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Try oats + fried mushrooms + cooked squash + egg/egg replacement + your seasoning of choice

>>103
Not a vegetarian but I would eat that. Vegetarian burgers are good, but when paired with a regular burger they are amazing.

As for meals, vegetarian spaghetti is rather good. Just start out with your basic carrots, onions, and spinach, and go from there. I don't remember the recipe exactly, but it is good.

>>107
Ever tried vegetarian yakisoba? It's freaking amazing.

>>108
I've actually never had yakisoba before, or heard of it until now. I looked it up, and it looks good. I can imagine that vegetarian yakisoba would be equally delectable.

If you don't mind me asking, what are your reasons for being vegetarian?

>>109
I'm against both the suffering of animals because of industrialization and the actual killing of animals. The fact that it's actually more wasteful to make meat is not actually a reason for me, but it's certainly a reason of why it was easier for me to take the decision. As to why I'm against the killing of animals, I guess there's no real reason to it, and it might be on the level of some religious belief. Oh, and I also hate the taste of meat.

I'm a vegan.
In a couple of weeks I will be much more of a sufficient cook (bought a couple of cookbooks, up until now I've mostly bought freezed, ready-to-cook faux meats). Now I will learn how to be a /healthy/ vegan (surpassing all RDIs correctly) - while saving money.

should I start a separate vegan-thread? There is a quite a difference between vegetarianism and veganism. The majority of vegetarian dishes needs altering.

>>139
Even though it's quite different, I don't think there's much need for another thread, so go ahead here.

I want to go full vegan, though I don't know if, given the excercise I do and my economical situation, I'll be able to keep healthy. I've been off meat for about 4 years and I'm trying to drop dairy products. But since I started excercising and my trainer told me I should at least eat fish once a week, well I obey him, but want to eventually drop fish as well.
Any advice?

>>934
Just do it. Going fully vegan I mean. My girlfriend got me to do it and she is very health-conscious too which is why she's looking up a lot off stuff about it and from what we gathered there are a lot of people who eat purely plant-based and exercise a lot and not only do they look younger and healthy but most of them say they feel more energized. Especially those that go fully raw.
Haven't done it myself because it's just too expensive and annoying dealing with all that fresh stuff (no car+small fridge).

For recipe ideas you can use many things from the asian cuisine.

Some things we make often are:
Red Curry+Coconut milk (or half a bar? of coconut milk, look in asian supermarkets for both)+Vegetables+Rice
Green Curry+Coconut Milk+Mango+Rice (very tasty)
Just cook the rice and heat the curry+milk+water+veggies/mango in a wok or pot. Fry the veggies beforehand if you wish. I put most in directly except stuff like zucchini or broccoli but that's personal preference.

Also rice+beans in the pan. Together they have all the essential amino-acids(protein) your body requires.
The only additive we take (semiregularly) is B12. Had a blood test a while back and everything's pretty standard.

Here's some links:
http://consciousnourishment.org/2014/03/25/6-raw-foodists-over-50-that-look-decades-younger/

http://www.greatveganathletes.com/bodybuilders

If you want to know more, my girlfriend just recommended "The Starch Solution".

And don't eat fish. The mercury it contains accumulates in the long term. You can get Omega-3 from flaxseeds just as easily.
From wiki:
"The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists note that, considering all the dangers and benefits, the overall result of eating fish in the United States is likely to improve personal health rather than damage it. The college argues that the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids found in fish have a health benefit that outweighs the harm from mercury or polychlorinated biphenyls. Even so, the College also suggests limiting fish consumption for pregnant women."
It "likely" outweighs the dangers..
Basically they're saying support the tradition of eating animals by harming yourself.

I am vegetarian but I have not tried fake meat or meat replacements

>>938
i tried going full vegan
but i guess i just cant live without milk or cheese

I've tried to go full vegan but I just can't seem to do it because people offer me food they have cooked and I don't wanna be rude and poo poo it. When I cook for myself it's vegan at least.

jim lahees no-knead bread. water, flour, yeast. its remarkably versatile for something so hands-off. for example you can use it as a base for an actual kneaded dough bread.

being a vegetarian or a vegan means you get to enjoy cooking a lot of dishes yourself because restaurants or pubs either dont know how to do it or dont care to. Keep cooking, and you quickly realize how big a scam the food economy really is. most affordable sit-down restaurants are predicated on your complacent inability to cook, so they can basically serve whatever they want dredged in about a pound of bulk cheese.

Fast food is real food just as death is the poor mans doctor.

and the most infuriating thing about most other restaurants? when they say they can "make anything" vegetarian. What theyre really saying is they'll wiggle some carrot sticks in a skillet for 7 minutes and throw some cheese/potatoes in there for good measure. They have so little conviction to their recipes and their "chef" they can literally sub anything for anything so long as it came off a cisco reefer truck.

Once you've fried your own falafel, or made your hummus, its almost impossible to keep going to any restaurant. As a vegan for example, Ive gotten so good at indian food i cant stand the restaurants. You will always care more about quality than them.

Soymilk. I would love to elaborate on how big a rip-off this is for vegans and vegetarians alike. Soymilk is just soybeans soaked, ground, simmered, and stuck in the fridge.

soak 1 cup of soybeans overnight
grind them with 2 liters of water in a blender.
pour this in a pot
simmer it for 20 minutes
let it cool. add a little sugar and vanilla extract
you have made soymilk.

Tofu is just soymilk with nigari, a common calcium salt you can buy on amazon. mix with a cup of water, add to the soymilk while warm, strain, press, and theres your tofu.

Eggs? try making a vegan egg from flaxseed. 1tbsp of ground flax to 4 tbsp of water. let it sit 2 minutes and you can use it in any recipe.

Lets make Kimchi, the biggest ripoff at the korean restaurant since they started charging for the banchan in the first place.

ingredients:
2 small/med heads napa cabbage
1/3 cup korean pepper flake (no substitutions)
1/4 cup seasalt (or canning salt.)
1 bunch spring onions (leave 1" from the bottom and replant for infinite spring onions)
6-10 cloves of garlic
2tsp of grated fresh ginger.

start by chopping your napa cabbage into 1" slices. dump those in a bowl, and into the bowl add 1/4 cup of salt. fill the bowl until the water covers the cabbage (some will float, thats fine.) mix up the water so the salt combines, Leave this overnight and go hack the gibson.

next day:
drain the cabbage from the salt water, rinse the cabbage, and give it a good SQUEEZE. put it back in the bowl and add 1/3rd cup of pepper flake, the bunch of spring onions chopped, the 2tsp of grated ginger and the garlic, chopped. get your hands in there and mash it all together until theres some juice.

put the mushy mixture in a plastic tub or a large jar if you have one, seal it up (not too tight) and wait 3 days. on day 3 put it in the fridge and wait 1-2 more days. after that? delicious kimchi.

kimchi getting old? no ones eating the last bits?
then lets make KIMCHI RAMEN:
1 pack of asian noodles (long life, or any yellow noodle really)
1/4 cup of miso
6 soykafake mushrooms sliced
1 tbsp of black sesame oil
chopped/grated carrot, 1/4 cup.

boil the noodles, once complete turn off the heat and add the 1/4 cup of miso. stir to combine and taste for saltiness. throw the rest of the ingredients in the pot, along with 1-2 cups of your kimchi (or whatevers left.)

lets make peanut butter. If youre not making it yourself, its because some rich fat white guy in a seersucker suit told you it was too hard and that you should buy his brand. Choosy moms might choose gif, but moms that dont base all their decisionmaking on 28 second advertisements during childrens shows make their own.

ingredients:
peanuts. shelled. you can get these from a number of places online, http://www.wakefieldpeanutco.com/
for example. bulk peanuts, despite how expensive they look are ALWAYS cheaper than store bought peanut butter.

spread about 2 cups of peanuts on a baking tray. bake at 300 for 18 minutes, or longer if you like roastier nuts. take them out and let them cool.

place peanuts in a blender with 1tbsp of peanut oil. blend slowly at first and then increase speed to warp factor 9. for those without a nice blender, a food processor will do. add salt and your peanut butter is done.

Peanuts are a vegan base. theyre calorie dense, rich in protein and vitamins, and go in anything. Peanut satay, groundnut stew, peanut butter cookies and hey:

the best breakfast cereal you will ever eat as a vegan:

start with:

a good 9 grain cereal, or steel cut oats. Honeyville farms will sell up to 50 pounds for dirt-cheap.
1tbsp of miso
1tbsp of that peanut butter you made.

cook the grains as per usual and add the mix-ins.

Just made this peanut sauce recipe liked it allot figured I share. I took the comments advice and Sautee tofu before hand with garlic. http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/25312/tofu-and-veggies-in-peanut-sauce/

Vegan for 7 years. This recipe is excellent and relatively cheap:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/165190/spicy-vegan-potato-curry/

>>935
man something about that comic has always made me feel uncomfortable. it's like it tries to be the simpsons but misses the point of the simpsons