For a new vegetarian what is best?!
I am a new vegetarian!. I have put a ton of thought into my new lifestyle!.
So anyway - I live in a small northern community where there isn't a lot of soy product - Most people hunt for their protein!
So what types of bean or veggies have protein and how much of it do i need to stay healthy!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
So anyway - I live in a small northern community where there isn't a lot of soy product - Most people hunt for their protein!
So what types of bean or veggies have protein and how much of it do i need to stay healthy!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Try lentils, the are great to use as a base for any meal and they are an excellent source of protein!. Try to eat at least one serving of protein in each of your three meals, then add one source of protein in a snack you have throughout the day!.
Thanks for switching, welcome to the world of vegetarianism!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Thanks for switching, welcome to the world of vegetarianism!Www@FoodAQ@Com
The problem with beans is that you can only eat so much of it without overdosing on manganese or fiber before you get the right amount of protein!. So you need to use more then one food for your protein!. Eggs are a good source but it depends on what kind of veggie you want to be!. Eggs are not considered meat in a lot of diets!. But you can't eat eggs all the time either for obvious reasons(or throw away the yolk)!. But if you do choose eggs make sure it's organic omega 3 eggs!. Nuts and seeds have a wide range of nutrients!. But you should only eat a handful or so a day!. Pumpkin seeds have the most protein out of all the seeds I know(of-course they have a lot of manganese)!. Manganese is a good thing just not too much of it!. If you don't drink milk you need to worry about calcium(Milk has a ton of protein)!. Spinach is an even better source of calcium then milk!. Other then that pay attention to the little things!. If you cook something with flour buy a flower high in protein!. Such as a hard red wheat, usually the more dense the more protein!. etc etc!. I'm sure you can google all the numbers for what you need!. Hope I helped a little!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Here are some web sites with some great vegan/vegetarian foods:
http://silksoymilk!.com -chocolate and chai flavors are good
http://amys!.com
http://organicfoodbar!.com
http://gardenburger!.com
http://yvesveggie!.com
http://sunshineburger!.com
http://nakedjuice!.com/
http://naturespath!.com
http://clifbar!.com
http://odwalla!.com
Here are some good recipes:
Stir fry- You need cut up tofu, soy sauce, olive oil, steamed veggies, and cooked rice
Get a frying pan and coat it with olive oil!. The put the tofu in the pan and brown each side of it!. Next, add the veggies!. Add a little soy sauce and put in the rice!. Mix everything up and then let it sit on the stove, occasionally stirring it to make sure it doesn't burn!. After about a minute and a half of that put it in a bowl and enjoy!
Hummus- chick peas, lemon juice, paprika, cumin, black pepper, and any other spices/seasonings you like
Puree the chick peas!. Then add a little lemon juice, paprika, pepper, and other spices!. Then stir!. Serve with a pita, with cucumbers, or on a veggie wrap!.
Favorite Classic Pancakes
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp!. sugar
2 Tbsp!. baking powder
1/8 tsp!. salt
1 cup soy milk
2 Tbsp!. vegetable oil
Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl and mix thoroughly!. Mix in the soy milk and oil, and with a fork or wire whisk, combine just until the batter is smooth!.
Pour cup batter onto a hot, oiled griddle!. When bubbles form in the center of the pancake, flip!. Cook for another 2 minutes!. Remove from pan and keep warm while you make remaining pancakes!. Serve warm with maple syrup or fruit syrup!.
Here are some snack and dinner suggestions:
Snacks:
Celery with peanut butter
Apples with peanut butter
Pita with hummus
Raisins
Amy's Apple Toaster Pops
All natural popsicles
Natural Valley bars
Clif Bar
Fruit Leather
Silk Chocolate Soy Milk
Naked Juice
Apple chips
Dinners:
Tofu Stir Fry
Amy's Pizzas
Amy's entrees
Sandwiches made with Yves meatless deli slices
Tofu Scramble
Gardenburgers
Natural Oven's bagels
Dr!. McDougall's Soups and Noodle Soups
Soy Cheese Quesedillas
Veggie Wraps
Lentils with Wild Rice and Veggies
Whole foods is a great store for vegetarians/vegans, so I recommend grocery shopping there!. You also can get a lot of the things I listed above there!.
No Yeast Pizza Dough
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
1 cups of unbleached flour
1/2 cups of soy milk
1/4 cup of olive oil
1 tblsp baking powder
Directions:
Mix the baking powder with the flour!. Slowly add the soy milk and oil until you feel the consistency is right!. Knead for about 10 minutes!. Let rest for 5 minutes and then use a roller to flatten it up!.!. Place in oven at 350F for 20 minutes, or until bottom part is light brown!.!.!.Dont forget to oil the pizza pan, before placing dough!.
Once cooked you can place some cooked or raw vegetables on it, sprinkle some tofu marinated in tomatoe sauce and then stick it back into the oven for 10 more minutes!.!.
Simple yet Amazing Banana Muffins
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
4 large bananas
1/3 cup soy milk (or whatever kind)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup vegan margarine
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon (5 ml) baking soda
cinnamon
Directions:
Blend bananas!. Add milk and vanilla!.
Mix margarine and sugar and add to previous!.
Combine wet ingredients with flour and baking soda!.
Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup chocolate chips or nuts (optional)!.
Fill about half full 10-15 muffins or 24 mini muffins!.
Bake at 350F (180C) for about 10-12 minutes, or for 45-60 minutes if making a loaf!.
Serves: 10-15 muffins
Vegan Bagels
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
1 cup warm water
3 cups unbleached white flour
1 1/2 tblsp!. vegan sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon yeast
Directions:
Place all ingredients in bread machine and set for normal white vegan bread!. Let the machine knead once and then turn off the machine and set a timer for 20 minutes!. When time is up remove dough and cut into eight equal peices!. Roll each piece into a rope about 1 inch thick, wet ends and stick together!. Put all bagels on a greased cookie sheet, cover and let rest for 15 minutes in a warm place!. Fill a wok (or whatever you use) with about three inches of water!. Place two tblsp of vegan sugar in this water and bring to a boil!. After the bagels rise for the fifteen minutes add them to the boiling water for 1 minute turning them as they boil!. Drain and place on the greased cookie sheet again ( sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds if you like)!. Bake at 550 for 15 minutes or until desired browning occures!.
Serves: 8
Easy Macaroni and Cheeze
1 pound pasta (regular or gluten-free)
Blend together:
1 1/4 cups water
1 cup plain, fat-free soymilk (may use other non-dairy milk)
3/4 cup nutritional yeast
3 tablespoons cornstarch or potato starch
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt (or more to taWww@FoodAQ@Com
http://silksoymilk!.com -chocolate and chai flavors are good
http://amys!.com
http://organicfoodbar!.com
http://gardenburger!.com
http://yvesveggie!.com
http://sunshineburger!.com
http://nakedjuice!.com/
http://naturespath!.com
http://clifbar!.com
http://odwalla!.com
Here are some good recipes:
Stir fry- You need cut up tofu, soy sauce, olive oil, steamed veggies, and cooked rice
Get a frying pan and coat it with olive oil!. The put the tofu in the pan and brown each side of it!. Next, add the veggies!. Add a little soy sauce and put in the rice!. Mix everything up and then let it sit on the stove, occasionally stirring it to make sure it doesn't burn!. After about a minute and a half of that put it in a bowl and enjoy!
Hummus- chick peas, lemon juice, paprika, cumin, black pepper, and any other spices/seasonings you like
Puree the chick peas!. Then add a little lemon juice, paprika, pepper, and other spices!. Then stir!. Serve with a pita, with cucumbers, or on a veggie wrap!.
Favorite Classic Pancakes
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp!. sugar
2 Tbsp!. baking powder
1/8 tsp!. salt
1 cup soy milk
2 Tbsp!. vegetable oil
Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl and mix thoroughly!. Mix in the soy milk and oil, and with a fork or wire whisk, combine just until the batter is smooth!.
Pour cup batter onto a hot, oiled griddle!. When bubbles form in the center of the pancake, flip!. Cook for another 2 minutes!. Remove from pan and keep warm while you make remaining pancakes!. Serve warm with maple syrup or fruit syrup!.
Here are some snack and dinner suggestions:
Snacks:
Celery with peanut butter
Apples with peanut butter
Pita with hummus
Raisins
Amy's Apple Toaster Pops
All natural popsicles
Natural Valley bars
Clif Bar
Fruit Leather
Silk Chocolate Soy Milk
Naked Juice
Apple chips
Dinners:
Tofu Stir Fry
Amy's Pizzas
Amy's entrees
Sandwiches made with Yves meatless deli slices
Tofu Scramble
Gardenburgers
Natural Oven's bagels
Dr!. McDougall's Soups and Noodle Soups
Soy Cheese Quesedillas
Veggie Wraps
Lentils with Wild Rice and Veggies
Whole foods is a great store for vegetarians/vegans, so I recommend grocery shopping there!. You also can get a lot of the things I listed above there!.
No Yeast Pizza Dough
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
1 cups of unbleached flour
1/2 cups of soy milk
1/4 cup of olive oil
1 tblsp baking powder
Directions:
Mix the baking powder with the flour!. Slowly add the soy milk and oil until you feel the consistency is right!. Knead for about 10 minutes!. Let rest for 5 minutes and then use a roller to flatten it up!.!. Place in oven at 350F for 20 minutes, or until bottom part is light brown!.!.!.Dont forget to oil the pizza pan, before placing dough!.
Once cooked you can place some cooked or raw vegetables on it, sprinkle some tofu marinated in tomatoe sauce and then stick it back into the oven for 10 more minutes!.!.
Simple yet Amazing Banana Muffins
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
4 large bananas
1/3 cup soy milk (or whatever kind)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup vegan margarine
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon (5 ml) baking soda
cinnamon
Directions:
Blend bananas!. Add milk and vanilla!.
Mix margarine and sugar and add to previous!.
Combine wet ingredients with flour and baking soda!.
Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup chocolate chips or nuts (optional)!.
Fill about half full 10-15 muffins or 24 mini muffins!.
Bake at 350F (180C) for about 10-12 minutes, or for 45-60 minutes if making a loaf!.
Serves: 10-15 muffins
Vegan Bagels
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
1 cup warm water
3 cups unbleached white flour
1 1/2 tblsp!. vegan sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon yeast
Directions:
Place all ingredients in bread machine and set for normal white vegan bread!. Let the machine knead once and then turn off the machine and set a timer for 20 minutes!. When time is up remove dough and cut into eight equal peices!. Roll each piece into a rope about 1 inch thick, wet ends and stick together!. Put all bagels on a greased cookie sheet, cover and let rest for 15 minutes in a warm place!. Fill a wok (or whatever you use) with about three inches of water!. Place two tblsp of vegan sugar in this water and bring to a boil!. After the bagels rise for the fifteen minutes add them to the boiling water for 1 minute turning them as they boil!. Drain and place on the greased cookie sheet again ( sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds if you like)!. Bake at 550 for 15 minutes or until desired browning occures!.
Serves: 8
Easy Macaroni and Cheeze
1 pound pasta (regular or gluten-free)
Blend together:
1 1/4 cups water
1 cup plain, fat-free soymilk (may use other non-dairy milk)
3/4 cup nutritional yeast
3 tablespoons cornstarch or potato starch
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt (or more to taWww@FoodAQ@Com
Well im a vegetarian!. Ive been a vegetarian since i was 9 and m 1 now!. i usually eat veggie burgers and there's actually like a lot of vegetarian meals that you can buy from stores!. There's like veggie bacon's and there's lot of vegetarian meals that are froze at like a safeway!. But i don't know what kind of food store is around you!. So I hope this helped you!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
You do not really need soy to be healthy, I think soy should only be eaten in moderation!.
Any beans, legumes, nuts or any sort of seed really!.
Here is a really good vegetarian food pyramid for you- http://www!.vegsource!.com/nutrition/pyram!.!.!.
Fake meat is not needed at all to be healthy!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Any beans, legumes, nuts or any sort of seed really!.
Here is a really good vegetarian food pyramid for you- http://www!.vegsource!.com/nutrition/pyram!.!.!.
Fake meat is not needed at all to be healthy!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
for a new vegetarian the best thing is to treat himself as a vegetarian and stop thinking about non- veg thingsWww@FoodAQ@Com