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Dave W Jan 2024 2:38pm, 20 Jan 2024 16,448 posts	0 Dave W When we started off all those years ago we cut out red meat first. Just ate fish and fowl. Then we cut out the fowl. Then stopped eating the fish. Didn’t take us very long to transition. Quite an easy progression really.
Red Squirrel Jan 2024 7:02pm, 20 Jan 2024 23,339 posts	0 Red Squirrel DocM I cook from cultures which have traditional delicious vegetable dishes such as Indian where vegetables dominate, Spanish, Greek (made spanakopita and dolmades recently to take to work for lunches), Chinese, Japanese, Eritrean. If I buy recipe books, they will tend to be ones that have a vegetarian/vegetables section with chapters also included on meat and fish. That way recipes can be altered; maybe the meat/fish content reduced or replaced with something meat-textured like aubergine, mushrooms, tofu. You also get a holistic feel for the food culture. Last week I made Thai curry paste - enough for 3 meals for 2 of us. Although there is shrimp in the paste and I include fish sauce in the dishes; the curry was based on vegetables and tofu. Like Phook, I would chose a dish made with good-quality meat over processed vegetarian.
Red Squirrel Jan 2024 7:06pm, 20 Jan 2024 23,340 posts	0 Red Squirrel I just spotted an example of not using meat in a trad meat dish. I used the (red) curry paste to make French beans with pork and red curry paste, except I used puffed tofu instead of pork.
Garfield Jan 2024 7:37pm, 20 Jan 2024 17,685 posts	0 Garfield I use Quorn as a chicken substitute in curries. Hubby likes and eats it. For stir fries, I marinate tofu cubes earlier on, then dump into the veggies when stir frying them.
Hanneke Jan 2024 7:46pm, 20 Jan 2024 118,535 posts	0 Hanneke Tofu is good, tempeh better. A lot of Indian food is pure vegetarian and does not need meat substitutes. I do eat eggs. A nice stirfry or noodle dish can be enhanced by boiled or fried eggs. Look at Indonesian food too...
Joopsy Jan 2024 8:19pm, 20 Jan 2024 12,538 posts	0 Joopsy I often get the comment at work about being better eating meat than ultra processed vegan food. As though meat eaters all eat a fine diet of non processed food for every single meal. I am pretty certain that 99% of meat eaters will eat more processed food than me.
Red Squirrel Jan 2024 8:22pm, 20 Jan 2024 23,342 posts	0 Red Squirrel I wish I liked tempeh more. I had it cooked well in Indonesia. I also do sweet n sour tempeh and stroganoff which are bearable, but I guess I can’t like everything. I do love okra tho’. Anyone else?
Pou Pou le Phook Jan 2024 8:24pm, 20 Jan 2024 4,278 posts	0 Pou Pou le Phook Mmm okra Although I've not eaten it for ages.
Garfield Jan 2024 8:34pm, 20 Jan 2024 17,686 posts	0 Garfield Mmm okra too...and I haven't eaten it in years!
Hanneke Jan 2024 9:05pm, 20 Jan 2024 118,548 posts	0 Hanneke I like okra