Vegans and vegetarians help?!
Answers: i dont want to become a full vegan or vegetarrian but i would like to try it and just learn to eat healthier what are some foods that you guys eat and enjoy
i was vegan for about a year, and i really liked apricot tofu with brown rice. i know it sounds kind of gross but it is soo good!
tofu, it can be made into so many ways.
a lot of Asian cooking is vegetarian and very tasty...seafood and chicken is one way to taper off meat...then there is the soy products,; tofu, tempe, miso, and soy beans made into tvp...textured vegetable protein which can replace meat in chili and soup and casseroles...
veggie burgers, whole wheat pasta, all veggies cooked in so many ways (eggplant parm, steamed artichokes). rice and beans.
Stir fry with tofu and dessert tofu too
Stick to the strict regimen of Indian food. If you do not want spices (actually, spice adds *spice* to your taste experience), then tone it down.
Stay away from deep friend foods in Indian food. Use less salt, stay away from sugar.
There........!! You have vegetarian "diet". Note, it is really not a diet - close to 1Billion Indians all over the world eat this way all their life.......There is no big magic to it.
A significant high % of Indians are not obese, not starving for protein and they are - for all intents and purposes - are healthy.
Follow this pattern and you do not even know you are on a "vegetarian", so called diet.
Try veggie fahitas instead of chicken fahitas. Veggie stirfrys are great too, served over rice.
My personal trainer has help lots of clients get trimmer & healthier. 1 huge rule that I see really working. A fresh Big Salad at the beginning of Lunch & Dinner. Keep your salad dressing lowfat. I like Newman's Light dressings.
Make sure you Portions of meat, poultry are all in proper range. Most people over eat because they have gotten use to the huge amounts of food given in resturants, which are usually enough for 2 meals. 3-4 oz. is all you should have of a flesh protien, then the rest should be fresh veggies, then a small amount of carbs. Potato, Whole grain pasta, Brown Rice, 100% Whole Wheat Breads. Keep your daily fat intake at 30% or lower.
I do not eat any animal flesh but still follow these guidleines & have lost over 40 lbs. in a very short while.
Slainté(to your health)
homemade marinara with whole grain pasta, lots of veggies and fruits, boca / veggie burgers...mini pizzas on naan bread (limit cheese), black bean tacos
Try healthy not-overly oily tortilla chips and hummus for a snack, instead of potato chips.. Or pita bread with hummus works good too..
Leave meat out of dishes when possible.. For example.. Spaghetti is the greatest food ever invented.. it needs no meat! It can stand on it's own two feet..
Pizza with extra sauce and about half the regular amount of cheese is DELICIOUS!! One or two veggies are okay.. don't need meat!
Learn about indian Curries and Asian stir-frys.. They are pretty healthy (when done right) and easily made delicous without meat!
If you don't want to become a vegetarian... then eating fish instead of beef, pork, or deep-fried poultry is much healthier for you... when you do eat meat..
For breakfast, get frozen fruit (like peaches or berries) and put them in a sauce pan.. In a large cup, mix apple-juice concentrate (Not apple juice) and a couple T of cornstarch.. Add to the fruit and cook until thick. This makes a sweet, delicious, healthy "Fruit sauce" that is DELICIOUS over pancakes or waffles (especially when the pancakes or waffles have some PB on them) and takes the place of the overly-suggary syrup and high-fat butter!
Black-eye peas with jalapenos and diced tomato
Bean and Rice burritos
These are pretty much my staples that I alternate for lunch. I just add something for a side dish and I'm set.
u may go for salad with light dressing.to ur taste u can add grilld meat pieces or can have chinesse food with less spices.its up 2 ur taste but fresh and uncooked vegiees is best for health.
I love black bean burritos....use a soft flour tortilla and use all of your favorite fixings...just omit the meat and add the beans.
I also like veggie stir fry or veggie lo mein. They are both really easy to make if you purchase the frozen vegetables that say "Asian style" (or something similar) on the side.
Spinach lasagna is fantastic. Have a tossed salad before and some garlic bread on the side...yum!
There are many vegetarian soups that are hearty and filling, but do not contain meat.
Good luck to you!
~peace love & light~
I'm a bad girl because I like my analogues. I also like falafel, but you will want to cut back on fried foods (I only have it once a week).
I also adore both tofu and tempeh. You can crumble tempeh in a chili instead of meat or crumble it in pasta sauce. You can also marinate and grill it.
I enjoy a salad once or twice a week. But I get big salads at a local take-out place.
A local vegetarian restaurant has these excellent rice bowls with faux chicken.
As you can see, being veg doesn't automatically mean you're healthy. <blush>
If you're not ready to go fulltime veg*an, that's okay. By reducing your consumption of animal products, you're taking a positive step.
quorn - Mycoprotein fungus which contains high quality protein, purely vegetarian source of protein to meat.
visit quorns website - http://www.quorn.co.uk/CMSPage.aspx
visit the vegetarian societys website - http://www.vegsoc.org/cordonvert/recipes...
they have recipes, tips and other stuff
most veggies eat alot of nuts and seeds
good luck
ben.
simple:
google.com vegetarian/vegan.
thanks.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=veg...
you'll get more information this way than here......
I LOVE a big fat juicy Fillet Mignon.
Not to long ago i became partly that. I stoped eating hot dogs hamburgers and all that jazz although i thought i was doing good because i was losing weight and all.truth is eating less meat is good but don't completely stop or you may already know you can get sick and to skinny and you look very tiny and sick. So with that being said i think its great you want to eat less meat but don't stop because you NEED it.