One of my fav low-prep ones is spicy black beans and rice. You can cook the rice in the microwave. Dump a can of black beans into a pot (medium heat), add a tbsp of chopped fresh parsley, 1/4 cup of...
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One of my fav low-prep ones is spicy black beans and rice. You can cook the rice in the microwave. Dump a can of black beans into a pot (medium heat), add a tbsp of chopped fresh parsley, 1/4 cup of...
From an evolutionary perspective, it's probably accurate to say that the earliest proto-humans were, like apes of today, mainly vegetarian. When the areas humans lived became less nutrient-dense,...
Coffee...have you tried soy creamer (I've heard good things about SILK) and turbinado sugar?
My personal belief is that lapses are a normal part of any major lifestyle change. Trying, failing, and trying again is called "learning." As long as you learn from your mistakes, you won't make...
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I went vegan about two months ago. As an omni and as a lacto-ovo, I never had much trouble with heartburn, even though my favorite foods (tomatoes, orange juice, onions, vinegar) are...
The calcium is listed as being added. I'm prolly going to call the company today and ask, but when I wrote my post it wasn't during business hours.
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Pretty soon I'm going to run out of a few things, and really can't afford to spend hours and hours this week researching them, so I thought I'd ask the forum for help. What is your...
Try drinking some mint tea after a meal high in gas-producing foods (like beans). My family has a tendancy to be very gassy, but if I follow-up a plate of rice and beans with mint tea, I don't get...
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It seems like, even in organic foods like canned tomatoes, there's calcium listed. I've the calcium used in most foods comes from rocks. Thoughts?
Try this from Good Eats on foodtv.com
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 tablespoons vegan margarine
1 whole canned chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, chopped
1 teaspoon adobo sauce...
You like a little "bite" in your salad? If so, try this. 1-2 tbsp of olive oil (per diner) in a large bowl, put 1 clove of garlic through a press directly into the oil, add a bit of salt and...
Arg. Why do animal products have to be used for every freaking thing? I've accepted organic plants grown with animal blood and manure as a nessasary evil (better than dumping into the water supply)...
Or try whole flax seeds. Keep them in the fridge, and you can grind them up fine and add to smoothies (for thick smoothies, just throw the seeds in the blender), or put on oatmeal.
A few questions about sugar (I know it's not good for you).
First, how do you tell if a sugar was processed using bone char?
Second, where do they get the bone char?
Third, is it like eating...
Boston Baked Beans! Subsituted 1/4 cup olive oil for the bacon and they came out PERFECT. SOOOO yummy. Though I don't think I'll eat that before bed again. They gave me wacko dreams. More wacko...
Thier stuff tastes like fish sticks anyway. Processed grabage. I stopped eating them long before I went vegan because they tasted too Fast Food Nation-ish.
I'm confused. Doesn't Milk Chocolate mean is HAS to have milk? In the USA it does.
When I get cravings I think about the veal calves. That shuts it down in a few seconds. Also, ask yourself what specific flavor you're craving, then find other ways to get it. Chocolate? ...
I agree. Maybe you could get assigned as a chaperone or something for the trip. Let him see how beautiful the animals are, then talk to him about why it's wrong to keep them behind bars. Maybe...
"She'd" be Ok with that? Who is raising your daughter? You or her? I'm glad I don't have kids for that reason; everyone's Ok with *me* being weak and malnourished (actually I'm in better shape...
ADD is real. I have it, and take medication to control it. Though now you mention it, my focus does seem to have improved since I went vegan.
There actually is a connection between diet and ADD. ...
Try to work up to drinking more water slowely. It can make you sick if you dramatically change your intake of it overnight (stomach aches and stuff, not like you'll end up in the ER or anything).
More energy overall, better control over my blood sugar (prolly because I actually pay attention to my protein and complex carbs now), and my cats will (usually) leave my lunch alone if I get up to...
Lets not forget that all babies are suppossed to drink milk from thier moms, though, Ok? Breast-fed babies are healthier in just about every way you can measure.
I'm still taking non-vegan vitamins (that I had before I went vegetarian) because I don't believe in wasting things, and since they are opened, I can't give them away. As soon as I run out, I'm...
At first, I didn't think I had the willpower, and it took me a while to shake off the "you need eggs and dairy" conditioning. Once I researched the nutrition, and found out that hypoglycemics can do...
As for the "animals kill each other too." That's true, but natural carnivores don't enslave and torture other animals for years before eating them, and they don't upset the natural balance. Also,...
Bagel Pizza! Made that for dinner tonight. Vegan Gormet Mozzerella (made by Follow Your Heart, the same company responsible for Veganaise) is GOOD! It melts great, and, while it doesn't have quite...
I might just do that, though today I found that with a generous amount of hot sauce and some vegan sour cream, it was actually quite good. I'm going to freeze the rest for some quick lunches.
What I might actually do is simmer most of the liquid out of it, then use it as a burritto filling. The beans and rice would work fine for that, and smothered in salsa and sour cream (toffutti of...
I bought what I think is a leather belt from a thrift store recently (after I went vegan) because I had to have the belt for work (dress-code requirement) and I could not find any non-leather ones...
I LOVE that one. Oh, and have you noticed that without help from some kind of tools, we can't kill and eat much of anything? We just don't have the equipment. No claws at all, and our canine teeth...
The stories from my childhood are bizarre. I can remember waking up on the couch after going to sleep in my bed, dad said he once found me in the garage, and even when I wasn't being a somambulist, I...
I agree. It is impossible to live the vegan ethic and think it's Ok to hurt humans and not Ok to hurt animals. Vegans honor ALL life. Human included.
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Today I made some soup with onions, carrots, celery, black beans, veggie stock, tomato sauce, rice and chives (and some added water). It was wonderful the first time I tested it, but...
I LOVE vegan food, but I think that's partly because I'm getting a lot more organic food and because I'm cooking a lot of things from scratch that I didn't before. Homemade food (assuming you know...
Apple Pie in a Glass. This is SO nice on a cold night.
1 cup apple juice
1 apple
1 tbsp brown sugar
Sprinke of cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg
Blender this for 60 seconds, then heat in the...
Woah. I want you to plan my meals. :D
Thanks so much for the help everyone. I'll have to try all those techniques.
You guys have no idea what your help means to me. I'm a very new vegan and, though my family and friends are very...
Good nutrition can bring puberty early too. Nature says "oh she eats good...she can have kids."