I signed up to Veganuary for January, even though I won't be stopping eating my chooks' eggs.
They send a daily email with a bit of guidance and some recipes. Some of the adjustments are easy to make. Worth a look
https://veganuary.com/
(19-01-2021, 04:46 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]I haven't eat meat/poultry for about 30 years but I do eat fish, eggs and dairy.
Lots of "normal" meals are vegetarian and don't need to be "labelled" - like pizza, pasta, beans on toast
, chilli sin carne = red beans, tomatoes, onions and, um, chillies.
That split pea dahl I posted earlier - lots more recipes on Hodmedod's site.
Sounds like a daft question I know veggie, but was there one particular reason 30 years a go that you took the plunge and stopped eating meat?
(19-01-2021, 06:56 PM)Vinny Wrote: [ -> ] (19-01-2021, 04:46 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]I haven't eat meat/poultry for about 30 years but I do eat fish, eggs and dairy.
Lots of "normal" meals are vegetarian and don't need to be "labelled" - like pizza, pasta, beans on toast, chilli sin carne = red beans, tomatoes, onions and, um, chillies.
That split pea dahl I posted earlier - lots more recipes on Hodmedod's site.
Sounds like a daft question I know veggie, but was there one particular reason 30 years a go that you took the plunge and stopped eating meat?
Several reasons - convinced me that I couldn't eat animals.
I was working with a vegetarian and, when we stayed away in hotels/ate in restaurants, I didn't eat meat to keep him company. It didn't seem that difficult to find alternatives.
I also worked in Agriculture and was taken to an egg hatchery and to see the different ways that hens were kept from free range/barn to battery. That stopped me buying eggs and I got my own chooks.
There was the Mad Cow business when cattle were being fed animal parts when it should have been grass. The end of beef for me.
Pigs kept in crates - no more pork.
The final step - at Christmas I always cooked a free range goose that was ordered in advance from a smallholder near Brecon. I drove home over the Brecon Beacons with the plucked bird on the passenger seat and by the time I reached home I had decided that I was not going to eat it. So I cooked it for my husband and had a veggie meal myself. I never ate meat after that day although I still cooked it for him.
The only things I miss are picking on a bone and crispy skin - not bacon as every thinks you should.
Great thread!
We started moving away from meat about ten years ago and now only eat it once or twice a week, we have fish once and the rest is vegetarian, with vegan at least once a week. I like to find traditional dishes from places where little or no meat is eaten rather than adapted dishes. YouTube is full of (mostly) women from the Indian subcontinent cooking traditional family recipes.
Made what I call hummus but I didn't have any tahini so used peanut butter instead: 200g dried broadbeans soaked (for a couple of days) and then cooked, 4 cloves garlic, glug of olive oil, some lemon juice and usually 1/2 jar tahini but used a big scoop of smooth peanut butter. Tastes OK but rather solid and not too much like hummus. I don't think I add enough lemon juice. Use in sandwich with cheese. I use a potato masher to mix.
(19-01-2021, 08:19 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]The only things I miss are picking on a bone and crispy skin - not bacon as every thinks you should.
It's often texture, isn't it? I don't miss bacon either - from time to time I buy Tofurky Treehouse Tempeh, which hits all the same savoury/sweet/smoky notes without the enormous amounts of fat and salt. If I want to be really indulgent I have a couple of strips on avocado toast, which is absolutely yummy!
When I eat corn on the cob, I try to imagine its a "bone" that I'm gnawing on!!! I'm not convinced though.