About half a week ago, I became self aware of my state as a piece of shit regarding the animal populations of Earth and their wellbeing. It was sparked by a video of animal abuse I saw online that I refuse to describe beyond serial-killer-level psychological torture to a poor, defenseless being.
I realize, there’s a set, and a mic, and props. This ain’t the first time, this has fucking followers and people will mimic it. We’re this shit as a species?! Where is the bottom? Is there one?!
I generally consider myself a fairly strong willed person, and my former diet wasn’t too dissimilar from dishes I could make vegan, so, I figure, why not? I saw Blue Planet 3. I know we’re fucking up. I had a few holdout food items but, pizza is my favorite food, and I believe replicating it will be fun. There’s apparently a few vegan roux recipes with some ways to mimic cheese flavor for mac and cheese. I’m into it.
Anyway, do share any tips with me that you wish you’d known when you started out. What’s a good brownie recipe?
Best tip, get real handy in the kitchen.
Been vegan 25+ years and there is no way in hell i could afford to eat out for half my meals. There are tons of decent cheeses for different uses (and a ton of crap cheeses, but it’s subjective). I get Myokos regularly at my local grocery outlet.
Trader Joe’s has some rectangular crusts that are rad. Try to recreate the vegan buffalo sauce they discontinued with roasted broccoli and some sort of mock chicken nugs. Pesto with olives sun-dried tomatoes and Violife Parmesan is killer too.
You can make cheese yourself too. Lots of recipes out there. Some are cashew based, some are oat milk and lean on nutritional yeast (a bit heavily). My nacho cheese recipe can be Yukon potato, onion, pickled jalapeño and carrot (among other things) and is slammin’. Grab some vegan lactic acid to add a tang to your recipe. Just don’t go too heavy on the nutritional yeast. Gets bitter. Oh and mind the milk. Go as neutral as possible and don’t forget the fats/oils.
There are crazy options nowadays compared to when I started. It’s pretty neat. Especially abroad. Europe has become very friendly to plant-based diets.
Just don’t expect everything to be 1:1. It’s going to be different, but in a way that will become increasingly fulfilling.
Creatine and B12 is good to take as a vegan too. Greens have enough iron to get by. I only take creatine and work out regularly. Never had a worrisome blood test. Just generally eat well, not convenient. You can have a crap diet as a vegan too.
Apologies if that wasn’t a particularly structured response. It’s hot AF out and the beer isn’t helping me think.
Cheers, and welcome aboard