Vegetarianism & Beyond
Sacred Vegetarian Recipes - Prasadam
World Vegetarian Day 1st October
each year
World Vegetarian Awareness Month
- October
For World Vegetarian Day & Vegetarian
Awareness Month of October
Auckland Vegetarian Food &
Lifestyle Festival
Sunday 28th September 2008
10am – 4pm $2 entry
Mt Eden War Memorial Hall
489 Dominion Rd, Balmoral (opp. Potters Park)
http://www.vegetarian.org.nz
Christchurch Vegetarian
Food And Lifestyle Expo
Sunday, September 28th 2008
10-4.30pm $2 entry
The Horticultural Centre, Riccarton Rd, Christchurch
http://www.vegetarianchristchurch.org.nz
Great Speakers, inspiring Films, fabulous cooking demonstrations,
loads of stalls and lots of vegetarian and vegan food! In Auckland we are
lucky to have International author Michael Klaper M.D. speak to us and
cooking demonstrations by International chef Peter Chaplin and 'Good' Magazine
food editor and author Alessandra Zecchinin. It will be a great day!
Fiona Brodie - National Vegetarian Centre
NZ Vegetarian Society Inc P O Box 26 664, Epsom, Auckland
Ph.09 523 4686
http://www.vegetarian.org.nz
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
Meatless recipes
These recipes have no meat, poultry or fish - some have eggs.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/meatless-recipes/RE00104
Higher Taste: Online Vegetarian Cookbook!
http://www.webcom.com/ara/col/books/VEG/ht/
Dharma Vegetarian Cooking Crafts:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-kitchen
SEITAN--THE VEGETARIAN WHEAT MEAT
http://www.vrg.org/recipes/vjseitan.htm
FESTIVAL SWEETS - Ladhoos
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.
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
Sambar Spicey Dahl Soup
This is JTCd's secret recipe for sambar, otherwise known as the most
universal dish of South Indian standard dish found in near every brahmin
restaurant, or half decent restaurant. Sambar should be substantial, and
have a spicy, somewhat sour flavour, with sour outweighing any sweet or
salty flavour. If the receipe is followed one will achieve the goal - although
as we are all individual, one can adjust to one's own taste along with
the standard by adjusting the amount of tamarind or adding fresh lime juice,
or by the vegetables one uses in the sambar. It MUST be spicey and flavourful,
that is Sambar. Have fun.
Ingredients:
3 cups mung beans soaked overnight (or you can
use yellow lentils or toor dahl)
2 litres of water in a good pot with thick bottom
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 - a few veges are nice,
but its not kitri eh
I sometimes use diced carrots, sometimes
pumpkin, or potatoe, slices of fried coconut, green runner beans.
1 cup grated coconut (or desecated coconut)
50 grams butter
2 table spoons Madras Sambhar powder (see that
recipe below) (or you can buy)
Madras is the temperature of "hot" ie Bombay,
Madras, Vindaloo (ouchie - vindaloo is for masochists)
handful of whole green chillis
small handfull of curry leaves
some corriander leaves to garnish
1 tsp salt (if you put the salt in early
the dahl will not break up, so put in at the end)
(optional: half a can of coconut cream can be
added at the end too)
Method:
Soak mung beans over night and rinse. Bring to a rolling boil for two
to three hours until soft and breaking up. Reduce heat and simmer
until the dal is soft and can be stirred into a creamy consistency. Add
water while cooking if needed so as not to scorch. (Green Mung will need
2-3 hours of good cooking. Yellow lentils will take an hour or more, while
pink lentils will take about 20 minutes.)
Add tomatoes, tamarind pulp or concentrate, add sugar and any vegetables
and coconut. Add salt, sambar powder and butter last. Keep on boil, keep
stiring the bottom to keep from burning. As you cook the dahl the level
will cook down an inch or so.
Make it thin or thick.
If its wet and thin, remove the lid and cook down for a while, keep
stiring it.
Serve hot with rice or idlis.
Madras Sambar Powder (Huli pudi)
Ingredients
1 cup (about 15-20 chillies) Red chillies
1.5 (1 and half) cups - Corriander seeds
1/4 cup - Channa dahl
1/4 cup - Thuvar (Toor) dahl
1 t.spoon - Methi (fenugreek seeds)
1 t.spoon - Mustard seeds
1/4 cup - Curry leaves
1/2 t.spoon - Turmeric
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 a nice powder.
ALOO BONDA
Ingredients:
500 Gms (3 cups) Potatoes, boiled, peeled and
cubed
2 Tea spoons (30 Gms) Oil
1 Tea spoon Ajwain (Thymol seeds)
1 Sprig Kadhi Patta (curry leaves)
2 Tea Spoons Sendha namak (rock salt)
2 Green chillies, chopped fine
2 Tea spoons Hara dhania (green conrainder),
chopped
1 Tea spoon Lemon juice
For the batter
1 cup (120 Gms) Singhare ka atta (Waterchestnut
flour) or use Chapatti flour
2 Tea spoons (Rock salt)
Ghee or Oil for deep frying
Heat 2 tea spoon oil, add ajwain and kadhi patta (curry leaves), saute
over high flame till they darken a bit.
Add potatoes and turn around till well mixed. REmove pan from flame,
add salt, chillies, hara dhania and lemon juice.
When cool enough to handle, shape mixture into walnut sized balls.
For the batter, mix atta (Waterchestnut flour or chapatti flour) and
salt together, add enough water to make a batter of pouring consistency.
Heat the oil/ghee, to point when a drop of batter comes up at once.
Dip potato balls into batter, and drop into the hot oil. Fry to a light
brown, remove from ghee/oil and drain on absorbent paper.
When ready to serve, fry once again in hot oil, over high flame to a
golden brown and serve with green chutney.
Green Coriander Chutney
Ingredients:
1 cup - Green coriander leaves
A few mint leaves also enhance the flavour.
add 1/4 tsp of sugar.
2 green chillis
1/4 inch - Ginger
2 tbsp. - Lemon juice
Salt to taste
Method:
1. Grind coriander leaves, ginger and green chilli together - put into
an electric blender.
2. If the paste is too thick, add little water.
3. Then add lemon juice and salt. Mix well.
Dahi vada - Bombay style
Ingredients
For the batter for the vadai:
1 1/2 cup udad dal (split black gram),
4 cups sweet curd or plain yogurt,
3-4 green chilies,
1 piece ginger,
1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves,
ghee or oil for frying,
salt,
1/2 cup sugar,
chili powder and pepper powder
For tempering :
4 teaspoon ghee,
2 teaspoon cumin seeds,
5-6 curry leaves,
asafoetida.
Method
1. Soak Udad dal for 4-5 hours.
2. Drain it and grind with a little amount of salt and water.
3. Beat the batter with spatula and make small round balls.
4. Heat some oil in a pan and fry the balls until golden brown.
5. Transfer vadas immediately into the water for a minute.
6. Squeeze them to remove excess oil and water.
7. Now grind green chilies and ginger into a paste.
8. Beat yogurt and add salt, sugar, chili and ginger paste to it.
9. Heat some ghee in a small pan. Gradually add cumin seeds, asafoetida
and curry leaves.
10. Pour this tempering into prepared yogurt mixture.
11. Serve vadas with yogurt, chili powder and pepper powder on the top.
12 This one is optional - one can serve with a tamarind sauce.
13. Garnish with coriander leaves.
CHAAWAL KA DHOKLA
Ingredients:
3/4 Cup (90 Gms) Samwat ke chawal, Rice dry roasted
lightly, cooked
1 cup (200 Gms)Dahi (Sour Yoghurt)
1 Tea spoon Green chillies
1 tsp - To Taste Sendha namak (rock salt)
1 Tea Spoon (15 Gms) Oil
For the tempering - spicing
2 Sabut lal mirch (dry red peppers, whole)
6-7 Kadhi patta (curry leaves)
1/2 Tea Spoon Zeera (cumin seeds)
1 Tea Spoon (15 Gms) Oil
Grind together the ginger and green chillies
to a smooth paste.
Method:
Mix rice and dahi into a smooth, thickish batter, add the ground paste,
salt and oil and leave to ferment for 4-6 hours (depending on the weather)
in warm place. Should become a bit spongy.
Grease a round tin (20 cm/8"), just before pouring it, beat the batter
and transfer into greased tin.
Place tin into a steamer or in a larger vessel with lid which will accomodate
the tin, let cook for 20 minutes. Test doneness with a skewer and if it
comes out clean, remove from flame and let cool.
Prepare tempering and pour over the dhokla. Cut into desired size pieces
and serve garnished with hara dhania (coriander leaves) and grated coconut.
Can be accompanied by Coconut/Green chutney.
Chakli (Bhajanichi)
http://www.mumbai-masala.com/otherdelights/chakli.html
Ingredients
4 cups rice,
2 cups bengal gram, split (Chana dal),
1 cup black gram, split (Udad dal),
1/2 cup coriander seeds,
1/4 cup cumin seeds,
1/4 cup white sesame seeds,
1 teaspoon ajwain,
red chili powder,
turmeric powder,
asafoetida,
salt,
1/2 cup ghee
Method
1) Roast rice, bengal gram and black gram (each item separately) till
the grains are crisp. Do not use oil for roasting.
2) Also roast coriander seeds and cumin seeds.
3) Grind together all these items into a very fine powder. This flour
is called 'Bhajani'. The grinding can be done in a good grinder or flour
mill.
4) Now heat some ghee in a pan. Pour it over the bhajani and mix.
5) Also add sesame seeds, ajwain, salt, turmeric powder, chili powder,
and approx. 1 cup boiling water into the bhajani.
6) Knead Bhajani well to make a soft pliable dough. Put some of this
dough in the chakli mold (This is available in Indian grocery stores)
7) Press the piston of chakli mold and make chaklis of desired size.
8) Heat oil in a pan. When oil is sufficiently hot, turn the flame to
medium and fry chaklis over medium to low heat. Avoid overfrying. Chakli
is done is when it stops bubbling in the oil and oil becomes steady.
Let them cool and store in an airtight container.
Tip: The ghee which is used for making the dough is known as 'Mohan'
which gives crispness to chaklis or any such fried items. However, excessive
use of ghee may break chaklis while frying or very little use of it may
cause chaklis to become hard. Also fry chaklis in batches of 2 to 3. Some
people use oil instead of ghee.
Chakli: Important Tips
Here are a few tips for good chaklis.
1. Bhajani should be ground to a very fine powder. Use of any Asian
grinder is recommended for nice fine grinding of pulses.
2. Excessive ghee / oil (mohan as described in the recipe) causes chaklis
to break while frying.
3. Periodically replace the oil after frying several chakalis in batches,
this prevents chaklis from breaking in the hot oil.
4. If chaklis turn out to be very hard. This might be because the amount
of ghee / oil used as 'mohan' is not enough.
5. Do not fry chaklis in extremely hot oil. They get overfried, turn
black and taste bitter.
6. Good chaklis retain their crispness once cooled. To make such crisp
chaklis, avoid putting lots of chaklis in the oil at a time, rather fry
them in batches of 2 to 3.
Creamy, Saffron-infused Condensed Yogurt Dessert (Shrikhand)
http://www.kurma.net/essays/e16.html
This popular dessert from India’s Maharastra state is simple to prepare.
Yogurt is hung in a cloth to remove excess liquid. The solid residue, called
yogurt cheese, or dehin, is sweetened, flavored with saffron, nuts, cardamom,
and rosewater, beaten until silky smooth, and served ice-cold in little
cups.
As an alternative, replace the saffron, nuts, cardamom, and rosewater
with ¼ cup fresh, vine-ripened chopped raspberries, strawberries,
or blackberries.
Shrikhand is ideal for preparing in large quantities. Remember the simple
sugar-to-yogurt ratio: good quality yogurt should yield 50% liquid (whey)
when hung. Add sugar to the yogurt cheese in the ratio of one to four;
in other words, the sugar content of Shrikhand is one-eighth part the original
quantity of yogurt.
Shrikhand is much-loved when served with slices of fragrant fresh mango
and puffed plain flour pooris sprinkled with sugar.
PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes
YOGURT DRAINING TIME: at least 12-16 hours, better after 1-2 days
YIELD: enough for 8-12 persons
Ingredients:
1 kg whole-milk yogurt
¼ teaspoon ground saffron threads
¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
1 tablespoon rosewater
2 tablespoons blanched raw slivered pistachio
nuts
½ cup powdered sugar
Drape a triple thickness of cheesecloth in a colander.
Spoon in the yogurt, gather up the corners of the cloth, tie it into
a bundle, and hang it, either in the refrigerator or in a cool spot for
at least 12 to 16 hours. Catch the drips in a bowl. After the required
hanging time, the residue of yogurt cheese should have reduced to half
the original quantity.
Combine the ground saffron threads with the rosewater for 5 or 10 minutes
to allow the saffron to steep and release it’s flavour and colour.
Transfer the cheese to a bowl, add the ground saffron and rosewater
infusion, ground cardamom seeds, pistachio nuts and sugar. Beat until light
and fluffy, and serve in small bowls.
Alternatively, do not add the nuts to the mixture, pipe out the dessert
from a piping bag with a fairly large nozzle, and sprinkle the pistachio
nuts on top.
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/
Why Eating Meat is Bad For You
http://www.vaishnavaculture.com/video/video/show?id=2070598%3AVideo%3A125
Picture book with short text - FREE
download - 28 mega bytes
http://the-stargroup.com/in_love_with_all.pdf
152 photos of cute animals
loving animals is the first step for entering
the state of universal love
Shahin
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
Param Satya mataji’s “Healthy Eating” talk
On Saturday (12.04.2008) night at the recent Springbrook Retreat Param
Satya gave a talk on Healthy Eating.
Luckily Adina-lila recorded it, so if you weren’t able to make it you
can still hear it!
Here it is for your listening pleasure:
Healthy
Eating (original recording) - mp3, 22MB
Healthy
Eating (lower quality / smaller size) - mp3, 13MB
Healthy
Eating (free format) - ogg, 19MB
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
Cheezly
White Cheddar - Super-melting Mozzarella
http://www.angelfoods.co.nz/cheese.htm
30th April
2008
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/
Talking of "Meat Substitues" try this site
- it'll blow yer mind:
http://www.blissfulvege.com/index.htm
....and they ship overnight all over NZ
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.
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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
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
McDonalds- the truth
http://www.thepostmanscorner.net/da/movies2449.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
Moods in Food
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHXXTjXas9Y&NR=1
How to Offer food to Lord Sri Krishana
Part One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMv_86pIQYg&feature=related
The Four Regulative Principals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tj1MjEq_sA&NR=1
30 Reasons to Go Vegetarian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x9hWYZ2t5c&feature=related
Meet your Meat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIjanhKqVC4&feature=related
Meet Your Meat Part 2 of 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ts4GEpnzj8&feature=related
Famous Vegetarians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaFhKuMRgw&NR=1
Sexy Famous Vegetarians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_RQRGciOqQ&NR=1
Famous Vegetarians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaFhKuMRgw&feature=related
Famous Vegetarians and Vegans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkhNN-SSlgs&feature=related
Famous Vegetarians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UIhtKIxGZI&NR=1
VEG PEOPLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdM4Hmwra0o&feature=related
Veg People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ_0y24rGws&NR=1
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) ---------------------------------------
Pepsi and Coca Cola Contains PORK
(PIG) extracts - PROVEN!!
Shocking / Bad News :
Pepsi and Coca Cola contains extract
from Pork (Pig)
Most of the people avoid Pepsi
and Coca-Cola for various reasons:-
because of harmful chemical contents
such as excessive carbonates, etc.
Now there is yet another reason
which is more dangerous. The scientific and medical research says that
drinking Pepsi & Cola leads to cancer because the key element is taken
from Pigs sausage.
The pig is the only animal that
eats dirt, dung and urine, which makes lethal and deadly fabric polluted
germs and microbes.
According to a report published
in Jordanian magazine, the Head of Delhi University Science and Technology
, Dr. Mangoshada scientifically proved that the key element in Pepsi and
Cola contains extract from the intestines of Pig which causes cancer and
other deadly diseases.
The Indian university conducted
tests on the impact of drinking Pepsi and Coca Cola which proved that drinking
them lead to more rapid heart rate and low pressure.
Also drinking 6 bottles of Pepsi
or Cola at a time causes instant death. It also contains chemicals such
as carbonic and phosphoric acids, citric acid which harms teeth and causes
bone fragility. Bones kept in the Cup of Pepsi melts during the week knowing
that the bones of the dead remain in the grave for thirty years.
Research itself confirmed that
the calcium dissolved in Pepsi and it weakens the bladder, kidneys, kills
the pancreatic, leads to diabetes and infectious diseases.
Pepsi or Coca-Cola lovers nothing
to worry as it is not the only drinks available on this earth, as we have
other healthy alternatives such as natural fruit juices, canned coconut
water, flavoured milks, buttermilk etc.., all of them are conveniently
available even in the small stores.
PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE TO ALL
UR FRIENDS & CONTACT
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
