I need help I don't eat meat or any dairy

Capt_Apollo wrote: »

12Ace12 wrote: »

I just stop eating meat 4/25 and dariy on the 4/28 I need to know what food to eat. Help Help Pleaseeeee!

you should have had the foresight to figure this out.

Ugh, well, everyone knows you can eat vegetables as a vegetarian, but if it's not a concept you've been around, the idea can be daunting, no matter how much you want it. OP just needed some ideas, I'm sure.

I've been a vegetarian for 13 years, and 9 of those years I was a vegan. Before you dive right in, I'd recommend doing research and getting a cookbook or two. It can be an overwhelming decision to make quickly, because then you end up getting stuck on pasta and processed veggie burgers. Most vegan cookbooks will have kitchen "must haves" list. I buy a decent combination of frozen and fresh vegetables and fruit, lots and lots of spinach, almond milk, mixed nuts, and a few other staples of my diet. It will mostly depend on your preferences, and what foods sound good to you. It will help at first to meal plan. Pick 5 recipes and buy all of the ingredients for them. Milk is not the only source of calcium, there is calcium in a lot of greens (spinach, kale, collard). Basically, do some research and get oriented to recipes, ingredients, and what you should be buying at the store for your nutrition needs, then make the move. Once you are ready, I do not recommend "easing in", only because then you become one of those people that is a "a vegetarian, except for chicken" and people will hate you. I also went for a while and basically made vegan versions of meaty food. I still do this sometimes, but it used to be literally every meal. (Vegan mac and cheese, vegan sloppy joes with vegan cheese, vegan mayonnaise, etc) It was not any healthier than just eating meat. I eat much more balanced now, but it took focus and reworking my buying habits. I'd try to avoid bad habits in the beginning. Also, try not to be the cliche uptight vegan/vegetarian. You don't need to call every restaurant and ask if they cook their bean burger on the same grill as their meat burgers. I've never been afraid or offended to eat around or pick off meat if I had to. It's important to remember that your diet should not rule your life, and it should definitely not rule the lives of others. So be cognizant and appreciative of the times when people make exceptions for you. (Friends ordering a veggie pizza just for you, or people preparing you a special meal)

I recently became obsessed with soy milk, so you could always substitute unsweetened soy milk in place of dairy milk and use it with whole grain cereal! I used to drink almond milk, but soy has a better ratio of protein, which could really help you!
Other things include guacamole, beans, tofu, boca burgers (they're absolutely divine), eggs, seafood (unless you stopped eating this, as well), harvest snaps (they're also a wonderful new treat I found, absolutely addicting, way better than potato chips but high in protein and fiber. I buy it at Walmart or BJ's, look for Calbee's brand!), nuts, seeds, hemp hearts, hummus, etc.
Even if you're craving pasta Barilla now has a protein plus pasta which is really good, you can always add some pasta sauce, vegan cheese, and chopped up boca burger to make it super yummy!
Also, if you're craving ice cream, So Delicious makes great coconut milk frozen desserts (I prefer their no sugar added vanilla or chocolate versions)!
Luckily we live in a world where you can buy just about any kind of food produced without meat or dairy!

Vegan for 10 years so feel free to friend me.

I smell a troll.

itsthehumidity wrote: »

This is a troll everybody move on.

I'm inclined to believe the above statement, but what they hey, I'll feed the troll just because it's a slow work day.

I'm seeing a lot of preaching about tofu - the only caveat/point of consideration is that with "formed" (read: processed) food is that it inevitably lends itself to all sorts of questionable additives in order to keep form, consistency, etc. (read the ingredient list on a box of "tofu nuggets" to see what I mean). The "pure" soybean is generally the best way to go, unless you're really craving something like a burger. There are also inconclusive studies out there that correlate soybean consumption with elevated estrogen levels, theorized to be due to the presence of phytoestrogen in the beans themselves. Again, not conclusive, but something to consider.

The above being said, I do enjoy using tempeh and soybeans in my diet, though I do eat meat so they're not a staple, per se.

12Ace12 wrote: »

I just stop eating meat 4/25 and dariy on the 4/28 I need to know what food to eat. Help Help Pleaseeeee!

If you're not a troll (which I doubt) Look at the UK Vegan society lots of great advice there. Use google you're on a computer and have access to all the information you need

For a low calorie meal, I just had a cup of rice, a half a cup of radish kimchi (kinda high in sodium though) and some dry roasted and seasoned seaweed paper. Put some rice and kimchi in the small sheets and roll up to eat. Add some fresh fruit to your meal. If you don't like seaweed you could always substitute with leaf lettuce. So yummy!

If you're looking for something hearty (fats, proteins), try an avocado. Make sure it's a little soft but not squishy before you open it.