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

Doom_and_Gloom

sparklewing wrote: »

In a neverending quest for a 'milk' that I can actually put in my mouth without gagging (I could never drink real milk but am trying to have cereal each morning for the calcium now) today I tried Vanilla flavoured Rice Dream rice milk. It was lovely :beer:

So I had my first bowl of cereal (Dorset muesli) in about 20 years today. It was good. I realised that I was in danger of falling into a toast for breakfast more bread for lunch rut so cereal seemed the easiest replacement. Plus now I'm not eating cheese I need the calcium (actually to be honest I never even checked if rice milk had calcium... probably should have looked!). Going to try the almond & hazlenut flavoured one next week.

Their site says that only the ones with added calcium have calcium. However considering that rice has calcium naturally occurring in it I can not understand how it would have none even through the process it needs to go through .
http://www.tastethedream.eu/Productrange/NutritionalValue/tabid/88/language/en-US/Default.aspx

Murrell

There is a recipe for rum truffles using cake crumbs on vegan family site. Direct link:

http://www.veganfamily.co.uk/rum.htm

Haven't tried this recipe, I usually make truffles with ground almonds.


I can report that the blueberry swedish glace is delicious!!

Sandra
x

sparklewing

Happy Birthday Sue by the way! :j:beer::j

Joyful25

sparklewing wrote: »

I have chronic IBS and have been on medication for 10 years now. Nothing has helped no mater what I exclude from my diet but I've found that since becoming vegan my IBS has all but disappeared. If only I'd known sooner. Does make me wonder what it was that was setting it off though can only presume it was something dairy related (although I never drank milk and have excluded dairy before I never bothered excluding whey etc before).

I'm fortunate in the fact I only have to use Movicol when I need to get things moving, but that was only after years of trial and error :mad: . A few years ago I really cut down on dairy produce (I haven't had normal milk for about 15 years anyway) and I found I couldn't have ice-cream and some cheese. But there are days that no matter what you have, you get it.

As i said being vegan hasn't necessarily relieved it as I'm eating more fibre and that seems to be a major trigger of it. sparklewing, we struggle on! Have you heard of Sophie's IBS page? Will find a link and PM it to you x

Joyful25

Happy birthday to you suep! I think your family really have to put themselves in your shoes - whether you're a vegan or not, it's your birthday and you go where you please yourself. I remember a few years ago I was on holiday with hubby and in-laws and it was my bday when I was out there. I wanted to go to a particular town to eat, and there was so much hoo ha about it. In the end, we went there, but I'll never forget the fuss that was made :mad:

Remember they love you dearly, and just can't understand why you can't change your lifestyle for a night. My OH has said the same thing more than once in the past couple of months - I honestly just ignore it as he's not being nasty, just ignorant.

It's my wedding anniversary on Tuesday, and I've mentioned about going out to eat - I hope we choose Indian as the food is a) soft enough and b) usually most accomodating.

Joyful25

greenbee wrote: »

I'm trying to work that out at the moment :rolleyes:

If you've stopped looking forward to going to work (or at least seeing the people you work with) it's time to change. But then is it safe to changes jobs at the moment.....:question:

greenbee

Joyful25 wrote: »

If you've stopped looking forward to going to work (or at least seeing the people you work with) it's time to change. But then is it safe to changes jobs at the moment.....:question:

I haven't stopped looking forward to going to work (although I do get stressed in advance of some of the meetings, but generally feel good about it afterwards), and I like the people (well most of them :rolleyes: ) that I work with, particularly the ones that work for me, who I recruited and have developed over the last few years. It's just the whole work-life balance thing that's the problem - I don't have a family, so it's not impacting on them, but if I carry on working like this I can't see myself having one And it's a nice (reasonably) secure job in a company that is unlikely to be impacted significantly by the recession.

Mind you - to get back on topic - my peculiar eating habits may well be as much of bar to me meeting someone and starting a family as anything else - I mean, I know I'm not completely vegan, but there does come a point at which it becomes clear that the creative cooking is for a reason

kim_ley

Oh dorset cereals my fave yum yum yum. They are soooo worth the money!

New cereal for you guys...
Coming out in shops about now!

DARK CHOCOLATE JORDANS COUNTRY CRISP!!
http://www.jordans-cereals.co.uk/products/cereals/country-crisp/country-crisp-chocolate

Ingredients

British Conservation Grade® Wholegrain Cereals (55%) (Oat Flakes, Barley Flakes, Oat Flour), Raw Cane Sugar, Dark Chocolate Curls (10%) (Cocoa Solids: 70% Minimum) (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil), Rice Flour, Desiccated Coconut, Roasted Chopped Hazelnuts, Natural Vanilla Flavouring.


Contains: Oats, Barley, Soya, Hazelnuts.
May Contain: Wheat, Rye, Other Nuts, Sesame Seeds, Milk.

http://www.jordans-cereals.co.uk/talk-to-us/frequently-asked-questions
What does the 'May Contain' statement mean?
Ingredients listed under 'May Contain' are not in the product, but are used in other products we make in our factory in Biggleswade.

kim_ley

I can't see you eating habits being a problem unless of course you were destined to be with a carnivore.

BUT the work life thing sounds as though it may be a problem for meeting someone and having a family... eventually.

I think you have to ask yourself what is more important.
AND where you see yourself in 10 years time in the current situation and how you would like to be in 10 years time.

Personally I'm a family person and see work as simply something we have to do to pay the bills.
"If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves."

Going to the park and hearing my sons devilish laugh as he plays with the other children or watching my baby learn new things is more than enough to keep me happy.
I don't need or want a high flying job because the only pleasure it would give me is more money and that isn't something that brings me happiness, as I don't have a need for material things.
It is nice to be able to buy something I want but I realise that I don't need it... any of it!

"I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than money. That's a rotten bargain."

Some people on the opposite end how ever thrive on money, power and importance and the very though of staying home and looking after a baby changing bums and painting with a two year old bores the socks off them.
They want to get their hair and nails done they want to drive flash cars and have all the latest fashions etc etc and I don't think that is wrong it is what makes you and those important to you happy that counts.

Search your soul and work out what you want before it is too late because I have seen people put career before family and suddenly (too late) they realise that they made the wrong choice.

"the best things in life are free"

Love makes the world go round an all that.

kim_ley

What does everyone think of the cane sugar debate? Is it vegan?

Do they purposely kill animals etc to make charcoal... it thought it takes many many many years to make?
So in effect vegetables arent vegan because they will contain minerals etc from dead animals and insects??????
So nothing is totaly vegan? lol????

Please shed some light on this for me?!?!

Oh... I didn't forget about the list of vegan goodies comps i'll get to it but had an unexpected trip to london!