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I Made A Quick Dinner Tonight

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I Made A Quick Dinner Tonight

It was actually pretty good

from JoeUser Forums
As I'm still battling the flu I didn't really feel like cooking a lot, or even eating really, but the body needs fuel. I made some white rice, threw it in a skillet with some soy crumbles, onion, carrot shavings, a bit of chopped green bell pepper, and some soy sauce.

It was actually pretty tasty for a quickly thrown together impromptu meal of odds and ends.

If I feel up to it tomorrow I'm going to make a big pot of chili.
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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top

in many cases you can simply substitute oil for the butter/margarine

That's what I do a lot.  I use olive oil in cooking.  It ha Omega-3 in it, which helps fight bad cholesterol.

I am working on eating mainly vegan.  Even if I switch over to eating 100% vegan, I never will be 100% animal product free- my thyroid replacement meds are made out of pig thyroid, and there is no way I'm changing.  I lived through many years of hell until I got switched from synthetic.  But, since I eat this way for health, not ethical reasons (though it's not hard to fall into the ethical reasons once you quite the meat products) I don't have a problem with the meds.

A lot of margarines have milk products in them, but in very small quantities.  If you are doing this for health reasons, Olivio, or Smart balance, though they have trace amounts of dairy, are probably a fine choice.  Otherwise, places like meijer sell Vegan butter replacement (as well as cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, etc.)

 

Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
Dharma, I use olive oil quite a bit myself. I am also doing it for health reasons although I can't really disagree with the eithical aspect either. I use vegan margarine and cheese, and they're pretty good. I've been looking for vegan peanut butter but haven't located any yet.

I don't blame you on the medication, if it helps better than synthetic go for it.
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
Otherwise, places like meijer sell Vegan butter replacement (as well as cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, etc.)


And here's a tip: if a recipe calls for cottage cheese, tofu can usually be crumbled and used as a substitute.