Vegan For Thought

Peta Asia Pacific Blog

Jordan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:30:15 +0000

Hey thanks for the mention over at http://blog.petaasiapacific.com/.

Everyone else, they have a great site over there, (a lot more posts coming out than over here…) Looks like some great recipes and news.

Will start reading it more often!

Food Inc

Jordan — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:14:09 +0000

Really good, polished & professional documentary on the origins of our food and the danger that food manufacture brings. With the increased amounts of food being manufactured in factories with ever increasing technology it would be natural to think that our food safety has gone up. To the contrary, people are more at risk of food poisoning it would [...]

Recipe: German Chocolate Cake

Tim — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:28:35 +0000

Here is an excellent chocolate cake recipe. It is hands-down the best home baked cake I have tried!

I found the original recipe in The New Becoming Vegetarian Book which I recommend if you are thinking of making a change to a vegetarian or vegan diet. It contains advice on nutrition, with [...]

Vegan Marshmallows!

Jordan — Sun, 09 May 2010 10:43:17 +0000

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.

I found this recipe online and then modified it a little to suit my personal taste and the ingredients that I had on hand.

In my head it was going to taste exactly like the Mock Chicken Laksa at Aunty Mena’s. I am glad to say: Mission Accomplished! This may be the [...]

The Animal Nations

Tim — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:17:15 +0000

The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, [...]

Vegan Fact of the Day

Tim — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:53:47 +0000

The “carbon footprint” for New Zealand lamb eaten in Britain has been estimated as equivalent to 1.9kg of carbon dioxide, for each 100gm serving of lamb – 80 percent of that generated by farmers and their livestock on-farm.

Just 3 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions came from processing, and 5 percent from transport, with the [...]

A Slacker’s Update!

Tim — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:59:23 +0000

Well, it has been awhile since the last post!!!

In a few months it will be a year since I made the switch to give up animal based products for a guilt free lifestyle. This now includes, not only food, but also consumer goods. I am proud to say my climbing shoes are made from artificial [...]

Christmas Fruit Mince Pie

Jordan — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:44:45 +0000

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 [...]

First Vegan Christmas

Jordan — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:53:21 +0000

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 [...]