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    Re: being vegan leading to life/career changes.

    I wonder how the sanctuary went - maybe you are still there?
    I have a similar dilemma - I am the main breadwinner in our family and so can't discard my job lightly. I am a doctor (psychiatrist...
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    Re: Vegan online stores

    Anandas looks great (and I may be about to end my New Years resolutions!). Thanks for that. V
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    Re: Poor vegan, cheap living

    Just discovered chick pea pancakes (thanks to Vivien of TVV). For each 25g of gram (chickpea) flour, use 50ml water to make a thin batter. Add spices and herbs, salt and pepper. Fry Makes very thin...
  4. Thread: Vegusto

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    Re: Vegusto?

    Vegan 3 years. Do miss cheese but haven't liked the ones I tried so far (redwoods, tofutti, bute island, cheezely and various attempts from uncheese cookbook)
    But vegusto, for me, hits the cheesy...
  5. Re: Veganism - "it plays a small role in my life"?

    For me it's the foundation
    Not always visible, but I wouldn't be the same without it

    I think being vegan has made me reappraise my relationship to people too. If I can use my economic power to...
  6. Re: Article - Fearnley-Whittingstall Embraces Veggie Meals

    I get the feeling both he and Jamie Oliver are evolving along the path towards veganism. Of course he has a new book out, but I've read it (birthday present) and he makes a convincing argument for...
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    Re: Cheap vegan food

    I live in uk and though I have a job that normally makes me well paid, I am certainly feeling the pinch - combination of increases in food and fuel prices, and frozen salary. I am coping by keeping a...
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    Vegan in Amsterdam?

    Hi
    I am heading to Amsterdam for 4 days in October and will be staying with my brother who is living near the Artis Zoo.
    Does anyone know of any good vegan resources near there, or in Amsterdam as...
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    Re: raising a child with an omni

    Hello - I last posted here ages ago and at that time my husband and son were both omnis. My son is six now and chose just under a year ago to become a vegetarian. I recently did a food diary for...
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    Re: i love co-op

    I think the coop is great and have a dividend card too. Their labelling is honest - eg if they put eggs in their products, they say if they have been battery farmed. I'd rather they didn't use eggs...
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    Re: what's everyyone making for Crimbo this year?

    I'm a bit stuck. Made nut roast wellington last year and it was a bit fatty, even by my standards. Normally have nut roast with loads of veggies. This is my son's first year as a vegetarian, and so I...
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    Re: I just ate the most delicious...

    Vegan Haggis with steamed potatoes and stir-fried carrot, kale and coconut. Be the first to admit its a slightly non traditional variation on haggis neeps and tatties, but it was fab
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    Re: The Vegan Cook's Bible by Pat Crocker

    I will see if they will take it back without the receipt. I have also found the author thinks one must combine grains and pulses to get a complete protein, which I think is pretty old fashioned...
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    The Vegan Cook's Bible by Pat Crocker

    Just bought this, having browsed through it in a bookshop. I am so disappointed; I wish I had looked more carefully.
    Despite the title, the author is not a vegan, and in her various recommendations,...
  15. Re: Nutritional supplements for vegans?

    The vegan society do a supplement called Veg 1 which I take - has B12, D2, and poss iodine, and some other stuff. Have to buy it by mail order. It tastes OK - you have to chew it.
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    Re: What'd you crave/eat whilst pregnant?

    I've only been pregnant once and I craved turnip like crazy (even in summer when they weren't in season and looked really sad and not very good at all) and also ginger. I found ginger beer fantastic...
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    Re: Is no cholesterol bad?

    Yeah, Mine dropped from 5.9 (just heading out of the healthy range -too high for someone of my age) to 3.5 (bottom of normal range). I'm pretty sure that if you eat enough fat, ideally poly and mono...
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    Re: Vegan for Lent

    How do you notice you aren't getting enough protein? I often wonder. People ask me if I get enough, and the only way I can answer is to say 'Well, I feel pretty fit'

    But anyway, I think trying...
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    Re: Toasted sandwhich fillings

    Now I've just had chocolate spread and banana - that was good but messy. All I've eaten today is toasted sandwiches - must remember to eat something different tomorrow.
    V
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    Re: Toasted sandwhich fillings

    I've just been given a diabolo toaster and this is the thread I need.
    I have tried:
    grated apple - simple but yummy
    steamed apple - even better
    steamed apple and grated carrot - not that great...
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    Re: Vegan London, part 2

    (not that I'd actually move there though, I just like the food)
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    Re: Vegan London, part 2

    I went to Vita Organic last Thurs and wandered if I might be near some other VF people I know in a virtual way, but not in a real way. I went with a fairly carnivorous Italian friend, who likes raw...
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    Re: London Vegan Breakfast

    Eat and Two veg looks perfect - its open for breakfast and its not too far away. Thanks Stu - we'll have a tea toast to you when we get there!
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    Re: London Vegan Breakfast

    Thanks Stu
    Sorry, I didn't make myself plain - what I meant by mentioning those times was that we don't have to start looking for breakfast until 7. We don't have to go back to the train that day....
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    London Vegan Breakfast

    Hello
    I'm likely to be going up to London on the sleeper in the next few months. You get in at 0540, but can stay on the train until 0700 - is there anywhere good to go for breakfast, preferably...
  26. Poll: Re: London: Vegan cafes and restaurants you really like?

    We went to London last week and had an absolutely fabulous buffet lunch in 222. What a great place. The best food I have had for ages. There was this lovely carrot tart and I so want to have some...
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    Re: Were you spanked as a child?

    oooops sorry for waffling it into such a long post
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    Re: Were you spanked as a child?

    My Mum was beaten as a child
    I was smacked
    My son is 5 and he hasn't been smacked/spanked yet (and we don't plan to start).
    I think there is in part a generational thing. My parents genuinely...
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    Re: Mail order food

    Have just been to goodness direct and vegan store, found the things I wanted and some vegan hair dye - I thought I would have to allow the grey to come through and put up with it now I am vegan, but...
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    Re: Mail order food

    Thanks
    Wow - that was quick!
    Will try them out.
    V
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    Mail order food

    Hello
    Is there a place you can order veganny things online in the UK? I found veganessentials and it seems to be US based. I can get everything I really need locally, but there are things I can't...
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    Re: NHS meat usage

    Ahh, I thought it was odd no-one had said anything about it - obviously didn't look hard enough. Thanks for the link, will go and have a look
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    NHS meat usage

    Did anyone see this in the Guardian earlier in the week?
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jan/26/hospitals-nhs-meat-carbon
    Seemed to be saying that the NHS - which is a huge provider of meals...
  34. Re: Why do you think omnivores don't turn vegans sooner ?

    I would agree that it seems fruitful to look at why any of us (except those lucky enough to be raised vegan) didn't do it sooner- then we can prepare and think in answer to the questions and...
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    Re: Let's get fit and healthy together

    By all means change your GP Wildwitch, but if you can, it wouldn't do any harm to correct the wrong assumptions of the first. When I was a medical student, we learned zippo about nutrition, and since...
  36. Re: Why do you think omnivores don't turn vegans sooner ?

    I think being respectful towards omnis is a tactical necessity, unless we are going to make people vegan at gunpoint!
    My sister's patient repeated explanations helped me a lot (over 28 years; she...
  37. Re: Marmite, Vegemite, Natex, Meridian etc yeast extract - love it or hate it ?

    I had no idea about marmite. I will be grateful once I have recovered from the shock. Should have worked it out for myself though.
  38. Re: Why do you think omnivores don't turn vegans sooner ?

    Sorry, utterly irrelevant, but I've had a lot of whisky, my coat is a bit dull, but my firends here are vfunky
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    We just did Burns night. The vegan haggis was the outright winner amongst even very confirmed carnivores. Wahey
  40. Re: Why do you think omnivores don't turn vegans sooner ?

    I think a vegan phone line would have been great for me, but I wonder if it would attract the sort of trolls I have seen on the vegan vs non vegan bit. I suppose you could put the phone down or barr...
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