I want to become vegetarian.?!
Answers: Is it hard do start? What are some good recipes ? What are the benefits ?
oh YAY, another vegetarian! good on you. For me, i personally didn't think it was that hard to start, only because i was so excited about it, the thought that i was actually doing something to help fight animal cruelty made me feel so good about myself that i couldn't even like bring myself to eat meat if i tried. You don't even have to have natural self control, cause i know i don't! when it comes to like cookies and stuff. but what you do need is a passion for what you are doing. You need to decide the exact reasons you are doing this and why and then stick with it.
If you are doing it because of animal cruelty: Good on you! same with me. It's the best feeling in the world. Some of the benefits include saving an average of 100 animals a year! It's a fact I read on the peta website, and i read somewhere else that the average vegetarian saves about 36 pigs a year (i can't remember how many other animals). It makes you feel SO good about yourself, to know that you are not contributing to the inhumane torture and slaughter of innocent, defensless animals. Vegeterians are unique people who are slowly becoming more and more common, only for the better! We are the people who care:):):)
If you are doing it for health reasons: good on you again! In my opinion becoming vegeterian is one of the healthiest things you can do. There is no nutrients you can get from meat that you can't get from a balanced vegeterian diet and/or dietry suppliments. You do end up taking in more vegetables than usual by eating vegeburgers instead of meat ones, vege-lasagne, etc. Not eating meat can dramatically decrease your chance of getting a heart disease, and you will most likely lose weight as well as having your body detoxed.
dw, its really easy to make your normal meals into vegetarian ones.. i thought of these myself :)
*tacos/burritos (instead of meat, beans but with the same spices)
*have sandwiches with vegetables and lots of cheese (you could add toferky but i personally think it tastes like dog food)
*vegetable lasagne
*when your family eats burgers, have a VEGE burger, you can buy them in the frozen section their goood
*tofu cooked with spices, soy sauce, and sweet chilli/tomato sause, when your family is eating meat
*PASTA
*cheese/vegetarian pizza
*stirfries
*noodle boxes (their boxes of like pad thai, satay noodles and stuff and all you do is add water and microwave)
*vege-nuggets (havent had them but apparently their even better than chiken nuggets)
*avacado and cheese quesidillas
*ceasar salad
*spinach queche- no ham of course
theres really soo many options! If you start cutting out meat you won't crave it anymore, thats what i did.
here are some sights that also might help with tips and recipes as well:
http://vegkitchen.com/
http://www.vegetariantimes.com/
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/...
http://www.recipesource.com/special-diet...
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Everyday-C...
http://www.vrg.org/recipes/
Hope this helps!!! :D:D:D
I did it. Lasted about 3 months. & I was super committed.
But, I dunno. It's boring. I was stuck eating microwave crap.
Or burgers. It's stupid. & it didnt make me full, so i ate MORE and gained SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much weight.
Dont do it if you know your level of willpower is low
There are so many health questions to ask yourself before you become one. Is your body where it should be like iron, calcium, and protein. Yes many things will be affected but if your body isnt where it should be normally then it wont be able to operate well while becoming a vegetarian. It will be hard but most of it comes from the eating out aspect.
It is not hard to become vegetarian. Try it for a week and then you decide. There are alot of benefits. One of the benefit is you won't have body ador like some other meat eaters.
nope.
it's not hard to start, you just gotta remember you're not supposed to eat meat.
ha.
there's plenty of good recipe books in stores. they also sell vegetarian microwavable products at like safeway.
and the benefits are that it's a lot healthier. though you can become extremely protein defecient among other things.
OK then stop eating meat. I think its as easy as that..
Is anything hard to do these day, not really. Just a lot of planning ahead organizing menu's.
I find that Good Housekeeping Book, recipes are my favorite. I cook a lot of meatless dinners these days. For generations, the mealtime mantra of mothers across America has been "eat your veggies!" There are 5 types of vegetarians. The vegan, or total vegetarian, diet includes only foods from plant sources: fruits, veggies, legumes, whole grains, seeds, nuts. Do your search to see which works for you.
I am the ovo-lactovegetarian, which includes eggs. And remember the most important consideration for a nutritionally sound vegan diet is to consume a variety of foods and in sufficient amounts to meet the caloric and nutritional needs.
*Protein~You don't need to consume meat, fish, or poultry to have enough protein in your diet. Protein can easily be met by eating a variety of plant foods.
Vegan's choose to eliminate animal products from their diet for any number of reasons~ethical, enviromental, economic, or religious. I do it for health reasons.
Here's a fun recipe~Vegetarian Phyllo Pizza
Delicate layers of phyllo form the crust of this rich, savory pizza.
Prep:10 min. Bake 15 mins.
Make 4 servings
6 sheets(17"x12" ea.)fresh or frozen (thawed)phyllo
2 T. butter or margarine, melted
4oz soft, mild goat cheese such as Montrachet
1jar (6oz) marinated artichokes hearts, drained and cut into 1/4"pcs.
1-1/2 cps. grape or cherry tomatos, each cut in half.
1. Preheat oven to 450F. Place 1 sheet of phyllo on ungreased lg., cookie sheet:brush w/some melted butter,Repeat layering with remaining phyllo and butter. Do not brush top layer.
2.Crumble goat chees over phyllo;top with artichokes and tomatos, Bake pizza until golden brown around the edges, 12-15 mins.
3. Transfer pizza to large cutting board. With pizza cutter or knife, cut pizza lengthwise in half, then cut each half crosswise into 4 pcs.
245 calories, 8g protein, 20g.carbohydrate, 19g.total fat (9g saturated), 29g cholesterol, 387mg.sodium
Easy. It's not hard to start. All you have to do is some researching. First, you need to decide what classification you're going to be. There is "lacto-ovo vegetarian" - which is where you still eat dairy and eggs. There is "lacto vegetarian" - which is dairy but no eggs. There is "ovo vegetarian" - which is eggs but no dairy. There is also "veganism" which I'm sure you've heard of, but thats very tough. Stick to vegetarianism for now.
Anyway, there are too many recipes to state, but the best and easiest vegetarian lunch is the famous peanut-butter and jelly (with optional hemp-seed)!!!!
The three main benefits of vegetarianism: helping the environment, saving animal (rights), and your own health. I mean, do you seriously want to put animal flesh in your system?!?! Anyway, good job saving an animal! Hooray!!
it was pretty hard for me to start cuz family and friends wer eating meat, but it was worth it cuz ur making a difference.
the benefit being that you dont pay people to kill animals...
so less animals will die if theres a lower demand.
plz try to save the animals!!!
It's not hard if you have good enough reasons behind it, rather than just doing it as trend or something wishy-washy like that.
http://www.fatfreevegan.com
http://www.vegetarianlunchbox.com
http://www.theppk.com
http://www.veganlunchbox.com
http://www.vegcooking.com
and especially: http://www.peta.org/accidentallyvegan/
and
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/p...
The benefits: better health, reducing animal suffering.