Who is vegan here?

[Rosemary]

Mostly vegan. I eat occasional salmon and dairy.
I use stovetop pressure cookers... last weekend, I had 2 going at once to cook up different batches of beans.
I find that legumes that are pressure-cooked are far more digestible than those cooked in a slow cooker.
Now that I'm working full time again I do all my cooking on the weekend, and take meals out of the freezer every night for the following evening. Lots of vegan meals freeze well.

[Tussiemussies]

I tried making a Vegan ice cream today from the book "Vice Cream." The base was cashews and coconut milk with other things in it, it tasted so great. When I put it in my Cuisinart ice cream maker it froze so fast and hard on the sides that it wouldn't work. I will try again gain in the future when my diet allows. There is a new release of this book with more flavors in it called "Vegan Ice Cream." Just fyi...

[Tussiemussies]

Thanks Rosemary for sharing about the pressure cooker and beans...something I'll have to look into for the future...

[lessisbest]

I sprout beans (as well as grains and seeds) first to increase the nutrients, reduce the anti-nutrients, and they cook faster because they were sprouted first. It only makes sense to increase the nutrients in my books, as well as reducing the impact from high-glycemic carbohydrates. Sprouted lentils only require a small amount of cooking - stir-fry or steaming, and when you dehydrate sprouted lentils, they cook in just a few minutes. We also use sprouted and dried lentils for snacking.
More information: http://www.vegetariantimes.com/blog/...ins-and-beans/

You can also "cook" beans in a Thermos bottle, so all you need is boiling hot water. http://www.thermoscooking.com/

I also make them in my Thermal Cooker (a much larger Thermos) or Wonder Oven - if you are looking for passive heat methods.
More information: http://frugalandthriving.com.au/2014...essure-cooker/

[kally]

at the site you posted, and I am intrigued. Can you help me out here. I am also the world's worst sprouter, I can't seem to do it right.

I sprout beans (as well as grains and seeds) first to increase the nutrients, reduce the anti-nutrients, and they cook faster because they were sprouted first. It only makes sense to increase the nutrients in my books, as well as reducing the impact from high-glycemic carbohydrates. Sprouted lentils only require a small amount of cooking - stir-fry or steaming, and when you dehydrate sprouted lentils, they cook in just a few minutes. We also use sprouted and dried lentils for snacking.
More information: http://www.vegetariantimes.com/blog/...ins-and-beans/

You can also "cook" beans in a Thermos bottle, so all you need is boiling hot water. http://www.thermoscooking.com/

I also make them in my Thermal Cooker (a much larger Thermos) or Wonder Oven - if you are looking for passive heat methods.
More information: http://frugalandthriving.com.au/2014...essure-cooker/

[lessisbest]

at the site you posted, and I am intrigued. Can you help me out here. I am also the world's worst sprouter, I can't seem to do it right.

I've used any number of sprouters over the 40-years I've been sprouting, but my favorite sprouter is the Easy Sprout Sprouter - I have a number of them going all the time. My best suggestion for learning how to sprout is to watch the videos at Sprout People - https://sproutpeople.org/ There are a number of books I've used over the years as guidelines, too.

[kally]

I shall watch them.

I've used any number of sprouters over the 40-years I've been sprouting, but my favorite sprouter is the Easy Sprout Sprouter - I have a number of them going all the time. My best suggestion for learning how to sprout is to watch the videos at Sprout People - https://sproutpeople.org/ There are a number of books I've used over the years as guidelines, too.