Going vegan......old style?!

Murrell

NualaBuala wrote: »

Aw thank you so much for the encouragment Sandra!:T If I could click that thanks button a hundred times, I'd do it! When I was piling discount quiches into my basket I felt a bit "oh sod it", as if I was giving up. But I know I really do want to keep trying.

I think I really need to figure out why I succumbed. There are lots of reasons (one of them is being badly prepared). And once I identify those, I can tackle them one by one. I think I have the same issues even when I wasn't tring to eat vegan - getting takeaways cos I hadn't something prepared. And I have a bit of a cheese addiction.

I think I need to plan, plan and plan. But my health is not great just now - I am so tired and easily overwhelmed so doing a week of menu planning seems hard just now. But tomorrow is another day and I hope I can tackle it then.

Well it sounds like you have figured out your weakness. Not easy if you are feeling under the weather. When you are feeling better perhaps you could make a extra portion or two and freeze meals, when making your dinner. If quiche is a weakness, I am sure someone will come along with a vegan recipe or you could try vegweb. Or perhaps make weezls onion tart tatin or red pepper tart. Its always a good idea to have some convenience foods in I think for times like this too, you may not feel like a homemade shepperds pie and want burger and chips. I always have lots of frozen vegetables and some pasta and pasta sauce in, so there is always a quick meal if you know you don't always get time to cook. Doesn't matter if its homemade or shop bought, just helps to be prepared. Always here to help.
Sandra
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Murrell

Oh just saw this flan posted today on a blog I follow. Looks yummy, definately one to try. Thought i'd share the link with you all, as I was talking quiche!!

http://littlehands25.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-love-it-when-flan-comes-together.html

Sandra
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Justamum

Murrell wrote: »

Oh just saw this flan posted today on a blog I follow. Looks yummy, definately one to try. Thought i'd share the link with you all, as I was talking quiche!!

http://littlehands25.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-love-it-when-flan-comes-together.html

Sandra
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That looks delicious. I've printed it off, but I've run out of nutritional yeast, so I'll have to wait until I can make it. The lentil salad she made to go with it looks yummy too so I printed that off

Doom_and_Gloom

Murrell wrote: »

Oh just saw this flan posted today on a blog I follow. Looks yummy, definately one to try. Thought i'd share the link with you all, as I was talking quiche!!

http://littlehands25.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-love-it-when-flan-comes-together.html

Sandra
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I wonder if the tofu used in that is firm or silken tofu as it doesn't state which one. Could make a big difference on the final dish if you use the wrong kind.

Boodle

Hi everyone I have been holding off posting until I caught up with this thread, but I have promising myself that for the past few months and still haven't found time to manage it So I apologise for jumping straight in before reading it all, but if I put it off any longer I don't think I would get around to posting at all!

Our family decided to go vegan, actually prompted by the beginnings of this thread but I just couldn't keep up with it! So thanks for starting it Twinkle Star :T I wanted to post thanks to everyone who has posted tips, ideas and encouragement in advance and hopefully I will get through them all at some point!

twinkle_star_2

Yay Boodle. Well done for the transition. I'm really glad the thread helped - I know having other people going through similar stuff really helped me.

I'm still vegan and loving it but trying to come up with lots of super frugal recipes as my living costs have jumped rather a lot (not due to food but other stuff). Am using weezl's nice recipe site and discovering all the old recipes on this thread again. Glad they're all here for reference purposes!

Anyway, good luck and keeping jumping in!

NualaBuala

I just wanted to say thanks to all of you for encouraging me - this thread is just fantastic! :T

Justamum wrote: »

Absolutely. Everybody does it in their own way and it can be daunting. I think most vegans were vegetarian to start with so it wasn't such a huge leap from meat eater to vegan. Maybe you should do it a day at a time - one week you do Monday as vegan, next week Monday and Tuesday, etc.

That's a good idea. I must look into that. I just want to start doing the right thing NOW! But I don't seem to be good at sticking to it!

Murrell wrote: »

Well it sounds like you have figured out your weakness. Not easy if you are feeling under the weather. When you are feeling better perhaps you could make a extra portion or two and freeze meals, when making your dinner. If quiche is a weakness, I am sure someone will come along with a vegan recipe or you could try vegweb. Or perhaps make weezls onion tart tatin or red pepper tart. Its always a good idea to have some convenience foods in I think for times like this too, you may not feel like a homemade shepperds pie and want burger and chips. I always have lots of frozen vegetables and some pasta and pasta sauce in, so there is always a quick meal if you know you don't always get time to cook. Doesn't matter if its homemade or shop bought, just helps to be prepared. Always here to help.
Sandra
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Ha, I'm not even that fond of quiche - I was seduced by the special offers and the thoughts of "instant" food. That's my downfall, just grabbing things after I've run out of steam. I also ate meat at my sister's house - I think perhaps I was a bit fed up with dealing with all the questions and comments about my attempts to eat vegan. She didn't mean any unkindness, the opposite I imagine. But I felt a bit worn out with it and I didn't want to put her out. Thanks again for the advice and support Sandra. Onwards and upwards! So far so good today - can't go wrong with a bowl of porridge!

Well done Boodle and I look forward to hearing how you and your family get on with it. :T

Little_Hands

I used firm tofu in the recipe. I drained the water off, then mashed it. Don't worry about getting too much of the water out of the tofu, as it actually helps to mash it to have a bit of water in the tofu. It evapourates off when you add it to the courgette mixture anyway.

Glad you like the recipe

Boodle

NualaBuala wrote: »

Well done Boodle and I look forward to hearing how you and your family get on with it. :T

Thanks Nuala! My DH mostly eats vegan but does slip up now and again as cheese is his weakness and has had the odd bit of meat when eating out. The youngest one knows no different as she was vegan from being weaned (she is over a year old now.) DD sometimes gets a bit confused and won't touch veggie burgers at all as she won't believe that there is no meat in them and she hasn't like cheese for a long time so not much trouble there!

The only problem we had was finding something to put in tea. I could bear soy milk but DH couldn't at all. Rice milk wasn't fab for us. But we like the new So Good oat milk - doesn't curdle, DH is more than happy to have it on tea or cereal (for a while it looked like he was not going to give up his dairy for that), baby likes it and DD will have it on cereal or as a smoothie (though not as a drink for some reason.)

Eating out, we find Weatherspoons has a couple of choices. Mc Donalds has no veg burger, but Burger King's kids bean burger is fine (unless one of the e-numbers is bad, I haven't got those sussed yet ) although the adult one has cheese on.

Sorry am rambling - beyond 8:30pm my brain is mush I'm afraid!

NualaBuala

Thanks for all the info Boodle. :T
I think cheese is by far the hardest thing for me - but veganism aside, I ate far too much of it so cutting it is no bad thing (if I ever succeed!). I don't really mind the soya milk in tea, it didn't curdle and I think I'd get used to the taste in time. I must try the oat one for cereal, really don't fancy the soy for that. Also, I found switching to rooibos tea helped cos it doesn't need milk and helped me break the cows milk habit.

Thanks for the Burger King info - I used to eat there with my sister sometimes so I'll know what to get if I'm stuck. But really I want to steer clear of fast food if I possibly can.