Vegan-Vegan friendly MNetters- the new thread-sign in here!

[anyabanya]

Hi Vegan and vegan-friendly MNetters!

Just wanted to know if anyone was out there and wanted to form a support thread- to talk about food/ veganism, 'stuff' in general.

I am late 30s, have been an on and off vegan for about 6 years, and after a hiatus of about 9 months or so am back 'on'. I adore cooking with a passion, and love reading food blogs and vegan food blogs.

I would very much like to exchange thoughts/tips/frustrations with anyone else out there!

Oh, you have to try this recipe here.

So amazingly tasty and filling
www.ourveggiekitchen.com/2010/10/white-bean-waffles-really.html

We have this most weekends at the moment :)

Adelicia we are primed and ready to go on the White Bean Waffles tomorrow morning (well, apart from the Maple syrup- probably going to substitute some Golden syrup instead). Also, never thought of making up the entire batch of waffles & freezing ones you haven't got room for- we've been leaving unused batter in the fridge... where it remains until we just throw it away

Waffles were good, DH was stuffed and we have 4 in the freezer now. I made Double Chocolate Sauce to drizzle on them

www.veganbaking.net/vegan-recipes/frostings-icings-and-sauces/chocolate-sauce.html

omg! vegan waffles! what a great idea

do you think its something you'd use regularly rather it just gathering dust at the back of a cupboard?

Cakeand you can make pancakes with a slightly wetter mix! No waffle irons nec.!

i've not got a great track record with pancake making tho. and there's something v appealing about making waffles for weekend breakfasts

Hi, I'm veggie, but try to avoid having much dairy, so always on the look out for good vegan recipes.

I got given a waffle iron years ago, was lovely, but a complete pita to clean as the trays weren't removable. It got sent to the charity shop fairly quickly!

bessie
the plates on ours aren't removable either but we've got much better at gauging the amount of batter needed- so that you don't get any overflowing and baking onto the non non-stick bits.

Did seem a bit odd that they weren't removable, like on a Breville.

Fancied vegan-ising the recipe for Waldorf soup this weekend, but then DH made spinach & potato soup this eve, so will put it on hold for a while:
www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/08/celery-recipes-hugh-fearnley-whittingstall?INTCMP=SRCH

Though in our house even the removable waffle plates are a PITA to clean so it's in the back of the cupboard!

Cakes it's easy to make the best non wheat dairy vegan pancakes with soya milk and rice flour (even my omnivore DH prefers them to wheat flour pancakes).

Duh I meant to remove dairy you know what I mean! I haven't taken my gingko supplement yet!! (for short term memory) !

ok now have waffle maker!

what recipe shall i try?

cmon cmon! it's waffle morning tomorrow and i don't yet have a vegan waffle recipe!

Cakes..you can use the recipes with beans from Adelicia or brillopads at the top of this page.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, waffles! I will get a waffle maker (and an ice cream maker) when we move and I get a bigger kitchen. Sadly no space here.

Had yummy vegan haggis tonight, I did it in pastry, with roasted root veg. Same for tomorrow, as there was enough leftover. [bsmile]

Nohun did you buy the haggis or make it? sounds nice!!

pp i didn't have any white beans and can't see a link to brillo altho now see i could have looked the recipe up in the vegan with a vengeance book that i do have!

i used this vegan waffle recipe which worked well but would be nice to experiment with flavours next time.

making the best pizzas at the mo using a delia smith recipe on my new pizza stone

pp, I cheated and bought it. It was delicious!

Souping up the leftover roasted root vegetables for supper tonight.

Just saying "Hello!"

I'm a vegan too (as is DP and 2.5 year old DD).

I'm very pleased to see this thread. I look forward to chatting with you, fellow veggies! :)

Hello, just making my place, will be back to read later... :)

Hellooooooooo! :)

Hi All,
Another vegan here. My kids and husband are lacto-ovo. Looking forward to sharing ideas with other busy veg. families. :)

Hey all of you

nice linking there nohun

Thanks, Cake!

hey rainydaze just saw you have a vegan toddler - as do i , i've got a ds, 2.3yo.

keen to swap notes on their fave food, nutrition, shoes etc

ds isn't a big eater (is too busy usually chatting and singing and eating veeerrry slowly) but on the upside he's not fussy - only dislikes tomatoes and strawberries (possibly an intolerance as dd reacts terribly to berries in my bm). Loves curry and rice and Italian food.

he's full of energy and is v healthy (obv still gets the odd cold or bug) - i plan his diet carefully and i'm sure its giving him more than enough of what he needs but to be on the safe side because he is my pfb i supplement it with (bloody expensive) biocare vitamin powder and also 1/2 tsp of flaxseed oil for omega 3.

just doing blw with my second child (dd, 6m) and it's all much less scary this time round!