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.

Instead of the normal Vegemite off the shelf there is a new taste to try out with no yeast or animal products. How yum is that? I know that when I found something that I loved to eat, the ingredients was mostly full of animal products.

This is a quick, easy and tasty recipe that I have just noticed our Vegan Consultant eating, I asked her what it was and whether she would part with the recipe. So here it is to share with you.

Cook one whole cauliflower, two small onions, one spring onion until soft. Cool. Then put all the cooled ingredients in the food processor with pepper, salt, a touch of chili and cooked corn kernels. Add two slices of fresh ginger with at least a small head of basil. Process until smooth creamy, approximate four minutes. Serve with fresh snow peas and sliced carrots.

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.

Take the time to experience different and unique recipes along the way. Share your new healthy eating plan with your friends and family. Wait for the comments !!!!!!

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