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The problem is that I still live at home, and my family doesnt exactly agree. So, I’ve decided to start making my own dinners, etc.
Any help, advice, tips, or support would be greatly appreciated. I love meat, but I think Im ready to try and give it up. I cant stand how some companies treat the animals.
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I became a vegetarian when I was 12, and my parents were a bit skeptical at first also. It is really pretty easy to cook family meals with just a little bit of effort.
Many meals can be made with a meatless portion. For example, if my family was having a pasta dish with meat in it they would simply put a portion aside before adding the meat.
Many nights I would eat the side dishes or veggies that they prepared to go with their meat entree, and I would just cook up a veggie burger or something similar to go with the side dishes.
Hope that helps make things a bit easier on your family. Good luck!
Congrats on your choice! Although I’m still in my transitioning phase of being a vegetarian, try to first, get a few good cookbooks, always check the discount section of Barnes and Noble. This way you’ll be more apt to eat it. Also, try to get your family involved, fine one great dish and cook it up for them, and try to educate them so they understand your choice, not to convert them.
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well done sweetie! i am also vegetarian against cruelty on animals. it was easy for me. before i stopped eating meat, i checked out other ways to keep up with much needed vitamins and minerals. then i stopped. i made up for it by eating more vegetables. variety is necessary to begin with. try eating different things to keep from hating it. and if someone offers you meat, firmly tell them you dont eat it. it will take some will power but after a while it becomes habit. and being vegetarian opens up a new range of recipies to try. if you are still having trouble with it, email me ok? good luck!
ok, well firstly if your not a good cook there is still loads of things you can try, for example pizza, or pasta with tomato(or dolmino or whatever) sauce, these are both commonly eaten things and only take 10 mins or so to cook. there is loads of quorn things that are great for putting in sandwitches aswell.
i had the same dilema as you my mum wasnt to please with the idea but she also thought it was a phase and decided to help me until she realised that really wasnt that hard to find vegestuff, youve never noticed because youve never looked, next time your mum goes shopping go with her, see what you can get, i think you’ll be suprised, here are some links for ideas when you get a bit better at cooking…
http://www.peta2.com/STUFF/s-recipe.asp
http://www.vegcooking.com/
http://vegkitchen.com/
http://vegkitchen.com/
hope i helped, every veggie saves lives!
Why do you want to give it up if you still really like meat?
If you are only doing it for moral reasons then you do realise that you should technically also stop eating any sweets/puddings with gelatin in, and cheese that doesn’t specifically say that it is made without rennet, not wear any leather or suede etc, etc.
Having said all that then if this is something you have thought through carefully and still decided it’s what you want to do then it’s sad that your family cannot support you.
You should make sure that you are still getting all the goodness you need by eating lots of beans, nuts, lentils etc and don’t scrimp on your dairy products either. You could also try meat substitutes such as quern but my vegetarian friends have very differing opinions on their taste.
I would suggest that maybe you look into places that they treat their animals better if you still really like meat. I know some smaller places do give their animals good lives. The larger firms can be disgusting I agree.
If you look at BBC food or allrecipes then I’m sure they will have some great vegetarian meals for you to cook.
Good luck whatever your final choice.
I started to be vegan while I still lived at home too. I wish I had a cookbook for single people at that time. Well, I’ve got one now. It’s an older book called the single vegan. It’s my favorite by far. It has shopping lists so that you can buy all the stuff you need in one trip to the store and then if one recipe on Monday calls for half a bell pepper you can be assured that a recipe later in the week will call for the other half so nothing goes to waste.
Congratulations on your choice. As your parents and family realise that you are healthy and your food looks, smells and tastes good, they’ll start adopting your lifestyle too. My family was staunchly anti-vegetarian, but now they have come around. It’s hard, but better for both you and the animals in the end.