Vegetarian Meal Ideas?
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pghfan
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My teenage daughter is giving up meat for lent, and although I am not, with my husband traveling a lot and my son away at college, it is often just the two of us for dinner several nights a week. I am definitely not cooking two meals, and I think it might be interesting to reduce the amount of meat I am eating. I mainly want to make sure she is getting what she needs nutritionally as she tends to have a tendency toward low iron. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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The Post Punk Kitchen (www.theppk.com) has a lot of really good vegan/vegetarian recipes available. I swear by their tempeh chili and tofu scramble recipes. (The tofu scramble is kind of a breakfast thing, but you could eat it any time as a protein source. The meatless chili is so good even my avowedly carnivorous father loves it.)0
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Here are some of the tips and tricks I use to add protein and iron into our mostly vegetarian meals:
• Add endamame, chick peas or beans to salads and pastas for added protein and spinach to salads, pastas and soups for iron.
• Quinoa is a wonderful grain that is gluten free and very high in protein. It is similar in texture to couscous and is extremely versatile. I have made it as a PIlaf, Asian style and as a cold Mediterranean salad.
• Barilla Plus Thin Spaghetti has added protein and iron.
• For breakfast, I often have an egg white omelet with Spinach and feta, which covers both protein and iron.
• Gimme Lean ground meat is pretty tasty and the Morningstar "California Turk'y" burgers are delicious! The Morningstar Ground meat tastes excellent in Tacos and is very simple to prepare.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you need any other ideas! I am happy to help!0 -
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