Becoming a vegetarian

Why can’t i get carrots shaped like a cow? 🙁

You can, with a bit of knife work. Same size might be trickier. You’d probably have to mash a lot of them and then go watch Close Encounters.

I went to my doctor and he said I should think about not eating meat as apparently it’s not natural to eat meat.

Not natural to eat meat? Since when? I’m sure god might have a thing or two to say about the interpretation of his initial design brief

Cougar – Member
Pescetarian.

I know, but practically no one else does!

muggomagic – Member
…apparently it’s not natural to eat meat.

It’s perfectly natural, look at your teeth; that’s what your k9’s and incisors are for. It’s just not natural to eat it in the quantities, or as processed, as is the norm today.

As others have said stay away from Quorn. It’s shite!

If you like chilli, make a 5 bean chilli. Any curry, whether indian or thai etc is superb when you use a load of veg. I usually put in pots, carrots, red onion, sugar snap peas and red pepper. A bit broccoli or cauliflower is tasty aswell. I honestly prefer veggie currys, as you get different flavour combos with every bite. Chickpea and lentil currys are the bomb. Home made garlic and coriander chapatis are easy and far better than shop bought crap.

Then there’s all the risottos, cous cous, salads and noodle dishes and more. A veggie diet is just as varied, probably more so, as any meat eaters diet.

I’m not vegetarian but i eat veggie at least 4 times a week. Corn fed chicken once a week, fish and a mince or beef dish the other.

And eating that way is cheap! I feed a family of four for £50 a week! That obviously doesn’t include bread and milk etc. Just the main brekkie, lunch and dinners.

This is a good book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Housekeeping-Bumper-Vegetarian-Cookbook/dp/1843406098/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327002749&sr=1-14

The important bit of the book telling you what to combine to get all the amino acids. The rest is just good food.

I wish I could afford to be a carnivore.I’ve ended up being a veggy by default!!

Ok he might not have said that.

Thanks for the tips. I’m going to find some receipies and see how it goes. It really would be a big change as I eat a lot of meat and of late it’s beginning to feel a bit wrong. I have no idea why now, its never bothered me before.

alfabus – Member

Was it on here that I read this:

Quorn == ‘Athlete’s foot with good PR’

Dave

yes, that would have been my fault!

I was brought up veggie, so never really thought about having to replace meat. From what I have seen of people who have a go at being veggie is that they focus on replacing the meat rather than finding what they like. I also wouldn’t get hung up on the all or nothing mentality when trying out if the veggie way is the way for you, so what if you get bladdered now and again and have a kebab, if you are generally happier with the way you eat, then all’s good really.
I had to eat meat when I was in the army, particularly when active. But generally would take a veggie option when I could, and didn’t eat meat when I left. We all have contradictions, it’s how we are and ultimately how happy we are with them.

Corking veggie dinner tonight. Leftovers for lunch. Veggie dinner tomorrow night.

It’s perfectly natural, look at your teeth; that’s what your k9’s and incisors are for. It’s just not natural to eat it in the quantities, or as processed, as is the norm today.

Look at the teeth on this herbivore

or this one

large k9’s and incisors does not always mean meat eater. You would also need to look at a lot more biological and evolutionary aspects to suggest a natural or unnatural diet.

OP
This book has some great recipes and a good introduction about cooking,storing and types of veggie food you can use
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Vegetarian-Cookbook-Sarah-Brown/dp/0276429788

also this site is great too and she has an amazing cook book for sale
http://theveganfoodie.wordpress.com/category/veganomicon-recipes/

Halal – Is it Meat your looking for?

Look at the teeth on this herbivore

Can we please not get into a tedious “ooh, we’re naturally vegetarian” argument. I do so hate it when other vegetarians make us all sound retarded.

I hate it when veggies accuse the poster of being a retard..actually the diet of the poster does not matter its the content of the post

large k9’s and incisors does not always mean meat eater. You would also need to look at a lot more biological and evolutionary aspects to suggest a natural or unnatural diet.

seems to be a reasonable statement and some way from retarded…even has some nice pics of veggies with large Canine teeth to prove the point.

They have not said that we are natural veggies they have said size of teeth is not necessarily indicative of meat eating…. a reasonable point IMHO

You would be correct but I dont think they have said what you think they have

I hate it when veggies accuse the poster of being a retard..actually the diet of the poster does not matter its the content of the post

I hate it when people accuse me of things I haven’t done because they haven’t read my post properly.

To be fair though, I didn’t mean to pick on that post in particular, I C&Ped it as a point of reference. I shouldn’t have done that, in hindsight. I was simply trying to avoid a baseless argument and, ironically, seemed to have caused an equally tedious one.

Roper, I apologise for any offence caused. Statement retracted, ignore me. As you were.

no thats not good enough …I really thought you could be a contender for a big hitter…can you not just keep arguing regardless…..I know i can 😳
😀

No you can’t.

Genuine LOL
Superb

Reviving an oldish thread, a review of vege cookbooks in today’s Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/jan/24/vegetarian-cookbooks-pick-crop?CMP=twt_gu

Its a good idea to become a vegetarian since you can have a healthy lifestyle by doing this. Its natural and healthy.

Yes being Vegetarian is great. Being a meat eater is rubbish.

im going for the slow carb vegan diet with more than a nod to the hypoglycemic/natural diet.

i expect defined abs, a clear conscience and a more manageable depression.

I have nothing against all those Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall/Yotam Ottolenghi type recipes full of organic veg and such. But if vegetables don’t do it for you, there are wonderful (and not so wonderful) things being done with meat substitutes these days:

http://www.veggie-world.com/OnlineShop/Frozen?woIx0c

Disclaimer: I was brought up and lived as a vegetarian for many years. I’m now an ex-vegetarian. You will miss bacon.

From what I have seen of people who have a go at being veggie is that they focus on replacing the meat rather than finding what they like

+1

Don’t make the same meals using a meat substitute. It will not be as nice as what you remember.

Make vegetarian meals that never had meat in them in the first place instead. Japanese food is a good place to start because soy beans a a complete protein source – otherwise you have to mix your grains and pulses to get all the essential amino acids. Watch your vitamin B12. Learn to love different vegetables and enjoy them for what they are.

I never did discover the point of Artichokes though. Boiling a big thistle then hacking at it for twenty minutes to get at the bit you can already buy all lovingly oiled up in a jar instead.

As an ex-vegetarian I think that if we must eat meat (and there are some areas of the UK that are only suitable for raising meat not growing crops), then we should respect the animal and buy ethically grown and sourced meat. And we should eat as much of the animal as possible, not just the meaty muscley bits. (http://www.offalgood.com) You will never see anyone pick a chicken carcass so clean as an ex-vegetarian.

Though I freely admit that if I have to eat lips and arseholes I want them in anonymous twizzler form.

You will miss bacon.

Don’t make the same meals using a meat substitute.

I’d totally disagree with both of these points. But it’d be boring if we were all the same.

Try different things. Find what works for you.

Its a good idea to become a vegetarian since you can have a healthy lifestyle by doing this. Its natural and healthy.

Who said eating meat is definitively and unarguably ‘un-natural’?

Who said eating meat is definitively and unarguably ‘un-natural’?

No-one, far as I can see.

Never mind all this bickering. I made an ace squash stew from the Hugh Fearnley-Burnley book last night and ate some for my lunch. ‘king magnificent and not a meat product (or substitute) in sight..!

You will miss bacon.

Don’t make the same meals using a meat substitute.

I’d totally disagree with both of these points

+1

A genuine experience I’m sure but also the most cliched statement around when it comes to turning veggie.
For my part, I don’t miss any meat, not once in 20 years have I ever even thought about it. I don’t see it as food at all. It’s the proverbial piece of piss if you are believe in what you are doing.

Being veggie doesn’t make me a peace loving hippie though as I do feel a strong urge to punch people in the face when they say to me “I bet you miss bacon” which I hear about once a week.

Who said eating meat is definitively and unarguably ‘un-natural’?

Its not about that. What I mean is that they are more nutritious. More natural. I am also a meat eater and I usually get my pleasure eating it. There is no problem with that but to shift to vegetarian is also a good idea.