which vegetables can replace meats???

Question

I'm tired of looking for alternatives. if you are a vegetarian, please advice me about nutricious and energetic choices to take meat off my diet.

Answer 1

Try soy products of any type and flavor. Of course, tofu is good too.

Answer 2

You can buy fake soy based meats at the grocery in the frozen foods...ie worthington foods makes a lot of them...there are other brands..

Here is a vegan chili recipe that uses ground carrots and celery to replace the look of the meat (can fool even meat eaters maybe)

VEGAN CHILI RECIPE:
Ingredients:
olive oil
2 large yellow onions, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 red pepper, diced fairly large
1 green pepper, diced fairly large
2 (28-oz.) cans crushed tomatoes
1 tablespoon cumin
1/2 cup ground carrots
1/2 cup ground celery
5 mushrooms cut into quarters
1 package frozen corn
2 cans black beans (or any other kind of beans you like - chickpeas work well, too)
1 1/2 cup picante sauce
1 t. Kitchen Bouquet, browning sauce
salt to taste
grated cheddar, if desired
cashew nuts, if desired

Directions:

Saute onions in the olive oil. Add garlic. After onion and garlic are golden brown, add cumin, cayenne, and any other spices. Cook for a few minutes longer.

Add the diced peppers and saute for a few minutes. Combine the crushed tomatoes, carrots, celery, mushrooms, corn, beans, browning sauce, and picante sauce into the crock pot; add the onion mixture. Cook on low about 10 hours.

Serve with grated cheddar and cashew nuts, if desired.

This recipe for Vegan Chili serves/makes 4

Answer 3

I'm a veg and I don't use tofu or soy products. I think they taste like chemicals, so I eat a lot of different beans and other protein sources like eggs (cage free organic of course --had to say that so the vegans don't yell at me!) and dairy (organic of course!) ...
Beans are the only food that are in both the meat/protein and vegetable groups on the pyramid.

Answer 4

Hmm... Try beans or tofu.

I've not tried tofu, but i hear it's good.
Runner beans are nice- they contain iron which is usually only found in red meat. Try drinking more fruit juice- it's yummy and good for you!

Hope you find the right foods, cos vegetarians rule, don't they?
I've been veggie, like, all my life, I'm not fat at all, my skins good and I'm generally really healthy.

I think you'll feel so much healthier cutting out meat.
So my advice is this...Go for it!

and Best of luck!
me :)

Answer 5

Are you looking for nutritional replacements, or do you mean cooking replacements? Others have answered you, nutritionally speaking... so I'll go the other way.

I like to substitute eggplant or portabello mushrooms. Portabellos grill up really well on the barbecue (baste with butter or a marinade, etc) and are great on a bun or by themselves. There are also various recipes for "stuffed" portabellos. Eggplant works well in some traditionally meat-based dishes such as lasagna, eggplant parmigiana, etc.

www.allrecipes.com has some great recipes in their vegetarian section. I really like their zucchini pie. It does have a lot of cheese in it though, so not the most healthy dish... but it's really tasty (add some spices to it though... it's kinda plain as written).

Answer 6

It depends on which direction you wish to go. My advice is on diet only. It works 40% (casual)-80%(strict and disciplined personal only) without exercise on my own opinion but you can take it for your own references.

Fruitarianism is a diet of only fruit, nuts, seeds, and other plant matter that can be gathered without harming the plant.

Macrobiotic diet is a diet of mostly whole grains and beans, though it allows the consumption of fish.

Natural hygiene in its classic form recommends a diet principally of raw vegan foods.

Raw food diet practitioners don't eat food heated above a certain temperature.
Raw veganism is a diet of fresh fruit, nuts, seeds, and vegetables.

Freeganism — argues that all commodities produced under capitalism, not only those from animal sources, contribute to exploitation and avoid buying anything, including food. Freegans thus focus on acquiring foods and other commodities by means other than purchasing, including dumpster diving, foraging for wild plants, and gardening with intent to cause as little violence and ecological destruction as possible through their consumption.

While many freegans are vegans or vegetarians, others will eat animal products recovered from dumpsters that would otherwise go to waste on the belief that doing this does not encourage further animal exploitation.

Unless you try, otherwise you wouldn't know that there are so many alternatives than meat. Products made from beans example beancurds are most nutritious and healthy.

Your tongue need 2 weeks to adjust to the taste of these type of extremely healthy diet. After these period, you will find usual food or fast/oily/meaty food unpleasant. That is when you succeed..All the best!

Answer 7

Wheat meat, also called Seitan (say TAHN) is twice the protein and half the calories of red meat.

You can buy "gluten flour" and make it yourself or buy it ready made.

Avocado is a good meat alternative. As are beans (aka Legumes). Soy, Mung, Adzuki, All very high fortifying.

Answer 8

To eat a properly balanced meal that includes the necessary amino acids, the appropriate protein can be achieved by combined any two of legumes, grains or seeds. That means that a red beans and rice recipe can be a full meal, or a stir fry with rice and, say, sunflower seeds, or a cassoulet with beans and barley.

Answer 9

congrats on going off meats! I recently did too. Portabello mushrooms make a great "burger". Grilled eggplant is meaty. Potatos can be done in many, many forms. Bakes sweet potatos are great, with butter and honey or brown sugar. Rutibagas and turnips make great oven fries, and are hearty. Braised fennel is a lovely treat. Bell peppers stuffed with rice and vegi is a good one too. Zuchini stuffed with rice works. mmmmmm Brussel sprouts! Steamed beets. artichokes, brocoli, cauliflower with herb sauce, salads, mmmmm I am getting hungry-that sweet potato sounds good right now

Answer 10

All fruits are fresh vegetables. A "vegetable" is a plant, any part of which can be used for food.

Answer 11

In the superstore, fruits are usually selected much too soon. Some are rocks, many are bitter. Some of the fruit and vegetables are typical right (zucchini, onions, garlic, lettuce, greens, and a few others) so I'd have to go with vegetables.