Green With Vegan Cooking
Okay, so vegan cooking does not necessarily mean all you eat are green colored foods. Green signifies more than the colors of foods vegans eat; going green means that you are being environmentally conscious or friendly as well as trying to eat healthy.
Before going into detail about vegan cooking, first allow me to stress the difference between a vegetarian and a vegan. Vegetarianism is a diet which excludes all types of animal flesh, from meats to fish to even shell fish, but it may include eggs and other dairy products; depending on the type of vegetarian you are.
Veganism however is the stricter sense, because in veganism you don't eat, drink, wear, or even use anything that comes from an animal, or is a result of animal labor; which includes milk and honey.
Now if your thinking that vegan cooking will be a bit difficult because of the lack of a wide range of ingredients then you couldn't be more wrong. Vegan cooking can actually be a breeze and the food totally great!
The Initiation to vegan cooking is not an easy one, but you have to start somewhere if you want to go vegan. A good place to start with vegan cooking, is to know how to substitute eggs.
Getting Rid Of Eggs
There are a couple of stuff you can replace eggs with but so far these 3 has been my favorites
Silken tofu is a great egg substitute. It's easily available in any supermarket, grocery store, health food shop, or your neighborhood Asian grocery. ¼ cup blended silken tofu equals to about 1 piece of egg. The thing is though you have to blend the silken tofu well so that there won't be any chunks left. Silken tofu is great for cheese cakes, brownies, cakes, and those rich sauces you so love! Plus it has no after taste.
Another great option for an egg stand-in is Flax-seeds. You can ground your own flax-seeds or you can buy pre ground ones from health foods stores. Mix 2 ½ tablespoons flax-seed to get an equivalent of 1 egg; the result is a fluffy looking white thing that resembles an egg white.
Flax seeds however are not always great for vegan cooking as they have an earthy sort of granola taste. But it's great with whole grain foods like oatmeal, or for pancakes, and muffins. It's also good for any of your savory dishes as long as the earthy taste won't mar your food's flavor.
A surprisingly good substitute for eggs in vegan cooking is bananas. ½ a blended banana is equal to one egg. The clincher though is that everything you put this into will taste like, what else? Bananas.
There are many more delicious vegan cooking recipes, and vegan cooking substitute ingredients you can find on the internet, library or bookstore. This article is just made to show you that there are ways to go around the issues of not having any animal by product in food; without sacrificing taste.
