How many vegans on board?

savvy

_Andy_ wrote: »

Yep Thai curries are awesome!

talking of raw vegan food, heading back to San Francisco later in the year, Cafe Gratitude there is just amazing, their raw-food tiramisu rocks

http://www.cafegratitude.com/cafemenufeb08

OMG tiramisu is the only dessert I miss..........when you go, see if you can sneak a peek at the recipe for me :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Cor I am envious, it does look a good menu :T but I'm offsetting it with my mates raw brownie!

_Andy_

savvy wrote: »

OMG tiramisu is the only dessert I miss..........when you go, see if you can sneak a peek at the recipe for me :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Cor I am envious, it does look a good menu :T but I'm offsetting it with my mates raw brownie!

OK here it is (from their recipe book). Haven't made it - some obscure ingredients etc.
The one we had there was one of the best desserts ever!

Oh not trying to rub it in but I will also be going back here -

http://www.millenniumrestaurant.com/menus/index.html

Their food is absolutely divine (some wonderfully pompous ingredients lol)

Anyway here we go..

FOR THE CAKE
1.5 cups well-packed, chopped dates
.5 cup coconut butter
.5 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons vanilla
30 ounces almond flour
8 ounces cold-processed espresso (guess you could use regular)

FOR THE CACAO MOUSSE
.5 ounce Irish Moss (see what I mean)
1.5 cups almond milk
.25 up + 1 teaspoon of well-packed, finely chopped dates
.25 cup agave nectar (Holland and Barrett sell it)
2 tablespoons vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cacao powder
1 tablespoon lecithin
Scant (?) 1/2 cup raw unscented coconut butter

FOR THE WHIPPED CREAM (whoop!)
2.25 cups coconut milk
1.25 cups soaked cashews (6 hrs or so soaked in water to soften)
1/2 cup and 2 tablespoons agave nectar
2 tablespoons vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons lecithin
2/3rds cup raw unscented coconut butter

GARNISH
.25 cup cacao powder

ok here goes

TO MAKE THE CAKE
First puree the dates in a food processor. To create a fine paste, you may need to add a little water. In a mixer with flat paddle at low speed, mix date, coconut butter, vanilla and salt until smooth. Add flour and mix at higher speed until well incorporated. Remove from mixer and separate into two equal portions. Grease pan (with unscented coconut butter) and form an even layer on bottom of the pan with one portion. soak this layer with half of the espresso (4 ounces). Allow espresso to soak in.

TO MAKE THE MOUSSE
Blend Irish Moss with .5 cup of milk until dissolved, smooth, and thick. Add remaining milk, date, agave, vanilla, salt and cacao powder, and blend until smooth. add lecithin and coconut butter until well incorporated. Pour onto the cake layer. Set in fridge/freezer for about an hour. Once set, layer the other cake portion on top of the mousse and soak cake with remaining espresso. Return to fridge/freezer until ready to top with whipped cream.

TO MAKE THE WHIPPED CREAM
Blend all the ingredients except lecithin and coconut butter until smooth., Then add lecithin and coconut butter, blending until well incorporated. Pour onto cake and set in fridge/freezer (about an hour). ONce set dust with cacao powder in an even layer..



Sorry for typos, free-typed copying book.

savvy

_Andy_ wrote: »

OK here it is (from their recipe book). Haven't made it - some obscure ingredients etc.
The one we had there was one of the best desserts ever!

:T:T:T OMG thank you so much!!!!! :j:j There's nothing there that I'm not familiar with so no major problem there, I haven't used Irish Moss yet though so that's awesome

_Andy_ wrote: »

Oh not trying to rub it in but I will also be going back here -

http://www.millenniumrestaurant.com/menus/index.html

Their food is absolutely divine (some wonderfully pompous ingredients lol)

Liar :p:p :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Looks immense!! I really want to get back to LA and try some of the places out there, it's on my major to do list!

Jacey53

I currently eat meat and fish, but have considerably reduced the amounts I eat.

For environmental reasons, as well as health benefits, I believe that a vegan diet is the way forward for me.

Can I ask whether posters to this thread gradually moved from eating meat to vegetarianism to veganism, or whether they plunged straight in?

In either case, were there any adverse effects? I have suffered digestive problems in the past and would like to minimise the possibility of future problems if I can.

Vaila

hi all, ive been vegan for 8 years (quite a long time considering im 18), never really ate meat before that though. regarding money though to keep costs down i buy the value range of soya milks and adore the 20p tins of kidney beans ... to the poster aboe me, make sure your fluid intake is good and maybe opt for less gas producing vegetables, and try alternative protiens to beans such as tofu, but hey theres a whole load of vegan products out thers, my fave are alpro soya dessserts especially the choc and caramel ones

if anyone needs to know anything just ask!

savvy

Jacey53 wrote: »

I currently eat meat and fish, but have considerably reduced the amounts I eat.

For environmental reasons, as well as health benefits, I believe that a vegan diet is the way forward for me.

Can I ask whether posters to this thread gradually moved from eating meat to vegetarianism to veganism, or whether they plunged straight in?

In either case, were there any adverse effects? I have suffered digestive problems in the past and would like to minimise the possibility of future problems if I can.

Personally everything I did was gradual..............until going vegan because in food terms all that then meant was cutting out cheese and eggs by then

I reckon transitioning slowly is best as it gives your body time to adjust with toxins being expelled, forms better habits, allows your pallette to change for the better and is an easier learning curve

savvy

Just gotta share this with you guys, there was a prog in America called Cupcake Wars and Chole Coscarelli (a vegan chef) won it :T...........with vegan cupcakes all the throughout the competition! :j

Here are some of recipes if you want to try them out;
Raspberry Tiramisu
Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Cupcake
Chocolate Orange Cupcake
Orange Buttercream

sleepymy

_Andy_ wrote: »

Pet hate questions I always seem to get asked about being vegan - (I should carry an FAQ to handout with me)

1) So what DO you eat? (duh)
2) But what about protein?
3) So do you eat fish?
4) You eat eggs though don't you?
5) Why are you vegan? (none of your business )
6) But you must want to eat meat, you eat vegan 'sausages'/whatever replacement
7) What about leather - your shoes are leather aren't they? (no)
8) "Can you eat that then?" (yes or I wouldn't be eating it - duh)

etc etc ad nauseum

You might enjoy this http://seanbonner.tumblr.com/post/252364222/defensive-omnivore-bingo

savvy

savvy wrote: »

Just gotta share this with you guys, there was a prog in America called Cupcake Wars and Chole Coscarelli (a vegan chef) won it :T...........with vegan cupcakes all the throughout the competition! :j

Here are some of recipes if you want to try them out;
Raspberry Tiramisu
Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Cupcake
Chocolate Orange Cupcake
Orange Buttercream

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have just baked the Choc Strawberry Cupcake and nicked one as it's cooled, so there's no buttercream or strawberries yet..................and that is the BEST ever vegan cupcake I have EVER had................and it absolutely can't be anything to do with my cooking, it has to be the recipe!!! :T:T:T:T It's so light and yet totally moist. Oh should admit that as usual I changed something I used fruit sugar instead of sugar because that's all I had (we don't have much sugar in the house) and I used Dove's farm gluten free plain flour.

Can't wait to ice them up and hit them with strawberries :j:j

ThriftyFelicity

savvy wrote: »

Just gotta share this with you guys, there was a prog in America called Cupcake Wars and Chole Coscarelli (a vegan chef) won it :T...........with vegan cupcakes all the throughout the competition! :j

Here are some of recipes if you want to try them out;
Raspberry Tiramisu
Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Cupcake
Chocolate Orange Cupcake
Orange Buttercream

Thanks so much for the link... I made her Avocado Pesto Pasta tonight & it was AMAZING!!