Vegan For Thought » Jordan http://www.veganforthought.com Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:59:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Vegan Marshmallows! http://www.veganforthought.com/2010/05/vegan-marshmellows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vegan-marshmellows http://www.veganforthought.com/2010/05/vegan-marshmellows/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 10:43:17 +0000 Jordan http://www.veganforthought.com/?p=223 Angel Food provide a brilliant pack for making your own vegan marshmallows and they are great!

The instructions are simple provided you have the required cooking gear:

High Temp (105 *C) thermometer and a heavy duty mixer.

I have put coconut on mine as I much prefer that to corn starch.

http://www.veganforthought.com/?p=202 Weakness strikes!  There is an open packet of fruit mince pies on the bench.

I stood in the supermarket for about 5 full minutes staring at fruit mince pies about two weeks ago.  Took a lot of mental encouragement to walk further down the isle.

Now they sit on the bench (not from my purchase, mothers).  I [...]]]> http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/12/christmas-fruit-mince-pie/feed/ 2 First Vegan Christmas http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/12/first-vegan-christmas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-vegan-christmas http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/12/first-vegan-christmas/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:53:21 +0000 Jordan http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/12/first-vegan-christmas/ I had considered being vegetarian for Christmas but as with all my similar thoughts it didn’t happen. Vegan I stayed!

For Christmas brunch it was mushrooms, hash brown “buttons”, fried tomatoes, fresh toast, vegan sausages and vegan burger patties. Plus glass after glass of alcohol.

I nearly took a scoop of scrambled egg but was able to [...]]]> http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/12/first-vegan-christmas/feed/ 0 Southdown Holdings wants to keep Cows in ‘cubicle’s http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/12/southdown-holdings-wants-to-keep-cows-in-cubicles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=southdown-holdings-wants-to-keep-cows-in-cubicles http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/12/southdown-holdings-wants-to-keep-cows-in-cubicles/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:15:53 +0000 Jordan http://www.veganforthought.com/?p=186 Southdown Holdings has applied for a resource consent to manufacture milk.  Long gone are the days where a farmer would provide milk for his family and neighbours.  Now it is a massive global industry devoted to money.

Cows will be housed in cubicle stables from March to October, and for 12 hours a day from November [...]]]> http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/12/southdown-holdings-wants-to-keep-cows-in-cubicles/feed/ 0 KFC Chicken http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/kfc-chicken/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kfc-chicken http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/kfc-chicken/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:02:11 +0000 Jordan http://www.veganforthought.com/?p=166 When did you last have KFC?

]]> http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/kfc-chicken/feed/ 0 Where did your chicken come from? http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/where-did-your-chicken-come-from/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-did-your-chicken-come-from http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/where-did-your-chicken-come-from/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:34:52 +0000 Jordan http://www.veganforthought.com/?p=162 If you don’t know where your chicken came from then you have to accept that it probably came from here, or worse.

]]> http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/where-did-your-chicken-come-from/feed/ 0 BurgerFuel does Vegan Burger! http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/burgerfuel-does-vegan-burger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=burgerfuel-does-vegan-burger http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/burgerfuel-does-vegan-burger/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:08:02 +0000 Jordan http://www.veganforthought.com/?p=139 It’s called a V8 Vegan and it’s delicious!

V8 Vegan Pumpkin, cashew nut and ginger pattie, mushroom, olive and sage pate, salad, relish $8.90

The chips are vegan too which makes this recovering takeaway junkie stoked that the closest BurgerFuel to my AirSpace (aka office) is a mere 4 metres away!

This is [...]]]> http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/burgerfuel-does-vegan-burger/feed/ 0 One Month, I made it! http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/one-month-i-made-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-month-i-made-it http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/one-month-i-made-it/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:28:26 +0000 Jordan http://www.veganforthought.com/?p=118 I have now been vegan for one month. To be honest I feel great, I have even had a couple of people comment on how I look leaner. There has only been a few moments where I have wanted to cheat but I managed them.

Only just the other night I was driving home [...]]]> http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/one-month-i-made-it/feed/ 0 4000 cows killed every hour in USA http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/4000-cows-killed-every-hour-in-usa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4000-cows-killed-every-hour-in-usa http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/4000-cows-killed-every-hour-in-usa/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:42:56 +0000 Jordan http://www.veganforthought.com/?p=113

]]> http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/10/4000-cows-killed-every-hour-in-usa/feed/ 0 Vegan Fact of the Day: 20 Vegetarians to 1 Omnivore http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/09/20-vegetarians-to-1-omnivore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-vegetarians-to-1-omnivore http://www.veganforthought.com/2009/09/20-vegetarians-to-1-omnivore/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:39:58 +0000 Jordan http://www.veganforthought.com/?p=94 20 vegetarians can be fed from the same area of land as 1 meat based diet.

We can feed the world, it just can’t be meat that we are feeding them.

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