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[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

A couple of people have spoken to me before about wanting to cut back on, or completely cut meat from their diets, but didn't know where to start. If anyone reading this feels the same way, here's some fairly basic recipies that I usually recommend (Bosh's tofu curry is straight up one of the best currys i've ever had - even my non-vegan family members love it)

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Tofu is also super versatile and is pretty climate-friendly. there's a bazillion different ways to do tofu, but simply seasoning and pan frying some extra/super firm tofu (like you do with chicken) with some peppers and onions, for fajitas, is an easy way to introduce yourself. Here's a little guide for tofu newbies: A Guide to Cooking Tofu for Beginners - The Kitchn. If you wanna level up your tofu game with some marinades here's six.

Lentils and beans are also super planet friendly, super cheap, and super versatile! You'll be able to find recipies all over that are based around lentils and beans so feel free to do a quick internet search.

Sorry for the huge, intimidating wall of text! I do hope someone interested in cutting back on meat found this useful though :)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Thanks for taking the time. This is wonderful.

I'm no veg(etari)an by any measure, but I have this to say to people who are exclusively meat-eaters: you're missing out on a world of interesting flavours and textures.

Next time you make chicken curry, replace half the chicken with tofu. Bolognese - do half lentils & kidney beans. Beans and legumes are cheap as, great for the current economic climate (and the real climate, I guess..)

PS: mushrooms are the food of gods. There's just so many varieties, you can use them for nearly anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There's a lot of food that is not meat-based that people can eat. For instance, Thai food is generally vegetarian.

The problem is that Americans tried to substitute meat dishes with meat-like vegetarian dishes, which generally don't taste all that great. In fact, one could argue that many traditional American dishes don't taste all that great to begin with which is why the lots of meat.

A simple dish of spaghetti or pasta with a tomato, pesto or aglio e olio are great options.

Also, one needing necessarily 100% remove the meat. Is 75 or 80% reduction in meat intake allows one to continue to eat meat, while still vastly reducing the amount of meat you're eating. Since one's impact on the global economy and meet consumption as a totality is infinitesimal, the reduction itself is significant even if you don't completely eliminate the meat from your diet.

I think most people would find this a hell of a lot more palatable than going cold turkey vegan and even banning honey from your diet, which many of my vegan friends have done. As well as not eating any sugar because they claim that sugar is made from animals somehow...

There is a lot of misinformation in grandstanding when it comes to diet politics which just borderlines on the silly.

People should do what they can from a realistic perspective, well not killing themselves or making themselves miserable from their political driven lifestyle choices. I know quite a few vegans and vegetarians who have decided to quit being a vegan or vegetarian simply because over the long haul it made them unhappy and eventually they wanted to eat meat again. Now they eat more meat than I do who I would consider myself a light meat eater.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

simply seasoning and pan frying some extra/super firm tofu (like you do with chicken) with some peppers and onions, for fajitas, is an easy way to introduce yourself

More like an easy way to convince yourself tofu is terrible. It has its uses, but a direct replacement for meat is not one of them. It has almost no flavor, and if you don't cook it just right, it has all the texture of undercooked scrambled eggs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That's why professionals marinate tofu.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I recommend tofu sisig and sweet & sour tofu!