Vegan in a non-vegan family?

Ron Keliipio: if youre cheating, then your heart isnt in it. maybe reconsider or a bit, and find out more about the suffering of calves for milk, and look into the idea that we're naturally herbivore

Elissa Curlin: Most vegans are in non-vegan families, so you have plenty of company.The secret is cooking for yourself.The more involved the recipe, the better. You'll feel proud of yourself, and of your decision, and the packaged crap your family is eating will start to look like, well, packaged crap.A good recipe site:http://www.theppk.com/...Show more

Leif Andreason: Worked for me. Well, just cut the crap.

Dick Maisenbacher: I perpetually make my stuffing vegan - use cornbread or sourdough cubes (assess the labels to ensure there are not any eggs or dairy, although), minced onion, chopped celery, non-dairy margarine, a handful of dried cranberries, and some chopped walnuts. Put a element of the stuffing into a seperate baking pan before stuffing the turk! ey, so it isn't contaminated. Mashed potatoes will also be made vegan very quite simply - use soy milk or vegetable broth, as an alternative of milk or chicken broth. In the event you add butter, be certain to make use of non-dairy margarine. If you are serving a salad, be definite and have a vegan dressing available - probably a French dressing - and might be some sunflower seeds for topping. That you would be able to additionally opt for up a Tofurkey roast, and steam it whilst the whole thing else is cooking in the oven. They're not too high-priced, and a few to find them very tasty. Assess your local library for books on vegan cooking - i am definite you will see that a number of excellent alternatives there. Assess the vegetarian cookbooks as well - in many instances it best takes a minor substitution to make it vegan....Show more

Willis Liburd: Sweetie, you are then only one who controls what goes into your mouth. Stop wishing you can control what other people e! at and just be concerned over what you eat.

Serena Doak:! As I've said to many, good for you even attempting to give up all that yummy stuff that is dairy by choosing to be vegan. I couldn't give up cheese, or milk, or ice cream, or my favorite soft frozen yogurt. You're off to a good start being a vegetarian. That in itself is an accomplishment. Sometimes it just takes time if you choose to give up dairy and be vegan. So instead of beating yourself up over it, take it slow. Maybe give up one thing (like cheese) and find a vegan substitute you might like. Then another thing, etc. But don't call it cheating. It's not. It's adjusting, and sometimes adjusting is difficult. As someone else said, most vegans are among others who are not. There are no tricks to giving up something we like or are used to having... even if you weren't seeing others around you enjoying those things. So take it at whatever pace works for you.Or maybe you're just not ready to take that leap. The majority of vegetarians are not also vegan, so it's o! kay if you don't succeed at first... or decide it's not for you. Also, as others have said... right now... you are not vegan. Unless you've succeeded in giving up dairy (and any other animal by-products) you can't call yourself "vegan"....Show more

Lahoma Beadell: First of all, if you "cheat" that means you are not vegan. Welcome to the club of vegans in a non-vegan family... I would say the vast majority of vegans living with their family are living with non-vegans. You can use everyday items and prepare vegan foods that will supplement the "accidental" vegan items already being served at your meals. Think of salads... lentils with tomato and spinach... beans... nuts... grains.If you don't want to eat non-vegan foods... don't eat them!...Show more

Barrett Felicia: One thing to do is get your own cupboard and your own drawer in the fridge so that you know exactly where to go and you don't have to worry about looking around in non-vegan products.Also helpful ! is to look at what non-vegan foods you normally like to cheat with. Mak! e a list of those and then go get the vegan alternatives. For example if you like to cheat with bacon strips, go try some tempeh strips. Fry them up with some coconut oil and it is delicious.I understand how hard it is. It may be helpful to have mental images that remind you of why you went vegan in the first place. If it was because you don't like the treatment/suffering of factory farmed animals, then image what those animals go through and then you will not want to eat anything contributing to that....Show more

Stormy Beliard: if you are cheating then don't call yourself a vegan.problem solved.just be who you are. don't label yourself. the label isn't you.