How to Make a Recipe Vegan
Becoming vegan does not mean you have to give up your favorite comfort foods or throw away your old cookbooks and recipes. It's not that difficult to make a recipe vegan. All it takes is some basic knowledge about vegan ingredients and how they work in baking and cooking. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Identify dairy ingredients when baking a cake. Substitute rice milk or soy milk for regular cow milk in recipes.
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Substitute a powdered egg replacement product or tofu for eggs.
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Use tofu, seitan or textured vegetable protein in recipes that require beef or chicken.
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Add a third bean variety in chili recipes. Add garbanzo beans to a chili recipe that includes kidney and pinto beans.
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Try vegetable stock instead of chicken stock when making soups.
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Select soy milk, rice milk or water to prepare oatmeal.
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Substitute corn oil or olive oil for butter to make a recipe vegan.
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Utilize soy milk in chowder or milk-based recipes. The difference is minimal, and you'll feel much healthier after eating.
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Use agar flakes to make gelatin dessert. Most people don't realize that gelatin is derived from animals.
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Omit meat from your favorite soup or chili recipe if meat is the only non vegan ingredient.
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Look for vegan bread recipes rather than trying to make recipes vegan. Easy vegan bread recipes are plentiful.
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Realize that substitutions aren't always straightforward. Sometimes it takes a while to determine what substitute ingredients will work in your favorite recipes.
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Tips & Warnings
Don't be surprised if you ruin many recipes. Making a recipe vegan takes experimentation.
