Can anyone help me out?

Question

I've been a meat-eater all of my life, however, due to high blood pressure, I an begining to make some life choices---no smoking, limiting salt intake. I'm also cutting out meat, and trying to eat only fish, but I have yet to find any fish I'm crazy about. Anyone have any suggestions for vegetarian or vegan meals for me? I'm a newcomer to this, but I'm open to about anything. Right now, the only thing I'm good at making is black bean burritos!!

Answer 1

Have you tried Tilapia fish? I no longer eat fish, but when I did the Tilapia was my fave. Really good cooked on the George Foreman grill with just pepper and lemon slices on top!

Here is a recipe that my family loves:

Hearty Rice Skillet

1 can (15 oz.) each of black beans, chickpeas (garbanzo beans), red kidney beans : Rinsed and drained
1 can ( 14-1/2 oz.) can stewed tomatoes, cut up
2 cups loose pack frozen vegetables
1 cup water
1/4 cup quick cooking brown rice (barley is good too)
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme or dried dill; crushed
Several dashes bottled hot pepper sauce (optional)
1 can ( 10 -3/4 oz.) condensed tomato soup
1/3 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella or cheddar cheese ( 2 ounces)

In a large skillet, stir together beans, undrained tomatoes, frozen vegetables, the water, the uncooked brown rice, thyme or dill, and, if desired, hot pepper sauce. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 12 - 14 minutes or until rice or barley is tender. Stir in soup; heat through. Stir in almonds and sprinkle with cheese to serve.
Tasty with jalapeno cornbread ( make a regular cornbread batter, just add diced jalapenos and sweet corn to the batter before cooking!

My family loves this and asks me to make this at least once a week!
Good luck with your new healthy lifestyle!

p.s. I always add an extra can of corn and black beans to mine! Yummy! also, always be sure to rinse your canned beans thoroughly as this will reduce the amount of salt they contain and if you should choose to add an extra can of corn to yours, be sure to drain it first!

Answer 2

I think you can have meat just not fried but baked. Meat is your source if iron and protein fish sometimes contains things that is not all the good for you. Just bake you some chicken with steam rice and veggies or on the weekends go to burgerking and get a veggie burger or try pizzahut for a veggie pizza or a great salad. Subway also has steak and ham and turkey and chicken that's less in salt and fat and you still get all the veggies. Try those things just dont completly give up on meat your body needs some type of protein other than leafy veggies

Answer 3

Grill some slices of zucchini, yellow squash, red peppers, and onions and use them to make a panini (grilled sandwich). Layer the vegetables on some Italian bread or foccacia with some soy cheese, add a little olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and salt and pepper. Grill or cook in a press. If you don't have a press, try using two heavy pans, heated over medium heat. Press the sandwich between the pans and weigh down. After about 2-3 minutes, check to see if the sandwich is toasty enough for you.

Answer 4

Try eating a couple of garlic pods first things every morning. This will help you control your blood pressure. Also breathing exercises and Yoga are very helpful in doing so.

As for eating - you could try crab nuggets. Besides this try eating some fresh water fishes, you will like them better than sea water fishes. You could add Tofu to your diet. Tofu is made from soy milk and is very easy to cook and good to taste. There are several sites like http://www.vegcooking.com/spreadTheWord.asp
for tasty and easy to cook vegetarian meals.

Moreover, these days you also get plant-based meat subsititutes (faux meats) which are made from soy or wheat protein. You could check the following sites for more information on faux meats:

http://www.peta.org/feat/proggy/2004/winners.html#fauxmeat
http://www.peta2.com/uk/fauxsarnas.asp

Answer 5

First, don't expect much out of a man in jail, I've been in a similar yet completely different situation just don't get your hopes up. Anyways, contact the prison and ask about visitation if you can't see him maybe you can write to each other. I would check local prison near where you know he is. Just call it's not a crime to do that.

Answer 6

There's nothing wrong with black bean burritos. Add vegetables and fruit. Walmarts frozen foods has a vegetarian prepared meat substitute section full of good foods that may make you better able to live without real meat. Don't expect veggie substitute meats to compete in taste with real meat because real blood is missing; just know you don't need it for health; it's only a matter of taste and you can discipline yourself if you want to.

Answer 7

Well, you need to be careful with cheese, too. It's high in cholesterol and sodium. (Cheese was my downfall when I began cutting out meat!) Boca and Morningstar stuff can be *really* good, though. I prefer the ones that don't try to taste like meat. Also, learn to try Thai and Indian food, as well as anything on a Chinese menu that has Buddha's name or picture on it. (The Buddha was vegetarian.)

Answer 8

1.think of all the recipes you love that have meat and salt in them
2.go to store
3.get all the meat substitutes for those recipes (there is not much sodium in most of these), and pick up some "no salt"
4.make and eat

NOTE: if you are interested in becoming truly veg, not just for health benefits, be sure to check your existing recipes for chicken or beef broth (you'll have to use vegetable) and for any ingredients with gelatin (marshmallows, etc.)

Answer 9

My daughter is a vegetarian, so I cook things for her when she is home from college. One of her fav things is veggie chili. Make it like regular chili, only add extra firm tofu cubes near the end of the cooking time. Tofu soaks up all that wonderful chili flavor. Be sure to add lots of chunky veggies like mushrooms, zucchini, bell peppers, and black beans.

We also fix veggie fajitas, using portabella mushrooms instead of chicken.

Answer 10

Eggplant Parmesean!!