That’ll do! This is what Ed and the girls have produced this morning for me. Vegan hollandaise sauce (recipe from http://www.hotforfoodblog.com/recipes/2014/2/27/vegan-hollandaise-sauce) on mushrooms, baby spinach and avocado, on delicious multi seed toast.
Completely delicious!
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The following is an article from One Green Planet that explains very helpfully how you can get plenty of protein on a vegan diet, even if you don’t want to eat soy products such as tofu, seitan, tempeh etc.
So how much protein do we really need? According to Reed Mangels, Ph.D. and R.D., “The RDA recommends that we take in 0.36 grams of protein per pound that we weigh.” So, let’s say you weigh 175 pounds. You should then be aiming for around 63 grams of protein per day. Now, for some tips on how to achieve this feat, all the while staying plant-based, as well as gluten and soy-free.
Lentils are a protein powerhouse at around 18 grams of protein per cup. They’re also cheap and versatile. A triple win!
Hemp seeds weigh in at 16 grams of protein per 3-tablespoon serving. I like to add these seeds atop salads and throw them into smoothies whenever possible.
Black beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, lima beans…all of them will give you, at minimum, 15 grams of protein per cup. Throw beans on or in to at least one of your meals, and you’ll get a good bit of protein. I like to sneak beans into my breakfasts to get a nice morning protein boost.
Other legumes, like chickpeas or black-eyed peas, are a great protein source that can be made into veggie burger patties or cooked in soups, placed on salads, and so much more! These will bring in from 13 – 15 grams of protein per cup.
The gluten-free eater’s go-to rice substitute, quinoa is a staple for me and so many other gluten-free vegans. I eat it probably once every day, either at lunch or dinner. Two cooked cups will add 16 grams of protein to your daily count.
Even your greens can be a source of protein – especially if you eat them in abundance! Spinach totals at 5 grams per cooked cup, while broccoli will give you 4 grams of protein per cooked cup. If you’re a healthy vegan, you’re eating greens in copious amounts – so add these and other protein rich greens in throughout the day, and it’ll add up fast.
Now, let’s put some of this together to see how easy it can be. If you made a dinner of, for example, 2 cups quinoa (16 grams protein) + 1 cup of black beans (15 grams protein) + a sprinkling of 3 tablespoons hemp seeds (16 grams protein) + 2 cups each of spinach (10 grams protein) and broccoli (8 grams of protein), all stirred up with some delicious vegan stir-fry sauce, your lunch or dinner would be giving you 65 grams of protein – above what is recommended for one day for the average 175 pound person!
Skool of Vegan is a new initiative aimed at trying to get people to look at their eating habits and attitudes towards animals in a more critical way. Their mission statement is: ‘Because making the connection is child’s play’. It certainly makes for some uncomfortable reading and I admire their original approach. Whether you like the drawings or not its hard to deny the underlying truth and i think they do a good job of highlighting the hypocrisy and inconsistencies of what we teach our kids. I think it’s probably a little too heavy handed for most people’s taste and therefore I doubt they will reach people in the way they’d like to. Perhaps a less aggressive tone might have spoken to more people…? What do you think? Here a few…
Whilst we’re on the subject – here’s a link that tells you which condom brands are vegan and which aren’t.
Good to know. There’s only room for us animals in the bedroom ta very much…
http://www.thevegansexshop.com
Just been sent this link by a friend. Who’d have thunk it? A specialist vegan sex shop. Well of course! And a percentage of all profits go to animal and human rights charities. So you are basically morally obliged to spend your hard earned pennies on cock rings and ky jelly.
Oh go on then…
Just cos it’s valentines…
I made this vegan torte last night and have just had a slither and I can safely say it is the best vegan dessert I have ever made and possibly ever tasted. It’s dead easy to make, looks impressive enough … Continue reading
Tomorrow is of course Shrove Tuesday, so in case any of you are wondering how on earth you are going to honour such a day without access to eggs, then fear not. Here are my top ten tried and tested vegan pancake recipes – all of them eggless and still eggcellent!
1. One Ingredient Chef’s Classic Vegan Pancakes
2. Jamie Oliver’s Vegan Blueberry Pancakes
3. Post Punk Kitchen’s ‘Puffy Pillow Pancakes’
4. BBC’s ‘Vegan Mushroom and Tomato Pancakes’
5. OhSheGlows’ ‘Strawberry Shortcake Stacked Pancakes’
6. Hungry Curious’ ‘Three Ingredient Vegan Pancakes’
7. Vegan Insanity’s ‘Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes with Blueberry Compote’
8. Minimalist Baker’s ‘Oreo Cookie Pancakes’
9. Deb Gleason’s ‘Chocolate Protein Banana Pancakes’
10. Why not kill 2 birds with 1 stone and make your loved ones some Valentine’s themed vegan pancakes, with Vegan Woman’s ‘Valentine’s Day Chocolate Chip and Strawberry Pancakes’
An article about the effects of animal agriculture on climate change. Not the most in-depth article but with a readership of nearly 3 million people, this is a huge step towards educating people about the effects and consequences that their food choices heating meat and dairy has on the environment:
Hoorah!
This article was featured yesterday on the BBC Magazine Online and was written by Vanessa Barford. I’ve come across so many people who’ve said “I could easily be vegan, except for cheese…” Or “I’d love to be vegan but I could never give up eggs..”. This notion that it has to be all or nothing is really problematic (and another reason why labelling these food choices – vegan – is so dangerous) as it’s stopping people from making any changes whatsoever for fear that they can’t do it all. We have to invent new labels – part-time vegan, flexi-vegan etc. Why not be vegan at home and eat whatever you want when eating out. Or avoid animal products before 6pm each day and don’t worry about it in the evenings. This kind of gentle leaning into veganism should be encouraged. Just think – if everyone in the UK decided to cut their animal product consumption in half, then it would be like half the population were vegan!
Any small steps towards an animal-product free lifestyle is a step in the right direction and whether it’s ‘Meat Free Mondays’, ‘Veganuary’ , ‘Beyoncé & Jay-Z’ or peopl’s own moral conscience that is inspiring them, it’s all good!
Are there chicken sheds in heaven? 