I want to become a vegatarian?!
This is hard!!!!! HELP!
Answers: I don't know how to start to become a vegatarian . And I think I should start only eating chicken because that's the only meat I really like and it would be hard to quite. And I think I should really start and eat less meat as possible or should I start and not eat meat at all when I graduate and cook my own food.
This is hard!!!!! HELP!
What a good idea! I am one too, but not 100 percent. I did not decide to become a vegetarian, I just lost my taste for red meat and, knowing the horrible conditions animals are raised in so we can eat them, I thought it was unethical to condone this on-going atrocity by buying the products.
My advice is, don't make it a religion, relax and be smart, you can eat delicious food even if you cut your animal products by 95 percent.
It doesn't have to be a total and drastic change. Do it little by little, and think about how you're going to replace the weight of the meat you used to eat with the same weight in vegetable matter so you won't be hungry. The proteins in potatoes are of an excellent quality and will replace those from the meat, don't worry about that.
Don't make the mistake of becoming a health-food extremist . Being a vegetarian isn't supposed to hurt your pocketbook, on the contrary, meat is expensive and you'll save money by not eating any.
What you need to do is cook for yourself and quit eating fast food.
You can prepare delicious meals just by boiling the veggies, but you have to be very careful not to over-boil. Always look at your watch when you put the vegetables in the pot of hot water and depending how you like them, crisp or well done, let them boil on medium fire, covered, for 15 to 20 mins.
Boil potatoes in one pot and other vegetables in another because potato water is very cloudy and if you throw it away you'll still have a tasty vegetable broth.
Eat the 'tatoes with the veggies (Brussels sprouts are in season, as well as carrots, turnips, coliflower so their price is ok) with good quality butter.
What you need is to always have a contrast between two items. The potatoes are heavy and starchy and have a mild taste, the other veggies have a stronger taste so you eat less of them.
When you don't have enough to make an entire meal, make a soup as follows: separate the vegs from the broth, heat the broth and add water to it if needed, add angel hair. While they cook (5 minutes aprox.) mash with a fork the leftover veggies or dice them finely and when the angel hairs are cooked add the vegetables to the pot to heat through.
When you're tired of potatoes you switch to pasta or rice, always with a variety of vegetables that have a lot of taste.
When tomatoes are in season you can make your own sauce. One hour ahead plunge 4 or 5 medium in hot water, let cool and peel. Slice in half, then each half slice lengtwise once and crosswise 2 or 3 times. Put in cast iron Dutch oven where olive oil has been heating and after turning a bit with spatula add water to barely cover and bring to a boil. Add diced bell pepper and fresh garlic clove. To peel garlic, cover the garlic with the blade of a chef's knife and slam the heel of your hand on it. The blow will split open the skin of the garlic and will be easy to remove.
You need to use spices to make the food tasty and interestingly complex. To your tomato sauce you can add mild pepper (the kind used for goulash): it cancels the acidity of the tomatoes and 2 or 3 small pieces of cinnamon. Not powder! You can also add hot chili pepper powder but be careful, not too much, you want to be able to eat the stuff. Add more next time if it isn't strong enough.
A spice that goes very well with potatoes is nutmeg.
Every so often you may run out of ideas or be bored with what you're cooking and then you can eat some meat but never like you did before.
If you first saute it in hot olive oil and after it's brown all over you add some liquid (broth, water, wine) and season it, then cover and let simmer for a good 30 minutes, you'll always have a tasty meat dish.
Eat a lot of fresh salad, the Boston lettuce, mesclun, endives, all have a special taste and crispness that you'll enjoy.
And lots, and lots of fresh fruit! The money you save on meat, spend it on quality fruits and vegetables.
Do not make the mistake of eating "meat substitutes" of any kind, especially "textured soy proteins" because most soy is GMO, soy by nature has undesirable effects -google it) and the industrial process to make the "textured protein" is taking away all the good nutrients and adding bad stuff.
Be ready to experiment, try new things, it will be fun and you'll save a lot by eating at home.
they have vegeterian starter kits. look up peta.org they have lots of info.
i was a vegetarian for 5-6 years. it's not very hard at all. you can find good soy burgers and soy chicken. the best brand i had was the bolca brand. there are also good burgers from morning star. you can look up recipes and find books for other great recipes that you can make at home! good luck!
Learn to make vegetarian food that you like and is part of a balanced diet.(and is affordable)
When you can make a different different dish for each meal in a seven day week, then is the time to make a commitment to vegetarianism.
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/index...
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/f...
http://vegweb.com/
Just make up your mind to be vegetarian. And then begin to commit to not eating meat/animal flesh. You could start out slowly and say just eat chicken . .I suppose. Though dairy and eggs are alot for meal ideas! You just have to keep in the back of your head (and keep bringing it up to the front of your head) of what you are eating, and where did it come from.
And you don't have to declare and be confrontation with your family about being vegetarian. Just tell them that you are going to try it for a month or so and see how that goes. There will be bumps along the way, but just figure out how to handle it, and see if you can keep going after the month is done or so.
It is only hard because you are looking at the end of the journey of becoming (mind you I said becoming) vegetarian. Just follow the yellow brick road one brick at a time, and you will arrive at the land of Vegetarian ;-). And the world be a better place for it!
you can do it!
there are great websites for people to exchange recipes and health tips. ive been at it for alil over a year
and it doesnt limit ur food choices at all
it acutually opens up a whole new world of food.
also there are tons of meatless alternatives on the market so
u can pretty much eat lots of ur favorates and do it guilt free.
good luck
Vegetarians don't eat chickin. Or ANY animal.
....You can become a vegetarian when you cut ALL of the animals out of your diet (chickin, fish, cow, pig).
Other than that you're a meat eater..