如何使豆腐美味可口,以及給素食主義者的建議
Veganism has gone from a niche lifestyle choice to a mainstream diet in just a decade, with a 360 per cent spike in the UK since 2006.
英國至2006年起，僅僅十年，就以360%的增長率使素食主義從一種特殊的生活選擇變成了主流的飲食方式。But separate research suggests that those who choose a plant-based diet can struggle to commit, with one US-based study showing that 84 per cent turn back to meat. Despite its popularity, the vegan diet is understandably tricky to stick to in a world where practically everything seems like it is dripping in melted cheese (thanks, Facebook food videos). When faced with a plate of bland, badly-cooked tofu or a comfortable, failproof burger, it can be hard to stick to the plant-based diet you were once so set on.
然而，一項單獨研究表明那些選擇以植物爲基礎飲食的人正極力地抗爭，避免犯錯誤(指吃肉食)，其中一項以美國人爲調查對象的研究表明84%的人會再次回到食肉的狀態。儘管素食主義很流行，然而在一個任何食物似乎都會融化在奶酪的誘惑裏，以至於嚴格的素食主義飲食方式很難堅持下來(感謝臉書的食物視頻)。當你面對一盤乏味且烹製不佳的豆腐和一個精心製作的美味漢堡時，堅持你曾選擇的素食主義會變得非常困難。Luckily, Chicago-based food writer Ashley Mellilo is here to help. A former meat-eater, she is now a committed vegan who recently released her book Blissful Basil.
幸運的是，芝加哥的美食博主艾什莉·梅利洛能夠提供一些幫助。她之前是一個肉食主義者，如今已是一個堅定的素食主義者了，並且還在近日出版了她的《極樂的羅勒葉》一書。
While she went cold-turkey overnight to become a vegetarian in 2010, it took her six months to gradually reduce her dairy and egg consumption and turn vegan. Of course, she has the expected "veganism changed my life for the better" story, but she says it not only improved her physical health, but her mental well-being, too.
在2010年，她一夜間戒掉了自己的肉癮併成爲一個素食主義者，期間她花了六個月的時間逐漸地減少奶製品和雞蛋消耗量並變成越來越典型的素食主義者。當然，她有期待中的"素食主義使我的生活變得更好"的故事，然而她卻說(成爲一個素食主義者)不僅使得身體變強壯了，也使心理更健康了。"Not only do I feel much more at peace, energised, and sharper than ever before, shifting my eating habits has also been instrumental in managing anxiety.
"(成爲一個素食主義者)不僅使我變得更平和、精力更充沛，也使我變得比過去更敏捷了。另外，改變飲食習慣也在控制焦慮上起了作用"
She adds: "Just as there isn't a quick path or permanent route to happiness, there isn't a quick fix or magical pill to dissolve anxiety. Rather, the solution has been an ongoing, ever-evolving process of shifting several of my habits and voting in favor of myself one small choice at a time." Mellilo is a persuasive devotee to veganism, and has an appetising and varied diet.
她補充道，"就像沒有快速或不變的路徑抵達幸福一樣，也沒有即刻生效的藥方或藥丸能夠消除焦慮。與此相反，解決問題是一個不斷改變習慣，在關鍵時刻投自己贊成票的過程，並且這個過程是持續進行，不斷髮展的"。梅利洛是一個極有說服力的素食主義迷戀者，並且有開胃、多變的素食菜單。She even knows how to make tofu taste like more than rubber: "Tofu needs a little more love than most foods," she explains.
她甚至知道如何將豆腐烹飪地遠比橡皮脆滑可口。"豆腐比一般的食材更需要認真對待"，她解釋道。So, what does a hardcore vegan actually eat day-to-day? "I'm a smoothie lover, so that's often my go-to breakfast, but lately I've been enjoying a warm bowl of oats with almond butter and berry compote or coconut yogurt topped with homemade granola and a drizzle of maple syrup," says Mellilo. So far, so delicious.
那麼，一個絕對的素食主義者每天吃什麼呢？"我是一個冰沙愛好者，所以它是我的經典早餐。然而近來，我開始享受一碗伴有杏仁醬的熱燕麥粥、漿果醬或椰子味的酸奶並且頂端還有自制麥片和細雨般楓糖漿的早餐組合"，梅利洛說道。這到目前爲止都很美味。
