Please help, I'm starving! (Vegetarian. . .)?!
I have recently became a vegetarian (a little over a week ago) and my mom is having issues shopping for one. Most of the stuff in my house in meat or junk food. I get to eat the side servings (which isn't very much, as the main course is meat) and then I find other things to munch on (mostly junk food). So I am getting very little nutritional value out of what I do eat, and I'm hungry most of the time because I'm eating very little. How do I remind my mom to shop with my interests, too, without sounding annoying? I don't want to sound like a brat but I am getting hunger pains and I don't want to get sick from not getting enough of what ever I need (protein, iron. . .) because they can't shop healthy. I have made her several lists on what she can get for me, but they all end up lost or never used. Please help! (If you tell me to not be a vegetarian, I will ignore your answer.)
Answers:
protein, iron rich foods:
lentils
pinto beans,
\chickpeas
fava beans
lima beans
butter beans
pigeon pea
black beans
black eye peas
walnuts
peanuts
peanut butter
almonds/almond butter
cashews
brazil nuts
pecans
pistachios
coconut
avocao
TOFU, soybeans, soymilk
yoghurt cheese
eggs
They can't shop healthy? Tell them it's illegal to not give you good fresh quality food.
Get canned beans, fava b eans, pinto beans, kidney beans and make 3 bean salad,
eat with wholewheat pita or burritos, sweetcorn , green peas and hummous.
Go with your parents, they sound stupid, sorry but it's true. You'll need to do your own shopping or go with the people buying the food. and stock up, it is not acceptabel to be hungry just because someone loses your shopping list or you can't go with them.
Buy granola, oatmeal, nuts of all kinds, dried fruit, legumes of all kinds, tofu, soymilk and cheese, eggs, etc.
I agree with the previous posts (not the name calling tho) You need to go to the store with your mom and if shes doing the shopping add in a few of your ideas. Shes probally shopping for the family that is addicted to meat and processed food. Show her some recipes that has no meat but still tastes just as good without ... homemade vegetable soup (yum) mac n cheese (yum) You can get ur beans dried rehydrate then zip em up for snack foods ( wasbi peas or chick peas memphis style)
Well go with your mother to the market to buy your food and be sure you buy food with the nutrients you need. Like for example, broccoli has calcium. And buy a bunch of food fit for a vegan like veggie burgers or you can toss up a salad. You could probably find a bunch of vegan products in like a frozen food section.
They may not be vegetarians but their diet is healthier than yours. Eating the side dishes will never make it. Maybe you can buy some extras like tofu yourself. Either that or postpone vegetarianism until you are on your own. Living at home doesn't last forever.
Really explain to her what it means to you! I am going through the exact same thing as you! My Mom recently opened up and got me some minestrones soups, falafel, and cans of vegetarian chili. :) Good luck!
beans, beans, beans, beans, beans.
nuts, peanut butter, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, oatmeal. veggies (raw & cooked), fruit (apples mangoes & bananas are so filling), cereal w/ almond milk/rice milk.
do you know what i eat when i'm starving and i don't have time to cook? i open a can of refried beans and throw it in a tortilla w/ salsa and either make a bean burrito or bean tacos! or...i add a lil water to the beans to make slightly runny and i dip tortilla chips in it until i'm full!
this is also really bad but you can buy top ramen and not use the seasoning packet, you can season w/ butter (earth balance) and garlic salt, soy sauce or jane's crazy mixed up salt. this is not something i eat often but it's something i eat when i'm starving and i have no time to cook.
Go shopping with her, or go to the store on your own. She's not used to shopping for a vegetarian, and it will make it easier on everyone if you take responsibility for the changes. Stock up on cans of beans and chickpeas, rice, whole wheat breads and pastas, fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, oatmeal/cereal, lentils, etc.. You might even have some of these things in your house already. Basically, though, you should be the one to do your shopping so you're not putting out anyone else.