How Do You Veganize Recipes?
• Look through your recipe books and choose a recipe that appeals to you. • Check off all the items in the ingredients list that are not vegan, for example, meat or fish, dairy, gelatin etc. • Start substituting the ingredients. For example, you can substitute most items as follows: • Cheese – vegan cheese (soy or rice based) • Beef – veggie mock beef strips (usually seitan-based) • Chicken – veggie mock chicken (usually gluten-based) • Pork/bacon – veggie mock pork/bacon (usually soy-based) • Sausages – there are many mock sausage versions on the market • Sliced sandwich meat – a variety of mock veggie sandwich meats exist • Butter – substitute oils or vegan margarine. For baking, solid coconut fat is a great choice and it is good for you in small quantities owing to its vitamin E content. • Ice cream – try soy or rice substitutes • Milk – try soy, rice, nut or oat substitutes. Water or juice will often substitute in baking. • Eggs – there are many egg-substitutes on the market. Other
