On my journey from Vegetarianism to Veganism a few weeks ago one of the first things I discovered was that Oreos are vegan. I never eat chocolate or biscuits really but for the first two weeks I became a vegan I packed four (yes FOUR) oreos into a zipped up clear bag and popped them in my bag for work. I’d show those work lot that being a Vegan wasn’t boring. I could eat Oreos!!! I also added pink wafers to my ‘favourites’ at my Tesco shop along with ‘bacon rasher crisps’ because these too I had discovered were Vegan.
As you may guess my Vegan diet wasn’t exactly going to plan.
I wasn’t feeling great at all – I was basically eating confectionary and soya products . No wonder my stomach hurt!!
Week three and it’s all getting a bit better. I’ve become a little more sensible and stopped only buying things that say ‘free from’. Because what I realised of course is there’s a lot of free from stuff – like potatoes, carrots, courgettes, onions, tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, rocket etc etc etc!
So I made a lovely vegan curry last night, even if I do say so myself and guess what – onion bhajis are VEGAN!!! I like to cut corners when I cook – well maybe not like but I have to because I’m out at work over 50hrs a week, I write at night, I have a dog and a son that need feeding and talking to so I cut corners! I also cook on the cheap a bit because, well again, I have to! Also I’m the only vegan in the house and my son tends to eat completely different meals to me so I have to buy things that last! I buy a lot of frozen veg now, there’s always different opinions about whether it’s as good as fresh but for me it’s cheaper and it also lasts so I use it!
I made this vegan curry last night and it was so yummy! I first made it with tofu but maybe it’s me not getting the hang of it but I really wasn’t keen on the texture and again it just felt kind of ‘made up food’ so I stuck to what I know! The curry was made with (frozen) chopped onion, mushrooms, (frozen) chopped leeks, (frozen) chopped courgettes, some curry paste, vegetable stock (Tesco have a value stock cube for 27p!), coconut milk and some basil thrown in at the end, I served it with the said onion bhajis (I bought them from co-op!) and some brown rice. It was totally delicious!
I’m quite excited tonight as I treated myself to the vegan cook-book by Aine Carlin ‘Keep it Vegan’. I’ve downloaded about 50 recipes from the internet but I’ve mixed them all up and a flapjack recipe goes on to a mushroom lasagne so thought I’d play safe and get one that is actually bound!
Wish me luck! 🙂
Looks greatv
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Good luck with your vegan cooks. I love pakoras aka onion bhajis – Yum, where about in North Wales do your live. I lived in Harlech for a few years and often visited places around and one of my past jobs used to take me to Llanberis too. Miss it.
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I’m nearer Bala. How do I follow your blog? ?! Can’t see a follow button!
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