Christine
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- Aug 31, 1999
OP here. I thought if I put pescetarian/ovo-lacto vegetarian it would get way off topic over what that meant.
I don't eat any meat other than fish, and I'm allergic to shellfish. I don't want family & friends to go out of their way for me. If there's bacon in a salad or vegetable, I just pick it out. But I don't freak out if I eat a bite. I do cook meat for my family, DH is Texan. (Not to propagate any stereotypes! )
I will probably not be vegan, never giving up hershey kisses & reese cups!
I'm in graduate school to be a nurse practitioner & I want to model healthy behaviors. That drove my decision along with the aging process.
I made a yummy vegetarian biryani yesterday and my extended family loved it.
I hate artifical flavors and am looking for something that is plain. Thanks for the suggestions. Yes, cauliflower is $5/head but it's good to have options. And really, pound for pound it's probably equal to chicken or beef. I have not tried tofu yet. A local bar serves seitan wings. I'll ask them for suggestions too. I haven't seen seitan in my area stores but I'm sure I could find it.
Can I suggest you read the book "How Not To Die" by Michael Greggar (sp), MD. Essentially, it is about being a vegetarian (actually it might lean vegan), although the author is SO totally non-judgey about meat it took me through 2/3rds of the book to realize it was about a plant-based way of eating.
Of course, the book won't tell you how to chicken wings, but I think it's filled with solid advice. Additionally, the other is not a proponent of the processed substitutes (including tofu) because of them being so processed, but again, not judgey about it but more informational.