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try and remember it’s a choice about what you want to eat no a religious crusade people should enjoy what they enjoy.
In my life I have enjoyed great vegetable and vegan dishes and have also had great pleasure eating some exceptional meat. I never beat myself or others up enjoy what you enjoy. I am on a big health kick at the moment need to clean up my act and get back to healthy choices so 8 weeks in I am enjoying veggie and vegan meals alcohol free.
weight cholesterol and all that stuff is bouncing back to the good zone
i am sure I will stay this way for a good while it’s never been difficult to give up meat and for 10 years I never bothered at all.
Just eat healthy and enjoy your food.
Since you have to start reading labels, you start cooking your own meals from FRESH ingredients, BETTER ingredients as opposed to any food from the processed aisle.
You can easily, actually EASIER to have the same quality diet with meat. Since you are not concerned about "does this break the rules?"
I too cook practically everything from scratch, I sort of have to as I have no microwave and my oven hasn't worked in over 10 years. It forces me to eat fresh, I can't reheat anything, can't reheat pasta or anything like that, I don't get takeaways either. I have grown to like it that way.
The most processed meal I generally would eat would be some Covent Garden Soup. I ignore the processed and frozen food aisle in the supermarket totally. Some days i would go completely vegetarian without knowing. Cereal for breakfast, Egg Sandwich at lunch time and then mushroom soup with some bread for dinner. I would eat a banana around 11am and an orange about 3pm.
It doesn't take long to adjust to a non meat diet. When we met my missus was vegan. For the first couple of years we were together I was 100% vegan, it was just easier than cooking separate meals.
I'm competent in the kitchen but no more. Make sure you have a well stocked larder, plenty of herbs and spices etc, and it's fairly easy to knock up something tasty.
As others have said, If you have the occasional burger or whatever, don' t beat yourself up about it.
Good luck Emp.
Finally, be careful with Quorn. It’s a mould from soil grown in labs on a chemical slurry. It’s harvested, bleached, then sold to you as a heathy protein source. I tried it once (30 years ago, when they marketed it as mushroom protein (they were fined for that)), I had an allergic reaction to it. A lot of people do.
Chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them
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Lots of indian / middle eastern food in particular is veggie (and vegan) just by default rather than because someone has substituted meat.
Things like curries, chilli's, tagines, pasta sauces etc. Make sure there is something in the freezer when you can't be arsed to cook fresh.
Chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them
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I'm personally responsible for all global warming
We certainly don't eat as much meat as we used to - smaller portions as we've got older, probably - but also Our Maud (catering executive here at Schloss Nitefly) has taken to trying meat-free recipes from various sources.
Most of them have been very good, and the ones we've enjoyed most have generally been quite spicy, so the things mentioned above about seasonings and hot sauces resonate with us.
We try to have a few meat free days a week. I couldn't do vegan though (and tbh I think it's hard work and not very environmentally friendly to get a genuinely balanced vegan diet)