Guest guest Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Hey all-- I have a 17 year old client who is alergic to both soy and wheat but-- bless her heart-- is determined to remain vegan. She reportedly does not like beans either unless they are " disguised " ... hmm.. so does anyone have any suggestions and/or recipes aside from her current plan of a can of nuts being her only protein source? Thanks! Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Hey, I'm a Vegan who is not eating gluten or soy at the moment (amongst other things) and I recently bought this book: http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Vegan-Delicious-Animal-Free-Recipes/dp/1600940\ 323/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8 & s=books & qid=1221284379 & sr=8-1 The author is quite fond of Quinoa, and for good reason. It is a complete protein, containing all 10 essential amino acids. The spicy Quinoa pilaf is quite nice and very simple/quick to make. I haven't tried all the recipes yet, I only just got the book. But it looks very good, and I've tried about 5 of the dinner recipes now and they were all quick and easy to make and tasted great. I have been using Hemp milk and Hazelnut milk instead of soy milk. Hazelnut milk is the BEST (yum!), but usually only good for sweet things, or breakfast. Not good for cooking, so I use Hemp milk for that (which is also very good for you). Tonight I made myself a vegan " shepherds " pie. No recipe because I just made it up as I went along :-) But it's got lentils and chickpeas, broccoli, onion, spices, zucchini, yellow zucchini, and the potato has yams and potato with hemp milk + olive oil and salt / garlic powder. Quite good. There are loads of recipes for vegan shepherds pie on the 'net, experiment! I have an as yet undiscovered food allergy, thus I have been following this modified elimination diet where I take various things out of my diet. This week it was rice (I just used Quinoa instead of rice, easy). Ooh, this week I had Ratatouille on Quinoa (instead of cous cous or rice). The Ratatouille had chick peas in it, but they have so much flavour absorbed in to them I doubt anyone could find them offensive. The Quinoa provided plenty of protein anyway. So yeah anyway, I hope that rambling helped in some fashion :-) Cheers, Damien On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Michelle Willis <michelle.s.willis wrote: > Hey all-- > > I have a 17 year old client who is alergic to both soy and wheat but-- > bless her heart-- is determined to remain vegan. She reportedly does > not like beans either unless they are " disguised " ... hmm.. so does > anyone have any suggestions and/or recipes aside from her current plan > of a can of nuts being her only protein source? > > Thanks! > > Michelle > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Oh one more thing, the Quinoa has a bit of a weird smell. I don't like the smell. It's best to cook it in stock I think, gives it a nice flavour. The first night I had ratatouille I cooked the Quinoa in water and it was ok, nothing to complain about. But the next time I cooked it in stock and it was oh-so-good :-) I just use the rice cooker because I'm lazy :-) 1 part Quinoa, 2 parts water. Check out the wikipedia article on it for the nutrition info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa 100g has 14g of complete protein. Not bad. I've been having it for breakfast as well - boiling these Quinoa flakes. It's not that great, but it is healthy. I add Agave Nectar, ground flax seeds, a mashed banana, and copious amounts of Hazelnut milk to make it more interesting :-) I eat 2 serves which gives me 8.6g of complete protein in my breakfast (the first time I did that I didn't eat lunch because I was so full all day :-)). Cheers, Damien On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Damien Uern <djuern wrote: > Hey, > > I'm a Vegan who is not eating gluten or soy at the moment (amongst > other things) and I recently bought this book: > > http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Vegan-Delicious-Animal-Free-Recipes/dp/1600940\ 323/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8 & s=books & qid=1221284379 & sr=8-1 > > The author is quite fond of Quinoa, and for good reason. It is a > complete protein, containing all 10 essential amino acids. The spicy > Quinoa pilaf is quite nice and very simple/quick to make. I haven't > tried all the recipes yet, I only just got the book. But it looks very > good, and I've tried about 5 of the dinner recipes now and they were > all quick and easy to make and tasted great. > > I have been using Hemp milk and Hazelnut milk instead of soy milk. > Hazelnut milk is the BEST (yum!), but usually only good for sweet > things, or breakfast. Not good for cooking, so I use Hemp milk for > that (which is also very good for you). > > Tonight I made myself a vegan " shepherds " pie. No recipe because I > just made it up as I went along :-) But it's got lentils and > chickpeas, broccoli, onion, spices, zucchini, yellow zucchini, and the > potato has yams and potato with hemp milk + olive oil and salt / > garlic powder. Quite good. There are loads of recipes for vegan > shepherds pie on the 'net, experiment! > > I have an as yet undiscovered food allergy, thus I have been following > this modified elimination diet where I take various things out of my > diet. This week it was rice (I just used Quinoa instead of rice, > easy). Ooh, this week I had Ratatouille on Quinoa (instead of cous > cous or rice). The Ratatouille had chick peas in it, but they have so > much flavour absorbed in to them I doubt anyone could find them > offensive. The Quinoa provided plenty of protein anyway. > > So yeah anyway, I hope that rambling helped in some fashion :-) > > Cheers, > > Damien > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Michelle Willis > <michelle.s.willis wrote: >> Hey all-- >> >> I have a 17 year old client who is alergic to both soy and wheat but-- >> bless her heart-- is determined to remain vegan. She reportedly does >> not like beans either unless they are " disguised " ... hmm.. so does >> anyone have any suggestions and/or recipes aside from her current plan >> of a can of nuts being her only protein source? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Michelle >> >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Thanks Damien for your ideas, they were helpful to me too. Quinoa is a fav around here. I've hunted around and found http://gluten-freerecipes.blogspot.com/ (glutenfreegirl.blogspot.com) but as usual, the sorting out of vegan vs. carnivore recipes can be tedious. Love the vegan/gluten-free referrals. Thanks again. On hiding the beans though ... My favorite is hummus ... very easy to spice up in various directions. My kids love it with roasted red pepper or roasted garlic. My husband scoops it into pita with shredded lettuce, carrots and sliced black olives to take to work for lunch. We love hummus. Consider too that although nuts are really high in fat raw, unsalted almonds are one of the lowest fat/highest nutrient value nuts - if you must indulge! Also, we really do over-estimate the amount of "protein" we need on a daily basis too. Have you read Dr. McDougall's suggestions on this? Check this out: http://drmcdougall.com/med_hot_protein.html also here: http://drmcdougall.com/misc/2007nl/apr/dairy.htm Almond milk is pretty tasty too ... Also, check out http://www.christinacooks.com/recipes/recipes.html Christina has some great recipes that should fit for your daughter too. She did a whole show a while back I think pretty much dedicated to Azuki Beans. HTH Wynelle Ulrich On Behalf Of Michelle WillisFriday, September 12, 2008 9:28 PMSFBAVEG challenge: recipe advice needed! Hey all--I have a 17 year old client who is alergic to both soy and wheat but--bless her heart-- is determined to remain vegan. She reportedly doesnot like beans either unless they are "disguised"... hmm.. so doesanyone have any suggestions and/or recipes aside from her current planof a can of nuts being her only protein source?Thanks!Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 > alergic to both soy and wheat> can of nuts being her only protein sourceWhenever I think of nuts, I think of peanut butter and how versatile it is when it comes to making sauces. Peanut sauces are wonderful over grain dishes (even Trader Joe's sells organic/vegan rice pasta) and I think of the fresh spring rolls (the rice wrapper, not fried) that many Asian restaurants sell.However, what I really to do is recommend my favorite black bean recipe. Chef Alex featured this in one of her columns awhile back. This is one of our favorites to make for two reasons --1) it's simple to make, easy ingredients to find (hurry, while bell peppers are in season!)2) it freezes well so we always make extra to enjoy laterhttp://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2005/12/31/warm-filling-soups-for-cold-weather-days/And, tahini (made from sesame) is very versatile. Check out these other recipes ..“I Can’t Believe It’s Not Cheese Sauce”Hot Layered Bean DipTahini DipSesame Ginger Sauce for Pastahttp://www.bayareaveg.org/blog/2006/10/02/tahini-recipes/The last 2 are soy-free.. The first 2 have soy. So for anyone eating soy, I highly recommend the “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Cheese Sauce”. Another one of my favorites. And it's great over pasta, potatoes, greens, sandwich spread.Cheers,Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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