Vegans and other interested people

[Whatslovegottodo]

It's the first thread! Thanks HQ!
I am a long time vegetarian who has recently opened my eyes and gone vegan.
I feel I've had a steep learning curve recently but so far am loving the lifestyle and trying new foods and I feel great.
Fab to have a place to chat.

Signing up to the vegan register

Yaay
I kind of thought it would be nice to have different threads for like - recipes, documentaries and things to watch, vegan finds, chat etc.

Then I thought I was perhaps getting too invested and OTT about this topic

Yay!

Yay! I'm in!

Checking in...

I'm in!

Excellent!

Hooray! I'm a wannabe vegan whose currently only a couple of week in to being vegetarian. Hope it's ok for me to hang around.

I'm a vegetarian, who often eats vegan, so I'll be lurking to see all your ideas.

Yaay lots of us already - welcome everyone. Passes around the hummus. Speaking of - how is everyone coping with sainsburies hummus shortage .

20 years a veggie, trying to go vegan here...checking in!

Aldi hummus is only 59p a pot, and they have loads btw!

Great thread!

I watched this two nights ago on Amazon Video. It's free if you've got Prime:-

EATING

This award-winning video covers a lot of ground very comprehensively and discusses how to reverse a wide variety of diseases. The Eating video is used in hospitals and wellness clinics throughout the world to motivate people to change their diets and restore their health.

Very powerful.

I have signed up to the Vegan Society. I looked at getting a PETA info pack but they seemed to want all sorts of personal info about me just for a pdf link so holding off on that one for the moment.

I have been back and fore, toying with the idea of veganism for a long time. I first thought about it for autoimmune disease which I have. The animal cruelty thing is also huge for me.

I have a lot of reasons to try it. DH won't be on board, but would eat a few of the meals.

I don't care for dairy (except ice-cream and butter). I like meat but especially fish. I don't crave it though. I love beans (all kinds), lentils, rice, etc. so would certainly enjoy the food.

I need to lose weight and I could do with being less constipated too

Hello!

Excited to have the new board .

I am slowly making my way from omni to vegan after doing Veganuary earlier this year. I am more or less meat and dairy free at the moment and would like to cut both out completely before I start working on eggs and honey, (neither of which I use that much of anyway, so I'm hoping they will be easier o cut out). After that, I will look properly at cosmetics and household products.

@Whatslovegottodo Tesco has got loads in - I went and stocked up earlier! :D

Any pregnant vegans?

Hello

I am vegan-curious so thought I would come along and lurk for a bit

Count me in! I'm a pescatarian looking to move full veggie after my pregnancy, and probably vegan long term..please be gentle

Another vegan here. I was a vegetarian since a child - but didn't drink milk or eat eggs, so becoming vegan a couple of years ago wasn't a big step.
My omnivore husband and son - I cook meat for them - are loving some of the vegan recipes I have been cooking.

Quick win tip - the Just roll shortcrust and puff pastries are both vegan, saved me for so many last minute dinners! Bring on all the vegetable tarts!!

Another wannabe vegan here. Find chocolate biscuits hard to resist and also hard when eating out.

I'm just interested in adding more vegan meals to the mix - what recipe books do people recommend? We're adventurous cooks by the way.

I'm joining!! I've managed to transition to vegan but still cook meaty meals for my (stick in the mud) DH.
My love for veg knows no bounds but I really miss fish!!!!

Place marking - been Vegan for about a month

Oooh loving this!

Went veggie over 30 years ago, vegan 17 years ago, blipped when pregnant five years ago and struggled to get back since - as in I'm vegan when it's savoury but find it hard to resist dairy chocolate!

So I'm 98% vegan with that occasional blip that am working on. I annoy myself as I'd never touch cheese or butter etc but wave a bar of Galaxy in my face and I'll bite your hand off. I will overcome this!

I'm on a very slow transition to veganism - I still occasionally eat sustainable/carefully caught fish and it's the last thing to go but I really struggle cos my DD doesn't eat any veg, and it helps when I go home to stay with mum for a while, so she doesn't freak!

We also have friends round the corner who have rescued battery hens running around their garden so I sometimes eat their eggs - I'm def more plant-based lifestyle than true vegan as ultimately I don't have a theoretical problem with animal products (very dependant on what they are though) but welfare is a top issue and my biggest issue is the planet (I know I know, I should absolutely stop eating fish to make this massive impact)

nice to see so many folks doing their best/working towards it/seeing it as a journey/not being attacked for the occasional bit of honey in their Nan's teabread

Let me join! I want to be a vegan...I tried before and failed tbh. Cheese got me. That was a good 15 years back though. Looks like lots of new vegan foods out now! SP