Im a 22 year old male who has been eating meat for all that. I dont consider myself a big meat eater but looking at how we treat our animals and me being an animal person I have desides for the year 2006 I am gona change my life. Now that I can start my career job things are turning for the better. I plan on becoming a vegetarian, quit drinking pop, get into shape (reveal my sixpack). and probally other things this new year. Now I can see I am gona run into some small problems being milk and eggs. I know there is soy milk but I can not replace regualar cow milk into soy milk for some things, like my grandma/aunts baking. as for eggs is there a resonable replacement I can usually find at a local grocerie store(safeway, IGA,Sobys ect. Canada location only please) and my spelling sucks I know.
Soymilk has always worked when I used it in recipes for cooking. But if you don't like it, there's always ricemilk, almond milk, coconut milk, etc. Congrats and good luck on your new ways!! I know you can do it. When you have compassion for animals, going vegan will not be hard at all- and it sounds like you have the compassion
egg subs: enerG egg rerplacer (it is starch) flaxseeds ground wel with some water- should be slimy like egg. tablespoon of tofu (soft) see also the Post Punk Kitche's Vegan Baking page. www.tppk.com
Oh, and in baking, another way to replace eggs is to use a half a banana- or a spoonful of applesauce. Orm just go without any replacer if the recipe only called for one egg anyway- you'll see that it doesn't really affect the outcome.
Hey congrats! I went vegan in Jan 03 but not as a new year's resolution, I think most people break theirs, so I never made it such. The only thing I have had a problem with in soymilk land is instand puddings. Everything else has worked and I have been using soymilk for almost 4 years. Meals, snacks, smoothies, everything.
I am trying to do that same things. I am quittin pop, eating healthier, excersising more, and becoming vegetarian. I hope it lasts longer this time around... I tried it about a year ago and it lasted for a few months.
while trawling the release wires last week, several organizations had "how to keep your resolutions" press releases. the main point all of them made was to set definite goals. Rather than, say, I'm giving up pop/soda (on my list, too) try: I will reduce my drinking of soda to nothing by March 25. Insread of I'm becoming veg; try, I will learn 10 great veggie recipies by the end of January. this is more interesting than living off your one veg friendly dish for six months. Some people can quit at once and it keeps for years, some do that with an occasional slip (picture yourself dusting the misstep off and continuing on the road) Some people do well giving up all meat at home with the ability to do what you have to when eating out for a few months (this worked quite well for a friend of mine). I started down this road in middle school before the Internet. All I had was a Krishna pamphlet. I gave up beef (never ate pork/goat /lamb) for a few weeks then had the "duh" thought: what's the diff between a cow and a chicken? So away went birds and then fish a few weeks later. within three months I was a lacto-ovo veg, with an interest in Macrobiotics. In Texas. THAT went over well, but my folks meant well, even if dinner at dad's was a bun with all the fixin's and a salad for several years (my step mom had been veg in the 70's why she never stepped in is a mystery.) To be fair, my step mom makes rocking, intersting salad with dark greens and lots of goodies. Now I'm lacto when I dine out and vegan cuisine at home, although my omni partner and kid can make what they want with the kosher standards my kitchen needs. This works for me. It won't work for hard core animal activists, but my sustaining reason for being veg is earth health: if we have no planet, no animals survive...except maybe galactic cockroaches... If your sustaining reason is your own health, you might be content with ovo-lacto. Animal rights? you'll be content with full veganiasm 24-7. whatever, you are reducing the strain on the earth in a small but meaningful way. Veg is a cuisine. Don't settle for less. and we'll see about that secret handshake!
