What To Eat???

You can eat all of the yummy things pictured above if you're a Vegetarian and many more!

Below is a list and details of some of the imitation "meat" that is available for Vegetarians.

Try:tofu
A.K.A.: soybean milk solidified into bricks
Nutrients:chock full of protein, iron and B vitamins
How to use it: grill a veggie kabob with green peppers and mushrooms. Also good in tempura stir fry over brown or white rice
Tastiness: 4/5 - kind of an aquired taste
Availibility: In every grocery store

Try: tempeh
A.K.A.: Indonesian soybean-grain mix, formed into blocks
Nutrients:lots of protein, iron and zinc
How to use it: in a veggie stew, barbecue slabs of it for a meat pattie
Tastiness: 3/5 - never had it, a friend of mine did though
Availibility: Only in some restaurants or health/veg stores

Try:seiten
A.K.A.: chewy wheat gluten or "wheat meat" shaped into cubes
Nutrients:A LOT of protein
How to use it: veggie chili, fold slices with veggies in a pita
Tastiness: 2.5/5 - definately weird at first, but it gets better
Availability: Health/Veg stores or speciality stores

Try: veggie burgers original
A.K.A: vegetables shaped into patties with grains
Nutrients: proteins, less fat, grains
How to use it: Grill them or fry them like burgers
Tastiness: 1/5 - GROSS feels like you are eating onions with a granola bar
Availability: everywhere

Try: veggie burgers hamburger style
A.K.A.: soybean patties
Nutrients:protein, vitamins
How to use: on grill or fried
Tastiness: 5/5 - EXCELLENT I love them, especially Gardenburger hamburger style

Availibility: everywhere

Try: veggie dogs
A.K.A: tofu sausages
Nutrients: fat free
How to use: Like you'd make a hot dog
Tastiness: 2/5 - tastes really close to a hotdog, so if you like them, you'll like this, but I never liked hotdogs, but I've heard the SoyBoy ones are great!
Availability: some grocery stores

---Becki