So I have been a vegetarian for quite sometime now, and I have decided to take it one step nicer and become vegan. But as I as chilling out right now hungry for a bagel I had to ask the question....what do you replace with butter??? Lol! Thanks guys
You can get dairy free margarine (made from soya/sunflower oil/olive oil instead of dairy) in most supermarkets far as I can tell. Though you may need to do a little research into what brands are decent and avalable in your area. Good luck
earth balance is a really good margarine. you can find it at all health food stores and even at alot of supermarkets
apple butter, avocado, carrot butter (this stuff is luscious) http://www.indiadiets.com/Recipes/low_cal_recipes/Basic_recipes/carrot_butter.htm using EB for butter
mmmm...wow ive never eaten such a freakin' good food...holy cow!!!....i made the carrot butter and it was awesome
peanut butter and almond butter r my faves for bagels...of course i am very picky about my bagels as well
Honey is a problem because it is from an animal ... or close enough. Either way it goes against the vegan ideology.
Honey is produced through worker bees. Meaning, they are working for us to consume their product....kind of sad if you think about it
I think that sounded insensitive. I dont mean to be. I am simply unsure about how the beekeeping process is done and therefore didint know how we were abusing them.
Veganism is a way of living which excludes all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, the animal kingdom, and includes a reverence for life. It applies to the practice of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, animal milk and its derivatives, and encourages the use of alternatives for all commodities derived wholly or in part from animals Here is another good link: http://www.vegsource.com/jo/qa/qahoney.htm
short and sweet it boils to this: the philosophical stance of do humans have the inherent right to use animals and insects for our gain and the mechanical fact that the critters get squished in most commercial operations. so someone who is not fully in the we cannot use any creature camp could get honey from beekeepers who work slowly and avoid unneccessary killing of insects (noting that several die in winter anyway). if one was philosophically inclined to think that we should not use creatures at all would avoid honey and beeswax. And silk, btw.
I've been thinking about the honey thing for a while... since I'm well down the road toward veganism now. (Well, I guess it's been a couple weeks since I've consumed any animal products, but I hat to label myself, especially so soon) I don't normally use honey very much, and it hasn't come up since my recent dietary changes. But I'm wondering whether locally, kindly, produced honey might be a better option for me than organic vegan sugar as a sweetener - simply because I'm very very broke and I can't really afford the sugar. If I do decide to get honey, it will be from a guy I know who lives way out in the country. There's a hive on his property (was there when he bought the place years ago) and he carefully harvests the honey without rushing it along... Treats the bees as though they are part of his family. I'm unsure at this point, and it really hasn't come up yet since I haven't been sweetening anything lately anyway.
