Vegan Effect

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Updated 5th of August 2021 I have been looking for ways to make bread and this is one of the easiest I could find.  No need for kneading makes it so easy all you have to do is mix all the ingredients together and leave it overnight before baking it the next day.  This recipe has some extras in so if you want to make it closer to zero waste, just leave out the optionals.  Dough for the olive and bell pepper version Waste Short term waste: Zero  Long term waste: Flour packaging Yeast packaging 2 Glass jars (optional) Sugar packaging  Salt container  Mix the dry ingredients together. Sticky dough. After 12 hours, put into a big pot. Serves 6 Ingredients 2 cups plain white flour 2 cups wholemeal (Strong or bread) or rye flour  2 -3 tbsp of caster sugar (optional)  1/4 cup of sliced olives (optional) 4 chopped sun-dried tomatoes (optional)   ...

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 17th of June 2021 If you like Salsa, this is a great way to make it zero waste.  Why buy expensive products in plastic when you can just make them yourself without the plastic packaging for less?  Just remember to buy the loose ingredients. Salsa is the easiest thing to make.  It is low in calories and goes with most things.  Waste Short term Zero. Long term  Zero if you don't use salt or can get it without the packaging. Ingredients  Tomatoes x 5 Onion x 1 small Chillies or Jalapeno peppers x as hot as you like! Salt x a dash (optional)  Herbs (optional) Water x 2 tbsp Method  Step 1 Chop three of the tomatoes and the onion.  Pulse in a blender or continue chopping.  The idea is to get small chunks of tomato and onion not a paste. Poor out into o bowl or container.  Step 2 Blend the remaining two tomatoes to a paste.  Poor the tomato paste over the chopped tomatoes and onion. ...

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 14th of June 2021       This is a lovely stir fry that has plenty of nutrition. The carrot provides lots of vitamin A while the tofu provides both calcium and protein as well as some iron. Not only is this dish full of nutrition it is full of taste too.  The key, i feel, to any dish with tofu is the press the tofu first, which allows the tofu to soak up all those delicious flavours.  You might be tempted to leave out the cranberries; however, this would be a mistake since they add so much to the overall flavour.  The sauce is sweet and comforting. Cranberries make a lovely addition Serve 2 Ingredients  Tofu x 100g Cranberries x 20g Carrot x 60g Courgette x 180g Onion x 1 small Leek x 80g Broccoli x 80g Cumin x 1 tsp Paprika x 1 tsp For sauce Rapeseed oil x 2 tsp Cider vinegar x 3 tbsp Soya sauce x 2 tsp Vegetable stock x 200ml Nutritional yeast x 3g Method  Prepare the tofu. Then cut into bite...

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Updated 4th of August 2021 This is the easiest bread in the world!  Just two ingredients sweet potato and flour for the basic recipe.  You can use plain or wholemeal flour the choice is yours; furthermore, you have the option to add salt and or nutritional yeast for extra flavour and nutrition.  Although the official ratio of potato to flour is one to one, I usually find I need a little more flour.

Written by  McDonald, T.    |  Date 7th of June 2021 Spicy potato wedges are potato cut into wedges and covered in spices.  I like eating this dish but i don't want the bag that comes with it if i buy them from a shop.  Since i can buy potatoes lose, i decided to make my own.  It is possible to use any type of potato such as white, red , new or even sweet potato . Likewise, the choice of spices is up to you although using hot spices like cayenne pepper is traditional. I chose white potato of medium size and no eyes because when cooked they have a nice sweet taste with a soft texture and they is no need to boil them first or remove bits, which spoils the presentation. The spices covered the potato wedges well, but i did need to add a bit more cayenne pepper.  Putting the spices in a bowl with the wedges and shaking them around worked well and will be my standard way to coat them from now on.  It also could work well for coating tofu in the fu...

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Updated 26th of January 2022      Flatbread is easy and quick to make.  No need for proving or resting just straight in the pan and out comes a delicious hot bread that you can eat straight away, or store for later.  Subsequently, you can have it on its own as a snack or as part of your main meal.  You can even make smaller ones to have as tacos.  Furthermore, you can add other ingredients to this bread such as garlic or bell pepper or even sun-dried tomato.  As for storing, I put mine in an airtight container and keep in the fridge and it lasts for up to 4 days.  You have two types to choose from: regular or zero waste. 

By McDonald, T.   |  Up dated 10th of June 2021 First, you have to realise that veganism has a philosophy that goes with it.  It is not just about food or health.  There is the whole idea of not using any animal products or destroying the environment where animals live.  With this in mind, we can see that thinking about different aspect of a product is necessary before we buy.  What You Will Need To Get Started Food ideas such as recipe books and blogs. An understanding of the importance of B12. A place to shop. Enthusiasm to spread the word. Food ideas such as recipe books and blogs Vegans Of Faith has a great vegan selection of meals and ideas. This page at the Vegan Society has links to great vegan recipe books and has its own recipe section to check out.  The BBC have a Vegan Food page. Join a vegan club, follow vegan Facebook pages, join vegan twitter groups and watch vegan YouTubers.  In short, seek out the online vegan community on soci...

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 31st of May 2021          Are you someone with an environmental conscience?  Do you care about the wildlife?  If the answer is yes, then this report is for you.  You might think saving the world and helping the wildlife is for specialist people with expensive skills.  Not so.  You can play a role in solving one of the biggest problems in the modern world by adopting a zero waste lifestyle and reducing your waste. Abstract In recent years, I have found myself drawn towards an idea of reducing my waste to zero for environmental reasons but was not sure what to do.  The problem of household waste is that much of it might end up in land fill and create problems for the environment, which prompted me to investigate deeper and find out if it was easy and was it realistically possible?  I started off by searching the internet for clues and literature that could h...

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 29th of May 2021 I love a good vegan curry, but i never tried making my own lime pickle to go with it.  I only had 2 limes and a lemon, so I'm making lemon and lime pickle today.  I used a mayonnaise jar to store it in because it is better to reuse stuff rather than keep buying new things and i ask you to do the same.  This side dish is a great accompaniment to any curry or as a starter.  Sometimes i have it on its own with some bread as a snack. Ingredients  1 Lemon  2 limes 4 cloves of garlic 1/8 onion   1 tsp ginger 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp paprika  1 tsp turmeric 1 tsp mustard powder 2 tsp of salt 3 tbsp brown sugar 4 tbsp of cider vinegar  Water Rapeseed oil  Apparatus  A glass jar to put the pickle in Saucepan Sharp knife Chopping broad Wooden spoon Method Cut up the lemons and limes into bit size pieces then put in a bowl with the salt. Stir until everything is covered in the ...

Written by  McDonald, T.    |  Date 28th of May 2021   I wanted to try out something new, so i tried a Beyond meat Beyond Sausage , a type of vegan sausage.  I chose Beyond meat because i had heard a lot about it and i wanted something meaty and i had not tried this before. Overall, i really liked it, but it was expensive.  The thing i like the most was the flavour and the slight crisping to the skin. Advantages  Tastes really good will a fantastic texture.  Cooks easy and is still good if it is over cooked.  Freezes well. Easy to cut up and use in other recipes.  For instance, i chopped up a sausage or link as there are sometimes called to put on a skewer to make kebabs. High in protein and fibre Disadvantages Comes in single use plastic packaging. Very expensive.