Vegetarians or Vegans Out there?

[SoCalGirl]

AKAMonet, have you been to Sipz in Clairemont Mesa? There used to be one in Poway but it's closed. They're going to open one in North Park. I've heard it was good but the Poway one closed before I got to try it.

I'm not a vegetarian but I eat so little meat compared to your average American that everyone thinks I'm a vegeatarian. I love Morningstar Farms! Their breakfast sausage patties are delicious. I eat them as snacks.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

AKAMonet, have you been to Sipz in Clairemont Mesa? There used to be one in Poway but it's closed. They're going to open one in North Park. I've heard it was good but the Poway one closed before I got to try it.

I'm not a vegetarian but I eat so little meat compared to your average American that everyone thinks I'm a vegeatarian. I love Morningstar Farms! Their breakfast sausage patties are delicious. I eat them as snacks.

When I am in Clairemont again, I'll have to check it out. It wasn't there when I lived near there... So it must be rather new. Is it any good? I'll have to tell my folks, because my father is a vegetarian...

I like the Morningstar Farms sausage patties too... They do add chicken stock to their products. Of course they are owned by Kellogg, which I think is partly owned by Campbell's Soup... But I'm not sure.

Dayum, I really miss Cereal Match. Where I am now, they don't sell it.

[lovelyivy84]

I am not vegetarian, but my boyfriend is, and that means that my meat consumption has dropped drastically. I might have chicken twice a month, but thats really it.

We do a lot of stir-frys. Trader Joe's has a wide variety of sauces for stir-fry, and we occasionally do a west indian-style curry (the key to making it edible was adding a bit more oil then we would usually use). I will eat pretty much any vegetable outside of onions, and there is nothing he doesn't eat, so that makes it easy for us.

The most important thing for us in eating is definitely time. When we don't have time or energy to cook and start eating out our diet suffers dramatically. It goes from vegetable stir-fry with brown rice to pizza 4 times a week. Thai food is a great alternative (the place near us makes an OUTSTANDING eggplant and tofu curry), but they don't deliver and papa john's does.

I have also discovered Amys brand frozen foods- they make FANTASTIC frozen meals, burritos and wraps. My new favorite is the vegan spinach paneer wrap- it's amazing.

Basically, find a good health food store with some variety and start thinking about how you can adapt the things you already eat to fit into a vegetarian lifestyle (for Thanksgiving we had a quorn roast that I cooked like a turkey, with stuffing on the side made with mushroom broth. It was wonderful!).

[SummerChild]

Thank you all so much for the wonderful information!!!

I am happy to say that I had a great lunch today - brown rice with spaghetti sauce and ... don't laugh ... tofu balls. But it was great!! There were great veggies too. The lady at the restaurant also gave me great tips.

She said protein shakes are good for protein and that Whole Foods and Trader Joes are great. I know that they can be kind of pricey so I'll have to be careful. She said they sell egg whites by the container so you can make great omelettes. Whoo hooo!!!

Anybody got any good and quick recipes? Post for all to see!!

SC

[toocute]

Originally Posted by SummerChild

brown rice with spaghetti sauce

YUM!!!

Whole Foods sells brown rice pasta. It's tastes really good. The texture is a little different but I liked it. Mr TooCute didn't Whole Foods is pricey which is why I call it the DEVIL, lol! I'm not vegetarian but I'm trying to eat better and use more organic products. They have the BEST sushi ever but watch out for the wasabi. It's HOT!

lovelyivy84 - My mom used to LOVE Amy's Frozen Dinners. He favorite was the brown rice and black eye peas! (country)

[lovelyivy84]

Originally Posted by toocute

YUM!!!

Whole Foods sells brown rice pasta. It's tastes really good. The texture is a little different but I liked it. Mr TooCute didn't Whole Foods is pricey which is why I call it the DEVIL, lol! I'm not vegetarian but I'm trying to eat better and use more organic products. They have the BEST sushi ever but watch out for the wasabi. It's HOT!

lovelyivy84 - My mom used to LOVE Amy's Frozen Dinners. He favorite was the brown rice and black eye peas! (country)

I MISS WHOLE FOODS!

And their amazing, amazing bakery.

*sniff*

[Dionysus]

High IQ Link to Being Vegetarian

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6180753.stm

I guess I'm the exception, la la la.