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Vegan Home Cooks

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Come join the Vegan Home Cooks!

Participation is really easy, just take a picture of what you cooked today and post it, no recipes needed.


This is a public forum for a discord server of friends who are all vegans and cook at home for their families.

We are here to share some inspiration, to see what others are doing and to stay engaged in something that is both our hobby and a required task.

This forum is not a "food porn" community, a recipe book or a place to teach you how to cook. It is a place for people who already cook to meet other people like themselves and provide on topic support and conversation as much as long distance friends on the internet can do. We are doing show and tell about what we made and we don't care about its instagram worthiness.

Veganism isn’t a diet but I have to eat every day. This is for the vegan home cooks. Anything non vegan will be deleted.


Rules

1. Be Vegan.

If it is not vegan it doesn’t belong here… or anywhere.

2. Post home cooking.

No restaurant or fast food. This is what every other vegan space is about and we don’t want to promote any large or small business tyrants.

3. Join the Discord

We’re an active community of vegan home cooks that like to talk about what we are cooking today.

4. Do not make any rude comments or digs at anyone’s food, cooking style, specific diet, restrictions or technique.

While we are all cooks, we all have different requirements and we’re not asking for help, we are doing show and tell.

5. Do not use trademarked brands

Use generic names. We’re cooking with tvp not whatever business brands it and we’re not trying to turn comrades into billboards. No plant-based vegan-pandering capitalist crap like Impossible, Beyond, Dairy-company owned “vegan” cheese.

6. Do not ask for a recipe without otherwise engaging the OP (No posts that are just “recipe?”)

We are not food bloggers. Sometimes we're excited to share and will tell you the recipes we used but this isn't required. Instead try doing your own research and tell us what you learned and we can talk about it.

7. Careful with making unasked for suggestions.

Sometimes we like to hear suggestions but you should be nice about it and know the person you are making suggestions to. We are in the discord and you can get to know us that way. If you are just a visitor from the fediverse, this isn’t the place for you to start telling other people what to do.

8. Adults Only.

While this isn't a community for adult material we expect everyone who participates to be an adult. If you have a gross and profane username you will be removed.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Protein and starch in its best form. While your creation is not going to win any beauty contests, the absolute and unadulterated functionality of this meal shouldn't be understated. (As you might have guessed, "functional" meals are at the top of my list.)

[–] hamid 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, we don't care about instagram around these parts lol. Slop is my main meal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

We describe it as “nutritious mush” and it’s my favorite

[–] BlitzoTheOisSilent 7 points 8 months ago

Fun fact: It is only considered Shepherd's Pie if the meat used is ground lamb, otherwise, it is known as Cottage Pie!

I know this is a vegan group, and OP's pic looks delicious, but I just wanted to spread a little bit of trivia I learned from two chef's I used to work with. :)

[–] FungusBasedOrganism 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Shepherds pies are delicious and so satisfying. I think Jamie Oliver's tip with squeezing the oil over the potatoes before putting it in the oven is really good. Gives the potatoes a very nice crispy and delicious outer layer (and it looks great too!) Timestamp here: https://youtu.be/vkTfd0SihMM?feature=shared&t=354

[–] hamid 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah my mash potatoes didn't really crisp up enough, I think next time what I'd do is brush a small amount of tahini over the top. I actually don't use any oil in my cooking because in my 30s I became prediabetic from a shitty diet and I follow the forks over knives/McDougall program for the past almost 8 years now. I'm into my 40s now and feel great and am extremely avoidant of adding oil back lol

edit: the really mad lemmitor that is downvoting all my posts in my vegan cooking community really needs to get a grip and a life LOL

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What did you do with the shepherd? 🤨

[–] hamid 3 points 9 months ago

Shepherds aren't vegan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Got them into lentil farming

[–] CobblerScholar 3 points 9 months ago

Pro tip, lil rutabaga in with the mashed potato is awesome

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is that a boatload of dill you've got on top there? Cause that seems like a really good idea I've never considered before.

[–] hamid 1 points 9 months ago

Lol yeah I love dill it is my favorite