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Thinking about going vegan, vegetarian, or just reducing the amount of meat and diary you eat, but don't know where to start?
Here are some tips on incorporating more plant-based meal in your diet
Thinking about going vegan, vegetarian, or just reducing the amount of meat and diary you eat, but don't know where to start?
Here are some tips on incorporating more plant-based meal in your diet
First, don't expect to find the exact same taste. A lot of people that taste a soy steak for the first time say: "It doesn't taste like meat". Well, that's perfectly normal, it's not meat.
So don't go with a mindset of "I want to find the meat taste". It's a new world of food.
So don't go with a mindset of "I want to find the meat taste". It's a new world of food.
Second, don't expect it to feel "natural" in the beginning: as with any diet change, it takes time to build a habit, but after some time practicing everything ends up being done with some level of automatism.
Buy cookbooks, but not the fancy ones: start with the one that are "vegan meals on a low budget"
Even if you don't feel like you're low on budget, what these books contain are recipes for simple yet tasteful meals (Fancy cookbooks usually have complex and expensive ingredients)
Even if you don't feel like you're low on budget, what these books contain are recipes for simple yet tasteful meals (Fancy cookbooks usually have complex and expensive ingredients)
I suggest things like https://www.amazon.com/Plant-Based-Budget-Delicious-Recipes-Minutes/dp/1946885983/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=vegan+on+a+budget&qid=1602441570&sr=8-1 or https://www.amazon.com/Liv-Vegan-Budget-Effortless-Plant-Based/dp/0778806251/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=vegan+on+a+budget&qid=1602441591&sr=8-2.
In french, this one is a very good one: https://livre.fnac.com/a14086070/Marie-Laforet-Cuisine-vegan-petit-budget?oref=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&Origin=SEA_GOOGLE_PLA_BOOKS&esl-k=sem-google%7cng%7cc294196405911%7cm%7ckpla349573444465%7cp%7ct%7cdc%7ca58200328279%7cg1553156614&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2or8BRCNARIsAC_ppyajpFS_UadHGZs5rYh_WQ1ix1ags1AHSwEOJ2OG_6juZU76OpvZdjoaApgNEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
In french, this one is a very good one: https://livre.fnac.com/a14086070/Marie-Laforet-Cuisine-vegan-petit-budget?oref=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&Origin=SEA_GOOGLE_PLA_BOOKS&esl-k=sem-google%7cng%7cc294196405911%7cm%7ckpla349573444465%7cp%7ct%7cdc%7ca58200328279%7cg1553156614&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2or8BRCNARIsAC_ppyajpFS_UadHGZs5rYh_WQ1ix1ags1AHSwEOJ2OG_6juZU76OpvZdjoaApgNEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
When it comes to food itself, take a look at what you eat on a daily basis: most of the meat can actually be replaced by a plant-based alternative. If you eat meat/fish and a side, you can switch to vegan steak and a side. If you like ground meat, there is plant-based alternative
So basically, you can create a vegan burger, a vegan hot dog, vegan nuggets, etcâall transformed meat has an alternative.
But, as said before, don't expect it to taste the same. It's not the same, it's something new.
But, as said before, don't expect it to taste the same. It's not the same, it's something new.
When it comes to butter, in every recipe I've tried you can replace it with an oil. My favorite one is olive oil and it works like a charm for cooking and baking.
Finally, milk. There are literally dozens of plant-based milks: almond milk, soy milk, rice milk... you name it.
If a recipe you're making needs milk, you can use a plant-based one. If it doesn't work, don't give up: try with another milk.
If a recipe you're making needs milk, you can use a plant-based one. If it doesn't work, don't give up: try with another milk.
For example, almond milk usually works well in cakes, while rice milk will work better with crepe and pancake. In mashed potatoes, I prefer rice milk over soy milk. But I learnt it the hard way :)
Also, and it's basically true for _any_ diet you switch to, don't throw yourself into a vegan diet without thinking and planning it upfront: it might be a big change (depending of where you're coming from), and a diet, whatever it is, is good only if it's balanced.
It's perfectly possible to have a balanced, healthy vegan diet (and to be fair when done well it's probably healthier than any other).
But if you're definition of becoming vegan turns out to be eating cucumber juice 24/7, well, ...
But if you're definition of becoming vegan turns out to be eating cucumber juice 24/7, well, ...
If ever you need some help preparing your groceries: https://twitter.com/_ColinFay/status/1319551010671656961
Also, a cool guide on getting started on @vegan:
https://www.vegan.com/how/
Key quote
: "Donât seek to cut animal products out of your diet. Instead, crowd them out. The more vegan foods you sample, the quicker youâll move toward eating a primarily vegan diet."
https://www.vegan.com/how/
Key quote
: "Donât seek to cut animal products out of your diet. Instead, crowd them out. The more vegan foods you sample, the quicker youâll move toward eating a primarily vegan diet."
Also, if you want to diminish animal-based food but not go full blown Veg, here are some experiments you can try:
- Meatless Monday: https://www.mondaycampaigns.org/meatless-monday
- "Being Vegan for a Week (or a Month!)" https://www.vegan.com/guides/vegan-your-first-three-weeks/
- VB6 ("Vegan Before Six"): https://www.webmd.com/diet/a-z/mark-bittman-vb6-diet
- Meatless Monday: https://www.mondaycampaigns.org/meatless-monday
- "Being Vegan for a Week (or a Month!)" https://www.vegan.com/guides/vegan-your-first-three-weeks/
- VB6 ("Vegan Before Six"): https://www.webmd.com/diet/a-z/mark-bittman-vb6-diet
A cool app to find veg restaurants nearby: "Vegan Maps"
About "craving for meat"
If you think about it, you only crave for things you eat on a regular basis. For ex, I haven't eaten meat for almost a decade now, and in the beginning I was craving for it, thought I "needed it", but now the idea of putting meat in my mouth disgusts me.
If you think about it, you only crave for things you eat on a regular basis. For ex, I haven't eaten meat for almost a decade now, and in the beginning I was craving for it, thought I "needed it", but now the idea of putting meat in my mouth disgusts me.
When cutting off meat, chance are that you'll be thinking about it a lot in the beginning, you'll think you "need it". But at some point you won't feel like it anymore, because in fact what we want to eat is what is part of our eating patterns, which are mostly routine-based.
For ex, you never tell yourrself "I really want to eat <this foreign thing you've never eaten before>".
It's the same with everythg: the more you exercise, the more you feel like your body need to exercise. The more you eat sthg, the more you'll feel like your body "needs" it.
It's the same with everythg: the more you exercise, the more you feel like your body need to exercise. The more you eat sthg, the more you'll feel like your body "needs" it.
