Any Vegans here? I need recipes

[bigdaddy]

My best friend is now a vegan... mostly. He isn't super strict about it, but he is becoming more strict. He changes his eating habits what what his body needs. So he had fish a few months ago, some pizza and ice cream, but mainly now all he eats is vegan foods and ice cream.

So know some vegetarian meals, but no vegan ones because he doesn't eat pasta. It's pretty much veggies and nuts and maybe some rice.

I'm hoping someone here would be a vegan, any recipes would be great.

 

[Amaris]

I don't have much time to post all the recipes, but go here:
http://www.ehow.com/topic_431_vegan-meals.html

And you'll find some great ones. I have personally made Vegan chili and Vegan pizza, and it does taste very good, and it's not that difficult at all, particularly the chili.

 

[TheKeeper]

http://www.vegcooking.com/veganMenus-1.asp

http://www.chooseveg.com/vegan-recipes.asp

Among books, two that I use are "Veganomicon" and "The Vegan Table". Both are popular enough to be in stock at the big chain book stores, as well as Amazon.

 

[JonathonWally]

My best friend is now a vegan... mostly. He isn't super strict about it,

That's a contradiction.

 

[TheKeeper]

My best friend is now a vegan... mostly. He isn't super strict about it,

That's a contradiction.

Not really. There aren't any Diet Police running around and breaking the swords of any vegan found to have eaten something with trace amounts of a milk derivative. Being vegan is more a journey toward reducing reliance on animal-derived products.

 

[JonathonWally]

My best friend is now a vegan... mostly. He isn't super strict about it,

That's a contradiction.

Not really. There aren't any Diet Police running around and breaking the swords of any vegan found to have eaten something with trace amounts of a milk derivative. Being vegan is more a journey toward reducing reliance on animal-derived products.

Being a vegan is about being strict to being with. Otherwise you're just a vegetarian making an effort.

 

[Deckerd]

Why not pasta?

 

[TheKeeper]

Being a vegan is about being strict to being with. Otherwise you're just a vegetarian making an effort.

If we wanted to get really crazy with it, then we'd have to conclude that there is no such thing as "vegan" in modern civilization. Anyone who drives or rides on tires is falling short of that definition of vegan.

Anyway, let's not hijack the thread with this. I'm content with my own "effort" to be vegan, and you're welcome to doubt me.

 

[Holdfast]

Why not pasta?

The eggs.

A friend of mine is vegan. She's not hyper-strict about it (will drink any wine, will have honey occasionally, etc, etc), but it does involve a lot of extra effort that I couldn't possibly cope with myself. When we go out for dinner I usually let her pick the restaurant as most places don't have anything truly vegan-friendly and so she has to make do with side-dishes or extensive off-menu ordering, and the like. It's certainly not an easy lifestyle choice.

As for dining in, recipes generally revolve around simple dishes - salads of various sorts, different kinds of roasted vegetable dishes and rice/couscous/lentil-based recipes. All the soya-derived substitutes seem very useful when needing dairy products in a dish, and tofu dishes can be quite tasty.

 

[JarodRussell]

Many people confuse vegetarian and vegan lifestyle with a healthy lifestyle. That's wrong.

 

[Deckerd]

You can get egg free pasta. There's plenty of it about.

 

[Pingfah]

Why not pasta?

The eggs.

Most pasta doesn't use eggs though, it's just wheat, flour & water. It's probably only got egg in it if it specifies that it is Egg Pasta.

Edit: Beaten

 

[TheBrew]

Sorry, but I can't condone a lifestyle that slaughters vegetables wholesale.

That said, look up some Indian food recipes. There should be some good vegan stuff there.

 

[Deckerd]

It's amazing the variety of food you can get from flour and water. I have an Indian friend who makes the most delicious chapatis using just those ingredients. The trick is to use the right flour. And the skill in making them, of course.

 

[Holdfast]

Many people confuse vegetarian and vegan lifestyle with a healthy lifestyle. That's wrong.

They're not mutually exclusive either though. Mind you, I wouldn't want to put the effort in.

You can get egg free pasta. There's plenty of it about.

Huh, learn something new every day. The only fresh pasta recipe I know uses eggs, so I presumed pasta generally contains it. Wouldn't egg-free pasta taste very bland though?

Do they usually say whether it does or doesn't contain egg on the packaging? I guess they must do; I've never looked.

 

[bluedana]

My sister is a vegan and I find it difficult to cook for her when she visits because neither I nor my kids will touch what she likes to eat. A good compromise I found is quinoa (pronounced keen-wah), a South American grain which tastes kind of nutty. You can find it in most supermarkets. When I cook it for my family, I add chicken and mushrooms, but for my sister, I just use red and green peppers, onions, mushrooms, cranberries -- it all tastes good. And it takes less than 30 minutes to make.

 

[Deckerd]

Yes it says so on the packaging. Egg-free pasta tastes the same as pasta with egg in it: practically tasteless until you add the sauce.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Egg noodles tend to be a bit richer tasting, but there's not much difference. I certainly wouldn't recommend eating either without a sauce (although I usually just use butter for egg pasta, tomato sauce or a ragu for other kinds of pasta).

 

[RandyS]

I'm confused here. What is the difference between a vegan and a vegitarian? aside from the fact that a vegan makes a person sound like they're from straight out of Star Trek (a Vegan being a person from the Vega colony).

Seriously, please educate me.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Vegans don't eat any animal product. That includes milk, eggs, and cheese.