newbie here

[Guest guest]

as a new vegan myself first let me say Welcome. second let me suggest "How it All Vegan" as a great started cookbook.

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanine,

That's wonderful!! Unfortunately, for what you're

looking for, I have found this list to be somewhat

dormant. Very rarely are messages posted. If you are

interested in more lively discussions, you may want to

check out a more active list. Congratulations on your

decision to go vegan! That's awesome!!

 

Louise

http://millenniumhippies.blogspot.com

 

 

 

--- Jeanine <bluestocking86 wrote:

> Good Morning Everyone,

>

> I just wanted you all to know that you have a newbie

> in your kitchen.

[Guest guest]

Jeanine,

 

It's great that you want to continue your vegan diet.

Please use this list as a resource. I'm sure everyone

that s to the list is knowledgable about

various aspects of the vegan lifestyle and the

transition.

 

Thanks and good luck!

geoff

 

 

--- Jeanine <bluestocking86 wrote:

> Good Morning Everyone,

>

> I just wanted you all to know that you have a newbie

> in your kitchen.

[Guest guest]

I have the book " How It All Vegan " . I bought it at Christmas when my

daughter was coming home so I could cook for her.

 

I also just purchased Vegan Cooking for One by Leah Leneman.

 

I think I may have forgot to mention that hubby does not wish to go

down this road with me at this point.

 

Jeanine

 

 

 

, Ninasus2@a... wrote:

> as a new vegan myself first let me say Welcome. second let me

suggest " How

> it All Vegan " as a great started cookbook.

[Guest guest]

Their second book, Garden of Vegan is another good one, I’m

looking forward to the 3rd one due out soon.

 

 

Candace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Behalf Of Jeanine

Saturday, May 14, 2005 8:58

PM

 

Re:

Newbie Here

 

 

I have the book " How It All Vegan " . I bought it at

Christmas when my

daughter was

coming home so I could cook for her.

 

I also just

purchased Vegan Cooking for One by Leah Leneman.

[Guest guest]

Jeanine wrote:

> I have the book " How It All Vegan " . I bought it at Christmas when my

> daughter was coming home so I could cook for her.

>

> I also just purchased Vegan Cooking for One by Leah Leneman.

>

> I think I may have forgot to mention that hubby does not wish to go

> down this road with me at this point.

hey there,

sorry to hear about your husband, the big question is who does the

cooking. in my house i've always done all the cooking so when i went

vegan, i told my wife (then girlfriend) that she could cook anything she

wanted but i wasn't going to cook any meat, i do make an exception with

dairy, if it's some thing where i can add cheese or what ever just to

her portion, or at the end for her i'll do that. any way after about a

year my wife went vegetarian herself. she said it was because of two

things. first since she only ate meat every now ant then when she went

out, it' usually ended up making her stomic hurt. also she was student

teaching down in the city 2 days a week and every time she would stop

for lunch at burger king, then drive back up to our place past all the

cow fields, she said it became too much for her to take. hopefully he

will be supportive of your choice, and not expect you to compermise your

morals to feed him.

peace

jeff

[Guest guest]

Hello, I am new.. to the group and also to vegetarianism. I've concidered doing

this for quite some time but never made the change until now. I am very new...

coming up on 24 hrs now without eating meat. Threre were several factors in me

finally deciding to do this. Most importantly is my health. I am currently

overweight and borderline diabetic. I have no energy. I lost my dear father to

colon cancer in April. He was the type that never went to a dr.. never had the

suggested exams etc he should have had in order to prevent this from happening

to him. I promised him before he passed away that I would see to it that my

family and I don't go down the same path. Speaking of family, a little info on

myself: I am married to a truck driver and am a stay at home mom to 4 kids,

ranging in age from 5 to 14 yrs. We live in Illinois. I'm looking forward to

meeting you all and also, learning from you! Becki

 

 

 

" When you come to the edge of all that

you know, you must believe one of two things:

There will be earth upon which to stand, or

you will be given wings to fly. "

 

www.myspace.com/rbcamae

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group Becki! We are so happy to have you. It is nice to

hear that you have taken your health into your own hands. I have done that

as well. I became a vegetarian for ethical reasons and secondarily for my

health and that of my family. I started out thinking I would continue to

eat fish. But that never happened. I went cold turkey and also cut out

dairy and eggs as well. It has been a solid month now and I am still going!

I feel wonderful. I will admit that it seems like you are eating a lot. As

soon as I finish one meal, it is almost time for another. It has completely

taken away a lot of my excessive snacking. It also has made a change in my

palette too. I used to love extremely sweet deserts. Now I have a healthy

taste for sweets and can appreciate not needing so much sugar anymore. And

trust that if you are true to this lifestyle change, the weight will come

off. I have lost 14 pounds so far and I haven't even begun to exercise yet.

So, trust that this is a VERY healthy way of eating and being.

 

 

 

Good luck!

 

 

 

-Gypsy

 

 

 

 

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Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:35 am (PDT)

 

Hello, I am new.. to the group and also to vegetarianism. I've concidered

doing this for quite some time but never made the change until now. I am

very new... coming up on 24 hrs now without eating meat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Gypsy,

 

Can you share some things you eat. I am trying to cut out the eggs and

occasional dairy. I eat about 3 eggs per week, maybe 4 oz dairy. I would love to

hear a common daily meals. I have been doingthis since 10/07 and dropped only 9

lbs

 

Thanks

 

" Gypsy(Curls) " <lovemylocks wrote:

Welcome to the group Becki! We are so happy to have you. It is nice to

hear that you have taken your health into your own hands. I have done that

as well. I became a vegetarian for ethical reasons and secondarily for my

health and that of my family. I started out thinking I would continue to

eat fish. But that never happened. I went cold turkey and also cut out

dairy and eggs as well. It has been a solid month now and I am still going!

I feel wonderful. I will admit that it seems like you are eating a lot. As

soon as I finish one meal, it is almost time for another. It has completely

taken away a lot of my excessive snacking. It also has made a change in my

palette too. I used to love extremely sweet deserts. Now I have a healthy

taste for sweets and can appreciate not needing so much sugar anymore. And

trust that if you are true to this lifestyle change, the weight will come

off. I have lost 14 pounds so far and I haven't even begun to exercise yet.

So, trust that this is a VERY healthy way of eating and being.

 

Good luck!

 

-Gypsy

 

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Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:35 am (PDT)

 

Hello, I am new.. to the group and also to vegetarianism. I've concidered

doing this for quite some time but never made the change until now. I am

very new... coming up on 24 hrs now without eating meat.

 

 

[Guest guest]

No problem whatsoever, I don’t mind sharing. It is rather boring and I have

not ventured into a lot of the delicacies of the other posters. I keep it

simple. I have a 15 and 4 y/o and the smaller one makes it a little more

challenging.

 

 

 

For instance during breakfast I would eat one of these….

 

 

 

Hot cereal (rolled oats or cream of wheat with Earth’s Balance, vanilla

flavoring, and raw sugar (to taste). I may or may not add raisins and/or

nuts to this. I also cook it with Soy or Rice Milk (half water and half

milk).

 

Banana and Strawberry Smoothie (bananas, strawberries, vanilla soy yogurt,

soy/rice milk). This is my favorite meal outside of the hot cereals. And I

usually add another fruit or two and some toast.

 

Vegan cookies, bread pudding, rice pudding, muffins or banana cake…(This has

replaced all snack foods that were very high in fat and very sweet.) These

are all vegan versions and are nonfat or low in fat and healthy because it

is made from all whole foods. It also takes the monotony out of breakfast.

These also make great snack foods when the mood hits you.

 

Granola…I made some homemade and it makes the best granola cereal around.

It is so much better than store bought and you can control what is in it and

the amount of sugar. It also doubles as a snack.

 

 

 

Lunch and dinner are about the same.

 

 

 

Tofu scramble has EVERYTHING that you need for a meal in it. I make mine

with tofu, potatoes, rice (slightly fried), red peppers, onions, nutritional

yeast, mushrooms, green beans, carrots, soy sauce, basil, parsley, and salt

and pepper to taste.

 

Veggie wraps are my favorite. I usually add spinach, roasted red pepper

hummus, tomatoes sautéed mushrooms/green onions/red peppers, black beans,

and nutritional yeast. I get the whole grain olive oil or the tomato basil

whole grain ones. They are very tasty.

 

Salad of your choice with homemade dressings.

 

Szechuan green beans and sticky rice.

 

Huge bowl of pinto beans with onions and a slice of cornbread.

 

Beans and rice (an all time favorite!)

 

 

 

I am eating more whole foods and hardly any of it is processed anymore. I

am making everything from scratch. And by not eating any cheese, dairy, or

eggs has made all the difference I believe. It makes my meal naturally

lower in fat, unless I add olive oil, which is my favorite oil. But most of

the time my food winds up being fat free. So, I have come to the conclusion

that it is what I am eating that makes the difference. It seems I am

constantly eating. Since I have replaced all my snacks too with vegan

varieties I am no longer loading up on a lot of fat. I am eating way more

fruit too. I am eating way more now than when I was an omnivore and it

surprises me. I just gave you some ideas of what I eat. It is a bit more

varied but for the sake of the readers I tried to keep it short.

 

 

 

Hope that helps.

 

 

 

-Gypsy

 

 

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Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:38 pm (PDT)

 

Gypsy,

 

Can you share some things you eat. I am trying to cut out the eggs and

occasional dairy. I eat about 3 eggs per week, maybe 4 oz dairy. I would

love to hear a common daily meals. I have been doingthis since 10/07 and

dropped only 9 lbs

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

YOu have some great ideas here. Thank for sharing!!

 

--- On Mon, 6/23/08, Gypsy(Curls) <lovemylocks wrote:

 

Gypsy(Curls) <lovemylocks

Re: newbie here

 

Monday, June 23, 2008, 4:36 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

No problem whatsoever, I don’t mind sharing. It is rather boring and I have

not ventured into a lot of the delicacies of the other posters. I keep it

simple. I have a 15 and 4 y/o and the smaller one makes it a little more

challenging.

 

For instance during breakfast I would eat one of these….

 

Hot cereal (rolled oats or cream of wheat with Earth’s Balance, vanilla

flavoring, and raw sugar (to taste). I may or may not add raisins and/or

nuts to this. I also cook it with Soy or Rice Milk (half water and half

milk).

 

Banana and Strawberry Smoothie (bananas, strawberries, vanilla soy yogurt,

soy/rice milk). This is my favorite meal outside of the hot cereals. And I

usually add another fruit or two and some toast.

 

Vegan cookies, bread pudding, rice pudding, muffins or banana cake…(This has

replaced all snack foods that were very high in fat and very sweet.) These

are all vegan versions and are nonfat or low in fat and healthy because it

is made from all whole foods. It also takes the monotony out of breakfast.

These also make great snack foods when the mood hits you.

 

Granola…I made some homemade and it makes the best granola cereal around.

It is so much better than store bought and you can control what is in it and

the amount of sugar. It also doubles as a snack.

 

Lunch and dinner are about the same.

 

Tofu scramble has EVERYTHING that you need for a meal in it. I make mine

with tofu, potatoes, rice (slightly fried), red peppers, onions, nutritional

yeast, mushrooms, green beans, carrots, soy sauce, basil, parsley, and salt

and pepper to taste.

 

Veggie wraps are my favorite. I usually add spinach, roasted red pepper

hummus, tomatoes sautéed mushrooms/green onions/red peppers, black beans,

and nutritional yeast. I get the whole grain olive oil or the tomato basil

whole grain ones. They are very tasty.

 

Salad of your choice with homemade dressings.

 

Szechuan green beans and sticky rice.

 

Huge bowl of pinto beans with onions and a slice of cornbread.

 

Beans and rice (an all time favorite!)

 

I am eating more whole foods and hardly any of it is processed anymore. I

am making everything from scratch. And by not eating any cheese, dairy, or

eggs has made all the difference I believe. It makes my meal naturally

lower in fat, unless I add olive oil, which is my favorite oil. But most of

the time my food winds up being fat free. So, I have come to the conclusion

that it is what I am eating that makes the difference. It seems I am

constantly eating. Since I have replaced all my snacks too with vegan

varieties I am no longer loading up on a lot of fat. I am eating way more

fruit too. I am eating way more now than when I was an omnivore and it

surprises me. I just gave you some ideas of what I eat. It is a bit more

varied but for the sake of the readers I tried to keep it short.

 

Hope that helps.

 

-Gypsy

 

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Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:38 pm (PDT)

 

Gypsy,

 

Can you share some things you eat. I am trying to cut out the eggs and

occasional dairy. I eat about 3 eggs per week, maybe 4 oz dairy. I would

love to hear a common daily meals. I have been doingthis since 10/07 and

dropped only 9 lbs

 

Thanks

 

 

[Guest guest]

You're more than welcome! Glad it gives you some ideas too.

 

 

 

-Gypsy

 

 

 

 

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Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:05 pm (PDT)

 

You have some great ideas here. Thank for sharing!!