Officially starting up my Vegetarian lifestyle?

Question

yesterday if you may have read my question,about my parents being against it.Well,I told them im not eating the meat and starting today I would start up this lifestyle.and I told them this at dinner,when I denied eating the chicken they made so now I haven't had food and im 100% sure we have nothing vegetarian around at the moment.so is there anything simple I can make? nothing big and fancy some simple kinda food.

and also,if you have any reccomendations for things I can pick up that would be cool.and maybe some good recipies that are your favorite and that maybe i'd like to try.im open to anything :)

Answer 1

I'm excited for you.  Meat substitutes are now easy to find.  Try everything by Morningstar Farms in the freezer case at the market.  The ground beef-ish crumbles are great for tacos.  Also, don't forget to eat plenty of beans and nuts for protein.  Be careful of the meat substitutes or soups that pack a lot of sodium.

Answer 2

Well, you know you cannot have products w/ gelatin in them.. Jello, Starburst, Twizzlers...  a lot of gummy candies.  Also you may want to make a pretty easy stir-fry or something with like pasta & various vegetables you might have lying around. You might just want to eat the side dishes that your parents prepare (if they are meat-free, obv.)  Remember to watch your protein intake.. beans, nuts, legumes.. & also vitamin B12 is found mainly through animal sources, so you might want to look into getting a vitamin supplement.  =) Good luck!

Answer 3

First of all, Congrats on sticking with your desire to become a vegetarian despite what your parents think! I know how you feel, when I became a vegetarian 3 years ago my dad was not happy (My mom actually became a vegetarian with me!). Anyway my dad is a big carnivore and kept trying to persuade me to go back to meat in my first weeks as vegetarian, but I refused. But he got over it! He eventually stopped badgering me about what I eat and a couple weeks ago my mom said he was going to start being a vegetarian 1 day a week! So even though it may have taken awhile, I'm really excited about his decision! So your parents are probably going to bother about it for awhile, but they will stop!!

There is tons of vegetarian meals you can have from simple ingredients. You could add frozen veggies, beans and/or nuts to rice to get a healthful meal. You could have pasta or spagetti. You could have bean soups or meat subsitutes. There are all kinds of possibilities! Just sample different things until you find some you like and until you find a variety of healthful veg foods you enjoy you could live on PB&J and other vegetarian snacks so you don't go hungry =)

Basically being a vegetarian means not eating animal products. If your just a vegetarian you cannot eat meat of any sort (or anything with gelatin,this is a meat product), but can still eat milk and eggs. If your a vegan, however, you can't eat any meat, dairy or egg products, gelatin and alot of vegans give up honey as well.

Hope I helped!

Answer 4

If you are a vegetarian and not a vegan don't eat meat-of course. Gelatin also contains cow so be really careful about that. It's in things like skittles,gummy bears, and marshmallows. Just take a quick peak at the ingredients and check for gelatin. Good luck and congratulations!

Answer 5

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books:

1. 15-minute vegetarian : 200 quick, easy, and delicious recipes the whole family will love / Susann Geiskopf-Hadler and Mindy Toomay.



  

2.    

Amber waves of grain : traditional American whole foods cooking & contemporary vegetarian, vegan & macrobiotic cuisine / Alex and Gale Jack ; foreword by Michio and Aveline Kushi ; illustrations by Rod House.



  

3.    

American wholefoods cuisine : 1300 meatless wholesome recipes from short order to gourmet / Nikki & David Goldbeck ; preface by Barbara Haber.



  

4.    

A beautiful bowl of soup : the best vegetarian recipes / by Paulette Mitchell ; photographs by William Meppem.



  

5.    

The best of Lord Krishna's cuisine : favorite recipes from The art of Indian vegetarian cooking / Yamuna Devi.



  

6.    

The best vegetarian recipes : from greens to grains, from soups to salads : 200 bold-flavored recipes / Martha Rose Shullman.



  

7.    

Betty Crocker easy everyday vegetarian : meatless main dishes you'll love!



  

8.    

The big book of vegetarian : more than 225 recipes for breakfasts, appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, main dishes, sides, breads, and desserts / by Kathy Farrell-Kingsley.



  

9.    

Cafe Flora cookbook / Catherine Geier with Carol Brown.



  

10.    

Carb-conscious vegetarian : 150 delicious recipes for a healthy lifestyle / Robin Robertson.



  

11.    

Classic vegetarian cooking from the Middle East & North Africa / Habeeb Salloum.



  

12.    

Compassionate cuisine : gourmet vegetarian recipes & the philosophy and culture of caring / Vrnda Devi.



  

13.    

The complete book of vegetarian grilling : over 150 easy and tasty recipes you can grill indoors and out / Susann Geiskopf-Hadler.  



  

14.    

The complete idiot's guide to being vegetarian / by Frankie Avalon Wolfe.  



  

15.    

Complete vegetarian cookbook / Charmaine Solomon.



  

16.    

The complete vegetarian handbook : recipes & techniques for preparing delicious, healthful cuisine / by Kathy Farrell-Kingsley ; illustrations by David Pollard.



  

17.    

The contented vegetarian / Matthew Drennan and Annie Nichols.



  

18.    

Cook 1.0 : a fresh approach to the vegetarian kitchen : breakfast, lunch + dinner / Heidi Swanson ; foreword by Art Smith. (



  

19.    

Cooking the Cuban way : culturally authentic foods, including low-fat and vegetarian recipes / by Alison Behnke and Victor Manuel Valens.



  

20.    

Cooking the Vietnamese way : to include new low-fat and vegetarian recipes / Chi Nguyen and Judy Monroe.



  

21.    

The enlightened kitchen : fresh vegetable dishes from the temples of Japan / Mari Fujii ; photographs by Tae Hamamura ; translation by Richard Jeffery.



  

22.    

Entertaining for a veggie planet : 250 down-to-earth recipes / Didi Emmons.



  

23.    

Ethical markets : growing the green economy / Hazel Henderson with Simran Sethi ; foreword by Hunter Lovins.



  

24.    

The ethnic vegetarian : traditional and modern recipes from Africa, America, and the Caribbean / Angela Shelf Medearis, author of Ideas for Entertaining from the African-American Kitchen.



  

25.    

Everyday Greens : home cooking from Greens, the celebrated vegetarian restaurant / by Annie Somerville.



  

26.    

The flexitarian table : inspired, flexible meals for vegetarians, meat lovers, and everyone in between / Peter Berley, with Zoe Singer ; photographs by Quentin Bacon.



  

27.    

Fresh food fast : delicious, seasonal vegetarian meals in under an hour / Peter Berley and Melissa Clark.



  

28.    

The gluten-free vegetarian kitchen : delicious and nutritious wheat-free, gluten-free dishes / Donna Klein.



  

29.    

The healthy hedonist holidays : a year of multicultural, vegetarian-friendly holiday feasts / Myra Kornfeld ; illustrated by Sheila Hamanaka.  



  

30.    

Hope's edge : the next diet for a small planet / Frances Moore Lappe and Anna Lappe.



  

31.    

How to cook everything vegetarian : simple meatless recipes for great food / Mark Bittman ; illustrations by Alan Witschonke.



  

32.    

How to cook everything. Vegetarian cooking / Mark Bittman ; illustrations by Alan Witschonke.



  

33.    

India's vegetarian cookery / Monisha Bharadwaj ; photography of India by Jenner Zimmermann ; food photography by Will Heap.



  

34.    

Living among meat eaters : the vegetarian's survival handbook / Carol J. Adams.



  

35.    

Living in the raw gourmet / Rose Lee Calabro.

  

36.    

Low-carb vegetarian / Margo DeMello.



  

37.    

Low-carb vegetarian cooking : 150 entrees to make low-carb vegetarian cooking easy and fun / Sue Spitler with Linda R. Yoakam.

  

38.    

Mediterranean harvest : vegetarian recipes from the world's healthiest cuisine / Martha Rose Shulman.



  

39.    

Mediterranean vegetarian cooking / Paola Gavin.



  

40.    

New vegetarian cooking : 120 fast, fresh, and fabulous recipes / Rose Elliot.

  

41.    

One-dish vegetarian meals : 150 easy, wholesome, and delicious soups, stews, casseroles, stir-fries, pastas, rice dishes, chilis, and more / Robin Robertson.



  

42.    

Passionate vegetarian / by Crescent Dragonwagon ; illustrated by Robbin Gourley.

  

43.    

The PDQ (pretty darn quick) vegetarian cookbook : 240 healthy and easy no-prep recipes for busy cooks / Donna Klein.

  

44.    

Quick-fix vegetarian / Robin Robertson.

  

45.    

The Real Food Daily cookbook : really fresh, really good, really vegetarian / Ann Gentry with Anthony Head.

  

46.    

Regina's international vegetarian favorites / Regina Campbell.



  

47.    

Silk road cooking : a vegetarian journey / Najmieh Batmanglij.



  

48.    

Twelve months of monastery salads : 200 divine recipes for all seasons / Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette.

49.    

Vegetable soups from Deborah Madison's kitchen / Deborah Madison.



  

50.    

Vegetarian / recipes, Dana Jacobi ; general editor, Chuck Williams ; photography, Bill Bettencourt.



  

51.    

The vegetarian bible / Sarah Brown.



  

52.    

Vegetarian cooking for beginners / Fiona Watt ; illustrated by Kim Lane ; photography by Howard Allman ; recipes by Catherine Atkinson.



  

53.    

Vegetarian cooking for dummies / by Suzanne Havala.

  

54.    

Vegetarian cooking for everyone / Deborah Madison ; [photographs by Laurie Smith ; illustrations by Catherine Kirkwood].



  

55.    

The vegetarian family cookbook / written and illustrated by Nava Atlas.

  

56.    

The vegetarian meat and potatoes cookbook / Robin Robertson.

  

57.    

Vegetarian recipes from around the world / by Sue Townsend and Caroline Young.



  

58.    

Vegetarian sandwiches : fresh fillings for slices, pockets, wraps, and rolls / by Paulette Mitchell ; photographs by Ondine Vierra.



  

59.    

Vegetarian suppers from Deborah Madison's kitchen / Deborah Madison.

  

60.    

Vegetarianism and teens : a hot issue / Kathleen Winkler.

  

61.    

The wild vegetarian cookbook : a forager's culinary guide (in the field or in the supermarket) to preparing and savoring wild (and not so wild) natural foods, with more than 500 recipes / "Wildman" Steve Brill ; foreword by Arthur Schwartz.



  

62.    

A year in a vegetarian kitchen : easy seasonal suppers for family and friends / Jack Bishop ; photographs by Richard Jung



  

63.    

Yoga kitchen : recipes from the Shoshoni Yoga Retreat / Faith Stone and Rachael Guidry..  



  

64.    

You don't need meat / Peter Cox.



Do lots of research in order to be a healthy vegetarian and go to those links and get some books as well as meet vegetarian people so they can help you first hand and Congratulations on a more ethical way of life!

Answer 6

morningstar and bocca are good

if you're vegan make sure they are vegan

edamame is amazing

corn chowder:

onion

peas

corn(obviously)

soy milk (or reg)

(AMAZING)

fake meats are good, but some are against them

tofu anything is heaven on a plate!

hummus is a must have at all times

cut up veggies, and fruits

Answer 7

I'm sorry to hear about your argument with the parents :)

You see, what i did to get around this is go to being vegetarian gradually... that way both they and my body got used to it.

Since you're a vegetarian, not a vegan (even if you go vegan later it's better to start this way) make sure to have eggs (for ommletes or boiled) and lots of milk and cheese around. they make for easy energy and sustainance.

As for the rest of your food, Try to have a little of everything - some cereal, some beans (lentils are GREAT for us) lots of greens.... potatoes are always easy to fry, also you can use cheeses and tomatoes/cucumbers/peppers in sandwiches. This would be the crash-course in being vegetarian :P

The next step after you secure imediate nourishment is to look up vegetarian recipes and make sure you have basic ingredients handy, and start learning to cook a little :) it doesn't take a lot of skill to make yourself a decent plate.

Good luck and feel free to drop any other questions this way!

Answer 8

Great you decide to be a vegetarian.

First, you need to collect some simple recipes, if you need ideas, come to my blog : http://crystalbyblog.blogspot.com/

Now, nothing vegetarian at home? No vegetables, no fruit, no milk, no egg, no bread, no potatoes?  If you have any of the above, you can whip up something:

1. Mashed potatoes with milk and salt.

2. Fruit & milk shake

3. Veg & milk shake (celery milk shake, carrot milk shake)

4. Cream of mushroom soup?

5. cereal

6. cookies

7. sandwiches with lettuce, tomatoes, egg

8. Fried egg

9. scrumbled egg

10. Hard boil egg

11. Chinese egg drop soup

12. 1 can of Cream of mushroom + pasta

13. Omelete (with mushroom, or onion)

Hope you can find something to eat.

Answer 9

you cant have mcdonalds fries. believe it or not. its got beef in it. wtf? its fries.