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| Help Converting to Vegetarianism Hello, for health reasons I need to convert to a vegetarian diet. I actually tried to go vegan when I was at Uni for ethical reasons and although I loved the diet I couldn't maintain it because I am in a committed relationship and am primarily responsible for the cooking, and also cooking for my mother. So, I need to find a way to make the recipes my partner and my mother love meat-less but still tastey. And my partner hates beans so can't put them in. Could you please help me with the following: - What can I use instead of sausages in sausage hotpot? - What can I use instead of mince in meatballs or meatlessballs? - What can I use instead of chicken in Enchiladas, and instead of chicken in chicken schnitzel? - What can I use instead of pork in sweet chili pork stir fry? - What can I use instead of beef in a hearty beef stew? Thank you so much for any advice you can offer! :) Post Date: 03/27/11, Replies: 1 | ||
| help for fussy 5 year old eater ok, so this is prob going to be a long post in order to get in all the details. I'm after help to know what are other sources of proteen. I am not a vegitarian myself, so although I know there are nonmeat sources of proteen, I don't know what they are. I have a fussy 5 year old who is currently suffering from very soft poo, or diarea. We are wondering if this could be down to lack of proteen since he won't eat meat other than chicken nuggets or sausages, and I won't let him eat much of these as they are junk food. I have decided that the easiest option is to go down the vegitarian path with him, but don't know what the vegitarian sources of proteen are. Currently the things as well as meat that he won't eat are: eggs, baked beans, carrotts, cooked cheese, cheese sauce, soya mince, cooked mushrooms, anything that is in a pie. Please can anybody help by: A) explaining to me in a simple way what the vegitarian sources of proteen are B) suggesting some simple recipies that include these sources of proteen that might appeal to this fussy eater. Please help, as am very desperate, and don't know where else to ask for help. Post Date: 04/13/09, Replies: 3 | ||
| holding vitamix still = bad? on vitamix Have you heard of the saying that you shouldn't tightly hold down the jar because letting it wiggle actually lessens the stress on the motor? why is this? Always hold it down and if you were to just let it really wiggle around especially when I am furiously plunging the tamper Post Date: 05/10/13, Replies: 2 | ||
| Home Made Hemp Milk I've been making hemp milk for quite some time now and here is the recipe for it. Note: you will need a very powerful blender such as a Vita-Mix for this recipe. Also a large bowl and milk filter bags. You can get the bags online if you do a search for them. 1 cup hulled hemp seeds 7 cups of filtered water vanilla extract raw honey or sweetener to taste pinch of sea salt Fill your blender with the 7 cups of water. Add the hemp seed, vanilla and sweetener. Blend until all the seeds are broken up. When that is done let it sit for a few minutes, then blend again. Filter through two milk bags into a large bowl. Put into a glass container. The container should have a tight fitting lid because you have to shake the milk up before using. Also be aware, this goes bad very quickly so use it up within two or three days. Bon Appetit! Post Date: 06/09/10, Replies: 4 | ||
| Homemade Chai Tea Syrup Recipe Sooooooooooooo good, and perfect to sip on an autumn day! Homemade Chai Tea Syrup Recipe -- bit.ly/3rQ3Bx What makes this recipe even better is that cartoonist Lucy Knisey has illustrated it, and her work is amazing... Post Date: 12/13/09, Replies: 1 | ||
| homemade soy sauce Does anyone have any recipes for making your own soy sauce? Appreciate any help! thanx ~~~ Post Date: 06/12/07, Replies: 4 | ||
| Homemade Soymilk I just wanted to let everyone know that I found a really easy way to make soymilk at home without one of those expensive automatic machines. I got what is called a "nut milk bag" for $5 at the health food store, soak the beans all day (or night), blend them with water (amount of beans X 2), and then pour it into nut milk bag. All you have to do is squeeze the soymilk right out of it, and the beans stay in the bag. Takes me about 5 minutes, and simple as pie. It also works great for almond milk, sunflower milk, etc. Post Date: 11/05/09, Replies: 3 | ||
| Honey Frosting (not vegan) Hi, I got this recipe from a fan club for the site www.holyfoodimports.com, it's a company that imports all vegetarian (not vegan) products from The Holy Land. I love the honey- and apparently someone else does too because he/she posted the recipe: 1/4 cup Nazarene Wildflower Honey 1/2 cup unsalted butter One (8-ounce) package regular or reduced-fat cream cheese, In a medium bowl, whisk all ingredients until smooth. It's amazing frosting! Post Date: 04/30/08, Replies: 0 | ||
| how to do a lighter cake Hi So i've been vegan since 2 years and as i'm living in france there is no vegan bakery around. So as i've a really sweet tooth I had to learn how to bake. and so far there is 4,5 recipe that i really handle, and are great: pancakes, brownies, apple pie, muffin, carrot cake, banana cake, biscuit. I use mostly apple sauce, banana, carrot, zucchini, and flour+water cooked as it's great to make everything glue together.. but the problem is that my cakes are sooo heavy. it's good but sometimes i wish i could do something lighter. i tried different year, egg powder replacer.. it just doesn't work and i really miss this light buttery texture that we find in a lot of regular ( non vegan) cake, pastry... Any advice? please thanks a looot Post Date: 07/30/14, Replies: 0 | ||
| How to make tahini PLEASE, anyone know how to make tahini? I've been searching for a while. I tried to make it in my juicer, which I can make nut butters with an attachment. It only flung sesame seeds all about my kitchen. I can't imagine it being too difficult or needing too much technology since it is a basic in 3rd world countries. I see no reason for it to cost $10/lb at my local HF store. I start muttering in the aisle every time I see it (hummus too for that matter) and nearly cause a scene. I just want it to be around the $2-3 range when I used it back in the day. It isn't as though there is a sesame shortage, is there? Also, please keep this thread for MAKING tahini; not tahini sauce, or hummus or baba g, or tell me to sub nut butters (thanks though). I want to know how to make tahini from scratch, it is the topic. Post Date: 12/25/10, Replies: 6 | ||
| Hummus Tomolives This is a appetizer i came up with while messing around after making hummus pita vegan pizza grape or cherry tomatos pitted black olives hummus raw spinach pack the hummus inside the wholes of the olive where the pit used to be, cut the center out of the tomato, stuff olive in tomato and fill any gap with hummus, top with rolled up piece of spinach sticking straight out the top like a stem a little time consuming but would be great as a party finger food dish :) stay vegan Post Date: 12/25/10, Replies: 0 | ||
| Ideas for coffee shop vegan menu Hi everyone, I work in a coffee shop and as a vegan myself, thought it would be a great idea to create a full vegan menu. I know some of the things that I like but thought I'd ask some other people what their favourite vegan food, deserts, drink etc are and what they would buy vegan in a ceffe shop or would like to see more of. Many thanks x Post Date: 01/25/16, Replies: 3 | ||
| In Search of A Beginner's Vegan Cookbook I'm slowly transitioning, but I'm looking for a vegan cookbook geared towards someone who has never cooked vegan dishes before. A lot of the ingredients in some of the books, I've never even heard of, and I have no idea how to properly cook it... I just want some easy meals that taste great. Once I get the hang out it, I'd like more complex ones. I also enjoy seeing photos in cookbooks which I haven't see much of in any of the ones I've seen. I've tried Engine 2 Kitchen Rescue, Oh She Glows, Forks over Knives and Ani's Raw Food Essentials. I just want something easy to understand!! Simple, simple, simple! Post Date: 12/10/14, Replies: 7 | ||
| Karma Waters free online cooking classes Karma Waters, Hoi An, Vietnam has free online cooking classes by video see www.karmawaters.com/education Post Date: 02/13/09, Replies: 9 | ||
| Kumquats and Surinam Cherries? Here is my problem: I have 2 trees absolutely loaded with kumquats, and I can't seem to find any good way to use lots of them up before they fall on the ground. I sell some of them to the local health food store, but there isn't a huge demand for these little guys. I also have a tree literally dripping with Suriname Cherries. (a lot different than sweet cherries) I tried making jam out of them, but it tasted awful! Does anybody have any good ideas for how I can use these fruits before they all just rot on the ground? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, even if you haven't actually tried them yourself! Post Date: 11/02/09, Replies: 0 | ||
| Leftover rice Not sure what to do with leftover rice? Preferably white rice… One trick I learned is to mix the rice with coconut milk, cinnamon, dates/raisins and/or bananas to make a delicious rice pudding dessert. Any other ideas? Post Date: 03/22/16, Replies: 2 | ||
| Like Moroccan food? I hope this isn't considered spammy, but we just thought we'd let you all know about our new website : www.happyhmisa.com We're a small team of veggies based in Algeria (North Africa) and let's just say, being veggie is pretty tricky here. Imagine a world with no soy, no tofu, no quinoa, no seitan, no dairy alternatives and you get an idea of what we're up against. So we decided to launch our website showcasing North African cuisine made with locally available ingredients :) It's actually suited to anyone anywhere in the world who likes authentic North African cuisine, especially if you're living somewhere without a health food store! We encourage you to take a look, and if you have five minutes, head over to the Algeria Web Awards (https://vote.awa.dz/detail/850/) and give us a quick vote to spread the word about our cause. Best wishes, HappyHmisa P.S. We're also doing what we can to update the Happy Cow database with any restaurants out here that offer veggie food. There aren't too many yet, but we're working on it! Post Date: 12/13/16, Replies: 0 | ||
| LiveIn Vegan Cook Wanted Caribbean Island I am looking for someone to cook healthy, simple meals for myself and my husband in exchange for room and board on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. What I am asking for is 15 hours per week. That's 3 hours/day, 5 days/week of meal prep and light house-cleaning. We will pay well if you go over 15 hours. You would get 2 days off to go to the beach, or get a part-time job, or whatever. If we need you to do more than 15 hours, we will pay you for the hours over 15. We live at SunDog House (sundoghouse.com). Interested persons please contact us through our website. Post Date: 01/13/15, Replies: 0 | ||
| Looking for help for a chilli recipe I'm recently veggie and moving towards a vegan diet but I'm having difficulty making vegetarian food with that lovely rich sauce you get from using meat. Is there anyway of getting a nice rich sauce in a chilli that I'm missing? Thank you Post Date: 03/26/15, Replies: 5 | ||
| Looking for Vegan Thai Okay, I know most of the curry pastes out there have fish in them. Does anyone know of an awesome Vegan Thai dish? Post Date: 11/24/09, Replies: 9 | ||
| Losing weight the vegan way - How? I used to struggle with going dairy-free as I love milk and cheese. What helped me is the support system I have at home starting with my hubby. We had a talk as a family, discussed with our teens and outlining the reason why there's gonna be a big change in our meals and the benefits we will all enjoy if we forgo dairy products. The kids were supportive. Nothing more excites them than going through recipes after recipes as a family each Sunday to prepare the meals for the entire week ahead. My daughter just got hold of Dieting the Santa Barbara Way book and the recipes are perfect for vegetarian and vegans. As I am also trying to lose weight while leading a much healthier life, I wonder if there's any tips or suggestions you can share with me. Thanks! Post Date: 01/18/15, Replies: 5 | ||
| Lost a treasured salad dressing recipe In a now-discontinued vegan forum many years ago, someone posted a delicious salad dressing recipe and I have lost it. It was a "ranch-type" dressing and the original recipe began with a girl's name. I remember a few ingredients - raw cashews, apple cider vinegar, sweetener of some kind. Does anyone recall a recipe like this? Thanks! Post Date: 07/08/16, Replies: 0 | ||
| Lost a treasured salad dressing recipe In a now-discontinued vegan forum many years ago, someone posted a delicious salad dressing recipe and I have lost it. It was a "ranch-type" dressing and the original recipe began with a girl's name. I remember a few ingredients - raw cashews, apple cider vinegar, sweetener of some kind. Does anyone recall a recipe like this? Thanks! Post Date: 12/01/16, Replies: 3 | ||
| Macaroni Fail Hello all, I'm struggling with finding the best Vegan Sub. for Macaroni and Cheese any good recipes? It is my favorite food to eat. I use to make a Baked White Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese Dish. Its hard enough giving up dairy. Giving up my favorite food is even harder. What are the best tasting Vegan Cheeses? I tried Daiya Cheddar Slices. It has a strange after taste. I could not eat it by itself. Can someone please point in the right direction? Post Date: 01/05/17, Replies: 3 | ||
| Making stock secrets adding stock from intant cubes can be dull and monotonous they, companies that i find in the supermarkets, have a monopoly on the market and sell only one brand. And the other way is easy and you throw away the water used otherwise. For boiling vegtables use a smal amount of water- soluble vitamins and minerals are destroied by large amounts. you then add hot notboiling water to bring it up to the needed stockvolume. to liven up dishes try adding vinegar, wine green tea any alchol along with stock -stronger tasting liquids in les volume. Post Date: 03/10/08, Replies: 1 | ||
| Meat Subsitution advice Hi, I have a recipe for curried chicken with cashew nuts that I want to change to be a vegetarian recipe, but I don't cook very often and feel lost without a proper recipe to follow :) The original recipe builds the curry base and then cooks the chicken in it for 45-50 minutes. I am thinking of subsituting the chicken either with tofu or with potato. If I choose tofu, how long should I cook it for? I have read that it should be popped in at the last minute, but then I am worried that it won't pick up the flavours of the curry. If I use potato, can I use the same cooking time as chicken? Any thoughts/suggestions much appreciated! Cheers, Ben Post Date: 05/01/09, Replies: 4 | ||
| Micro greens Looking for interesting recipes using fresh microgreens. We are Greenbelt Greenhouse and we are looking for recipes that use micro greens in unique and interesting ways for the home cook. Micro greens have been used by chefs for garnish and salad for many years. Micros are a great local and sustainable vegetable choice available all year. We grow sunflower, peashoots, arugula,radish,asian greens, cilantro, basil, cress and many other healthy delicious items. We are organic. Thanks for your help. If we use your recipe we will give you credit and gift you with some of our great product. Deb Post Date: 08/03/15, Replies: 2 |
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