r/vegetarian

Met someone today who, when I told her I was vegetarian, replied "I'm also a vegetarian. I eat chicken and fish."

I have ocd, which makes getting a variety of fresh vegetables…difficult. While I’m not going to stop being vegetarian, I would like to avoid supplementing my diet with vitamins as much as possible. With that in mind, what is a list of vegetables that I should keep on hand for a balanced diet? (Bonus points if they are commonly sold frozen in NA grocery stores)

Thank you in advance

I can't do Nutritional yeast in my evening dishes due to the vitamin b content. Are there any alternatives? I'm pretty new to eating healthier, and not as lost as I was when I flipped the switch from saturated fat style meals to healthy ones, but sort of lost on this one and curious as to what others do? Tia.

Hi i’m new to the vegetarian diet and there is one thing that i miss the most it’s the beef bourguignon or any other slow cooked meat is there any way that i could get something similar ? (Ps: i don’t know if it belong in the recipe category or question category)

The original post's author is the comedian, not me. I'm just sharing it here, since it seemed relevant.

Making it my goal to eventually get a majority of my daily protein from vegetarian sources, but I also need to replace the umami I get from meat that I'll be paring down.

I know the two biggest ones are mushrooms and tomatoes (where they in fact isolated MSG from if I recall), but what are your favorite preparations or ingredients to add a whole bunch of umami to a dish?

Like the title says, I'm looking for store-bought frozen veggie pizza recommendations. I used to get Red Barron's 4-cheese pizza. But something has changed and it tastes funky now. I prefer thin/classic crust, but will consider all recommendations.

Thanks in advance!

I am trying to cut out heavy ultra processed meat (like nuggets, hamburger etc) for vegetarian alternatives but I've read that the frozen veg alternatives are just as processed. Is there a science behind why they're better or worse/on par? I'm a newbie here and genuinely asking. I'm making the switch for welfare and health reasons.

Just wanted to share my experience as a vegetarian for over 12 years. Have never broken it other than a few like accidents of not knowing something had like ancho or lard.

I really forget that this is a notable part of who I am because it’s just a routine thing like brushing my teeth but someone pointed it out to me.

My type of vegetarianism is it doesn’t really come up much and I don’t think of it as a big part of my life. But looking back, it’s one of the best choices I ever made.

I’m no scientist or doctor but I believe it’s really helped my health and wellbeing. People always note how full of energy I am and how healthy and young I look. And I feel really good and enjoy my meals a lot. I have not been sick once in the last 10 years, my blood work and blood pressure are all good. I have no vitamin deficiencies. I lift weights and run every week and am built and lean.

I do high protein low carb low sugar. So over the years it’s a lot of stir fry or vegetable soup with many eggs or tofu. Also a big fan of the protein bars, shakes and bars. The seitan and soy products also help a lot. I average out around 180 grams of protein a day.

Anyways, just wanted to plug the diet. It really makes my life better and I hope others can have that too. Don’t worry about overthinking it or what others might think.

I stopped eating fish a few weeks ago, and I've been reducing my meat intake over the past few weeks until I completely stopped two days ago. It's like 200 times more enjoyable to cook without meat. I got some plant-based alternatives, and while I was cooking them, I was like "Wow, I'm not touching a dead animal right now " and it filled me with satisfaction. That's the first time I've ever felt that while cooking. I just wanted to share my joy here, I don't have any close friends or family who share the same diet.

I am cooking for 10 people tomorrow night, 4 of whom are vegetarian

I cook vegetarian food a few times a week, but it's basic stuff ie chili, lentil curry, spinach lasagne etc.

I'd love to make something that's not a typical midweek fare, but not overly complicated either.

Would love to hear some ideas.

Hiii hello everyone!! I don’t know anyone personally who also doesn’t eat meat, and I’d love to talk to some other people about it. So I thought I’d try to find a discord server, but I’m mostly seeing vegan only servers. I don’t want to get hated on😭. I was wondering if anyone knew a discord server that was plant based focused, no strict rules, just for vegans, vegetarians, and people interested in the topic of environmental conservation and animal protection.

I don’t want to argue about who is more ethical by eating what, I think what’s more helpful is open discussions about the topic, even with people who do eat meat!

Pls drop a link or suggestion. Tyyy!!

I’ve been vegetarian for nearly ten years now, and since I was a kid my justification was just ‘I want to be vegetarian’. Recently I’ve been actually exploring the ethics of it (I’d never really thought about it before and I do believe in a lot of the ethics behind it but I’m worried if I believe that too strongly I’ll believe I’m better than people who do eat meat and it’ll cause conflict with my meat eating family, so I’ve also been trying to justify eating meat in my mind so I can remain neutral, but now I don’t know what to think. Either I continue being vegetarian but cause conflict with people who eat meat around me or I justify eating meat and then I can’t justify being vegetarian, since my justification has always just been that I’ve always been this way and I like living this lifestyle, and I’m worried that isn’t enough. I’ve been starting to miss eating meat and miss not feeling so conflicted, I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to give up my principles but I’m tired of feeling all this stress and anxiety about how to feel.

it might be a stupid question, i just got into vegetarianism. since i decided to become vegetarian i have spent my days, like really all day long thinking about being vegetarian. trying to get informed, thinking about what to eat, regretting not being more aware earlier, getting angry alone in my room at how some people have no empathy for animals 😅 etc. i will probably calm down about it after a while but i was wondering, how long have you been a vegetarian, or vegan, and how often do you think about it? do you only think about it when you have to go grocery shopping? when you have to plan meals? whenever you see animals? whenever you see humans?