Vegetarians/Vegans...What's For Dinner Tonight?

[FilterFunk]

I don't think I'll ever stop eating meat altogether, but I want to incorporate more meatless choices into my diet. So my question for the herbivores out there is - what are you having for dinner tonight?

I'm not looking for your favorite meals (unless you happen to be having your favorite tonight!), or whatever you may consider to be gourmet meals. I'm hoping to get a good representation of practical, everyday meatless meals that I can add to my diet. So I'll repeat the question:

Vegetarians/vegans...what's for dinner tonight?

 

[cdef]

Baked Rosamunda potatoes, baked tomato and red onion, tzatziki, steamed broccoli flowerettes, grated carrot salad w/ capers and kalamata olives.

 

[Stevorebob]

Chinese-style chopped salad with sweet-spicy baked tofu.

 

[MJ5150]

Pizza Margherita.
If it doesn't rain, I'll grill it.
If it rains like it is now, I'll put it in the oven.

-Mike

 

[Chicory Blue]

Noodles in peanut sauce with mushrooms.

I'm not vegan, just broke.

--^@

 

[Stevorebob]

I don't think I'll ever stop eating meat altogether, but I want to incorporate more meatless choices into my diet. So my question for the herbivores out there is - what are you having for dinner tonight?

I'm not looking for your favorite meals (unless you happen to be having your favorite tonight!), or whatever you may consider to be gourmet meals. I'm hoping to get a good representation of practical, everyday meatless meals that I can add to my diet. So I'll repeat the question:

Vegetarians/vegans...what's for dinner tonight?

Let me say that I find terms like vegan and vegetarian combative. There's a hostility many omnivores have told me they feel with these words. And there is a fundamentalist fervor I've witnessed from some who label themselves vegetarian and especially vegan.

My diet is what most would label as vegan, but I prefer to say simply that I've adopted a plant-based diet.

Peace.

 

[murphy]

rice...veggie stir fry....crispy tofu cubes...extra firm

 

[FilterFunk]

Let me say that I find terms like vegan and vegetarian combative. There's a hostility many omnivores have told me they feel with these words. And there is a fundamentalist fervor I've witnessed from some who label themselves vegetarian and especially vegan.

My diet is what most would label as vegan, but I prefer to say simply that I've adopted a plant-based diet.

Peace.

My apologies...I had no idea that the actual terms would be considered "combative" by anyone. I only used them because I thought that's how people who've "adopted a plant-based diet" referred to themselves.

No hostility intended.

 

[Stevorebob]

My apologies...I had no idea that the actual terms would be considered "combative" by anyone. I only used them because I thought that's how people who've "adopted a plant-based diet" referred to themselves.

No hostility intended.

None taken. It's us vegetarians and vegans that create the hostility. Yes, we refer to up ourselves with those terms, but they can be perceived as hostile, condescending, something to deal with. As in, how do you tell if someone is a vegan. Don't worry; they'll tell you.

 

[Stumbo]

We added more fruit/vegetables to pretty much every meal, even breakfast we'll have sliced cucumbers/apples.

We make omelets with sautéed mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach.
Also some Peruvian beans soaked and boiled.

Or a green salad with walnuts, tomatoes, olives, carrots, sesame seeds, cucumber, golden raisins.

Not vegetarian but more aware of balancing diet.

 

[murphy]

spaghetti
diced zucchini and chopped garlic with a can of diced tomatoes with herbs
sprinkle on parmesan or grate cheese onto plate

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

My apologies...I had no idea that the actual terms would be considered "combative" by anyone. I only used them because I thought that's how people who've "adopted a plant-based diet" referred to themselves.

No hostility intended.

Not to worry, I'm sure there is a safe zone for those offended by descriptive words.

 

[Gorn]

I'm a animal flesh/ovum/organ/bone marrow eater but I do enjoy strictly plant based dishes as well. The carrot salad with the capers mentioned above sounds delicious

 

[fingerguy]

 

[Gorn]

I like fruit by the foot and I like bacon. Those things should never look alike.

 

[fingerguy]

I like fruit by the foot and I like bacon. Those things should never look alike.

I posted that because it bothered me. I am not a vegetarian nor a vegan but when I visited my sisters I had to live like one for I had no money and they were vegetarians. On more than one occasion they bought that fake bacon stuff and I admit it's tasty but my view point is if you give up meat, you give up bacon, and you don't deserve a substitute. I love my bacon!

 

[Gorn]

I posted that because it bothered me. I am not a vegetarian nor a vegan but when I visited my sisters I had to live like one for I had no money and they were vegetarians. On more than one occasion they bought that fake bacon stuff and I admit it's tasty but my view point is if you give up meat, you give up bacon, and you don't deserve a substitute. I love my bacon!

I figured as much. I've had that stuff. It's terrible. Any vegetarian/vegan substitute for meat that I've tried has been gross. There's no need to pretend. Just eat plants if you wanna eat plants. I've had tasty veggie burgers though.

 

[CharlyG]

rabbit food.

 

[Joe Nerve]

I figured as much. I've had that stuff. It's terrible. Any vegetarian/vegan substitute for meat that I've tried has been gross. There's no need to pretend. Just eat plants if you wanna eat plants. I've had tasty veggie burgers though.

Most fake meats are so processed they wind up being less healthful choices than the real thing.

The reason most people that I know eat them however isn't to replace the flavor of meat, but rather the convenience. I think too that the people who wind up hating the taste of them are the ones who are hoping (or expecting) they'll taste like the real thing. They don't. They taste like an entirely different food that only looks (sometimes) like the real thing. Without any expectations, most are pretty palatable. Some even taste pretty awesome. Bacon though is another story as bacon is and always will be in a league of it's own.

There is however one fakin bacon that blew me away. I forgot though which one it was. Before I was married my wife's roommate at the time was making a BLT, and I said, "Dang! That bacon smell is the only thing that ever makes me want to eat meat." I had no idea it was fake, until they made me a BLT and told me. It kicked butt!

RE the OP:

Tonight I think is going to be rice pasta with broccoli rabe, tomato sauce, and some fake Italian sausage. We've been using beans instead of the sausage a lot lately because we're moving further and further away from processed foods, but this particular meal kicks butt with that.

Truth be told, I eat super healthfully throughout the day, every day, and then more often than not eat not so healthfully come dinner time. Nuts, nut butters, fruits, vegetables, steel cut oatmeal, yogurt (full fat with very little sugar), and whole grains. Then nighttime comes around, my wife and I don't want to do sheeit, and we order Chinese Mexican food, or go to an Italian restaurant across the street from us... or when I can convince her into it, Taco Bell (they can replace any meat items with beans, no problem). I'm happiest when I'm living a 70/30 lifestyle with healthy foods. 70% real, good for me food, 30% the stuff my great grandparents wouldn't recognize. Doing that plus never really eating cake, cookies, candy or drinking soda or alcohol has been working to keep me in perfect health.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

I posted that because it bothered me. I am not a vegetarian nor a vegan but when I visited my sisters I had to live like one for I had no money and they were vegetarians. On more than one occasion they bought that fake bacon stuff and I admit it's tasty but my view point is if you give up meat, you give up bacon, and you don't deserve a substitute. I love my bacon!

Bacon wrapped bacon served on a bed of bacon strips and sprinkled with bacon bits.