Simple vegan meal ideas? Help...?

Question

Hi guys. I'm trying to begin a vegan diet from a vegetarian one and I want to lose about 30lbs (I'm 5'3" and 167lbs). The only thing is I am a pretty horrible cook, not creative with food, and just don't really know how to get my daily values out of some apples and a salad...that and I get hungry and start snacking on non-vegan c**p!

So what I really need is a link to or some ideas of quick and simple vegan meals. I already make a good deal of smoothies, so anything other than that. :) Thanks so much in advance!

Answer 1

hi, my favorite quick and easy meal is warm wheat pita bread with sliced tomato and avocado stuffed inside.

thats it, thats All the ingredients I use. its sooo good :P!

Answer 2

If you don't mind, you can pop by my recipe blog with more than 500 recipes with photo, maybe you can get some ideas :)

http://crystalbyblog.blogspot.com/

Answer 3

First and most importantly, it's a lifestyle, not a diet. Maintaining a healthy diet and keeping active are the keys to losing weight. That being said however, you can lose weight on a vegan diet. A contributing factor to this is the amount of nutrients in vegetables and whole grains and other vegan foods. Your body needs nutrients. Hunger is a way of your body telling your brain it needs nutrients. When these needs are met the signals end. The full stomach bursting the jeans is more psychological than biological. Meaning we do it because emotionally, being stuffed, is satisfying. Believe me though, whether your body gets its nutrients from five grams of food or 100 it will turn off those signals. Vegan food is exceptional in this less is more capacity.

     Roasting vegetables in low heat for a long time brings out nutrients and flavor. Remember, seasoning here is as important as it is with meats. salt brings out flavor. Always season your food. Dehydrators are an excellent way to bring out flavor without cooking out nutrients.

      Just remember, it's a lifestyle, read " The Future of Food" and believe me you will be happy for your choices. Hope I helped, Good luck.

Answer 4

You can make:

Pita bread with falafel, avocados, & hummus.

Vegan chili made with black beans, kidney beans, corn, green beans, chili sauce, taco seasoning, tomatoes, green peppers & onions.

Baked/fried/BBQ tofu, seiten, TVP, or tempeh.

Cook and fry a large portobello mushroom and make a burger.

Stir fry and season rice/couscous/quinoa, beans, and vegetables.

Bean, rice, & veg cheese burrito, taco, or quesadilla.

Pasta or potatoes (scalloped, mashed, fried, baked, etc) with nutritional yeast cheese sauce. http://www.ivu.org/recipes/italian/sauce...

Sandwiches (like tempeh lettuce & tomato, tofurky cheezsteak, roasted vegetable etc).

Breaded or stuffed mushrooms

TVP and bean tacos, cook tvp with cornstarch, water, and spices to make tacos

Scrambled tofu with vegan cheese, bell peppers and onions

Falafel wrap with tahini dressing

Lettuce or veggie wrap with hummus or vegan mayo

Fried, baked, grilled, or stuffed veggies

Stir fry with vegetables and tofu, tvp, tempeh or seitan

Sandwich, on french bread or sourdough with choice of fillings, vegan grilled cheese

Salad, fruit, vegetable, vegan chicken, etc.

Soup, tomato, butternaut, creamy mushroom, black bean, etc.

Pasta, basic with sauce and vegetables with oil and seasoning

Grilled seiten steak with mash potatoes and gravy

Mashed cauliflower or potatoes with seasoning and vegetables

Vegan bagel pizzas, with bagel, vegan cheese, pizza sauce and veggies and cook in oven, or instead of bagel use french bread

Peanut butter with rice and veggies, or toasted bread/bagel, on toasted bun with fried bananas

Toasted vegan cream cheese bagel with herbs and tomato

Make tofu fillets or cutlets breaded with sauce

Quick casserole, mix your favorite veggies chopped together with olive oil and fry, add nutrional yeast sauce; with vegan margarine mix together with breadcrumbs and put in a cooking dish poor mixed veggies onto it and then cover with more of the breadcrumb mix and top layered with green beans and cook for 10-40m or replace breadcrumbs with pasta of your choice

Easy vegan mac and cheese, cook pasta of your choice, make vegan cheese sauce and pour of cooked pasta.

Make a burger with either pre-made vegan burger patties or cooked portobello mushroom or cooked mushed mixture of vegetables or beans and add your favorite fillings, or make sloppy joes with a cup of cooked TVP covered in BBQ sauce in a cup of water, mix onions, tomato, bell peppers, etc cook until done serve on top of buns

Vegan sushi with brown rice, white rice, couscous, or quinoa, vegetables of your choice, maybe tofu, tempeh, portobello mushrooms or seitan and wrap in nori, roll and cut

Paprikash, cook your favorite vegetables with favorite legumes and add a lot of paprika and onions and green bell peppers

Chinese fried rice, fry brown rice and vegetables in a skillet with olive oil and add soy sauce or Bragg's liquid aminos and liquid smoke

Vegan hot dogs, cook Smart Dogs or another brand of vegan hot dogs and put in a hot dog bun with your favorite condiments, even make chili dogs or frito pie

Vegan fish tacos, grill tofu and wrap in seaweed dazzle with olive oil and wrap in tortillas with lettuce and dressings of your choice

Bake a potato add your fixings, make a BBQ potato with BBQ sauced setien, a broccoli and cheese potato with broccoli, vegan cheese, and vegan butter, etc

Cook cauliflower, squash, broccoli, and peas together, mush slightly add vegan cream cheese, or vegan sour cream, or vegan butter

Power vegan smoothie with fresh fruits of your liking, plant milk, bananas or tofu, flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, and maybe a sweetener of your choice; you can also add nuts, spirluna, protein powder, etc

Quick vegan waffles or pancakes with syrup, vegan butter or vegan cream cheese, and fruit

Cereal or oatmeal with fortified alternative to milk (such as soy milk, almond, rice, hemp, etc), with nuts and fruits on the side (or mixed in!)

Tempeh bacon with tofu scramble

Here are simple and easy veg*an recipes:

http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=153.0

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http://blog.vegcooking.com/quick_and_eas...

http://www.theveggietable.com/recipes/ea...

http://joyouslyalivegoesvegan.blogspot.c...

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