Forum: Vegan food & recipes

Hi I've often thought I should produce and store my own gravy powder - has anyone done this? Any ideas, anyone? David

Butter bean concoction and cous-cous this evening.

Lately I'm having trouble with eating the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables (6-10). I'm buying them and they just go to mush in my fridge. And when I do eat them, it's usually stuff like tomatoes and cucumbers. I'm barely getting any leafy greens. Any quick ideas? This is kind of...

It would be good to have some vegan entries for this if only because they might then have a vegan pizza on the menu, at least temporarily! As far as I can see you don't necessarily need to be in the UK to enter but I suppose it would be good to use ingredients that are available in the UK ...

Hi all. I have been vegan forever and still haven't found the perfect vegan main dish to make for potlucks or dinners with meat eaters. You always want to bring something that is tasty but doesn't have ingredients that intimidate carnivores. I have one of those situations this weekend. Any...

I'm planning a backpacking trip with some meat-eating friends, and the guy who's organizing it is quite an experienced backpacker. He says that it will be difficult to get all the nutrients I need for backing (especially protein & fat) on a vegan diet. He said I "may have to go light on the...

I'll be eating vegan carrot cake for the first time today. It's currently still baking in the oven. I also only had carrot cake once or twice previously (before veganism). I'm not sure what to expect. But this cake is for my non-vegan boyfriend's birthday and he loves carrot cake. I hope my...

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You know those things cookbooks tell you, then you find out, after many years of believing a certain thing, that it's not actually true? I love hummus, but the few times I tried to make it using dried beans, it tasted completely bland because the Cookbook Voice of Doom always chimed in saying...

Hubby (vegetarian) wants to lose weight - late night snacking is the issue. Likes to eat those individually wrapped sticks of mozzarella cheese, but wants a healthier replacement to satisfy the craving (salt, crunch, etc) - what can I suggest that's vegan? (he's not crazy about raw fruits or...

Hi, I'm a new vegan (since march) and I've found that I'm struggling to make my food more varied and tastey. I'm only cooking for me so if I buy something like a broccoli it tends to be what I have for several meals and can get a bit repetitive. I find that I'm using more salt, vegan sugar,...

posted before on this but no luck - emailed walkers - no reply walkers have 15 new favours here - anyone any results on this?

Pan fried toast with avocado! Mashed up avocado blended with balsamic vinegar, black pepper, salt, onion and garlic powder. Amazingly good.

I often see people mention how they buy food in bulk, but I've spent literally hours searching the internet and couldn't find any websites where the bulk prices even matched the supermarket prices here for the 500g bags of lentils (£90 or so). Is there some website people use or can someone give...

1stly apologies as this probably has already been discussed already but I did try looking for a sim thread but coldnt find one lol. I jsut wanted to promote Marks and Spencer dairy free margarine , it really suprised my friends and I just how good it tasted and also it is free from Palm Oil...

This may seem a silly question since vinegars are in many condiments and so on,yet I wonder on the processes.I think rice and barley vinegar may be ok from the names.On one sauce packet I saw ethanol and that is the scientific name for drinking alcohol is it not?

Got sent this today;

:undecided: The 'Easy Snax' range? One of them contains fish so that goes without saying but the Satay and Pad Thai ones do not have any ingredients that are ringing alarm bells. I have checked the ingredients and researched all the ambiguous ones but they all turned out to be herbs or 'part of...

I am loving Yotam Ottolenghi, I was reluctant at first but the flavours of his dishes are amazing and most of them can be veganised. I'm getting his new book Plenty asap! I've been writing to him via his website and he is such a nice guy, always willing to make suggestions etc.

Ok so this may be a uk thing, but do you love MARMITE as the saying goes "marmite my mate" or do you hate it ?

Any other poor vegans out there who resort to eating the worst thing when they can't afford groceries? Last week, before I got some grocery money, I found myself eating white bread hot dog bun dipped in barbeque sauce!!! :( I'm so ashamed...

I have the sweetest sister ever! http://store.yahoo.com/healthygoodies/vegan.html Uhm...that is my excuse for the bad dinner in the "what did you eat today" thread. :rolleyes: Awesome, huh?

I want to do a blog on vegan food, in particular but vegan everything, just to put on myspace and facebook and tag people in, particularly people that have asked me dumbass questions (I recently got 'so do you just eat vegetables then, that's it?!):mad: I have a lot of friends on facebook and I...

The reviews are in! $2 Eco Chef App is vegan and amazing: "Celebrity Chef Bryan Au's widly popular $2 Eco Chef 10 Minute Meals app has become the king of the crop." - Ecorazzi.com "the recipes pictured on Au's website look seriously tasty."- Treehugger.com "Handy and mobile, visually...

Hey everyone Just wondered who ate at Fish and Chip shops - the 'good old chippy'? Personally I haven't eaten at a chippy since turning vegan as I presume all the fish and sausages etc are cooked in the same oil. The heat of the oil would probably destroy all remnants but I personally don't...

Not sure how many of you have experienced hospitals attitudes towards vegans but following my last 2 nights stay in Morriston hospital i can honestly say its appauling and something should be done. On the menu for lunch on Tuesday was chicken nuggats or fish served with peas and potatoes. I...

I'm wondering, how many of you make your own vegetable broth? I have been buying mine, (box) and I'm not fond of the flavor. It seems like it has a lot of a "squash" type of flavor going on, I would prefer a much milder flavor. When I make different dishes, the broth seems to totally take...

Hello I am very new to this forum, so tell me if I am breaking any rules. Anyways, I have been working with seitan, but in any way I try it, the seitan becomes too chewy almost as chewy as gum. Generally, I add some water, soy sauce, lemon juice and I try to make the seitan as dry as flour dough....

I have just bought some molasses and i must admit, i dont entirely know what to do with it! what recipes do you use it in? im guessing it would go nicely with baked apple, oatmeal and natural yoghurt.

Replacing White Rice With Brown Rice or Other Whole Grains May Reduce Diabetes Risk A short excerpt: Source: http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/170/11/961 From http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hphr/spring-2009/brown-rice.html:

Hi People Kerry Foods who make Pure have discontinued the organic version of their spread. This was the best tasting of the three margarines they make and tasted (as far as i can remember) the most like butter. Please could anyone else who uses this product contact Kerry foods to ask them...

Not sure if this is the right forum but hopefully someone can move this if I'm wrong. Anyway, I was looking for some frugal recipes online (finances currently being tighter than dita's corsets) and I found this site. Thought it was just for standard omni diet at first but noticed that some of...

yes, i still live with my parents but that is what happens when you are in college and broke. so, my problem is that i have no idea where to start with making easy vegan meals for myself or even the basic things i need to keep in the house. can anyone help? i basically live off vegan cereal and soy...

http://www.foodnotbombs.net/ I'm trying to set up a local group in Aylesbury. :)

Mmm I tried the coco one of these: I was quite suprised; it was DELICIOUS!!

so is anyone else a bit annoyed that they have the beef one in asda, the chicken ones in sainsburys, and the meatballs in morrisons, i cant get to a morrisons so i wrote to them and asked them if this will always be the case, or will they stock all of them in same shops anyway i got a reply and...

Okay so for New Year my family are having meatballs. Now my Dad wants to make me a vegan alternative so I will be eating "the same" as everyone else. He will be using meat-free mince that you can buy in supermarkets and has asked me what he can use to replace the egg for binding them together? Egg...

I'm having trouble finding recipes that are gluten free and kid friendly. If anyone post some or the links to any sites or blogs it would be greatly appreciated! I'm looking for all recipes especially lunch/din main course and packable school lunch. Long explanation: I'm trying to compile as...