Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Post # 1 - New Blog - Mission Statment & Goals

Hi my name is Jamie and this is my food blog "Kosher Vegan Cooking" which, as you can imagine from the name, is about cooking vegan and keeping kosher.

I am new to being vegan, my wife and I decided to eat and cook this way for both health related and ethical reasons. We decided to become vegan on May 1st,  2012 and close to a month later we are truly enjoying our decision.

This blog will be dedicated to posting interesting kosher vegan cooking recipes, reviews about kosher vegan products, and interesting links, articles, ideas, and interviews about eating and cooking vegan and kosher.

Many people may be wondering doesn't vegan already mean kosher? I know that there is no meat, dairy, fish, or egg products in vegan cooking so shouldn't it all be considered kosher?

That is a great question and it was the first question I had when I decided to become vegan and remain kosher.

Before I became vegan keeping kosher meant making sure all products and restaurants I ate were certified kosher. Additionally there was also the restriction not to mix meat and milk together as well as keeping fish and meat separate at the same meal.

I was pretty excited about eating vegan and not having to worry about all the kosher restrictions anymore because all of the food I would be eating would be kosher. Though my idea was very close to being correct after doing a bit of research I found out that there are still dietary restrictions when keeping kosher and being vegan but there are not many.

Below is some of the information I found on the Chabad website written by Rabbi Eliezer Posner:

A vegan restaurant or product would not have a hard time getting kosher certification. However, as long as there is no such certification one should not eat the product or at the restaurant.

I plan to post at least one kosher vegan recipe with pictures every week & one kosher vegan product review every two weeks. I also hope to have interviews with vegan companies, cooks, friends, restaurant reviews, and guest bloggers.

The above information is my mission statement and goal for my kosher vegan cooking blog.

I hope you will find the upcoming information, recipes, reviews, interviews, and links helpful and insightful.

Thanks and enjoy,

Jamie
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7 comments:

  1. ShamirMay 23, 2012 at 2:45 PM

    Good Luck Jamie, I hope you can still eat RedHots and Wacky Mac...

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    1. Jamie GoldfussMay 23, 2012 at 2:56 PM

      Hey Shamir,

      Thanks.

      I will definitely have some wild recipes up there including a vegan wacky mac with crazy add ins.

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  2. Richard StevensMay 23, 2012 at 2:47 PM

    As someone who has been Vegan and Kosher for 30+ years I'd say: GET OUT NOW AND STOP WHILE YOU CAN. For example, I used to enjoy going to a Chinese Restaurant in Teaneck NJ called "Chopstix" (you have certainly never heard of it). Now, at least 3 nights a week I wake up in a cold sweat thinking about their crispy beef or General Tso chicken. Through the help of psychotherapy I have reduced these nocturnal interruptions from what was 5 nights a week to the current rate of 3, however, THREE NIGHTS A WEEK IS TOO MUCH!!!

    I have found your twitter account http://twitter.com/#!/JamieGoldfuss and you look like a nice girl. PLEASE DON'T do IT!!

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    1. Jamie GoldfussMay 23, 2012 at 2:59 PM

      Hi Richard,

      Thanks for the reply, I actually know the restaurant "Chopstix" very well and drove from Philadelphia to Teaneck many times just for their tasty food. I will have a lot of awesome Chinese vegan recipes on the site so stay tuned. Also that is not my twitter account I will be creating one for the blog shortly.

      Thanks,

      Jamie

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    2. Richard StevensMay 23, 2012 at 3:37 PM

      So I was looking for the recipes you mentioned but I noticed your twitter account is locked. Would it be possible to just unlock it for an hour or two so that I can see your recipes contained therein?

      I'll tell you this much: You're making recipes for foods that taste similar to chopstix would save me literally thousands in mental health realted bills.
      On that note I noticed the sweatshirt your wearing is a Nebraska Cornhuskers (how appropriate :) LOL) shirt. If the experience I have with your Vegan chopstix is close enough to the real thing I'd be tempted to purchase you a new one on my next trip to Omaha.

      Again, please unlock twitter account. Thanks

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  3. BeckySMay 31, 2012 at 12:17 PM

    Good luck! Your challahs look beautiful!

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    1. Jamie GoldfussMay 31, 2012 at 12:32 PM

      Thank you. Stay tuned for next week's posts. There will actually be two posts a review of an awesome vegan product and a new recipe.

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