http://www.hknet.org.nz/VegeWVD.html
see what's already happened last year http://www.hknet.org.nz/VegeWVD2004.html
see what we hear is to be happening this year
See our previous World Vegetarian
Day issue of the newsletter for a wide range of Vegetarian issues
2005 World Vegetarian Day newsletter
Shaligram
Tirtha Pradarshini newsletter October 2005 - Theme Prasadam
Vege update:
Social scientists and law enforcement officials
have identified animal abuse as a symptom of emotional illness and a precursor
to violent crimes against human beings. To allow individuals guilty of
perpetrating such cruel acts to go unpunished or not sufficiently punished
would be to sanction these horrific crimes and would permit them to go
on to possibly commit violent crimes against humans.
The Animal Spirit Newsletter - Issue #2 - 4/21/03-4/27/03
Making Food Sacred - Offering
our food to Krishna:
....excerpt from lecture by HDG Srila A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.1-3 -- San Francisco,
March 28, 1968
The Vedic literature says like this, that God has no leg, no hand. Therefore the impersonalists take advantage of it. "Oh, here it is stated God has no legs, no hands." But the next line is, javana grhita: "He can accept everything which you offer Him in devotion."
Now how He can accept? If He has no hand, how He can accept things from us? That means He hasn't got a hand like us. His hand is different. Therefore even though He is situated in the spiritual world, which is far, far away from us, still, He says in the Bhagavad-gita, it is said,
patram puspam phalam toyam
yo me bhaktya prayacchati
tad aham bhakty-upahrtam
asnami prayatatmanah
Krsna says that "A little flower or little water or a little leaf, whatever My devotee offers Me in love and devotion, I accept it." And tad aham bhakty-upahrtam. "And because he has brought it with great devotion, therefore I eat." Tad aham bhakty-upahrtam asnami. Asnami means "I eat." Now you can say, "All right, I'll offer these fruits and flower to God, but it is the same. It is remaining. How He is eating?" But His eating is not like my eating, because He hasn't got a body like this. This body is material. If you bring me a plate of fruits, this body immediately swallows it. But He has got spiritual body. He eats... Simply as soon as He knows that you have offered it in devotion, He eats immediately.
Go here to follow the simple system for offering
foodstuffs to the Lord
... and always
with the Magic ingredient - Offer it to Krishna.....
... with L'n D (love and devotion)
http://www.hknet.org.nz/How2offer.htm
How To Offer Your Food To The Lord
http://www.harekrishnatemple.com/bhakta/prepareoffer.html
Cooking for Krishna
http://www.hknet.org.nz/Cookin.html
Why do we offer our food to God before eating?
http://www.bhojan.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=11
Everything you ever wanted to know about Hare
Krishna food:
http://www.iskcon.net.au/food/
Pure Vegetarianism - booklet from Food For
Life Global FREE
http://www.ffl.org/Pure_Vegetarianism.pdf
Download
your FREE EGGLESS Cake Recipe Cookbook
- with 100 EGGLESS recipes
http://www.hknet.org.nz/great100.zip
EgglessDotCom - A site for vegetarian baking
without eggs.
http://www.eggless.com/
NEW EKADASI RECIPES:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/ekadasi-page.htm
Ekadasi Book Cooking - new book coming:
http://www.webcom.com/~ara/iwr/14.1/books/ekadasi.shtml
Ekadasi Recipes - preps without grains or beans
etc:
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Courtyard/8761/f15.htm
Vrata ka khaana - Fast Foods cook book 4 sale
(all ekadasi preps - some samples here):
http://www.niruskitchen.com/books/book_vrat.htm
Fast Food of a Different Kind:
http://www.lifepositive.com/body/holistic-recipes/recipes/food-fast.asp
Non-vegetarian aditives and non-ekadasi food
aditives list:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/naractl/Non-Vegetarian_Food_Additives_for_Australia.htm
Meat Free Zone:
http://www.all-creatures.org/mfz/mfz-free.html
A Guide to Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking and a
Karma-Free Diet:
http://www.mediarama.it/sanga/html/recipes.htm
FIRST~CLASS PRASADAM - A COLLECTION OF RECIPES
& INSTRUCTIONS
http://www.harekrsna.com/science/taste/prasadam/recipes.htm
VEGETARIANCHEESES
- NO ANIMAL RENNET only VEGE
RENNIN
(even Parmesan and other favorites)
Not just cheeses also vegetarian yogurts and other dairy produce.
Tararua Lite Sour Cream for Vegetarians hits the shelves Sept 1st 2004.
(we bought some Stilton, Parmesan, Edam, Swiss and a few others - LOL
- you have to check out these pages and then go to your Woolworths, Countdown,
Foodtown, Pak'nSav, New World or local Deli.....believe me it's worth it,
especially the Tuxford range; Cheshire, Red Leicester, Double Gloucester,
Wensleydale varieties from the UK =>:-)))
http://www.hknet.org.nz/vege-cheese.html
updated to help you
16th Sept 2004
All the Meatless Pasta preparations
you'd like to prepare:
http://www.ilovepasta.org/recipes/meatless.html
The Meatrix -
this you have to see to believe - take the red pill see reality - The Meatrix
it's all around you:
http://www.peta.org/feat/meatrix/
Allow the Meatrix to download fully before attempting to observe.............
Welcome to the Meatrix
choose the red pill and see the reality - it is all around you !!
click to enter the Meatrix.......
also at http://www.peta.org/feat/meatrix/
Allow the Meatrix to download fully before attempting to observe.............
The Meatrix Part I - What
is the Meatrix
The Mearix Part II - The Revolt = Revolting
Points of View
I don't know if Shel was actually a vegetarian or not, but he did do
some pro-veg works like the following:
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless,
Christmas dinner's dark and blue,
When you stop and try to see it
From the turkey's point of view.
Sunday dinner isn't funny
Easter feasts are just bad luck,
When you see it from the viewpoint
Of the chicken or the duck.
Oh, how I once loved tuna salad,
Pork and lobsters, lamb chops,
too,
Till I stopped and looked at dinner
From the dinner's point of view.
Shel Silverstein - song writer (he wrote all Dr Hook and medicine show's
lyrics)
A Beginners Guide to Vegetarianism:
http://people.qualcomm.com/sriharid/info/vegetarianism/veg.html
How Mary and Frank and Friends Eat - very
nice Vegetarian pages:
http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes.html
Vegetarian recipes:
http://www.vegweb.com
101 Reasons Why I'm
a Vegetarian:
http://www.vivavegie.org/vv101/index.html
Healthy Indian Vegetarian Cooking Recipes:
http://www.vegsource.com/articles/chari_veg_chili.htm
Excellent "Meat Substitute"
recipes
http://vegweb.com/food/subs/
Hundreds of Vegetarian recipes
http://vegweb.com/whatsnew/
Fat-free vegetarian meals:
A lot of inspiring Vegetarian preparations here, some have onion and
garlic in,
so replace that with hing or omit that altogether as you see fit, still
this page is well worth a serious look for ideas.
http://www.fatfree.com/new.html
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR - LET ME KNOW...!
"You Mean That's in theBible"
- expose on meat eating:
http://www.textfiles.com/occult/CHRISTIAN/ymtitb.txt
Religious Stands on Vegetarianism
Vaishnavism
- Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
- Bible - Book of Morman - 7th Day Adventist
Buddhism
Judaism
From World Vegetarian Awareness Month 2004
- 2005 newsletters
- oxymoron of the yuga:
http://users.erols.com/epastore/veg/
Protect both our species, two-legged
and four-legged. Both food and water for their needs supply.
May they with us increase in
stature and strength. Save us from hurt all our days, O Powers!
Rig Veda Samhita 10.37.11.
Download one of Bhakti Rasa prabhu's songs
for FREE
"Don't Eat Your Friends" (It Ain't Nice)
http://bhakti-rasa.tripod.com/mp3/akarma4.mp3
and visit Bhakti Rasa prabhu's site:
http://bhakti-rasa.tripod.com/
Check out Kurma prabhu's new
web-site:
http://www.kurma.net/
check out what he's doing during October 2004
http://www.kurma.net/classes/austwide.html
Cooking with Kurma Videos to purchase:
http://store.naturalnirvana.com/yhst-6661698760614/veco1.html
Jesus was a vegetarian video for sale:
http://store.naturalnirvana.com/yhst-6661698760614/jewasvemfora.html
Healthy Wealthy and Wise video for sale:
http://store.naturalnirvana.com/yhst-6661698760614/hewewi.html
Award-winning video on the science of vegetarianism, featuring important nutritionists, economists and celebrities. This film, produced by ITV, is used by the Vegetarian Society and other organizations to demonstrate the common sense of vegetarianism and non-violence. "Sacred Cow: Pagan Ritual or Cultural Wisdom?" explores the economical, social and ethical aspects of cow protection in Vedic society and today. In "It Is Written," TV celebrity and Seventh Day Adventist Pastor George Vandemann presents a touching explanation of Biblical injunctions on vegetarianism. "In Vegetarina Cuisine for the Athlete," tennis pro Peter Burwash and Nancy Rossi make vegetarian scrambled "eggs", lasagna, soups & more. Delicious! Color, 115 minutes. Also available in VHS and VHS-PAL. PAL version is for most VHS players outside the US and Canada.
Natural Nirvana Vegan, Vegetarian & Spiritual
Shopping
http://www.naturalnirvana.com/
XMAS Recipes @
http://www.hknet.org.nz/XmasMadness.html
We wish you a Vege Xmas...and a Hari new year.
Wellington Vegetarian Society'
Newsletters
http://www.i-send.info/Host/10/index.html
You'll also notice that we have a book sale of our Living a Good Life book, and it is ideal for vegetarian families - it covers pregnancy, childcare and the teen years, not to mention adults and the elderly. We've just reprinted more copies as a result of recent demand, and these are selling well, with the proceeds going to vegetarian products including a farm animal sanctuary down our way.
The book "Living a Good Life" normally selling at $21.95 is now going at the $14.95 price, .http://vegsoc.wellington.net.nz/livingGd.htm
Auckland's New Zealand Vegetarian
Society
....has a myriad of excellent books for sale on vegetarianism
http://www.ivu.org/nzvs/info/booklist.htm
http://www.ivu.org/nzvs/info/history.htm
see their mention on our 2004 events
Vegetarian and Vegetarian Friendly
Restaurants throughout New Zealand
http://vegsoc.wellington.net.nz/rest_list.htm
Play the new Diamond Jubilee Vegan Game - Spot The Vegan
http://www.worldveganday.org/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=649
Challenge a friend to - Spot The Vegan
http://www.worldveganday.org/html/modules.php?name=News&file=friend&op=FriendSend&sid=649
According to recent communications with ChelseaSugar
group - NZ Sugars their Sugars are now free from "Bone Char" bleaching
process and so devotees can again use and offer White Sugar safely.
See more details HERE
http://www.hknet.org.nz/veg-sugars.html
McDeath - the facts about Ronnie McDonalds:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/mcdeath.html
Food Additives
Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian Food Additives
http://www.veggieglobal.com/nutrition/non-vegetarian-food-additives.htm
ANIMAL-DERIVED FOOD ADDITIVES LIST - AUS
http://www.vnv.org.au/FoodAdditives.htm
Questions About Food Ingredients - US
http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredients.htm
Confusing food labels - UK
http://www.thesite.org.uk/healthandwellbeing/fitnessanddiet/food/confusingfoodlabels
Meet your Meat FREECDRoms
This is a must for those who live in the illusion
of animal killing is somehow acceptable or humane.
I have converted the "Meet your Meat" video into a CD rom & will send a copy of it for free to anyone with a Cd burner & a pledge to make at least 4 copies to give to their meat eating friends.
http://www.hknet.org.nz/V-meetURmeat.html
Meet your meat - shocking live footage of the
TRUTH in the meat industry:
http://www.meetyourmeat.com/
This is the new version
I sent out a total of over 750 CD's last year to 60 different
countries. My goal in 2003 is to double that number.
I would appreciate if you would forward this message
to your readers.
Anyone willing to participate, please forward my mailing
address as mailto:Chalissa1@aol.com
THIS HAS TO BE SEEN AT LEAST ONCE - SHOW YOUR MEAT
EATING FRIENDS
IF THEY ARE WORTH KEEPING AS FRIENDS THEY WILL GIVE
UP THE MEAT HABIT
Vegetarians BEWARE of Orange
Softdrinks
http://www.shreeswaminarayan.org.uk/academy/vegeter.htm
Coca-Cola (manufacturer) - Not suitable for vegetarians; lists the
following products as not vegetarian
These products contain traces of fish gelatine, which are used as a
stabiliser for beta-carotene colour.
Fanta Orange
Diet Fanta Orange
Lilt Pineapple & Grapefruit
Diet Lilt Pineapple & Grapefruit
http://www.vegsoc.org/info/stumbling.html
Soft Drinks - Some canned Orange drinks use gelatine as a carrier for
added Beta Caratine.
(This would not appear on the ingredients panel).
(Text PAMHO:5891790) ---------------------------------------
According to recent communications with ChelseaSugar
group - NZ Sugars their Sugars are now free from "Bone Char" bleaching
process and so devotees can again use and offer White Sugar safely.
See more details HERE
http://www.hknet.org.nz/veg-sugars.html
Warning:
As of last week in November 2003 Yopliat the yogurt people now put
gelatine in their products
See here for pointers of okay ones http://www.hknet.org.nz/vege-cheese.html
Vegetarian Cartoons and Jokes
http://www.vegetus.org/vegtoon/vegtoon.html
Chaturmasya four month fasting period is Here:
Vegan
and Vegetarian recipes
updated 15th September 2005
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Vegetarian Recipes - All recipes
http://vegetarian.allrecipes.com/
Vegetarian Kitchen Crafts:
This list is about vegetarian kitchen crafts. This list is created for
postings regarding back to basics vegetarian kitchen crafts. When we say
vegetarian we mean no meat, fish or eggs. When we say back to basics, we
mean tips on making yeast, bread, gluten, tofu, sprouts and so forth. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vkcrafts
Post a Message: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vkcrafts/post
Sambhar Spicey Dahl Soup
Ingredients:
3 cups mung beans soaked overnight
1 kg fresh tomatoes or 3 cans chopped pealed
tomatoes
50 - 75 grms fresh seedless tamarind pulp (size
of a small orange) or 1 tsp tamarind concentrate
1 cup raw sugar or gur
vegetables are optional - I use pumpkin, carrots,
potatoe, slices of fried coconut, green runner beans.
grated coconut (or desecated coconut)
50 grams butter
2 table spoons Madras Sambhar powder (see that
recipe just below) (or you can buy)
handful of whole green chillis
curry leaves
corriander leaves to garnish
salt
Method:
Soak mung beans over night and rinse. Bring to a rolling boil for two
to three hours until soft and breaking up. Add tomatoes, tamarind pulp
or concentrate, add sugar and any vegetables and coconut. Add salt and
butter. Keep on boil, keep stiring the bottom to keep from burning.
Make it thin or thick.
Serve hot with rice or idlis or Venn pongal.
Sambhar Powder
Ingredients
Red chillies 1 cup (about
15-20 chillies)
Corriander seeds 1.5
cups
Channa dhall 1/4 cup
Thuvar dhall 1/4 cup
Methi (fenugreek seeds)
1 t.spoon
Mustard seeds 1 t.spoon
Curry leaves 1/4 cup
Turmeric 1/2 t.spoon
Method
Dry roast every ingredient seperately without
oil till the flavour comes out. Fry methi until it turns dark brown.
Grind the above with curry leaves, and turmeric
into nice powder.
ALOO PASTRY PUFFS
Ingredients
1 pastry puff sheet (this is found in the frozen
foods section) (or see the receipe below)
1 big potato (Aloo)
Some cumin seeds
Some fennel seeds
1/2 teaspoon of garam masala
A pinch of turmeric
Salt to taste
Method
Boil the potato, peel the skin and mash it, but not like a paste.
Take the pastry puff sheet and cut into 9 small squares.
In a kadai (wok), put a little oil and add the cummin seeds. When they
splutter add the fennel seeds. Fry for about 30 seconds and add the smashed
potato. Add garam masala, turmeric and salt. Mix everything well and keep
on flame for about a minute. Remove from gas and allow it to cool a little
bit, say for about 5 minutes.
Now take the square piece of the pastry puff sheet and put some of
the potato mixture in the centre.
Dip your finger in water and apply water on all the four sides of the
sheet so that the sides can be stuck.
Now fold the square piece diagonally, in the shape of a triangle. Make
the remaining squares pieces in the similar way.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Place the made pastries in a baking tray and bake it for approximately
20 minutes or until the puffs are golden in color. Once they turn slightly
golden then turn it over and allow the other side to cook too.
Basic Puff Pastry
Ingredients :
1/4 cup Butter
1 3/4 cup All-purpose flour chilled
1/2 cup Water cold
3/4 cup Butter softened
1/4 cup All-purpose flour chilled
Method :
Preparation Time: 1:00
Cut 1/4 cup butter into 1-3/4 cups flour with pastry blender until
mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle cold water (1 tablespoon at a time)
evenly over surface; stir with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened.
Shape into a ball, and wrap in waxed paper. Chill 15 minutes. Combine 3/4
cup butter and 1/4 cup flour; stir until smooth. Shape mixture into a 6-inch
square on waxed paper. Chill 5 minutes.
Roll pastry into a 15-inch circle on a lightly floured surface; place
chilled butter mixture in center of pastry.
Fold left side of pastry over butter; fold right side of pastry over
left. Fold upper and lower edges of pastry over butter, making a thick
square. Working quickly, place dough, folded side down, on a lightly floured
surface; roll dough into a 20- x 8-inch rectangle. Fold rectangle into
thirds, beginning with short side. Roll pastry into another 20- x 8-inch
rectangle; again fold rectangle into thirds. Wrap dough in wax paper, and
chill about 2 hours.
Repeat rolling, folding, and chilling process 2 additional times. Chill
for 2 hours.
Nepali Nimki (Flour Crackers)
Ingredients
250 g flour
1/2 teaspoon cumin
2 oil cups
Salt to taste
Preparation
1 Roast the cumin in low oven heat for some time. (If it is seed form,
grind it)
2 Mix cumin and salt with flour.Knead the flour mixture with 2-3 teaspoons
of oil and water (as needed) to a dough.
3 Roll the mixture dough flat. Fold it. Roll it flat again. Repeat
the process one more time.
4 Cut dough in diamond shape (2 triangles on top of each other). Make
them around 1-inch in size or whatever you feel like.
5 Heat the oil in skillet or Chinese wok on medium heat.
6 Fry the diamond shaped Nimki until they become of a brownish.
7 Serve it hot or store in air tight container for days
Kashtha Nimki (Flour Cracker)
Ingredients:
250 g Flour
1/2 teaspoon Mangarel seeds (Kalanji seeds)(not
onion seeds)
1/2 teaspoon Ajwan seeds
juice of two big lemons
2 cups Ghee
Salt to taste (1 tsp)
Method:
Mix spices and salt with flour.Knead the flour mixture with 2-3 teaspoons
of ghee and water (as needed) to a dough.
Roll the mixture dough flat. Fold it. Roll it flat again. Repeat the
process one more time.
Cut dough in diamond shape (2 triangles on top of each other). Make
them around 1-inch in size or whatever you feel like.
Heat the ghee in a skillet on medium heat.
Fry the diamond shaped nimkis until they become of a brownish. They
will smell cheesey.
Serve it hot or store in air tight container for days, hahaha if they
last that long, they are addictive
Instant Banana Ice Cream
A speedy ice cream - frozen banana chunks whizzed to a tangy puree with delicious buttermilk and vanilla.
Makes about 1 Litre/35fl oz
Ingredients:
4 bananas
½ tsp vanilla extract
3-4 tbsp sugar
150ml/5fl oz buttermilk
Method:
1. Peel the bananas and cut into chunks. Arrange in a single layer
on a baking tray lined with baking parchment, leaving space between the
chunks. Put in the freezer for a few hours until frozen hard.
2. Tip the frozen banana chunks into a food processor. Add the vanilla, sugar and most of the buttermilk.
3. Process to a chunky purée. Then, with the machine still running, pour in the remaining buttermilk in a thin steady stream. Let the machine run until the mixture is beautifully smooth and creamy. Offer and serve at once.
The Animal Spirit Newsletter - Issue #2 - 4/21/03-4/27/03
"The beef industry has contributed to more deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of 'real food for real people', you'd better live real close to a good hospital."
- Neal D. Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians
Comittee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Higher Taste cook book FREE
on-line
http://www.webcom.com/~ara/col/books/VEG/ht/
All the Meatless Pasta preparations
you'd like to prepare:
(some need some adjustment, as they contain onion and garlic)
http://www.ilovepasta.org/recipes/meatless.html
Different Shapes of pasta:
http://www.ilovepasta.org/shapes.html
The Lentil page - very useful all about lentils
and the numerous kinds of lentil
http://www.foodsubs.com/Lentils.html
OVER 100 EGGLESS CAKE recipes can be found
on our Main index and
on many other pages at: http://www.hknet.org.nz/great100.zip
Visit
our Award winning site - Vegetarianism &
Beyond
Interesting articles - information
- history - arguments - links............ (been re-vamped)
...in fact everything you want
to know about Vegetarianism and Beyond:
http://turn.to/Vegetarianism
... last updated 1st October 2004
Nutrition and Health - vitamins, a balanced
diet, through prasadam:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/Vege-VitaminSources.html
Vegetarian Update - newsletter from NZ Vegetarian
Socity in Wellington:
http://www.i-send.info/Host/10/index.html?
Siberian Center for Vedic Culture
presents
tasty vegetarian recipes from Food
For Peace by Rambhoru devi dasi.
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Courtyard/8761/index.html
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“If anyone wants to save the
planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.
That’s the single most important
thing you could do. It’s staggering when you think about it.
Vegetarianism takes care of
so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty.”
--Sir Paul McCartney
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Check out heaps of information
on Vegetarianism, Prasadam-ism,
download books, Vegetarian Recipe programs, and more.
http://www.hknet.org.nz/Veges-Beyond5page.htm
http://turn.to/Vegetarianism
HERE'S
HUNDREDS OF USEFUL LINKS COMPILED 4 U:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/vege-links1.htm
