Welcome! You've already taken the most important first step by asking for advice. I understand that it seems overwhelming or confusing at first. There are some great plans out there where volunteers will help you, here are a couple:im just realizing i dont think i like eating animals ethically - how do i convert to vegetarianism / veganism? i dont really enjoy eating most fruits and vegetables so it seems kinda hard lol
You just need to get used to them. Human taste is highly adaptable. Anything that you don't eat at all/much can be weird & off-putting at first but keep eating them (don't force yourself to eat a lot at a time, but just a little), and you'll probably notice yourself growing to like them.im just realizing i dont think i like eating animals ethically - how do i convert to vegetarianism / veganism? i dont really enjoy eating most fruits and vegetables so it seems kinda hard lol
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You might struggle if you just drop all animal products and don't replace them with anything, so don't do that. Start by thinking about what you *do* like to eat. Depending on where you live, you might find there are a lot of vegan versions of traditional non-vegan products available (veggie burgers, vegan cheese etc). But you can also find heaps of recipes using ingredients you are familiar with and those which you may never have tried before.
Do you have any specific concerns, like how to replace a certain foodstuff?
Well you mentioned that you weren't happy ethically with your diet, and eating animal byproducts really isn't any better than eating animal parts in terms of ethics. Think of the life of a dairy cow - forcefully inseminated, then they have their baby ripped away from them as soon as it is born, to either be slaughtered or turned into a future milk producer. Cows often cry for days when separated from their calves. And then they end up attached to uncomfortable milking machines for hours on end, causing painful mastitis. The process of being forcefully inseminated, separated from calves etc will begin again and continue until that cow no longer produces milk in vast enough quantities for the farmer to deem them profitable, so they will be sent off to the same slaughterhouses as the beef cows, at a fraction of their natural lifespan. I consider that cycle of rape, bereavement and exploitation worse than just being fed until fat enough to be slaughtered.im really feeling like i'd rather go vegetarian than vegan - i don't really feel that bothered by eating animal byproducts but the actual flesh is what's bothering me
i think it just seems more that the logistics of having a non vegetarian fiance and how we will plan meals together that really seems difficult to me
i do know i already like a lot of fake meats and actually eat some regularly anyways but i'd like to figure out actual vegetable options i'd tolerate; a lot of it is seemingly the texture that bothers me more than flavor
Well you mentioned that you weren't happy ethically with your diet, and eating animal byproducts really isn't any better than eating animal parts in terms of ethics. Think of the life of a dairy cow - forcefully inseminated, then they have their baby ripped away from them as soon as it is born, to either be slaughtered or turned into a future milk producer. Cows often cry for days when separated from their calves. And then they end up attached to uncomfortable milking machines for hours on end, causing painful mastitis. The process of being forcefully inseminated, separated from calves etc will begin again and continue until that cow no longer produces milk in vast enough quantities for the farmer to deem them profitable, so they will be sent off to the same slaughterhouses as the beef cows, at a fraction of their natural lifespan. I consider that cycle of rape, bereavement and exploitation worse than just being fed until fat enough to be slaughtered.
I have mostly dated non-vegans. In every case they became more vegan or even fully vegan after taking an interest in my choices - watching documentaries together etc. but also by cooking awesome and creative vegan meals together. If they are very resistant you can always plan to cook a base meal and they can choose to add to it whatever they like.
It would probably be good from a health perspective too to try and expand the range of veggies you eat, so good thinking. I don't have much to add to what the other poster above said regarding introducing new foods and finding other ways to prepare them, man I love my vitamix for making smoothies. Maybe you and your fiance could go to a good farmer's market or even just supermarket and look at the wide range of produce, pick out a few that you haven't tried before or only tried a few times, and look up some interesting-looking recipes that use them. I live in Japan now so not only found a whole bunch of veggies I had never tried before but found new ways to prepare the veggies I was familiar with. Also got a whole new slew of recipes when I went to Vietnam in Spring and took some cooking classes. Take this as an opportunity to expand your horizons, culturally too.
im just realizing i dont think i like eating animals ethically - how do i convert to vegetarianism / veganism? i dont really enjoy eating most fruits and vegetables so it seems kinda hard lol
Tell us what you would usually eat throughout the week and what your favorite dishes are and we will do our best to come up with a comparable meal plan and recipe suggestions. 😃im just realizing i dont think i like eating animals ethically - how do i convert to vegetarianism / veganism? i dont really enjoy eating most fruits and vegetables so it seems kinda hard lol
Tell us what you would usually eat throughout the week and what your favorite dishes are and we will do our best to come up with a comparable meal plan and recipe suggestions. 😃
Certainly had experiences like that where the cook just has no idea what to do with tofu.I went to Mellow Mushroom once (a sit down pizza chain in America) and along with vegan cheese, onion, and bell peppers I asked for tofu in one of the sauces as a pizza topping. While I did enjoy my pizza overall, the tofu was definitely not drained so my pizza was a little damp in certain spots. Getting tempeh as a topping there is definitely the better choice.
I live in Japan so I have tried quite a few. The best veg sushi I have had uses fried tofu, marinated shiitake mushrooms, avocado, cucumber, dried plums (ume), burdock etc. There's always wasabi if you need a kick.im a little over a week of vegetarian eating, generally it's been a pleasant experience - the only thing diet wise i feel missing is sushi basically. is there any sort of vegetarian/vegan alternative to that?
If you mean fish replacements, yeah, there are some ways to emulate certain fish-foods. Believe it or not, it's achieved using carrots, chickpeas or zucchinis. :Dim a little over a week of vegetarian eating, generally it's been a pleasant experience - the only thing diet wise i feel missing is sushi basically. is there any sort of vegetarian/vegan alternative to that?
Try banana blossoms. They are great as a fish replacement.im a little over a week of vegetarian eating, generally it's been a pleasant experience - the only thing diet wise i feel missing is sushi basically. is there any sort of vegetarian/vegan alternative to that?
When I began using tofu, I usually prepared it just like that, without draining any water. I hated tofu at the beginning, until I started draining the water out of it and using soy sauce to marinate it. Now I love it very, very much.Tofu gets bad rap because some meat eater chefs & the like who have zero experience eating tofu in their own lives just throw some unseasoned, wet tofu climps into some salads or something in a sad, half-hearted attempt at offering options to vegans/vegetarians, and people understandably don't like it. Plus there are some tofu brands (SoFine for example) that are just plain bad.
In and on all kinds of breads, seed crackers/crispbread (a mix of seeds), make your own granola(bars), smoothies, ground them for sauces, porridge, seed-steaks, spreads...Does anyone have any good recipes/uses for hemp seeds. I've been using them on salads cause I know they're nutritional powerhouses but I'm looking for some more creative ideas.
I have them in a grinder with flax seeds that I have in the morning with alt yogurt.Does anyone have any good recipes/uses for hemp seeds. I've been using them on salads cause I know they're nutritional powerhouses but I'm looking for some more creative ideas.
We've started putting them in anything. They really have little taste and will just disappear in musli, salads or anything else really.Does anyone have any good recipes/uses for hemp seeds. I've been using them on salads cause I know they're nutritional powerhouses but I'm looking for some more creative ideas.
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And what if profits from their Oatly dealings will go to more Amazon forest destruction & other ecological disasters? Or to support the (re-)election of fascist leaders who give zero fucks about protecting the environment on any level, anywhere.I thought Oatly's response was interesting, basically they said it's great that this company that has previously invested in destroying the rainforest to make money is now acknowledging that they can make money selling sustainably sourced oat milk.
I kind of agree with them, the world would be a much better place without companies like Blackstone searching out every dollar on the planet but we'll make positive change much faster if doing the right thing is also financially beneficial.
I got some like proteiny flatbreads lately so I might just try melting it with those. I'm craving nachos and stuff lately lol.Violife's smoked flavour is ok on a seitan steak (slightly melted after putting it on the steak after you've fried the other side of it on the pan and while frying the second) in between a hamburger but not sure I'd eat it as is or just on top of plain bread without the mayo & other strong flavors somewhat hiding the less good (after)taste of it.
I will gladly be your test dummy.I'd love to try making some of those blue cheeses & stuff myself but I'm afraid I'm too sloppy and they'd be inedible, lol.
I mean inedible not in that they taste bad, but in the sense that you wouldn't have the kind of intended blue mold growth in the cheese, but the kind that will poison you. 🤣
yolo.I mean inedible not in that they taste bad, but in the sense that you wouldn't have the kind of intended blue mold growth in the cheese, but the kind that will poison you. 🤣
Violife's smoked flavour is ok on a seitan steak (slightly melted after putting it on the steak after you've fried the other side of it on the pan and while frying the second) in between a hamburger but not sure I'd eat it as is or just on top of plain bread without the mayo & other strong flavors somewhat hiding the less good (after)taste of it.
Home made. 😋i am fairly new to this lifestyle, but where can you get a seitan steak? that sounds really good lol
Well, technically many of the meat steak vegan alternatives you can buy at stores are seitan (gluten + often some assortment of legume flours), so just go to stores near you and to a vegan section (if there is one) and check out if they have any such. But as FliXFantatier posted, it's also pretty easy to make at home, and much cheaper than store bought (1kg of gluten flour costs something like 5-6€ and you can make, like, a hundred steaks out of that). You might have to check a few stores to find all ingredients (not all basic big store chains necessarily sell the flours needed, so you might have to find a more specialty store or one that does)i am fairly new to this lifestyle, but where can you get a seitan steak? that sounds really good lol