Questions tagged [cooking]

Questions with this tag should be specific to vegetarian and/or vegan food preparation

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Is a Range Cooker useful for vegan food?

My flatmate is vegan, and I don't really have any strong feelings that would compel me to insist on having animal products in the house, so I'm sort of tagging along. I'm now building a new kitchen, and am trying to decide what kind of stove to put…
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Getting home made vegan energy bars to bind

I use a silicon mould tray to make biscuits, snack sized bars. I have used a few recipes, which for taste seem to work (both raw and baked). But my recurring problem is to get the ingredients to bind so the 'bars' remain sufficiently stable for…
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Boiling rice and split red lentils together

Usually I let the pressure cooker whistle 1 or 2 times when I cook rice alone and 3 to 4 times for lentils. I am not a complete vegan or even a complete vegetarian yet. I have been trying to eat vegan food 6 out of 14 times a week. So, I eat rice,…
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What's a good way to prepare vegan corn on the cob?

Is there a cheap substitute to butter/margarine? Or is there an alternative way to prepare ears of corn without animal products, yet still retains some basic taste? I am looking for an alternative to drenching sweet corn in butter that's not too…
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How can I Electric Power, Water Wash soiled fruits and vegetables?

I'm physically unable to wash sullied TOUGH-SKINNED fruits and vegetables, particularly ones just plucked from soil. I'm disabled, and I injured myself. The water pressure out of my faucets are TOO LOW AND POWERLESS to rinse off the dregs! Please…
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