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[editor]

Might give this vegan place a go

Canvas Cafe, 42 Hanbury Street, E1 5JL

Canvas Cafe: The Perfect Place To Grab Vegan Grub While Working

 

[editor]

Trying the Daiya cheddar style cheese right now and it's pretty good and melts a bit like normal cheese.
https://daiyafoods.com/our-foods/blocks/medium-cheddar/

I think I've managed 5 days totally vegan this week. I'm not planning on going full-on vegan quite yet but it's an interesting experiment!

 

[editor]

It's a cheesy concept but as it was on sale for two for 85p I thought Id give it a go and I was pleasantly surprised by this burger

Marks & Spencer Launches Heart-Shaped Vegan Beet Burger For Valentine's Day

 

[Pickman's model]

It's a cheesy concept but as it was on sale for two for 85p I thought Id give it a go and I was pleasantly surprised by this burger

Marks & Spencer Launches Heart-Shaped Vegan Beet Burger For Valentine's Day

how was the bun?

 

[editor]

how was the bun?

Err, it didn't come with a bun. Or the nice plate.

 

[klang]

Err, it didn't come with a bun. Or the nice plate.

ok, how was the radish then?

 

[danny la rouge]

It's a cheesy concept

Not if it’s vegan, surely.

 

[editor]

Not if it’s vegan, surely.

Doctor. My sides!

 

[nyxx]

Lidl have two pre-made ‘salads’ that are vegan, a tomato pasta one and another which is orzo and sundried tomato (or was it rice, I can’t remember!)
They’re next to the hummus & olives in the fridge section.

 

[Orang Utan]

What's the best non-dairy non-soy 'milk' to put in coffee? Just tried a coconut/rice one that tastes lovely on its own but disgusting in coffee.

 

[8ball]

What's the best non-dairy non-soy 'milk' to put in coffee? Just tried a coconut/rice one that tastes lovely on its own but disgusting in coffee.

Tried oat milk?

 

[Casual Observer]

I've been eating a lot of Oumph! lately. This is the new Swedish soya protein meat substitute. I normally avoid over processed vegan food, particularly if it impersonates meat but made an exception here. On the plus side, it's proteinous and tasty. On the minus side, it's quite rubbery (regardless of how long you cook it) and somehow makes my farts smell of burning rubber the following day.

Tesco sell Oumph! as do Holland & Barrett, who have their 'buy one get one half price' offer on at the moment. You'll find it in the frozen section.

 

[danny la rouge]

I've been eating a lot of Oumph! lately. This is the new Swedish soya protein meat substitute. I normally avoid over processed vegan food, particularly if it impersonates meat but made an exception here. On the plus side, it's proteinous and tasty. On the minus side, it's quite rubbery (regardless of how long you cook it) and somehow makes my farts smell of burning rubber the following day.

Tesco sell Oumph! as do Holland & Barrett, who have their 'buy one get one half price' offer on at the moment. You'll find it in the frozen section.

It’s a source of iron and folic acid, too, which Quorn, for example, isn’t. So I was interested when this finally reaches the Stirling area.

(I haven’t tried it yet, but the burning rubber farts isn’t selling it to me!)

 

[Casual Observer]

It’s a source of iron and folic acid, too, which Quorn, for example, isn’t. So I was interested when this finally reaches the Stirling area.

(I haven’t tried it yet, but the burning rubber farts isn’t selling it to me!)

Well worth a punt and much better than Quorn in my book. Works out a £2.80 or thereabouts for a 280g bag with the Holland & Barrett offer. Don't be put off by the farting - probably just me and my strange innards.

 

[editor]

What's the best non-dairy non-soy 'milk' to put in coffee? Just tried a coconut/rice one that tastes lovely on its own but disgusting in coffee.

There's an almighty thread on this very topic here somewhere.

 

[Orang Utan]

Tried oat milk?

Not in coffee but i like it. I'm getting recommended it elsewhere overwhelmingly more than other hippy milks. Will give it a try

 

[Orang Utan]

There's an almighty thread on this very topic here somewhere.

Is there? I posted here cos all the other ones seem to have been Goodmanned

 

[danny la rouge]

Is there? I posted here cos all the other ones seem to have been Goodmanned

It’s here: Milk's impact on the planet dairy, soya, rice, oat and almond compared

But it has been well and truly Goodmanned.

 

[editor]

It’s here: Milk's impact on the planet dairy, soya, rice, oat and almond compared

But it has been well and truly Goodmanned.

True. To recap my viewpoint: it can take a bit of getting used to, but I've been happy with supermarket own-brand unsweetened soya milk for decades. Tastes fine to me and doesn't do that horrible curdling thing in hot drinks (apart from Lidl's which is horrid, but Tesco and Sainsburys soya is fine).

 

[Orang Utan]

I wish i liked the taste of it. Aren't we supposed to be avoiding soya too?

 

[danny la rouge]

I don’t use it in tea or coffee, because I take those black, but I find oat milk my favourite for cereals and so on. My elder daughter takes it in her tea, and seems to get on fine.

 

[Ron Merlin]

What's the best non-dairy non-soy 'milk' to put in coffee? Just tried a coconut/rice one that tastes lovely on its own but disgusting in coffee.

I use Oatly Barista (the grey carton) in tea and it works fine. Worth a try imo.

 

[8ball]

Not in coffee but i like it. I'm getting recommended it elsewhere overwhelmingly more than other hippy milks. Will give it a try

I was just guessing, I’m not a coffee drinker but I quite like the almond stuff in tea.

 

[editor]

I wish i liked the taste of it. Aren't we supposed to be avoiding soya too?

Depends on where it has come from


Halting global deforestation
Tesco announces its plan for zero deforestation soy

 

[Orang Utan]

I use Oatly Barista (the grey carton) in tea and it works fine. Worth a try imo.

Aye, Oatly Barista is the one everyone has recommended to me. Hope it ain't too dear and is available at the local Morrison's.

 

[editor]

I've come home pissed and hungry and have to say making toast with vegan butter and vegan ham and cheese is every bit as satisfying as what I used to eat.

 

[Calamity1971]

I've been eating a lot of Oumph! lately. This is the new Swedish soya protein meat substitute. I normally avoid over processed vegan food, particularly if it impersonates meat but made an exception here. On the plus side, it's proteinous and tasty. On the minus side, it's quite rubbery (regardless of how long you cook it) and somehow makes my farts smell of burning rubber the following day.

Tesco sell Oumph! as do Holland & Barrett, who have their 'buy one get one half price' offer on at the moment. You'll find it in the frozen section.

I had that the other day, the kebab spiced one. I think I over cooked it as it was hard in parts. None the less it was very tasty.
Can't confirm or deny the rubbery farts though

 

[Calamity1971]

Iceland have the 'no bull burgers' on for £1.
Not sure when the offer ends.

 

[8ball]

I've come home pissed and hungry and have to say making toast with vegan butter and vegan ham and cheese is every bit as satisfying as what I used to eat.

Very good standard of typing, considering.

 

[Saunders]

Vegan butter that actually tastes good. Dunno if this has already been posted. My son’s been vegan for years so I always aim to have bits and bobs in that he can eat if he turns up.
Found this in sainsbs the other day and it really is good. Easily as nice as buttery style margarines and, on toasted hot cross bun, indistinguishable from butter.
(Not quite the same spread cold onto fresh bread, but still perfectly palatable.) Huge hit here.