As of today I cancelled my recurring donations to Lemmy and will start the process of winding down my involvement with the server.

There is another recurring 130/6 month donation I can't figure out the account to, oh well. It will probably bill until that card expires lol. I hope you put it to good use D

I'll be honest, I don't like most of the posts or users I've come in contact with outside of the vegans. Some stars are around and I appreciate all of you and hope that you find enjoyment and use in the instance as long as it stays up. If people like it then I'll keep hosting it, if it goes dead I'll cancel it.

Instead of being an alternative to Reddit, this has become concentrated Reddit. It isn't fun, it is often upsetting and mostly infuriating. I have been on Lemmy since 2020, my first account being lemmy.ml/u/HamidPayaamAbbasi then hexbear.net/u/HamidPayaamAbbasi and I think I've had enough. The Hexbear vegan struggle sessions was a delight compared to what my experience on this platform and its power users have become so instead of complaining much more about it I'm just going to change my engagement and switch things up. Between deranged shut in users on lemmy.world, the loser in West Virginia, the people who think military defense contracting is hilarious and awesome on sh.itjust.works to the straight up manipulative abusers like Sunshine, I'd rather just be out. Have fun on your drama communities and standing up for the liberal order against anyone to the left of you. Great work, I'm sure you're going to really beat them in your election this time. The liberals won. Enjoy your moronic circlejerk. See ya.

Some upcoming changes:

1. I'm only going to post to c/homecooks, to be honest this is the only thing I want to be involved with.

2. The instance will stay online for a bit but I won't be posting the megathread or in any other communities. If someone else wants to take this over that is fine

3. I'm launching veganhomecooks.com a pixelfed instance, the lemmy community will exist to promote that and I will cross post my food, will encourage other people to do the same

4. I'm inviting users to create an account on pixelfed to share our meals and stuff about cooking and vegan home making.

The entire intent of vegan home cooks was always to be about what vegans actually eat and to encourage people to make their own food with local affordable ingredients.

Death to America

I just used dried refried bean flakes and reconstituted them and smeared them on some microwaved store brand corn tortillas, rolled them up and airfried them until crispy and dipped them in my home made table salsa. This is my work desk.

I simmered two cans of diced tomatoes and some red wine for a long time, then added nooch and Italian seasoning then blended it and served over pasta. I microwaved a can of cannelini beans with some diced carrots and fresh lemon juice from my tree and nooch for a 8 minutes until the carrots were soft. The spinach was frozen and also microwaved with salt, pepper, lemon juice and some diced local jalapeño chilis that are hiding in there.

Just FYI, Sunshine@lemmy.ca used to be Beaver@lemmy.ca who deleted her account when she made ~~everyone mad about vegan pets~~ banned lots of people from a community and had the admins step in as the mod of lemmy.world/c/vegan and is an abusive person who misrepresents me and this community.

What kind of person pretends to be someones friend online, asks them about their day and tries to help them out then when they have a disagreement with someone, instead of talking to them like a human uses an alt leaf@lemmy.blahaj.zone to post about that person and smear them then uses alts to manipulate the votes in that thread. Goes on to smear me and my instance for weeks in different comments. Then wonder why I'm angry and upset. This is a terrible thing to do to someone. Even on this very thread they came in with a previously unbanned alt led@programming.dev to manipulate the votes.

This person is seriously unhinged and should sign out of Lemmy and get therapy.

Enjoy their low effort spam across all your communities!

Edit: Ralimba, I just banned more of your alts, All I want is for you to never mention this community or vote in our threads, you clearly couldn't do that, thanks for the new feature with some of the biggest losers in the world like PugJesus. You're banned, don't create new accounts to participate, just leave us the fuck alone. Sign out and get a life.

also:

rollinghills@lemm.ee

maam@feddit.uk

Tree@baraza.africa

Moon@slrpnk.net

Welcome to the Vegan Theory Club Weekly Megathread!

Questions of the week: (Feel free to answer one, both, neither, or posit your own!):

What’s a recent book you’ve enjoyed reading?

Feel free to talk about anything, whether it’s vegan-related or not. This is a chill space for connecting, sharing ideas, and supporting each other; however, please keep in mind: vegans only, and we abide by the Anarchist Code of Conduct.

Be kind to all Earthlings! 🌱💙

I cooked a can of black beans and tomatoes together with some cubed carrots and simmered until the carrots were soft and the tomatoes were cooked, I added italian herbs and nutritional yeast and some whole wheat flour for some thickness

I pressure cooked yellow potatoes until they were done then shocked them in ice water to de skin them, I then mashed them and mixed it with soy milk, salt and dried dill

I microwaved spinach and kale together in a covered glass dish until it was tender then added pepper, nutritional yeast and fresh lemon juice

I made chapatis and silken tofu raita but forgot to take pics of that

Baked Aloo Gobi (Dump-and-Bake)

Ingredients:

• 1 medium cauliflower, cut into florets
• 2 medium yellow potatoes, cut into bite-sized cubes
• 2 tbsp water
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp red chili mirch
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• ½ tsp salt (adjust to taste)
• ½ tsp black pepper
• ½ tsp ground ginger (or fresh minced ginger)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• ½ tsp mustard seeds (optional, for extra flavor)
• ½ cup tomatoes, cut (optional, for added moisture)
• Fresh cilantro for garnish

Instructions:

Preheat Oven: Set your oven to 400°F (200°C).

Prepare Veggies: In a large bowl or directly in a baking dish, toss the cauliflower and potatoes with water.

Season: Add all the spices, salt, and lemon juice. Toss well to coat everything evenly.

Bake: Spread everything in a single layer in a baking dish. Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes.

Uncover & Roast: Remove the foil, stir the vegetables, and bake uncovered for another 20-25 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender and cauliflower is golden.