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Q: How do I start cooking vegetarian meals?
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Buy a Simple Vegetarian Cookbook
It helps when you are trying to cook in a new way to use tried and true recipes. These will take the mystery out of meatless cooking. If you can read, you can cook! So get in the kitchen and just try. If you are used to cooking with milk or meat, you´ll see that it´s just as easy (and often easier) to cook with soy milk or a meat substitute.
Start With Favorite Meals
Most people have favorite dishes that are already vegetarian or can be made so easily. These can be homemade meals or menu items at a restaurant. You may not even realize that they´re vegetarian. If you enjoy vegetable lasagne, stir-fried vegetables, or pasta primavera, you can begin your transition by making these meals more often. This will make your shift to a plant-based diet less intimidating.
Fat Risk
In going vegetarian, some people end up replacing one fatty protein source (red meat) with others, such as cheese and soy products. Instead, plan meals around legumes and low-fat or fat-free dairy products, adding just enough of the fattier cheeses to give them some body and flavor.
