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

twinkle_star_2

Yesterday's food

Breakfast:
OJ, homemade bread and a cup of tea.

Lunch: Sweet potato burger with salad and a few crisps. Half of a piece of vegan chocolate and ginger cake.
(I was out to lunch with friends at the lovely Hunky Dory's cafe in Newport, South Wales. If anyone is in the area I can recommend a visit.)

Dinner: Super garlicky chickpeas and broccoli served with yet more bread.
Recipe from 'Appetite for Reduction' by Isa Chandra Moscowitz.

Doris65_2

Hi All
My Daughter has decided to become veggie, and was also talking bout becoming vegan, shes 16, I would like to join her, so finding this thread is great, so much amazing info in one place!!!
I'm off to do some research, will update you all on how we are getting on,
Dx

twinkle_star_2

Doris65 wrote: »

Hi All
My Daughter has decided to become veggie, and was also talking bout becoming vegan, shes 16, I would like to join her, so finding this thread is great, so much amazing info in one place!!!
I'm off to do some research, will update you all on how we are getting on,
Dx

Wooo! Go Doris. I'd love to hear how you both get on.

GemDoll

Hello! I've been veggie all my life and have never eaten meat and I'm trying to be vegan again, I tried for three months before Christmas and then fell off the wagon over Christmas but I want to try it again.

GemDoll

sparklewing wrote: »

Today was my cooking day. I am lazy with a capital L and so when the urge to cook takes me I cook loads.

Today I cooked:

16 portions of lentil & chickpea curry (my current favourite meal)
6 portions of veggie sausage & butterbean hotpot
4 portions of lentil bolognaise sauce
6 portions of 3 bean chilli
4 portions of chickpea & bean stew

So that's my food sorted for the next month :j
Only took 3 hours too.
Means that when Mr s gets home for work he cooks whatever meaty 'delight' he is having and chucks one of my portions mthe freezer in the microwave to heat up. Then all I have to do each day is throw some potatoes/rice/pasta in a pan.

Sparklewing, I would love, love, love these recipes, they sound amazing!

twinkle_star_2

Yesterday's food

Breakfast:
Porridge mix, OJ & tea

Snack: One small apple and one slice of fake beef (Redwood's Cheatin')

Lunch: Open sandwiches - homemade bread, fake beef, cucumber & tomatoes.

Dinner: Sunday roast
Homemade 'meatloaf' (adapted from Best Veggie Burgers on the Planet by Joni Marie Newman). It's mostly made with TVP, vital wheat gluten and flavouring things. Not my favourite to be honest as I found it too sweet and insufficiently savoury but OH loved it.
Fat-free 'roast' potatoes
Carrot & parsnip mash
Brussel sprouts
Leeks in white sauce
Gravy (bisto)

twinkle_star_2

Vegan shopping

Thought it might be handy for some people to get an idea of the sort of food I buy so I've copied over my shopping list for an online shop I'm getting tomorrow.

Please bear in mind the following:
1 - I'd normally order lots of tinned beans and pulses but I have plenty of dried in the cupboard so I'll be making an effort to use them instead.
2 - I've already got a fair amount of veg in the fridge and freezer so this is just a top-up vegetable wise.
3 - This isn't 'everything' I buy for week/fortnight. Some things will last months and others will be eaten immediately.

Chopped tomatoes
Tomato puree
Passata
Pak choi
Spinach
Mushrooms
Walnuts
Brazils
Vegetable oil (rapeseed)
Dairy free spread
Soya milk
Hazelnut milk (not my usual purchase as it's pricier than soya but I had a voucher)
Orange juice
Tea
Redbush tea
Baked beans
Potatoes
Porridge oats
Sliced green beans
Broccoli
Cucumber
Dessicated coconut
Cornmeal
Vinegar
Tomato ketchup
Barbeque sauce

I'll be popping into town later to the Indian supermarket and Lidl (they're next door to each other) where I will also get -
Aubergines
Curry leaves
TVP
Cherry tomatoes
Salad

I hope this is in some way helpful. I know that when I first when vegan I was really interested to know what sort of things other vegans had in their cupboards and such like.

GemDoll

Breakfast: muesli and sliced banana and apple juice to replace milk

Snack: apple

Lunch:homemade bread with a Sosmix burger (my mum can seem to get old style stuff in Wales, I need to double check ingredients though as it comes in clear bag, so it might not be vegan...) I love sosmix as I grew up eating it!

Snack: Almonds and sunflower seeds.

Dinner tonight: Homemade veg pizza, I will have it cheese-less, the rest of the family will have it with cheese.

twinkle_star_2

I've never seen old sos-mix stuff anywhere. Whereabouts does she get it?

I get the Asda sausage mixes which are pretty nice but the price has gone up so much that I don't really buy it any more.

GemDoll

twinkle_star wrote: »

I've never seen old sos-mix stuff anywhere. Whereabouts does she get it?

I get the Asda sausage mixes which are pretty nice but the price has gone up so much that I don't really buy it any more.

It's in a little health food shop in West Wales (Cardigan)
Apparently the health food shop buys it in bulk and package it in clear cellophane. I'm going to need to check if it is fact vegan or not though as somewhere on here up thread somebody mentioned that the 'new' sosmix in the cardboard box you can buy isn't vegan. I know this thread is quite old now so whether or not that is still the case I don't know.

Did you know you can buy sosmix on-line? I guess if its not vegan though it would be no good for you.

Edited to add: just found it here http://www.alternativestores.com/ethical-shop/Food-and-Grocery/Burger-Sausage/Sosmix-350g-bag/prod_3878.html
It says its for vegetarians and vegans!