The Vegan Thread

Thanks very much!

I kinda want a mini deep fryer now....
And a stand mixer, and a fancy blender.
I have noticed a massive increase in the amount of washing up over the last few weeks.

I have noticed a massive increase in the amount of washing up over the last few weeks.

What you really need is a dishwasher then...

Nice plate!

We have one! Just using it more....

Yup. You NEED all these things :)
And yes - our dishwasher is barely able to keep up with the washing up mountain either!

But the washing up is much easier, as there's no meat/dairy skank to soak off.

This in spades. Not having a rank grill pan all the time is so refreshing.

£400+ for kitchenaid mixer can fuck off, anyone recommend a cheap one?

I used to do a cashew based bechamel, it was all well and good till I did a proper bechamel sauce and it made the lasagne about 20 times better... stick loads of vegan cheese in it as well and you can't go wrong!

Asda have 4 for £4 on non cow milk at the moment.

Bargain! Shame there's not one near me would have stocked up

What do you mean 'proper' bechamel? Butter, flour, milk? Can't eat flour (mrs can't, allergic to wheat), and don't eat vegan cheese, it's full of crap and is mostly saturated fats which I'm avoiding as much as possible, with great results.

don't eat vegan cheese, it's full of crap and is mostly saturated fats

basically this

It amazes me how much vegan food (esp on Instagram) is total shit!

Have you tried chickpea flour?

Best 'bechamel' I've made recently used the liquid that came from the cut-off skin from a celeriac I put through the juicer. The intense flavour came through into the lentil & marrowfat pea lasagne.

Have you tried chickpea flour?

Not for bechamel, but used it for lots of other stuff. Your bechamel sounds interesting as does the lentil and pea lasagne! More ideas thanks :)

managed to cruise by Picky Wops this weekend - Fulham/West Kensington borders.

pizza was absolutely excellent. love the choice of bases they offer and they got the toppings just right. well worth dropping in if you ever find yourself out that way.

I love what's been happening in this thread lately, keep it up, especially edmundro and Steves. :)

That looks great, I saw FGV's post about it and wanted to go even though I'm not that much into pizza.

Er ... and I take it nobody other than Thrasher is really into going for a meal sometime? I posted this earlier, but it was only a suggestion. Perhaps Picky Wops would be a good venue?

Yep, that would be it... don't get me wrong, I loved the cashew alternative but for me, the butter, flour, milk combo worked way better... I like vegan cheese, but I don't have it all the time so a bit of fat aint so bad every now and then

butter?

Watched this https://vimeo.com/ondemand/whatthehealth last night. Same chap that made Cowspiracy. Quite good, not a huge amount new to me, but there would be to a lot of people, I'm sure. Worth the watch.

Ok... vegan butter, spread, whatever you call it

Gotcha.

Like vegan cheeses, I wouldn't use those spreads. They are mostly Palm oil or sunflower oils. I guess there's quite a big difference between being vegan and being vegan but following a whole food plant based diet...