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I'm a vegetarian and try to eat mostly whole foods. I also like to keep things simple, but tasty. Fortunately my husband is very basic in his food tastes, he could live forever on just beans and rice. For example, the last couple days I have been making a very simple, but wholesome lunch where you take two slices of whole…
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I've been a vegetarian since 1977, but also was addicted to sugar. As HungryTuna mentioned, there are many good sources of protein, some dense in calories (read that nuts), as well as coconut products, oils and avocados. The first thing I did was stop eating anything with corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, and…
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Brown rice and beans are excellent sources of protein, fiber and B vitamins. Be sure and add those to your diet. Pick vegetables that have a variety of color and you will probably do a good job balancing vitamins and minerals and antioxidants, as an easy reference.
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I am a vegetarian and also am consistently way over. I look to see where the sugar calories are coming from. If it is from the natural sugar in fruits, vegetables and grains I don't worry about it. That should be healthy. So far, even with the "high" sugar totals (from natural sources) I am consistently losing about 1 1/2-…
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Restaurants like IHOP and Bob Evans have items specifically listed as healthy options and include the calorie counts. The children's menu at IHOP also lists all the calorie counts. You can use that as a guideline, as well as their recommendations on how to make menu items lower in calories. Salads with the fat free…
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Another good alternative is Coconut milk. I like it the best. The best Soymilk flavor wise is probably Silk. Soymilk tends to be stronger flavored than milk or coconut or almond milk. The advantage of Coconut milk is that it contains medium chain fatty acids.
