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New to veganism. Would love to hear tips and tricks you wish someone would have shared with you early on in your journey.
Valuable information that took you a long time to learn? Systems you've perfected? Epic fails that others could learn from? Favorite recipes you keep on repeat?

(Don't be afraid to infodump ) Thanks!

 

[Ahimsa24/7]

It's surely a matter of taste, but I put mixed nuts into at least half the meals I eat, ensuring I always have good protein throughout the day. In my cold cereal, stir fries, Indian foods like biryani and dum aloo, etc., etc.. I draw the line at pasta.

I wish someone would have told me that marshmallows weren't vegetarian - a "smores" on a camping trip was my first unintended slip.

 

[LythrumSalicaria]

When you’re reading ingredient lists, a few ingredients to look out for are casein, carmine, cochineal, shellac and confectioners glaze. Casein is a dairy byproduct, carmine and cochineal are both names for a red dye derived from beetles, and shellac or confectioners glaze is also derived from bugs. It’s commonly used on chocolate covered almonds and anything with a hard candy exterior to make the confections shiny.

 

[Tom L.]

New to veganism. Would love to hear tips and tricks you wish someone would have shared with you early on in your journey.
Valuable information that took you a long time to learn? Systems you've perfected? Epic fails that others could learn from? Favorite recipes you keep on repeat?

(Don't be afraid to infodump ) Thanks!

For quite some time, I was oblivious to what gelatine is. I also wasn't sure about whether or not the wool industry is closely tied to meat/mutton/lamb production- but evidently, sheep raised for wool are often slaughtered as well. A quote from early in the website below:

Meat Sheep

In the United States, most sheep and lambs are meat-type animals kept primarily for the production of lambs for meat or dual-purpose breeds kept for both meat and wool production. Meat production is also a significant profit center in sheep dairying.

Sheep 201: meat, milk, or wool?

www.sheep101.info