Guest guest Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Hi All!Ive noticed lately that our family is eating way too much soy {soy at every meal}.I would like to cut down some.Can anyone help with some soy free recipes{kid friendly of course} and maybe some meal ideas?Thanks so much,Gina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 The PCRM has a nice way of structuring meal planning. They formed the NEW Four Food Groups by dividing plant foods into 4 catagories: legumes, veggies, fruit and whole grains. The idea is to assemble lists all the members in each group, then mix-and-match different foods from each group for meals. It helps ensure balance and more variety, which is good. http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/food_groups.html What other legumes (other than soy) do you enjoy? Have you tried garbanzo beans, black beans, kidney beans, lentils (green and/or orange), pinto beans, split peas, Adzuki Beans, Black-eyed peas, Broad Beans (Fava Beans), Butter Beans, Calico Beans, Cannellini Beans, Great Northern Beans, Lima Beans, Mung Beans, Navy Beans, Green Flagolette?? I have at least one good recipe (that we like) for each legume we use at home: humous (Garbanzo beans), black bean soup, Chili (Kidney beans), Turkish lentil soup (with apricots and green lentils), orange lentil curry (called Dal), Pinto beans done " refried " style like a dip, split pea soup. We don't like Black eye'd peas, so I don't bother with them. :-) The big fat beans like Fava, butter, cannellini, Great Northern and Lima are all yummy just cooked up until soft with a little tomato sauce on them or something. Mung beans are great sprouted for stir fry. Navy beans are what I use for making large batches of Baked Beans with molasses and mustard. I don't much like the Green Flagolette but they're good for making bean milk in my soy milk making machine instead of soy beans. Does that help?? Deborah Hi All!Ive noticed lately that our family is eating way too much soy {soy at every meal}.I would like to cut down some.Can anyone help with some soy free recipes{kid friendly of course} and maybe some meal ideas?Thanks so much,Gina . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Hi Gina, If you have a look in the files (***Recipes Posted to VGF***), you'll find heaps of soy-free recipes. To make them easy to find they have (SF) beside the recipe name. Those that can very easily be made soy-free have (*SF). You can find soy-free recipes in almost all of the categories. Kim , " geegee_hart " <geegee_hart wrote: > > Hi All!Ive noticed lately that our family is eating way too much soy > {soy at every meal}.I would like to cut down some.Can anyone help with > some soy free recipes{kid friendly of course} and maybe some meal > ideas?Thanks so much,Gina > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Thanks so much Deb and Kim!That is indeed helpful.Im off to check the archives forSF. ______________________________\ ____ Sick sense of humor? Visit TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv./collections/222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Gina--I am trying at our house to get away from the traditional meal idea. It's so easy to fall into the soy at every meal trap, isn't it? I could easily do it too, if given the chance. But having two family members with thyroid issues, I try to steer clear of it as much as I can. Getting back to my initial thought--have you kind of gotten over what you were probably taught a " meal " is supposed to be? I mean the " meat, potatoes, veggie " mindset. As we transition to vegan, we can still get caught up in this, especially if we're reluctant to change! My 7yo son has almost completely cured me of this! He is a VERY, VERY picky eater. His idea of " dinner " could be three baby carrots and a plum, or two sugar snap peas and half a cantaloupe! Not very traditional, is it? But after giving it some thought--yeah, okay--it's nutritious, it's actually very healthy, it's enough to fill him up--okay, I'll go with that. Better than a kid who begs for candy, or whines about eating his veggies! I'm not saying to feed your family three baby carrots and a plum for dinner! LOL! But maybe a large salad of some sort (fruit based, veggie based, or a mixture), with some healthy croutons, nuts, and seeds to add in as they like, is one option. Or (our family favorite)-- " see-food " night! Basically, you SEE food, you EAT it! I take all the leftovers out of the fridge, cut up the last apple, or take out the last handful of cut up raw broccoli florets, or whatever, lay it all out on the counter, and let the kids just graze! It's healthy, economical, easy for me and them, stress free (no arguing over who doesn't like what!), and quick. What could be better? Just some thoughts. Marilyn ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Hi Marilyn,Thanks for the thoughts on conventional dinner.Im still trying to get supper out of the box LOL.Ill have to try see food night LOL:]I think sometimes my kiddos are more flexable than Iam about these things.Ill keep trying,Gina ______________________________\ ____ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Toolbar. http://tools.search./toolbar/features/mail/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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