Snacks and Junky Food
 

When you absolutley have to have some junk food, what do you reach for? I have a bag of sweet and satly chex mix in there calling my name, and it appears to only have a small amount of eggs and milk in it, so I'm assuming its pretty close to being vegan, right?

Yes, pretty close is better than far, far away! Especially if you're transitioning.

For sweets, I bake cookies. Any kind of medium-firm cookie seems to turn out well with vegan ingredients. For eggs, I use Egg Replacer (available in most health stores -- basically, it's vegetable starch that you use for levening). For shortening, I use soy margarine. And for sugar, I use turbinado (unbleached sugar -- available at Cub Foods). (Although I am not strict on sugar. It is far enough removed from animals that I don't really care.)

Helpful hints for vegan cookies: Use a little more water than the egg replacer instructions call for. Soften, but do not melt, soy margarine. Sometimes turbinado makes your batter green! (I think it's some kind of reaction... I really only have this problem with blueberry muffins.) Don't worry, the end product won't be green.

For salty, potato chips!!!