How to survive Easter as a vegan
BASKETS are ready as Easter is just around the corner! But how can you commemorate the Easter weekend if you had decided to live a vegan lifestyle and follow a vegan diet?
Fear not, as we have put together inspirational advice for how you can celebrate a vegan Easter!
Bring vegan alternatives to traditional dishes to gatherings
Let's face it. Some Easter traditions are downright disturbing. The idea of killing and eating a gorgeous, innocent lamb jumping about in a field is repulsive to vegans, and the casual enthusiasm about eating such baby animals can be tough. However, you do not have to go to a gathering of omnivore friends and family members without offering them delectable alternatives to animal-based dishes.
With a bit of research, you can find vegan versions of your favourite foods. For example, instead of dairy milk, you can try hemp, coconut, almond, soy, or oat milk. Instead of meat, you can try tofu, jackfruit, tempeh, or seitan.
Instead of eggs, you can use flax, a squashed banana, or chia seeds to bind your recipes, or scramble tofu. There are also plenty of recipes to substitute fish in every meal and many vegan companies make faux fish.
Plan in advance
If you are having dinner at a family member's house, let the host know in advance that you are vegan and help them arrange options for you.
Indulge in all the chocolate with vegan Easter eggs
Today, when you can get vegan Easter eggs in any flavour, from honeycomb to salted pretzel.
Offer to help with cooking on the day
To oversee any vegan dishes that need preparing in the kitchen and to assist with any swops, help offered in the kitchen is not only going to win you big brownie points, but it also means that you have some control over the food you will be eating.