21-Day Vegan Kickstart Forums: March 2010 Kickstart Forum Archive

RE: Difference between Silken Tofu and Soft Tofu

2012-08-06T08:28:20-04:00

The information is very interesting. Thanks for sharing the info.

RE: Favorite Vegan Blogs?

2012-04-03T20:10:22-04:00

Hi Everyone! I also have a fun Whole Food Website that I run with two other moms. We have a lot of family/kid friendly recipe ideas to help make the transition to a plant-based lifestyle easier. We have been around for over two years and we also have a facebook page if you are interested in following us. (we are in the process of updating our recipe and comments section, pardon our dust ;) http://www.wholefoodmommies.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whole-Food-Mommies/161368580603566

RE: Favorite Vegan Blogs?

2012-02-22T13:39:21-04:00

[quote="Wild4Stars"]www.fatfreevegan.com www.vegandad.blogspot.com www.veganyumyum.com www.vegweb.com (vegan and vegetarian) www.chooseveg.com (vegan and vegetarian) Fat Free Vegan is my favorite.[/quote] [url]http://happyherbivore.com/[/url] I would add Happy Herbivore to my previous list.

RE: Favorite Vegan Blogs?

2012-02-21T23:46:29-04:00

Hi all I dont have any recipes yet but wanted to share my blogs :) Visit the christian vegan Visit green living tips and tricks Visit genesis129 farm animal sanctuary

RE: Food for Life classes

2010-09-22T05:26:57-04:00

Thanks for the link. There are classes just a few miles from my work. I can't wait to attend.

RE: Food for Life classes

2010-09-15T17:36:49-04:00

Thanks for the info, Molly. There happens to be a number of classes close to me coming in October. Will look into it...

RE: Hallelujah Acres

2010-09-06T19:58:40-04:00

The reason it is religious is because its founder is a minister, and I believe the diet is based on biblical foods.

RE: Food for Life classes

2010-09-06T18:53:50-04:00

soon2Be, I think it's because they are taught by volunteers, and the amount of knowledge required to be an instructor is amazingly vast. I've considered becoming an instructor, but felt intimidated by what I would have to learn... it scared me! I think that's probably the primary reason, coupled with lack of demand due to PCRM and veganism in general being out of the mainstream. My two cents, of course. ;) -Molly

RE: Food for Life classes

2010-09-06T17:47:08-04:00

I wonder why these classes are not more widely available ...

RE: fell

2010-09-06T01:51:17-04:00

Aleta, a PS - be sure to comment/contritbute on the Sept. forums! It's the current Kickstart program.

RE: fell

2010-09-06T01:43:39-04:00

Aleta, it's all about learning! When I chose to become to vegan, I was hoping to be "perfect forever" as much as possible. I accepted a challenge to become simply vegetarian for 30 days on a social animal site, and I chose to go one step further to vegan after prompted to become educated about how those pretty packages of meat got to my market. I chose to watch Peta videos, allowing me to view the truth about where my meat, eggs, and dairy products came from, and the cruelty and torture involved in factory farming, not to mention the destruction to our environment. What an education! Vidoes were certainly not pretty or easy to watch, but they made me strong in my commitment! I mentioned in my journal about my salad dressing choice one night and a friend pointed out that it probably contained cheese and maybe anchovies. Was tired and forgot to check the label - yes, contained cheese and milk products. Felt so bad, but realized, OK I made a mistake. As long as you make the best informed choices you can, well, what more can you ask of yourself?! Don't beat yourself up, just move on. It's all about baby steps, learning, and striving to maintain your commitment. My hardest challenge was cheese. It was in every salad, in every sandwich, and on most every baked potato in my life. Six mos. after changing to vegan, and I'd long forgotten about the demon cheese, someone online mentioned Daiya brand cheese so I checked it out: http://www.daiyafoods.com. Never found it in a market here, but DID find: http://www.followyourheart.com. Click on Vegan Gourmet to see cheese varieties. I've only found the cheddar and mozzarella. I love the cheddar! Sure, the texture is different since it's tofu/soy based, but I find the flavor wonderful; even better heated. I refuse to become a cheese-aholic again, and only buy it when it's on sale. I consider it a treat, use it as such, and have never felt deprived. Check the labels of all Vegenaise offerings on this site and you'll see they offer nothing but fat and sodium. Review the cheese nutrional values, and you'll see that, while sodium is 1-2% higher, fat content is lower and you also get the benefit of some fiber, protein, calcium, and iron in one instance. Hummus has become my "mayo" for everything, and many different mfgr flavors are available. I LOVE the Meza brand's original flavor. Thank goodness I have a local Costco because a 30 oz. container is only 4.99, compared to an 8 oz. offering in the QFC for 3.89. Great source of B-12 is nutritional yeast, and it has a wonderful cheesy flavor. Great sprinkled on popcorn, veggies, salads, and in anything you might cook. Oh, Aleta, so much to share! E-mail me if you'd like. I cook for one, and NOT a kitchen person and stick to pretty much the same stuff, but I've discovered some wonderful things!

RE: fell

2010-09-05T19:01:29-04:00

We've all done it! One of the helps for me was to take a class called Certificate in Plant Based Nutrition from eCornell with Dr. T. Colin Campbell. He has guest experts like Brendan Brazier (famous athlete), Drs. Caldwell Esselstyn (author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease), Dean Ornish, John McDougall, etc. and you will learn how dairy triggers the tumors' growths, when the body is first seeded with an aflatoxin from moldy grains and peanut butters (Arrowhead Mills was found to be without the aflatoxin), and you will be excited to go to www.notmilk.com which will completely cure you of any intellectual desire to eat dairy! The casomorphine in it is an addictive drug, but the mouth feel can be duplicated and there are books like The Uncheese Cookbook (Book Publishing Co., 1994 (Joanne Stepaniak). Onward and upward! Love and support to you from drflora3rd@netzero.net also at www.rawdoctors.com and www.RawLife.org our free 21 day Dr. Ann Wigmore raw/living food detox.

RE: fell

2010-09-03T14:18:24-04:00

We are up there every Sunday morning around 6 am. We have been starting at the bottom of Thompson Creek on Town (?) right above the 210. We'll walk up that path do the loop and then head back down so that we aren't on the hill in the heat (it's all downhill from the gazebo!). It's a really nice 10 mile walk total. However this week we will not be up there, a cpl of us are running(ROTFLMAF)the Disneyland ½ marathon. But we will be right back up there next weekend at the latest. During the week we meet over on Foothill and Euclid and walk the Bridle Path from Foothill to 24th. That one is about 6 miles start to finish. I'd love to have you join us some time! New blood and new stories are always great, LOL!

RE: fell

2010-09-03T03:52:35-04:00

Hey maybe you could e mail me and let me know when you're going and we can meet in person. I don't know how to put that little e mail box under my name. But will try and get it there so we can take.

RE: fell

2010-09-02T21:21:00-04:00

@Aleta-thats so cool! Were up at the CWP at least once a week. We use it as a training walk for the Breast Cancer 3-Day. And I KWYM about the hard head though. I'm sporting one of those too!

RE: Food for Life classes

2010-09-02T14:55:21-04:00

I'm starting that series on September 7th- prefect for the 21 days Vegan Kick Start! I've heard so many good things about the class!

RE: fell

2010-09-02T06:37:53-04:00

Hi fiji51904, I can be slow to learn. I think I might be a bit hard headed. :? I see you are live in Ontario, CA. I live in Claremont...just a few miles from you. Small world. Thanks for the words of encouragement! aleta

RE: fell

2010-08-31T20:11:23-04:00

I have figured out (too late of course) that prepared foods have had dairy in them and every time have paid dearly for it later. I think its funny the way that most of us have had similar experiences w/dairy products. Aleta-I'm so sorry that you got so sick but very glad to hear that you recovered and seemingly learned something from the experience. Nothing is lost as long as we move forward from it in a positive direction, right?

RE: fell

2010-08-29T18:32:00-04:00

I know many people who were able to get rid of dairy after reading "The China Study." Did it for me, I even got my omnivore husband off of all dairy. It's not that you love cheese, it's addictive! MUST GO !!

RE: fell

2010-08-29T18:21:50-04:00

I guess it's the cravings that get to me. The cheese is the worst. And I know it is meant to do that. I mean the stuff that's in the cheese will get you to want more. And that those things are the worst for us. I have been doing yogurt to get my good bugs back in my stomach and that has helped. I'm not running to the bathroom anymore but still feel a bit off. I am so ready to get my gut and life back to the vegan. I know it is the best for us but it is hard to stick with it. I'm just hoping that I can get rid of the dairy too. I'm off meat again so no problems there. Oh and the eggs. I need to get rid of those too. See you all soon. I can't wait. Thanks again for your support. Aleta