5 Meals For Veg Teens

Eccentric Vegan — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:04:54 +0000

The Vancouver Sun has an article about how to help teens transition to vegetarian or vegan diets. The article assumes the parent is nonveg so it goes over some basic information that isn’t appropriate for a veg parent. But either way, at the end of the article it offers five simple meals that plenty of veg teens will just love. Check them out:

- Baked potato topped with canned beans in tomato sauce, grated cheese or soy cheese and a tossed salad.

- Taco salad with black beans, salsa, avocado, taco chips and salad dressing.

- Vegetarian pizza with peppers, onions, spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes and cheese or soy cheese.

- Stir-fry with mixed Asian veggies, tofu, sesame seeds or other nuts and teriyaki sauce served over noodles or rice.

- Chick pea or lentil Indian curry with veggies served with naan bread or rice.

How To Go Vegan

Eccentric Vegan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:23:32 +0000

Here are some simple ideas for how to transition to a plant-based diet from In York:

How to eat like a vegetarian:

While switching to a plant-based diet can seem intimidating, starting out can be as simple as eating one or two meatless meals a week, nutritionists say.

“Try a new vegetarian recipe or modify a recipe you already use to make it vegetarian,” said Reed Mangels, nutrition adviser for Vegetarian Journal. “Make chili with beans instead of hamburger.”

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