Vegan Ventures

You all know Tasty Palettes is going vegan this month, mainly to keep track of vegan recipes for my cooking repertoire. But after seeing Asha’s comment about making this an one-time event, I thought ‘Why not?’. It may be difficult to go vegan for a month even if you are a vegetarian. But we all have recipes that are tasty, healthy and most importantly, vegan. Pooling those recipes in one place would be of immense help to our vegan friends, would-be vegans and on-and-off vegans like me (if there is one!). Hence I invite you all to participate in this one-off event ‘Vegan Ventures’.

Here are the guidelines:

1. Vegan recipes in Indian cuisine are aplenty. From everyday dal to simple pulao, those simple and easy recipes are perfectly vegan. But try something new, a vegan recipe that you have been wanting to try, a recipe that you would entertain your vegan friends with. Refreshing vegetables, interesting vegan substitutes, chic desserts, well, you get the idea.
2. Any information and ideas on vegan living are wholly welcome.
3. Please make your entries special by creating especially for this event.
4. Feel free to use the logo.
5. Include a link back to this post.
6. Send your entries by November 30, 2007 to tastypalettes@gmail.com with the subject ‘Vegan Ventures’. Include your name, your blog’s name, the permalink of the entry, a picture of your gorgeous recipe (if any) in your email.
7. You don’t have a blog? No worries. Send your entries with a picture to tastypalettes@gmail.com.
8. I will post the round-up during the first week of December 07.

If you are new to veganism, these are the don’ts.

• Any kind of meat or seafood
• Dairy products – milk, yogurt, butter, cheese etc
• Egg
• Honey
• Gelatin
• Any other animal products or derivatives

And these are the dos.

• Vegetables
• Fruits
• Grains
• Beans, legumes, lentils
• Nuts
• Seeds
• Soy products like tofu, tempeh, miso, seitan.
• Non-dairy milks like soy milk, rice milk, almond milk, coconut milk.
• Sweeteners like agave nectar, maple syrup. I am going to allow sugar, as vegan dry sweeteners are not accessible to everyone.
  

Please feel free to add/correct these lists as I am new to Veganism too. Here are some vegan resources – List of vegan foods, vegan.org.

Event roundup here.