The Vegan Quiche

[LentilAsAnything]

Hi

Thought I'd start a thread for the vegans and wannabe vegans.
Anyone here!?

Old thread here.

[milleyj83]

Try to check out my favorite vegan shopping site leafysouls.com/

[Rockaby]

Oh sorry! Just realised this is from march, not April! Really, really late to the party - ignore me .

[Rockaby]

Hello! Think I'm a bit late to the party, but wonder if I could join?

I am not vegan yet, but am trying, slowly to amble my way there. At the minute I try to do veggie at the weekend and either vegan or meat and dairy free on weekdays, (I sometimes have eggs or honey and I haven't even started thinking about cleaning products and cosmetics etc properly yet).

I am thinking about just cutting out dairy now completely. I don't think I miss milk or cheese, but have always been partial to butter. Hopefully I can manage without it though.

[goingonabearhunt1]

What's nut rivulet? I just googled it but only getting hits for Nutribullet

[sizeofalentil]

Also vegan. Although we are going to get chickens soon so I will be going back to eggs. Nut rivulet is my saviour for vegan food - use it for everything from juice to hummus to cakes.

[goingonabearhunt1]

Thanks, I've heard of that book actually (it keeps coming up when I browse Amazon) and I certainly don't mind swearing so might give it a go.

Thanks for the nutrition info link, I'll have a read.

A general point: It's funny; I've always thought it was kind of odd to drink cows milk but a lot of people seem convinced that its good for them. It makes me congested and when I think about it it's just kind of gross. I have this friend who tells me she needs a glass after/before a run for energy and I'm just like

[LentilAsAnything]

I have not got it, but have heard numerous positive raves about <a class="break-all" href="//www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Thug-Kitchen-Eat-Like-Give/0751555517/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1488324466&sr=8-2&keywords=vegan%20cookbook&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21" rel="nofollow noindex" target="_blank">//www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Thug-Kitchen-Eat-Like-Give/0751555517/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1488324466&sr=8-2&keywords=vegan%20cookbook&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21 - bit sweary, so I'll think of something else if you mind that!

Dr.Greger of //www.NutritionFacts.org for unbiased simple reporting re food health.

[goingonabearhunt1]

Hi!

Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for yummy vegan cookbooks?

I have found a lot of great blogs online and have rediscovered my interest in cooking due to researching veganism. I have also watched Cowspiracy etc and do believe it's the right thing to do as well as the healthiest. I cannot call myself a vegan but I am very low meat/dairy and getting lower all the time.

I had an ephinany about how much biased info there is out there when my sister pointed out that protein deficiency just isn't a thing except for people who are starving. But yet everyone is obsessed with protein!

[LentilAsAnything]

Hello, Vegans and wannabe vegans! It's been a while!
How are we all?

[Laughingcamel]

Falafels?

[ImissTerry]

Any ideas for 'ready made' vegan christmas food? I've got access to Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury and M&S. It is for boxing day when we will be having salad which will include ham, etc but I wanted to add a couple of things in that don't necessarily need to be cooked but would take the place of sliced chicken or ham iyswim. The amount of food that has milk in it is totally staggering - a jar of pickles was my latest find!

[Bourgainvillia]

Courgettes and creamy cheese with shallots does it for me.

Lovely texture too, better than others.

[Breadandwine]

Just watched Forks Over Knives, (extended interview version) which is now available on YouTube:

There's also a shortened (16 mins) version here:



This thread has fallen off most people's active list, I guess (it had disappeared from mine ), so I'm going to link to it from a new thread.

[ppeatfruit]

stargirl There is lots of calcium in greens and soya. Also protein. If you think that a gorilla does very well on a vegan diet. Apart from a few insects!

Normal dairy milk is not well digested by most humans anyway because we haven't got the correct vitamins in our gut.

Our GD is vegan and is healthier than her friends at school!

[LentilAsAnything]

Bump for all the new vegans springing up all over the place.

[stargirl1701]

Could I crash this thread for some advice please? My DD2 has multiple food allergies and I'm struggling to get enough calcium for her. I would like to make breastmilk yoghurt but I need a vegan starter. Can anyone help? I am in the UK.

Many thanks.

[economymode]

Am I going to be shunned for following a vegan diet but not necessarily a vegan lifestyle? I struggle to find decent vegan shoes (I walk around 4 miles per day and find my DM boots the best as they are so so comfy, I did order pair from wills vegan shoes but returned them as they would not offer me the same support/comfort. In my defence my leather boots were purchased from eBay, worn once). So, any tips on comfy, stylish vegan boots/shoes?

I do struggle when visiting my in laws as they find basic vegetarianism a bit much in itself! They buy me houmous as if it's the most exotic, odd food they've encountered. Been vegetarian for roughly 15 years. My other struggle with declaring myself vegan is that I suffered from anorexia for a long time and so my parents, in particular, still think all food-related decisions are my eating disorder talking. If my sister made the decision, they'd be fine, but because it's me, it's a whole other ball game. I am almost 33 so really shouldn't be scared of my mum, but she reacted so badly to my ed and I still feel I'm walking on eggshells with her half the time, so very reluctant to rock the boat.

On a more positive note, I tried some booja booja ice cream today - amazing!

[ppeatfruit]

Hello, sorry to join so late in the thread, I'm basically vegan with a tiny bit of ethically caught fish\organically raised poultry (we actually go to the farm for our veg too so know how the birds are looked after) occasionally.

Iam very fussy (I know most MNers hate this!!) I don't eat hydrogenated fats or palm oil. Or wheat.

Moriarty i don't eat chickpeas because of the wind problem!!

[MoriartyIsMyAngel]

Can I ask for some advice? My friends have been watching Earthlings and Cowspiracy, and as Ornamental says above, veganism is a big topic. I didn't want to watch them because I knew I would be traumatized, so I thought I'd just accept the basic fact that animals go through all kinds of pain and early death for no good reason, stop being a hypocrite and just take the plunge. I've never been a big meat consumer anyway, and I dislike eggs and fish so it didn't seem a big leap.

I was a vegan for four days and I stopped because of extreme flatulence! I was eating fruit more than anything else, potatoes, veg, chickpeas, gf pasta. I had to stop because I needed to leave the house and be around other human beings without sounding like a one woman brass band. It really was non-stop. I wasn't even eating huge portions.

Am I just not wired right for veganism? Is it something that goes away eventually? (In which case I may have to wait until summer 2016 for my next proper attempt because that will be the next time I can get a week to myself.) I'm quite disappointed. What I want to know is if this happens a lot, and if there is a way to manage it?

[OrnamentalAsAnything]

Sorry for being quiet. RL is busy.
Just popped on to recommend Cowspiracy - now available on Netflix. Veganism is happening.

[Breadandwine]

Hi gang!

I must change my thread settings as this keeps falling of my active threads list! Or, I should post a lot more often.

About going vegan, I did the same as lentil, I first of all became veggie - simply to avoid BSE - then gradually, as my awareness grew, withdrew from dairy, eggs, etc. Finally, I had to give up Drambuie when I discovered it contained honey. That all took about 18 months, but, if I had my time over, I'd have gone straight into veganism.

As I said earlier, I don't feel the need for supplements as long as I keep up with my flaxseeds, but I do eat Marmite (or the cheaper own brands) most days and my nooch is fortified with B12.

And I had a blood test a couple of months ago which said my B12 was fine.

I do have a couple of successes to report: I was very concerned to find out that Pure contains palm oil, which I'm trying to avoid, so - I've developed a vegan pastry which only consists of s/r flour, salt or sugar, water and either veg oil or olive oil.

I've made both savoury and sweet pies in the last couple of days, and, although I say it myself, they were both pretty good!

But my biggest achievement has been to persuade a Portuguese hotel to cater for vegans - and they rose to the challenge magnificently!

All these are featured on the first page of my blog, along with other vegan recipes.

[BleachEverything]

Just marking my place.

[mrbob]

Hello everyone have come to join :) I have been veggie for most of my life but recently have started to feel a bit yuk about eggs and cheese and am trying slowly to head towards veganism partly for health purposes and partly because I realise that there are some fairly awful things that happen in the food production industry. Unfortunately this has coincided with me realising high carb foods (or at least pasta, bread etc so maybe it is just gluten I don't know) make me feel pretty rough so when I am out I may end up not quite managing to stick 100% to both! Having said that I feel a million times better when I do and I am amazed by how much I am loving being vegan at home- I never thought I would get so excited about tofu and tahini and veggies! I am also lucky in that my city is pretty good for asian food which tends to be light on the dairy/eggs which is perfect :) I have found some fab websites- First Mess, Clean Food Dirty Girl (heavy on the swearing but entertaining) and Chocolate Covered Katie which are giving some good ideas

I have found some good B12 supplements and am taking iron anyway because I am deficient just so I don't have to worry so much about trying to get B12 sources.

I also tried making seitan as I love the mock meat stuff but I have NO idea what I did to it as it was utterly disgusting! Maybe I should try again with the recipe up thread as I love fake meat. I am also a little wary of the gluten level. I don't want to end up as one of those people who refuses to eat anything though…

I can't bring myself to watch some of the films suggested above- I am guessing they might be a bit brutal? I am not sure my slightly fragile state could deal with seeing tortured animals just now- is there one that focuses more on the health type stuff?

Anyway waffling over and am glad to see what other people are up to on the vegan planet :)

[Hubb]

Hi, I think the vegan society website is where I got most of my information from regarding nutrition.

I take their supplement to be on the safe side but I do think my diet probably has it covered. My diet is certainly no worse than before I was vegan anyway! :)

It has made a big difference to me to have some other vegans to talk to, even if just on facebook etc. I found the transition to vegan much easier than I thought though and there is so much info on line about eating out, easy recipes etc that can help make the change much easier for you.

Good luck! I will try and keep an eye on this thread as it has been a bit quiet in the past :)

[LentilAsAnything]

* I am not a health care professional, need to state that. It is really worth doing your own research on stuff like nutrition and supplements.