Fellow Vegans or wanna-Vegans?

Been eating Chez Gourmet Oregon Harvest Veggie Burgers recently. They are good.

In terms of making vegan burgers, a great way of doing so is boiling equal parts of red lentils / TVP with what ever seasoning of choice until it absorbs all the water and makes a nice gooey slop. Then you mix in finely diced veggies of choice (I use onions, peppers, peas, broccoli, carrots, etc. but you can be adventurous). Then I add a good amount of rolled oats and panko bread crumbs and tamari soy sauce. You pat those into patties and pop them in the oven at 400 degrees and flip them once. Awesome natural(ish) ingredients, healthy, and packed with veggies. They taste great on some wheat bread with tomatoes, onions, and pickles.

My mom is awesome. She took my out for lunch this morning. I got a nice garden burger and she gave me a garden burger recipe book.

http://www.amazon.com/Veggie-Burgers-Every-Which-Way/dp/1615190198/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289261869&sr=1-1

Looking forward to trying lots of them. About half of them are vegan. There are directions how to take egg out of many of the vegitarian versions.

In terms of making vegan burgers, a great way of doing so is boiling equal parts of red lentils / TVP with what ever seasoning of choice until it absorbs all the water and makes a nice gooey slop. Then you mix in finely diced veggies of choice (I use onions, peppers, peas, broccoli, carrots, etc. but you can be adventurous). Then I add a good amount of rolled oats and panko bread crumbs and tamari soy sauce. You pat those into patties and pop them in the oven at 400 degrees and flip them once. Awesome natural(ish) ingredients, healthy, and packed with veggies. They taste great on some wheat bread with tomatoes, onions, and pickles.

Oh...that sounds to freaking tasty!

I've just finished reading through the whole thread. Whew! I'll admit to being a cheese lover, but have only used in sparingly a couple of times. I have chronic pancreatitis and need to avoid dairy, caffeine, most beans, soy, and I'm trying to keep the sugar down too since pancreatitis can cause diabetes. I've been using http://vegweb.com/index.php?action=recipecategories for most of my recipes. I've tried getting my kids away from chicken nuggets by using Vegan Dad's recipe http://vegandad.blogspot.com/search?q=chicken+nuggets , but it was a no-go. They love fruit so we give them loads of fruits to eat, but i do have to sneak in the veggies. Anyway, my goal is to add more vegan foods to their diets and even DH has tried a few things that I've made, but his versions have had cheese.

I eat 1-2 meat meals a week, the rest is vegetarian. It's not that I'm TRYING to be a vegetarian, it's just that I really don't crave meet very often and make it more for my fiance than I do for myself. I do like cheese, eggs, and will eat seafood rarely. I guess that makes me a flexitarian then?:-)

Shannon

Wow, no beans either? That would be very very difficult for me to do. Hmmm. Trying to think of a bean/meat substitute. I will be back later if I can think of anything.

What are your favorite fruits and veggies that you can eat?

Bmw6Series

I've been eating lentils and just subbing those for other beans in recipes.

I like almost all fruits and veg, apart from cabbage.

Indian food tonight. The rice is 4 or 5 grain rice with wild and red rice.

I'm new! (as of 12/20/10), and I've been a pescetarian (only meat I eat is fish) since August 1, 2010. I NEED to get of the dairy and eggs, and I'm working towards that. Most of my meals are vegan, and hopefully in 2011 I can make the transition into veganism

YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE ORIENTAL NOODLES. ONLY THE NISSAN ARE ANIMAL FREE. THE OTHERS HAVE SOMETHING IN THEM. READ THE INGREDIENTS. JUST WANTED TO HELP.

What is TVP?

Textured Vegetable Protein also called TSP. It's a soy based product...it's usually used to make chili or burgers. You can use it anywhere you would use ground meat.

I'm a fellow vegan! This January 1st will be my fourth year. I haven't had red meat since I was about 16 and I decided that I'm way too much of a hippie to ingest anything that used to be alive or suffers at our hands.

I turned for environmental and health issues, as well as having massive issues with factory farming and cruelty to animals. (I apologize now for anything I may say in the forums that may offend as I feel VERY strongly about this, though reading "Skinny *****" sums up how I feel and is life-changing!)

Fake meat/cheese is no better than the processed meat and dairy filled junked the non-vegans eat. I won't lie, I totally had nachos and cheese today (twice!), but I usually avoid it when possible.

There is definitely the belief that just won't die that vegans and vegetarians don't get enough calcium, iron, protein! or B12. Let me just tell you right now, IT IS A MYTH! Most green and leafy vegetables, not to mention beans/legumes and all those delicious fruits can provide us with the essentials. And hello, nuts. 6 cashews = 1 source of protein!

The one thing I am thankful for (above and beyond my previously mentioned reasons) is the different variety of food I've been exposed to. Had I never gone vegan, I may have never experienced the pomegranate, the mango, chickpeas!, eggplant, guacamole and my never-ending love for garlic.

Feel free to add me as a friend! It's all there (and some days are actually terrible!!!), but for the most part I've never been healthier after kicking the animals/by-products and I also shed 25 pounds as a sweet side effect. If you need advice in starting out or what sites are the best, etc, etc..., please let me know! I'm always willing to help out my fellow veggies... and wannabe converts!

Much love and thanks for all the support on this site!

Shalom fellow conscious eaters!
I've been vegetarian for about...10 years, vegan for 3-ish, but went back to vegetarian for...money reasons. I'm just getting back into being a vegan and I'm feeling wonderful!
I find it works for my body very well, especially a raw vegan diet, but I love veggies so much that I don't focus enough on proteins, which is why I haven't been able to lose weight.
Oh..that and I haven't exercised as much as I should.
I need help getting healthy!