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Quote (Neal @ 28th February 2004 17:04)

Quote (Elena99 @ 23rd February 2004 18:38)

And, as for food, as "meat substitutes" I eat: tofu, chick peas, lentils, spinach, kale, seeds/nuts, peanut butter, brocolli, soymilk, falafel, soyburgers. That's all I can think of for right now that can take the place of meat.

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Oh, there's another great food made with chickpeas called hummus. It's more of a dip or spread, though. You make it with chick peas, sunflower or sesame seeds, sesame oil, water, garlic, and some spices. You can leave out the garlic if that's not your thing. Darnit, I had thought of more meat substitutes last night, but I forgot them. Ah well. ^-^

Edit: I remembered one! Textured Vegetable Protein. TVP for short. You can use it anywhere you'd use ground meat, like in chillies, spaghetti sauces, etc.

Lots of substitutes have already been discussed. But there are a lot more. Any other quiet vegetarians out there want to give their thoughts on others, or even non-veggies who have good ideas?

Oops. And I say that not because I missed what you quoted, but because I didn't ask the question clearly.
What "normal" foods do vegetarians eat to replace meat? The kinds of foods that aren't considered exclusive to vegetarian stereotypes and people recovering from heart attacks.
So far, I see nuts, spinach, PB, and brocolli. Possibly lentils, but I'm only partially sure what those even are. I've never heard of most of those other things.

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Okay, well...to answer that properly, really, I'd have to know what kinds of foods you're exposed to.

In every family, every region of the world, as I'm sure you know, there are different "normal" foods. To some, half that list that I mentioned is a daily staple.

IMO, and in the opinion ofa lot of nutritionists, there is too much emphasis on the need for meat in a diet. You don't need very much at all. So you don't need to replace meat, so much as eat foods that have iron and protein in them, or take supplements.

I eat a lot of things. Fruits, vegetables, legumes, breads, rice, pasta, etc.

This might be a stereotype, but I heard once at a vegan conference that "your typical American eats mostly red meat and potatoes in various forms for dinner. Vegetarians eat everything else, and usually the potatoes, too."

A falafel is a "burger" made from chickpeas and such, and a soyburger is a "burger" made from beans, usually soybeans.

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