Vegan Replacements - HeLp!

@mzz663 (2772)
United States
September 20, 2009 4:03pm CST
I have to help make cookies and deserts for a friends bridal shower and wedding reception, they are vegans and I was wondering what can be used in place of: eggs, milk, chees, etc in any of the recipes?
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6 responses
• United States
20 Sep 09
Applesauce or other mashed fruit can be used as a replacement for eggs and soy milk works as substitute for regular milk. You can get vegan egg replacements in health food stores, but the applesauce or mashed fruit works fine if you can't get to one. There are a variety of vegan cheeses out there, they can be found in health food stores or sometimes even in regular supermarkets.
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
21 Sep 09
Applesauce....will that give a taste of apple or does it get absorbed into the flavor of everything else added?
• United States
21 Sep 09
The applesauce absorbs well, you can't even taste it.
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
21 Sep 09
Hmmmm....I am going to have to try it then!! most definitely!
@jenlex79 (256)
• United States
21 Sep 09
My sister-in-law is a vegan. She uses mashed bananas to replace the eggs, and soy milk to replace the milk. I saw someone post earlier about using applesauce, thats a good one too. It's a healthy way to eat.
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
21 Sep 09
I was going to make rosettes, it's the same recipe you use to make elephant ears. 1 C flour 1 C milk 1 egg 1 tsp sugar and oil to fry them in so I could use the soy milk and bananas...would that give them a banana taste? it can't be bad...I'll have to try this and see how it works out!
@jenlex79 (256)
• United States
21 Sep 09
Here is a website that might help you. http://www.vegcooking.com/vegcooking-eggreplace.asp Just copy and paste to go to the site. It tells you how to replace the eggs with bananas or applesauce, it even has more ideas to replace eggs with. Good luck, I hope this helps you.
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
21 Sep 09
I think it will help immensely! Thanks!!
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
23 Sep 09
I have often replaced margarine/oil with applesauce. It doesn't change the texture that much and is very healthy.
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
23 Sep 09
It's probably better than margarine/oil, too!
@Bethany1202 (3431)
• United States
24 Sep 09
Milk can be substituted with soymilk, almond milk, rice milk, etc... The recipes usually turn out the same. There are plenty of egg replacers or egg substitutes at natural foods markets. Cheese can be omitted or replaced with nutritional yeast or vegan cheese, available also at most natural markets. I would recommend trying your local natural foods stores, or try Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, or a store like that if you are unsure.
• United States
1 Oct 09
apple sauce can be a replacement for eggs or oil. I do not know about cheese, my suggestion would be to leave it out.
@Tantrums (945)
• Philippines
20 Sep 09
Try tofu... They can even replace meat! hehehe!
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
21 Sep 09
heh, I don't know if I'm going to go as far as making any main dishes! I've tried some dishes of theirs with tofu, it's not bad depending on what you add to it, I guess. Takes some getting used to I'm guessing....