Vegan / vegetarian thread!

[Mountain Man Jim]

EastinChickens,

I've been a vegetarian for about 13 yrs and I'm married to a long time vegan.

I'll agree with the other folks, switching to a vegetarian diet doesn't ensure a healthy diet or weight loss. So, make sure you read up on how to eat vegetarian and to balance your diet (start with Peeps for Ethics, etc.). I do believe that vegans tend to weight less than vegetarians; they can't fall into the high fat, cheese and dairy, trap that vegetarians can. Also, if animal abuse/pain/death is concern of yours, a vegan lifestyle is the way to. Personally, the vegan diet is tough; it limits to making most if not all your food and, then, there's the cheese issue, I love the stuff

Note, to loss weight, you should start an exercise program as well

Jim

 

[Mattemma]

When I cleaned the cupboards I was first focusing on things with hydrogenated oils,food colorings,and chemicals I could not even pronounce.

I love KEFIR for the gut. I buy the lifeway kefir.DD likes strawberry,but I love the plain.Could drink a few bottles a day if it weren't so expensive.

http://www.lifeway.net/LifewayWorld/KefirProbiotics.aspx

I also make yogurt by the gallon by letting a pot of milk ferment under towels/coats. It is pretty simple.Just boil some milk.Cool to a warm temp.Add a few scoops of plain yogurt.Cover under blankets.Let sit for 24 hours.

For coffee substitute I would recommend some dandyblend.Tastes good,and dandelion is good for you.I always say I am going to make my own as I have plenty of weeds!

Ask for a free sample:

http://www.dandyblend.com/

I used to get some nutritional yeast flakes at the HFS that was cheesy tasting.Good on pasta and popcorn.I know there is a way to make it into cheese blocks.

http://www.bulkfoods.com/yeast.htm

I like bacon too,but we switched to turkey bacon a while ago.Less mess when cooking.Not sure how the soy bacon is. I used to by a lot of soy when dd was younger-cheese,yogurt,hotdogs-all soy.Now we just get some vanilla soy milk or frozen soy beans to snack on.We are soyed out!

For snacking I love wasabi peas and Terra veggie chips.
http://www.terrachips.com/

Right now is a perfect time to get rid of foods and donate to shelters.Kids school is always doing food drives so I pass on items to them.

I add oats to soups.Oat milk is also good for you(easy to make) though the almond milk sold these days has gotten less expensive.

Oh I almost forgot about the veggie burgers I get for dd.We make those with some sweet potato fries.Yum. Just as tasty as a fast food burger and fries.

With my dh being on the road I get about 5 meals into his cooler,but otherwise he is eating on the road.He stocks up at walmarts,but suprisingly they are expensive despite their savings claims.

 

[Crittercrazed]

Haha. The same goes for me. I don't like consuming milk that's not organic or eggs that aren't organic free ranged, but I'm just so grateful for my chickens. I love them and they give me the freshest of eggs. My neighbors always call up and say that they want our eggs. They actually prefer them over store bought eggs!

 

[Crittercrazed]

Sorry. I was replying to someone else but I ended up down here. Haha. First time user. My bad!

 

[Kevin565]

. Don't feel bad we all make mistakes on here!

 

[Crittercrazed]

Thanks!

 

[Crittercrazed]

Funny vegetarian pics (it can be hard to find them)