Anyone Vegan or Vegetarian?

I'm a vegetarian who loves me some vegan foodstuffs too from time to time. My diary is open but it's a lot of homemade recipe stuff too so not sure how helpful it is but I'm liking what I'm eating and so is my body.

Hey

Im vegetarian too

Vegan here. Feel free to add me.

I'm mostly vegetarian (I eat fish, yogurt and the occasional egg) slowly transitioning to veganism just by making more vegan meals and dishes. I just made an awesome banana-quinoa-cashew quick bread that was only 108 calories per serving

This would make you a pescatarian, not a "mostly vegetarian", as there is no such thing. :-)

Thank you, I appreciate your opinion, but I think "mostly vegetarian" describes my diet just fine I'm actually mostly vegan. Most days, I don't consume any animal products. I'm not morally opposed to eating seafood and do so about two or three times per month, but 80+ meals per month are entirely plant-based and often free of animal products altogether.

Not everyone means "vegetarian" to describe a political identity.

I also don't recommend soy-based meat substitutes, as for the most part, they're loaded with sugar, sodium and preservatives to make them taste edible. If you're looking for extra protein, I recommend experimenting with legumes and whole soy products such as tempeh, tofu, edamame and soy nuts. Organic and GMO-free only, though! But that's just me.

I'm mostly vegetarian (I eat fish, yogurt and the occasional egg) slowly transitioning to veganism just by making more vegan meals and dishes. I just made an awesome banana-quinoa-cashew quick bread that was only 108 calories per serving

This would make you a pescatarian, not a "mostly vegetarian", as there is no such thing. :-)

Thank you, I appreciate your opinion, but I think "mostly vegetarian" describes my diet just fine I'm actually mostly vegan. Most days, I don't consume any animal products. I'm not morally opposed to eating seafood and do so about two or three times per month, but 80+ meals per month are entirely plant-based and often free of animal products altogether.

Not everyone means "vegetarian" to describe a political identity.

I also don't recommend soy-based meat substitutes, as for the most part, they're loaded with sugar, sodium and preservatives to make them taste edible. If you're looking for extra protein, I recommend experimenting with legumes and whole soy products such as tempeh, tofu, edamame and soy nuts. Organic and GMO-free only, though! But that's just me.

From Webster:
veg·e·tar·i·an   [vej-i-tair-ee-uhn]
noun
a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.

pes·ca·tar·i·an \ˌpe-skə-ˈter-ē-ən\
noun
: one whose diet includes fish but no meat

And, by the way, Quorn products do not contain soy. Please do your research before you respond to a post.

Hey I am a vegetarian but the only dairy I eat is eggs and sometimes cottage cheese. I want to be vegan!! You can add me and look at my diary if you want

Hiya,

I am Vegi, Got my big bum through large portions and too much cheese.

But as I am behaving you wont see that here
(I am currently eating the bad stuff in the house but that will filter out over the next few days, lol. Waste not want not)

I use protein powder and bars, and eat chesse and eggs and Meat replacement products.

My diet is varied, and I love my food

Oh, and there are at least two fairly popular groups on here for veg*ns. One is Happy Herbivores, I think the other is Team Vegan.

Hi there

I always was told that beans are not a complete protein, that one should pair beans with rice, corn or grain to get the complete protein... I found a link to explain:

This is what I was referring to:
http://www.fitsugar.com/Whats-Complete-Protein-Inquiring-Vegetarians-Want-Know-165298

best regards

Hi there

I always was told that beans are not a complete protein, that one should pair beans with rice, corn or grain to get the complete protein... I found a link to explain:

This is what I was referring to:
http://www.fitsugar.com/Whats-Complete-Protein-Inquiring-Vegetarians-Want-Know-165298

best regards

Yes, beans are not a complete protein. I was just trying to clarify that you do not have to combine beans with a grain *in the same meal* to make a complete protein. You could have grains for breakfast and beans for dinner and have what you need in terms of essential amino acids. It just kind of sounds like when a person says "combine beans with a grain" to get a complete protein that you have to do it at one meal. Maybe that's not what you meant, I just wanted to clarify for anyone reading who might not know that.

*ha, nevermind, we just crossed posts.

From Webster:
veg·e·tar·i·an   [vej-i-tair-ee-uhn]
noun
a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.

pes·ca·tar·i·an \ˌpe-skə-ˈter-ē-ən\
noun
: one whose diet includes fish but no meat

And, by the way, Quorn products do not contain soy. Please do your research before you respond to a post.

Same dictionary has:

4. consisting solely of vegetables: (vegetarian vegetable soup.)

The vast majority of my meals ARE VEGETARIAN (vegan), but if you really cannot abide referring to me or people like me as having mostly vegetarian diets, that's fine. However, people have the right to decide how they should talk about their own diets.

And since the OP was asking about how to get enough protein, I was speaking to her, discouraging her from soy-based meat substitutes and encouraging her to try whole-soy products for soy-based protein sources. Don't really care about Quorn, I'm sorry.

From Webster:
veg·e·tar·i·an   [vej-i-tair-ee-uhn]
noun
a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.

pes·ca·tar·i·an \ˌpe-skə-ˈter-ē-ən\
noun
: one whose diet includes fish but no meat

And, by the way, Quorn products do not contain soy. Please do your research before you respond to a post.

Same dictionary has:

4. consisting solely of vegetables: (vegetarian vegetable soup.)

The vast majority of my meals ARE VEGETARIAN (vegan), but if you really cannot abide referring to me or people like me as having mostly vegetarian diets, that's fine. However, people have the right to decide how they should talk about their own diets.

And since the OP was asking about how to get enough protein, I was speaking to her, discouraging her from soy-based meat substitutes and encouraging her to try whole-soy products for soy-based protein sources. Don't really care about Quorn, I'm sorry.

Pescatarians are considered vegetarians.

I'm also vegetarian. Been so for almost 2 years. Don't know how great my foods look every day, but feel free to add me if you wish.

I've been a vegetarian for 15 months and have never felt better! My husband (who is a pescatarian) and I eat a lot of stir fry with rice or rice noodles.

If you are interested in meat substitutes, for extra protein, try the Quorn products. They are delicious!!!! And there are so many varieties!

Only quoting you because you mentioned Quorn, they have egg whites in them...so not good for Vegans. Just in case someone didn't know that

I'm a strict vegetarian, by which I mean I rarely eat animal products, but try not to obsess over whether the bread in this or that place might have something in it I'd rather not eat. I also eat candy at work sometimes. Work in progress, if you will.

Feel free to add me if you'd like! (any of you, for that matter)

And just to weigh in on the conversation, I don't consider pescatarians vegetarians. But I'm not here to proselytize, so I'm ok with people who eat meat, as long as they're not rude to me about how I eat.