Vegetarians what is a basic meal look like for you?!
Answers: im so used to meat as the main part of a meal. i am new to this and just wondering if you sometime eat two sides like corn and potato's as ur supper or what?
It's hard to think of just a "basic meal" for a vegetarian just as it would be hard to think of a basic meal if you eat meat.
But most of the time meat is just an add in.
Example:
Spaghetti ... noodles+sauce+olivies+mushrooms+....?? w/e you please
You can pretty much order anything from restaurants vegetarian esepcially mexican food restaurants because they can replace it with beans.
Sandwiches are pretty easy to eat veggie also.
Example: Cheese+any kind of veggie you like
I like cucumber,lettuce, pickle, olive and mustard or cucumber,pickle,olive and oil/vinegar
I guess if you're used to having something like steak or a hamburger as the main part of your meal you could try a veggie burger.
I just replace veggies for mine or bread or something.
If you're used to having potatos you could have a baked potato.
It's very versatile.
I like it with Chili Beans or Guacomole or just a little bit of butter.
It sort of depends on what you like and who you live with/cook for!!
It's great that you've decided this type of diet though! :)
It's very healthy if you make the right choices.
Just don't always replace the meat part of your meal with carbs.
if you have any more questions feel free to ask I lived in a very rural part of western Kansas which is a big agricultural must-have-steak place when I decided to go veggie so I had to get pretty creative especially since the people in my family were pretty big meat-eaters.
usually like noodles, maybe tofu. things like that.
whole foods [the supermarket] has a huge selection of vegetarian food.
i'm not a vegetarian, just to poor to afford meat all the time. my meal looks like white rice with peppers cut into it for flavour and colour. 2 sides. probably fried onions, and peas, or carrots. they are cheap.
I mix it up a bit, vegan burgers, sometimes black eyes peas and rice, sometimes macaroni and cheese- most vegeatarians find replacement for meat.
Sometimes I eat two sides for a meal, but sometimes I have a main protein and a side or two.
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I eat vegetarian often, though dont call myself one- I eat meat, but for health reasons, try to limit to 3 times a week. One of my favorite meals is Falafal in pita, with hummous, a tomato and cucumber salad, and tahini- has all the 'sides"...
Oh, man, there's SO much vegetarian stuff out there now. I am a vegetarian, have been off and on my whole life. Let's see, veggie chicken, veggie ground beef, veggie sausage, bacon, chick patties, veggie ribs, veggie hot dogs and corn dogs, veggie eggs, tofu, etc etc etc. You can practically find anything vegetarian now thank goodness, but yes when I was younger it was a lot more difficult having an actual meal. Even being prego now is easy staying vegetarian now that there are so many options out there.
a good tip is to combine beans and rice - the combination creates a much more fully nutritional protein than meat. My favorite beans are lentils - they can be cooked with onion and spices and made into a nice stew to go over rice. Of course, you want to get some greens in there too: salad is good, but even better is something like string beans or broccoli.
one of my favorite meals is bean burritos. i take a can of pinto or black beans, rinse them and cook them up with garlic, onion and cumin. Other toppings are cheese, tomatos, lettuce and of course you need tortillas to roll them in. One small can of beans should be enough for at least 4-5 burritos, so you can have 1-2 the night you make them, then keep the rest for lunches/dinners in the next day or two. roll up the leftover beans and cheese in the tortillas and keep the tomato and lettuce separate, like a salad. When you bring your lunch to school or work, microwave the tortilla/beans/cheese, then afterwards add the salady stuff. If you like hotsauce, add it to the salady stuff before you pack it up for lunch.
also good: tuna sandwiches (if you eat fish) - a great, low fat protein. Mix the tuna with low fat mayo and if you want to get fancy, add whatever veggies you like - i find that finely diced pickles and celery add a nice crunch. putting lots of lettuce on the sandwich will keep it tasting light, and also help wtih digestion. use whole grain bread.
a good, quick snack or dessert:
- cottage cheese with fruit (you can buy a tub and then make small tupperwares to take to work/school or sometimes single serving containers are available) cottage cheese is a great, low fat source of protein, especially if you get fat free or 1%
remember: if you don't get enough protein you could end up eating too many carbs to compensate, which is a sure way to put on extra pounds (if you have a slow metabolism) or stay skinny (if you have a fast metabolism).
good luck!
I did a raw vegan diet for a while (which I highly recommend), and a day's worth of food looked something like this:
a quart of green smoothie (any kind of greens blended with fruit or tomatoes/lime/garlic, etc)
3 or so servings of fresh fruit (like melon, berries, banana, etc)
a very large green salad with sprouts, herbs, raw nuts, and a vinagrette dressing
an avocado with salt and pepper
cut up raw veggies
a young coconut
plus as much additional raw produce it took to keep me satisfied (which wasn't much more)
I didn't find it useful to think in terms of 3 square meals on that diet - I just ate all day long any time I was hungry. If not doing a raw diet, dinners might be beans or lentils with rice, vegetarian chili, pasta, lasagna, eggplant curry, and so on. It takes some re-conditioning to ignore the idea that you need animal protein to survive. Plants are full of amino acids that build protein (otherwise, how would a cow become beef after eating grass all day?). A mistake that I think many vegetarians make is eating a lot of processed, soy-based meat replacements, which are not too good for you in great quantities (and a little gross to me). The key is to include as little processed food as possible and as much raw produce as possible. That's really common sense on any diet. A dinner of corn and potatoes would probably be okay once in a while, but that would be a bit lacking in nutrition for every night. There is just nothing better for you than fresh, raw, organic greens, fruits, and veggies!
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Chick Pea, Okra & Tomato Soup
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Coral Cauliflower Soup with Parsley Croutons
Cornish Saffron Soup
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Devilish Coconut Canapes
Extra Special Leek Soup
French Onion Soup
Fresh Broad Bean & Mint Soup
Fresh Carrot & Parsley Soup
Fresh Pea & Mint Soup with Croutons
Hearty Lentil Soup
Ginger & Coconut Soup
Green Rocket Soup
Leek & Potato Soup
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Minestra di Pasta e Ceci
Miso Soup
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Parsley Soup
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Pear, Celeriac & Stilton Soup
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Roast courgette and basil soup
Roasted Apple Soup
Saint Patrick's Soup
Soup au Pistou
Spiced Peanut & Mushroom Soup
Spicy Chick Pea Soup
Spicy Courgette Soup
Split Pea & Cumin Soup
Sweet Potato & Coconut Cream Soup
Tomato & Haricot Bean Soup
Wild Mushroom Soup with Port
Wild Rosehip Soup
Winter Broccoli & Cinnamon Soup
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Asparagus Spears with garlic Butter
Asparagus with Garlic
Beetroot & Pomegranate Soup
Black Bean & Yellow Rice Pitons
Brie & Wild Mushroom Fondue
Broad Bean, Lemon & Sage Dip
Bruschetta with Artichokes & Olives
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Celeriac & Parsnip Rosti with Cumberland Sauce
Courgette Latkes with Cream Cheese & Grated Beetroot
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Guacamole
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Hiziki & Cucumber with a Ginger Dressing
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Mexican Piquante Dip
Mushroom & Arame Pate
Paneer Tikka
Passionate Citrus Cup
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Roast Garlic & Crusty Bread
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Spiced Almond Dip
Spiced black rice cakes
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Three Seed Spread
Watercress and mushroom pate with juniper berries
Artichoke, Green Bean & Pine Nut Risotto
Asparagus Fettucine Stir Fry with Peanut Sauce
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Aubergine, Potato and Chick Pea Balti
Autumn Casserole with Chestnuts
Baked Mushrooms filled with Spinach, Brie and Walnuts
Black Eyed Bean Hotpot
Black-Eyed Bean Pie - easy
Blind Scouse
Blue Cheese & Peanut Ring
Braised Bean Curd with Garlic and Pepper
Brown Lentil Chilli
Brown Rice Risotto - easy
Bulgar Dolmades
Burmese-style vegetables
Buon Natale Pumpkin Ravioli
Canal Floddies
Carla Lane's Aubergine Bake
Carla's Vegetable Loaf
Cathy Dennis's Wild Mushroom Risotto
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Cashew Nut Roast
Cashew Nut Roast with Apricot Stuffing
Cauliflower and Carrot Terrine
Cheese & Onion Bread Bake
Chestnut & Pumpkin Seed Croustade Cups
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Chinese Style Stuffed Peppers
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Griddled Marinated Tofu and Portabello Mushrooms Stack
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Nigel Hawthorne's Potato & Fenugreek Curry
Noodles & Vegetables in Creamy Cajun Stir Fry
Not just a nut roast
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Pumpkin & Swiss Chard Risotto
Quick Chick Pea Curry
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I am a vegan, and a basic dinner for me is fried rice.
Just a very small amount of olive oil, rice, carrots, peas, cauliflower, onions and pepper and salt.
Tastes great, fills me up and i dont have to worry about gaining extra-weight. :]
I try and include a protein in each meal along with a vegetable and maybe a whole grain. For breakfast I usually have free range eggs with a handful of veggies. Lunch is usually a salad with tofu and a handful of nuts, dinner is usually soy protein (anything by Boca or MOringstar) and more veggies. I snack on whole grain toast, fruit, pecans, etc.
morning- tea or black coffee, cheerios(dry), orange lunch- vegan chili, soy milk, vegan cookie snacks- vegan cupcakes, fritos, soy icecream sandwiches dinner- bean and potato burrito, soy milkshake, cucumber. thats what i had yesterday i love junk food! if you want some good meal ideas check out peta2.com it will help you with recipies, grocery lists and everything
same lousy garbage as your eating.