Vegetarian foods without soy or nuts?

Question

Ok, i want to become a vegetarian again but i recently found out I was alergic to soy and peanuts, as well as corn, eggs, and wheat. I know from being a vegetarian before that I ended up eating a lot of soy and peanuts for protein, but what kind of vegetarian foods can I get that avoid those foods?

Answer 1

i'm a lacto-vegetarian and i can't eat anything with gluten so i know your plight.

beans are going to be your best friend. beans & lentils. brown rice is good too. cheese is fine. you can have other nuts like almonds & cashews. i get most of my protein from tofu (which you can't have obv), beans, vegetables, & low fat cheese. vegetables do have protein and you probably don't need as much protein as you think. if you don't mind having dairy that's a good source of protein but it isn't healthy to have too much.

of course you can always eat lots of veggies! try quinoa & rice pasta. potatoes are a great vege food cause they're super filling.

it's totally possible to be a vegetarian on a restricted diet--it just takes a little extra planning.

good luck!

Answer 2

This will definitely make things more challenging for you, but not impossible.

As a vegetarian, the most important subsitutes are legumes, such as beans, lupins, peas and lentil. They are high in iron and fiber.

Make sure you eat lots of green veggies, high in protein and iron, such as brocoli, lettuce, spinach, asparagus, celery, cucumbers, green bell peppers, etc.

Eat whole grains that don't contain wheat, and balance your diet with some dairy intake in the form of yogourt, milk or cheese. Avoid processed foods.

Instead of peanuts, much on almonds, cashews and other nuts as a healthy snack, and you can use seeds in salads or stir fry (flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, pine nuts, sesame seeds). For toast, use tahini, hazelnut or almond butter instead of peanut butter.

If that is not enough protein for you, you can substitute with fish, depending on your vegetarian preferences.

If you're vegan and have allergies to nuts more generally, legumes and grain will be your best bet.

You'd be surprised at what fruits and other foods you can find protein in, such as papaya, bananas, peaches.

Here's a good web reference for protein sources:

http://www.happycow.net/vegetarian_prote...

If you are concerned or that is not enough for you, consider taking a protein supplement as well, at least in the beginning while you balance your diet, so you don't miss out.

Good luck!

Answer 3

There are plenty of foods that contain no animal products, nuts, soy,  and wheat.

Some good foods are water, fruits, vegetables, beans (black, pinto, baked, kidney, etc, -soy), seeds (flax, sunflower, pumpkin, sesame, hemp, etc), pulses, nutritional yeast, chickpea, seaweed, lentils, & vegetable, hemp, and flaxseed oils, plant milks that aren't made of almonds or soy, meat alternatives that do not contain soy, wheat, or nuts. You can cook food as well just subusite or remove what you are allergic to.

Some sites to check out:

http://www.godairyfree.org/Table/Recipes...

http://michaelbluejay.com/veg/eat.html

http://veganmenu.blogspot.com/

http://www.vegcooking.com/

http://www.tryveg.com/cfi/toc/?v=07groce...

http://www.vegcooking.com/guide-favs.asp

http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/

http://www.vegweb.com/

http://glutenfreevegan.wordpress.com/

http://www.fatfreevegan.com/gluten-free/...

http://soyfreevegan.blogspot.com/

http://www.myvegancookbook.com/blog/?cat...

http://veganpeace.blogspot.com/2008/02/v...

Answer 4

Beans are a great source of protein.  There are a lot of oats (oatmeal, quinoa, etc) out there too.  You can also get protein mixes as well--although before you become vegetarian, you may want to get treated for all those allergies that you have and talk to your doctor about becoming veg.

Best of luck!

Answer 5

wow .............thats alot of stuff your allergic too.....well there are gluten free products there are rice milk and almond milk so maybe youu can subsitute those instead of soy

good luck to you!you sound like more of a person who is vegan not vegetarian unless you plan on still having dairy products remember to read labels carefully

Answer 6

wow, that really limits you.

I'd try eating a combination of rice and beans/legumes for your protein.

Answer 7

Fruits, vegetables, grains, pasta, beans, peas, lentils....