[NFB-InTheKitchen] Join the NFB of Hawaii Vegan Cooking Fun in May

Sat Apr 29 08:30:35 UTC 2023

Hi Annette,

There are several different types of plant based yogurts = made with coconut milk, almond milk, and soy milk.  If you can't find it at your local supermarket, try Sprouts or Whole Foods,  or Down to Earth (a chain of natural and organic vegetarian foods in Hawaii). You need to look at the ingredients. Some have sweeteners, some do not. My daughter and her husband use almond yogurt, for both American foods and South Asian/Indian recipes (he is Indian). But you need to read the nutritional analysis to see how much fat is in the different brands. I would think that coconut yogurt has a lot of saturated fat, unless they used fat free or low fat coconut milk.

For beans and gas, what I've heard from a plant based GI physician is to start off really slowly, eating just a little bit only once a day. Do this for a short while, then add a little more and keep building from there. Your guts need to get used to beans slowly. If that doesn't work, try using something called Beano. They might have other things like that out now. Check out a book called Fiber Fueled by a plant based GI doctor with a long name (I can't spell it). If you have the Bard app on your cell phone, I think they have the audio book.  There is also a Fiber Fueled Cookbook. Oh, also, Kombu, a type of Japanese seaweed, when placed in a pot of beans, is said to greatly reduce the amount of gas from the beans. You only need to use a postage stamp size of kombu. I don't know where you live to know if you could find kombu in supermarkets. If you cannot, they sell it on amazon.

I recently heard about  a plant based author named Toni Okamoto who has written plant based recipe books. 2 of them are named Plant Based on a Budget, and also Plant Based on a Budget Quick and Easy. The recipes in the 2nd book has fewer ingredients (no more than 7). I heard the author interviewed on several plant based podcasts. She's really practical and has good tips. I couldn't find her books on Bard, but I did find them on bookshare, using the Bookshare Reader app.

If you are having digestive issues, you may want to try eating more oats - either rolled oats (also called Old Fashioned Oats) or Steel cut Oats (also called Irish Oats). The steel cut oats are less processed so they cook a little longer. If you have a pressure cooker or Instant Pot cooker, it doesn't take long at all. Otherwise, I used to soak the steel cut oats in water overnight. Then in the morning they cook really fast on the stove. Anyway, I have heard oats have the kind of fiber that the good gut bacteria really like to eat. And so eating oats should help your guts. I also try to include rolled oats in a lot of other recipes, such as when I make meatless "meat" balls or vegan patties, in pancakes/waffles, or in different types of desserts.

Other good resources for good plant based recipes include the websites for  Forks over Knives and Food Revolution. There are many more, but those of 2 of my favorites.

I hope you have time to come to our Vegan Cooking Fun zoom meeting in May. Many participants et a lot of meat and dairy. A few of us eat strictly plant based. And they may have other suggestions for you.
We also have a What's App account only for the people who attend the zoom meetings. If you are interested in joining it, send me your telephone number and I will have our what's app person text you the invitation.
By the way, I hope you don't mind that I added your email to my list of people interested in the Vegan Cooking Fun monthly meetings. So, you will receive the zoom link closer to the meeting in May.

Take good care,
Debbie

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Aloha,

I have been having some stomach issues lately and want to cut down on dairy products.  I like yogurt as a snack, but want to know if there are any non-dairy yogurt alternatives which have low fat and low sugar?  I would like to know about some basic resources and an introduction to vegan with just some simple foods that don't involve a lot of ingredients.  I have to stay away from the beans though  because I have a lot of gas already.  Thanks.

Annette
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Subject: [NFB-InTheKitchen] Join the NFB of Hawaii Vegan Cooking Fun in May

Aloha,
The NFB of Hawaii invites you to join our Vegan Cooking Fun discussion group on zoom on Saturday, May 27, 2023.
The times will be:
12 noon to 1 pm Hawaii time,
3 to 4 pm Pacific time
4 to 5 pm mountain time
5 to 6 pm central time,
6 to 7 pm Eastern time.

You do not have to be a vegan cook to join. But if you have any interest in eating vegan once a week or increasing your intake of plant foods to improve health, lose weight, or just save animals or the planet, then please join us. It's free.
The topic for May will be  grilling and other picnic foods.  And bring your questions, tips, and recipes to share. If you have a favorite recipe that contains animal products and you are not sure how to "veganize" it, please bring it and we can offer suggestions that will taste good.
Also if you have questions or fears about not eating animal products, please ask and we can suggest reliable research and or books or information.

Thanks,
Debbie Gabe
NFB of Hawaii
President, Anuenue Chapter (Windward Oahu)
C: 808 754 2793
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