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

Dolly_Mixture

I have just spent a week reading this thread with great interest. I watched a YouTube film of Dr Neal Barnard talking about why he recommends a vegan diet for health and weight loss about 3 months ago and decided to try it. He recommends a low fat, high fibre vegan diet and I have to say it is working for me so far! I am not 100% vegan yet as I still have some things to use up. Also I have decided not to be too strict when eating out if it means I can't eat. However, I am enjoying this way of eating so much that I want to stick to it where I can. This thread has been brilliant for inspiration and recipes. Keep up the good work!

Gonzo1987

Ooo glad I found this thread, just about to start prepping for my annual Vegember (November is my vegan month each year) and OH is going to join in too this time, so need to find some better recipes to get us through.

shandyclover

Another recipe, tried and proven...

We eat a lot of chickpeas, I was bored with making curry or chole with them and wanted to try something different. Made this a few nights ago, and served with salad and pitta bread. Visiting carnivores asked for the recipe!

I substituted frozen spinach, normal salt, passata, and lemon juice from a bottle to keep the costs down. The smoked paprika is well worth the investment - really makes the dish. I bought it for 95p in A*DA, but I have since found it slightly cheaper at M*rrisons.

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/10/moroccan-spinach-and-chickpeas-recipe.html

FrugalLina

That looks very tasty and I have bookmarked the recipe. I have all the ingredients in, except the smoked paprika, thanks for the heads-up on the cheapest place to buy it too!

Nocturnes

Talking of chickpeas I recently tried a couple of unusual but really easy recipes using chickpea flour, known as Gram flour in India. I bought it in Sainsburys v cheaply (randomly placed on its own, not in flour or Indian ingredients areas).

The recipes are here, one Indian (Gujarati Pudlas) and one Italian (Farinata) - both tasty:

http://www.givemesomespice.com/2010/10/gujarati-pudlas-savoury-pancakes-made-with-vegetables-and-chickpea-flour/ - with this one, I did saute the veggies and cool them first before adding to the batter. (Can't remember where I got the link so thanks if it came from someone's post on here - some great veggie recipes there )

http://www.weareneverfull.com/farinata-crispy-nutty-canvas-for-your-creations/
(this recipe picked for lovely goat photo!)

shandyclover

Something different, cheap, nutritious, and everyone seemed to enjoy it with brown rice.

I doubled the recipe and made it in the SC, the day before I went into hospital for day surgery.

http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/veget...-bean-stew.php

B17c

Hi there, I haven't read all the posts so apologies if I'm asking a question that's already been answered but does anyone know if there's a list of foods that are vegan that I can buy in the supermarket eg Hartleys Strawberry Jam is vegan, as is marmite and rice milk etc?? I have very little time to cook OS at the mo and would be great if I could just fill my basket with stuff I knew was vegan (other that fruit and veg obvs)

Wanting to try going vegan, mainly for health reasons but also for ethical. I'm a bit worried about what I'll be able to eat as I can't eat wheat! Thanks in advance for any advice!

Corelli

Hi B17c, many of the supermarkets do lists of their products that are suitable for different dietary requirements, including vegan and GF. IME they are not 100% as they occasionaly have an incorrect listing or do not include things a vegan would eat but they have fears of cross contamination issues and err on the side of acution. Are you fully GF or just having to avoid wheat, as I haven't noticed that as a listing.

There is also an app called is it vegan of which I know NOTHING but you can have a look at it here http://isitvegan.net/

This could be worth looking at http://www.isitveggie.com/
http://www.barnivore.com/ is your guide for all things alchoholic.

Hope this helps

pumpkinlife

:hello:

This is a calving off of the discussion from the Vegan Storecupboard challenge:


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3571159

We were veering off topic so I thought a new thread was in order. This one is for all Oldstyle Vegan topics unrelated to using up the storecupboard.

WantToBeSE

Thanks so much for starting this thread, Pumpkin

I hope that lots of other OS Vegans come on and impart their wisdom upon me Only a week into it, and so far its been good. Not too difficult at all