Vegan Food: Rabbit Food?

Vegan food is not limited to salads and bland steamed veggies. Vegans eat well - and are not deprived! What the vegans are eating...

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[almondtealeaf2]

You'll be spending most of your time searching for vegan alternatives to dairy products in order to make decadent desserts like cheesecake and cookies. Including mayonnaise and vegan cheese alternatives.

I could give up meat but I can't give up butter,cheese and cream. The best way I can imagine being a vegan would be to grow most of your own produce. Vegetables are expensive whether the label says organic or not.

[TheUnsilenced]

Actually, I don't really spend any more time shopping for vegan food than I would for non-vegan food. I (& my non-vegan family) use Earth Balance in place of butter. It's non-hydrogenated, unlike typical margarines. As for cheese, there are alternatives at health-food stores. There are more vegan products coming out every year; a new vegan cheese called Daiya came out a few months ago, which melts & stretches like dairy cheese (& is soy-free). There are also soy creamers out there.

[TheUnsilenced]

Coconut cream can be used if you leave a can of coconut milk in the fridge overnight and scoop it out. There are vegan whipped cream recipes, as well as soy whipped cream sold at health-food stores. There are also sour creams and vegan cream cheeses, which I find (along with the Earth Balance) at my local Kroger. Most stores sell soy and/or rice milk now.

[TheUnsilenced]

As for vegetables, and the price, it depends on where you buy them and how fresh they are. If they are too expensive fresh, you can buy them canned or frozen. Local farmers markets are also a good place to buy vegetables, where you can save money and also help out local farmers. Growing your own can also be an option if you have a decent-sized back yard. We have a small garden and are currently growing peppers, cantaloupe, tomatoes, zucchini, broccoli, and herbs.

[almondtealeaf2]

Vegan food ain't for me. I prefer cheese and ham. When it comes to vegan or omnivore all I can say is to each his own.

[TheUnsilenced]

Have you ever given vegan food a try? I've become familiar with many more foods since I became vegan. Before going vegan, I was thinking about all the foods I'd miss, not realizing that they could be replaced, or about all the new foods I'd get to try. :)

[porolita22]

Your video is making me drool LOL

[AranSPEAKS]

nice one!

[BarakianArt]

Yummmmmmmmmmmm

[doubtfuldreamer]

@neomedia74 you would get detox symptoms yes

[MrTeachertraining]

Very appetising! Just went vegan about a month back - so still finding my feet. Vids like this give me confidence that it's worth it!

Thanks.

[caimee32]

Great representation! thx!! Do you know of a recipe book or website that may show some of these dishes?

[Elfwife]

Come and cook for me!

[neomedia74]

I need to ask... how would my digestive track act the first few weeks of switching to a Vegan diet? As you would imagine, I was raised on meat, so I have been eating it y entire life. Just wondering if my body would go through those nasty digestive changes that would cause frequent trips to the (ahem) bathroom until it adjusted to the change.

[kimberlily1983]

@kimberlily1983 .... cheese. There are also vegan cheeses, but I haven't tried these yet. You should seriously try the cheesecake recipe at the Vegan Pandamonium site: WOW. Seriously, everyone should drop what they're doing and make this today. We just finished ours yesterday and I'm sad, haha, wish I had more.

[kimberlily1983]

@almondtealeaf2 I was vegetarian for almost 9 years, and I didn't think I could live without cheese, either. Everything else, fine, but not cheese! I expected to miss it immensely when I went vegan, but oddly enough, I don't. I think it's addictive, but once you're over your addiction, you're fine. The sight and smell actually puts me off now, which is so weird considering I used to LOVE it.

Also, you can do some amazing things with nutritional yeast, soy milk, cashews that are similar to....

[cutesmile8611]

@cwoodslinger I read MAD COWBOY about a rancher who wont eat meat. Pretty shocking what the meat industry does without us knowing :O But I do support organic farmers and those who treat their animals with respect. I hate the meat industry. I used to think vegans were extremist too but now that I'm aware...I totally understand. Its not hard once you learn about it.