Resolutions

[becomingkate]

Next year my husband wants to try eating more vegetarian food (someone pointed out that I'd actually be pescatarian, since we are still open to eating fish ;))

We don't want to be very strict about it at all, actually.  I guess mostly cut out the major meat options like steak, pork, chicken and turkey, sausage, bacon, etc.  Anything that's pure meat.  Eat more veggies and fruits and not too many grains.  I'm not adverse to imitation meat but I don't think my husband would love it, so we need to find other ways to get protein. (also my husband doesn't like tofu--but I do)  We both like beans.  Also I think we want to cut out eggs.  Cheese and other dairy are still allowed.

I have a good grasp of cooking but I have never cooked a lot of vegetables--I usually just get a variety of frozen veg. and serve them as a side.  I'd like a good vegetarian lasagna recipe, maybe some pasta recipes, salads and fish.  So if any of you have favorite vegetarian recipes you want to share, I'd love to see them!

Comments

[barsukthom.livejournal.com]

The folks on the Indian Subcontinent have spent quite a few years coming up with absolutely delicious vegetable curries. I mean, they make CAULIFLOWER taste good!

The cookbook I personally would recommend is "660 Curries", by... um.
LINK: http://www.amazon.com/660-Curries-Raghavan-Iyer/dp/0761137874/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354233775&sr=1-1&keywords=660+curries+raghavan+iyer

[becomingkate.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[barsukthom.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! (The cookbook also has egg and fish recipes, as well as various meat ones) We use it at least once a week.

[theonlymeyouget.livejournal.com]

What he said. Also look into Thai food. I don't have a specific book or recipe in mind, but a lot of Thai people are vegetarian, and most Thai restaurants offer most menu options as vegetarian.

Eastern European and hence, most of American culture are the ONLY ones who think a meal isn't a meal without meat. Most of the rest of the world uses it as a flavoring, or as an occasional dish.

I have no issue with meat eaters, because, as a biologist, I realize that we are physiologically designed to hunt, and to chew and digest meat. But also from a biological standpoint, you WILL eventually fry your kidneys eating that much protein on as regular a basis as most Westerners do.

[becomingkate.livejournal.com]

I'll have to look into that, and omit any cilantro that they use :blech: