[Closed] Stopping eating meat..

Steam some mixed frozen veg, put in a dish with a can of cream of mushroom soup, top it off with some pre-made pastry, bake in the oven and heh-presto a vegetable pie 🙂

I think veggies need to be better cooks. A bowl of plain beans isn't very nice, wheres a chunk of plain meat can be delicious.

My tip (as a non-veggie) would be spices, beans and pulses. Bag of Spice Tailor with lentils for a superb dahl.

Curries are your friend here. We stopped eating meat a couple of months ago and we've found it pretty easy, probably because my OH does all the cooking and he's enjoying cooking different stuff. Lentils are good as well, they add texture and flavour to stuff like chili and bolognese-type stuff. Oh, and there's nothing a fried egg can't improve- oven chips covered in leftover bean chili with an egg on top can be ready in 10 minutes if you grill the chips and is brill for chucking at your face after a ride, add a buttered slice and a cup of tea and collapse on the sofa afterwards 😀

I've found that faux meat just makes me miss meat though, I'd rather have a bean burger than a Quorn burger for example.

Oh, get into making paneer as well, it's dead easy and can be sliced and fried (burgers!) or chopped and curried or breadcrumbed like nuggets.

To give texture to chilis and bolognese type things we use either bulgar wheat, ebly, quinoa or cracked wheat. They soak up the gravy and give a nice added texture to the dish.

I forgot to add, if you're going to buy veggie sausages and burgers and stuff, check the ingredients for palm oil- don't be buying anything with that shit in it. Just cos stuff's meat-free it doesn't necessarily mean it's ethical!

I was veggie for over 10 years and just grew tired of it. Eating out mostly seemed to be restricted to purely veggie places where everything was the same or being limited to mushroom stroganoff everywhere.

Don't eat a lot of red meat especially even now and to be honest, I'd be quite happy to substitute some stuff for quorn versions - stuff like sausages when cooked in sauces etc are spot on. Quorn equivalents of sliced chicken etc for your sarnies, less so (may as well put a slice of A4 paper between two pieces of bread).

remember to take supplements for the nutrients you loose by not eating meat.

What would those be Poah?

[quote=bob_summers ]What would those be Poah?

You should see what he writes on the vegan threads not much point in engaging with him IME

It's surprised me the amount of replies and excellent links etc on this thread. It's opened my eyes to how much is out there! Thanks guys.

I found ottolenghi food to be bland and rich.

His shakshouka recipe in Plenty is excellent, though...

While I'm not a vegetarian, I do eat a fair amount of vege food and a couple of recipe books I use a lot:

Hugh F-W: Veg everyday. Already recommended above, definitely get this book. Great for easy recipes you can indeed cook everyday.

Others have mentioned Indian food, here's a book I use that has some good stuff in it:
India's Vegetarian Cooking - Monisha Bharadwaj ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/Indias-Vegetarian-Cooking-Monisha-Bharadwaj/dp/185626792X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513277682&sr=8-1&keywords=indias+vegetarian+cooking)

These are very [url= https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/273128190 ]tasty[/url] - would fool most carnivores.

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What would those be Poah?
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Vit b12, vit D, DHA while calcium, zinc, iron, and iodine are also advised. The NHS website has advice for those on a vegan or vegitarian diet.

One thing that really annoys me now is separate "vege dishes" sections on menus. Good vege meals are as good as traditional non-vege meals, and they all should be just called "dishes".

It's an improvement on a menu having 57 slightly different variations on chicken and then a "vegetarian option." If it's one dish that's not a ****ing option now, is it.

And TBH, I don't really mind having them separate as it saves me having to hunt through the rest of the menu. Except in a lot of cases they'll offer veggie options on main courses (eg, veggie sausages in bangers & mash) and don't list that in the vegetarian section. Now that's irritating.

The NHS website has advice for those on a vegan or vegitarian diet.

remember to take supplements for the nutrients you loose by not eating meat

Actually, it covers supplements.
https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Vegetarianhealth/Pages/Vegetarianhealthqanda.aspx#supplements

For some people, taking supplements is preferable to killing and eating animals, so..

With good planning and an understanding of what makes up a healthy, balanced vegetarian and vegan diet, you can get all the nutrients your body needs to be healthy without the need for supplements.

remember to take supplements for the nutrients you loose by not eating meat

It then explains how you can get the nutrients you need to stay alive
Anyone can eat poorly , meat eater ,veggie, vegan and miss out on stuff but its a result of a poor diet not an inherent factor of that dietary type

Absolutely JY, I'd argue that the nutrients your average veggie gets are far in advance of your average British meat and two vegger.

What diet advice for feeding trolls?

This is apparently a No1 best seller
https://www.thugkitchen.com/cookbooks

skolt - agreed. I included them in my sunday roast dinner menu above. Try them with the smoked paprika sprinkle, and leave in the oven another five minutes longer, it's a winner! (Goes to stock up on offer)

Have tried to make my own veggi burgers but those are the bombiggety so no longer bother. Need to work on the nutburgers next.

Sorry, seems my troll radar needs new batteries 😳

Since she came to live with me, my g/f has got me eating more meat than I used to, because she’s a damn good cook, who grew up in pubs that her parents ran, and they always had good food on offer, so she spent a lot of time in the kitchens with her mum and other chefs.
Having said that she’s got me eating a lot more veg as well, my diet has improved beyond all recognition!

Have tried to make my own veggi burgers

These are good,

http://minimalistbaker.com/easy-grillable-veggie-burgers/

though I use kidney beans rather than black beans.

A relatively unhealthy but tasty meat-less/dairy-free comfort food option wot I just invented last night. :

Take a handful of this: [img] [/img]

Follow instructions (fry in oil in pan) yet with some thinly sliced onion
After 7 mins add a little water (as per cooking instructions) but also a half-teaspoon of Bisto roast onion gravy powder, and a little english mustard. Break a couple of streaky-bacon rasher corn snacks (like Frazzles) into the mix. (Crackling, innit?)

Dollop the hot mess into a split crusty cob or sandwich bun. Top with apple-sauce or cranberry sauce and/or sage and onion stuffing.

It's good. Very good.

A relatively unhealthy but tasty meat-less/dairy-free comfort food option wot I just invented last night. :

Take a handful of this:

Follow instructions (fry in oil in pan) yet with some thinly sliced onion
After 7 mins add a little water (as per cooking instructions) but also a half-teaspoon of Bisto roast onion gravy powder, and a little english mustard. Break a couple of streaky-bacon rasher corn snacks (like Frazzles) into the mix. (Crackling, innit?)

Dollop the hot mess into a split crusty cob or sandwich bun. Top with apple-sauce or cranberry sauce and/or sage and onion stuffing.

It's good. Very good.

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