| Even if your reasons for turning toward a vegetarian | | | | equation, you will often find Tofu as one of the |
| lifestyle are moral, ethical or religious, it is common to | | | | ingredients. That is because it works so well in lots of |
| miss the taste of meat especially when you first start | | | | different recipes and responds well to grilling, baking or |
| your walk as a vegetarian. The first rule to enforce is | | | | any other preparation method. Just be sure you take |
| not to feel guilty about that. Just loving meat doesn't | | | | the time to dry your Tofu by putting it on a towel and |
| make you a bad thing. After all, most of us are raised | | | | removing the excess moisture before using it. |
| eating pork, chicken, beef and other meats and if our | | | | If your commitment to vegetarian living also meals the |
| parents did not have scruples about meat | | | | elimination of animal products such as milk and cheese, |
| consumption, you have that as part of your upbringing. | | | | soy milk has become increasingly popular in the last |
| The good news is there are lots of substitutes for | | | | few years with vegetarians and meat eaters alike |
| meat and wonderful recipes you can use so you can | | | | because if its health and diet benefits. Not only is it |
| eliminate meat from your diet and not feel like you are | | | | delicious to drink as a beverage, it can replace milk in |
| "going without". The added benefit is that vegetarian | | | | recipes just as successfully. |
| eating is much healthier for your body than a diet | | | | To eliminate animal based cheese from your diet, you |
| where meat is a common ingredient. Meat carries | | | | might try a product called Tofutti. They offer many |
| such a higher incidence of calories and fats that are | | | | varieties of vegan chesses including cheddar and |
| harder for your body to digest and assimilate that you | | | | mozzarella so you can enjoy that flavor with a clear |
| are doing your body a big favor switching to a | | | | conscience. You can even find good substitutes for |
| meatless lifestyle. | | | | yogurt that is made from tofu or soy milk so you don't |
| One way to still enjoy some of the aspects of meat | | | | have to cut popular tastes from your diet entirely. |
| but eliminate the actual animal part is to go with meat | | | | Tofu is such a great meat substitute and an |
| substitutes in traditional meat meals. Many restaurants | | | | outstanding nutritional source that you can even use it |
| serve veggie burgers where you get the good taste | | | | in traditional egg dishes such as quiches, custard, |
| and familiar meal that we all like about hamburgers but | | | | omelets or any other meals that would emphasize an |
| you are still staying totally vegetarian. By shopping at | | | | egg taste. If you mix pureed tofu with your recipe, you |
| markets and groceries that are supportive of the | | | | could virtually serve an egg dish even to a meat lover |
| vegetarian lifestyle, you can often find other traditional | | | | and they would not be able to tell that you had them |
| meat meals prepared entirely without actual meat to | | | | eating vegetarian. |
| help you get past missing that source of protein. | | | | As you continue to explore vegetarian cooking, there |
| A staple of vegetarian diet planning is Tofu. Tofu is | | | | are a number of other meat replacements that do well |
| made from Soya beans so it is totally natural and a | | | | in various cooking contexts.Tempah comes from a |
| good fit to your vegetarian meal planning. But it is full of | | | | soy bean that has been fermented. Tempah works |
| proteins and it is a very flexible ingredient for | | | | well once you braise it in a sauce for about an hour. |
| vegetarian recipes because it reflects the flavors of | | | | Once prepared it can be fried in flower and served |
| other foods and herbs and it works well in dishes that | | | | with a sauce for flavor and be very satisfying. |
| use sauces so it can almost be mistaken for a meat | | | | One of the big projects of making the change to a |
| dish. | | | | vegetarian lifestyle is learning ways to substitute |
| As you set about building your library of vegetarian | | | | healthy alternatives such as we have discussed to |
| recipes that are designed to take meat out of the | | | | take meat and meat products out of your diet. |