About half a week ago, I became self aware of my state as a piece of shit regarding the animal populations of Earth and their wellbeing. It was sparked by a video of animal abuse I saw online that I refuse to describe beyond serial-killer-level psychological torture to a poor, defenseless being.
I realize, there’s a set, and a mic, and props. This ain’t the first time, this has fucking followers and people will mimic it. We’re this shit as a species?! Where is the bottom? Is there one?!
I generally consider myself a fairly strong willed person, and my former diet wasn’t too dissimilar from dishes I could make vegan, so, I figure, why not? I saw Blue Planet 3. I know we’re fucking up. I had a few holdout food items but, pizza is my favorite food, and I believe replicating it will be fun. There’s apparently a few vegan roux recipes with some ways to mimic cheese flavor for mac and cheese. I’m into it.
Anyway, do share any tips with me that you wish you’d known when you started out. What’s a good brownie recipe?
Same here friend. My tip: use vegan cheeses sparingly, let the other toppings shine, the cheese is a garnish. Also cheese goes on top so it actually cooks.
Me personally, lately I’ve been going with small dollops of some vegan mozzarella I’ve been getting at whole foods (forget the brand, I’ll get back to you) and finishing with Violife Parm (the block, get a microplane if you don’t already have one).
My wife does kite hill ricotta on her pizza, since vegan cheese often struggles to melt, starting with something softer is great.
Ultimately though, the fun part is trying new recipes! Go forth and explore.
My real tip is this: try really hard not to limit yourself. Your new diet sets some bounds on what’s out, but for everything else that’s in, go nuts and try everything.
Don’t just try and recreate old favorites, and try and let go of any past food grudges!
Whatever vegetable you “just don’t like”, you probably didn’t have it cooked the right way, or it was never served ripe.
Not a fan of Indian food? I guarantee you haven’t tried every dish from every region - go forth and try new dishes.
You may already be an adventurous eater, in which case great, but I’ve known folks who have gone vegan only to give up after 3 months of eating nothing but impossible nuggets and canned chili.
Indian food is great, but the commitment to creating the curries makes me feel like I’d need a full time staff to make one dish unless there are some decent quick hacks for them.
There’s a lot of Indian dishes that are very easy to make. Try dal. Delicious and easy.