cheese, quesadillas, etc... it melts really well. Whole Foods has it.
Tofutti (American style) cheese also tastes good when it's melted.|||I don't like any cheese that is made for vegans, soy or whatever..I just don't eat any cheese at all. I stay away from anything and everything that is like diary products even if they are fake.
I am a vegetarian. Pretty close to being vegan. I usually drink soy milk and try not eating dairy more than once every few months(organic usually) I always look at the products for all those things like milk, egg and stuff. I mostly eat fruits, veggies, legumes and nuts. Is there actually any vegan cheese product out there. I was looking at a few soy cheeses but they still contain milk and dairy, especially casein. I am having trouble finding vegan cheese even at Kroger and HEB. Does anyone know of a vegan cheese product or where I might find one?|||Are the Kroger and HEB stores the smaller ones or are they the big type? The Galaxy and Follow your Heart products are in the distribution system for both those stores but you may need to ask a manager to add them to the order lists.
Do I assume correctly that you're in the Houston area? I'm basing that assumption on the overlap of Kroger/HEB stores. There's a few health food stores in the area that carry vegan foods and at least one 7th Day Adventist commissary that can help. I can also recommend sources for the entire state! Either edit your question or email me and I can tell you what's available in your area.
You can also email me or Mevlana for scads of home-made cheese replacements. The quality is MUCH better when you don't have to be concerned with a product not breaking down in shipping!|||Vegan cheeses are normally only available from wholefood or healthfood shops, and some branches of Sainsbury鈥檚. However, with the huge interest now being shown in animal-free foods, it shouldn't be long before we see them more widely available.|||Mookie's got it goin' right =) follow your heart does an awesome cheddar cheese that melts (not all stringy like regular cheese but more smooth and velvety) Can also be shredded for vegan tacos, salads..ect. If you don't know bout vegenaise either, its another one of there awesome products..best vegan mayo ive ever used and only one I use.
We find ours at sunflower market here in phoenix, but im sure its sold in many other health stores.|||the kroger in my town actually has a pretty good selection. does yours have an organic/health food section? (the one in mine is near the bakery) the one here has tofutti cheese slices, and several other kinds, though i dont remember if the others were vegan or not. anyway, check again, hopefully you just overlooked them!|||I am trying to head down the same path. I just bought Vegan mozzerella cheese by Galaxy Nutritional Foods. It's not too bad. I haven't checked if it melts well but have had it cold. It almost has an icy-crispness to it, and is not "creamy" at all. Another option is to make your own. Check Amazon (or your library) for vegetarian/vegan cookbooks.
If you are still going to drink organic, "happy" cow milk, you can consider making paneer. It's delicious. Good luck.|||check out happycow.net. it contains a list of restaurants and health food stores globally.
the brand "follow your heart" makes an awesome vegan cheese. try the nacho flavor on some elbow macaroni... it's really good! you can typically find it at your local health food store or you can purchase online at followyourheart.com.
you can also make 'cheese' at home. check out this link for a couple recipes:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=13859.鈥?/a>
best wishes!
I'm going to the San Diego concert on September 2nd and I REALLY want floor tickets. They are GA and I wanted to know how early I should go to get them. Also, if you have a friend that works with Live Nation, is there any way you could get GA tickets early??? Or possibly backstage passes???|||I saw Green Day last summer and they were amazing! You should get your tickets as soon as possible. You can get them on this site:
http://www.livenation.com/event/0A00447A鈥?/a>
The only way that you can get backstage passes (most of the time) is if your a fan club member. Green Day's fan club is called The Idiot Club. I'm not sure if you can get passes but if you can then that's probably the best way to do it. It costs like $25 to join though.
I hope this helps. Have fun at the concert!
we bought tickets from them about two months ago for the San Diego concert to see taylor swift. the concert is next sunday.... we called them and they said that they shipped them yesterday but we got no email..... I have never used STUBHUB before......( my sister bought the tickts i had no idea it was sellers selling tickets, and that they werent direct) PLZ HELP is stubhub legit?!|||Hey..I was panicking too. I bought Keith Urban and Tay Tay tix for Philadelphia. I didn't get my email and my confirmation for a month and a half. I was petrified. It finally came . Its gonna be a link you have to download and then you print out this huge piece of paper. It won't be a normal sized ticket. It will be a piece of paper with a barcode on it, one that I guess the person at the venue will scan. It wont have your name on it. It will have the person that sold it to StubHubs name on it.
Sit tight, it will be there soon.
I'M GOING TO THEIR SAN DIEGO CONCERT NOVEMBER 15TH AND I GOT THEM GIFTS AND WANT TO GIVE IT TO THEM AND GET AN AUTOGRAPH AND PHOTO|||They usually do their meet and greets before the concert. You usually have to win the meet and greets from a radio station or you have to have connections to get some|||Please stop dreaming about these boys. They cant individualize their fan base. They will appreciate your gifts though, once they pass all of the red tape. They will not, however, remember you. Just being real.
Oh, and I'm sure if I were one of those boys, I would be tired of doing a meet and greet at each and every one of my million tour stops with girls screaming at the top of their lungs in my ear!|||The only people who can go to a meet & greet are people who have backstage passes. They don't do meet & greets for free, which sucks. So the answer is no. It's actually kinda funny how crazy fans wait around allllll night to see if they can see them leave or something. The first time I went to a concert of their's I took my niece and we got pushed into a mob of crazy girl fans who THOUGHT they saw them, which they didn't. Crazy crazy people.......|||no because the jonASS sisters are selfish losers who think only about themselves and hannah montana who is also a fat ugly beast|||omg your so lucky! i have been to zero jonas brothers concerts and i will probaly never go to one in my life! have fun ill wish i was there|||Stop shouting at us, man. I think you have to win a contest to meet them.|||how do you have tickets?
they dont go on sale yet.|||i dont KNOW
I might be going to the San Diego concert or the Los Angeles concert. I just wanted to know who else might be going! |||me.|||I wish! I would love to go!
Edit: I searched for the tickets on Ticketmaster for the Philadelphia show, but there were no exact matches. Does that mean it's too early or what?|||I'm not...
but i saw them january with the foo fighters.
they are amazing live=)
hope you enjoy going.|||Omfg!! I didn't even know there was such a thing! If there's one around the central valley I'll be there for sure!!!!!!
soo i was supposed 2 go on d 18th at the grove but it was sold out..im goin 2 san diego (concerts in the park) on sunday, the 20th..if uve been 2 d tour:
1) do they have cute metro station stuff that i can buy??
2) do u get 2 meet them?? i really just wanna meet metro station bcos i kno its impossible 2 meet all of d bands..sooo did u get 2 meet metro station n get an autograph or something?
3) ooohhh wb d mosh pits?!? not so bad?!?
im soorrryy f im totally curious..im jus soooo excited!! i cant wait!! :]|||I went to The Grove last night.
1. They had a MS tote bag, and my friend bought this purple MS shirt. It was cute. So yeah, they have good MS merch to buy.
2. I got to meet some of The Maine, but I didn't see Metro Station. I'm sure they came out too, but I was focusing on The Maine.
3. I didn't stay in the pit for Metro Station, only The Maine. It was crazy, girls were pushing to get closer, but nothing big. My friend stayed in there for Metro Station, and she said somebody tried to start a mosh pit. Everyone was falling, but theres no room to fall on the ground so they fell on top of each other.|||hey i went to the grove and 1.there was lots of stuff to buy there
2.you could meet them in the lobby when its over but the line was 4evr long|||im going to the one tomorrow!
woota!
Is there a way around Ticketmaster other than showing up at the door? It's just that I'm a little upset with the markups.
Santana in San Diego:
-Concert, $20
-Facilities fee, $6 (that's the cut Cricket Theatre gets, I guess)
-Convenience fee, $10.10!
-Ticketing fee., $3.25 (wait, shouldn't that be included in the "convenience" fee)
Final price, ~$40, of which ~33% is Ticketmaster's cut.
Fees for Lila Downs yield similarly around 30% in Ticketmaster's fees.
I just do not want to pay these fees out of principle, but I hear that Ticketmaster holds the monopoly for all ticket sales of the concerts they sell.|||You try a ticket broker.
They will charge you a higher price.
i'm going to their san diego concert on july 9th and i know every song basically by heart but i don't wanna get my hopes up by thinking that they are going to sing all of my favorite songs because idk how popular those are.. anyone been to the concert yet?|||I have only found two recent setlists for Kings of Leon, and I chose the bigger one, just to give you an idea of the songs they have recently played. This was the setlist at Bonnaroo:
Crawl
Taper Jean Girl
My Party
Be Somebody
Immortals
Molly's Chambers
Fans
Milk
Closer
Mary
Wasted Time
Four Kicks
The Bucket
Radioactive
Charmer
Where is my Mind? (Pixies cover)
Sex on Fire
Notion
On Call
Southbound
Trani
Encore:
Knocked Up
Manhattan
Use Somebody
I am one of Taylor's biggest fans, and I'm going to her San Diego concert in May so I was wondering with her fame and everything now if its even possible to get a picture/autograph with her??:) Thanks!|||Hi!
I'm going to ther Concert in Vegas, and from what I have heard from people who have gone to her concerts before (and on On Demand they had a thing with Taylor) and it said that she used to sign autographs after each show, but now it is a security risk.
But she does sign cds before each show, THEY ARE SIGNED BY HER (They are REAL, not fake), and she sells them at her shows. That way you can still get an autograph from her.
I'm hoping that she is still doing this, I really want her autograph.
If you aren't interested in buying it, you could go to her website and where it says "Meet Taylor" on the side, you can enter the Meet and Greet contest for your show and they will let you know if you win or not. Thats the only way you could meet her. =]
Hope I helped! =]
Did anyone notice?!
i have no clue why, dont get me wrong, i LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT, but it seemed like she was crying on the first song. and i got the feeling throughout the concert she was tired and didnt give it her best, which i dont blame her. But anyways did you notice that? or am i the only one??|||yeah there's another girl on yahoo answers who said she cried the day after the concert...
check her Q out
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>|||i wasnt there! i would soo wish i was there! i love her. shes so talented!
you're lucky to at least be at the conert. & i feel bad for taylor.|||Maybe she finally heard herself sing and it bored her to tears.
Getting backstage passes to concerts is a lot easier than people think. I am really surprised that more people are not doing it. I have been attending concerts since I was fifteen and have gotten backstage to more than thirty-five concerts in the last 10 years.
I have met most of my favorite performers and have a collection of memories that will last me a lifetime. I have tons of pictures, music, t shirts and autographs that I obtained throughout the years. My main suggestion is getting your foot in the door. There is actually a book that I saw at the library that had quite a bit on info about the subject. The book has a website address http://www.igotbackstagepasses.com/ where you can order it.
I have read a few books on the subject but this one was the most complete and did not have lame info that I have seen in other books. This book uses some of the exact same methods that I use. Once you get your foot in the door, you can easily get backstage. People think that you have to “trick” people into letting you backstage but that is not likely. I have learned that once you know someone on the inside, you are set for life. I now know someone at every venue in my city.
So my advice is to take it step by step and read some books on the subject. It is well worth your time and effort. While you are backstage, behave yourself and stay out of people’s way and don’t argue with anyone or you will get a one way ticket from where you came from and will never be invited back. I have seen this happen a few times. So go for it, there is nothing more exciting than getting close to these bigger than life stars.
should i be there the night before cuase people get crazy like that?? i dont want them to be sold out...and if you buy them online dont they take forever??
please help!!
:]] thanks.
|||try internet or phone booking otherwise it could be sold out pretty quickly, have fun!!|||Uhh good luck.|||Get there Sunday.|||Don't waste your money.|||good luck im not sure.|||wait on da line at 4 am |||don care
if i have to join her fanclub or whatever thats fine, i just want to know how i get the password. thanks|||The answer that was posted below with the link to a presale password is not the password. It doesn't work.|||Here you go.
http://presalepasswordticket.com/taylor-鈥?/a>|||the code is whitehorse for the taylorswift.com presale hurry up they are goin fast!!!
roberta,migellupita,diego and mya|||RBD will start their U.S. Tour in March 17th.
March
17 Salinas, California
18 Los Angeles, California
19 Sacramento, California
24 Fresno, California
25 San Diego, California
26 San Jos茅, California
April
7 MC Allen, Texas
8 Dallas, Texas
9 El Paso, Texas
15 Salt Lake City, Utah
16 Denver, Colorado
28 San Antonio, Texas
29 Laredo, Texas
30 Houston, Texas|||Are you asking if there will be a concert or if anyone is going to it???
Yes theyre coming to San Diego, but I'm going to wait till they come to anaheim in June. Was gonna go to the L.A. one, but I live in Anaheim, so its ovbiously closer.
I cant wait to see christopher uckermann (diego)
I am making dinner for my boyfriend and I want it to be perfect. I've found 2 recipes, one is claimed to be the authentic recipe and the other recipe has cream in it. I've made the recipe with cream in it before but it was a long time ago and I don't even remember how good it was. The cream sounds better but I want something with alot of flavor. So if anyone has had experience with both of these recipes, the one without cream and one with cream, which is the best and more flavorful? Thanks for your help
http://www.authentic-italian-pasta-recipes.com/pasta-carbonara.html
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/chicken-carbonara-recipe/index.html|||Here you have a Special Spaguettis Carbonara!
Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe
Ingredients
Serve 4
1 tablespoon olive oil
175 g/6 oz smoked bacon, rinded and cut into strips
1 garlic clove, crushed and chopped
300 g/10 oz spaghetti
4 tablespoons double cream
3 egg yolks
75 g/3 oz Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
salt and pepper
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Method:
Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the bacon and fry over a low heat for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta until al dente. Drain well and return to the pan.
Beat together the cream and egg yolks, add to the bacon and mix well over a low heat.
Add the sauce and Parmesan to the spaghetti, season with salt and pepper, toss well and serve immediately.
Note: The traditional Italian way to serve spaghetti carbonara is with an egg yolk in its shell on top of each serving, which is mixed in by the person eating.|||Haven't tried these exact recipes, but I used to eat "carbonara" made with cream. Then I tried a REAL carbonara (with no cream) and there was no looking back. With cream its all gloopy and claggy, the other is rich and intense.
Made (and eaten) several variations of each in my time. No contest, go with the proper Italian carbonara with no cream rather than the anglified/americanised version.. you won't regret it!|||There isn't cream in a true carbonara!! The cheese and oil melts to make the sauce...
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler鈥?/a>|||Here are bunch of Italian recipes for authentic Italian cuisine - http://www.gourmet-living.com/category.h鈥?/a>
I have an Italian pasta recipe that tells you to "crumble" Italian sausage. I've only made Italian food once and I wanted to do it again.
What does it mean to "crumble" Italian sausage?|||Remove the sausage meat from the casing and break it up and cook it much like you would cook ground beef. Drain the fat before proceeding with your recipe.|||It usually means to cook it without it's casing.|||take it out of the casing and fry while breaking it up into small pieces. a potato masher works well doing this.
I have an upcoming little friend gathering and I need to prepare something. I have this Rigatoni pasta here and hope to perfectly cook it in tomatoe sauce. Any original italian way to cook is appreciated from you. Thank you.|||I have seen this similar cooking... This site will give you a detailed procedure and also photos.
Step One: Prepare the beef cuts. I prefer the one with bones but with thick meat around. It is around 2 inches by 3 inches in dimension. Please don't tell it's a bit big because it would shrink later.
Step Two: Saute the thawed beef cuts into oil (we use olive here) and sliced onion. To add more taste, you may add a vinegar to make it more sour. We uses Aceto Balsamico but this is optional. Let the outer side (exposed portion) of the meat go brown by flipping the cuts from time to time while sauteing.
Step Three : When all the beef go brown, add the tomato sauce diluted in water. (The photo shows the vinegar brand and the tomatoe sauce we used. The bottle of sauce can be used twice or thrice depending on the amount of sauce to be made).
...Just see here for further info.
http://ilovephilippinestoo.blogspot.com/2008/01/saucy-pasta-day.html|||Cheesy Rigatoni Bake
PREP TIME 20 Min
COOK TIME 30 Min
INGREDIENTS
1 (16 ounce) package rigatoni or large tube pasta
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
1/4 cup water
4 eggs, beaten
2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
DIRECTIONS
Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour and salt until smooth; gradually add milk and water. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
Drain pasta; place in a large bowl. Add eggs. Spoon into two greased 8-in. square baking dishes. Top each with one can of tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese. Spoon white sauce over top; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Cover and freeze one casserole for up to 3 months. Bake second casserole, uncovered, at 375 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees F.
To use frozen casserole: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Cover and bake at 375 degrees F for 40 minutes. Uncover; bake 7-10 minutes longer or until a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees F|||Pasta with Peas and Sausage
INGREDIENTS
1 pound rigatoni pasta
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
12 ounces frozen green peas
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
4 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
DIRECTIONS
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
In a skillet heat oil and saute garlic over medium heat. Brown sausage in skillet. Once brown add frozen peas and simmer for 5 minutes. Slowly add heavy cream and butter to skillet; bring to a slight boil. Add more cream if necessary. Cook for 5 minutes. Toss with cooked pasta and top with Parmesan cheese.
Rigatoni with Eggplant, Mushrooms and Goat Cheese
INGREDIENTS
1 (16 ounce) package rigatoni pasta
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 (8 ounce) package fresh mushrooms, coarsely chopped
1 eggplant, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes in puree
1/2 cup chicken broth
15 kalamata olives, pitted and chopped
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
8 ounces goat cheese, cut into large chunks
DIRECTIONS
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium low heat. Saute onion and garlic until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Increase heat to medium high. Stir in mushrooms, and cook until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in the eggplant, and cook 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, chicken broth and olives. Season with thyme, salt and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 30 minutes, or until eggplant is tender. Toss with pasta and goat cheese.
Rigatoni alla Puttanesca e Arrabbiata
INGREDIENTS
3 slices bacon
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste
3 tomatoes - peeled, seeded and chopped
5 artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
1/4 cup chopped kalamata olives
1 tablespoon capers, rinsed and drained
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups uncooked rigatoni pasta
2 ounces crumbled feta cheese, for topping
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, for garnish
DIRECTIONS
Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain on paper towels, and crumble into large pieces.
Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the rigatoni pasta and cook until al dente, about 13 minutes. Drain, and place pasta into a large bowl.
Place olive oil in another skillet, and heat over medium-high heat. Stir in the garlic, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Mix in the bacon, red pepper flakes, tomatoes, artichokes, olives, and capers. Cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Add bacon-vegetable mixture to pasta, and toss until evenly mixed. Divide between two serving plates. Sprinkle with feta cheese, and garnish with parsley. Serve immediately.|||put 2 tablespoons olive oil in a pan
add 1-2 tablespoons or minced garlic
and a pound of ground beef
cook under med heat until hamburger is well browned
add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
I then use a can of crushed whole tomatoes
a can of water
a can of tomato paste
1/4 teaspoon ground oregano
1 teaspoon parsley flakes
Simmer for 2 hours or more on very low flame.
Spoon over your favorite pasta and enjoy!
this is so good ^__^
Stuffed Shells with Arrabbiata Sauce
12 ounces (1 box) jumbo pasta shells (approximately 36 shells)
2 tablespoons olive oil, plus extra for greasing baking sheet
6 ounces thinly sliced pancetta, diced
2 teaspoons dried crushed red pepper flakes
2 garlic cloves, minced
5 cups marinara sauce
2 (15-ounce) containers whole milk ricotta cheese
1 1/3 cups grated Parmesan
4 large egg yolks
3 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves
3 tablespoon chopped fresh basil leaves
1 teaspoon chopped fresh mint leaves
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Lightly oil a 12 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish and set aside. Lightly oil the baking sheet and set aside.
Partially cook the pasta shells in a large pot of boiling salted water until slightly tender but still quite firm to the bite, about 4 to 6 minutes. You will continue cooking the shells in the oven after they have been stuffed. Using a slotted spoon, drain pasta shells and place on oiled baking sheet, spreading them out so that they don't stick together and allow to cool.
Heat the oil in a heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the pancetta and saute until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add the red pepper flakes. Add the garlic and saute until tender, about 1 minute. Add the marinara sauce. Bring the sauce to a simmer, stirring often.
In a medium bowl, stir the ricotta, Parmesan, egg yolks, basil, parsley, mint, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Spoon 1 1/4 cups of the sauce over the prepared baking dish. Fill the cooked shells with the cheese mixture, about 2 tablespoons per shell. Arrange the shells in the prepared dish. Spoon the remaining sauce over the shells, then sprinkle with the mozzarella.
Bake in the lower third of your oven until the filling is heated through and the top is golden brown, about 25 to 30 minutes.
for more great recipes go to http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/sear鈥?/a>|||Yes, Spaghetti Carbonara|||has to be carbonara!!!|||spaghetti carbonara. ^___^|||Shrimp Scampi Over Linguine (or Angel Hair)
1 pound dried linguine
1/4 cup (1/8 lb.) butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 pounds shrimp (35 to 40 per lb.), peeled (tails left on), deveined, and rinsed
2 tablespoons minced garlic
3/4 teaspoon hot chili flakes
1/4 teaspoon fresh-ground pepper
About 1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup dry white wine
2 cups lightly packed fresh basil leaves, slivered
In a 6- to 8-quart pan over high heat, bring about 4 quarts water to a boil; add linguine and cook, stirring occasionally, just until tender to bite, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain pasta, reserving about 1/3 cup cooking liquid; return pasta to pan.
Meanwhile, in a 10- to 12-inch frying pan over medium-high heat, melt butter with olive oil. Add shrimp, garlic, chili flakes, pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon salt; stir for 2 minutes. Add wine; stir often until shrimp are opaque but still moist-looking in center of thickest part (cut to test), 3 to 4 minutes longer. Stir in basil.
Pour shrimp mixture into pan with cooked pasta; mix gently. If mixture is too dry, add reserved pasta-cooking liquid. Divide evenly among four wide, shallow bowls. Add salt to taste.
If desired, serve scampi with grated parmesan cheese, to taste.|||Linguine with White Clam Sauce|||CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI ALFREDO
4 to 5 cups broccoli florets (from about 1 large bunch)
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-wide strips
1 large red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 2/3 cups whipping cream
1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
3/4 pound penne or mostaccioli, freshly cooked
Steam broccoli florets until just tender, about 3 minutes; set aside.
Preheat broiler. Butter 13x9x2-inch broilerproof baking dish. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high. Working in batches, saut茅 chicken strips until just cooked through, about 4 minutes. Transfer chicken strips to bowl. Add sliced red bell pepper to Dutch oven and saut茅 until just tender, about 5 minutes. Add whipping cream, 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese and all of Monterey Jack cheese. Simmer until sauce thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Add chicken strips and any juices in bowl to sauce. Add freshly cooked pasta and steamed broccoli florets and toss until sauce coats mixture, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer pasta mixture to prepared baking dish. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup grated cheese over. Broil until just golden on top, about 3 minutes, and serve.
Serves 4.|||Baked ziti with shrimp|||Spaghetti con vongole (clams)
The sauce is just delicious. I live in Italy and seafood pasta is my favourite. Want any recipes, I have loads.|||Crab salad|||I don't know if it's the best, but it's simple, delicious, and satisfying.
In a saucepan, saute, garlic, finely diced onion, and chopped roma tomatoes in olive oil for about 3 or 4 minutes. Add fresh chopped basil and a pat of butter. Toss with linguini or fettucini. This is called a light pomodoro. Use plenty of diced tomato, but no tomato sauce or puree.. you want the tomato flavor, but with the olive oil coming through.
I am pretty sure white and red wines should do the trick I am not a wine drinker!
Try this
Dessert-sweet: French Sauternes, Muscat (moscado, moscato), German Eiswein (Ice wine), Italian Recioto.
Semi-sweet: German Riesling, Spatlese, Italian Amarones|||lots of pasta recipes on internet tried to attach file on recipes woouldnt work go to site- all recipes.com
does anyone have a good recipe for a pasta dish? i need it for a date, my boyfriend is from a traditional italian family and wants me to make pasta! so pleaseeeeee help!
any good recipe's? it needs to be delicious even to an italian! the masters of pasta.
thanks :)|||here are a few of our favorite italian dishes....
all of these are great served with a small salad and garlic bread...........
LASAGNA
INGREDIENTS...........
1 pound sweet Italian sausage
3/4 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup minced onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
2 (6.5 ounce) cans canned tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil leaves
1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
12 lasagna noodles
16 ounces ricotta cheese
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 pound mozzarella cheese, sliced
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
DIRECTIONS
In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until well browned. Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, 1 tablespoon salt, pepper, and 2 tablespoons parsley. Simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in boiling water for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain noodles, and rinse with cold water. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese with egg, remaining parsley, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
To assemble, spread 1 1/2 cups of meat sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Arrange 6 noodles lengthwise over meat sauce. Spread with one half of the ricotta cheese mixture. Top with a third of mozzarella cheese slices. Spoon 1 1/2 cups meat sauce over mozzarella, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Repeat layers, and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil: to prevent sticking, either spray foil with cooking spray, or make sure the foil does not touch the cheese.
Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil, and bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.
BAKED ZITI
INGREDIENTS...........
1 pound dry ziti pasta
1 onion, chopped
1 pound lean ground beef
2 (26 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
6 ounces provolone cheese, sliced
1 1/2 cups sour cream
6 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
DIRECTIONS
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes; drain.
In a large skillet, brown onion and ground beef over medium heat. Add spaghetti sauce, and simmer 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish. Layer as follows: 1/2 of the ziti, Provolone cheese, sour cream, 1/2 sauce mixture, remaining ziti, mozzarella cheese and remaining sauce mixture. Top with grated Parmesan cheese.
Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheeses are melted.
SHRIMP LINGUINI
INGREDIENTS.............
1 (8 ounce) package linguini pasta
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
3/4 teaspoon dried basil
2/3 cup boiling water
1/2 pound cooked shrimp
DIRECTIONS
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add linguini, and cook until tender, about 7 minutes. Drain.
Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; cook and stir until tender. Transfer to a plate.
In the same pan, melt 1/2 cup butter with the minced garlic. Stir in the cream cheese, breaking it up with a spoon as it melts. Stir in the parsley and basil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Mix in boiling water until sauce is smooth. Stir in cooked shrimp and mushrooms, and heat through.
Toss linguini with shrimp sauce, and serve.
FETTUCCINI ALFREDO
INGREDIENTS..............
1 pound dry fettuccine pasta
3 pints heavy whipping cream
1 cup grated Romano cheese ( or grated Parmsan cheese)
4 tablespoons butter
1 pinch ground nutmeg
ground black pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
Cook pasta according to directions on package. Drain and toss with one tablespoon of butter, cover and set aside.
In a medium sauce pan over low heat, heat cream and 3 tablespoons of butter, stirring constantly. When cream begins to simmer mix in a small amounts of Romano cheese, stirring constantly, until all cheese is added and sauce has reduced. It should be thick and easily cover the back of a spoon.
Stir in nutmeg and black pepper. Toss with warm fettuccini and serve.
NOTE.... you may add cooked shrimp, chicken or scallops to this basic fettuccini dish)
CHICKEN MARSALA
INGREDIENTS................
1/4 cup all-purpose flour for coating
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - pounded 1/4 inch thick
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup Marsala wine
1/4 cup cooking sherry
DIRECTIONS
In a shallow dish or bowl, mix together the flour, salt, pepper and oregano. Coat chicken pieces in flour mixture.
In a large skillet, melt butter in oil over medium heat. Place chicken in the pan, and lightly brown. Turn over chicken pieces, and add mushrooms. Pour in wine and sherry. Cover skillet; simmer chicken 10 minutes, turning once, until no longer pink and juices run clear.
CHEESE MANICOTTI
INGREDIENTS.............
1 (8 ounce) package manicotti pasta
16 ounces ricotta cheese
6 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
6 ounces shredded Monterey Jack cheese
2 tablespoons sour cream
1/3 cup dried bread crumbs, seasoned
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups spaghetti sauce
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente, drain.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine ricotta cheese, 4 ounces mozzarella cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, sour cream, bread crumbs, parsley and salt and pepper to taste; mix well.
In a 9 x 13 inch baking dish, spray dish with non-stick cooking spray and cover bottom of dish with a thin film of spaghetti sauce.
Fill each manicotti with cheese mixture and place in dish; cover with remaining sauce. Sprinkle remaining mozzarella cheese on top of sauce.
Good Eating......... :)|||Me and my Italian friends love "spaghetti alla norma", a simple but delicious vegeterian recipe with eggplant. No one knows who this Norma is, but that doesn't matter, the recipe is still very nice!
This recipe serves 4
2 large firm aubergines (eggplants)
good quality extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 or 2 dried chillies, crumbled (optional)
4 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
a large bunch of fresh basil, stalks finely chopped, leaves reserved
1 teaspoon of good herb or white wine vinegar
2 x 400g tins of good quality chopped plum tomatoes
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
455g dried spaghetti
150g salted ricotta. If you can't find this, use pecorino or Parmesan cheese.
Cut the aubergines into quarters lenghtways. If they have got seedy fluffy centers, remove them. Then cut the aubergines across in the lenght, into finger-sized pieces. Get a large pan hot and add a little oil. Fry the aubergines in two batches, add a little extra oil if you need to. The aubergines shouldn't be greasy but not dry either. Sprinkle with some of the dried oregano. Turn the pieces of aubergine until golden on all sides.
When the aubergines are all cooked, put them all back in your pan and add the dried chillies. Turn the heat down to medium and add a little oil, the garlic and the basil stalks. Stir so everything gets evenly cooked, then add a swing of herb (or white wine) vinegar and the tins of tomatoes. Chop them so they're not too chunky. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, then taste and correct the seasoning with salt and pepper. Tear up half the basil leaves, add to the sauce and toss around.
Get your spaghetti into a pan of salted boiling water and add a little oil. Cook the spaghetti according to the packet instructions ("al dente" is best). Drain it in a colander and then add it to the sauce. Toss together back on the heat. Taste and add a little salt or pepper if needed. Sprinkle with the remaining basil leaves and the cheese and drizzle a little bit of olive oil on top.
Serve with some ciabatta and a nice green salad.
Buon appetito!
if u add pictures with that it would be great!
and how many stars out of five would u give it?
thanks|||one pot pasta from allrecipes.com:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/One-Pot-Pas鈥?/a>
easy, quick, delicious. i make it all the time. you can put your own spin on it as well.
4 stars|||Fettuccine alfredo is easy
cook fettuccine to al dente
melt some unsalted butter, toss in some minced garlic, cook until you smell the garlic. add some 35% cream, salt & pepper. Cook to thickened. Toss in a handful of good parm and pasta.
does anyone have a good recipe for a pasta dish? i need it for a date, my boyfriend is from a traditional italian family and wants me to make pasta! so pleaseeeeee help!
any good recipe's? it needs to be delicious even to an italian! the masters of pasta.
thanks :)|||Chicken Piccata
Serves 4
4 chicken breasts pounded thin
flour spread on a plate for dredging
2 tablespoons of olive oil
3 tablespoons of butter
1/2 cup of white wine
juice of 2 lemons
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup chicken broth
1. Dredge each chicken breast in flour to coat and shake off excess.
2. Heat oil in a large saute pan set on medium heat.
3. Place chicken breasts in pan and cook until lightly browned on both sides, about 2-3 minutes for each side.
4. Drain the oil and add butter, wine, lemon, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute.
5. Add the broth and cook until the liquid is reduced by half, 5 to 6 minutes(sprinkle a little flour in when it starts boiling to thicken.)
6. Transfer Chicken to serving dishes, top with sauce and a slice of lemon for garnish.
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Bolognese Sauce
3 tablespoon olive oil
3 tablespoon butter
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons celery, finely chopped
2 tablespoons carrot, finely chopped
1 pound ground meat (equal parts of veal, pork and beef)
1-1 1/2 cups milk
Salt to taste
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups finely chopped tomatoes (canned or fresh)
METHOD
In a saucepan heat olive oil and butter. Stir in onion, celery and carrot. Cook till tender but not brown, about 10 minutes.
Stir in meat and cook over medium heat until brown.
Add 1/4 cup milk and simmer, uncovered, until milk is completely absorbed, about 15 minutes. Add another 1/4 cup milk, and cook, uncovered, until absorbed. Repeat this process until all the milk is used. This process takes about 1 1/2 hours or more.
Stir sauce frequently, using only a wooden spoon. When milk has been absorbed, add salt and nutmeg. Stir in tomatoes and cook another 45 minutes over low heat. Cool completely and put in refrigerator, covered. The next day skim off fat from top of sauce, reheat and use on your favorite pasta the classic is tortellini.
Serves: 4 - 6
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pasta with sausage, red onion, and lentils
Ingredients1/2 cup dried lentils
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 cups chopped red onion
4 Italian sweet sausages (about 13 ounces), casings removed, crumbled
3/4 cup dry red wine
12 ounces small pasta (such as conchiglie or pennette)
3/4 cup (packed) grated pecorino Romano cheese (about 2 ounces)
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Italian parsley
Additional extra-virgin olive oil
Additional grated pecorino Romano cheese
PreparationCook lentils in small saucepan of boiling water until tender, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Drain well; set aside.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and sausage; saut茅 until sausage is light brown, about 8 minutes. Add wine and cook until almost all liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes. Stir in cooked lentils and cook until mixture is heated through, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain well, reserving 1cup pasta cooking water. Return cooked pasta to pot. Add sausage-lentil mixture, 3/4 cup cheese, and parsley and toss to coat. Add enough reserved pasta cooking water to moisten. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve, passing additional olive oil and grated cheese.
|||Pasta a la Matricciana is delicious
Ingredients
1 medium-sized red onion, peeled and sliced
8 ounces pancetta, cut into small dice
3 tablespoons olive oil
11/2 pounds very ripe, fresh tomatoes, chopped; or 1 1/2 pounds canned tomatoes, preferably imported Italian, drained and crushed by hand
1/2 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 pound bucatini
Directions
In a large sauce pot over medium heat, warm the olive oil. Add the onion and pancetta and cook slowly, until onions are soft and translucent and the pancetta fat is rendered. Add the tomatoes, hot red pepper flakes and season with salt and pepper.
Boil a large pot of water; salt generously. Cook the bucatini until it is soft but still firm.
Divide the pasta between 4 warmed pasta bowls. Ladle some sauce on top, and serve with grated Pecorin
|||Pasta with Zucchini and Mozzarella
1 cup olive oil
2 medium zucchini, sliced thinly
flour spread on a plate for dredging
salt & pepper to taste
1 pound of penne pasta
4 cups Marinara Sauce
1/2 pound fresh mozzarella
1/4 cup pecorino-romano cheese
1. Heat olive oil in medium saute pan over medium heat. Dredge zucchini in flour, shaking off any excess and fry in batches. Using a slotted spoon transfer them to paper towels, and season with salt & pepper.
2. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400掳F and bring a pot of liberally salted water to a boil, add pasta and cook until almost al dente, the pasta should be slightly undercooked.
3. Strain pasta and transfer to a 3 to 4 quart baking dish. Add 2 cups of marinara sauce, zucchini, 1/4 pound of mozzarella and 1/8 cup pecorino-romano, and toss until well combined.
4. Top with the remaining sauce and sprinkle on the remaining cheeses. Place the baking dish in the oven and bake until the cheese on top is melted and slightly browned, 8-10 minutes.
|||eggplant parmesan is my favorite, & once you get the hang of breading & frying the eggplant slices it's a lot of fun to make. i don't have a specific recipe, because it's basically just layers of fried eggplant, your favorite tomato sauce, & lots of mozzarella cheese - i did a google search for tips on how to prepare the eggplant slices. serve over pasta & be prepared for compliments! ;-)
another good one is fettuccine alfredo - i like the "quick and easy alfredo" sauce recipe from allrecipes.com. to make the meal a little heartier, you could cut up & pan fry some chicken breast in olive oil & garlic, and cook some spinach, broccoli, or mushrooms. then just put the cooked chicken & veggies on pasta, pour the sauce over it, & voila!|||The above recipes sound delicious, if you really want to impress him buy fresh pasta instead of dry. It makes such a difference.
If its going to be a romantic evening avoid sauces that are too heavy on the garlic or cream.
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