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?

Instructions

    • 1

      Identify dairy ingredients when baking a cake. Substitute rice milk or soy milk for regular cow milk in recipes.

    • 2

      Substitute a powdered egg replacement product or tofu for eggs.

    • 3

      Use tofu, seitan or textured vegetable protein in recipes that require beef or chicken.

    • 4

      Add a third bean variety in chili recipes. Add garbanzo beans to a chili recipe that includes kidney and pinto beans.

    • 5

      Try vegetable stock instead of chicken stock when making soups.

    • 6

      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.

    • 8

      Utilize soy milk in chowder or milk-based recipes. The difference is minimal, and you'll feel much healthier after eating.

    • 9

      Use agar flakes to make gelatin dessert. Most people don't realize that gelatin is derived from animals.

    • 10

      Omit meat from your favorite soup or chili recipe if meat is the only non vegan ingredient.

    • 11

      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.

Tips & Warnings

  • Don't be surprised if you ruin many recipes. Making a recipe vegan takes experimentation.

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