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@ Friday, 18. Apr, 2008 – 07:53:12
I have decided that I cannot eat another living thing, so my alternative is to go vegetarian.
My experience of veggies are peas, carrots, and mushrooms and the ever faithful potato. Naturally, a diet of this would soon make me magnificently nutritionally deficient!
Does anyone have any ideas for learning about this, and going in the right direction? I need recipes and nutritional advice.
faffajane
Pro 
PurpleDragon
Wow. Cool. Thanks so much 
Lots of reading! Are you a veggie?
faffajane
Pro No though I am not averse to trying out a veggie recipe or two as I love vegetables (particularly if they are raw!)
KarenF
I've been a veggie for about 18 years, and it is a lot easier now, due to the invention of quorn (though I'm not sure it is vegan). One thing I would say is to avoid too much soya protein as I think it may have contributed to my thyroid packing in. With the quorn, you basically do your usual spag bol, stew, lasagne, mince or whatever, but use the quorn mince or pieces instead of the meat. The pieces are more like chicken, tho they do beef ones now, I've not tried them yet.
You can also use lentils and yellow split peas as bases for lasagne or curry, I have some recipes if you want them, tho there are probably loads on the web. I also use aubergines a hell of a lot 'cause I am addicted to them - I roast them then put them in all sorts of stuff (not many people probably share this addiction tho!). A really good quick recipe is to just roast whatever veg you have with onions and peppers, after drizzling olive oil over them - the chopping takes time, but then you just bung it in.
I believe that if you are serious about nutrition you are supposed to make sure you combine grain and legume protein or dairy protein or something along those lines. I am a bit of a crappy veggie in that way (tho I prob have a more healthy diet than most meat-eaters), so I take a daily multivitamin, a high dose B vitamin and 3000mg evening primrose oil each day to cover most eventualities.
The vegetarian society have a really good site with lots of recipes and advice.
Good luck, you won't regret it - they even do pretend bacon nowadays!
PurpleDragon
I don't know if I will use replacement meat, or just leave it out altogether. I'm having a pizza just now 
Imaginative!
RunDontWalk
Pro Looks like you have lots of advice ^^^^
Mixing legumes with rice is a great source of protein.
xx
PurpleDragon
Yum, sounds nice. I like different types of rice.
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http://www.veggieglobal.com/features/veggieguide.htm
http://www.vegsoc.org/info/goingveg.html
http://www.animalfreezone.co.uk/HowToBecomeAVegetarian.html
Will these help?
xx