New vegetarian

lisah180
lisah180 Posts: 69 Member
edited December 3 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi, so I've newly decided to follow a vegetarian lifestyle and looking for quick meal ideas, that I can make in a pinch. (My husband is a big meat eater) so it's a bit challenging. Also could use some vegetarian/vegan friends to maybe get support or share/swap recipes etc!
Thanks!!

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    This MFP group is good place, though not always active.
    Has a lot of good recipes.

    Happy Herbivores
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/45-happy-herbivores
  • Rhumax67
    Rhumax67 Posts: 162 Member
    My husband is a meat eater too & it is challenging. The freezer is your friend. I make a lot of double recipes & freeze a lot. Soups, rice, veggie burgers freeze well. Otherwise I'd be cooking for hours. The happy herbivores group will be a help.
  • lisah180
    lisah180 Posts: 69 Member
    Thank you!!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited September 2016
    If I were a vegetarian, I'd make a lot of rice and beans dinners for both of us, and let him grill meat for him.

    There are endless variations of rice and beans. Not all of these are vegetarian, but you could pick the meat out or cook it separately: http://www.wisebread.com/35-delicious-rice-and-bean-dishes

    See also http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/search/ ?f[0]=field_special_diet:25&f[1]=field_recipe_main_ingredient:789
    These are all vegetarian, and feature beans and lentils.
  • melonaulait
    melonaulait Posts: 769 Member
    edited September 2016
    Make sure the carbs/legumes portion of your foods is enough for you (I mean, cook more of the carbs/legumes than before!) when you skip the meat that would be a part of your hubby's plate. There's also lots of veggie patties, and veggie protein sources like tofu, tempeh, seitan etc that you could experiment with!
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    I don't eat meat, but my BF does. We make a lot of meals where we can share the base meal, and he makes additional meat to add to his. For example, we'll make pasta with marinara, but then separately prepare meatballs for him, or we'll do some kind of fried rice where he'll make meat to add to his and I add extra egg to mine. During the summer, we use the grill a lot because it's easy for him to cook a few servings of meat for the next couple of days.
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