Vegetarian?

by Admin on February 16, 2010

Mу boyfriend wаntѕ tο become a vegetarian аnd I want tο dο іt wіth hіm, οnlу I eat alot οf meat. Arе thеrе аnу transition foods οr recipes thаt wουld lessen mу want fοr meat thаt аrе very tаѕtу уеt nοt bland lіkе mοѕt veggies seem tο bе? Suggestions???????

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garden308 February 16, 2010 at 11:26 am

This is a tough one, based on my personal experience I wish you much luck. Here are a couple sites you might find helpful:
http://www.vegsource.com/recipe/meatsub.htm
http://www.vegweb.com/recipes/subs/
http://www.nomeat.com/

Mathias February 16, 2010 at 11:50 am

i have became a vegetarian 10 years ago,you have to start slow letting go to meat, starting to eat chix and then change to soy protein.Soy protein have same kind os proteins of meat and more

jenovajojo February 16, 2010 at 12:46 pm

I’m in transition at the moment, to be vegetarian. The biggest thing that will hit you are the cravings, trust me, so unless you have tremendous willpower or a very justifiable reason you’re passionate about that’d help you stay on track, chances are you’d be sneaking a lot of guilty sneak bites at meat dishes.
Try to cut off red meat first. Stick to white meat, meaning fish and chicken. There are plenty of delicious recipes for that.
Set a date for turning veg. As you go nearer that date, turn some days into vegetarian days, like for eating only vegetarian food, and slowly, turn your whole week vegetarian with only one meat day.
Slowly cut that off too.
Well, the best thing about going veg is probably how you’re going to get really ingenius and creative with cooking and I look forward to that.
If you’ve got a red meat dish you really love, why not in your transition stage convert the whole dish into chicken or fish? Meaning use all the same ingredients (cept’ the meat of course) and cook it in the exact same way you’d do with your red meat dish?
In my opinion, western vegetarian dishes are pretty bland. This is because many western dishes are very meat-based, with the salad on the side as the veggie accompaniment.
The best time for you to get inventive, explorative is now!
Try out Indian cuisine. Hindu Indians are vegetarians, and thus those thousands of years passed with them churning out a whole array of vegetarian dishes that have probably officially classified them into a cuisine in itself!
There are so many to start, try vegetarian Mediterrinaean food.
Lots of olive oil with grilled eggplant, couscous, sun-dried tomatoes, stewed potatoes with sage, garlic and olive oil.

For indian vegetarian dishes,
one of my favourites is aloo bhaigan (potato and eggplant curry) with aloo paratha (potato stuffed flatbread, or roti) on the side as the carbo.
Or, try to cook a sumptuous vegetarian biryani, trust me, it will taste so good meat wouldn’t even cross your mind.
The recipes I get for Indian food is here :
http://www.recipedelights.com/indianvegdishes.htm
It’s as authentic as Indian veg can get!

One of my fave med dishes go below.
Mediterranean Stuffed Eggplant:
http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/ubbs/archive/MEDITTERANEAN/Vegetarian_Mediterranean_Stuffed_Eggplant.html

FALAFEL BURGERS: (Trust me they taste good.)
http://www.cookingcache.com/vegetar/falafelburgers.shtml

GRILLED MARINATED PORTABELLO MUSHROOM BURGERS:
http://www.cookingcache.com/vegetar/veggrilledmarinatedportabellomushroomburgers.shtml

GRILLED PIZZA WITH PESTO, TOMATOES AND FETA:
http://www.cookingcache.com/vegetar/veggrilledpizzawithpestotomatoesandfeta.shtml

Some good veg recipes here :
http://vegkitchen.com/recipes-galore.htm
http://vegetarian.allrecipes.com/
http://www.syvum.com/recipes/ivrindex.html

Support groups for going Veg:
http://www.vegweb.com

Good luck on going veg. Whenever you feel the need to give up, don’t! Keep trying! You’ll find the rewards to yourself, your waistline, your pockets and probably to your relationship for wanting to go veg with your boyfriend, very worth it!

uncy88 February 16, 2010 at 1:00 pm

What I did was stopped eating red meat (which is the least healthly meat for you). Then gradually I stopped eating white meat. It makes the transaction a lot easier!

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