Help with going vegetarian?!

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Fake meats, processed or not, are GOOD for you. They provide all the protein that your body will need to supplement. TVP is awesome, it's good for you and super easy to cook with. Canned vegan chili is delicious, and you can buy veggie-burgers made of portobella or other veggies instead of the fake meat if you prefer. Other quick, easy meals include casseroles, sandwhiches, soups, etc. Don't discount tofu! It's cheap and easy to cook with. If you think you don't like it, try making it a different way. Tofu takes on very different textures depending on if it's baked, fried, sauteed, etc. I prefer to cut tofu into chunks, marinate them in bbq sauce for a few minutes, and then bake them at 375 for 30 to 40 minutes. Or you can dip tofu slices into soy sauce and then into bread crumbs, bake at that same temp and time and you've got tofu-nuggets!

Anything you eat with meat, you can make vegetarian. Take some of your favourite meals and google them with the words "vegetarian" and "easy" and someone will be able to tell you how to make it.

14 years of vegetarianism.

cheese sandwich. they are good with pickles. borden, crystal farms and helluva are veg cheeses. many cheddar brands are.

progresso offers several soups. varieties vary depending on store and location. some are vegetarian vegetable with barley, lentil and tomato rotini.

soy based gardenburgers are very good.

some knorr rice packets are safe. red beans and rice. teriyaki. spanish.

but it's not the best idea to be a 'lazy' vegetarian. beans, rice, pasta and vegetables are inexpensive and easy to prepare. premade and processed foods are not the best choices.

they are convenient and good inbetween meals. but you shouldn't rely on them as your main source of noursihment.

My advice is to do what I do, and make enough vegan food a couple times a week to last a few days. I made vegan chili on Saturday, and finished it today. We made vegan stir fry, and it lasted 3 days. If you want to be healthy, I don't recommend ANYTHING processed.

Bean and vegetable soup is so easy to make and lasts for several days. Salad stuff to mix up fast. Bean and veggie burritos or wraps. Hummus rollups; take a big swiss chard leaf spread with hummus and vegies etc and rollup. Beans, grains and vegetables are easy.

You really don't need to spend too much time cooking for a vegan diet. Just eat fruits all day. Look up fruitanarian diet or fruitarian diet, and also 80/10/10 diet.

I eat fruits most of the day and at night I eat a light veggie dinner (cooked). I have posted recipes of my mom in this blog


http://radhasrecipes.blogspot.com/

I can tell you what I eat, so that you have an idea of what to eat. Also look up 'safe sun gazing', its something I started doing recently, helps a lot with vegan diet.

early morning.....Drink warm water with some orange juice (6am)
soak 3 almonds overnight ....peel the skin and have them before breakfast (8 am) [soaking the nuts helps absorb the protien easier, also eat 3 walnuts with almonds]
For breakfast , you can have fruits.....melons, apple, or grapes etc....just one type of fruit, don't mix (9 am)
mid-morning snack ....1 banana (10 am)
Lunch ....your choice.....(i normally have a big smoothie of fruits from Jamba Juice)
mid afternoon snack....1 banana
evening snack ...1 slice of whole wheat bread with peanut butter
night....dinner...you can make something from the link i gave you (1 cooked veggie item + 2 flat whole wheat indian bread (chappati) + lentils (look up moong dal recipe from the blog link) or yogurt (if you are super strict about vegan, you can skip yogurt, I have it once a week or so)

This is just what I eat. you have to experiment with your own body and start slowly. You don't really need to cook that much. Make sure you are getting 50% of calories from fruits. And don't listen to any doctor who says you need meat. That total BS, it will only make you sick if you eat meat. Good luck!