New vegetarian

March 27, 2002

In a message dated 3/27/02 7:22:29 AM Pacific Standard Time,

tdahope writes:

<< My question is, can I " do this " without tofu and soy

products? I have never been able to stomach these items. >>

I have a friend who has been a vegetarian for 20 years and she still can't

stand tofu and eats very little soy anything. I'm not sure what she eats,

but, yes, it is possible to be a vegetarian without them. I don't eat that

much tofu, but I do eat rice, other grains, and beans.

Do you have an allergy to soy products or just don't like the way they

taste? For instance, you can use texturized vegetable protein crumbles in

spaghetti sauce or Sloppy Joes, and it virtually has no soy taste. This

weekend I just fed a group of meat eaters a soup I made laced with texturized

vegetable protein chunks, and they said it tasted just like meat and wanted

seconds and thirds. No yucky soy flavor there! lol!

Gloria

March 28, 2002

" My question is, can I " do this " without tofu and soy

products? I have never been able to stomach these items. I have done

really well with this way of eating so far and look forward to enjoying it

for a long time! "

Hi DanaAlexa

without soya and tofu? Of course you can - I hate tofu - nasty tasteless

stuff that needs a lot of flavour and then the texture doesn't appeal. Soya

- I'm not happy that most of it's not GM.

So there's MY reasons.

So what do I eat?

Beans and pulses - lentils make a great loaf, red kidney beans end up in all

sorts of things with me.

Rice of different sorts is a good filler - good in stuffings.

There's quorn (subject of many recent discussions if you look back on this

list).

You can put many vegetables into burgers.

I'm ovo lacto so I eat eggs and cheese

Mushrooms (my favourite) - being protein in structure make a great meaty

substitute for stews and burgers...

If you're not using a recognised first class protein (all essential amino

acids) just make sure you have a good mix of foods in a meal

Happy researching (and testing !)

Vicky

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March 29, 2002

Excluding tofu and soy won't be a problem as long as

you at least get plenty of nuts, beans, or other

natural protein sources. You need protein for cellular

reproduction, so you really shouldn't go without SOME

kind of protein. I eat low fat dairy too, so it

depends on how much you get....but you won't die

without tofu!

Gina

--- " Hards, Victoria L " <vlh wrote:

>

> " My question is, can I " do this " without tofu and

> soy

> products? I have never been able to stomach these

> items. I have done

> really well with this way of eating so far and look

> forward to enjoying it

> for a long time! "

>

> Hi DanaAlexa

>

> without soya and tofu? Of course you can - I hate

> tofu - nasty tasteless

> stuff that needs a lot of flavour and then the

> texture doesn't appeal. Soya

> - I'm not happy that most of it's not GM.

> So there's MY reasons.

>

> So what do I eat?

> Beans and pulses - lentils make a great loaf, red

> kidney beans end up in all

> sorts of things with me.

> Rice of different sorts is a good filler - good in

> stuffings.

> There's quorn (subject of many recent discussions if

> you look back on this

> list).

> You can put many vegetables into burgers.

> I'm ovo lacto so I eat eggs and cheese

> Mushrooms (my favourite) - being protein in

> structure make a great meaty

> substitute for stews and burgers...

> If you're not using a recognised first class protein

> (all essential amino

> acids) just make sure you have a good mix of foods

> in a meal

>

> Happy researching (and testing !)

>

> Vicky

>

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January 27, 2008

Welcome Kellie

Kellie <illegallyblonde67 wrote: Hi everyone! I am a 40 year

old wife and mom of three who has now been

meat free for a month. Ive played with the idea of becoming a

vegetarian since I was a teen but found it difficult as I am from Iowa

and was raised in a farming community. Eating meat was expected and not

much thought put into it, so we ate what we were fed and never

questioned it. The decision to become a vegetarian has been one of the

best decisions I have ever made as I feel better than I ever have. I

have a huge love of all animals and often times felt like a hypocrite

for eating meat,but being involved in animal rights. I now feel better

mentally and physically and being a vegetarian just comes naturally to

me now. Im excited to become a member of this group and find new

recipes, as my first experience with tofu was not a good one..lol.

Kellie

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January 27, 2008

Congratulations on following your heart and not your neighbors. Having lived in

Iowa for a while, I know how a lot of your neighbors would not like to hear

about it. Just tell them you are supporting the soy farmers for a while!

I hope your health improved and your energy level goes up as mine did when I

quit eating meat. It was the best decision I ever made. My husband and our

friends are not vegetarian, so people ask how I can sit there and watch them eat

a big thinck juicy steak and not want one too. Or they tell me with pity in

their voices that there isn't much on the menue I can eat. I tell them I can

eat anything I choose and I choose to eat vegetarian. I can eat whatever I want

and I want to eat vegetarian.

Good luck and keep your resolve up. Don't let them get you down.

Katie

Kellie <illegallyblonde67 wrote:

Hi everyone! I am a 40 year old wife and mom of three who has now been