Vegetarianism & Beyond

Sacred Vegetarian Recipes - Prasadam

World Vegetarian Day 1st October each year

World Vegetarian Awareness Month - October

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



Chaturmasya four month fasting period is Here:

These recipes are specifically used in the Brahma-Madhwa Vaishnava community for shaaka haara vrata - first month of Chaturmasya where one fasts from Greem leafy vegetables - spinach: http://www.hknet.org.nz/Chaturmasya-vrata.html  &   http://www.hknet.org.nz/Calendar-glossary.htm#Chaturmasya

Vegan and Vegetarian recipes

Sweets to offer the (Supreme) Sweet 

Photos just arrived from Bhaktivedanta Manor, England. Look at these exquisite cakes made for Radharani on Her birthday 2006! 
What love, devotion and expertise went into making these - and no eggs . . .

Wonderful pictures http://www.prabhupada.org/rama/?p=3079

Eggless Cake Cookbook Download http://www.hknet.org.nz/great100.zip

Ekadasi recipes  = from Narottam dasa in RSA
Vegetarian sites - for Veg recipes
http://portal.opera.com/directory/?cat=58641
Cooking with Kurma recipes
http://vegweb.com/recipes/
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Courtyard/8761/index.html
http://www.vrg.org/recipes/
Panihati Chida dahi festival recipes
http://www.veganchef.com/
In A Vege Kitchen Recipes
"Just add bhakti"- recipes
Vegetarian - No onion or garlic cooking:
http://www.ndtvcooks.com/recipes/nonglist.asp
Conversion of temperatures and formulas

The "Recipes" section of http://www.HareKrsna.com contains nearly 2,000 wonderful vegetarian recipes from across the Indian subcontinent. In each of the following categories you will find a unique selection of recipes, including multiple recipes for some well known preparations, as they're prepared in different regional cuisines. While the culinary and geographic interpretations of these dishes may vary greatly, many old favorites will be recognized and appreciated anew. This collection of recipes has been selected and adapted to contain only those ingredients acceptable for the Gaudiya Vaisnava diet, as instructed by Srila Prabhupada.

The index below includes only main categories of recipes. On many of the recipe pages, you’ll find an index at the top with sub-categories, and another index at the bottom of the page with the main categories. Be sure to click the top index links to find your way to the many great recipes contained in this section of the site!

If you have questions about ingredients called for in the recipes, please visit our Ingredients section, where you'll also find a helpful Dictionary of Ingredient Terms, cross-listing the various names of ingredients from different regional languages.

Visit this link NOW http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm
 

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
 
 
 

Bengali Spinach

Ingredients:
2 bunches fresh spinach (or 2 packages frozen, thawed)
1 inch fresh ginger
3 finely diced Shukhno lonka (dry red chilli)
½ tsp. Hing (Asafoetida)
4 medium-large Potatoes
2 tsp. Kasoori Methi (Dried fenugreek leaves)
1 tsp. Mouri/Saunf (Fennel seeds)
Salt to taste

Cut the potatoes into small pieces, and then either lightly boil them or microwave them for about 8 min. Heat ghee abd add ginger, hing, and fennel seeds. Add the spinach, and fry on a high flame. After about 5 minutes of frying, add salt, the dried chillies, and the potatoes. Mix evenly, and add the kasoori methi - then fry for a few minutes. At this point, you might add a little water if you so desire. Offer hot.

http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm


Assamese Biryani Rice

Ingredients:
3 cups Basmati
1 cup Green peas
½ tsp turmeric
20 whole cashews
8 green cardamoms
4 black cardamoms
12 whole cloves
4 inches fresh ginger
1 bunch fresh Coriander
1 tsp. Asofoetida
Ghee for frying
5 small eggplants
1 small head broccoli
4 parboiled potatoes

Cook the rice in two portions: Cook the first as white rice, adding a little ghee, 4 green and 2 black cardamoms, smashed, along with broken cashew pieces and usual amount water for rice. Cook the rice and set aside. Cook the second portion as yellow rice, adding a little ghee, 4 cloves, ¼ tsp turmeric, and the usual amount of water. Cook and set aside. Mix the two cooked rices together and divide into two portions, ¼ and ¾. Set aside.

Chop the coriander and set in two piles. Mince and mash the ginger to a paste. Small the remaining cardamoms together. Fry the peas in a little ghee. Cut the vegetables into small pieces and parboil. Fry the peas lightly in a little ghee, adding half the coriander, 5 cloves, the ginger and the cardamom. Mix all together, place in an oven ready pan with tight lid. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.

http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm

Punjabi Rajma

Ingredients:
3 cup cooked Kidney Beans (Rajma )
3 Tbsp Oil
½ Tsp Cumin Seeds
1 Tsp Grated Ginger
½ Tsp Chopped Green Chilli
2 medium Size Tomatoes ( Chopped )
½ Tsp Red Chilli Powder
½ Tsp Coriander Powder
1 Tsp Salt
1 Tsp Garam Masala Powder
1 Tsp Asofoetida
1 cup Water
4 Tbsp chopped Coriander Leaves
Chopped Coriander Leaves

Heat Oil in a kadhai and to it add cumin seeds, ginger, and green chillies and sauté well. Add Tomatoes and cook until soft. Add all the spices and mix well. Add cooked Rajma to it and mix well. Add water and let the Rajma simmer for some time, adding more water as needed for desired consistency. Add coriander leaves about 15 minutes before offering.

http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm


Bengali Alu Dum

Ingredients:
Baby Potatoes- 1 pound
Tomatoes - 3
Turmeric - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 2 tsps
Salt to taste
Sugar - 1 tsps
Cumin seeds - 2 tsps
Asofoetida - 1 tsp
Bay leaves -3
Coriander leaves- little
Ghee - 1/4 cup
Ginger - 1 inch piece

Boil and peel baby potatoes until firmly cooked. Grind sliced ginger and cumin seeds to a fine paste. In a pan heat ghee and sprinkle a little salt over the potatoes, adding to the ghee a little at a time. Fry till they becomes slightly red. Remove and drain fried potatoes, adding the remaining potatoes until all are done. When done, pour off extra ghee leaving enough in pan to lightly fry the bay leaves and ground masala paste. Add red chilli powder, sugar and fry a few minutes more, then add the fried potatoes and the turmeric, with salt to taste. Cover and let it simmer for 5 minutes. When nicely dried in the pan, remove and garnish with finally chopped coriander leaves, then offer.

http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm


Nepali Mustard Greens Bhutuwa

Ingredients:
1 lb. mustard greens, washed, peeled, cut into small pieces (spinach can also be used)
3 dried red chilies
½ teaspoon jwanu seeds (lovage seeds)
½ teaspoon mustard seeds
½ teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon whole timur (szchawan pepper)
1 tablespoon ginger, minced
½ teaspoon turmeric
½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
3 tablespoons mustard oil
1 teaspoon asofoetida
2 tablespoons fresh dill weed, finely chopped
Salt to taste

Heat three tablespoons of mustard oil. Splutter jwanu seeds, whole timur, mustard seeds, and cumin seeds until they turn dark. Fry dried red chilies for 15 seconds till they turn dark. Add ginger, ground pepper, and turmeric; fry for a minute or so on low heat. Add mustard greens to the spice mixture, and stir-fry for about two minutes. Add salt. Increase the heat to high; cook the mustard greens until wilted and the excess liquid has evaporated, but don’t overcook the greens. Add salt and pepper as needed. Garnish with chopped dill weed and offer.

http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm


Gujarat Khaman Dhokla

Ingredients:
1 cup jasmine rice
1 cup urad dal
1 cup yellow moong dal
3 cups sour buttermilk
2 green chillies crushed fine
1/4 tsp. ginger grated fine
1/2 tsp. soda bicarb
2 tbsp. ghee
2-3 pinches red chilli powder
1/2 tbsp. coriander finely chopped
Salt to taste

Mix the rice and dal, wash, drain and dry on a clean cloth for a few hours. The grains should be completely dry. Grind to a coarse flour in dry grinder or at the flour mill. This flour should be like very fine soji in texture. Store in airtight container and use as required. Will keep good up to 2 months. To make khaman, take 1 cup flour in a bowl. Add buttermilk, and mix well. Set aside for 4-5 hours. Dissolve soda bicarb in the ghee. Add to batter. Mix all ingredients except red chilli powder and coriander. Pour immediately in a 6" diameter greased pan or thali. Steam over water either in a cooker or steamer. Make sure water doesn’t splash into the dhokla batter. Pierce with a knife to check, should come out clean if done. Sprinkle the chilli powder and coriander, steam again for 2-3 minutes. Cut into squares or diamonds and serve hot with coconut chutney.

http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm

Kesaribath #1 (South Indian Suji Halva)

Ingredients:
1 cup suji (semolina or cream of wheat)
1 cup milk
4 cups of water
2 cups of sugar
1 Pinch of ealaichi (cardamom) powder
1/2 cup of ghee
10 cashews
food color (yellow or orange)

Heat pan and add suji with 1 tsp ghee. Fry suji till golden brown on medium flame. Once it slightly changes color, remove from the pan and set aside. Add a little ghee to pan and fry cahsewnuts till golden brown. Remove from the pan and set aside. Take a heavy bottom vessal and add 3 cups of water and milk, bring it to boil. Once the water is boiling, reduce the flame, slowly add suji to it, keep stirring, add suji little at a time, making sure there are no lumps. Let it cook on a medium flame, stirring occasionally. When it thickens add sugar to it, mix well. Cook some more on medium flame, once it starts to thicken add ghee and mix well. Let it cook on medium flame another 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat, add fried nuts to it. Offer hot or cool.

http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm

Balushahi

Ingredients:
Sugar 8 cups
Refined flour (maida) 6 cups
Ghee 6 tbsp.
Ghee for deep frying

Work ghee into the flour. Gradually add water to obtain soft dough. Divide dough into small balls, flatten and form dents in the center. Prepare a thick syrup from the sugar. Heat ghee in a kadhai and put in the balushahis. Remove the pan from the fire till the ghee stops simmering. Replace pan on fire and bring ghee again to boiling point. Repeat this process till the balushahis are well risen and layers appear. When all the dough is used, place balushahis on a perforated vessel and pour thick, hot syrup over them. Shake the vessel and when the syrup is cold it should leave an even coating.

http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm

Churma

Ingredients:
Wheat flour : 1 cup
Ghee : 2 cups
Khoya / Mawa : ½ cup
Sugar (grounded) : 1 cup
Soaked almond (finely chopped) : ¼ cup
Cardamom (small) : 4
Dalchini (cinnamon) : 1 inch

Melt half the ghee and mix it in with wheat flour. Make a stiff dough using very little water. Heat the rest of the ghee in a kadahi. Make about 15-20 balls with the dough. Fry it on low flame till golden brown. Let them cool, then churn the balls up in a grinder. Mix khoya in with the ground mixture. Heat 1 tbsp. ghee in kadahi. Add cardamom seeds and dalchini. Add the above mixture of wheat flour and khoya. Fry it for one minute. When it cools down, add sugar and chopped almonds. Mix well. Offer on a plate.

http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm


 

DISCLAIMER: (it's Kali yuga, there has to be a disclaimer on most everything eh)
I do not claim that the recipes are mine. If they are, I will tell you. I have gathered many recipes over the years and I have adapted more than a few to suit my personal taste and requirements. Please feel free to pass them on to friends. They are for the Lord's pleasure and sharing with His devotees.  JTCd  =>:-))

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/

When Does Food Become Prasadam?
http://www.gopala.org/node/49
This article was sourced from His Holiness Sivarama Swami's website. http://www.sivaramaswami.com/?p=1308
or at http://hknet.org.nz/vegesBECOME-prasadam.html

Pure Vegetarianism - booklet from Food For Life Global FREE
http://www.ffl.org/Pure_Vegetarianism.pdf



Protein: Myth vs. Fact
http://www.naturesbestnews.com/protein.htm

Slaying the Great Protein Myth
http://food.consumercide.com/proteinmyth.html

The number one question most vegetarians are asked is "How do you get enough protein?",
and the first question from people considering a vegetarian diet is "How will I get enough protein?"
http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/articles/protein-veg-diet.php

PROTEIN AND VEGETARIAN DIETS
http://www.vnv.org.au/Nutrition/Protein.htm

MYTH: Vegetarians Get Little Protein
Fact: Protein Combining is a Craze
http://www.all-creatures.org/mfz/myths-vegprotein-craze.html

Note:  In mail servers such as Yahoo mail these links listed above would be highlighted and you could simply click on the link and that would open in a new window.  If your mail server does not highlight these links then you may need to drag to highlight and then copy to paste into a new window.


http://www.quitmeat.org.nz/

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

Non-Vegetarian Food Additives (Listed by E Numbers)
http://www.veggieglobal.com/nutrition/non-vegetarian-food-additives.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

A Quizz - What does a Vegetarian Eat???
http://www.hknet.org.nz/vege-quizz.html

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

updated 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



Cooking with Kurma
http://gouranga.tv/#video:64
 

Hare Krishna Food for Life & restaurants
http://gouranga.tv/#video:65


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)

Pictures of Animals in the womb showing their maturation and development much the same as humans
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/november2006/231106animals.htm

They are alive in the womb, they grow in the womb, they take birth, they mature, they have their own families, and reproduce.
"They" are spiritual beings who simply took their birth in the animal kingdom.
Please read Bhagavad Gita http://www.asitis.com/
For all the answers surrounding birth, death, reincarnation and karma.


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/

Cruelty to Animals: Mechanized Madness

Watch the Video

Animals on today's factory farms have no legal protection from cruelty that would be illegal if it were inflicted on dogs or cats: neglect, mutilation, genetic manipulation, and drug regimens that cause chronic pain and crippling, transport through all weather extremes, and gruesome and violent slaughter. Yet farmed animals are no less intelligent or capable of feeling pain than are the dogs and cats we cherish as companions.

__________________________________________________

30 Reasons to Go Vegetarian

watch the video....

Do you know how to avoid heart disease, improve your sex life, and help the environment?
Go vegetarian! It takes only three minutes to learn 30 reasons why you should go vegetarian.


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

http://www.spotthevegan.co.uk

How did you do?


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

Anti-McDonalds cartoons:
http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/gallery/cartoons.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).
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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

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

"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

VEGAN & VEGETARIAN CLOTHES - T-Shirts etc
Animal Rights etc
http://store.naturalnirvana.com/index.html

Vegpeople is a vegan and vegetarian "online community".
http://www.vegpeople.com/cgi-bin/gossamer/gforum.cgi?ad=google

Dating - Friendship - Penpals
http://www.veggieconnection.com/home.asp