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LauraJo

Alchemilla wrote: »

What made you give up being veggie, Watty?

Was it bacon.... That would get me every time :rotfl:

Alchemilla

KHijack away Ed.
£20 DH petrol. Been doing exam board work.
Xxx

FloppyDisk

Lol, hope you found it Alchemilla, it's so clever isn't it?

Watty1

Alchemilla wrote: »

What made you give up being veggie, Watty?

Depression oddly. And I was drinking too much wine and eating too much sugar to keep me going. By then I had given up being a vegan and was still exhausted most of the time. I worked out that I needed more protein and less carbs and started eating meat. And I felt better. Lots better. Now I eat a few veggie meals but not many. And I just make sure my meat is ethically produced - hence my large food bills.

Watty1

edinburgher wrote: »

Can I be rude and hijack with one question as it's ethical and right on?

This book Watty?

Yes that one Ed. But, I didn't realise they had republished it. I read a few of the reviews from folk who have the "old" 1979/1980s versions and see that the book has been modernised in some way - that might be good but I have a hunch if you can find it the old one might be better.

Also if you are really into sport/exercise you could google Brendan Brazier. he is a tri-athlete who is a vegan. I haven't tried his receipes so this is a theoretical rather than personal suggestion. At some point I will get around to buying his cookbook and/or downloading his eating plans off his website and try them out.

Habibiboo

edinburgher wrote: »

Right vegetarians -

What on earth do you eat for lunch that isn't a total faff to prepare? More to the point, do we have any vegans kicking about?

When you eat meat/cheese, it's easy, the answer is 'a sandwich'.

I had this discussion with Mrs E last night, neither of us came up with good ideas. Most of our ideas were basically 'pasta and veg'. I can't get the calories I need for health + exercise from pasta and veg alone :eek:

:wave:

Another one for couscous here and good old salad bowls - including potato salad, just cook extra tatties the night before for your dinner and put aside as pot salad next day, any dressing and additional veggies you like, including salsa type, olives etc.

Add protein / carbs by having bean salads ... also not a faff to prepare really if you buy good quality tinned beans which are already cooked. Cheaper to soak / cook your own, these don't have to be a faff so long as you factor it in like with the tatties, always plan a day in advance, cuts costs and time factor

Pot of hummus with crudites is also a good summer packed lunch (if you have a fridge to keep it in at work of course).

For winter, soups and slices of loaf - polenta loaf is lovely and easy to slice when cold. I'm not vegan so my fave is polenta, cheese, tomato and green bean or spinach loaf. You could make it vegan by skipping the cheese!

Habibiboo

Alchemilla wrote: »

What food barcode scanner???

HBB in my case I think cheese is the problem. Also wine.

:wave:

Cheese, that's grand, Grommit.

edinburgher

Thanks all for the wonderful suggestions :T

Beans sound like they're my friends, I may have to spring for an actual paper cookbook, not convinced that Kindle cookbooks are that great an idea. Then again, beans look like beans and I'm not lacking in kitchen confidence...

HM houmous (my spelling of a word with 500 spellings) is a fave in our house, I use dried beans as all they need is an overnight soak and 10 mins in the PC. Tend to skip the tahini, as it's very expensive without adding much to the taste.

A downside to all this vegetarian cooking is the gut feeling that it definitely takes longer, although it probably works out cheaper.

We've been almost veggie for 3-4 weeks now, averaging 1 meat meal a week and that's because we had a few packets of mince in the freezer.

Alchemilla

Watty I am glad you are better.
Ed I never bother with the tahini either but I do add lemon juice.

Crayyyyzeee day spending more time entering data in minutiae than teaching. Rushed DD1 to the vet, I mean doc as her asthma is not good and it is SATs next week.

NSD. So far. Third day of sticking to my calorie allowance!

Just paid £3 off mortgage courtesy of PC.

Welshlassie

My DH makes awesome humous, my favourite is caramelised onion, but he also does red pepper and chilli flavours, can eat a whole portion in one sitting but MFP doesn't like that so I have to restrain myself