Guest guest Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Tasha, More power to you in your decision to become vegan. When I decided to become vegan, cheese was the hardest thing to give up for me, but I can relate to how it must feel for you. Especially the part about being the only one who is vegan/vegetarian in your household, since I was the only no-meat eater I knew for a couple of years after I made that choice. There are many brands of nondairy frozen desserts that can take the place of ice cream. The trick may be finding them where you are. Your grocer may be open to suggestions if there aren't options currently available. These things are increasing in popularity. My favorites are made by Turtle Mountain (www.turtlemountain.com), especially their " Purely Decadent " line, which includes the Praline Pecan that I had last night. I got that because the co-op here (Ashland, Oregon) didn't have Cherry Nirvana, which is vivid with black cherries and thin pieces of dark chocolate. The Chocolate Brownie Almond and Mint Chocolate Chip are also good. I also like Freezee's (www.freezees.com) No-Butter Pecan to make floats with a nice natural root beer for something close to a " brown cow " which would be root beer and black walnut flavored frozen ice-cream-type dessert combined. Freezee's frozen desserts are not soy based, but rather cashew based, which is a nice alternative to having every alternative to dairy being soy based. Another alternative to ice cream is to buy bananas when they're ripe and sweetest - and cheapest - and freeze them peeled, then put them through a food grinder or champion juicer without the screen. What comes out is " banana ice cream, " cold, sweet, smooth, rich and ready to be topped with chocolate or carob syrup or berries. Of course, for a little spice, when you make your chocolate syrup, which can be as easy as melting organic dark chocolate chips, you can add just a little cayenne, which goes with anything chocolate.... Peace, Tom Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:54:59 -0500 " Tasha Edwards, JAIA " Questionairre - Welcome, Tasha! 7) Is there anything specific you want to get out of the group? support, friendship and ideas on how to stay away from ice cream... Start your day with - make it your home page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Tom, I just want to praise your wonderfully evocative review of your favourite vegan desserts! Truly inspired - and very helpful and supportive! I shall be looking for some you have mentioned for when we have guests! Thanks, Pat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Tasha, I see you like pecans! Me too. Have you tried Tofutti's Better Pecan? Rather yummy. -Erin , Tom <antipreophogistiii> wrote: > > Tasha, > > More power to you in your decision to become vegan. When I decided to become vegan, cheese was the hardest thing to give up for me, but I can relate to how it must feel for you. Especially the part about being the only one who is vegan/ vegetarian in your household, since I was the only no-meat eater I knew for a couple of years after I made that choice. > > There are many brands of nondairy frozen desserts that can take the place of ice cream. The trick may be finding them where you are. Your grocer may be open to suggestions if there aren't options currently available. These things are increasing in popularity. My favorites are made by Turtle Mountain (www.turtlemountain.com), especially their " Purely Decadent " line, which includes the Praline Pecan that I had last night. I got that because the co-op here (Ashland, Oregon) didn't have Cherry Nirvana, which is vivid with black cherries and thin pieces of dark chocolate. The Chocolate Brownie Almond and Mint Chocolate Chip are also good. I also like Freezee's (www.freezees.com) No-Butter Pecan to make floats with a nice natural root beer for something close to a " brown cow " which would be root beer and black walnut flavored frozen ice-cream- type dessert combined. Freezee's frozen desserts are not soy based, but rather cashew based, which is a nice alternative to having every alternative > to dairy being soy based. > > Another alternative to ice cream is to buy bananas when they're ripe and sweetest - and cheapest - and freeze them peeled, then put them through a food grinder or champion juicer without the screen. What comes out is " banana ice cream, " cold, sweet, smooth, rich and ready to be topped with chocolate or carob syrup or berries. Of course, for a little spice, when you make your chocolate syrup, which can be as easy as melting organic dark chocolate chips, you can add just a little cayenne, which goes with anything chocolate.... > Peace, > Tom > > Sun, 21 Aug 2005 19:54:59 -0500 > " Tasha Edwards, JAIA " > Questionairre - Welcome, Tasha! > > > 7) Is there anything specific you want to get out of the group? > support, friendship and ideas on how to stay away from ice cream... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 There is a cookbook for non-dairy treats that I plan to get: " Vice Cream: Over 70 Sinfully Delicious Dairy-Free Delights " by Jeff Rogers The one recipe I saw, from another list, was completely vegan and I assume they are all vegan. I haven't tried it yet, so nothing to report for now, but it looks nummy. from Maida Citizens for Pets in Condos, http://www.petsincondos.org South Florida Vegetarian Events, http://www.soflavegevents.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 oooh, that sounds like a great book! I'll have to check that out! Thanks for the thoughts and ideas. I can see that I am going to enjoy this group!! Tasha 700 women are abused by their partners every day in the U.S. Sign the petition to stop violence against women: http://go.care2.com/700women http://www.Care2.com Free e-mail. 100MB storage. Helps charities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Tasha, you're welcome. People in this group love good food, and according to that last poll, 35% of us are vegan, so you'll find lots of ideas that'll help you in your new veganism. A couple of more ice cream replacements came to mind. Another brand to look into: Soy Cream by Double Rainbow (www.doublerainbow.com) comes in 8 different flavors, including a Very Cherry Chocolate Chip which is very similar to that Cherry Nirvana I meantioned in my last post. I also love their Blueberry, which I just had a pint of today. That one is good with Izze's Sparkling Blueberry (www.izze.com) for a vivid blueberry float that has the health benefits of blueberries. Also, if you got a source for good flavored frozen berries, one ice cream alternative is to simply take some frozen berries, add sweetening if needed, and then pour on a rich kind of vanilla soymilk. Let that sit for a little while, then start smooshing the still mostly frozen berries with a spoon until the soymilk is infused with the berry juice. That makes a great meal on a hot day. BTW, if you find a source of good blueberries, they're also good in a sweet and savory sauce for tempeh and tofu. This is something I do by eye, but the ingredients are: Blueberries Onion Jalepenio Sage Sweetener, usually evaporated cane juice Sesame oil Kitchen Bouque, which is vegan though often used in roasts - it is essentially a parsnip concentrate Source of saltiness, such as salt or miso Liquid hickory or mequite smoke Vinegar Cook this down to the desired consistancy. Put on broiled slabs of tempeh or tofu with a dark brown brown rice.... Peace, Tom , " Tasha Edwards, JAIA " <jaia@v...> wrote: > oooh, that sounds like a great book! I'll have to check that out! > > Thanks for the thoughts and ideas. I can see that I am going to enjoy this group!! > > > Tasha > > > 700 women are abused by their partners every day in the U.S. > Sign the petition to stop violence against women: http://go.care2.com/700women > > http://www.Care2.com Free e-mail. 100MB storage. Helps charities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Howard Lyman, at the July 1997 Vegan Society conferrence at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, talked about a simple mathematical formula for a revolution: All each vegan had to do was help one other person become vegan each year, and the geometrical progression would spell a fundamental paradigm shift thorough our society, since so much is effected by the raising of livestock animals for food. So what could be more revolutionary than talking about vegan desserts? (I just heard today that Howard Lyman is doing a tour down the left coast next month, and will be here in Ashland, Oregon on September 30th...) , " pengwhyn " <veggiehound> wrote: > Tom, I just want to praise your wonderfully evocative review of your favourite > vegan desserts! Truly inspired - and very helpful and supportive! I shall be > looking for some you have mentioned for when we have guests! > > Thanks, Pat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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