Hi my name is Jessica! I found this site today and decided to join since I am once again making my quest as a vegetarian. I was a veggie for over a year but then for some reason I don't remember I started eating meat again. I can tell the difference, I seemed to feel better when I was veggie. It's a really tough decision because I live in the south and everybody I know loves meat and southerners like to use meat with everything, so I have to be extra careful. I don't really have a support system in this so I hope I can find that here.

Labor Day 2010 marks my first day as a vegetarian, again. 

Hi everyone! I am a newbie---to the forum as well as veganism. I was a vegetarian when I was 10 until I was 14, but I was the only one in my large family, so it became too hard, and sadly I gave it up. I just returned, first to vegetarianism, then to veganism, in the last couple of weeks. I have been married for four years and have a three year old son. My husband is not too healthy of an eater, and he is a big meat fan. I talked with him about becoming a vegan and did loads of research (I am a planner to the nth degree). He supports me but does not want to make the change with me. Of course, I am understanding of this since I was a meat eater when we met and when we married.

Right now, my son eats the vegan meals I cook, but he still drinks milk and eats whatever daddy feels like cooking him while I am gone. This is because I have not fully figured out what to do for his diet. I want to be 100% certain with him, as he is my little baby I will be taking him to the doctor in the next week or so, and I am frightened after hearing horror stories of vegans raising vegans and what their doctors have to say Also, I live in Kentucky, which does NOT seem to be vegan friendly. (I have to drive an hour away just to get a decent selection of vegan items) A...

Hello! I'm Lea, I posted on here a long time ago when I first ventured into veganism. It's been a few years now and my husband and I have started a vegan food blog, plantbasednoms.blogspot.com  We just started last month, so we just have a few posts up, but feel free to take a look. ^^

Add to: Recipe Box | | Czech Vegan, 09/06/10

Chocolate Raspberry Pie

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    1 9-inch graham cracker pie crust (ready to eat)
    1 package (12.3 oz) firm silken tofu, crumbled and at a room temperature
    1/2 cup powdered sugar
    1 cup thawed frozen raspberries
    1 Tbsp maple syrup
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 cup fresh raspberries for garnish (optional topping)

Directions:

Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler or microwave.
Place silken tofu in a blender or a food processor and blend until smooth. Add melted chocolate, vanilla extract and maple syrup. Blend again until smooth. Add raspberries and powdered sugar and blend until mixture is v...

Looking for anyone in the indianapolis area that would be interested in a new Vegan buddy. I have no idea what I am doing and would love some help. I have a cupboard full of beans and grains and no idea of what to do with them. Thanks, Kelly

Please peoples I need your help... I need you're amazing ideas on how to get over a massive breakup and get your life going again... This is my first one

So far: I wrote a list of things I want to do that will make me happy but I have had a hard time getting out of the house because I feel like a depressed anxiety ridden wreck... I have hung out with good friends a few times

I know I need to start exercising... Tomorrow I wanna try to start

I have been dealing with my ED head on... I have made it through 2 days, working on 3 ED free

Any other ideas on what helped you would be nice... I don't have a ton of friends since my existence revolved around this guy

My dad is currently enthusiastically making salads for his work lunches, which is an excellent thing because he needs to be eating more healthily. However, I know his enthusiasm will wane once he gets bored of tomato, cucumber, olives and feta cheese.

He likes three bean salad but isn't impressed by the local supermarket version and wants to try making his own, although I doubt he will have the patience to soak and cook dried beans.

Can anyone give me some good salad ideas for him? Filling things like beans and rice would be particularly good.

A vegetarian stew made in the crockpot with seitan as a meat substitute.

Classic gingerbread cookies made vegan with egg replacer and vegan margarine. Vegan gingerbread cookies are perfect for a Christmas cookie exchange. Then again, why wait for the holidays? Vegan gingerbread cookies are wonderful year-round.

A healthy and low-fat vegetarian and vegan couscous salad recipe with chickpeas (garbanzo beans), cucumber and bell pepper.

Vegetarian French onion soup is a simple soup that is easy to prepare yet pleasantly flavorful. Serve with French bread or croutons for a heartier dish.

use maple syrup to make a refined sugar-free vegan chocolate frosting recipe! This is a simple and easy recipe, with just four ingredients that you may even have on hand already. Just make sure to use pure cocoa powder with no added sugar to keep this chocolate frosting refined sugar-free.

This is a creamy vegan frosting recipe made with tofu as a base and with a reduced amount of sugar. No cooking needed - just add all the ingredients to a blender and puree! If you're looking for a healthier vegan frosting recipe with less sugar, this is a good one to try. You can also add a bit of food coloring and flavor extracts to make different colors and flavors. Try a drop of green food coloring with some mint extract, for example. Enjoy!

If you've got rock-hard avocados and can't wait to make guacamole, there's a few things you can do to make your avocados get soft quicker.

Add to: Recipe Box | | FullObeans, 09/05/10

Chinese Chick'n Wraps with Plumb Sauce

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    For the Sauce:
    1/3rd cup Chinese plumb sauce
    2 Tbs. soy sauce
    2 Tbs. rice vinegar
    1 tsp. sirracha hot sauce
    For the rolls:
    1 package fake chicken
    2 cellery stalks, chopped fine
    1 red pepper, chopped fine
    2 carrots, shredded
    4 Tbs. minced fresh ginger
    1/4th tsp. salt and pepper to taste
    1 Tbs. basil
    1/4 cup chopped cilantro
    3 green onions, green and white chopped
    10 spring roll wrappers

Directions:

In some sesame oil, saute the chick'n, vegetables, and seasonings except for the onions and cilantro.  Add a li...

The past 2 recipes ive posted havent shown up and its been 2 days, is there a reason for this??

Add to: Recipe Box | | smallwhitechair, 09/04/10

Quick Gingered Sweet Potato Soup with Miso and Adzuki Beans

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    1 T olive oil
    1 sweet onion, minced
    1 large sweet potato scrubbed and cubed (skin on)
    2" ginger, minced
    1/2 t fennel seeds, lightly crushed
    1 bay leaf
    3 cups water
    1/2 vegan bouillon cube
    2 t read miso
    1/2 cup adzuki beans (1 cup cooked) cooked
    1/2 t smoked paprika
    cilantro for garnish

Directions:

Sweat the onions in a large sauce pan with the olive oil. When the onions start to become fragrant (about 5 minutes) add the cubed sweet potato and continue to stir until the sweet potato becomes fragran...

Now that I have a job, I wanna spend some of my hard earned monies on some awesome online vegan goodness....but I don't know where to start!

So what are some of your favorite sites for online vegan (or gluten free) shopping??

A basic vegetarian recipe for vegetarian potato soup with cheese, green onions and fresh chopped parsley. This is a potato soup that the whole family can eat.

Use whole wheat flour to make these basic whole wheat pancakes with buttermilk and just a touch of sugar for sweetness.