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[Cooks]

I wanting to completely not eat meat, although my probably is I am a terrible cook, I find when I cook I am just bored by it and then dont want to it it. and when I say terrible I mean terrible.

I have never eaten much meat at all, and do not eat chicken now, it would be like eating dog (as I have dogs also) just wrong to me.

 

I need help and I am sure you guys are more experienced at this. I really want to do this and to be honest didn't eat meat for years when I was a student but I lived on jacket potatoes and beans.. hardly thrilling everyday.

 

I have another problem, I am dairy intollerant and can only eat eggs in moderation because I am slightly egg white intollerant too AND if that isn't bad enough I have a bowel problem which I have found a very low fat diet keeps it from flaring up.

 

Any help would be great...

 

Sorry if this is the wrong place.. I just didn't think it fit anywhere other than here.

[Lesley]

Do some reading - The Vegetarian Society have some very good books and leaflets.

 

You should find plenty there to ensure that you are eating the right combinations of different foods.

[Mrs Webmuppet]

Rose Elliot's Meals in Minutes is a good veggie cook book , the recipes are fairly idiot proof and there's plenty of egg free/dairy free recipes. In fact most of Rose Elliots cook books are pretty good.

[Cooks]

Thank you I will hunt that cook book down. That will really help as I just dont enjoy cooking, never have so I think thats half my problem.

[surferdog]

There is a brilliant book called Cooking Without by Dr Barbara Cousins. All recipes free from added gluten, dairy, sugar, yeast, salt and saturated fat. I got it when I was doing my detox craze but some of the recipes are so good I still use it.

 

One on ebay at the moment although this looks to be the original edition (I have the newer red cover one)

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cooking-Without-Barbara-Cousins-Gluten-yeast-salt-free_W0QQitemZ160244663118QQihZ006QQcategoryZ274QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Cooks]

Thanks, I have that in my watch list now.

[Guest]

just google for vegan recipes, there's loads on the web

 

I've got simon rimmer's book 'The Accidental Vegetarian' which is very good. I bought it after we went to his restaurant 'Greens' in Didsbury, the food was delicious! The crispy mushroom panckaes were to die for! Like crispy duck pancakes but made with mushroom, mmmmmmmmmm

 

here's the recipe http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/chinesemushroompanca_74624.shtml

 

the BBC web site is good for recipes, it lets you search dishes with specific ingredients in them, try it!

 

 

p.s. I'd just buy my own plum sauce, seems a bit of a faff to make it.

[Cooks]

thanks, thats another book I will have a look at ..

 

It's something we've spoken about here at home although I will not push anything on my children (they are old enough at 10 and 12 to decide what's right for them) my husband is a meat eater but is happy to not eat chicken as are the boys, which pleases me.

I am not eating meat again. I wont miss it. I do love a roast dinner but am happy to have everything except the meat to be honest and did this for many Christmases when I was a student a family Christmas dinners. I walked in with my veggie gravy in my hand many a time...

[SAB]

Good luck with it all Loopyloo. I am a long term veggie with a 95% veggie partner and a 99% veggie 11 year old daughter and a 110% (!) veggie son (I am a bit intenet paranoid, so don't want to put thier photos on web, but can assure you they are strong, thriving kids,with bags of energy). I have become somewhat dairy and egg intolerant over past few years (I have spoken to other veggies who found this as they aged - creeping towards menopause perhaps?!!) and so can feel for you in having to beware of this too.

 

I too would recommed the Vegetarian society - they got me started, it all seemed to take ages shopping, cooking, etc at first but you soon find you get the hang of it all as it comes more naturally. Try picking up some veggie cookbooks (get a few cheap in sales/second hand shops or via www.greenmetroplis.co.uk).

 

I would also advise persevering with veggie food that you don't like at first - bit like getting kids into new tastes, it can take a few tries to get used to things - I hated peppers before, but can't imagine life without them now!

 

Best of luck with it all (Oh, yes, people also worry about flatulance if turning veggie, eating lots of pulses etc - most find this settles after a bit!)

[Cooks]

thanks for the reply

 

I have been looking at lots of books on the internet but have had a stinking cold so have been feeling too under the weather to visit any shops, but I will get some just as soon as I can.

 

I have been reading the info on the vegetarian society, there's a lot to read on there.

 

I agree it is a little daunting, pulses make me go green at the thought of them to be honest and I dont know why because I've never tasted them.

I haven't eaten meat for a short while before my original post although I haven't been eating too much due to feeling a tad unwell (cold)

The warm weather will be great for me as I LOVE salads rice, pasta, green anything so they are great as are jacket potatoes but if I am going to do this long term (which is what I want) then I have to educate myself and learn to cook and cook well!

I can cook traditional meals very well I am told, caseroles, shepherds pie, roast dinners etc etc but its the more elaborate meals I struggle with... I should have gone to cookery lessons I think when I was younger I might have got a liking for it.

Strange because both my brothers are fantastic cooks!

[Lesley]

The traditional meals that you can cook will convert very easily to a veggie. option.

 

Try all the different lentils - they all have different textures......my favourite ones for replacing meat are the big brown ones or Puy Lentils. The red ones cook quickly and turn a pale yellow and are good for Dhal or soups.

 

There is a Nut Roast recipe in the All Things Nice section which is excellent in place of Roast Meat - just add all the usual trimmings and non-meat juice gravy.

[Cooks]

Thanks Lesley I will look for that recipe now...

[chucknette]

Hi

 

I have been vegetarian for many years now since the eighties when meat was tasteless. You had to add so many herbs and spices to make it worth eating.

 

So I opted to go vegetarian and I use soya mince or soya pieces and the veg gravey and spices to make exactly the same meals.

 

Shepherds pie and lasagne two of my favorites.

 

Also I have noticed the meat eaters go for the veggie option along side of their meat dish.

 

One christmas I cooked a turkey for quests and soya roll with stuffing for me and when I sat down at the table most of my soya roll had gone.

They had it with their turkey!

 

I also eat soya cheese, soya cream and milk and dairy free chocolate.

 

Its very easy to go vegetarian now as there are so many items in shops now. Like fishless fish cakes and veggie bacon, cumberland sausages, porkless pies, the list goes on.

 

You can still make your cassaroles with lentles or soya pieces thats the only difference I think. Also soya cooks in less than half the time.

[Guest]

Hi

 

I have been vegetarian for many years now since the eighties when meat was tasteless. You had to add so many herbs and spices to make it worth eating.

 

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I don't remember meat being particularly tasteless in the 80s I think nowadays people are more aware of how long to cook various cuts of meat to get the best out of them. Back in the day, most people tended to cook the heck out of whatever meat they were cooking. I have to say, my mum was a dab hand in the kitchen so we never had tasteless meat so i don't think it was the decade in particular

[redfrock]

Hi Loopylou

 

I was verging on vegan for several years as I am dairy intolerant (well actually i can't eat anything from a cow, including the meat) and I also have a violent soya allergy which made life very difficult. In the end I was so tired all the time I returned to eating fish and finally introduced some meat.

 

These days there is good access to many alternatives such as sheep's' milk cheese and yogurts, as well as goats products (which I personally don't like). I have also found that I can use the Lactofree milk in moderation(available in the chiller cabinet and in UHT form in most supermarkets). You should also consider taking a B vit supplement as this is often lacking in a vegetarian diet.

 

I still do eat a lot of vegetarian meals as I love lentils and pulses, but I do eat meat and fish now as well - fish more than meat, as I struggle with the texture of meat. Andy is an out and out carnivore so even if I am eating veggie, I have to serve him some meat wit his portion

 

Might be worth taking a trip to your library and borrowing some of the cook books from there, so that you can decide which ones you want to buy, and the internet is a fabulous source of recipes.

 

I have so many cook books I have an entire bookcase dedicated to them . I'll have a mosey through and see which ones are particularly good.

[Cooks]

thanks Claire, I have to take a calcium supplement aswell due to having no dairy, but I will hunt out a vit b supplement or ask the doc next time I visit.

thanks for the advice.

Hubby (loves his meat) keeps saying a little bit of meat wont hurt you know... well I guess I have been eating 'a little' for years, but to be honest I dont really like it and if I leave anything on my plate it will be the meat rather than the veg etc.

I have said I will no longer have chicken in the house, so although I appreciate he wants to eat meat, if he wants to eat chicken it has to be elsewhere...

[redfrock]

thanks Claire, I have to take a calcium supplement aswell due to having no dairy,

 

so do I - and don't you notice your nails go brittle very quickly if you aren't taking them? My doctor used to actually prescribe them when I was a child . Just think what strong bones we must have!

[theherd123]

Try this website for practical advice and great recipes.

 

www.veggie123.com

 

 

[Cooks]

my doc prescribes mine because she gives with the one with the added vitamin d in it and yes my nails are so brittle when I dont take it (had to stop recently because I had to take other meds and couldn't take this at the same time) boy did I notice a difference.

[Lesley]

One christmas I cooked a turkey for quests and soya roll with stuffing for me and when I sat down at the table most of my soya roll had gone.

 

A bit like every buffet table then - if you told people that a buffet was to be totally veggie. then most meat eaters would be

 

.....but, put out an equal mix of veggie, food and meat based food and guess which goes first?............most vegetariens have become used to making sure they're near the front of the queue for food or they will find nothing they can eat

[Cooks]

Try this website for practical advice and great recipes.

 

www.veggie123.com

 

 

 

sorry I missed this, thanks for that I will check it out in a bit..

 

I founda recipe book (Paul Gayler Vegetarian Cook Book) at the chairty shop today so am flicking through it and looking on here at same time, who says I cant multi task?

[Egg Lou]

I've been a vege for about 26 years but don't have any other food issues. I tend to cook "standard" dinner DD and use Quorn or a good variety of veg as a substitute for me, mainly butter nut squash.

 

I can thoroughly recommend butter nut squash.. its fab, roasted( goes v sweet) , diced for casseroles, in soups and so on.. I tend to get through a good 2/3 a week!