Vegan • Page 27

ive also noticed wayyy more restaurants are becoming more accomodating too. i mean asian restaurants always were and will be the best for vegan options if u ask me but theres a lot more modern american bar and grill type places having shit like cauliflower steaks and black bean burgers and im all for it ha

 

My wife and I are finally taking the plunge, we've gone about 95% vegan over the last week or two. Weirdly the biggest obstacle for me has been with hot drinks, tea and coffee just aren't the same without cows milk. That said, we've discovered that actually oat milk works fairly well for tea, so now I'm getting over that hurdle I'm feeling pretty good about everything else. Think we're probably going to operate on a policy of vegan at home, vegetarian when we're out for the time being.

 

That’s the smart policy, depending on the restaurants or your friends and family. I live in Chicago and we tend to have a lot of vegan options, but every so often we do a veggie pizza with actual cheese, or the standard penne pasta dish at friends or events will already have cheese in it. It’s not really the battle I want to fight and a little bit of dairy or meat every now and then isn’t horrible.

 

A little bit?
It's not that hard to skip the meat and cheese

 

Also not hard to let people make their own choices

 

Myself and my partner have been vegan for quite a few years now. We were vegetarian for years before hand but I think giving up meat and milk was the easy part for us so we were always 80% there. The meat substitutions are really nice and the vegan ranges have grown tremendously in recent years. We have the Plant Kitchen range here in the UK at M&S and Waitrose does a great selection too. The one think I don't think they've 'nailed' is vegan cheese. I personally have a dislike for it melted in large doses. Grated vegan cheese is nicer than melted to me. I don't know what it's about it melted... maybe the creaminess?

We also have a range here called Alpro, which do amazing oat and nut milk alternatives to which I've always largely preferred. Nut milk in cereal is just way nicer to me!

 

Just telling the truth

 

yea for me i dont really "cheat" like that but at the same time i gave up a long time ago on italian. besides like a hoagie or cheeseless pizza u wont really find vegan much of anything worth it there lol.

i dont want to be in the business of shaming ppl for how far they go tho. any time someone whose probably been raised on the standard western meat-centered diet goes and makes the effort to consume less meat/dairy/eggs--especially economically--even if not all the way that is still a very great thing that makes a real difference.

 

Not sure how many brands make crossover between the US and Europe, but Miyokos absolutely nails a whole range of vegan cheese products IMO.

 

Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve had a browse and nothing comes up for the U.K. unfortunately. Hopefully they make their way over here eventually!

 

Do you have violife? I know it’s made in Greece so maybe there’s a better chance of you having it. Probably the best cheese for melting imo

 

OK thread, tell me your best recipes for vegan pancake batter

 

You make pancake batter from scratch?

 

Haha, I'm British, so yes

 

Yeah we have Violife! Their grated cheese is my favourite so far for sure. I 100% prefer it over the other big brand here called Sheese. A lot of vegan brands seem to have partnered with them for their products and it's awful!

 

Your sheeshe is the states daiya haha

 

How do people feel about this? I'm at the point now where the thought of actual meat is really unappetising so I imagine I'll steer clear of this stuff.

 

same w me, plus ive grown to like the health advantages of avoiding meat. besides obviously reducing animal suffering, if this new technique is at least somewhat less bad for the environment it gets my thumbs up. if this is going to be the eventual future of meat hopefully it can be made affordable for consumers too. im guessing a lot of special interests are going to lash out at this shit tho.

 

I made this tonight and it was so easy and so goddamned good. Highly recommend but I’m honestly such a sucker for food in a bowl format that I’m def biased

Spicy Mexican Oaxacan Bowl | Feasting At Home

 

Been looking for a good brand of vegan jerky. Anyone have any recs? I’ve had most from Louisville and they’re decent, and Primal but I’m not a fan.

 

I recently had some of the Gardein jerky and really enjoyed it! Particularly the teriyaki flavor! I’ve always found the Primal to be too chewy for my liking.

 

My mother in law found some portabella jerky for Christmas for me and it was very good. I wish I remembered what the brand was.

 

So I genuinely don’t know how to really go vegan beyond just not consuming animal products. How did y’all start your diets? Also, is it worth looking into that plant based meat at all?

 

What has worked for me (and bear in mind I'm not 100% vegan. Yet) is just starting a bit at a time. So maybe start by finding a milk alternative you can fuck with. Personally I find it easier to cut things out if I know there's a decent alternative out there, but you may not need that.

I eat meat alternatives all the time, there's really good ones widely available these days.

I'd just say experiment and find what works for you. Don't feel you've got to live up to anyone else's standard.

 

yea everyones got different palettes, different health situations, different reasons for going vegan so id just say is go for variety and try as many new things as u can. variety gives u all the nutrients u need and helps u find the shit u like. it feels less like giving something up if ur trying new shit and finding new favorite dishes.