/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>8874957
Oh hey, what a coincidence. I just decided to browse here and I happen to be a vegan.

Alright, nutritional yeast you can try, but don't expect anything amazing. I tried it when I first went vegan, but I haven't bought it since. It's not bad, but I don't know, there's a lot of hype about it I personally don't understand. Maybe I got a bad brand, but mine tasted earthy. Which is fine if you like earthy, but it's not something I'm especially fond of. A lot of vegans love it though so it's worth a shot to see if you're one of them. Good source of B12, but I prefer other fortified foods or a sublingual to get that.

Seems like you're going vegan for health reasons, but you ask about honey so maybe you're doing it for ethical reasons too. Different advice for both.

Honey isn't okay for vegans. Bees are classified as animals and I'm not an expert but they do seem to be hurt unnecessarily in honey production, and they do seem to feel pain. Also I skimmed past an article that said something like bees are dying because we're taking their honey and feeding them something else that isn't good for them, so you could look into that as well.

I'm personally not super passionate about not eating honey - it's just so easy for me to not do it that I haven't put much effort into researching. And I don't want to cause harm if I can avoid it if there's a chance they feel pain.

That food pyramid looks pretty decent.

Just eat what you want, but veganized. If you're into baking:
black beans blended with water is great as an egg replaced in brownies
banana/peanut butter for chocolate chip cookies
apple sauce or vinegar and baking soda in cakes (with coconut milk to make it extra decadent)
Vegan Egg is handy as a general egg replacer for baking (can also make things like breakfast burritos with it)

Follow Your Heart vegan mozzarella is great on pizza or lasagna (broiled for brown bubbles)
Try cashew cheese
To be continued...

>>8798655
I would top this with some vanilla cashew ice cream or coconut whipped cream. Mmm. Maybe a dash of cinnamon on top.

Here's another of my favorite vegan products: Follow Your Heart vegan mozzarella. I like to wrap the pizza crust in foil then put it under a broiler with this on top so it gets those nice brown bubbles. So good.

>>8289555
>Tips:
-Don't eat fake meat, fake cheese, and the like. It tastes like shit, usually avoids the health benefits, is overpriced, and you'll probably just end up craving the real thing.

Stopped reading here. You've obviously never tasted Gardein. I have many meat eater friends who prefer Gardein to meat and have freezers stuffed with Gardein. And you get all the health benefits like protein, iron, etc. without all the negative health effects like: www.theradicalvegan.tumblr.com/health

And there are cheap meat improvements like Boca chick'n and beefless crumbles that are delicious and nutritious. And I've definitely never craved meat after eating them...been vegan 7 years. Cheese improvements like cashew cheese, Daiya, and Follow Your Heart Vegan Mozzarella are also great.

This person is obviously not vegan, disregard everything they're saying please.

Follow Your Heart Vegan Mozzarella.

Just created a new blog. What do you guys think? Are you more inclined to try vegan food after seeing it?
http://theradicalvegan.tumblr.com/