Guest guest Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Hello and welcome to our little group Kim! I'm Cindi, one of the group owners. I've been a vegetarian coming up on 2 years. My partner is also vegetarian. It's really nice to be with someone you share that with, isn't it? We share the cooking as well; she helps me with prep on meals while I handle most of the actual cooking and she handles any baking we do (which has been limited lately since we're both doing Weight Watchers!). What kind of dogs do you have? I have one dog, Jack. We're pretty sure he's APBT with a little American Bulldog thrown in. What protein sources do you feed your dogs since they don't eat meat? Again, welcome! If you're on the hunt for great recipes, make sure you check our files out! Cindi kim <thelastcasteel wrote: Hi, I'm new to the group, and am excited to be on here. Here is a little information about myself... * your name or nickname: Kim * where you live (continent, region or city, whatever): NW New Jersey, originally from Portland, Oregon. * your age group - teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s,70s, 80s or more (congratulations!)? Just recently turned the big 3-0! Also: * Are you are vegetarian (or vegan), still working at it, or still thinking about it? How long? Vegetarian for about 5 years now, and trying to cut down on dairy. * Are you the only veggie or wannabe in your household? How many others? My significant other is also vegetarian and has been at it a lot longer. * Do you do the cooking or is it shared? We both cook, and luckily for me, my b/f does a great job, but we are in need of new dishes to prepare. WAIT! Anything else you would like to tell us? This is your Big Chance!!! My two dogs are also vegetarian. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Welcome, and no problems with recipes. Just go to the group page on , click on files, and click on recipes. You will be in your glory, and so will your mother-in-law!! Marilyn Daub mcdaub Vanceburg, KY My Cats Knead Me!! - Angel Tuesday, May 22, 2007 6:25 PM New to the Group... Hello... Just wanted to introduce myself - my name is Angel, I live in the Inland Empire in So. California, I am 33, married, 2 great kids and I am interested in a vegetarian lifestyle... My mother-in-law is a vegetarian and she swears by it to keep a trim figure. I don't currently have any recipes or advice to share - right now I am just here to learn!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 My name is Kris (short for Kristin) and I am not only new to the group, but also to being vegan. I gave up dairy some time ago, and now and going meat free, too. I live in North Augusta, SC, with my boyfriend, Jeff. We will shortly be moving to Columbia, SC due to his job. The most difficult part is going to convince him to join me in this healthier eating and living way of life. I look forward to learning more, especially some yummy vegan recipes that even Jeff will love. Thanks, ~Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 welcome, kris! It's excellent that you have decided to become vegan Good for you! As for recipes, we have lots of them here, the main dishes and side dishes filed under the ethnic origin of the recipes and the rest filed as 'soup' or 'appetizers' or 'salad' or whatever Have a look and you'll see. If you need help in these early days of transition to your new lifestyle, please ask. We are most happy to help! Best, Pat (Group Owner) ---- Raw Vegan: http://www.care2.com/c2crAw_vEgAn Vegetarian Spice: BeanVegan Food Blog: http://beanvegan.blogspot.com Vegan World Cuisine: http://www.care2.com/c2cvegworld Vegetarian Slimming: vegetarianslimming Vegetarians In Canada: vegetariansincanada " Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research. " (George Bernard Shaw) ______________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make your home page. http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Help.. jeez.. I do need a bit of that... Where do you guys ususally buy food (what grocery stores, RL or online)? Any restaurants (mainly chains) that you reccommend? How do you respond to people that say stuff like " Well, I have been eating meat this long, I ain't about to stop now " and so on....? And how do I get my fast food junk 24/7 eating boyfriend to " see the light " ? Thanks...!!! ~Kris Pat <drpatsant wrote: welcome, kris! It's excellent that you have decided to become vegan Good for you! As for recipes, we have lots of them here, the main dishes and side dishes filed under the ethnic origin of the recipes and the rest filed as 'soup' or 'appetizers' or 'salad' or whatever Have a look and you'll see. If you need help in these early days of transition to your new lifestyle, please ask. We are most happy to help! Best, Pat (Group Owner) ---- Raw Vegan: http://www.care2.com/c2crAw_vEgAn Vegetarian Spice: BeanVegan Food Blog: http://beanvegan.blogspot.com Vegan World Cuisine: http://www.care2.com/c2cvegworld Vegetarian Slimming: vegetarianslimming Vegetarians In Canada: vegetariansincanada " Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research. " (George Bernard Shaw) ________ Never miss a thing. Make your home page. http://www./r/hs Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Augusta, if you are there, has a few places to get supplies. Wal-Mart has at least a few things in the frozen case by breakfast goods. I don't try to convert people, but I do mention how great something taste while striking up conversations in the isles and it is almost every time somebody who has not been vegetarian gets excited. Younger people are excited. They see the real benefit to stop killing. Since I know how to make bland foods taste good I usually tell them how I do it. They get really interested. People want food that taste good. Imagine being able to graze on nuts and seeds to hearts content. It is difficult to switch to food that is too strange, But analogs made to taste better really get people. I still make Gumbo and Jambalaya. Tamales and tacos. And so many more. They cost less, don't taste greasy unless I want them to. Experience and knowledge of ingredients are the key. Do a Google search for health food, Asian and Middle Eastern stores where you live. Until you give somebody better tasting food they will never see anything but how you must be a nut, after all what is the point in changing. Will be their attitude. http://tinyurl.com/28lwy7 http://www.happycow.net/north_america/usa/georgia/augusta/index.html Buy him a lot of junk health food. He doesn't have to eat celery and carrots. , Kris DuVall <strange_decadence wrote: > > Help.. jeez.. I do need a bit of that... > Where do you guys ususally buy food (what grocery stores, RL or online)? > Any restaurants (mainly chains) that you reccommend? > How do you respond to people that say stuff like " Well, I have been eating meat this long, I ain't about to stop now " and so on....? > And how do I get my fast food junk 24/7 eating boyfriend to " see the light " ? > > Thanks...!!! > > ~Kris > > > Pat <drpatsant wrote: > welcome, kris! > > It's excellent that you have decided to become > vegan Good for you! As for recipes, we have > lots of them here, the main dishes and side > dishes filed under the ethnic origin of the > recipes and the rest filed as 'soup' or > 'appetizers' or 'salad' or whatever Have a > look and you'll see. > > If you need help in these early days of > transition to your new lifestyle, please ask. We > are most happy to help! > > Best, Pat (Group Owner) > > ---- > Raw Vegan: http://www.care2.com/c2crAw_vEgAn > Vegetarian Spice: > BeanVegan Food Blog: http://beanvegan.blogspot.com > Vegan World Cuisine: http://www.care2.com/c2cvegworld > Vegetarian Slimming: vegetarianslimming > Vegetarians In Canada: vegetariansincanada > > " Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research. " (George Bernard Shaw) > > ________ > Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > http://www./r/hs > > > > > > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 It's like pulling teeth to even get him to eat the healthy junk food. But he is trying. We had an unrelated to vegan stuff arguement today, and I asked him why he loved me. Part of his answer included that I make him eat healthier. I have actually seen him go into the kitchen and make a soy-vegan burger before...lol. So cute. He did it all by himself. But then he goes and brings home chilly cheese fried from Krystal. Ick... The Walmart near me, here in North Augusta, is lacking on the tofu stuffs. And there is no true vegan " cheese " . They do have soy milk, 8th continent... my fave. But I once asked for tofu, and the produce guy brought out a pack of the silk kind, I think, and I asked if he had the firm tofu, he said no. Said he could not get it (yeah, right) and the whole time stared at me like I had 3 heads. But even closer to me is a Publix. They have their own Greenwise line that seems pretty good, but is still lacking on some stuffs. Does anyone else have an opinion on the Greenwise stuff? When I don't mind driving a bit more, there is an EarthFare, or a bit closer is a Fresh Market. I prefer Earth Fare, but my boyfriend HATES it because I always find stuff I need there and spend double of what I expected... oopsy...lol. He's so cute there, though... he throws a small fit, saying they don't have anything he likes (they do, just not the way he's used to). I asked him to pick out some frozen pizzas (he loves those cheap ones at reg grocery stores) and he was outraged that they were around $6 a pop. But they didn't have any 100% vegan ones, so I want to get the stuff to make our own. I think it'd be fun. I can't wait to go grocery shopping again. A lot of people do seem to be put off a bit when I am looking through tofu, and I have had a couple of conversations. I am not sure if that will be happening too much anymore... just got finished dying most of my hair pink... Which Walmart in Augusta are you refferring to? Deans Bridge Rd? Washington Rd (Martinez, really)? And there is the one in Evans, it is pretty nice... It might be worth the drive to get stuff at those, but if they can carry it, the one near me can, too (North Augusta, SC). I just might have to start poking some people with some sticks around here. ~Kris Vida Stevens <vida wrote: Augusta, if you are there, has a few places to get supplies. Wal-Mart has at least a few things in the frozen case by breakfast goods. I don't try to convert people, but I do mention how great something taste while striking up conversations in the isles and it is almost every time somebody who has not been vegetarian gets excited. Younger people are excited. They see the real benefit to stop killing. Since I know how to make bland foods taste good I usually tell them how I do it. They get really interested. People want food that taste good. Imagine being able to graze on nuts and seeds to hearts content. It is difficult to switch to food that is too strange, But analogs made to taste better really get people. I still make Gumbo and Jambalaya. Tamales and tacos. And so many more. They cost less, don't taste greasy unless I want them to. Experience and knowledge of ingredients are the key. Do a Google search for health food, Asian and Middle Eastern stores where you live. Until you give somebody better tasting food they will never see anything but how you must be a nut, after all what is the point in changing. Will be their attitude. http://tinyurl.com/28lwy7 http://www.happycow.net/north_america/usa/georgia/augusta/index.html Buy him a lot of junk health food. He doesn't have to eat celery and carrots. , Kris DuVall <strange_decadence wrote: > > Help.. jeez.. I do need a bit of that... > Where do you guys ususally buy food (what grocery stores, RL or online)? > Any restaurants (mainly chains) that you reccommend? > How do you respond to people that say stuff like " Well, I have been eating meat this long, I ain't about to stop now " and so on....? > And how do I get my fast food junk 24/7 eating boyfriend to " see the light " ? > > Thanks...!!! > > ~Kris > > > Pat <drpatsant wrote: > welcome, kris! > > It's excellent that you have decided to become > vegan Good for you! As for recipes, we have > lots of them here, the main dishes and side > dishes filed under the ethnic origin of the > recipes and the rest filed as 'soup' or > 'appetizers' or 'salad' or whatever Have a > look and you'll see. > > If you need help in these early days of > transition to your new lifestyle, please ask. We > are most happy to help! > > Best, Pat (Group Owner) > > ---- > Raw Vegan: http://www.care2.com/c2crAw_vEgAn > Vegetarian Spice: > BeanVegan Food Blog: http://beanvegan.blogspot.com > Vegan World Cuisine: http://www.care2.com/c2cvegworld > Vegetarian Slimming: vegetarianslimming > Vegetarians In Canada: vegetariansincanada > > " Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research. " (George Bernard Shaw) > > ________ > Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > http://www./r/hs > > > > > > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 I just feel asleep in the tub while I was touching my hair and it got way too dark. My brows look like Groucho Marx. I woke up three hours later and the tub was all black and I was in a state of confusion. It looks strange, but OK I guess, but I am still wired out. Any analogs for him will be a good start. Hot dogs loaded with chili and onions or peppers. Pizza needs gluten from the flour section in Wal-Mart to stretch good. Try to make it all as decadent as possible with vegetarian products which are better than animal flesh. Use black olives and mushrooms and soy cheese. Get lots of pistachios and nuts, be creative and use vegetarian bacon for BLT or vegetarian bacon cheese burgers using morning star prime grillers. Just think like this, make a meal that should kill people but has no flesh and usually they'll say " are you sure this is not meat? " If it taste dangerous and bad, a guy will automatically think he is eating good food. Don't try to turn them into a whole food nut. You have to trick people into understanding a dead animal is not food. We have been trained to think animal products are good for us and anything else is tasteless. Put the oils, salt and sour cheese, onion and garlic and paprika and it will seem hazardous. Hence, status quo. Bring him carrot sticks, celery, apple slices and girl, you are going to be the talk of the day to his friends. Grab some vegan roast beef and put too much on a po boy with shredded lettuce and oil and vinegar, using veganase with plenty of salt and black pepper and a cold beer. Watch him think you just became an angel. Keep it up and while you eat the carrots and all he will snatch a few now and then. Buy soy dream desserts and keep on going honestly say the man made products are built better for flavor. They need to. Grab some sour cream and lay it on. Remember guys need to eat a lot more. Don't try to change their nature, just hand them some better things. No amount of wording is going to trick a man's tongue. It has to be bigger, fatter, spicier, more flavorful and then he will not want the other old things. Wal-mart should have a vegetarian quesadilla cheese by the egg-roll wrappers around 3.98 for a block. Some is with Jalapenos. Pizza is fun with gluten which makes it have the cheweyness and then toss all the good stuff on it, pepper's, olives, mushrooms, onions vegetarian peperoni, tomato paste. If you need more help write back. I think I have one in the archive. , Kris DuVall <strange_decadence wrote: > > It's like pulling teeth to even get him to eat the healthy junk food. But he is trying. We had an unrelated to vegan stuff arguement today, and I asked him why he loved me. Part of his answer included that I make him eat healthier. I have actually seen him go into the kitchen and make a soy-vegan burger before...lol. So cute. He did it all by himself. But then he goes and brings home chilly cheese fried from Krystal. Ick... > > The Walmart near me, here in North Augusta, is lacking on the tofu stuffs. And there is no true vegan " cheese " . They do have soy milk, 8th continent... my fave. But I once asked for tofu, and the produce guy brought out a pack of the silk kind, I think, and I asked if he had the firm tofu, he said no. Said he could not get it (yeah, right) and the whole time stared at me like I had 3 heads. But even closer to me is a Publix. They have their own Greenwise line that seems pretty good, but is still lacking on some stuffs. Does anyone else have an opinion on the Greenwise stuff? > When I don't mind driving a bit more, there is an EarthFare, or a bit closer is a Fresh Market. I prefer Earth Fare, but my boyfriend HATES it because I always find stuff I need there and spend double of what I expected... oopsy...lol. He's so cute there, though... he throws a small fit, saying they don't have anything he likes (they do, just not the way he's used to). I asked him to pick out some frozen pizzas (he loves those cheap ones at reg grocery stores) and he was outraged that they were around $6 a pop. But they didn't have any 100% vegan ones, so I want to get the stuff to make our own. I think it'd be fun. > > I can't wait to go grocery shopping again. A lot of people do seem to be put off a bit when I am looking through tofu, and I have had a couple of conversations. I am not sure if that will be happening too much anymore... just got finished dying most of my hair pink... > > Which Walmart in Augusta are you refferring to? Deans Bridge Rd? Washington Rd (Martinez, really)? And there is the one in Evans, it is pretty nice... It might be worth the drive to get stuff at those, but if they can carry it, the one near me can, too (North Augusta, SC). I just might have to start poking some people with some sticks around here. > > ~Kris > > Vida Stevens <vida wrote: > Augusta, if you are there, has a few places to get supplies. Wal-Mart > has at least a few things in the frozen case by breakfast goods. I > don't try to convert people, but I do mention how great something > taste while striking up conversations in the isles and it is almost > every time somebody who has not been vegetarian gets excited. Younger > people are excited. They see the real benefit to stop killing. Since > I know how to make bland foods taste good I usually tell them how I > do it. They get really interested. People want food that taste good. > Imagine being able to graze on nuts and seeds to hearts content. It > is difficult to switch to food that is too strange, But analogs made > to taste better really get people. > > I still make Gumbo and Jambalaya. Tamales and tacos. And so many > more. They cost less, don't taste greasy unless I want them to. > Experience and knowledge of ingredients are the key. > > Do a Google search for health food, Asian and Middle Eastern stores > where you live. > > Until you give somebody better tasting food they will never see > anything but how you must be a nut, after all what is the point in > changing. Will be their attitude. > > http://tinyurl.com/28lwy7 > http://www.happycow.net/north_america/usa/georgia/augusta/index.html > > Buy him a lot of junk health food. He doesn't have to eat celery and > carrots. > > , Kris DuVall > <strange_decadence@> wrote: > > > > Help.. jeez.. I do need a bit of that... > > Where do you guys ususally buy food (what grocery stores, RL or > online)? > > Any restaurants (mainly chains) that you reccommend? > > How do you respond to people that say stuff like " Well, I have > been eating meat this long, I ain't about to stop now " and so on....? > > And how do I get my fast food junk 24/7 eating boyfriend to " see > the light " ? > > > > Thanks...!!! > > > > ~Kris > > > > > > Pat <drpatsant@> wrote: > > welcome, kris! > > > > It's excellent that you have decided to become > > vegan Good for you! As for recipes, we have > > lots of them here, the main dishes and side > > dishes filed under the ethnic origin of the > > recipes and the rest filed as 'soup' or > > 'appetizers' or 'salad' or whatever Have a > > look and you'll see. > > > > If you need help in these early days of > > transition to your new lifestyle, please ask. We > > are most happy to help! > > > > Best, Pat (Group Owner) > > > > ---- > > Raw Vegan: http://www.care2.com/c2crAw_vEgAn > > Vegetarian Spice: > > BeanVegan Food Blog: http://beanvegan.blogspot.com > > Vegan World Cuisine: http://www.care2.com/c2cvegworld > > Vegetarian Slimming: > vegetarianslimming > > Vegetarians In Canada: > vegetariansincanada > > > > " Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories > and are called medical research. " (George Bernard Shaw) > > > > ________ > > Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > > http://www./r/hs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with > Search. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Vida, you mentioned that guys need to eat more... but not my guy. He doesn't eat much at all. If he eats 3 times a day, he is very stuffed. When he brings home fast food, he never really gets the whole meals and still has stuff left over. But once I get a few good meals down with some " meat " in them, maybe he will be ok with it. but a pizza recipe would rock, if you have one handy. I am also wanting to switch to all whole wheat stuff, but have some reg flour left that I just never used. And my hair isn't totally pink.... all my hair wouldn't take it. Sigh....lol. Thanks, and did you guys know u rock! ~Kris Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 This pizza recipe I posted somewhere. It has to have gluten to work. After a few times the making should get second nature. It is not a fickle recipe. Leftover cold, sometimes warm, vegetarian pizza is my favorite wakeup food. It would be vegan yet the casein in some soy cheese nixes that. Vegan depending on your choice there. Dough rule Three dry One wet [i learned early on the ratio of wet to dry generally dictates the use. 1dry to 1wet = batter. 2dry to 1wet = mix. 3dry to 1wet = dough. So I don't measure much anymore.] Water/Sugar/Yeast sit 5 or 6 minutes until bubbly Whole spelt flour Little olive oil ...1-2 tablespoons Tip of apple cider vinegar ...1 tablespoon Salt ...2 level teaspoons or more if salty Gluten at least 1/4 cup or more All in the bread machine at least till the gluten flour mix is elastic. And this gluten is why pizza chefs can toss a pizza without dough flying off into outer space. It is really important to texture and taste as well. A celiac chef told me about the vinegar when they used rice flour to make pizzas for customers. It will benefit either. Gluten can be used similar to cornmeal to keep the pizza dough from sticking to the cooking surface. Just make sure there is a liberal, even dusting. Whole spelt flour is great stuff too. Very soft and pillowed with a thin crisp crust. You can also add some dry malt powder for flavor or dry fermented bean flour to the mix. These are usually found at Korean or Asian food stores. Sauce uses tomato paste with sugar, salt, some water, olive oil and Italian herbs. A big batch can be frozen and used in assortments of various foods as well as pizza. Roll dough ball around cookie sheet in plenty of gluten. Push and stretch out pressing gluten into both sides. Pick up the dough disk when it is eight inches in diameter and start to spin, tossing out and spinning like a sideways yoyo wheel. Now spinning fast (while tossing also) wobble the plane, up and down. Up in the air and down. Let gravity work. Keep it spinning. Practice this alone. Then do it in front of somebody and watch the result. Don't give credit to the gluten until they are duly impressed. Ingredients are whatever you like. Mine are sliced mushrooms, halved black olives (sometimes green), bell pepper strips and thin sliced onions. My favorite is banana peppers. Peppers are so seasonal that it is best to use whatever is available. Spread sauce thinly and build up pizza. Say for instance, first Boca Crumbles, then bell peppers, black olives, mushrooms and sliced onions. Heavy to light arrangement. Cover with any favorite soy cheese either sliced or grated. Top with sliced jalapenos or thin banana pepper strips and a few more very thin sliced onions. Bottom rack on cookie sheet 8 or 10 minutes at 410 +or- 15 degrees gives a nice crisp bottom. Top rack on stone or bare rack remaining time keeps bottom from becoming too brown . About 18 minutes, maybe 20 minutes. Broil lightly if desired. Cool slightly and cut with roller, knife or scissors. BTW, Scissors are great for cutting olives, peppers or any other thing up in a random manner. Just put the stuff in a Pyrex quart size measuring cup and clip away. You can the also toss the measuring cup in the microwave to wilt veggies or even add oil to pseudo sauté in a hurry for other recipes. Leave some for the morning. For variation, food process everything starting with the soy cheese in the order of size desired at pulse speed and spread over pizza sauce. Pulse some more soy cheese and spread over top. Then add very thinly sliced peppers and onions. Vida ----------------- Some guys don't eat much some do. Don't try to give a guy who eats a lot too little! They get upset. BTW if you want hair to take color use neutral protein filler a 1.2 oz bottle cost two dollars. You can get it at Sally Beauty Supply. It works on brows and other hair as well. ----------------- Really try to find Whole Spelt flour and by all means buy your yeast in big one pound bags. I get two for five dollars at Sams Club. The whole spelt flour is whole and spelt is softer and more or less a predecessor to wheat. Triticum aestivum spelt , Kris DuVall <strange_decadence wrote: > > Vida, you mentioned that guys need to eat more... but not my guy. He doesn't eat much at all. If he eats 3 times a day, he is very stuffed. When he brings home fast food, he never really gets the whole meals and still has stuff left over. But once I get a few good meals down with some " meat " in them, maybe he will be ok with it. > but a pizza recipe would rock, if you have one handy. I am also wanting to switch to all whole wheat stuff, but have some reg flour left that I just never used. > And my hair isn't totally pink.... all my hair wouldn't take it. Sigh....lol. > Thanks, and did you guys know u rock! > > ~Kris > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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