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

Doom_and_Gloom

Personally BabyMother I use my spinach in it's raw form in green smoothies. By blending it the nutrients are more readily available to the body. They have done more accurate testing since that happened (although I’m not sure what the myth is out of the two) and what they say is that for spinach that it is 2.7mg to every 100g. Obviously it depends how your body absorbs iron and if you consume it with a food with vitamin C though to how much your body actually obtains from it.

I am not about to pay any money into the slaughter industry. Being a vegetarian or vegan usually means that you disagree with the killing of animals not due to wanting quality meat from the animals so abstaining from them due to that! I also doubt that in this era people could make it so that animals were sustainable for any kind of food. It really is a shame that so many animals have to die for peoples pleaser of animal products and even their by products. I’m trying not to sound cruel or judgmental but for me killing animals and using them the way humans do for their flesh and by products is not worth it because of the eventual death of an animal by human demand. I’ll have my so called 'fake cheese' and tofu (which by the way has been around for thousands of years in the east) and all the other vegan products I wish to have that do not hurt animals directly thank you. I would rather live and let live than kill the helpless that can not speak in human tongue.

kafkathecat

If anyone can get hold of it and/or is brave enough to try it Dulse seaweed is a very good source of iron. Apparently it has something crazy like 10 times as much as spinach. You can eat it raw or put it in stews. My family think it is delicious but it is an acquired taste.
K

BilberryCharlotte

clutterydrawer wrote: »

vegan mayo with a little sprinkling of yeast flakes, put under the grill for a minute or two

Thank you for that, great idea!

BilberryCharlotte

kafkathecat wrote: »

If anyone can get hold of it and/or is brave enough to try it Dulse seaweed is a very good source of iron. Apparently it has something crazy like 10 times as much as spinach. You can eat it raw or put it in stews. My family think it is delicious but it is an acquired taste.
K

Is that the sort of seaweed that is used to make laver bread? that seems to be very nutritious. I have been trying to find a recipe, but so far have just found a site for a manufacturer who seems to believe it has astonishing properties.

I don`t know if I am allowed to post this link, but here goes

http://www.laverbread.com/

Actually, reading a bit further down the page it seems that there are several different types of seaweed and dulse is a shorter one, but the claims for it`s properties are amazing.

kafkathecat

Bilberry Charlotte
All seaweeds are full of nutrients but they also have quite strong flavours. Mmmm last time I was in Cardiff there was a little cafe did vegan laverbread cooked with oats in little patties. Does anyone know if it still does?

Did you want a recipe for dulse? I finely chop whichever veggies I have to hand, usually adding some peas or tofu. Then stir in a handful of dulse with soya sauce, chilli, herbs, marmite, whatever you like. In a separate pan I cook some porridge oats in water and when it is all cooked I stir it in together. It doesn't look great but tastes better and is very warming when it's cold.
K

Justamum

Waggle_Dancer wrote: »

Actually according to Ritter's own site they list butterfat in the peppermint one now. It's such a shame when ingredients are changed.
http://www.ritter-sport.com/#/en_GB/product/article/100g_peppermint/

I contacted the Vegan Society and told them about this. They were surprised to hear it, but are going to contact Ritter so they can confirm it and alert other vegans! I also sent Ritter an e-mail telling them I was disappointed.

BilberryCharlotte

kafkathecat wrote: »

Bilberry Charlotte
All seaweeds are full of nutrients but they also have quite strong flavours. Mmmm last time I was in Cardiff there was a little cafe did vegan laverbread cooked with oats in little patties. Does anyone know if it still does?

Did you want a recipe for dulse? I finely chop whichever veggies I have to hand, usually adding some peas or tofu. Then stir in a handful of dulse with soya sauce, chilli, herbs, marmite, whatever you like. In a separate pan I cook some porridge oats in water and when it is all cooked I stir it in together. It doesn't look great but tastes better and is very warming when it's cold.
K

Thanks for that, it seems a very handy recipe, and if the claims that firm make are even half true, it has got to be good for us. Microwave butternut squash risotto doesn`t look fantastic either, but is very tasty and comforting :-)

Justamum

I was in Tesco today and the woman in front of me had bought a box of Value eggs which quite clearly state on them that they are caged eggs. I felt like asking her if she knew exactly how tiny those cages are! Unfortunately I didn't have the nerve, but boy was I boiling inside!

WendysWorld

Doom_and_Gloom wrote: »

Personally BabyMother I use my spinach in it's raw form in green smoothies. By blending it the nutrients are more readily available to the body. They have done more accurate testing since that happened (although I’m not sure what the myth is out of the two) and what they say is that for spinach that it is 2.7mg to every 100g. Obviously it depends how your body absorbs iron and if you consume it with a food with vitamin C though to how much your body actually obtains from it.

I am not about to pay any money into the slaughter industry. Being a vegetarian or vegan usually means that you disagree with the killing of animals not due to wanting quality meat from the animals so abstaining from them due to that! I also doubt that in this era people could make it so that animals were sustainable for any kind of food. It really is a shame that so many animals have to die for peoples pleaser of animal products and even their by products. I’m trying not to sound cruel or judgmental but for me killing animals and using them the way humans do for their flesh and by products is not worth it because of the eventual death of an animal by human demand. I’ll have my so called 'fake cheese' and tofu (which by the way has been around for thousands of years in the east) and all the other vegan products I wish to have that do not hurt animals directly thank you. I would rather live and let live than kill the helpless that can not speak in human tongue.

Jeez, didn't mean to cause offence just pointed out that there are probably better sources of iron (vegan!!) than spinach. And sorry about the fake cheese comment, just for me I like it from milk. Have tried alternative and don't like it.
I just wanted to put the point across that even if - like me - you are a confirmed animal murderer/flesh eating monster that it is good to learn from vegetarians/vegans and think about the welfare of the animals you eat before you eat them and eat less meat from good sources. And get some nice meatless recipes at the same time.

twinkle_star_2

Hi BabyMother,

I had heard of the spinach/iron debate but I was just copying out amounts stated in the FSA's manual of nutrition. As far as I'm aware there is a lot of iron in spinach but it might not be as easily absorbed as other types. This should be countered by eating lots of it and making sure you have plenty of vitamin C. One thing I did read was that spinach has high calcium levels (like watercress) but unlike watercress the calcium definitely isn't easily absorbed. Anyway, hopefully nobody is eating a purely spinach diet so we should all be ok:rotfl: .

I hope you do get some good recipes from here and enjoy them. Diet is a purely personal choice so I hope you don't get put off our thread! One day soon I really am going to get around to posting some more recipes:rolleyes: which you may (hopefully) find a yummy addition.

twinkle