Vegans! Best of the best?

Question

I want to know what products you have come to rely on as a vegan that makes your life easier?

Cooking items? For instance, my processor makes cooking amazing! As does my spice rack.

Cosmetics/Hair care? I adore Avalon Organics- their bath gel doubles as bubble bath and I love functionality like that.

Faux meat/dairy products? For instance, I cannot live without my Smart Balance butter. I use it for a lot foods that I cook with or even just to make toast. Ener-G Egg replacer is another that I couldn't live without. Ever since using it, I wake up wanting to make pancakes.

Clothing? Do you know some awesome brands at not-too-terrible prices? Where did you get them?

Books? I enjoyed "Becoming Vegan" because of the scientific/nutrition nature and "How it all Vegan" for cooking help!

Anything else that has made your vegan life just blissful???

Answer 1

Lara Bars!

Answer 2

Best of the best that not only inspire me but are a really easy solution in a time pinch, or are just really delicious or great, would be:

1. Odwalla Super Protein bars

2. Trader Joe's Very Green juice

3. Trader Joe's Lentil Rice Biryani microwaveable meal

4. Demonia company vegan boots, platforms, heels (kind of a very alternative clubwear company)

5. Amy's Kitchen Tofu Scramble meal

6. "Ethical Planet", a store in Evanston, IL - all vegan owned and operated, all vegan clothing and goods, and I live 20 minutes away :)

Answer 3

I am a huge fan of Amy’s

soy mac & cheese

chili (canned and frozen)

no cheese pizza

rice & veggies

rice & bean and veggies

Indian- I think there’s 3 different ones.

I have to watch the sodium content, but you can’t beat the convenience or the taste.

I always have It’s Soy Delicious ice cream in the freezer.  So yummy!

Answer 4

I am not a vegan. I like soy and rice milk though.

Answer 5

For food: Earth Balance margarine (Smart Balance is not vegan). Arrowhead Mills Vital Wheat Gluten (I make my own seitan). So Delicious Purely Decadent Soy Ice Creams. Ah!Laska syrup (the Santa Cruz type SUCKS).  Chocolate of course--I like various types.

I love my Circulon skillet for sauteing my tofu and my seitan.  I have these two great containers I got at Container Store for storing my seitan--they have tabs that lock.

I have a favorite pair of shoes from No Bull called the Anna Mule.  I got them at Pangea.  Sadly, they are starting to fall apart, and that style must have been discontinued.

I'm an on and off Lushie (fan of Lush).  J/A/S/O/N makes my favorite shampoo--a color enhancing one for redheads.

And what really makes my vegan life easier is the Internet--I can order all sorts of fabulous stuff online and have it delivered to my apartment buildng.

Answer 6

Clif energy bars and a good single malt smoky scotch!

Answer 7

I could not survive this vegan lifestyle without tempeh.  It has enough protein and B12 and it is very versatile.  I had some for dinner this evening; I baked it in bbq sauce and it was fantastic.

I don't eat the other stuff like vegan butter or anything.  Besides the tempeh, I don't eat anything that is processed; I eat only natural stuff.  My foods usually consist of fruits, vegetables, rice, nuts, and lots of grains.

Answer 8

Earth- Shoes*****

Green-label clothing

Tasty Bites (Makes life easier when I'm pinched for time)

A plant milk processor

Kiss my face soap

Herban Cowboy- vegan fragrance

Kal Nutritional Yeast flakes*****

Stevia sweetener*****

Agave nectar

VEGGIE Connection the dating site.

NAKED Juice

Kombucha

VEG NEWS magazine

(*****= a must )

Edit- Portabella mushrooms, blue potatoes, scallions, bok choy, and rainbow chard stir fried together in grapeseed oil

and draped over homemade safron yellow rice.

TASTE LIKE HEAVEN