Maybe it's something to do with the idea that some pasta recipes have egg in them?the actual pasta I mean.
God I wish I'd never started that vegetarian with fish thingy, it seemed to get out of hand.didn't mean for that to happen.. got carried away..and away...and awa............

but we all do jennifer, at times im sure im the worst!! as for the pasta thing martino, no probs but yep it is coz of the eggy thing! and i do agree, coz i loooooove pasta!!! so when r u inviting me to dinner??? x

Snoozy

No, pasta is without eggs unless it says it is with eggs! Like bacon and chips, if it says egg then it is bacon egg and chips. Pasta is without eggs unless you are making a special pasta. So pasta is good for a vegan.

Jenifer I am sorry I really am not digging honest. I had not realised that people thought pasta was with eggs.

I think the problem is that when the celeb chefs make pasta on the programmes we see, it always seems to contain eggs. But when we buy pasta from the supermarket it doesn't always.

You just have to look at the label.

A bit like soup really
vegetable soup is vegetarian but you must check if it has been made with chicken stock
PAsta is vegetarian but you must check if eggs have been added.

But pasta pasta is vegan!

Going to completely ignore the dietary conversation (as a vegetarian with meat and fish) and suggest two things. One is that soup made in your usual way (eg watercress or leek etc) with some sliced and peeled potatoes will, when blended, come out creamy

Also, the asian cuisines are by far the best at vegetarian food and they need not be chilli hot - perhaps a vegan curry?

thanku kiwichef, i must say i have done the soup without the cream, its lovely!! and yep curry did come to mind. anyways thanks again, kimi.x and Martino, the egg pasta thing, i have never made pasta without egg, so took it for granted thats the way to make. do u have a good pasta minus egg recipe for me?? x

Buy dried, you could serve fresh or, to save time, make a bake with oily garlic breadcrumbs (I doubt vegan cheese melts) and oven to order. You could go subtle - like a vegan veloute and artichokes or robust with a tomato, chilli, oregano oilve sauce

Good luck

Potato gnocchi with tomato and no eggs!

Pasta? ok it is mainly water flour and salt depending on what you want. Try orecchette as that is a fun one. mix 160g of extrafine flour with 240g of durum flour on a work surface. add a pinch of salt. Make a well and add enough water to mix and knead into a smooth elastic dough. Work for ten minutes or so then roll into a sausage and cut into 1 ml lengths. roll the handle of a a pastry brush on them and turn the ends ot make little ears. Do this on a floured surface. Leave to dry on a lightly floured tea cloth.

But Ross is so right. Go Asian everyone likes a curry ( except most Italians!)

well you could buy dry I guess Ross but why? it is so simple to make.

Do like the idea of garlic breadcrumbs though. Not vegan cheese yuk!

thanku u again kiwichef, like the tom, chilli,oregano and olive oil!! yum!!! Martino, gotya!!

or as I said potato gnocchi with toms

hi all, new to the whole chat thing. have been reading up on some of the vegan recipes suggested by you all. found them very helpful thanks.
have a vegan over once every 3 months and have run out of ideas. and am sick of the sight of cous cous. thanks again
Strewberry .t.

your welcome!!

I make my own pasta and use only flour and eggs. I'm another one who didn't realise it could be vegan! I buy wheat free pasta now because my nephew is wheat intolerant but I haven't yet had the courage to try making my own with rice flour or whatever the substitute for durum would be.

hi mary did u look down and c martino's recipe for egg free pasta, he says it v nice. x

Yes Snoozy, that's what prompted my post. (My remark was really to explain to Martino why some of us (uninformed people) might have been surprised when he suggested pasta for vegans, I was). But I need wheat free pasta! I make cakes by replacing flour with ground almonds, I use cornflake crumbs instead of breadcrumbs for coating fish and chicken and I have rice flour which sits in the larder waiting to be used for something! I really must start experimenting with wheat free pasta but have had a few health issues recently so haven't felt very adventurous.

hello snoozy i fount this site if you want to have a look
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hope this helps
caroline p

im sure something will inspire u mary. love kimi.xand caroline , will do thanks. x

Are you sure about that glynis? Isnt it just like childbirth - that hurt!!!

Just joking! I do eat eggs. Don't be so hard on the poor vegans.

Each to there own I say. I enjoy eggs, dairy, veg, meat, wheat, nuts, fruit and just about any food you can think of, but not tinned ham. and as for all those lovely deserts that pile on the pounds, yummy. What everyone else chooses to eat is up to them.

sharne i couldnt agree more!! and i cook to please so i dont mind pushing the boat out for whoever and what ever tastes.

I gave up eating meat, fish and animal products over 20 years ago as I can't bear the thought of eating animals but a coule of years ago I had to also give up dairy after contracting IBS, I can now eat dairy in small doses, so you shouldn't be too hard on vegans - it is not always by choice!!

good point!! x

Well Mary you live and learn eh? Pasta is without eggs most dried pasta is like that. You make Pasta with eggs. THats ok for say Lasagne but why? Pasta does not have eggs in it.

Why can you not be Vegan and enjoy food? I am a meat eater and a fish eater but if they were banned tommorrow you would not notice.

Oh the joy of noit knowing. It is almost like saying the worls would stop if there were o more chocolate.

Silly silly people. Get a life

Eat what you like and like what you eat is one ingredient so important to yuo being a foodie?