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i hereby take back every argument i have made against veganism
one of us, one of us
Grats on deciding to go vegan, lmk if you want some recipe suggestions.
also an oft overlooked area is dyes in food and cosmetics, some are derived from crushing arthropods :(
I didn't say that
:( but you said you took back your arguments. I assumed you thought it was something we should do from that
Humans are inherently hypocritical.
Well we're capable of being, but most people try to do what they think is right.
I would've thought if someone finds this horrifying they'd feel they don't have a choice but to change the source of their materials. It's pretty easy to start doing, even if you are overwhelmed with cooking or whatever start learning and just get plant based food when you buy ready meals or eat out etc, stop buying leather belts and shoes and so on.
Or just start keeping in mind where your food is coming from. There are places that don't do things like this
Firstly you have basically no control over that. Any idea where the gelatin in a bag of lollies came from? what about rennet in your cheese? or even the milk?
secondly everywhere is doing shit like this. Profit is the motive, abuse happens. Everywhere goes to the same slaughterhouses and feedlots, chickens all come from the same factories, fish are all suffocated to death in a net.
Hi I'll take some free information ๐
Hi, sorry I've taken so long to respond.
Just briefly what styles of cooking are you familiar/comfortable with? how much effort do you like to go to when cooking? and what kind of food do you generally enjoy?
I'm a white American, my diet is mostly classic american derived from french and Italian cuisine. My first vegetarian cookbooks were focused on slow cooking beans into soups, stews and chilis. I like effort, I have the time and I like to learn and have fun. I guess the biggest problem in my diet is I dont like cold foods, so interested in making salads warm, or room temperature with a warm sauce or dressing? I think I like savory flavors the most, and I'm a fan of bitter, too.
Well I fucking hate salads (although I suppose you could argue everything I eat is one :P) so you wont get much out of me on that front.
So you're probably used to food that's pretty meat and dairy heavy, at least in a global sense. In terms of plant based variations there are a couple of key ingredients to keep in mind:
Ok arcane secrets aside another principle is: make sure you include something rich each meal. If you do the arty-farty health food cafe "cauliflower steak" (retching noises) you will just be hungry and unsatisfied. You need to make sure you're eating the same calories and hearty food. In general aside from light meals you should aim to include something from {tofu, beans, lentils, nuts and seeds, TVP, oats} or similarly protein and fat heavy foods each meal. Nuts and seeds are very very very energy dense so be careful there, beans and lentils are approx equivalent to cow meat in terms of protein and calories (less fat though) and so can be used in similar quantities. You'll probably want to add a bit of oil to your cooking in various ways too when not using nuhttps://ohsheglows.com/ts and seeds to bump the fat up. Eat varied and you'll trivially hit your mix of amino acids, it's honestly not worth stressing about unless you have a vary narrowly focused diet.
Some blogs for your American palate:
Further afield from what you're used to:
I hope that's useful! Plant based eating is a lot more approachable than you often think, it can just require a bit of time to learn some tricks.
My one final parting message is that beans blended to a paste with herbs and spices make very satisfying dips, and you can make sort of sandwich or wrap fillings that way for practical options during the week.