Kayla
Can anyone give me some cookbook suggestions for someone who is a very new vegan? I have made the choice to give up animal products, but most cookbook's I've found are a little too exotic for my tastes. I like simple, southern type food. I was raised very meant-and-potatoes, so weird food with strange ingredients is really hurting my resolve to stay vegan. Help!
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Vegweb.com is the best vegan recipe site I've been to. Everything I've made from there has turned out wonderfully. I even make certain dishes regularly.
http://www.veganlunchbox.com/loaf_studio.html is a vegan loaf recipe making site. You just check off the ingredients you want to use. It's great because you can customize it to whatever's available in your kitchen.
I was raised pretty much the same way. A slice of meatloaf and a heaping side of mashed potatoes. Sound familiar? That used to be my favorite dish as a kid. Now my favorites are portabello sandwiches and curried anything really.
Sometimes it's hard trying to leave behind those special comfort foods that your grandma cooked for you as a kid, but why fret about it when there's a whole world of cuisines out there?
Vegweb.com is the best vegan recipe site I've been to. Everything I've made from there has turned out wonderfully. I even make certain dishes regularly.
http://www.veganlunchbox.com/loaf_studio.html is a vegan loaf recipe making site. You just check off the ingredients you want to use. It's great because you can customize it to whatever's available in your kitchen.
I was raised pretty much the same way. A slice of meatloaf and a heaping side of mashed potatoes. Sound familiar? That used to be my favorite dish as a kid. Now my favorites are portabello sandwiches and curried anything really.
Sometimes it's hard trying to leave behind those special comfort foods that your grandma cooked for you as a kid, but why fret about it when there's a whole world of cuisines out there?
Going vegetarian, school lunch ideas?
Angela
My veggie-friendly friends have finally talked me, a meat-loving carnivore into going "green". Unfortunately I'm still in eighth grade, and restricted to a school menu. Any help with food ideas?
BTW, about the whole "Your still growing" thing, I haven't grown at all since the sixth grade..;(
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I have been there! I went vegan when I was 12 and it was tough for me, but I managed to eat well at school.
Some ideas:
-bean salads (good beans to use are garbanzos/chickpeas, black beans, and black-eyed beans)
-mock "sloppy joe" sandwiches (use Morningstar brand crumbles in place of beef in any recipe or use on of these recipes: http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=9635.0 and http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=15762.0)
-pasta salad
-sandwiches with marinated roasted tofu (available pre-made from Whole Foods and Trader Joes, or look for recipes online)
-vegetarian "meatloaf" (lots of recipes are available online
-baked potato with fixin's or "potato angels" (http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=32280.0)
-fruit, yogurt, and granola combo with a hearty muffin (e.g. banana or carrot or bran muffin...there are loads of recipes online)
-hummus with tortilla chips, veggies, or pita chips
-sandwiches with vegetarian "lunchmeat"
-vegetarian chili (with cornbread if you want)
-calzones
-waldorf salad
There are lots of websites with more ideas, too...see sources below
I have been there! I went vegan when I was 12 and it was tough for me, but I managed to eat well at school.
Some ideas:
-bean salads (good beans to use are garbanzos/chickpeas, black beans, and black-eyed beans)
-mock "sloppy joe" sandwiches (use Morningstar brand crumbles in place of beef in any recipe or use on of these recipes: http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=9635.0 and http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=15762.0)
-pasta salad
-sandwiches with marinated roasted tofu (available pre-made from Whole Foods and Trader Joes, or look for recipes online)
-vegetarian "meatloaf" (lots of recipes are available online
-baked potato with fixin's or "potato angels" (http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=32280.0)
-fruit, yogurt, and granola combo with a hearty muffin (e.g. banana or carrot or bran muffin...there are loads of recipes online)
-hummus with tortilla chips, veggies, or pita chips
-sandwiches with vegetarian "lunchmeat"
-vegetarian chili (with cornbread if you want)
-calzones
-waldorf salad
There are lots of websites with more ideas, too...see sources below
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