r/vegetarian

Just wanted to share my experience as a vegetarian for over 12 years. Have never broken it other than a few like accidents of not knowing something had like ancho or lard.

I really forget that this is a notable part of who I am because it’s just a routine thing like brushing my teeth but someone pointed it out to me.

My type of vegetarianism is it doesn’t really come up much and I don’t think of it as a big part of my life. But looking back, it’s one of the best choices I ever made.

I’m no scientist or doctor but I believe it’s really helped my health and wellbeing. People always note how full of energy I am and how healthy and young I look. And I feel really good and enjoy my meals a lot. I have not been sick once in the last 10 years, my blood work and blood pressure are all good. I have no vitamin deficiencies. I lift weights and run every week and am built and lean.

I do high protein low carb low sugar. So over the years it’s a lot of stir fry or vegetable soup with many eggs or tofu. Also a big fan of the protein bars, shakes and bars. The seitan and soy products also help a lot. I average out around 180 grams of protein a day.

Anyways, just wanted to plug the diet. It really makes my life better and I hope others can have that too. Don’t worry about overthinking it or what others might think.

it might be a stupid question, i just got into vegetarianism. since i decided to become vegetarian i have spent my days, like really all day long thinking about being vegetarian. trying to get informed, thinking about what to eat, regretting not being more aware earlier, getting angry alone in my room at how some people have no empathy for animals 😅 etc. i will probably calm down about it after a while but i was wondering, how long have you been a vegetarian, or vegan, and how often do you think about it? do you only think about it when you have to go grocery shopping? when you have to plan meals? whenever you see animals? whenever you see humans?

I stopped eating fish a few weeks ago, and I've been reducing my meat intake over the past few weeks until I completely stopped two days ago. It's like 200 times more enjoyable to cook without meat. I got some plant-based alternatives, and while I was cooking them, I was like "Wow, I'm not touching a dead animal right now " and it filled me with satisfaction. That's the first time I've ever felt that while cooking. I just wanted to share my joy here, I don't have any close friends or family who share the same diet.

The thought of eating dead animal flesh grosses me out, but i do enjoy fake meats like beyond or impossible burgers, knowing that they aren’t made of animal flesh doesn’t gross me out.

I am cooking for 10 people tomorrow night, 4 of whom are vegetarian

I cook vegetarian food a few times a week, but it's basic stuff ie chili, lentil curry, spinach lasagne etc.

I'd love to make something that's not a typical midweek fare, but not overly complicated either.

Would love to hear some ideas.

I’ve been vegetarian for nearly ten years now, and since I was a kid my justification was just ‘I want to be vegetarian’. Recently I’ve been actually exploring the ethics of it (I’d never really thought about it before and I do believe in a lot of the ethics behind it but I’m worried if I believe that too strongly I’ll believe I’m better than people who do eat meat and it’ll cause conflict with my meat eating family, so I’ve also been trying to justify eating meat in my mind so I can remain neutral, but now I don’t know what to think. Either I continue being vegetarian but cause conflict with people who eat meat around me or I justify eating meat and then I can’t justify being vegetarian, since my justification has always just been that I’ve always been this way and I like living this lifestyle, and I’m worried that isn’t enough. I’ve been starting to miss eating meat and miss not feeling so conflicted, I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to give up my principles but I’m tired of feeling all this stress and anxiety about how to feel.

Hi, im new here, as in, I literally JUST joined.
The past week or so, I have been debating slowly becoming vegetarian. Ive been becoming more and more aware of my bodily needs and I have looked into health studies, and the environmental impact of easting meat (Mainly the new Billie Eilish interview has started all these cogwheels turning in my head)

Now the big question:
How do you all recommend to start going about this?
First, I live with my parents, and especially my dad is very set on his meat eating, so I dont know how to go about that in the weekly groceries my mom does.
Secondly, I have just started being consistent in the gym for 2-3 months now, and I would like to still try to hit my protein goal while eating less/no meat. What protein sources do you recommend?

Third, I literally want to cry when I think about all the cattle living in too small spaces, only living and then being killed for food.

Sorry for the rant but I just need a clear plan and tips otherwise I just know that there is no way I am going to stick to this even if I want to extremely badly.

Hiii hello everyone!! I don’t know anyone personally who also doesn’t eat meat, and I’d love to talk to some other people about it. So I thought I’d try to find a discord server, but I’m mostly seeing vegan only servers. I don’t want to get hated on😭. I was wondering if anyone knew a discord server that was plant based focused, no strict rules, just for vegans, vegetarians, and people interested in the topic of environmental conservation and animal protection.

I don’t want to argue about who is more ethical by eating what, I think what’s more helpful is open discussions about the topic, even with people who do eat meat!

Pls drop a link or suggestion. Tyyy!!

I’ve been thinking about going fully vegetarian. I already don’t eat red meat, and I only eat fish and chicken about once a week. My main question is: did becoming vegetarian affect your running performance at all?

Also, what do you use for protein alternatives and recovery meals? Thanks!

Have any of you used a meal delivery service that had good vegetarian options? I’m in 🇨🇦 and have only looked into Factor so far, and I wasn’t impressed. I was just wondering if anyone has any recommendations. Thanks!

Hey all,

I’m making efforts to cut back on my meat consumption. I’m a decent home cook, so I’m not afraid to dive in. That said, the majority of my cooking to date has been meat-centric, and I’m not sure where to start finding some decent vegetarian recipes.

I’m looking for some websites that have email subscriptions for good vegetarian recipes. I like recipes that have decent amounts protein and fibre.

Any suggestions? So far I’ve been getting some recipes from Facebook reels, but Facebook is garbage and requires wading through piles of bad content before seeing something useful.

Open to ideas. Thanks!

No lie I am just trying to survive of 6 different meals thankfully this one brand Amy's is vegetarian but unfortunately they have to be made from frozen so I can't take them to school.

Where I live most everything has meat or the animals "had" to die to get them and my school is no longer serving any pizza for a while and idk wtf to do guys 2 years strong (mines the thinges I thought something was vegetarian and it wasn't thank you McDonald's and my local Mexican place ex.)

This sucks I need food that is easy and doesn't have spinach broccoli coliflowar, or brussel sprouts ( my least favorite vegees)

I’m 23 years old and i’ve been vegetarian since i was 11 for the animals. But recently in the past few years, my health has declined a lot and i have begun eating some meat recently. I feel really sad but i think this is the only option for me now

Hi All,

Hope you are well.

Just made these and thought you may like the recipe I was extremely happy with the result. Please let me know what you think. Took about 20-30 minutes of active time to go from ingredients to finished burger.

Black bean, zucchini and sweet potato burger with a mushroom melt topping - Recipe

Patty 

1 zucchini grated, long strands if possible 

1 can black beans, drained and coarsely crushed 

A cup of peeled grated sweet potato, long strands if possible 

1 finely sliced long strands of medium onion 

2 tablespoons of potato starch 

2 whole eggs 

1 teaspoon of Vegeta stock powder 

2 teaspoon of old bay seasoning 

2 teaspoon of Gaganis chicken salt (any all purpose seasoning will work) 

1 teaspoon of white ground pepper 

Pinch salt 

Melt Topping 

1 Raw cup Beech mushrooms, cleaned and separated into individual pieces 

2 Raw cup any other mushroom sliced in the approximate same size as beech 

1 slice of any cheddar/tasty/swiss etc cheese per burger 

Other  
Burger buns
Alfalfa

Make approximately 8 small-medium burgers  

Process 
Take mushrooms and separate on a tray on some paper towel and leave in the fridge with good airflow for 3-5 days or until semi dehydrated 

In a large bowl, preferably with a saucer sized flat bottom, place the drained black beans and crush with potato masher until 60% of the beans are crushed, and all the beans have been broken at least a little 

Place the rest of the patty ingredients in and mix well, mix will be wet and more like a very chunky batter consistency

Take a cast iron pan and heat to high to make the whole pan completely hot, then turn it down to medium for 2-3 minutes. This ensures that the pan has plenty of thermal mass but is not too hot to get an even but gentle sear 

Check heat is medium, Oil pan with about 1/3 cm olive oil, generous but not shallow frying 

Take about ½ a cup of the mix and drop into pan for each serve, gently press down with a spatula into a bun sized patty. Batter should settle nicely without spreading with a gentle pat.  

Drop heat to medium low, Cook for 3-4 minutes   

Place in semi dried mushrooms into one layer on the other side of the medium heat pan season whole pan with crushed salt and black pepper 

Flip burger patty, cook mushrooms and patties for about 3-4 minutes with a lid on mixing mushrooms occasionally 

Place the mushrooms on top of patty once they are lightly brown and crispy, top with tasty cheese. Replace lid and cook for 2-3 more minutes or until cheese is melted 

 

Serve on a bun with aioli and alfalfa or any other desired toppings.