Anyone recently turned (or thinking of turning) vegetariann

[ianrauk]

Vegan chocolate's nice...

Disagree. I have yet to find nice vegan chocolate. My boss is married to a vegan cook and she likes to try new recipes on me, especially sweet stuff. Cakes can be lovely, choccy, nope.

 

[PK99]

Whenever this topic crops up, I'm amazed at the responses referencing processed Vegetarian of Vegan options - veggie burgers, vegetarian sausages, Quorn.

We are complete omnivores but regularly eat food that happens to be vegetarian for days on end - almost always Indian vegetarian* from scratch, very rarely the same recipe. Ditto there are great cook-from-scratch Italian vegetarian dishes (the other day I made a great Pasta y Ceci - pasta with chickpeas, onion, garlic parsley, and tomatoes)

No need for meat lookalikes or substitutes and no need for processed ingredients.

* I strongly recommend Meera Sodah's Fresh India as a starting point and branching out from there to recipes on Pinterest

 

[Archie_tect]

or Madhu Jaffrey's Cookbook... still a favourite!

 

[Archie_tect]

I'll ask MrsA_T where she got the last lot from.... a market stall in Morpeth just before Christmas. It was lovely, +a raspberry and a chilli flavoured chocolate!

Yum.

 

[Rocky]

or Madhu Jaffrey's Cookbook... still a favourite!

I read that quickly and thought it said Mad Doug Biker's cookbook

..... my eyes are playing up....should have gone to Barnard Castle

 

[Archie_tect]

I read that quickly and thought it said Mad Doug Biker's cookbook

..... my eyes are playing up....should have gone to Barnard Castle

Wonder how Mad Doug is, and Nihal!

 

[PK99]

or Madhu Jaffrey's Cookbook... still a favourite!

I know this might be sacrilege, but I find Jaffrey less authentic and more akin to dinner party Indian, Sodah's for is much closer to the food I have eaten in Indian family homes in the UK

 

[Rocky]

Wonder how Mad Doug is, and Nihal!

@Pat "5mph" usually knows how Doug is......any news Pat?

Nihal is probably finishing off his PhD in particle physics and well on his way to a Nobel Prize.

 

[Archie_tect]

I know this might be sacrilege, but I find Jaffrey less authentic and more akin to dinner party Indian, Sodah's for is much closer to the food I have eaten in Indian family homes in the UK

Possibly, but it was of its time and inspired Mrs A_T to go to a night class in the early 80s... our copy's very stained and well-thumbed, [like our 'Delia']... though I still don't like fenugreek!

 

[craigwend]

I've been pescetarian since about 1984 and then after a long drive conversation with daughter #1 we both went vegan about three years ago. With one thing and another she's gone back to 'mostly veggie omnivore' and I've reverted to eggs. Living in a household with five wildly different diets has meant some compromises. So the occasional croissant still gets through. I must say that it's very very much easier to eschew meat these days than it was in 1984. fark knows what I'd have eaten if it wasn't for Linda McCartney - gawd bless her.

Another pescetarian since about 1989? Sometimes go weeks without seafood, Initially only decided on this route as I don't like cheese or eggs (though will tolerate if cooked nowadays) and my choice when eating out then would be often 'a baked potato' with beans if lucky
Its a lot easier in both shops and restaurants (remember them...) nowadays, lots of choices with substitutes and wider range of foods avaible
I've never quite felt in the place to go vegan, though noticed lots of friends are going vegan recently
Ramblings over...

 

[Electric_Andy]

Well I'll be honest, my morals are all over the place. I don't agree with fishing for sport, but I'm fine with fishing to eat what you catch. But I buy tinned tuna and occasinoally other fish which is mass caught in nets. I eat a lot of meat, probably 2 meals a day on average, and I buy supermarket meat (british where I can). I think I'm typical of "if I can't see how it's produced, I'll eat it". I do get annoyed when I hear people saying that all meat is animal cruelty. Growing up on a farm, the animals were very well looked after. The lengths we used to go to to ensure the cows were happy and healthy, I don't think people realise. Their udders, hooves etc were tended to at the slightest hint of discomfort. But I know this doesn't happen everywhere. Yes it is beneficial for the farmer (happier cows = greater yeild, especially for milking cows), but my parents and all their farming friends had a genuine love of the animals which was plain to see in the community. They reported one of the neighbouring farmers for animal cruelty and they have finally been banned from keeping animals.

Sorry for the ramble, house arrest is getting to me

 

[Electric_Andy]

We are complete omnivores but regularly eat food that happens to be vegetarian for days on end

Yes I've just commented like that without thinking. I love cauliflour, I blend it up as a rice substitute. No processing required. it smells if you leave it in the fridge cut up though, but not as bad as fish, or camembert.

 

[oldwheels]

I eat a calorie reduction diet that is simply eating veggies for around 10 meals a week, the other 4 may be 'meat-ish'.
Veggies are literally just that, not some faux meat substitute that is packed full of additives/fat/sugar to try and mimic the mouth satisfaction of meat. Portion control with vegetables isn't something that needs to be thought about, a kilo of boiled cauliflower is about 250 calories, whack a bit of homemade soup over it (or curry powder or salt/pepper) and you're good to go - not too windy even.

I find a bit of carrot and perhaps potato adds a liitle something. Instead of proper soup which I do make I use cup a soup at half volume of water for my cauliflower mix.

 

[jayonabike]

Vegetarian?

Good god no.

 

[mistyoptic]

Vegetarian?

Good god no.

It's OK so long as it includes Bacon