Advice on going veg - good to share with people intersted in going veg

January 22, 2008

Cookbooks: Vegan with a VengeanceHow It All VeganThe Garden of VeganLa Dolce VeganThese three books are wonderful. Not only do they contain recipes but also information on dairy and egg replacers, a glossary of animal ingredients, and much more. You should be able to find them at any large-scale bookstore like Borders or Barnes and Noble, but you could also check your local library.My most recent favorite vegan cookbook is Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, but I love to bake, so I am biased. Also, PETA's Ingrid Newkirk wrote a book called The Compassionate Cook, which is full of simple

recipes. I have a really thin book that lists and defines animal ingredients and is much easier to carry around than a 15-page stapled list. I purchased it at Borders for $8. I think the best online source for recipes is www.vegweb.com. Non-vegans have offered to pay me to make snickerdoodles from a recipe I found on that site. For hard-to-find items, such as marshmallows and white chocolate chips, check out www.veganstore.com (the store itself is located a block off of the Twinbrook metro on the red line). Also, check out www.vegdc.com for a list of vegan-friendly restaurants in the Metro area.I recommend that you purchase The Vegan Sourcebook, which is probably the best resource ever for new vegans. I also have The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living (it sounds so corny, but it is full of great information).No need to worry too much about not knowing if certain ingredients are vegan as long as you have a decent list. I have been a

label-reader (aka vegan) for quite some time now, and after a while, you just know which ingredients are animal-derived. Also, for non-food products, the leaping bunny logo indicates that something is vegan, but maybe you are just starting out w/ a vegan diet only, so this would not apply just yet.If you live near a Whole Foods or Trader Joes, go there right away. Both chains have lots of "convenience" vegan foods. Amy's Kitchen is a great microwave brand. Not all of their products are vegan, but the ones that are note so in parentheses at the beginning of the ingredients list (I particularly like the No Cheese Pizza).Hope this helps. ------------------Animals are my friends. I don't eat my friends.http://www.iklipz.com/MovieDetail.aspx?MovieID=b78dcab6-a408-4659-b1f4-72d1fe7cfe0c http://www.chooseveg.com/meet-your-meat.asp"There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to other animals as well as humans, it is all a sham." -- Anna Sewell

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