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

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

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.


Regional Recipes for ALL India
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/regional.htm

Visit these links NOW http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm

http://food.krishna.com/

With links to Ranga’s KitchenKurma's Blog Prasadam Lab Festival Menus RecipesCookbooksForum

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

Halvah
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Milk, 2-1/2 Gallons
Butter, 6-1/2 Pounds
Farina, 15 Cups
Sugar, 15 Cups
Pecans, 5 Cups
Raisins, 5 Cups
Orange Peel, zest or chopped, 3 Oranges

Put 2 ½ gallons milk on to boil at high heat, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. In a big wok melt 4 lb. butter (have 2 ½ lb. more butter unwrapped nearby). When butter melted, add 15 cups farina and mix in. Let sit at high heat till browned, then stir, being careful not to burn. When browning too fast to keep up with, turn down heat a bit. When milk comes to a boil turn it to a rolling boil that does not boil over, and let it boil for 10 minutes or so, then add 15 cups sugar, stirring until dissolved over high heat. Bring boiling back to rolling boil.

While the farina is getting golden brown, toast 5 cups of pecans fully brown, and zest or chop the peel from 3 oranges. Add 5 cups raisins to the boiling milk and add the pecans to the farina. Not more than 5 minutes later, add the remaining butter to the grains. When the butter is melted, add the orange peel to the milk, stir for 5 seconds and then start adding the grains to the milk. Bring to boil, stirring thoroughly. Then turn off heat and stir till thick. When cooled, scoop out and use to shape Govardhan's foundation.

Vegetable Pate
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Sunflower Seeds, 2 Cups
Whole wheat flour, 1 Cup
Wheat Germ, 1 Cup
Potato, grated raw, 2 Large
Tofu, firm, 1 package
Celery, chopped fine, 1-1/2 Cups
Butter, 2 Sticks
Lemon juice, 4 Tablespoons
Thyme, dry, 2 Teaspoons
Basil, dry, 2 Teaspoons
Salt, To taste
Black pepper, To taste
Asofoetida, 1 Teaspoon
Buttermilk, 2 Tablespoons
Walnuts, chopped, 1-1/2 Cup
Soy Sauce, 2 Tablespoons
Olive Oil, 2 Teaspoons

Mix the tofu, walnuts, sunflower seeds, wheat germ, and buttermilk in a blender and pulse until somewhat smooth (but not liquefied). Add all remaining ingredients to this mixture. Press into a buttered glass baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour. When cooled, scoop out and use to shape Govardhan's foundation.

Cow Cake
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Oats, combined with any of the following:,
1 part Rye Grass or Vetch, 2 parts
Alfalfa Hay, 1 part
Corn, cracked, 1/2 part
Soybeans, 1/2 part
Salt, light taste
Molasses

Mix together almost any combination of the above ingredients (or anything else a cow likes to eat, for that matter). Go light with the salt, and add just enough molasses to moisten the mixture to a crumbly bulk. Before feeding this to cows not directly under your care, please check with the cowherd to be sure it’s agreeable with whatever else his cows are currently being fed or medicated with.

Fried Chenna Balls
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Chenna, 1 Pound
Milk for chenna, 1 Gallon
Lemon juice for chenna, ½ Cup
Cumin, ground roasted, 2 Teaspoons
Sweet potato, red, 1 Large
Raisins, mashed, 1/4 Cup
Red Pepper flakes, 1/2 Teaspoon
Coriander powder, 1-1/2 Teaspoon
Lime juice, 1 Lime
Ghee, For frying

Make the chenna. Drain and press with medium weight. Knead out the chenna threads by hand or with a rolling pin. Mix the ground roasted cumin into the chenna. Mix all the remaining ingredients into a paste. Make 1” to 2” balls out of the chenna. Flat a ball with your palms. Take a bit of the stuffing and place in the middle, sealing the chenna edges over and around to completely seal in the mixture. Use only as much stuff as you can without the chenna ball cracking open. Fry the balls in ghee and drain. Offered warm or at room temperature, these makes wonderful rocks for Govardhan.

Fragrant Rice Balls
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Basmati rice, 2 Cups
Water, 3 Cups Coconut cream, 1 Cup
Sesame seeds, toasted, 3 Tablespoons
Ginger, ground, 1-1/2 Teaspoons
Methi leaves, fresh, A handful. Finely chopped

Make Basmati rice the usual way, replacing 1 cup of the water with the cup of Coconut cream. (For a less rich version, use regular coconut milk). Toast the sesame seeds until they’re several shades darker. When the rice is cooked, immediately mix in all the other ingredients. When cool enough to handle, shape the rice into 2” balls. These hold nicely at room temperature, for dipping into Dal, Curry or sauces. If fresh Methi leaves aren’t available, substitute any fresh, finely chopped herbs.

Pakoras
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Cauliflower, 2 medium heads
Brussel Sprouts, 2 Cups
Besan (chickpea) flour, 1 Cup
Whole wheat or white flour, 2 Cups
Tamarind paste, 2 Tablespoon
Cayenne, 1 Teaspoon
Yoghurt or Buttermilk, 1 Cup
Water, 2 Cups
Methi leaves, dried and crushed, Small handful
Turmeric, 1/2 Tablespoon
Coriander, 1 Tablespoon
Kalongi seeds, 1 Tablespoon
Salt, to taste

Break the cauliflower down into medium-sized florets and lightly steam. Cook until they’re about ½ cooked - soft enough to penetrate a stem with fork, but only half the usual doneness of regular steamed cauliflower. Steam the brussel sprouts (separately), also until they’re just about ½ to ¾ cooked through.

Mix together the flours and all the wet and dry ingredients and blend together. Heat an adequate amount of ghee in a wok or deep pan. Thoroughly coat enough of the steamed cauliflower florets to make a first fry batch. Turning often and carefully, fry at medium high heat until they’re golden-brown on the outside. Keep ghee temperature low enough so you can fry properly on the outside, but keep them in the oil long enough so they batter inside cooks well. Remove with slotted spoon and place on a screen or other draining apparatus.

Channa Dal in Coconut Pots
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Channa dal, split, 2 Cups
Water, 12 Cups
Olive oil, 3 Tablespoons
Turmeric, 1 Teaspoon
Ginger, ground, 1/2 Teaspoon
Caynne powder, 1/4 Teaspoon
Mustard seeds, red, 2 Teaspoons
Cumin, roasted ground, 2 Teaspoons
Asofoetida, 1/2 Teaspoon
Jaggery, 4 Tablespoons
Coconut, shredded, 3 Tablespoons
Lemon juice, 1 to 2 Tablespoons
Salt, To taste
Coconut pots, halved, Count as needed

Put channa dal in water along with turmeric, ginger, cayenne and olive oil. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and put lid tightly on pot. Cook on medium heat for approximately 2 hours. During last half hour, stir periodically to be sure you don’t stick or burn. Let the dal thicken slightly more than normal, but don’t let it become pasty. Make a chaunce and heat the mustard seeds until they splutter, then add the remaining spice and dry ingredients. Add to the channa dal, along with lemon juice and salt. Serve in small, halved coconuts that have been heated in the oven for about 20 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. These coconut dishes hold heat really nicely, and keep the dal just about room temperature at a nice consistency. With a sharp knife, make a little slice to give it a flatter bottom. Place the bowls here and there on Govardhan Hill, or surround the base of the hill with them. Add a small pat of butter to the top of each pot before setting out.

Red Pumpkin Poori
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Whole wheat flour, 2 Cups
Pumpkin, skinned, boiled, mashed, 1 Cup
Jaggery, 2 Tablespoons
Cardamom powder, 1/4 Teaspoon
Ghee, 2 Tablespoons
Ghee, For frying

Mix all the ingredients and form into a dough. Roll the dough out somewhat thicker than a plain poori. Fry in ghee, like usual poori.

Sandesa
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Paneer, 3/4 Pound
Milk for paneer, 3 Quarts
Lemon juice for paneer, 1/3 Cup
Sugar, 3/4 Cup
Raisins, A Handful
Cardamom, crushed, 2 Pods

Ground the paneer to a fine paste by breaking down with a rolling pin, then rubbing out remaining threads with the heel of your hand. Do not add water. Mix the sugar into the paneer paste, then place the mixture into a heavy bottom pot. Stir gently but continuously over medium heat. When the mixture pulls away from the sides of the pan, remove and add the cardamom, mixing in well. Roll in balls, flatten the top, and press raisins (or other fruit or nuts) into the top for decoration. Should the paneer mixture become overly granular after cooking, put it in a food process and blend, then roll and shape.

Rasagulla
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Milk for Paneer, 1 Gallon
Lemon juice for paneer, 1 Cup
Sugar, 1 Cup

Make the chenna in the usual way. When whey and curd have fully separated, pour through cheesecloth then let chenna drain in the colander without weight for an hour to two. When curd is cool, place in a food processor for about a minute until soft but not sticky. Form into small balls. Bring sugar to boil in 3 Cups water until sugar fully dissolves into syrup. Put about half the balls in the water. Cover tightly and return to a moderate boil for about 8 to10 minutes, until rasgullas have increased in size. Remove gently with a slotted spoon, then place the next batch in boiling water. Once finished, put the rasagullas in a cardamom cream sauce, sweetened yoghurt, or other sauce base.

Laddu
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Semolina (Rava), 2 Cups
Sugar, 2 Cups
Ghee, 3/4 Cup
Whole cardamoms, powdered, 6
Cashew nut pieces, 4 Tablespoon
Raisins, 3 Tablespoons

Heat the ghee in a heavy bottom pan, then add the Semolina and roast until golden brown. Remove from pan, mix with sugar and cardamom, and blend or grind into a fine powder. Heat the remaining ghee and sauté the nuts and raisins until golden. Mix well with the semolina/sugar mixture. Roll into small balls. Keep in airtight container in a cool spot. When using to build Govardhan, add these near the end of construction, shortly before offering arotika.

Blueberry Sweet Rice
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Milk, 6 Cups
Basmasti Rice, 1/4 Cup
Sugar, 1/2 Cup
Blueberries, fresh pureed, 1/4 Cup
Cardamom or camphor, To taste

Bring the milk and rice to a boil in a heavy bottom pot, boiling over medium heat until the milk cooks down with the rice to a creamy mixture. Cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until desired consistency is reached. In the last 5 minutes of cooking, add the pureed blueberries (make sure all stems are removed from fruit). Remove from heat and stir in the sugar. Place in small cups to represent the Kundas on Govardhan Hill, or build water-tight ‘waterways’ around the Hill, filled with the sweet bluish mixture.

Marzipan
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Sugar, 3 Cups
Almonds, blanched and ground, 4 Cups

Add the sugar to 1 Cup of water in a saucepan and cook until the sugar is dissolved. Add the almonds and cook until the pasty batter stops sticking to the pan. Remove from heat and place onto a marble slap, wooden board or sheet pan. While still warm, knead first with a wooden spatula until it cools, and then by hand until the marzipan paste is smooth. You can make it softer by adding small amounts of syrup to the paste, or make it stiffer by adding powdered sugar.

Cauliflower-Avocado Shrubs
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Cauliflower, 1 Medium
Avocados, 2
Lemon juice, 1 Tablespoon

Cut the cauliflower up into florets in a range of sizes to make a variety of Govardhan shrubs and bushes. Try to keep a sturdy piece of stem on each floret. Blanche the cauliflower until about half cooked, so it’s firm enough to hold it shape. Mash the avocados up in a bowl, adding the lemon juice to keep it from discoloring a lot. You can add any spicing you like to the avocado mixture. Place the cauliflower where you like on Govadhan, pushing the stem firmly down into the Hill’s base. When all the florets are in place, and the Hill is nearly ready for offering, use a small spatula to spread a bit of the avocado mixture on top of each piece.

Damayanti’s Sweetballs
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Anise, ground, 1-1/2 Teaspoons
Coriander, ground, 2 Teaspoons
Jaggery, 1/4 Cup
Khas Khas (tiny white poppy seed), 1 Teaspoon
Ghee, 1 Teaspoon

Heat the ghee at medium heat, add the jaggery and stir till it’s mostly melted down. Add the anise and coriander, and stir constantly as the mixture cooks. When the jaggery just starts to thicken, add the khas khas. Continue cooking till the mixture pulls away from the side of the pan. Remove from heat and set aside till the mixture cools enough to handle (but don’t let it cool too much!). As soon as you can work it, roll the mixture into small balls, then press down to shape them like small rocks, flat stones or pebbles.

Pandan Coconut Grass
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Coconut, fine shredded, 1 Cup Pandan extract, As needed

Mix the Pandan extract (the syrupy type works best) into the coconut to get the desired green coloration. If you’d like to make grass of varying shades of green, which gives a nice visual effect, do the grass in batches, adding more or less pandan to the coconut. You can also toast some of the coconut a few shades brown, let it cool, then add a bit of pandan. Once colored with the pandan, spread all the coconut out on a cooking pan for 20 minutes, so moisture will evaporate before using the grass on Govardhan Hill.

Fried Boondi Sticks
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/feasts/menus/govardhan/recipes3.htm

Ingredients:
Besan (chickpea) flour, 1/2 Cup
Spices, To Taste
Ghee, For frying

Add water to the besan flour and mix until you get a medium thick batter, about like pancake batter. Add whatever spicing you like: coriander, asofoetida, ginger and cayenne work well. If you’d like a more savoury texture, replace half the water with yoghurt. Heat the ghee in a wok or wide pan. Put spoonfuls of the batter in a colander or other utensil with holes, and force through to drop into the ghee. Test the consistency until you get it so that the batter holds enough to give you a fairly long (inch or more) length of batter dropping into the oil. The longer the better, for use as fence posts, sticks or trunks on Govardhan. Keep the pieces separated in the oil, and cut loose any that have stuck together after you’ve taken out to drain.

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

updated 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

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

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

Have Mercy on the Animals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuvQONqI1Ho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKLZ7ND5vJg

Supersoul Connection - No to Violence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn9qWnGbZtw

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