Vegetarian Newbie

[Guest guest]

Hello, everyone! My New Year’s Resolution was to go [ovo-lacto] Vegetarian in

the interest of simply eating healthier. It’s currently the 9th of January and

I’ve not eaten any meat at all. I’m so pleased with myself. Problem is at my

house there isn’t much to work with to make a meat-free meal; my family thinks

I’ve fallen off my rocker for wanting to go vegetarian to begin with, so I don’t

have much support over here and the groceries that come in aren’t always easy to

make vegetarian meals with. I’ve been subsisting on meat-less spaghetti,

macaroni and cheese, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, they aren’t bad,

but aren’t exactly healthy. So, I’m looking for some good vegetarian recipes

that I can make (probably just for myself) and maybe for my family once in a

while. I look forward to participating in this group. Cheers.

--icarus_imbued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Go to the groups main page, check on files and check on recipes and find all

sorts of great vegetarian meals.

 

Marilyn Daub

mcdaub

Vanceburg, KY

My Cats Knead Me!!

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Dustin Beard

Tuesday, January 09, 2007 8:34 PM

Vegetarian Newbie

 

 

Hello, everyone! My New Year's Resolution was to go [ovo-lacto]

Vegetarian in the interest of simply eating healthier. It's currently the

9th of January and I've not eaten any meat at all. I'm so pleased with

myself. Problem is at my house there isn't much to work with to make a

meat-free meal; my family thinks I've fallen off my rocker for wanting to go

vegetarian to begin with, so I don't have much support over here and the

groceries that come in aren't always easy to make vegetarian meals with.

I've been subsisting on meat-less spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, and peanut

butter and jelly sandwiches, they aren't bad, but aren't exactly healthy.

So, I'm looking for some good vegetarian recipes that I can make (probably

just for myself) and maybe for my family once in a while. I look forward to

participating in this group. Cheers.

--icarus_imbued

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

The primary reason people have failure of a vegetarian diet due to

health reasons ( " I wasn't getting enough protein " , " I got anemic from

insufficient iron " , etc) is because they don't eat a diverse enough

diet. Therefore, your best bet is to make sure you get protein and

vitamins from varying sources. Good protein sources are tofu, any

kind of bean, seitan (this is my favorite), eggs, and dairy. Also,

get as many different kinds of vegetables as you can...the more

colors the better (good rule of thumb for varying kinds of vitamin

sources).

 

Seitan is basically wheat gluten and water. If you're allergic to

wheat stay away from this one (you're probably not given the

spaghetti and mac & cheese statements below). Also, this is the

closest in consistency to meat. Here's a great page with a

description of commercial seitan offerings as well as a recipe to

make it at home: http://www.vrg.org/recipes/vjseitan.htm

 

Best,

Dave

 

, Dustin Beard

<icarus_imbued wrote:

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> Hello, everyone! My New Year's Resolution was to go [ovo-lacto]

Vegetarian in the interest of simply eating healthier. It's currently

the 9th of January and I've not eaten any meat at all. I'm so pleased

with myself. Problem is at my house there isn't much to work with

to make a meat-free meal; my family thinks I've fallen off my rocker

for wanting to go vegetarian to begin with, so I don't have much

support over here and the groceries that come in aren't always easy

to make vegetarian meals with. I've been subsisting on meat-less

spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, and peanut butter and jelly

sandwiches, they aren't bad, but aren't exactly healthy. So, I'm

looking for some good vegetarian recipes that I can make (probably

just for myself) and maybe for my family once in a while. I look

forward to participating in this group. Cheers.

> --icarus_imbued

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[Guest guest]

On Wednesday 10 January 2007 7:15 am, davetbo wrote:

> The primary reason people have failure of a vegetarian diet due to

> health reasons ( " I wasn't getting enough protein " , " I got anemic from

> insufficient iron " , etc) is because they don't eat a diverse enough

> diet.

 

 

Great points, David. I've also heard former/lapsed vegetarians make the claim

that they weren't getting enough protein, but what they were really craving

were carbohydrates.

[Guest guest]

Not enough iron? *giggle* eat more dark green veggies... their loaded with

iron more then meats me thinks. As for protines i am a little concerned

about not getting enough but then we only need a small amount of it every

day i think. 9 grams is it for a daily serving or is it two 9 gram servings?

 

 

I find i dont really crave meats now that i drink more soy milk and eat

tofu. Even fish (im a pescatarian) and seafoods i maby only want once or

twice a week and im happy.

 

Ive totaly been turned off of chicken and poultry after the show i watched

last week. It was on discover health (how its made i think...) and they were

showing how they seperate the empty egg shells and the baby chicks.... i was

appauld, they took more care for the eggs then the chicks...

 

Chantelle

 

 

On 1/10/07, ben miller <wheelscribe wrote:

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> On Wednesday 10 January 2007 7:15 am, davetbo wrote:

> > The primary reason people have failure of a vegetarian diet due to

> > health reasons ( " I wasn't getting enough protein " , " I got anemic from

> > insufficient iron " , etc) is because they don't eat a diverse enough

> > diet.

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> Great points, David. I've also heard former/lapsed vegetarians make the

> claim

> that they weren't getting enough protein, but what they were really

> craving

> were carbohydrates.

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