Calling all vegetarian/vegans!
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jacalynrose11 wrote: »anetkastefaniak wrote: »@jacalynrose11 I eat a lot of string cheese, cottage cheese, feta cheese and eggs for protein but am too thinking about cutting out dairy slowly. I've been bloated randomly so I may have to do an elimination diet to see what's causing it, maybe it's the dairy.
I just googled and see articles mentioning oats, almonds, quinoa, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds & peanuts as high protein foods.
@janejellyroll @zeejane03 Which beans do you recommend? I use a lot of black beans but wanted to try something new.
I use a LOT of beans in my diet, usually for lunch. I eat lunch usually at school, or at work.
Something I truly love to do is make "sandwich filling" with garbanzo beans. I mash them with a potato masher and prepare it as I would have prepared a chicken salad using onions, celery, or any kind of veggies for color and texture diced really small, and adding mayo (I use vegenaise for taste preference), and seasonings. Super easy and super easy to take on the go and has lots of protein!
I make up a "taco" sandwich filler using black beans, taco seasonings, and texmex inspired ingredients too (corn, onions, avocado, tomato, quinoa, etc) and usually eat that as a wrap with plain greek yogurt and salsa. yum!
I made a "taco sandwich" but with lentils. It was a lot like yours and it was delicious. I need to do that again!1 -
jacalynrose11 wrote: »anetkastefaniak wrote: »@jacalynrose11 I eat a lot of string cheese, cottage cheese, feta cheese and eggs for protein but am too thinking about cutting out dairy slowly. I've been bloated randomly so I may have to do an elimination diet to see what's causing it, maybe it's the dairy.
I just googled and see articles mentioning oats, almonds, quinoa, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds & peanuts as high protein foods.
@janejellyroll @zeejane03 Which beans do you recommend? I use a lot of black beans but wanted to try something new.
I use a LOT of beans in my diet, usually for lunch. I eat lunch usually at school, or at work.
Something I truly love to do is make "sandwich filling" with garbanzo beans. I mash them with a potato masher and prepare it as I would have prepared a chicken salad using onions, celery, or any kind of veggies for color and texture diced really small, and adding mayo (I use vegenaise for taste preference), and seasonings. Super easy and super easy to take on the go and has lots of protein!
I make up a "taco" sandwich filler using black beans, taco seasonings, and texmex inspired ingredients too (corn, onions, avocado, tomato, quinoa, etc) and usually eat that as a wrap with plain greek yogurt and salsa. yum!
This is brilliant! Thanks so much for the idea, going to try this
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I have yet to tell my family (other than my sister and fiance) that i am a vegetarian now. This is very new. I know my family will be weird about this as I grew up eating meat, and its a cultural norm for them. I don't really worry about how they will feel about it, but their judgements and opinions are just drama I haven't wanted to deal with yet. I just told my best friend yesterday, and she was extremely supportive, so it gave me hope for others in my life. How has everyone else dealt with this? Has anyone else struggled with family judgements? I know in my heart that what I am doing is for me, and my planet. That's all that matters, but I'm still skeptical to talk to my parents about it for some reason.0
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Didn't read through all of the comments, but peanut butter/nuts also have some protein, as well as healthy fats. Eggs, cheese. I'm also a pescatarian, though I eat mostly veggie, so occasionally will make something with tuna/tilapia/salmon. Also edamame!0
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jacalynrose11 wrote: »anetkastefaniak wrote: »@jacalynrose11 I eat a lot of string cheese, cottage cheese, feta cheese and eggs for protein but am too thinking about cutting out dairy slowly. I've been bloated randomly so I may have to do an elimination diet to see what's causing it, maybe it's the dairy.
I just googled and see articles mentioning oats, almonds, quinoa, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds & peanuts as high protein foods.
@janejellyroll @zeejane03 Which beans do you recommend? I use a lot of black beans but wanted to try something new.
I use a LOT of beans in my diet, usually for lunch. I eat lunch usually at school, or at work.
Something I truly love to do is make "sandwich filling" with garbanzo beans. I mash them with a potato masher and prepare it as I would have prepared a chicken salad using onions, celery, or any kind of veggies for color and texture diced really small, and adding mayo (I use vegenaise for taste preference), and seasonings. Super easy and super easy to take on the go and has lots of protein!
I make up a "taco" sandwich filler using black beans, taco seasonings, and texmex inspired ingredients too (corn, onions, avocado, tomato, quinoa, etc) and usually eat that as a wrap with plain greek yogurt and salsa. yum!
This is brilliant! Thanks so much for the idea, going to try this
Heres the recipe I started with! I just improvise it now, but I love it!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/16715/vegetarian-chickpea-sandwich-filling/
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jacalynrose11 wrote: »I have yet to tell my family (other than my sister and fiance) that i am a vegetarian now. This is very new. I know my family will be weird about this as I grew up eating meat, and its a cultural norm for them. I don't really worry about how they will feel about it, but their judgements and opinions are just drama I haven't wanted to deal with yet. I just told my best friend yesterday, and she was extremely supportive, so it gave me hope for others in my life. How has everyone else dealt with this? Has anyone else struggled with family judgements? I know in my heart that what I am doing is for me, and my planet. That's all that matters, but I'm still skeptical to talk to my parents about it for some reason.
I switched over to a pescetarian woe at the beginning of the month and I haven't told anyone, my husband has no clue. But, he's used to my wacky food experiments so he wouldn't think twice about it lol. We do have steak dinner every Sunday with extended family and I've been waiting for someone to notice me passing on the steak, but there's so much food besides meat on the table that it's really not a big deal. If/when it comes up I'll tell them what I'm doing-they're also used to my 'quirky' eating habits though, so it won't be a big deal.
That's it for my inner circle, I have a few girlfriends but we don't usually do food orientated meet-ups so I don't know that it ever would come up. My sister's do their own stuff (WW etc), so one more food thing isn't going to cause too much of a stir. My 10 year old niece has been a vegetarian for two years now (her own choice, after connecting animals=food), and my sister and bil have been very supportive of her decision.1 -
jacalynrose11 wrote: »jacalynrose11 wrote: »anetkastefaniak wrote: »@jacalynrose11 I eat a lot of string cheese, cottage cheese, feta cheese and eggs for protein but am too thinking about cutting out dairy slowly. I've been bloated randomly so I may have to do an elimination diet to see what's causing it, maybe it's the dairy.
I just googled and see articles mentioning oats, almonds, quinoa, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds & peanuts as high protein foods.
@janejellyroll @zeejane03 Which beans do you recommend? I use a lot of black beans but wanted to try something new.
I use a LOT of beans in my diet, usually for lunch. I eat lunch usually at school, or at work.
Something I truly love to do is make "sandwich filling" with garbanzo beans. I mash them with a potato masher and prepare it as I would have prepared a chicken salad using onions, celery, or any kind of veggies for color and texture diced really small, and adding mayo (I use vegenaise for taste preference), and seasonings. Super easy and super easy to take on the go and has lots of protein!
I make up a "taco" sandwich filler using black beans, taco seasonings, and texmex inspired ingredients too (corn, onions, avocado, tomato, quinoa, etc) and usually eat that as a wrap with plain greek yogurt and salsa. yum!
This is brilliant! Thanks so much for the idea, going to try this
Heres the recipe I started with! I just improvise it now, but I love it!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/16715/vegetarian-chickpea-sandwich-filling/
I've made a similar recipe, but it had just a dash of ketchup mixed in with the mayo. It was really tasty. Since I don't like mayo very much, I think I liked it because it covered up the taste!1 -
janejellyroll wrote: »jacalynrose11 wrote: »anetkastefaniak wrote: »@jacalynrose11 I eat a lot of string cheese, cottage cheese, feta cheese and eggs for protein but am too thinking about cutting out dairy slowly. I've been bloated randomly so I may have to do an elimination diet to see what's causing it, maybe it's the dairy.
I just googled and see articles mentioning oats, almonds, quinoa, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds & peanuts as high protein foods.
@janejellyroll @zeejane03 Which beans do you recommend? I use a lot of black beans but wanted to try something new.
I use a LOT of beans in my diet, usually for lunch. I eat lunch usually at school, or at work.
Something I truly love to do is make "sandwich filling" with garbanzo beans. I mash them with a potato masher and prepare it as I would have prepared a chicken salad using onions, celery, or any kind of veggies for color and texture diced really small, and adding mayo (I use vegenaise for taste preference), and seasonings. Super easy and super easy to take on the go and has lots of protein!
I make up a "taco" sandwich filler using black beans, taco seasonings, and texmex inspired ingredients too (corn, onions, avocado, tomato, quinoa, etc) and usually eat that as a wrap with plain greek yogurt and salsa. yum!
I made a "taco sandwich" but with lentils. It was a lot like yours and it was delicious. I need to do that again!
We do lentil nachos sometimes. I find it hard to limit myself with them, so they're a rare thing.2 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »jacalynrose11 wrote: »anetkastefaniak wrote: »@jacalynrose11 I eat a lot of string cheese, cottage cheese, feta cheese and eggs for protein but am too thinking about cutting out dairy slowly. I've been bloated randomly so I may have to do an elimination diet to see what's causing it, maybe it's the dairy.
I just googled and see articles mentioning oats, almonds, quinoa, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds & peanuts as high protein foods.
@janejellyroll @zeejane03 Which beans do you recommend? I use a lot of black beans but wanted to try something new.
I use a LOT of beans in my diet, usually for lunch. I eat lunch usually at school, or at work.
Something I truly love to do is make "sandwich filling" with garbanzo beans. I mash them with a potato masher and prepare it as I would have prepared a chicken salad using onions, celery, or any kind of veggies for color and texture diced really small, and adding mayo (I use vegenaise for taste preference), and seasonings. Super easy and super easy to take on the go and has lots of protein!
I make up a "taco" sandwich filler using black beans, taco seasonings, and texmex inspired ingredients too (corn, onions, avocado, tomato, quinoa, etc) and usually eat that as a wrap with plain greek yogurt and salsa. yum!
I made a "taco sandwich" but with lentils. It was a lot like yours and it was delicious. I need to do that again!
We do lentil nachos sometimes. I find it hard to limit myself with them, so they're a rare thing.
Oh, that sounds good.0 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »jacalynrose11 wrote: »anetkastefaniak wrote: »@jacalynrose11 I eat a lot of string cheese, cottage cheese, feta cheese and eggs for protein but am too thinking about cutting out dairy slowly. I've been bloated randomly so I may have to do an elimination diet to see what's causing it, maybe it's the dairy.
I just googled and see articles mentioning oats, almonds, quinoa, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds & peanuts as high protein foods.
@janejellyroll @zeejane03 Which beans do you recommend? I use a lot of black beans but wanted to try something new.
I use a LOT of beans in my diet, usually for lunch. I eat lunch usually at school, or at work.
Something I truly love to do is make "sandwich filling" with garbanzo beans. I mash them with a potato masher and prepare it as I would have prepared a chicken salad using onions, celery, or any kind of veggies for color and texture diced really small, and adding mayo (I use vegenaise for taste preference), and seasonings. Super easy and super easy to take on the go and has lots of protein!
I make up a "taco" sandwich filler using black beans, taco seasonings, and texmex inspired ingredients too (corn, onions, avocado, tomato, quinoa, etc) and usually eat that as a wrap with plain greek yogurt and salsa. yum!
I made a "taco sandwich" but with lentils. It was a lot like yours and it was delicious. I need to do that again!
We do lentil nachos sometimes. I find it hard to limit myself with them, so they're a rare thing.
Do you have a recipe? That sounds really great0 -
jacalynrose11 wrote: »I have yet to tell my family (other than my sister and fiance) that i am a vegetarian now. This is very new. I know my family will be weird about this as I grew up eating meat, and its a cultural norm for them. I don't really worry about how they will feel about it, but their judgements and opinions are just drama I haven't wanted to deal with yet. I just told my best friend yesterday, and she was extremely supportive, so it gave me hope for others in my life. How has everyone else dealt with this? Has anyone else struggled with family judgements? I know in my heart that what I am doing is for me, and my planet. That's all that matters, but I'm still skeptical to talk to my parents about it for some reason.
It's been a long time, but my family was surprisingly OK with it. I've been veg since 1974, when I was 18, and came from a rural working class culture (including hunting/farming being common) where no one was vegetarian (well, maybe a couple of Seventh Day Adventist families in the nearby town); also, vegetarianism was much less common in the US at all, at that point. I came home from a year at college as vegetarian.
I think it's helpful to keep calm about it, and offer to help.
I didn't come in waving a "I'm vegetarian because it's morally superior and it will save my health" flag (I'm exaggerating others' possible behavior for effect, not accusing anyone of anything, BTW). I told them that I was going to try this way of eating, and that I'd never been that big a meat fan (true), explained some reasons in a non-accusatory/non-shaming way, and calmly demonstrated by my behavior that I meant it.
Then I learned some (of what I hoped were) tasty vegetarian recipes, thinking about what they'd possibly like, and made those recipes for them. I tried to do everything reasonable so their meals, shared with me, would not be wrenched around crazily by my choices. ("If we're having meats and side veggies, I'll just eat the sides, and add the <insert veggie protein source of choice> I'm making alongside. Would anyone else like some of the <veggie protein source of choice> to try, or as a side?"
They were pretty supportive, though frankly I think they thought it was an adolescent whim . . . for the first couple of decades.
My parents were pretty chill people, generally, so that helped. But other relatives were OK, too (big, social, extended family - diverse personalities). I can't guarantee that that will generalize, though, of course.
Regardless, I think it helps to be calm and matter of fact, but firm and consistent, and to wait on yourself (vs. expect others to cater) as much as possible. If we don't want drama, it's universally a bad plan to bring the drama ourselves. We may still get drama, but our best odds come from a calm approach.
JMO.4 -
Y'all eating those black bean tacos/wraps: Chunks of sweet potato in there. So good! True for lentils, too, but especially with black beans. Give it a try.3
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jacalynrose11 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »jacalynrose11 wrote: »anetkastefaniak wrote: »@jacalynrose11 I eat a lot of string cheese, cottage cheese, feta cheese and eggs for protein but am too thinking about cutting out dairy slowly. I've been bloated randomly so I may have to do an elimination diet to see what's causing it, maybe it's the dairy.
I just googled and see articles mentioning oats, almonds, quinoa, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds & peanuts as high protein foods.
@janejellyroll @zeejane03 Which beans do you recommend? I use a lot of black beans but wanted to try something new.
I use a LOT of beans in my diet, usually for lunch. I eat lunch usually at school, or at work.
Something I truly love to do is make "sandwich filling" with garbanzo beans. I mash them with a potato masher and prepare it as I would have prepared a chicken salad using onions, celery, or any kind of veggies for color and texture diced really small, and adding mayo (I use vegenaise for taste preference), and seasonings. Super easy and super easy to take on the go and has lots of protein!
I make up a "taco" sandwich filler using black beans, taco seasonings, and texmex inspired ingredients too (corn, onions, avocado, tomato, quinoa, etc) and usually eat that as a wrap with plain greek yogurt and salsa. yum!
I made a "taco sandwich" but with lentils. It was a lot like yours and it was delicious. I need to do that again!
We do lentil nachos sometimes. I find it hard to limit myself with them, so they're a rare thing.
Do you have a recipe? That sounds really great
Not really. I just wing making taco flavored lentils, then spoon them over corn chips and melt cheese on them.4 -
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I'm not a vegetarian, but I LOVE it when these threads pop up because I keep getting more awesome ideas for what to do with veggies, and beans, and lentils, and soy-stuff. Yum! Thanks OP!!!6
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Thanks everyone for suggestions and support!
Yesterday was taco tuesday, and I tried tempeh for the first time! It was really good!
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@jacalynrose11 looks so good! ps I'm going to have to try that garbanzo bean sandwich, sounds delish.0
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