The Vegetarian and Vegan Lifestyle Thread

[HOOKS]

Got rid of the eggs & tuna and I've been on a Vegan diet for about 3 weeks now. Also swapped out Whey Protein for Hemp Protein. Went out to eat at Red Robin with my family and I ordered a Boca Vegan burger wrapped in lettuce with sides of steamed broccoli and carrots.

How do you feel?

[Jason California]

[Ryudo]

Hello, veg-friends!

Feast (ha) your eyes on this:
http://thevegg.com/

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/st_vegg/

Rocky Shepheard has perfected a paradox: a vegan egg yolk, no feathered friend required. Nope, it’s not one of those coconut-and-carrot-puree concoctions that molecular gastronomists are so fond of. This sulfury golden goo is every bit as eggy as anything laid by a hen. Since February, the Vegg has been selling at health food stores and at TheVegg.com. More than 7,650 powdered packets have sold worldwide, ready to whip up into no-ovo French toast, frittatas, and hollandaise sauce.

The improbable globule was conceived after the 58-year-old went vegan to protest factory farming. He missed the salty richness of fried eggs. “I thought, how hard can it really be to create a vegan egg?” Shepheard says. He blended nutritional yeast and Kala Namak (black salt) to create something that tasted remarkably like yolk. The red-orange glow was achieved with beta carotene. For additional substance he used sodium alginate, a seaweed extract and thickener. Mix the powder with water and behold: the incredible, edible Vegg. Thanks to the chemical properties of alginate, you can “spherify” the Vegg by stiffening its outer surface a bit in a simple calcium chloride solution. For his next trick, Shepheard’s working on a whole Vegg with a fryable white. It could be the answer to vegans’ secret cravings, if they aren’t too chicken to try it.

[Ben]

Ew, I always thought egg yolks were gross. I liked egg whites, but they're not something I miss eating at all.

[frzamonkey]

Hello, veg-friends!

Feast (ha) your eyes on this:
http://thevegg.com/

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/st_vegg/

I've cooked with it a few times. We made homemade pasta and omelets. it was good.

[Kedd]

I've been cutting back on my meat eating lately, but I don't think I'm doing a good enough job replacing the lost protein. I'm not trying to go vegetarian, but I would like to have maybe 3 or 4 meatless days each week.

[frzamonkey]

I've been cutting back on my meat eating lately, but I don't think I'm doing a good enough job replacing the lost protein. I'm not trying to go vegetarian, but I would like to have maybe 3 or 4 meatless days each week.

I've never had a problem getting enough protein. what do you eat when you have a "meatless" meal?

[bradical]

Ew, I always thought egg yolks were gross. I liked egg whites, but they're not something I miss eating at all.

I've only recently discovered the joy of a good runny egg yolk. It's the sauce to my breakfast hash. Good stuff.

[SighClops]

Not vegan or vegetarian, but I was doing the Paleo diet for a couple months. I liked it (I definitely had more energy), but I feel there are a lot of holes in it. Specifically, it's tough to get calcium, and it's hard to get the carbs necessary post-workout. Plus I love peanut butter, soy milk, a Greek yogurt too much.

For general "clean" eating, I've been eating a lot of sprouted bread (like this: http://www.foodforlife.com/product-c...lourless-bread) with pure honey for after a workout, and I've also been drinking wheatgrass to start my day: http://amazinggrass.com/product/42/O...-servings.html

Sad to say, I got the idea for the wheatgrass after seeing Christian Bale chug it (or something like it) in Batman Begins.

[Kurt Russell Crowe]

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