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I hear you, about extra veggies and I buy the reduced salt/sugar beans anyway, but my point is, there are days (usually 2-3 per month ;)) where I cannot be bothered to cook. Anything. The plus side...

I've just eaten a tin of baked beans for my dinner, straight out of the tin.. YUMMY but can that count as a 'meal'?? ;)

I do plan my food to some extent (it's balanced over a week, but maybe not...

The 'light' version has also changed packaging, but I can't tell if there's a taste difference, I still like it so didn't give it much thought. How do you know they reduced the vits? What I mean is,...

The first time I noticed the bubbles was after making up a toasted sandwich and thinking it tasted funny, so I checked the date on the pot and noticed the bubbles. I think unfortunately now I...

Thanks for the replies folks. I thought it was unnatural but because the current hoummous on the shelf is like that in 2 supermarkets I thought I was being fussy. I've thrown out a lot of hoummous...

This is probably a stupid question but can Hoummous go off before the best before date? :confused: I have had a few pots recently that have lots of air bubbles in them, and I swear they don't taste...

We are taught (with evidence, though one can find evidence to support nearly anything if one tries, I am aware :rolleyes: I'm a student nurse btw) that diabetics (type 2 primarily) should try to...

Thanks Est :D

So low -carb vegan is low GI foods, like vegetables, pulses and beans and granary bread but go easy on the white potatoes, (in fact anything white - pasta, rice, bread, potatoes)?...

Oh my, this is me! I get weak and shaky if I don't eat. Not always, and less so since changing my diet, but I am sitting here trying to figure out what to eat that is lower carb, that I can...

I like this answer, thanks!

Yes, the co-worker believes that we plant trees to act as windbreakers for the animals. Doesn't seem like a big reason to plant trees though.

This was a response put to me today that I didn't know how to counter. The person contended that if animals were not reared for meat or dairy, then no trees would be planted and all the fields would...

I guess this post is kinda aimed at currently-childless vegans, but the situation in our household is that I have been vegan for 3.5 months and we already have a 3 & 5 year old.

My husband is...

It was 3 months ago today that I woke up (day after boxing day) and felt I could not justify harming animals for 'pleasure'. I wasn't sure if I was just being silly so I made a bacon sandwich and...

I had a huge shock the first time I tried to cut out caffeine - headaches, nausea, and the tiredness OMG it was awful.

I've pretty much been reducing it for the past 6 weeks by a couple of cups...

Oh no! I love those bean burgers :( Hubby likes them too so he will have to finish them off.

Does anyone know of any other brand of beanburger? I like having something easy to have in a bun from...

I'm going to try the hot water with lemon next.

So far today I tried white tea, white tea with natural blackcurrant, and green tea. Could NOT get on with them!

I was offered Rooibos caffeine...

I did see the tea thread but it doesn't seem to address the smell of herbal teas. I seem to have an unusually sensitive sense of smell and my problem with most herbal teas I've been offered is I...

Well I never... two things happened, firstly I decided to go soya-free for a week (another story) and I got the 5-ingredient cookbook through from Amazon which I'm very impressed with as a starting...

Hi there,

I'm feeling much more positive now. Thank you for your support. I had a bit of a sticky time over cooking etc but I worked really long hours this week which no doubt didn't help :( but...

I LIKE these ideas, thanks :)

very true, it isn't actually about being vegan or not, but in not being vegan its not something I have to address. However, knowingly causing animal suffering isn't an option for me now either. I'm...

I just thought of an easy meal..

fry off some tofu chunks out of the freezer, add ready-made tomato-based sauce and tons of frozen veg, serve over reheated (from the freezer) pasta.

I know...

I ordered that 5 items in a meal cookbook, that really sounds like my kind of thing :)

Thanks for all the advice, lots of good ideas, I will post an update in a few weeks!

at the risk of opening a can of worms... whats so bad about McD? is it specific to them or for all big-business corporate greed/lack of ethics etc?

I will definitely check out the delivery...

thanks everyone. I checked out that link harpy, in my county it gave me two choices, one looks great and the other was organic meat only :( Will definitely look into it.

Just been into my local...

I guess part of the issue is I have a husband and two young children who take up a lot of my time; I am still cooking for them at weekends and during the week I cook my own dinner when I get in from...

I really don't want to become a junk-food vegan. I don't know why that bothers me, as I was a complete and utter junk-food omni until recently. But, because I have always lived with such a fast food,...

Thanks for the positive thoughts but its the quantities that concerns me... a whole 200g pot of hoummous with a whole packet of celery; 8 falafel; choc bar AND fruit & nut bar?! and the amount of...

I seem to eat so much. Its still early days I guess I am adapting.

B: er.. nothing.
S: hoummous with celery (kind of a late breakfast really)
L: falafel with baked beans
S: banana, choc bar,...

Can I join in - new here, just 8 days in..

B: muesli with soya milk

L: chickpea & vegetable curry w/rice

snacks: Ryvita fruit & nut bar, Pretzels, handful of hazelnuts, 1/2 pack of...

Anyone have any suggestions? So far I can only think of:-

Baked beans on toast/jacket potato
Marmite on toast

I'm trying to find ways for it to almost be 'invisible' in terms of additional...

My local WHSmiths is selling off Ryvita luxury fruit & nut bars, 3 for £1.25 (half price) and they are lovely.

Thanks for this post, I just had a scrummy wholemeal vegetable pasty for lunch. I noticed the label said "suitable for vegetarians" on the wholemeal and regular vegetable pasty but not on the...