Vegetarian/vegan food.

[Ironman_u]

I'm vegetarian.
Anybody else?
Wich do you take in your trips?
Regards!

[Anthony]

I'm not vegetarian, but I do love a hot vegetable curry with cous cous for bivvy food.

[Ironman_u]

I'm not vegetarian, but I do love a hot vegetable curry with cous cous for bivvy food.

Thanks for answering, Anthony.
How do you cook it? Wich is your recipe?
Regards!

[Anthony]

I'm a luddite and buy dehydrated food pouches from Expedition Foods and the like. :!:

Sorry!

[restlessshawn]

Vegan.

I've haven't found any vegan survival type meals for sale.

Usually -

cous cous and one of them little pouches of olives.

Noodles with dried veg and some flavourings

Shepard's pie - some veggie bolegnese mince thing from asda, dried onions and then smash potato (requires 2 bags)


Thinking of getting a dehydator to mess about with.

I just pre prepare whatever it is in a pour and store bag at home then just add boiling water and stick it in my hat (not on my head!) for a bit. I'm not one for messing about cooking much.

I try and eat nut based snacks during the day for protein to make up for dinner lacking protein.

[Adrian Brewster]

Weak willed vegan ... will eat bunnies raw and squealing if hungry enough and cake can be too much of a temptation. When I'm good; porridge (see other thread on here), GORP (good old raisins and peanuts (plus anything else you fancy; dried banana, apricots, chocolate!:)), dehydrator pasta based stuff http://www2.westfalia.net/shops/househo ... drator.htm not the greatest dehydrator but good enough,
Sosmix http://www.alternativestores.com/ethica ... &Submit=Go (Holland and Barratt sell inferior but OK versions) and home made chocolate flapjack which I can eat faster than I can make it ... oh and loads of oatcakes. No wonder I'm seriously over weight.

[nobby]

I'm a vegetarian (30 years) and a vegan (two weeks) so no outdoors experience of the latter.
Following surgery six years ago I lost my 'desire' for food so I can treat it as fuel and not worry about whether it smells good, or not. That isn't going to be a lot of help to you, but following is what I do eat.

I don't do more than heat water and most veg I prefer raw and cold.
I always start any day with a porridge and currant mix that I eat cold because I prefer the texture. A German sailor gave me the idea when he suggested that cooked porridge is probably best used for gluing paper to walls. If I feel that I need it warmed up I pour my coffee on it.
The only other things I particularly concern myself with are 80g of protein a day (used to be cheese but now moving to soya products and tofu) and five fruit and veg a day. Two of those I get from soup: camping it's the Heinz squeeze packets and at home Waitrose or Sainsbury own brand cans. In between I snack on what is available: Hobnobs, oatcakes, nuts, sweets, Nature Valley bars, fruit and veg, etc.. I try to carry a couple of bananas as near perfect fuel. I usually carry salt, pepper, curry powder and Marmite (bloody hard finding a container that Marmite can't leak out of - not successful yet!) to spice the soups up and peanut butter which makes everytning seem better when spread on a hobnob :)

[restlessshawn]

I don't want to sound like the Vegan police but actually no 'Nature Valley' bars are vegan as they contain honey

[nobby]

I don't want to sound like the Vegan police but actually no 'Nature Valley' bars are vegan as they contain honey

Very true. I wrongly used vegan as a short hand for a non dairy vegetarian diet. NDV?
I am following the 'Plant Programme' by Prof. Jane Plant which isn't strictly vegan but comes close when coupled with my vegetarianism. :) Honey is allowed in that and the Nature Valley Crunchy bars are high calorie for their size.
I've only been doing this change in my diet a couple of weeks and found, to my surprise, that I like the various milk substitutes (although they make lousy latte), the cheese is good, and the Swedish Glace icecream is wonderful. There is much to learn so thanks for commenting.
I took note of your cous cous and olives idea in the earlier post. I can't eat a full packet of the brandeed meals like Mountain House so need to make up my own and I don't want to do more than heat water.
I'd be interested to know which dehydrators you are looking at.

[restlessshawn]

I was just looking at the cheap one linked to up there.

What veg have you managed to do with it adrian?

[Adrian Brewster]

Tend not to do individual bits of veg but cook chilli, curry, pasta sauce and spread it thinly on greaseproof paper sheets and stick it in the drier for four or five hours, bag it airtight and put it in the freezer (it should last for years as long as no water gets in). I've just found a bag of wild strawberries from at least three years ago that taste amazing, drying intensifies some flavours. As long as food doesn't contain too much oil it dries really well, you can add a bit of oil when you rehydrate it to make it more palatable if necessary. I'm told meat, cheese, cream etc makes dehydrating trickier and possibly more dangerous but that's another advantage of being vegan.
The cheapo dehydrator is fiddly and if you've got the cash it's probably worth investing in a good quality one, preferably square, I spend ages cutting out round sheets of greaseproof paper with a hole in the middle. The more expensive ones dry more evenly, consistently and quicker. Dehydrated veg does lose some of its vitamin content but it tastes soooo much better than rat pack stuff and cheap enough that you can buy some good quality malt to wash it down with.

[Cornish Neil]

I'm vege and have been for last 20+ years. I also eat a lot so standard size meals don't cut it. This means I have to take a bigger pan than most otherwise I have to cook 2 main meals.

Porridge for breakfast (equivalent to 3-4 of the little sachets) made with water and milk powder and dried fruit, all premixed and individually bagged at home.

Various cereal bars, i particularly like the granola bars, and sometimes energy drinks throughout the day. Sometimes something like super noodles if I'm stopping for lunch, but I usually don't.

BIG meal in the eve, usually pasta and tomato based sauce in a sachet. I work on 250g dry pasta per meal, I tend to buy the pasta that's intended for soups as it is in small pieces so takes up less space and cooks quicker. Then a dessert, something like a sachet of banana custard with a couple of chocolate elevenses bars thrown in.

[Adrian Brewster]

Just found some Lakeland 9" round non-stick baking parchment circles that fit nicely in the Westfalia cheapo dehydrator, you just have to cut small hole in middle. Celebrated (I'm easily amused) by cooking some vegan spag for the weekend.

[restlessshawn]

That looks great Adrian, extra nerd points for before and after weigh in shots!

I will get one soon, just not hit the top of my to do list...

[Adrian Brewster]

Hey, if I was a real nerd I would have included the calorie and protein count too.....
(roughly 2000 calories and 50g protein, just add crushed almonds to boost protein).