PETA Vegan Starter Kit 1 | Page 3

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to Make the Transition
Veganise your favourite dishes.

Any recipe can be made vegan. Really! Usually, all it takes is a simple swap,
such as using beans or faux minced beef instead of meat or using puréed

Eating on the go? Vegan meals, such as Amy’s Non-Dairy Vegetable Pot Pie or
Innocent’s Mexican Sweet Potato Chilli Veg Pot, can be heated up in minutes.
Keep some in the office freezer for a quick lunch or serve them with a salad when
you’re too tired to cook dinner. Many canned soups, such as lentil, split pea and
minestrone, are vegan. Add chickpeas or other beans to a flavoured rice or grain mix,
and you’ve got an easy entrée. Or cook some penne pasta and mix it with Zest’s
Vegan Pesto for dinner in a flash.

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Easy Ways

Cut cooking time with convenience meals.

bananas in place of eggs in baked goods.

Explore ethnic foods.
Try hummus, falafel, baba ghanoush and other meat-free
Middle Eastern treats. Asian standards include Thai coconut
curry, tofu pad Thai and Chinese spring rolls and sushi
made with avocado, carrots or cucumber. Vegan Indian

To get started, think about what you currently eat. Many of your favourite foods

foods include vegetable samosas (dumplings filled with

are probably already vegan, such as hummus, bean burritos and marmite on

curried vegetables),