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Post by Lix on Apr 10, 2006 21:52:54 GMT 11
I know theres a few of you out there, so im hoping someone might help. I'm struggling to come up with new ideas for vege meals, particulalrly living with a meat eater. I also don't eat capsicum and am getting sick of tofu!!! (i think im stuffed) anyone got any good ideas for different stuff that actually tastes half decent?
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Post by Cat-Eyes on Apr 10, 2006 21:55:39 GMT 11
Not that I think I'm going to be very helpful, but do you eat fish, chicken or dairy? (It might help othr people!  ) On a side topic, found out my English teaher is a vegetarian today... |
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Post by Madame Kat on Apr 10, 2006 22:40:06 GMT 11
I can understand how hard it is to live with a meat eater. I have been a vegetarian/vegan for about 7 years. You can search the net for some vegetarian recipes. It also wouldn't hurt to check out the library, they have some good recipe books there. Here a a few sites that might help: vegweb.com/www.ivu.org/recipes/Good luck.  |
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Post by Lauren Hedgehog on Apr 10, 2006 23:38:45 GMT 11
If you eat cheeze and milk, potato bake is wonderful  ummm... fried rice? rice pudding(that may have eggs in it though- I can't remember), salad wraps, mashed potato and roast vegies |
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Post by Min on Apr 11, 2006 10:48:10 GMT 11
I've been Veg all my life Lix, and I've got Paul living with me, a read-blooded meat eater! Here's the sort of meal ideas I go with: 1. Pastas. Pumpkin is a good substitute for meat in veg foods eg, Pumpkin, spinach and ricotta lasagne. 2. Quiches. Just load them up with every veg you can find. Lots of spinach especially 3. Are you a fan of salad? Fill your plate half with salad, and have a side of chips/potatoes/pasta for carbs, and any meat substitute that you can stomach If he wants a steak, he cooks it! 4. Do you eat any of the meat substitutes? One good meal for this stuff is Sushi. The boy can have chicken or whatever on it, and you can have vege substitute (I go for one called "Nutolene" on sushi. Quite nice!) 5. Pizzas. Again, Pumpkin as a main instead of meat (*drools over pumpkin, spinach, fetta and sundried tomato pizza)! Or you can go a half-and-half. The other thing I do is keep a lot of cold meats in the fridge. That way, if you have a vegetarian meal, you can chuck a few slices of hungarian ham on the boy's salad, and he won't complain about rabbit food and you've managed to not have to make two meals! Hope they help! Luv, Min |
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Apr 11, 2006 11:36:09 GMT 11
Yay! Vegetarian thread! I've been a vegetarian (ovo-lacto) since birth - both my parents are vegetarians. My brother was, but now eats meat. Anyway - those soy sausages at Coles are damn nice, but I have to say, the tofu/soya selection here is pretty bad when compared to Europe.  Okay, okay - how about dhal? My mother developed a little variant, where you have the dhal (mainly red lentils cooked until they become a porridge) and rice, but with the extra of green beans in a sort of tomato sauce (Turkish recipe)!  A pity about the capsicum ... it's really nice when you stuff it with rice and lentils mixed with melted cheese. Oh, and couscous? It goes well with mushrooms, tofu, and leeks. Very light. There's also a Moroccan soup called "harari" (I think that's the right spelling), which is supposed to have chick peas and lentils in it as staples, along with a lot of vegetables and fermicelli. Polenta is also good. You should probably look at more international foods - the Western diet is quite monotonous at times. There seem to be some staples in the vegetarian diet: lentils, tofu, soya, eggs/cheese. Spreading that across your week and thinking "okay, time for a soya dish tonight" might start you off in the right direction. I think it was Jamie Oliver who said "when you cook vegetarian, you have to be clever". In other words, it can be a challenge at times, but you end up with better meals because there's more room for invention. |
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Post by HeartoftheDarkness on Apr 11, 2006 17:39:34 GMT 11
Huzzah for vego's! I for one, cannot live without Hokien noodle honey/chili strifes. Definitely a half decent meal Pasta with a fresh mushroom and tomato sauce is good, because the mushroom gives you the iron you would normally get from red meat. And its easy to just put some meat in your carnivores portion Some other fav's of mine are spinach risotto, fried rice, green bean, potato and tomato soup (its really filling) and lentil soup. |
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Apr 11, 2006 20:04:27 GMT 11
Spinach pancakes are really good too. Bake a stack of pancakes, then warm up some frozen spinach cubes, mix it with fried mushrooms, and put a layer of this in between the pancakes. Then cover the whole stack in a cheese sauce! Mmmmm! |
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Post by Fuil Dearg on Apr 12, 2006 5:51:03 GMT 11
iv been vegetarian for about 10 yrs, and vegan for 5 of them. im not vegan now tho cos i like soft cheese and milk choc. mostly cos i like cheese tho. i dont know very many diff veg recipes tho. i usually just eat pasta with sauce, rice with veg curry, potatoes with other veg, or chips with ketchup. i love steamed broccoli and boiled cabbage. i used to have stir fries. im making a vegetarian website for college at the moment. so in a about 3 weeks i should know quite a few vegetarian recipes. ill post some then. dark green vegetables are quite good for iron and calcium. what type of vegetarian are u elixa? do u eat eggs or fish, et cetera?
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Apr 12, 2006 11:31:40 GMT 11
I probably should stress this: a vegetarian does not eat fish, red meat or chicken under any circumstances, and should be avoiding gelatine, rennet and animal fat. They may eat eggs and/or other dairy products. (The reason some won't eat eggs is because they are embryos.)
Pescarian is the term for those who eat fish but no other meats.
Polloarian is the term for those who eat poultry but not other meats.
Why, by the way, is there gelatine in virtually every yogurt product in Australia? You really don't need it - I'm thinking these companies probably have a deal with the beef industry to get rid of their waste.
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Post by Madame Kat on Apr 12, 2006 17:06:43 GMT 11
Grrrr. I'm sick of companies puting animal products into foods and prouducts! There are some perfectly good plant altertnatives out there.
And there's the harmfull chemicals they dare to put into foods....
I'm also trying to come up with some new ideas for recipes. I'm thinking of doing some vegetarian and vegan cooking classes.
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Post by Fuil Dearg on Apr 14, 2006 3:32:09 GMT 11
AF i know what a vegetarian is. i also know that some ppl aren't vegetarians who call themselves vegetarians. that's why i asked what type of vegeatrian she is.
edit avocados are really nice. i love them. and theyre good for u. and taste a lot different to other food.
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Post by Lucy on Apr 14, 2006 21:06:44 GMT 11
Wow, I didn't realise how many vegetarians there are on the site! Some of the suggestions here sound yummy - I might even try them myself! Hope you find them useful, Elixa!
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Apr 20, 2006 14:36:22 GMT 11
AF i know what a vegetarian is. i also know that some ppl aren't vegetarians who call themselves vegetarians. that's why i asked what type of vegeatrian she is. Okay, sorry about that - can you smack those people for me, then? It reminds me of a line from The Bluffer's Guide to University where the author suggest you must always insist that you are a vegetarian, even the type "that eats fish and meat". LOL ;D |
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Post by DragonMornir on Apr 20, 2006 17:54:16 GMT 11
Pescarian is the term for those who eat fish but no other meats. Polloarian is the term for those who eat poultry but not other meats. Thanks for that!!! One of my good friends is Polloarian and she always says shes a vegetarian... that eats chicken ;D My mother tried to tell me i was a vegetarian cos i dont like red meat. pink and white meats are fine, its the steak and the beef i avoid. so somehow thats a vegetarian  My mum is weird... *sigh* Some of the vegetarian recipies though look really good. I never would be one to say i like vegies, but there are some really good lasagne recipies, and quiche, and pesto sauce for pasta..... If you like soybeans, and are sick of tofu, there is always tempeh. Its a asian, more specifically Indonesian/malay soybean product, and its delicious!!! most asian food stores have it... and theres this neat indonesian dish called tempeh ketchap.... * salivates*.... pity there is no tempeh in the freezer lol.... ok ive rambled enough for a meat eater in a vegetarian thread.... heheh ;D |
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Post by Never Undressing Sneer on Apr 20, 2006 18:51:49 GMT 11
Why, by the way, is there gelatine in virtually every yogurt product in Australia? You really don't need it - I'm thinking these companies probably have a deal with the beef industry to get rid of their waste. there are yoghurt products without gelatine, you just have to find them. there arent many yoghurt or cream products without gelatine but there are a few. |
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Post by scruffy on Apr 20, 2006 19:34:02 GMT 11
Some yoghurts and creams use synthetic gelatines... And a lot of cheeses these days use synthetic rennet.
Vege risotto is always yummy - asparagus, spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, mushies, pumpkin, sweet potato and white wine, parmasen cheese if that works for you. Curries are good too - lots of curries can be vege - dahl is just the begining. Nut based curries (like korma) also up your protein intake (although most recipes use sour cream and yoghurt). Pasta is good too - lasange, pestos, spag...
Pizza's are awesome for vege's too...
Stuffed veges make a nice meal - stuff a pumpkin, a capsicum, a tomato, a potato... whatever you want.
Fried rice or stir fry is always a favourite.
(I'm not vegie, but I used to have friend who was. I love cooking, so I learnt a lot of yummy recipes, and use them a lot).
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Post by DragonMornir on Apr 20, 2006 20:02:15 GMT 11
Why, by the way, is there gelatine in virtually every yogurt product in Australia? You really don't need it - I'm thinking these companies probably have a deal with the beef industry to get rid of their waste. there are yoghurt products without gelatine, you just have to find them. there arent many yoghurt or cream products without gelatine but there are a few. YuP!! in fact i have one infront of me... i ate it and read the ingredient list and went ohhh!! no gelatine!!! Gippsland Dairy Yoghurt - Rasppberry Twist ( i dont know what other flavours there are except there is passionfruit as well) Its a tall container, and the label has green in it. Hope that helps!!!! and it tastes really good!! Infact my dinner is almost vegetarian, and i didnt even realise lol!! the youghrut, seaweed, and Har gow dumplings ( the only meat they have is parwn hehe!) |
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Post by grunty on Apr 21, 2006 13:07:27 GMT 11
i'm terribly sorry i can't be of assistance to you. I'm not a vegatarian for a number of reasons. 1. I live in Iowa, thats in the midwest. 2. I like hunting/fishing. 3. The beef chow mein MRE's (Meals Ready to Eat, used by army and other stuff, i got to try some) are oh so delicous.
I dont eat anything with a face, that's why we cut their heads off first.
anyways i just thought that was kind of funny, i'm not anti vegetarian or anything and i wont call you names, I like lettuce, rice, potatoes, and oranges as much as the next guy. its just that i like our local markets fried chicken just a bit more.
i dont know if they have any vegetarian army food stuff's.
also, may i suggest rice and green beans with some lemon pepper seasoning, with some chicken that my dad cooks on the grill it is awesome.
dammit. you can just exclude the chicken part.
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Post by Cookie Lover on Apr 21, 2006 13:38:10 GMT 11
Don't they have vegetarian stuff in the army? Seems a bit unfair to me.
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Post by Kangaruth on Apr 22, 2006 0:19:03 GMT 11
I've heard America's pretty bad for veggie food (at least, outside NY and California). But possibly not as bad as France. In France you ask if they have veggie food and they look at you like you've just grown an extra head. Although that might just be due the appaling state of my friends' spoken French! Switzerland isn't quite so bad, but it can still be a trial going out for dinner with veggie peeps.
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Post by Arctic Firefox on Apr 22, 2006 3:57:45 GMT 11
America's surprisingly okay for vegetarians. You just have to go to the right supermarket. "Fresh Fields" is one, I think, and from what I remember, "Zagara's", "Kroger's" and "Trader Joe's" were also quite good. But the mainstream ones ... no. Australia is pretty bad for meat substitutes, but I must say that the soy milk here is fantastic - it's not that expensive and tastes great! As for the yoghurt: I've noticed some companies don't, but the big ones like Yoplait seem to put it in all their products, which really is completely unnecessary. |
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Post by grunty on May 23, 2006 8:40:32 GMT 11
I dont think the military has vegetarian food. and if you ask for it i think the drill sgt would have your ass. seriously. Just like the military doesn't allow gay people in. its a don't ask don't tell with that though. if they find out they will kick you out for being A-wall or something.
I have a question for vegetarians. When you walk by a grill out does your mouth water? don't tell me it doesn't!
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Post by Arctic Firefox on May 23, 2006 11:14:02 GMT 11
No, it makes me want to throw up. I don't judge meat eaters, but I find that they often judge me for being vegetarian.
Yeah, I know most armies don't cater for vegetarians. This is a bonus because it means I will never be conscripted into pointless wars.
See, there's another ridiculous point. How will being homosexual in any way affect one's performance in the army? Before you talk about sexual attraction or some ridiculous thing, they said that when women wanted to join, and the result has actually been that women were abused and intimidated. So if there is a problem, it's that many heterosexual men in the army are aggressive bigots who shouldn't be there at all.
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Post by Fuil Dearg on May 23, 2006 22:19:08 GMT 11
grunty, no it doesn't. it makes me feel sick. and i avoid it as much as possible. i used to like meat when i ate it. especially rashers and sausages. but rashers were my favourite. i don't miss them at all. AF, they might conscript u anyway. and i think id agree with ur other points. The vegetarian society has some very good recipes and lots of them. Vegetarian Society's recipes |
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ummm... fried rice? rice pudding(that may have eggs in it though- I can't remember), salad wraps, mashed potato and roast vegies
My mum is weird... *sigh*
