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Post by rainydays on Sept 18, 2016 0:28:03 GMT -5
Any other vegans or vegetarians here? I'm always looking for vegan recipes that don't call for millions of expensive or complicated ingredients. I made this dish tonight. Super tasty and I swapped out the cheese for breadcrumbs and it worked really well. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2016 1:23:28 GMT -5
Yes, me! I follow vegan-yums on Tumblr. She collects a lot of recipes that look delicious, they're also organised via tags. (The girl who runs the blog is a lesbian, too! Added bonus.) Other than that, I use regular recipes and replace milk with soy milk, eggs with lupine flour and cheese with nutritional yeast. |
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Post by rainydays on Sept 18, 2016 2:03:02 GMT -5
Yes, me! I follow vegan-yums on Tumblr. She collects a lot of recipes that look delicious, they're also organised via tags. (The girl who runs the blog is a lesbian, too! Added bonus.) Other than that, I use regular recipes and replace milk with soy milk, eggs with lupine flour and cheese with nutritional yeast. Thanks for the link, just followed  I'd never heard of lupine flour, interesting! I usually use a flax or chia egg which works okay. |
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Post by ash on Sept 18, 2016 2:27:05 GMT -5
vegan-yums is such a great blog! everything looks amazing, I forget it's vegan this year i've been 'transitioning' veg to vegan with my gf, we probably eat 98% vegan now (occasionally we'll still get eg. a bag of Quorn which has powdered egg in it, I know, I don't call myself a vegan yet) if you like watching cooking videos, i really enjoy Lauren Toyota at hotforfood and Jenné Claiborne at Sweet Potato Soul - Lauren sometimes comes across as very 'lazy junk vegan' but I guess it's meant to appeal to people apprehensive about getting into it and it does feel like yes, i TOO could be making and enjoying vegan cheese in a few easy steps not 'vegan' per se but i also love Kaye Kittrell's ' Late Bloomer' channel for home gardening - she has more growing space than most youths can probably access, but again makes it look easy to grow your own produce, protect from birds/bugs, etc. also we recently got Meera Sodha's cookbook Fresh India from the library, it's mostly vegan recipes (occasional dairy which obvs you can sub) and they all look amazing, maybe we will post some pics when we get around to cooking. (well, I am the lowly ingredients-prep chef, gf Andy will do the actual cooking. all credit to her for the above links) |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2016 3:35:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, just followed I'd never heard of lupine flour, interesting! I usually use a flax or chia egg which works okay. It's essentially like soy, but it doesn't have to be imported, so it's better for the environment. It grows natively in Europe and North America, unlike soy. It's also possible to make coffee out of the beans. It is also also better than "artificial" egg substitutes imo. But flax and chia works just as well. It's all just a thing of preference tbh. |
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Post by Anandrine on Sept 18, 2016 12:30:40 GMT -5
i'm vegetarian and try to eat vegan options when i can! vegan-yums is great. the website vegan stoner has a lot of quick, easy meals (and actually zero about being stoned, if that's a worry). one of my fav individual recipes is lentil sloppy joes-- this recipe is pretty close to how we make then, sans the spaghetti squash. and not to brag but i make a pretty awesome veggie chili. i've shared with meat eaters and even they love it i don't use exact measurements, which is fine bc if you make too much chili is great re-heated. here's what i use: 1 can black beans (drained) 1 can kidney beans (drained) 1 can pinto beans (drained) 1 can diced tomatoes (with juice; 14oz can is good but you can add more too!) 1 can (the tiny 6oz one) tomato paste 1 can of corn 3 table spoons of chili or taco seasoning mix, or you can make your own mix of chili powder and cayenne pepper powder jalapenos to taste hot sauce of your choice to taste 2-3 cups of cooked rice (any kind works, i like spanish rice myself) you'll also need a thing of veggie broth but may not use all of it combine ALL the ingredients in a slow cooker (or a rice cooker works too!). for the veggie broth, add enough to cover all the ingredients and then put it to the side. check on it occasionally and add more veggie broth if it starts looking dry. you want it to be thick and juicy, but not watery. simmer the chili in the cooker for at least a few hours, but it's better the longer you do it! we usually start it in the morning and then have it for dinner. YUM. additional suggested ingredients: grated cheese is great to add into the chili while it's cooking if you're vegetarian and eat cheese if you want something a little sweeter, add just a dash of bbq sauce while it's cooking if you're going the less spicy/a little sweet route, sweet potatoes and kale are also nice additions |
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Post by lindy on Sept 18, 2016 19:27:24 GMT -5
Soy products and legumes set off my IBS. The only place that sells seitan by me is whole foods (and subsequently costs an arm and a leg) and I can only eat so many tree nuts.
Does anyone have suggestions for other vegan protein sources?
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Post by ash on Sept 19, 2016 11:45:53 GMT -5
i've considered getting some vegan protein powder, after seeing it in a few recipes ( for example) but otherwise if you're tired of nuts (and nut butter?) maybe seeds? (chia, sesame, sunflower, etc, or are those like legumes?) also you can make your own seitan (and then anything you'd do with seitan) if you can get access to any gluten vital wheat flour! - it's about £4 a kilo on UK amazon, you might have cheaper/better sources on or offline - this is the first video I saw of someone using it and if that's not inspirational, what is |
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Post by ash on Sept 19, 2016 14:11:55 GMT -5
enjoying this delicious feast cooked by andy ! based on Meera Sodha's recipes  the curry main is based on this recipe (spinach instead of mustard greens, vegan butter, fried tofu), the onion bhaji is from the Fresh India cookbook, and the parathas are just frozen-fried ones from the local market, ahhhhmmm |
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Post by lindy on Sept 20, 2016 9:44:37 GMT -5
i've considered getting some vegan protein powder, after seeing it in a few recipes ( for example) but otherwise if you're tired of nuts (and nut butter?) maybe seeds? (chia, sesame, sunflower, etc, or are those like legumes?) also you can make your own seitan (and then anything you'd do with seitan) if you can get access to any gluten vital wheat flour! - it's about £4 a kilo on UK amazon, you might have cheaper/better sources on or offline - this is the first video I saw of someone using it and if that's not inspirational, what is they're better than legumes, but still not the greatest  I do really like sunflower seeds though, and thanks for the video link! |
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Post by jill on Sept 23, 2016 0:06:03 GMT -5
My favorite vegan blog is veganricha.com! I recently started eating Indian food and she has so many great curry recipes.
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Post by Anandrine on Sept 23, 2016 8:09:45 GMT -5
My favorite vegan blog is veganricha.com! I recently started eating Indian food and she has so many great curry recipes. indian food is SO good for vegan/vegetarians. her blog hasn't been updated in a couple years, but i liked veggie belly a lot--and you can still access all the past recipes. |
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Post by jill on Sept 23, 2016 10:24:10 GMT -5
Soy products and legumes set off my IBS. The only place that sells seitan by me is whole foods (and subsequently costs an arm and a leg) and I can only eat so many tree nuts. Does anyone have suggestions for other vegan protein sources? quinoa is a politically charged food but i really like it and it has a lot of protein! you can also make seitan at home pretty easily. i've done it before and it tasted very very good i kinda mixed recipes but here's a basic one |
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Post by jill on Sept 23, 2016 10:25:25 GMT -5
Soy products and legumes set off my IBS. The only place that sells seitan by me is whole foods (and subsequently costs an arm and a leg) and I can only eat so many tree nuts. Does anyone have suggestions for other vegan protein sources? quinoa is a politically charged food but i really like it and it has a lot of protein! you can also make seitan at home pretty easily. i've done it before and it tasted very very good i kinda mixed recipes but here's a basic one oh i just saw someone else gave you a seitan recipe but there's another lol |
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Post by lexy on Sept 28, 2016 16:00:30 GMT -5
So my mom gave me scoby from her friends kambucha homebrew. Now what do I do with this microbial community that's chillin in a ziplock bag in my fridge?
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I'd never heard of lupine flour, interesting! I usually use a flax or chia egg which works okay.
