A switch to a vegetarian diet might be easier than you think! Here are 3 easy steps:
1 What vegetarian meals do you currently enjoy?
Examples might include pasta primavera, veggie soup, Chinese stir fry, bean burrito, lentil soup, spinach and strawberry salad...the list could go on. Many different types of cuisines that you already enjoy, some that may be considered "exotic", may have many vegetarian options, including my favorites: Carribean, Mexican and Vietnamese cuisines. You may be closer to the vegetarian lifestyle than you think!
2 What recipes do you currently make, that are easy to adapt to vegetarian?
Examples might be chili that tastes great without added turkey or beef, beef stew that be substituted with barley, or turkey sandwich could turn into an avocado veggie sandwich with a tofu or hummus spread.
3 Find alternatives that you enjoy. There are so many products on the market that taste like meat or other animal products. For instance, a meal like hamburgers where meat is the main focus, my favorite is spicy black bean burgers found in the freezer aisle. There are hundreds of vegetarian cookbooks that you can try as well. Instead of cow's milk, have you tried soymilk or rice milk? You can read about a discussion on EmpowHer regarding the choice between Soy, rice or cow milk?.
Since you are interested in incorporating the vegetarian lifestyle into your current lifestyle, maybe not necessarily "becoming" a vegetarian, you can start slow and adapt a few of your favorite recipes using the suggestions above.
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A switch to a vegetarian diet might be easier than you think! Here are 3 easy steps:
1 What vegetarian meals do you currently enjoy?
Examples might include pasta primavera, veggie soup, Chinese stir fry, bean burrito, lentil soup, spinach and strawberry salad...the list could go on. Many different types of cuisines that you already enjoy, some that may be considered "exotic", may have many vegetarian options, including my favorites: Carribean, Mexican and Vietnamese cuisines. You may be closer to the vegetarian lifestyle than you think!
2 What recipes do you currently make, that are easy to adapt to vegetarian?
Examples might be chili that tastes great without added turkey or beef, beef stew that be substituted with barley, or turkey sandwich could turn into an avocado veggie sandwich with a tofu or hummus spread.
3 Find alternatives that you enjoy. There are so many products on the market that taste like meat or other animal products. For instance, a meal like hamburgers where meat is the main focus, my favorite is spicy black bean burgers found in the freezer aisle. There are hundreds of vegetarian cookbooks that you can try as well. Instead of cow's milk, have you tried soymilk or rice milk? You can read about a discussion on EmpowHer regarding the choice between Soy, rice or cow milk?.
Since you are interested in incorporating the vegetarian lifestyle into your current lifestyle, maybe not necessarily "becoming" a vegetarian, you can start slow and adapt a few of your favorite recipes using the suggestions above.
Good luck!
Resources:
March 8, 2009 - 7:17am- Becoming Vegetarian, Brown University
- Becoming Vegetarian: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Vegetarian Diet
by Versanto Melina
- The Vegetarian Diet, written by EmpowHer's Susan C
- Vegetarian Diet, EmpowHer's Medical Encyclopedia
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