If I go vegan........?

Question

Is there any vegan alternative to eggs?

Answer 1

Don't go vegan, be a vegetarian, vegans don't eat stuff that animals make and that's pointless

Answer 2

Thank you for caring about the animals.

There are a large number of alternatives to eggs in baking. Here's something I found, and I'm sure there is a lot more information elsewhere on the Internet:

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Work out what you want your egg replacement to do. Do you want to replace a whole egg, or just the yolk or just the white? This will help determine what to use in place of the egg product. Eggs have different uses - sometimes they are used for binding, sometimes for leavening (making lighter/fluffier) or sometimes just for the taste. You should also try to be aware of which of these elements you are trying to replace.

Fruit makes an excellent replacement for eggs - try bananas, apple puree or any high pectin content fruit. Usually 1/4 cup of banana will replace 1 egg.



Tofu is fabulous as a replacement, as it will take on the flavour of whatever you are cooking it with. As a general rule, 1/4 cup of tofu will replace 1 egg. Whip or beat it before adding it to the recipe.

Put together 1 tbsp flaxseed (ground up) with 3 tablespoons of water to replace one egg. Make sure that the mixture has gelled before using it. Some people recommend simmering the two items together to thicken this mix.

For a replacement for just the egg white, mix 1 tbsp plain agar powder (available from health food stores/Chinese stores etc) with 1 tbsp water. Whip together, chill it and then whip it again.

Another egg replacement is 2 tbsp water mixed with 1 tbsp of oil and 2 tspn of baking powder. Mix together well before adding.

In savory recipes, such as a vegetarian loaf, try binding agents like mashed potato, tomato paste or rolled oats. These agents help to thicken and gel with the other ingredients. Also bread crumbs, cornmeal/flour, arrowroot and whole-wheat flour are good substitutions.

Apple sauce, canned pumpkin, mashed canned fruit of choice - all of these can be used as an egg replacement in baked goods. These will leave their own flavour of course, so be sure of the taste you want. Fruit can make the baked item heavier, so add a little baking powder if this concerns you. Try the blends of peach/apple; strawberry/apple etc for delicious muffins.

It is possible to make pancakes without eggs. In fact, any flat baked product that requires only 1 - 2 eggs can usually survive without an egg with no problems. The main thing is to substitute a little extra liquid ( 1 - 2 tbsp) to make up for the egg's removal. There are differing recipes (some just with flour, some with fruit such as mashed banana), so it is best to use a search engine to find a recipe you like. They do work, so try them out, just be sure the pan they are fried in is seasoned as you would with normal pancakes.

An egg sandwich? Yes! You can use tofu - use a search engine or a tofu/vegetarian cookbook for suggested recipes. It still tastes good, and curried tofu-egg sandwiches are a must.

http://www.wikihow.com/Replace-Eggs-in-Y...

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The only thing you might miss is fried eggs, but I don't think it's too much of a loss considering that you'll save around 2000 animals by becoming vegan!

I hope this helps,

Tim

Answer 3

Yes, there is pretty much a vegan alternative to everything!

For baking you can use applesauce, bananas, flax seeds, egg substitutes such as Ener-G Egg Replacer, psyllium seeds, etc.

http://veganarch.blogspot.com/2008/03/eg...

For cooking you can use tofu, potatoes, or chickpeas to make scrambled 'eggs', benedicts, omelets, boiled 'eggs', soup, deviled 'eggs', fried 'eggs', ' egg' salads, & poached 'eggs', and almost any other kind of eggs.

Also for eggnog there is Silk Soymilk Nog, also eggnog recipes recipes.

Links: (tips, ideas, recipes)

http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=214.0

http://www.vegan-food.net/category/eggs/

http://vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetaria...

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q=...

http://www.vegcooking.com/vegcooking-egg...

Answer 4

those horrible egg packet stuff you mix with water when you go camping!? haha. But they're not really eggs and really not nice.

Answer 5

Hello

Egg Substitutes

Eggs are used to bind a dish and, when whipped, may also incorporate air making a cake or pudding very light. Vegan egg replacement powders are available from health food shops. This can be useful, especially for tricky foods like meringues. However, many recipes can be adapted using one of the suggestions below. Just remember to bear in mind the final dish- you can't use banana as a substitute when making a quiche!

Instead of 1 egg, you can use...

    * 1 tbsp gram (chick pea) or soya flour and 1 tbsp water

    * 1 tbsp arrowroot, 1 tbsp soya flour and 2 tbsp water

    * 2 tbsp flour, 1/2 tbsp shortening, 1/2 tsp baking powder and 2 tsp water

    * 50g tofu blended with the liquid portion of the recipe

    * 1/2 large banana, mashed

    * 50 ml white sauce

tips on raising agents...

    * use self raising flour

    * add extra oil and raising agent (e.g. baking powder)

    * use about 2 heaped tsp baking powder per cake

    * instead of baking powder, use 3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda and 1 dssp cider vinegar (good for chocolate cakes)

    * try sieving the flour and dry ingredients, then gently folding in the liquid to trap air

alternative binding agents...

    * soya milk

    * soya dessert (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry...)

    * custard (see below)

    * mashed banana

    * plain silken tofu

    * soya cream

    * sweet white sauce (soya milk, vegan margarine, sugar and cornflour)

    * agar agar

http://www.vegansociety.com/food/caterin... - More info here!

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

What're you looking to make? With baked goods and things you can use simple alternatives like mushed bananas (which make FANTASTIC vegan banana muffins, by the way!) or applesauce. But those are naturally sweet so if you're using it in something else, they have Ener-g egg replacer orrrr theres...

1 egg = 2 Tbsp. potato starch

1 egg = 1/4 cup mashed potatoes

1 egg = 2 Tbsp. water + 1 Tbsp. oil + 2 tsp. baking powder

Good luck :)

Answer 7

Yes. For baking, you can use an egg replacement powder called EnerG Egg Replacer. It's available at most health food stores.

Other ways to bake without eggs:

http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/w...

Instead of scrambled eggs, scramble some tofu with spices and veggies. (See my recipe in your other question about eggs.)

Hope this helps!

Answer 8

YES!!

Put seeds from flax in water (50-50), let it mix together for ten min.

Separate the seeds from the water and use the water as eggs!

Half a glass of this flax-water is equal to one egg.

With this you can bake whatever you want but fried eggs in the morning you have to forget!

Answer 9

There is no real substitute for an egg. If you enjoy a fried or poached egg then there is no way round that. You either do without or you don't.

Answer 10

no

Answer 11

Scrambled tofu is as close as you can get. The only big thing you will be missing is the b12 found in eggs.

BTW: If you upset with the way factory farms treat hens, why not get your eggs locally, or keep a few hens yourself?

Answer 12

yes. but if your talking about a meal there is nothing really close to having eggs. you chould try the blended tofu approach though. the color is very different though.  

Answer 13

yeah

Answer 14

It depends on what you're using the eggs for.  There are lots of things you can use to replace eggs in baked goods (Ener-G egg replacer, flax seeds, pureed silken tofu, mashed bananas.)   Scrambled tofu makes a good sub for scrambled eggs and there are tons of recipes online.  You can make "egg" salad with tofu as well, and the addition of a pinch of black salt gives it an authentic egg-y taste.  Unfortunately, there's just nothing that mimics a fried egg and still no way to replicate the unique properties of egg whites (meringue, for example.)