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In a constant rush after vitamins and minerals is impossible to not have heard accidentally over the concept of vegetarian or vegan. Before entering into the details of planning a vegetarian wedding, we must define the term. A vegan is a person who does not eat anything that contains any animal product.
Many such vegetarians avoid honey and white sugar. Firstly, the couple must put the issue in front of the family, to ensure that they will not offend anyone by not serving meat at the wedding. The idea is to provide food that is familiar with the guests who happens to be vegetarian.
The hardest part is finding a delicious vegan wedding cake. Unfortunately, many confectioners do not know how to make a wedding cake without using eggs, butter and milk. If you are a vegan it would be good to look by yourself after a recipe for this type of wedding cake. You can think of using an egg substitute such as flaxseed. You can find in cookbooks for vegetarians chocolate wedding cakes, white weddig cakes, carrot wedding cakes or apple sauce, wedding cakes with cream cheese or tofu based. The strict term of vegetarian can make reference to a diet of vegans (pure vegetarians / strict that exclude any animal product consumption and even avoid wearing clothes of this type of product), but in other cases it could mean a milky-egg-vegetarian diet (vegetarians who eat no meat, but milk and eggs are accepted). Semi-vegetarian is a term used to describe a person who does not eat meat (none or very little), but eats fish. If you are a couple from this category of people who have a vegan diet then you can choose a vegan wedding cake on your wedding day.
As long as there will be interferences between omnivores and vegetarians, we will not know for sure what it means to be a real vegan. But you should know that a balanced and varied vegetarian diet can provide the necessary nutrients that the body needs and there are more scientific arguments that a vegan can be much healthier than a person that consumes meat. A good idea could be to find a famous bakery that has confectioners able to create a wonderful vegan wedding cake for you that will impress even the most pretentious guests.