Thursday, March 4, 2010

Vegan Replacements

Many times people prefer to purely make Vegan recipes, however there are replacements that can be substituted for milk or eggs.

There are many milk replacements, such as soymilk, almond milk, rice milk, and more, so it is fairly easy to switch out milk in a non-Vegan recipe.

Eggs are harder to replace. They require more chemistry to bind the products in baking, and there is no (as far as I know) available egg replacer for cooking things like omelets or other fried egg products. The most common egg replacers for baking are banana, apple sauce, flaxseed, or the commercial egg replacer. A more detailed list can be found here.

Overall, it is easy to make non-Vegan recipes Vegan with the right knowledge and supplies.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Billy the Cow

Just saw this video and thought you guys' might enjoy it:

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Random Veganness in Portland

The past couple of days I was in Portland on college trips. Portland is awesome.
My sister and mom bought me an AMAZING vegan maple donut from Voodoo Donuts. They said the line was out the door.
Also, when I was at Powell's, I stumbled upon their vegan and vegetarian cookbook section, which was extensive and very tempting. I'm definitely going to be making a trip to the library soon.

Other randomness:
Macbeth is another option for vegan shoes. Davey Havok of AFI is designing a line for them, and Hunter Burgan, also of AFI has done promo for them before, and they have lots of other awesome stuff. I think that Tom Delonge (blink-182, Angels & Airwaves) and some other artists have also designed shoes for Macbeth.
This is the skit that Hunter Burgan did: http://www.youtube.com/user/TranquilMammoth?blend=2&ob=1#p/a/F97CA0F245DB4B43/0/CMmkpfS-Nxg .

Macbeth Shoes can be found at their official website, http://modlife.com/macbeth/products . They also sell at various places online and stores in our area (mostly in San Francisco).

I hope everyone is having a great break!