Quick, easy and tasty Vegan Recipes, added bonus, they are Wheat Free and Gluten Free.

The road to becoming a Vegan is often a long and for some even a difficult path to take. For many becoming a Vegetarian is quite simple, but to become a full vegan is often very difficult for many people. When many people first begin their journey, they cut out red meat, and continue with white meats such as seafood and chicken.

The next step is to cut out the white meats as well, many then replace the protein with the variety of fake meats available or the variety of tofu's that are available.  A lot of people don't like tofu, but it is usually because they are trying to cook the wrong style of tofu or cook the tofu that already comes prepared ready to consume. Really when it comes to tofu, you just have to seek some advice from someone who is good and experienced at preparing meals utilising tofu.

The next step and often the most difficult step is to remove dairy and eggs from your diet, this can be so difficult for a lot of people as they simply don't understand or know about the substitutes. Cheese can be extremely difficult to cut out of your diet if you are a cheese lover as many people find the substitutes nothing like cheese and quite terrible to taste. One excellent substitute for cream cheese is "Tofutti" it is available in many countries throughout the world and is a good substitute for a dip or a spread. Another cheese alternative worth experimenting with is the Follow Your Heart cheese, it is not great cold, but if you add some garlic salt and nutritional yeast to it and cook it on a pizza or in lasagna it is pretty good, however you do have to heat it to around 450 degrees to melt it.

If you really want to become a Vegan, plan the transition slowly and believe in what you are doing and why you are doing it. If you believe it is going to be difficult, then it will in deed be difficult for you. However if you make up your mind that it is going to be easy and enjoyable and maybe even an adventure, then it will indeed be that for you. Play around with your foods and experiment with herbs and spices, you will be amazed at the flavors you discover. Get advice from someone who has travelled the road before you and there are plenty of people, places and resources available.

Eating naturally, learning and experimenting with how to cook to suit your new healthy lifestyle can be a very exciting and rewarding journey. I suggest that you invest in a few of the best vegan recipe books that are available from people who have taken the journey before you, then once you get the art behind your new style of cooking, experiment more with the ingredients and spices. You will rediscover food, which is probably much healthier for you anyway and feel much more alive and energetic. Remember "You are what you eat" if you eat fresh and healthy you will be fresh and healthy.

I have witnessed someone very near and dear to me, go through a complete health and lifestyle change.  Cas who is now my vegan consultant, speaks and writes from years of experience.  Most of her life she has been unable to process quanities of protein.  As a young child when her mother insisted upon her eating red meat, it used to make her voilently ill.  For most of her adult life, she has been a vegetarian, but even as a vegetarian, she was not overly healthy, suffering from terrible bouts of asthma. I remember one time we were driving at night along a country highway, when one of her more serious attacks came on. Cas was driving, the interior light bulb had just blown and I couldn't find the puffer in the glovebox of the car, it was extremely frightening for both of us. We managed to pull the car to the side of the road safely and find the puffer and calm her gasping down until she could again breath a little easier, needless to say, I drove from there to our distination that evening.

Since becoming a total vegan, there has only ever been hints of asthma and thankfully they are few and far between and no where near as severe as they used to be.  Now Cas is a Vegan with a difference, as she has an allergy to garlic, she is not keen on rice or pasta, doesn't like oils and fats either, it really is sounding impossible to cook for this person isn't it. Well because of all of these likes and dislikes, can haves and can not haves, and because of the huge number of requests she has for her recipes, she has been writing a recipe book, it has been in the making for a very long time now, but it is getting much closer to completion, in the mean time Cas has revealed some of her recipes in a smaller version which is available electronically. Go and take a look now, oh and she is even giving away a mini book, with sample recipes from most of the sections of the book.  Even if you are not a vegan, Cas has experimented with many herbs and spices to get flavor that so many others rely on garlic to give, so her dishes are very creative and tasty.

Many other allegies are addressed in Cas' cooking, the recipe book is also Wheat Free and Gluten Free, so if you know of anyone with these issues you might want to recommend her web site to them. If you know anyone who has serious asthma concerns, maybe suggest to them that they try a totally vegan diet, I have witnessed first hand the amazing health turn around of someone who has done just that, now I am not a doctor or a medical person or a dietian, I am just speaking from experience.  There are many dairy substitutes out there, and some you can barely tell the difference, some are terrible, but you will soon learn to avoid them, just open up your mind and try something new. Good Luck.

One of the most common arguments against maintaining a vegetarian diet is the assumption that you must consume meat to keep a healthy level of protein and other nutrients more easily attainable through animal products. Many people who become a vegan or vegetarian without proper diet research can suffer from protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) or iron deficiency, along with too little zinc, calcium and vitamin B. This can lead to a feeling of weakness, lack of energy, as well as head and muscle aches.

However, with a little research and planning, a vegetarian can keep to a more full and healthful diet than those who eat meat, without being deficient in any basic nutritional needs and in many instances, can actually have a more robust immune system due to a higher level of antioxidants.

It’s really as simple as eating a wide variety of foods on a daily basis. There are almost limitless possibilities to experiment with and find the right combinations to form a personal diet plan that you will enjoy and that will give you all of the vitamins that your body requires. You can be as satisfied and fulfilled by your vegetarian diet as any meat-based plan (or more so) while feeling even more energetic and healthy, because you are less likely to consume saturated fats and cholesterol, as well as the hormones that are given to most animals today.

We need to remember simple facts such as:

- Vitamin C helps our bodies absorb Iron

- Vitamin D helps our bodies absorb Calcium

         ( We can get Vitamin D from sunshine!)

- Having all 8 amino acids in your diet is essential for complete Protein           

         ( It’s not necessary to have all of them in each meal)

- B12 is the only vitamin a varied plant-based diet cannot provide, but you can find many foods that are B12 fortified

         ( Even in long-term vegans, deficiency is rare)

As in any diet, balance is the key to eating healthy as a vegetarian or vegan. It may seem complicated to plan your meals with vitamin and mineral contents in mind, all while making sure it will taste good and you will enjoy it. But don’t let yourself be intimidated, it doesn’t have to be difficult. There are many resources available to help experiment with all of the possibilities a plant-based diet has to offer.

You can start with recipes and plans already prepared by others who have done the research for you, such as one of the many eBooks on offer at the various web sites. I have included a couple of links to vegetarian recipes to help as you learn how to balance your own meals and create the right plan to suit your personal needs and tastes!

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As a strict vegan, who is allergic to garlic, does not like rice or pasta, I am often limited to steamed vegetable when I dine out due to the lack of imagination from some chefs. One of my favorite dishes is a Greek salad, hold the fetta and oil, then add roasted vegetables on top with mango and apricot chutney. Hope you enjoy this recipe, it is one of my favourites, it is filling and delicious, I often get many enquiries and comments as it looks fantastic and colourful. Cheers.

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At long last you too can enjoy mouth watering desserts, scrumptious mains and tasteful appetisers to die for !!! Why should we, vegans and vegetarians miss out on such delicious foods. Being a vegan or vegetarian means you do need to make sure you have a healthy balanced lifestyle. So include plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables mixed with soy products and legumes.

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