I just bought some great food that I can't eat

[lisaloebmalone]

My daughter became a vegetarian for about six months after her FATHER let her watch a SAW movie (Saw 2? 3? I don't know) that apparently had a segment in a meat processing plant....

( STUPID ex-husband, no 12-year-old needs to see that crap!)

I cannot imagine what she'd do if she read that book or watched that movie. We may all be eating tofurkey from now on...

 

[bluemtnrunner]

My daughter became a vegetarian for about six months after her FATHER let her watch a SAW movie (Saw 2? 3? I don't know) that apparently had a segment in a meat processing plant....

( STUPID ex-husband, no 12-year-old needs to see that crap!)

I cannot imagine what she'd do if she read that book or watched that movie. We may all be eating tofurkey from now on...

Has she seen how they torture those poor soybeans.....the milking process is brutal!!!

 

[lisaloebmalone]

Has she seen how they torture those poor soybeans.....the milking process is brutal!!!

:funn::funn::funn::funn::funn:

 

[danhall]

sorry, but I have to do this....

http://www.chooseveg.com/animal-cruelty.asp

 

[organicmama]

sorry, but I have to do this....

http://www.chooseveg.com/animal-cruelty.asp

Dan,

Question, I don't digest soy well.... was a vegetarian for 8 years until I realized it. Wheat is another thing I don't want to overdo. Any suggestions besides beans, beans & more beans? Still a veggie at heart & don't like meat but am tolerating it right now. Can't stand fish.

 

[danhall]

I may not be the best one to ask, as I am still formulating the vegetarian diet that is right for me...

the other options that I am aware of are:

mycoprotien, derived from mushrooms
seitan, or "wheat-meat"
beans, including soy, of course
tree nuts and such

for me, the idea that we have to replace that slab of cow or pig with some equally dense form of protein is sort of out-moded. It seems when we focus too much on one thing (i.e. protein, low-carb, saturated fat, etc.) we miss the basic idea that what we should eat is a variety of whole foods, organically grown, as fresh as possible and with little to no industrial processing. Protein is found in many of those things.

I just finished a great book called In Defense of Food, it really rearranged some of my thought patterns...

 

[Kurt]

I just finished a great book called In Defense of Food, it really rearranged some of my thought patterns...

Was that because it was so hard to digest?

 

[kathydwells]

Was that because it was so hard to digest?

:funn:Very good daddy-o.

 

[organicmama]

I may not be the best one to ask, as I am still formulating the vegetarian diet that is right for me...

the other options that I am aware of are:

mycoprotien, derived from mushrooms
seitan, or "wheat-meat"
beans, including soy, of course
tree nuts and such

for me, the idea that we have to replace that slab of cow or pig with some equally dense form of protein is sort of out-moded. It seems when we focus too much on one thing (i.e. protein, low-carb, saturated fat, etc.) we miss the basic idea that what we should eat is a variety of whole foods, organically grown, as fresh as possible and with little to no industrial processing. Protein is found in many of those things.

I just finished a great book called In Defense of Food, it really rearranged some of my thought patterns...

I was using "seitan" but I'm trying to avoid wheat as a staple, KWIM? It's like soy is to me. A little is grayt, but as a main food source... I don't feel so good at all. My taste buds are happy with both soy & wheat but not the rest of me.

I'm trying to get past that whole dense protein thing, too. My mind has comprehended it, but my tummy hasn't.;-)

I also need to not be nursing to really focus on getting back to being vegetarian without the extra calories, nutrition requirements.

 

[Plays With Food]

I just finished a great book called In Defense of Food, it really rearranged some of my thought patterns...

Michael Pollan's books are actually a little better than Fast Food Nation (which is a good book, but focused more directly on the topic of fast food); his book previous to In Defense of Food, entitled The Omnivore's Dilemma, is also a great read.