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Food-Buying Tips: General
- Here's something you can do immediately, and you basically don't have to change a thing: Buy Vegenaise eggless mayonaise. (Some people prefer Nasoya.) It tastes just like mayonnaise, you can use it in sandwiches, potato salad, dressings, marinades, sauces, and recipes exactly like mayonnaise—you'll never know the difference. And neither will anyone else. Plus it has no cholesterol. (Note: Vegenaise now has a variety with super-heart-healthy grapeseed oil.)
  Update: Spectrum and Trader Joe's also sell eggless mayonnaise.
- Shop for bread that doesn't have egg in the ingredients. Really, sandwich rolls and burger buns don't need egg.
- Egg noodles in recipes can be replaced with regular pasta noodles. Fettuccine and mafalde are good replacements for egg ribbon noodles.
- At some Asian grocery stores, you can buy imitation egg noodles, for noodle soups and stir-fries.
- Many ranch-style dressings contain egg or egg yolk. Not Nasoya! You can use Nasoya creamy dressings on salads or in recipes. Good taste, no cholesterol. Hint: for extra zing, add some freshly-ground peppercorns. You can buy Nasoya's complete line of dressings at organic-oriented markets like Whole Foods and Wild Oats, as well as at supermarkets like A&P, Kroger, Food Lion, and Publix, and Loblaw's in Canada.
- Try the vegan chocolate mousse at the Whole Foods salad bar. It's really good. Serving suggestion: while at the bar, add some sliced peaches to the container.
  If the store has a hot bar, try some fried rice—made without egg. It has some spices that not everyone might like, so try a small portion first.
- Most store-bought cookies have egg. Two very popular ones that don't: Oreos and Lorna Doones. Vanilla wafers, ginger snaps, and graham crackers are usually egg-free.
- You might not know about this...
  Here's another way you can help hens, roosters, and chicks who suffer and are killed in the egg industry: don't buy chicken noodle soup. The meat in these soups is typically from "spent" and worn out laying hens: by eighteen months—the equivalent of a young adult—their bodies are frail and full of osteoporosis, the result of intense confinement and hyper-induced egg laying rates.
  
  The vast majority of the hens come from battery cage facilities, in which birds by the thousands are stuffed into dark sheds, in a network of wire cages; each hen has less space than a sheet of notebook paper in which to live. These hens often become crippled from mineral loss and near-total lack of exercise. They lose most of their feathers and develop skin abrasions from the constant scraping against the wire cage frame. In some cases, because they have no solid ground on which to walk, their claws become distended and wrap around the cage bars, and parts of their legs are left behind when they're hurriedly grabbed and put on a truck in preparation for slaughter.
  
  Soup made from torture and cruelty is not good for the soul.
  
  Update: Some hens' bodies are so battered they can't even be used for soup.
- At some Trader Joe's locations, a popular item is their eggless egg salad. Try it!
Food-Buying Tips: Instant Meals
- Quick breakfast: Van's, Kashi, and Nature's Path, as well as stores like Whole Foods and Trader Joe's make tasty and wholesome non-egg frozen waffles. Some varieties have extra omega-3 fatty acid sources such as flax and hemp; others have interesting ingredients like pomegranate, mixed berries, and apples and cinnamon.
- Satisfying instant breakfast: Amy's Tofu Scramble. It's great on a weekday—just pop it in the microwave. If you're skeptical of scrambled tofu—frozen, no less—you should try this; you'll be pleasantly surprised. It comes with a side of hasbrowns, and grilled tomatoes, spinach, and mushrooms. You're probably not used to spinach and mushrooms with your breakfast, but it all works together amazingly well. For extra heft (and protein and fiber), if you have 7 to 9 minutes, serve it with Amy's new Breakfast Patties — which have no trans fats or saturated fats.
  Tofu Scramble also comes in a Pocket Sandwich version (near bottom of the linked page). Not quite as tasty, but even more instant. Good for those "grab-n-go" days.
- Buy frozen veggie burgers, veggie chicken, and veggie bacon products that aren't made with egg whites. Most GardenBurger products are egg-free. Boca Original Chick'n Patties and Original Chick'n Nuggets, and Health Is Wealth Chicken-Free Patties and Buffalo Wings have no egg in them. Many varieties of veggie burgers and veggie ground beef products from Boca, MorningStar, Amy's Kitchen, Turtle Island, LightLife, Yves, and Dr. Prager's are free from egg—but some of these same companies also make veggie meat products that have egg whites. The guidelines are similar for veggie sausage and bacon. New products are coming out all the time, as the market for vegetarian alternatives grows. Note that the formula for a product may change over time; check the ingredients to be sure of what you're buying. If the package says "Vegan" on the front, that should be a guarantee that the contents contain no egg. This page has more details.
- It sounds a little counterintuitive, but some frozen veggie egg rolls contain no egg.
- Really handy lunches to pop in the microwave at work: Ethnic Gourmet and Trader Joe's each make vegan Pad Thai. Not as good as homemade, of course, but decent. You'll find the Ethnic Gourmet one not only at grocery stores but even at places like Target and Wal-Mart.
Baking Without Eggs
- Vegan Baking 101
  The basics of vegan baking, told with pizazz
- You may like Bob's Red Mill egg replacer better than the more established Ener-G egg replacer. Whip it up into a nice froth—it only takes a minute—and you can use it as a general-purpose replacement for eggs in cookies, muffins, and so forth (but do see the previous bullet for other egg replacement options). You're very likely to find Bob's Red Mill products at stores such as Whole Foods, Wild Oats, and Trader Joe's, as well as at smaller health food stores and co-ops. But it's also showing up more in "mainstream" supermarkets like Kroger and Publix. Here's their "store-finder" page.
- Unsweetened applesauce often makes a perfect substitute for eggs in banana bread and zucchini bread.
- Don't have time to bake chocolate chip cookies from scratch? No problem. With Goodbaker chocolate chip cookie mix, you just heat up the oven, pour the mix ino a bowl, add oil and water, stir, drop the cookies onto a pan, and bake. It could not be easier.
  These cookies aren't super sweet like most chocolate chip cookies, which will be a blessing for many. Even if you like your cookies packed with sugar, try these; after the first bite, you might think, "hmm, not sweet enough," but by the fourth bite they'll be just right. Tip: For best results when placing the mixed batter on the pan to be baked, moisten your hand with some water, then for each cookie, grab a small amount of batter with your hand, squeeze it gently, put it on the pan, and shape it by hand.
  
  Goodbaker mixes are vegan and use organic, whole-grain flour, which, as their materials point out, "slows the 'sugar rush' effect." All Goodbaker products "are free of cholesterol, trans fats, lactose, dairy, eggs, and bad karma." VegNews Magazine said: "these mixes are fantastic. Seriously."
- What can I use to substitute for eggs in a recipe?
  This is an excellent article, which goes into some depth about the various egg substitution techniques and ingredients, and when and how you would use them. It has handy links to samples that use each kind of common egg substitute, as well as links to a variety of delicious eggless recipes. Highly recommended.
Cooking Without Eggs
- From Replacing Eggs, a recipe booklet from United Poultry Concerns:
  "To hold things together in casseroles, veggie burgers, and loaves: Add a little more vegetable oil. Experiment with tomato paste, mashed potato, mashed avocado, tahini (sesame butter), peanut butter or nut butters, moistened bread crumbs, cooked quick-cooking tapioca or quick oats."
  Although I've found that most recent veggie burger recipes (nine out of ten) seem to hold together pretty well. Even if the patties are a little crumbly before you cook them, once you fry them in some canola or other vegetable oil, they magically acquire the right texture and consistency. (By the way, if you want to see how well veggie burgers can taste, try homemade.)
Drinking Without Eggs
- For the past three years, Silk has come out with a delicious egg-free nog around the holidays. It's lower in fat, calories, and carbohydrates than regular store-bought eggnog, including low-fat varieties. A Silk customer service representative said that the company decides on a year-to-year basis whether to offer the product, based on previous years' sales and customer demand.
Dining Without Eggs
- Veg-Friendly Establishments
  A comprehensive guide to where to eat out (and buy groceries) without supporting cruelty. Actually, lots of guides. From the whole world to your town. From chain restaurants to food co-ops. From exotic cuisines to fast-food.
- Sweets that are sweet to animals. If you're visiting the DC area (or if you live there), check out Sticky Fingers Bakery. Enjoy a slice of luscious chocolate, vanilla, coconut, or almond creme cake. Their cinnamon buns are yummy (and huge). And of course you have to try a piece of "bunny-hugger carrot cake." They also do wedding cakes. Here's a news video on how Sticky Fingers is making a difference through humane and tasty treats.
  This just in! Credible skeptics report that the Un-Egg McMuffin, or Non-Egg McMuffin, or Anti-Egg McMuffin, or whatever they call it at Sticky Fingers is delicious! This is worth coming to DC for!
  
  And this! Natalia's Elegant Creations, a European-style café and pastry shop in nearby Falls Church, Virginia, features a vegan item every day—lemon-coconut cake, maple-walnut cupcakes, chocolate chip cookies, and a ton more varieties—and they are ASTOUNDING! (Note that this new development is not yet reflected on the shop's web site.)
- Attention, Boulder, Colorado residents: Three Little Figs Market is the bomb! They are overflowing with quality all-vegan foods and treats—especially treats, including: baked goods, pastries, Temptation non-dairy ice cream (which is out of this world), sauces, spreads, ready-made meals for breakfast, lunch, or dinner — you name it! As their web site points out, many of their products are organic, kosher, or locally produced. They also offer "hard-to-find delicacies such as fine chocolates, imported dairy-free cheeses, [and] vegetarian caviar." The latter you should check out simply because it exists. They have an extensive selection of chocolates. They also sell Scheese—the first vegan cheese good enough to spread on crackers and serve to your friends. They even have mixes for vegan custard and flan (look for reviews soon). Go there. Or call them up.
  (Eventually this site will have a whole page of bakeries that serve egg-free cakes, muffins, and other baked goods.)

Sample Recipes: Meals
- "Fronch" Toast
  Chickpea flour is the secret ingredient in this French toast. It's delicious and simple to make.
- Basic Quiche
  Here's Sunday brunch, with enough left over for Monday morning's breakfast.
- Vegan Challah Bread
  They said it couldn't be done...
- Vegan Cornbread
  Cooks Illustrated reports that this recipe is a blue-ribbon winner. It's also—refreshingly—not overly sweet.
- Jalapeno Corn Muffins
  These are so delicious, it's hard to eat fewer than three or four at a time. Skeptics won't believe they have no egg. (If you have a delicate constitution, you can use one jalapeno instead of two. Also, you can use any brand of egg replacer; it doesn't have to be Ener-G.)
- Eggless Egg Salad
  This is really good. Works great on toasted pumpernickel. For added interest, you may want to add a touch of hot sauce. There are a million variations of this recipe.
- Eggless Tofu Salad
  This easy-to-put-together version of no-egg salad makes a very satisfying lunch or light dinner served in pita bread pockets. The nutritional yeast gives it extra body.
- Deviled Tofu
  Curry powder, capers, Dijon mustard, and relish combine to give this dish a nice tanginess. Low-carb if you're interested.
- Tofu Scramble (Indian Spiced)
  Here's a nice change of pace for tofu scramble, from a classic cookbook. This may be better for brunch or dinner. Goes well with warm Indian bread.
- Savory Tofu Scramble
  This recipe from the Humane Society of the United States adds a nice blend of unexpected flavors to the, well, traditional tofu scramble.
- Macaroni and Chick Pea Salad
  This will remind of you egg salad. It's filling, too--makes a nice lunch.
- Caesar Salad
  Very tasty. (Note: in the recipe, you can use any Dijon-style mustard.)
- Perfect Pesto Potato Salad
  This recipe by Vegan Chef Extraordinnaire Sarah Kramer takes potato salad to a whole new level. Bring it to a potluck or barbecue and you'll be the hit of the party.
- Vegan Meatloaf
  Meatloaf doesn't have to have egg. Or meat. Maybe vegan meatloaf should be called "Not-Meatloaf." Although that would be awkward in a sentence. Anyway, this recipe has a pleasing, hearty flavor; goes nicely with a side of and peas and pearl onions. The rest of the recipes on the page look promising, also.
- Vegan Meatloaf II
  Emily's "Meat" Loaf, from La Dolce Vegan! by Sarah Kramer, may be even better.
Sample Recipes: Sauces and Dressings
- Vegan Aioli (Garlic Mayonnaise)—Two Ways
  Super-simple or from scratch. Both methods only take a few minutes. The portobello recipe on the page, which uses the aioli, is delicious!
- Vegan Caesar Salad Dressing
  It doesn't taste precisely like Caesar dressing, but it is mighty good! And ultra-simple to make.
Almost-Instant Meals
- Pressed for time but want a hearty breakfast? Try Fantastic Foods Tofu Scrambler. Drain and crumble a brick of tofu, add the tofu scrambler mix, fry. It couldn't be much simpler. Add freshly ground pepper and a bit of hot sauce if inclined. Serve with toast and mandarin orange sections and you're all set. You can also try the easy-to-make recipes on the Tofu Scrambler web page.
Off-the-Shelf Success Stories
- Revising convenience mixes (cakes, pancakes, etc.) that specify eggs so that they're egg-free and delicious. Share your successes, also. (Vegan, please, so the most number of people can enjoy them; so use soy, almond, or rice milk instead of cow's milk, for example.)
- Washington Corn Muffins: they've been around forever, in the small box that makes six muffins. Replace the egg with 2 1/2 tablespoons of pre-ground flaxseeds mixed with 3 tablespoons of water. Whisk the flaxseed-water combination thoroughly and add to the mix. The muffins will turn out lovely, and if you give them to people, they're either not going to notice the difference or they'll comment on how good they taste. The flaxseeds add a little vitamins, minerals, and omega-3 fatty acids, also.
  Tips: You can find store ground flaxseeds in the refrigerated sections of most health food stores and an increasing number of "regular" grocery stores. For longer shelf life, you can store them in the freezer.
- Streit's Potato Kugel. I used egg replacer instead of the two eggs it called for on the box, and added about a tablespoon of canola oil. I thought it came out great—flavorful, substantial but light, golden crispy crust—and had about three extra helpings. My wife was less impressed; she said it had a disagreeable aftertaste. So there you go. (Although we don't know if the aftertaste she detected and I didn't had anything to do with my egg replacement strategy—probably not—or if my wife, who had never had potato kugel, just doesn't like potato kugel. "If that's what it tastes like, I don't like it," she said.)
- Oat bran muffins from the recipe on the side of the Arrowhead Mills Organic Oat Bran box. I used ground flaxseeds and water for the binder, went with a mix of half-white, half-wheat flour, and added some "Craisins." Delicious! My non-vegetarian inlaws devoured them with gusto.
Web Sites and Blogs
- VeganJoy (Culinary Activism)
  These recipes are wonderful and creative. Book coming out this fall. Watch this space for more info and preview recipes.
- Vegan Lunch Box
Cookbooks and Other Resources
- Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World
- The Joy of Vegan Baking

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