The Vegetarian Life

A way for you to help save humanity…

by

Owen Jones

Published by

Megan Publishing Services

http://meganthemisconception.com

Copyright Owen Jones 2022 ©

Hello and thank you for buying this ebook called ‘The Vegetarian Life’.

Vegetarianism has been a culinary philosophy for thousands of years, but not so much in the West, until it started to make a comeback in the early Twentieth century. It was taken on board by the Hippy Movement in the Sixties and Seventies, because any of them drew inspiration from the East and in particular Buddhism. The children of those hippies often continued the lifestyle imbued in them by their parents, and have now passed it on to their own children. Nowadays, very few towns, no matter how small, are without a vegetarian restaurant.

This is not a recipe book, although it does discuss vegetarian food and does give a few example recipes. It is really for those who want to know more about vegetarianism, perhaps in order to better understand the movement or their vegetarian friends and family members.

I hope that you will find the information helpful, useful and profitable.

The information in this ebook on vegetarianism and related subjects is organized into 16 chapters of about 500-600 words each.

As an added bonus, I am granting you permission to use the content on your own website or in your own blogs and newsletter, although it is better if you rewrite them in your own words first.

If you have any feedback, please leave it with the company you bought this book from.

Thanks again for purchasing this ebook,

Regards,

Owen Jones

Table of Contents

The Vegetarian Life

Hello and thank you for buying this ebook called ‘The Vegetarian Life’.

Being a Vegetarian - Pros And Cons

Adding Variety and Vitality to Your Vegetarian Meals

How to Be a Good Vegetarian House Guest

How to Cook for a Vegetarian Visiting You

How to Make Vegetarian Soup

3 Delicious Vegetarian Main Courses

How to Make a Vegetarian Pizza from Scratch

Is It OK To Be an Expectant Vegetarian Mother?

Tips for Feeding Your Vegetarian Baby

The Social Vegetarian

Vegetarian Diets for Your Cat or Dog

Your Vegetarian Baby

The Rules for Being a Vegetarian

Vegetarianism on a Budget

The Vegetarian Life

Weight Loss, Health And The Planet

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Being a Vegetarian - Pros And Cons

If you are considering becoming a vegetarian, then you must be asking yourself about the pros and cons of doing so. There are different ways of looking at this. On the macro or global scale, you as an individual, by giving up eating meat, will personally save the lives and suffering of all the animals that you would have consumed, if you had not given up.

On the other hand, a few hundred animals over quite a few years will not make much difference to the animal population. What is more, with the Chinese and Indian populations becoming richer, it is almost certain that they will be eating more and more meat in the near future. You will be doing your piece though.

However, on the micro, or personal level, becoming a vegetarian will alter your life. Those who have faith in detox diets say that lots of the toxins that they say mount up in our bodies come from the hormones, pesticides and antibiotics that are in meat but ought not to be.

Meat, eggs and dairy products are a Westerner’s foremost sources of cholesterol and fat but cholesterol and fat are blamed for being the main contributor to the west’s biggest killer - heart disease.

It is a fact that there are other reasons for heart disease, yet it has been estimated that vegetarians have about a quarter of their meat-eating compatriots’ chances of having a heart attack. This seems noteworthy, but the difference between vegans and meat-eaters is even more stark at one tenth the likelihood.

So, it seems to matter what form of vegetarian you become, because lots of vegetarians still eat fish, eggs and cheese and drink milk. However, by giving up meat alone, you will miss out on lots of the chemicals that farmers force into their meat and poultry.

For instance, preservatives are reckoned to be connected to some cancers; growth hormones given to animals have an effect on our own hormones and many people just cannot digest milk, which causes the production of mucous and can give rise to digestive problems

On the negative side, you will need to learn a whole new system of supplying your body with the nutrients and vitamins that it requires. Meat is a concentrated kind of food so only eating a standard western meat and two vegetables type meal without the meat will soon become boring and land you in very hot water.

Malnutrition is the biggest risk that novice vegetarians have to be cautious of. Naturally, it is not so difficult to get hold of knowledge to help you make your vegetarian diet right as it used to be and there is a vast choice of foodstuffs on hand for the contemporary vegetarian, but they are not all cheap, so cutting out meat will probably not save you much money.

At the end of the day, becoming a vegetarian is a highly personal affair. It is between you and your conscience, but doing the correct thing will make your life more difficult, as does making any lifestyle change, but you will find it easier as you get into the swing of things.

Adding Variety and Vitality to Your Vegetarian Meals

People who are not vegetarians probably ask themselves how a vegetarian cook can make vegetarian meals stimulating with just vegetables at his disposal. This same consideration might be preventing or at least deterring some meat-eaters from giving up meat and attempting to follow vegetarianism.

The fact is, that vegetarian meals are not just ‘meat and two veg’ without the meat, although forty years ago there were numerous vegetarians who started like that.

However, a lifestyle of ‘meat and two veg’ without the meat is not sustainable. A person who eats meals such as these will soon fall sick, particularly if there is no fish, dairy or eggs in the diets either. Numerous vegetarians opt to eat a small amount to dairy, fish or eggs to help provide much needed protein, which can be difficult to replace in a met-free diet.

Vegetarians have to plan their meals far more than meat-eaters in order to get everything that a body needs to grow, repair itself and defend itself from disease. It will naturally take some time for the newcomer to vegetarianism to learn new recipes and how to cook them so in the beginning, many vegetarians do indeed cook meals which are of the ‘meat and two veg’ without the meat sort.

This is all right if you know what to substitute for the meat. There are several items in the shops, but one of the most useful is soya in all its numerous types. Tempeh is a soya bean meat substitute and so is tofu. Both these can be used to supplant meat for a dose of protein.

The good thing about these substances is that they can be made to taste of anything you like - they take on flavours fairly readily. They can also be made to be similar to the texture of meat.

Seitan (wheat gluten) is a similarly adaptable and useful product, but you have to be sure that you are not allergic to gluten first, because this allergy appears to be spreading. Soya bean products and seitan can be easily bought at health food shops and Oriental stores.

As you get more proficient at cooking vegetarian meals, you will almost certainly rely less heavily on these things. Beans and nuts are also useful substitutes, but you will almost certainly have to learn how to make use of them first. Take a look at chickpeas, lentils and kidney beans.

Soya by-products like soya milk and soya yoghurt and even soya margarine can be used to take the place of standard dairy products. You can also make a sort of healthy milk from rice water or / and liquidized nuts. Besides making milk and casseroles from nuts, some nuts are excellent in salads. Have a go with walnuts, cashews or almonds and try seeds too like sesame and poppy. Sunflower seeds and others are tasty for snacks.

Bread and sandwiches are good vegetarian fast foods. Experiment with different kinds of flour. Buy yourself a bread-making machine and make your own bread. Preparation time is minutes but you can set the timer to cook the bread for whenever you like. Seven in the morning is better than any alarm clock.

How to Be a Good Vegetarian House Guest

Becoming a vegetarian means a massive lifestyle change for the majority of vegetarians and as we all know, lifestyle alterations are the most problematic to make. Ceasing eating meat is as difficult for most individuals as is ceasing smoking, ceasing drinking alcohol or taking more exercise. However, becoming a vegetarian does not just affect you; it also affects all your friends and family.

It does become easier as you get more experienced at eating alternatives and dealing with individuals who do not agree with you, but it can get hard in the beginning. The most difficult situations that you find yourself in regularly are: dining out with friends; going to parties and being a house guest. Maybe being a house guest is the most difficult, if your host is not a vegetarian, so this piece is about how to be a good vegetarian house guest.

If you eat eggs, cheese and fish and drink milk, then you will not be so much of a problem to your host, but if you do not eat those items either then you will have to try more at how to be a good vegetarian house guest. The first thing to do is make your host aware of the fact that you are a vegetarian (and what sort of vegetarian) as early as possible.

You should not feel guilty about being a vegetarian. After all, if you had an allergy you would not be ashamed and you would mention it to your host without reluctance. It ought to not be a problem, most individuals have a friend or two who is a vegetarian and anyway, your hosts will like you to enjoy your stay, so they will do everything they can to accommodate your dietary needs.

You should discuss what you can and cannot eat with your host as soon as you can after you receive your invitation. You may be able to help your hosts plan the meals or you may be able to give suggestions as to what you can have for breakfast and what you can have as snacks. Vegetarian sandwiches are a fantastic snack which anyone can prepare without any problem.

There might be things that you like to eat or drink that a non-vegetarian would not be plausibly expected to have in the fridge. For example, you may like soya milk or you may like a favourite spread. You cannot expect your host to have such things. It will go a long way to making your hosts feel more comfortable with your diet and it will make your holiday more enjoyable as well.

If you fancy helping entertain your hosts and other guests, you could offer to cook a vegetarian meal for everybody. This might be a great way of talking of your reasons for becoming a vegetarian and showing individuals how enjoyable vegetarian food can be.

It would also be a good way to help your hosts with cooking for and entertaining everyone. The best way how to be a good vegetarian house guest is to muck in and endeavour not to become a nuisance.

How to Cook for a Vegetarian Visiting You

If you are giving a dinner party soon, are you worried about cooking for a vegetarian that you know is coming? Of have you been reluctant to invite a friend or colleague to dinner because you do not know how to go about catering for them? This piece is on how to cook for a vegetarian visiting you.

The first thing to do is to find out what type of vegetarian your friend is because there are a number of kinds. A strict vegan is a vegetarian that will not eat any animal produce whatsoever, not even honey. Some will not even eat yeast, however there are others less austere who will eat fish, dairy products or eggs.

So, hope that they are not stringent vegan, because it will make your task much easier.

There are several questions you can pose to find out what the dinner guest will eat. You should get this stage sorted out long before the day comes to cook your meal as you may have to get in some specialities.

Enquire whether they will eat any sort of meat or fish at all. Numerous vegetarians will eat dairy products and eggs; a couple less will eat fish and a very few will eat chicken or turkey. If there is something they will eat, you could either