Vegetarian help, questions, advice?!
1. Can I eat chocolate?
2. What are some basic meals and dinners you like to eat besides veggie dogs and burgers?
3. Any products other than meat to avoid?
4. Do you take daily supplements?
5. What have your friends thought of you?
6. Do you get tired of being a veggie?
7. What do you do at restaraunts?
Thanks soo much!
Answers: I just, about an hour ago, officially decided to go vegetarian (lacto-ovo). For anyone out there who is a veggie, could you please answer all of these questions for me? It's very appreciated, thank you so much!!! p.s. - I'm 13 years old.
1. Can I eat chocolate?
2. What are some basic meals and dinners you like to eat besides veggie dogs and burgers?
3. Any products other than meat to avoid?
4. Do you take daily supplements?
5. What have your friends thought of you?
6. Do you get tired of being a veggie?
7. What do you do at restaraunts?
Thanks soo much!
1. Yep, eat all the chocolate you want. If you become a vegan, however, you must eat no dairy products, (chocolate).
2. Beans, beans, beans. There are plenty of things, tofu, stir fry, soup, tamales, chili renos, squash, eggplant (yummm)...
3. Watch out for energy bars, lots of times they will have fish in them, I know... weird. Also, nothing gummy, gummy=cow hooves.
4. I used to, but if you eat enough beans, then you don't have to.
5. My friends support me, they all tried going veggie after I did, but none of them could make it, they rely on me to help them save animals. They admire my skills.
6. Well, I have been one for near 5 years, and the bean soups get pretty boring, but after a while, it becomes habit, and you forget meat, like it never existed, it's kind of cool, like I don't even have to think about not eating it, I just don't. That probably happens at the 2 year mark.
7. There are almost always veggie options. Soup, salad, pasta, veggie burgers, promise, there will be something!
Good luck, but remember, some vegetarians are hypocritical... as in they eat soy (tofu) grown in the rainforest, where trees have had to be chopped down, and a lot of the special food us veggies eat have to be transported by plane from far away, (contributing to global warming), so try to buy veggie AND local.
Lily K
1. Can I eat chocolate? yes
2. What are some basic meals and dinners you like to eat besides veggie dogs and burgers? (soup no meat)
3. Any products other than meat to avoid? no
4. Do you take daily supplements? no
5. What have your friends thought of you? its ok
6. Do you get tired of being a veggie? no
7. What do you do at restaraunts? order things w/ no meat
1. You "can" eat anything you want. Vegetarians CHOOSE not to eat animals, and some choose not to eat animal products. Only YOU can decide what you're okay with eating. THEN pick an appropriate label, not the other way around. If you're okay with eating dairy, then milk chocolate will be fine with you. If you're NOT, then you'll find dark chocolate without any animal products in it.
2. http://www.fatfreevegan.com
http://www.vegcooking.com
http://www.vegetarianlunchbox.com
http://www.veganlunchbox.com
http://www.peta.org/accidentallyvegan
3. Do your research. Meat, tallow, lard, (animal) rennet, gelatin, shellac, carmine, cochineal, etc.
4. Not necessary if you're eating well, but you can.
5. Who cares? It's my choice, not theirs. If they have an issue, they aren't my friends.
6. No. It's a choice. If I didn't want to do it I wouldn't.
7: Eat. What do YOU do at restaurants?
1. Can I eat chocolate? yes
2. What are some basic meals and dinners you like to eat besides veggie dogs and burgers?
Lentil soup
Tomato and red pepper soup
Pasta with green pesto
4cheese sauce pasta bake made with pasta, condensed mushroom soup, eggs, peppers, onions and tomatoes
homous with potato chips!!
Vegetable kebabs
Vegemite on toast!!
Cauliflower and Broccolli cheese
3. Any products other than meat to avoid? not really
4. Do you take daily supplements? i just take vitamin C but allot of vegetarians and vegans take Vitamin B12
5. What have your friends thought of you? allot of them eat the same as me
6. Do you get tired of being a veggie? not really, its healthier and usually cheaper
7. What do you do at restaraunts? order something vegetarian! lol
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dear 13 year old new vegetarian. Her eis what you do:
yes, you can eat chocolate,
you can eat pretty much everything - except meat. - free, easy cheap recipes - go to
http://www.goveg.com
http://www.vegetariantimes.com
http://www.vegetarianteen.com
as you get more comfortable in your vegatarian choices, youcan decide for yourself which things you want to include and which you don't
you should take daily supplements - it doe snot matter what you eat, supplements are good.
my friends know I am vegan now, before i was vegetarian, its my choice, nothing really to do with them
i LOVE BEING VEG*N
At resturants ask for the vegetarian option, there are are loads of choices now days, -
start by cutting out meat gradually, beef, then chicken, then pig, etc..
good luck!
1. Can I eat chocolate? YES YES YES!
2. What are some basic meals and dinners you like to eat besides veggie dogs and burgers?Pasta, Quesadilla (veggie of course),pita bread and veggies, noodles, eat out at Chinese restaraunts, Indian, some typical places.
3. Any products other than meat to avoid? Too many carbs
4. Do you take daily supplements? YES! B12 tablets, you don't want this to go low (i talked to my doctor), you can buy them at any drugstore.
5. What have your friends thought of you? nothing special
6. Do you get tired of being a veggie? NO!
7. What do you do at restaraunts? Chinese - PLENTY, Indian-PLENTY, Buffets offer a variety, Pasta ie: chicken alfredo with veggies minus the chicken, taco bell substitute meat for beans.
Remember to eat eggs, get iron, protein (eat chickpeas, beans, peanut butter and stuff). Good luck!