Vegan Bread

"Diabetes is not necessarily a one-way street. Early studies suggest that persons with diabetes can improve and, in some cases, even cure themselves of the disease by switching to an unrefined, vegan diet."

Andrew Nicholson, M.D., Physicians Committee
for Responsible Medicine Good Medicine
Magazine, Winter 1997

I'm still committed to a mostly vegan diet for health reasons and I have been searching for recipes online.  I love making (and eating) bread made in my bread machine. The best recipe I have found for bread thus far, Gary's Vegan Bread, can be found here. It rises beautifully, has great texture, keeps well, and tastes delicious. My husband likes it even better than non-vegan recipes I have made.

 

Almost Vegan

It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it. ~ M.F.K. Fisher  

I have been planning for several weeks to try a vegan diet for a three week trial period.  I first mentioned this intent in this post on January 3.   Our visitors are gone and we have managed to finish up all the non-vegan perishable food in the house with the exception of some sour cream and buttermilk. We were so ready to try this new regimen that we began yesterday, even though we still had a few non-vegan items to eat.  That's why I entitled this post Almost Vegan. By Tuesday we should have nothing but vegan food in the refrigerator.

Today I fixed a delicious vegan soup from a 17 Bean and Barley Mix I purchased at Trader Joe's.  I followed the recipe on the package and then added some chopped spinach and Tofurky brand Italian sausage.  I also made some low carb buttermilk bread to accompany the soup.  A plain meal but delicious!