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THE OFFICIAL VEGANUARY STARTER KIT
OUR TOP TEN TIPS
TO GET YOU STARTED
1. IT’S ALL IN THE PLANNING! 3. EASE YOURSELF IN
Don’t wake up on the first day of your There is no need to reinvent your whole
vegan adventure without having thought eating habits. If you like a sausage
about what you might eat! That is the sandwich, have one – just make sure the
absolute quickest way to fall off the sausages are vegan. If you want ice cream,
wagon. Ahead of time, have a think about go ahead. There are dozens of different
your first day’s meals and buy plant milk delicious flavours out there. You can have
for your breakfast and coffee or tea, some almost everything you had before in a
dairy-free butter for toast or sandwiches, vegan version, so just switch like for like.
and something tasty for your dinner.
4. VEGANISE YOUR FAVOURITE DISHES
2. LOOK OUT FOR ACCIDENTALLY Again, there is no need to adopt a whole
VEGAN FOODS new eating regime. If your signature dish is
There are so many everyday foods that lasagne, make a vegan version with soya
just happen to be vegan, so open up your mince and plant milk for the béchamel. If
cupboard and take a look. Pasta, rice, you love a morning fry-up, you can make it
peanut butter and Marmite, most breads, with vegan bacon and sausages. Whether
tinned tomatoes, chickpeas and kidney you cook curries, casseroles, soups, stews,
beans, jam and marmalade, coconut milk, pies and pasties, roast dinners, cakes,
curry pastes, tomato puree, baked beans, desserts or anything else, simply veganise
many crisps, crackers and biscuits, herbs it.
and spices, many gravy granules, tea,
coffee and fruit juice... There is a good 5. WHEN YOU’RE READY, BRANCH OUT
chance that half the foods you already eat Many people find that becoming vegan
are vegan!
opens up a whole new world of recipes
and ingredients, and rekindles their love
of great food. Once you’ve got the hang of
the basics, why not jump in and try some
brand-new recipes (there are thousands
online) and see if it ignites your culinary
passions.
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