Any Vegans here? I need recipes

[TheKeeper]

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.

A vegetarian is someone who doesn't eat animal flesh, but doesn't mind animal derived foods like the various dairy products.

A vegan rejects even animal derivatives in favor of a plant-based diet, and may go as far as to resist other products made from animals (to the best of their ability).

 

[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.

A vegetarian is someone who doesn't eat animal flesh, but doesn't mind animal derived foods like the various dairy products.

A vegan rejects even animal derivatives in favor of a plant-based diet, and may go as far as to resist other products made from animals (to the best of their ability).

Ah, thanks. I should have been more specific. I knew what a vegetarian was, but until now, the vegan diet confused me.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

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.

Except in the Scott Pilgrim books.

 

[Vulcan Princess]

I'm not a vegan, but I am a vegetarian. I have several good vegan recipes, though.

Miso soup:
4 cups water
1 sheet of seaweed
onion powder to taste (you can also use cut up green onions if you prefer)
soy sauce to taste
1/2 block tofu, cut into cubes (the original recipe calls for silken, but I use extra firm)

Tear up the seaweed into strips or pieces. Put in the water and boil for 2-3 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer until the miso is mixed in. Serve.

I also have a recipe for vegan pesto sauce (using miso instead of parmesan cheese), but it's at home. I'll post it tonight after work.

 

[bigdaddy]

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.

Yeah he does it because his body feels better when he doesn't eat animal products. He's not a "That poor animal!" vegan, he just doesn't like the stuff that they pump into mass market meat and feels a lot healthier when he doesn't eat animal products.

Why not pasta?

Makes him sleepy.

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

No, that's a gross over-simplification that makes you wrong.



And thanks everyone who is actually useful.

 

[JarodRussell]

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

No, that's a gross over-simplification that makes you wrong.

Nope, nothing wrong about my statement.

 

[StarryEyed]

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

No, that's a gross over-simplification that makes you wrong.

Nope, nothing wrong about my statement.

Than I don't suppose you will have any problem backing up that statement. Let's here it.

 

[gturner]

I have a nice recipe for vegan carrots (1 bunch) and rice.

Kill two rabbits and discard.
Boil the carrots and serve over steamed rice.

(You have to kill the rabbits so they don't eat the carrots.)

 

[Amaris]

No, that's a gross over-simplification that makes you wrong.

Nope, nothing wrong about my statement.

Than I don't suppose you will have any problem backing up that statement. Let's here it.

Indeed, I myself am curious to hear the data behind this. You see, all the studies I've read have people who follow a vegetarian/vegan diet living an average of 6-10 years longer than those who do not keep such a regimen.

HuffPo Article on German Study

 

[trampledamage]

Obviously JarodRussell can speak for himself, but I think you may be getting the wrong end of the stick. Certainly the way I read his comment was that he was saying a lot of people wrongly think you have to be vegan to be healthy. He wasn't saying veganism is unhealthy.

Not that I'm agreeing with his point - which was pretty off-topic to start with, but I'd hate to see a thread looking for vegan recipes go down the tubes into a vegan / anti-vegan argument.

 

[Amaris]

Obviously JarodRussell can speak for himself, but I think you may be getting the wrong end of the stick. Certainly the way I read his comment was that he was saying a lot of people wrongly think you have to be vegan to be healthy. He wasn't saying veganism is unhealthy.

Not that I'm agreeing with his point - which was pretty off-topic to start with, but I'd hate to see a thread looking for vegan recipes go down the tubes into a vegan / anti-vegan argument.

I understand that, and I don't want it getting into any argument, I was just curious because his wording seems to indicate that being vegan or vegetarian doesn't fall under a healthy lifestyle, otherwise he could have said "the only healthy lifestyle", which would indicate that he doesn't feel vegetarianism is the only way to live healthy, and that would be true if that is what he was trying to say. However, his later statement chose to be cryptic instead of explanatory, and so it changed the initial meaning of the post, which is why I was curious as to what he meant.

 

[propita]

I have a nice recipe for vegan carrots (1 bunch) and rice.

Kill two rabbits and discard.
Boil the carrots and serve over steamed rice.

(You have to kill the rabbits so they don't eat the carrots.)

I'm sorry. That's so bad it made me laugh!

Still laughing.

 

[gturner]

I feel that anyone who gets cryptic when discussing vegan/non-vegan lifestyles is secretly engaging in human cannibalism.

At least that's my strong suspicion. Why else would they get cryptic?

 

[trampledamage]

I feel that anyone who gets cryptic when discussing vegan/non-vegan lifestyles is secretly engaging in human cannibalism.

At least that's my strong suspicion. Why else would they get cryptic?

Hmm... since a lot of the attraction of veganism is people's horror at the mistreatment of farmed animals, would cannibalism be allowed?

 

[JonathonWally]

And thanks everyone who is actually useful.

Given your history of making completely useless posts in every thread you post in, what makes you think you deserve anything else?

 

[gturner]

I feel that anyone who gets cryptic when discussing vegan/non-vegan lifestyles is secretly engaging in human cannibalism.

At least that's my strong suspicion. Why else would they get cryptic?

Hmm... since a lot of the attraction of veganism is people's horror at the mistreatment of farmed animals, would cannibalism be allowed?

I guess that depends on whether the vegans were farm raised.

Do you know what happens when a bunch of vegans gets stranded with a starving rugby team?

A fat rugby team gets rescued.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Could we please keep the jokes to a minimum? I'm not a vegetarian or vegan, so I'm not offended, but it does kind of distract completely from the point of the thread.

 

[TheKeeper]

Vegan, omnivore or anything in-between, an unconsidered diet can become unbalanced and even unhealthy. You'd be surprised how many "junk foods" qualify as vegan.

I'm not offended by the humor. I take it as people whistling past the (animal) graveyard, if you know what I mean.

 

[bigdaddy]

Could we please keep the jokes to a minimum? I'm not a vegetarian or vegan, so I'm not offended, but it does kind of distract completely from the point of the thread.

Yes can we get back on topic here which is... RECIPES...

 

[BolianAuthor]

I feel that anyone who gets cryptic when discussing vegan/non-vegan lifestyles is secretly engaging in human cannibalism.

At least that's my strong suspicion. Why else would they get cryptic?

Hmm... since a lot of the attraction of veganism is people's horror at the mistreatment of farmed animals, would cannibalism be allowed?

What of all those poor farmed vegetables, all in closely-spaced rows, with no room to romp and play?