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I'm a vegan. I like glam rock and androgynous males. I have two cats. they're mystical beings. I'm going to college in less than a month.

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Hey. I've recently decided to go vegan. I'm new to all of this and I dont know what to buy in terms of food. I know they do not associate themselves with animal products at all. This is going to be a challenge for me because I like cheese. But for the animals' sake, I'll do it. So can anyone tell me what ingredients in foods, and makeups, etc. etc. I should be looking for. Also, a site that has vegan recepies on it would be a big help as well! Thanks Alot!

I'm a vegan.

I'm 17 years old. I'm 5'7'' and I weigh 150 pounds. I menstruate once a month and very rarely have cramps. I poop twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. My cholesterol is 128. I'm an A- student and I plan on going into costume design in college next year. I don't get acne and I'm rarely sick. I donate blood and the back of my state ID is signed. I'm also a vegan. That's how I'm still alive. I'm actually HEALTHY and a GOOD KID now that I'm a vegan. I eat right. I exercise. I can run around the block without getting winded. I'm one of the coolest people you'll ever meet and I'm not afraid to say it.

All the health problems I have are related to my weak stomach which was a direct result of consumption of heavy cheeses and dairy products as a child. Now that I'm vegan I can stomach ginger ale. Maybe one day I'll drink coke like everyone else. but whatev. it's not holding me back. I didn't become vegan and automatically die or have problems getting enough protein. I just kept right on being me. Everyone will try to talk to you out of it and say it's too hard and you won't like it, but it's really not. It's the easiest decision of my life. live cruelty-free? okay. can do. bring on the soymilk and agave nectar.

two books you absolutely need to read before you go vegan: vegan with a vengeance and vegan freak. vegan freak should answer a lot of questions and give you advice for dealing with omnivoric friends with dumb questions you probably once had. VWAV is the single greatest vegan cookbook for modern kids I've ever read. I've tried about 30 of the recipes and they're all fantastic. one was a flop, but I substituted and played around the entire time. it happens. some of the recipes are available through the post punk kitchen website (use google). vegan freak is also connected to a podcast/forum run by the authors (again, google).

finally, talk to me. ask me all the stupid questions you want. I've got a notifier up on my desktop to tell me when people do various things at places I frequent. I'm quick to respond if I'm near my computer. I really like vegans. I think of everyone as a vegan on the inside. we all want to do our part.

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Has anyone ever had a Pita Bread Sandwich? Or alteast knows what goes in it? If you know, it'd be a whole lot of help. thanks.

the only way to eat things in pita bread is with tons of tahini, garlic, kale (or spinach), and FALAFEL. you absolutely must try falafel. it's pretty much the shit.

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can you only use soft bananas for banana bread? also, is there a way to make it without a boxed banana bread mix? approximately how many bananas do you need to make one? thank you :)

traditionally, bananas are used as egg substitutes in vegan baking. it's about 1/2 of a banana to each egg for an intense flavor and 1/4 or 1/3 for a lower flavor. so basically you could just take a regular bread recipe and switch out the eggs with bananas. try googling for banana bread recipes. also, it's possible to make cookies and muffins and everything taste exactly like banana bread by switching out the eggs for bananas.

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ok so i am lactose intolerant but i love icecream and chocolate milk and cheese so i have been kinda putting up with the dirreha the farting the sometimes if i eat alot puking and upset stomaches but i realised that it is getting worse as i keep on doing this why?the lactade pills work abit to help but i always forget to take them and also wat are some recipes for yummy snack foodsthat dont involve milk that are realitivly easy thnx=]

tofutti makes an ice cream made of tofu (that tastes more like frozen custard than ice cream). silk chocolate milk tastes a bit more bean-y than regular milk, but it's delicious like chocolate wafers or sugar cookies. and well, I haven't found any good all-purpose cheese substitutes. for general uses in italian food, I use veggie shreds. I've heard that there's an english product called cheezly that tastes remarkably similar. as for cooking without cheese, my favorite cookbooks are Vegan with a Vengeance, Vive le Vegan, and the Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook (which I've never cooked from, but I've eaten from it). These three don't have meat either. vegan cookbooks such as these are probably your best bet.

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My mom says I can't cook, but I want to prove her wrong by cooking a good meal. Can someone give me an easy meal to cook?(directions included)

on my 17th birthday I took up cooking because I took up vegetarianism and it was easiest to cook for myself. my favorite meals are spinach pizza (which rocks more than it sounds like), minnestrone soup, and potato latkes. my minnestrone soup is the first thing I ever cooked. I make it on the weekends every few weeks. it's my recipe. I'm including it.

1 box swason's organic vegetable broth
1 large can tomatoes (I like crushed)
1 small can each: garbanzo beans, pinto beans, your choice of white bean
various veggies (I use potatoes, zucchini, carrots, peas, and sometimes corn)
marjoram to taste (not essential, but it helps)

everything goes into a big pot and cooks until it's all tender. sometimes it helps to put the potatoes, carrots and zucchini in before all of the beans and other veggies because they cook slower. I like mine with less broth so I just let it cook on. some of the beans become mush and the tomatoes really cook down. the flavors are better this way, but the potatoes and carrots retain their solidity.

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is hummus healthy? i mean i thought it was but i wasnt exactly 100% sure. i eat...tribe classic hummus. any clue?


please&thankyou

nothing is healthy if it's all you eat. it also depends on what you eat hummus on. if you're eating hummus on top of pita bread you're probably fine with it as a snack. but hummus on top of salt-covered fritos is not good.

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I'm a little bit confused about something.

I heard that tea is a diuretic (makes you need to pee a lot) but that it also dehydrates you.

Now, if you need to drink a lot so that your body excretes toxins from your body and tea helps you to wee a lot, does it help more to get toxins out of your body or does it not flush anything out because it goes through you so quickly?

Sorry if that doesn't make much sense but I'm trying to be a bit healthier so I'm wondering how good tea is for you.

Also, are there any health benefits to drinking tea?

green teas remove toxins from your blood stream if drunk regularly enough. I'm not certain about the benefits of teas in general, but I've never heard them called diurhetics and they definitely don't dehydrate you. the greatest benefit of tea is that it can replace coffee for some people in the morning, but it doesn't contain caffeine.

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I want to make a pie for my friends on pi day, because it's funny and dorky and this monday (3/14!) but I've never made a pie before. What's the easiest pie to make?

I think to think that all pies are equal in terms of difficulty (ensuring that only basic crusts are used). If you want one of those neat pies with the criss-crossed tops it's probably harder to make, but I would make a regular pie (of any flavor) and cut the symbol for pi in the upper crust.

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What's the best thing to mix with vodka?

Don't drink, it isn't good for you. Maybe you could have juice instead.

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I want to have a party and I want to serve cheese, but I don't think plain old cheddar is very classy or interesting. What are some other good cheeses I can serve just cut up as cubes, that people might not have tried before but will still like?

Bleu, White American, pineapple...

Really any kind of cheese will do. Try going to your local grocery store and just asking the man/woman by the cheeses which would be good. Also you could visit www.cheese.org

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