Vegetable bouillon for all recipes

When I first started cooking vegetarian for my partner, I didn’t realize all of the ingredients I had to consider in order to make the food 1oo % Vegetarian. My first faux pas was to use bouillon cubes made of chicken by product for sauces, soups, and beans.

It didn’t dawn on me that I was contaminating the food and not making it Vegetarian. I had trouble finding vegetable broth in a box or can at the local Walmart. What I did find one day was bouillon cubes from Knorr that are all Vegetable. This was a great find. They also have cubes that are combined with other herbs such as garlic and cilantro.

I use the cubes in gravy, sauces, and soups. I know that I could make my own broth which is probably lower in salt, but when you want something quick like a hearty vegetable soup, the vegetable bouillon cube is the way to go.

We have also found other brands that make a vegetable bouillon cube at our favorite vegetarian cafeteria in Ponce, Puerto Rico called El Eden and at Freshmart in San Juan. I just needed to venture out and find them.

What other Vegetarian mistakes did you make when becoming vegetarian? If you made one what did you substitute it with?

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  1. ClaraNo Gravatar on February 25, 2011 at 6:29 am

    LoL! eating the Egg Drop Soup at my favorite Chinese Restaurant! I couldn’t figure out why I kept getting sick! Until I talked to the owner/chef about it. That’s when I found out they use chicken stock! He was kind enough to make me a soup off menu… with no chicken stock!!

    When I make stuff like Calabacita or even to cook rice, I use this or Knorr’s Vegetarian Boullion Cubes. I use them in just about everything that requires any kind of stock/boullion.

    … I hope they are veggie friendly… all I know is I haven’t gotten sick. LoL.



  2. No Gravatar on February 26, 2011 at 4:13 pm

    Thanks for commenting Clara!
    When we go out to restaurants we will ask if the stock is vegetable or chicken based. More than 99 % of the time, it is chicken based. The only place that my boyfriend will eat soup is at the vegetarian cafeterias.



  3. Raul ColonNo Gravatar on February 26, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    That happened to me at the beginning with Miso Soup since it had Tofu in it I would have not thought it was not vegetarian friendly because it was made out of fish stock.



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