the difficulty of vegan cooking (two recipes included)

[Guest guest]

When I went vegan I had to do a lot more cooking for myself. That

wasn't so bad, I like cooking. But what kinda sucked was that I was

only cooking for myself. Most of the recipes I found made way more

servings than I could eat. So I had to kind of tweak with different

recipes to make them less servings or just prepare recipes and store

them to eat later, which worked out alright. I also don't use any

white sugar (in the U.S. it's usually processed with bone char) and I

use any other processed foods, such as white flour, very sparingly.

So I had to do a lot of experimenting with that too. Which usually

didn't turn out too well at first, lol. But anwyways, here are a

couple really easy recipes that I like to use a lot.

 

*Pancakes*

 

1 1/4 cups flour (I usually use 3/4 wheat flour and 1/2 white)

2 T sugar (I use raw sugar)

2 T baking powder

1 1/2 cups water

 

Mix, cook, aaaand enjoy

 

*Chocolate Pudding*

(I loooove this recipe being the chocolate freek that I am, and it's

really simple)

 

1 pack silken firm tofu , crumbled

2/3 cup raw sugar

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2 1/2 t. vanilla extract

pinch of salt (I use sea salt, don't like the processed salt)

 

I use a blender to mix it until it's smooth, then let it set in the

refridgerator for about 15 minutes or so. Or you can just eat it

right after you mix it, either way, it's really good.

[Guest guest]

as a vegan, i do quite a bit of cooking myself, and because of my nutty hours

(6am to 10pm with a few hours break in between), i have become the master of

the 10-minute meal. things i have found very useful to keep handy at all

times are:

 

-tofu, all styles

-veggie ground round

-frozen veggies

-canned tomatoes

-canned fat-free refried beans, preferably black beans

-canned beans of many types

-frozen fruit

-soy milk

-veganrella or follow your heart's vegan cheeze

-sprouted whole grain tortillas (i avoid processed grains whenever possible)

-for emergencies, the following prepared frozen foods:

--vegan " chicken " nuggets/patties (health is wealth makes good ones)

--vegan " chicken " wings (health is wealth again)

--veggie munchies (health is wealth... boy they make a lot of good

products )

--celentano vegan dinners

 

you'd be amazed at what you can do in a jiffy with those ingredients.

veggie burritos, stir frys, grilled/barbequed tofu, and so on. yum. my

kitchen

always has a TON of spices on hand, as well as nutritional yeast.

 

i've posted this link in the past, but i often order from the dixie diner's

club (www.dixiediner.com). they have lots of good, healthy vegan meal mixes

that you can make in a hurry; they have lots of recipes to go with their foods

as well. some of the foods are great (particularly their chocolate desserts

and cheeze sauce products), and some are not-so-good. you just have to mix

and match to see what works for you.

 

melody

 

http://www.melodysmusic.net

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I haven't been able to find a " vegan " cheese. I've found " soy

cheese " , but it's not vegan. It still has some kind of dairy

ingredient in it. What is a brand name of a vegan cheese that

anybody uses? I might be able to ask my local healthfood store to

start carrying it.

[Guest guest]

I have tried 4 brands of vegan cheese;

 

SoyMage- completely sucked

VeganRella- melts ok, but has a nasty rice aftertaste

Toffuti- tastes artificial

" Follow your heart " Vegan Gourmet- this was my favorite and tastes

the most like real cheese in my opinion.. it's hard to find in most

locations however, so you may have to special order. go to

http://www.imearthkind.com/

 

<luna_o_indigo> wrote:

> I haven't been able to find a " vegan " cheese. I've found " soy

> cheese " , but it's not vegan. It still has some kind of dairy

> ingredient in it. What is a brand name of a vegan cheese that

> anybody uses? I might be able to ask my local healthfood store to

> start carrying it.

[Guest guest]

thanks a lot, I'll check out that site. The healthfood store that I

go to has been good at trying to order other products if I ask for

them. I live in a fairly small town, the grocery store doesn't have

all that much to choose from usually.

 

, " dave " <dave4sale>

wrote:

> I have tried 4 brands of vegan cheese;

>

> SoyMage- completely sucked

> VeganRella- melts ok, but has a nasty rice aftertaste

> Toffuti- tastes artificial

> " Follow your heart " Vegan Gourmet- this was my favorite and tastes

> the most like real cheese in my opinion.. it's hard to find in most

> locations however, so you may have to special order. go to

> http://www.imearthkind.com/

>

> <luna_o_indigo> wrote:

> > I haven't been able to find a " vegan " cheese. I've found " soy

> > cheese " , but it's not vegan. It still has some kind of dairy

> > ingredient in it. What is a brand name of a vegan cheese that

> > anybody uses? I might be able to ask my local healthfood store

to

> > start carrying it.

[Guest guest]

the uncheese cookbook by joann stepaniak. has some good recipes for " fake "

cheese.

 

megan

 

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" Amanda " <luna_o_indigo

 

Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:21 AM

Re: the difficulty of vegan cooking (two

recipes included)

 

 

> I haven't been able to find a " vegan " cheese. I've found " soy

> cheese " , but it's not vegan. It still has some kind of dairy

> ingredient in it. What is a brand name of a vegan cheese that

> anybody uses? I might be able to ask my local healthfood store to

> start carrying it.

>

 

[Guest guest]

oh yeah, i forgot about " chreese " brand. it is a powdered vegan

cheese made of nutritional yeast. it is ok i guess. but follow your

heart rules.

 

, " Megan Milligan "

<yasminduran@l...> wrote:

> the uncheese cookbook by joann stepaniak. has some good recipes

for " fake "

> cheese.

>

> megan

>

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