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Re: SO

I have found that our loved ones are often fighting themselves, not us, when it comes to something as central to identity as veganism. (After all, if you do something three times a day 365 days a year, that's going to start correlating very heavily to who you are!) So sometimes, our loved ones are not really interested in engaging with the facts to be found in outside reality. If they were, I'm sure your SO would have found out himself that not only do vegans regularly get equivalent protein to nonvegans, but also a plant-based diet is almost uniformly agreed among registered dietitians to be the most nutrient-rich diet of all. Nonvegans who impose their view on their loved vegan ones may do so because they feel threatened by change. Their loved vegan ones are turning their backs to what society says it right, what will happen next - will she turn her back on me? Not only that, their own meat-eating habits are suddenly slid under the microscope of their consciousness.

It sounds like you are doing a great job with your SO so far: you are using an approach of compassion. Please continue to do so, for he will be in great discomfort and fear for the next month. He is already feeling strong discomfort with his own diet whenever he criticizes yours, and every time you mention your switch to veganism he feels his own terror at the knowledge of an alternative diet, one that involves so much less suffering for the world.

The fact that your SO reacts so strongly to your decision is actually quite promising. He would not be "so convinced" if he did not feel the need to first convince himself. After all, once he gives in and agrees that veganism is for the best, he will have to change his own behavior accordingly to align with veganism! And the one thing people are scared of the most is change!

The only way to pierce his bubble is to walk the talk. Do not waste valuable time in argument, if he starts talking about veganism with the clear angle of wanting to argue, you can simply say calmly "I don't want to discuss this further" and repeat as necessary. Should he resort to petty emotional manipulation, the question has shifted away from veganism altogether - veganism is now just a platform for a power play between the two of you. If this happens, you can say this as soon as you notice it, and direct the dialogue instead to how his words are making you feel: I feel unworthy and unloved because of your tone, I feel untrusted when you say that, etc. No SO wants to make you feel these things!

Your best argument will be your body. I wish you the best of luck in your vegan journey. Be patient, be joyful, and your efforts will pay off manifold. If you maintain complete or near-complete veganism this month, then your very presence will be a stronger argument than any words can make. Your own renewed health, your rejuvenated looks, your vitality in movement, will help open your SO's eyes to the truth.

If what I say sounds interesting, then may I suggest the ultimate primer on handling a meat-eating society and the conversations that can arise within them, [Living Among Meat Eaters] (http://www.amazon.com/Living-Among-Meat-Eaters-Vegetarians/dp/1590561163).

Re: Fullness

Bread is good. Fullness might relate to emotional memories of "fullness". Do you have good childhood memories of a relative preparing meat or cheese based dishes? You might then have the same memories about toasty bread with butter. That's easy to accomplish with SmartBalance.

On that note, heat really changes your perception of a meal. If you bring in an equal number of hot dishes, and try eating these frozen meals right after reheating, you'll get a feeling of fullness a cold meal (eg: tossed salad) cannot replicate.

Dried fruit is good. Dried mango and persimmon are high in carbs. Dried whole persimmon in particular is delicious when chilled.

Hope that helps and please do not hesitate if you have any further questions about veganism. I do not claim to be an expert but I can provide advice and tips to the best of my ability. Most of all, lots of love and happiness as you sail the path of compassion!

Learn to make seitan. It's quite easy and saves you a lot of money over buying it pre-made, and it can go in so many different recipes. You need vital wheat gluten, which you can buy on Amazon. (Don't be afraid to order some things, since they'll probably last you quite a while once they come. Nutritional yeast is another thing worth ordering; it comes up in a lot of recipes.) Here is one recipe, though there are many out there on the interwebs: http://www.theppk.com/2009/11/homemade-seitan/
It freezes well, so you can make it once a week or so and take out a portion every time you need to make a meal. It basically takes the place of meat in most recipes.

You need to eat legumes too—soy or other kinds of beans. I'm a big tofu eater myself. If you think you don't like tofu, make sure you're cooking it right, and that needs to start with pressing it. (To me, unpressed tofu tastes nasty and watery, and pressed tofu is totally dreamy.) There are as many ways to do that as there are cooks, but here's one guide: http://www.veggiebelly.com/2011/04/how-to-press-tofu.html
Then marinade it and bake, or stir-fry with some kind of sauce. You can save money by making your own marinades or time by buying premade ones.

Normally I would recommend buying beans and grains from bulk bins, but it sounds like that may not be an option where you live. Beans are still hella cheap (especially if you buy them dry) and there's a reason rice and beans are a dietary staple for so many people. I loooove grains, but some of them (e.g. quinoa) are not all that affordable. But see what you can find: barley and couscous, for example, can be really satisfying.

If you like hummus, you can make your own in a blender and save money over buying it premade.

I am a big cookbook fan and learned to cook from vegan cookbooks. The Post Punk Kitchen is relatively simple and delicious. There are a lot of recipes on the web site (http://www.theppk.com/), and Isa has some fantastic cookbooks out as well, with my favorite being Vegan With a Vengeance. Vegan Yum Yum is a bit more advanced, but has some of the most delicious food I've ever eaten, and that too has both a book and a web site (http://veganyumyum.com/). Vegan Dad (http://vegandad.blogspot.com/) can get complicated but is singularly wonderful: try the hot wings some time! If all that is too much to get started with, don't worry, you'll feel better soon, and look for recipes aimed at teenagers and college students. My family has taken a lot of recipes from The Teen's Vegetarian Cookbook (http://www.amazon.com/Teens-Vegetarian-Cookbook-Judy-Krizmanic/dp/0140385061), which offers vegan substitutions for all the recipes. I should reiterate that there are a huge number of recipes available online, if you don't want to drop cash on cookbooks!

I hope some of that was helpful. I've been transitioning away from premade foods myself, and also shopping on a budget, so let me know if you have any other questions. (I do have good grocery options, so my tips may falter on that front.) Good luck and enjoy!

Asian food is your friend!

There are so many curries and dishes from india that are vegetarian as around a third of their country doesn't eat meat. A personal favourite is a vegetable dhansak. There are so many options from just india, it just depends what interests you and what you feel comfortable trying to cook.

Other curry recipes that I really like are, tarka dahl, anda bhurji, and Mutter paneer.

Dont be worried if you/your partner doesn't like chilli when you make the curries yourself you can control the chilli.

Another good simple asian dish is the humble stir fry. It is as easy if not easier than pasta and in my opinion much nicer. Just do a stirfry as you would normally for a dish with meat but instead of meat you have a few options.

1. Tofu
   
2. Beancurd
   
3. Eggs
   
4. Quorn or fake meat
   
   Quorn is a personal taste thing so if he likes it then try it. Eggs are amazing and go really well in thai dishes. Tofu and beancurd work well in chinese or thai. I dont have a specific recipe for these as it depends what veg i have in my fridge. This video however does cover the general idea well.
   
   There are a wide variety of soy based products from asia, they can be hard to find unless you have a large asian population/supermarket nearby.
   
   While not asian another cuisine that can work quite well and can be easy to cook is mexican. My father has a really good recipe for burritos where he makes his own salsa, guac, roasts veggies etc and then you just make like 3 burritos over the course of the meal.
   
   If you are still stuck for ideas google and reddit really are your friends! I have a massive bookmarked folder of things I want to try cooking/making at somepoint.
   
   
5. /r/vegetarian is a bit more active than here and is usually full of ideas
   
6. http://veggieturkeys.com/ is a great place if you want recipes from anatolia and turkey.
   
7. /r/GifRecipes is a personal favourite, while they are by no means all vegetarian there are some and they are great fun.
   
   If you are really new to cooking in general I would suggest looking at both a student cookbook vegetarian or not, I personally like these two.
   Sorted food are also very easy to follow and are great for ideas both veg and non veg.

You obviously have more than enough individual suggestions already, so I'll just recommend three books instead in case you're a cookbook collector like me!

I'm also an omnivorous meat-eater but I'm happy to endorse these excellent, full-on vegan cookbooks by Isa Chandra Moskowitz:

Veganomicon. This is one of those comprehensive, encyclopedic things that could be—if you were a vegan—the only cookbook you own. It just covers everything, and I've never made anything from it that wasn't great. It's a manageable 336 pages, but they're dense; it's a book where every page has two or three recipes, not one where every dish gets a photo. Highly recommended.

Isa Does It. So this is like the sandwich-shop version of Veganomicon. Isa Does It (get it?) is vegan on easy-mode: here are sloppy joes and mac and cheese and, generally, all the casual vegan meals you could ever eat. Vegans over at /r/mealprepsundays should mass-produce burger patties from it. Not recommended quite as highly, but highly recommended for what it is.

Isa is just a really good cook, so her flavors and vegetable & grain choices have always been on point for me. My favorite thing about her writing, and what keeps me coming back to her as a meat-eater, is that she's never interested in creating meat substitutes. The vegetables are the point, after all, so she's making dishes where the vegetables are the showstopper. When she makes a burger it always feels just a little halfhearted compared to her rock-star vegetable dishes, which is why "Isa Does It" falls just short of "Veganomicon" for me. But it's still great.

For a really great chef who does somersaults to simulate meat dishes—burgers and chili and Thanksgiving turkey—it is well worth your while to pick up The Chicago Diner Cookbook by Jo Kaucher. I could tell stories about some large-scale orphan Thanksgivings I've helped to host, where we served a hundred people over two days with meat and vegan options flying everywhere. We practically scripted the vegetarian (vegan) half of these meals from the Diner cookbook. Here is what I know: a ton of starving Chicago artists of varying omnivore, vegetarian and vegan status absolutely destroyed Jo Kaucher's tofurkey year after year after year, while my SO's actual-turkey, which is damned fucking good, always took second place and became leftovers. Shit, I prefer Jo's tofurkey to real turkey and I'm the kind of guy who makes laap from scratch at home, which means I'll spend an hour mincing intestines on a cutting board that you wet with pig blood while you chop. That is, I don't go out of my way for tofu and still I adore Jo's tofurkey.

Anyway, I hope those are fun suggestions that might be useful. :)

Glad you're enjoying it. There's a whole world of vegan cooking out there to enjoy. I love to cook and I thought going vegan would put a damper on that but I've found it's been quite the opposite.

I've heard good things about the Forks Over Knives cookbook, but I keep forgetting to pick up a copy. I don't do a ton of baking and mostly do more 'improvisational cooking', so my favorite is http://www.hotforfoodblog.com/ - I really dig their philosophy on food and how they improvise and really get into being imaginative.

I agree that lots of vegan cookbooks are basic. A lot of vegan food (at least in my experience) is pretty simple and quick, and I guess those cookbooks are trying to 'sell' veganism as a convenient thing. Here are some that I think look interesting, but I couldn't tell you if they would match your skill level.

https://www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-Cooking-Academy-California-Culinary/dp/1564260380

https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Vegetarian-Cooking-Kenneth-Bergeron/dp/0471292354

https://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Gourmet-Expanded-2nd-Delicious/dp/0761516263

I'm big on trying to make things from different culinary traditions, so I also like sites like http://veganlovlie.com/ which is Mauritian fusion cuisine (!).

Sites like http://findingvegan.com/ might lead you to some cool blogs. I've definitely gone down that rabbit hole a few times.

Anyway, welcome and good luck and happy cooking. :D

I have two that I really like. They each have pictures for each recipe, and I’ve liked everything I’ve cooked so far! I’ve had them for years.

The Perfect Vegetarian:
https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Vegetarian-Collection-Essential-Recipes/dp/B000VIMTYG

Some of these recipes are more intensive than what I usually like, and some of the ingredients aren’t things I keep on hand, but the variety of recipes is great, and they taste amazing! I love the zucchini fritters with yoghurt dip, the lentil and shallot pie, and the baked apricots.

Vegetarian by Linda Fraser
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0681273887/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

This has recipes for every occasion, and I make a lot of these all the time. The leek soufflé is seriously to die for. I’d never made a soufflé before, and it was perfect and delicious. I also make the potato and celery curry often, and it’s a hit with my friends in winter. The recipes are fairly simple and tasty.

I wasn’t impressed with Thug Kitchen, either. Discount book stores will have a lot of cheap vegetarian cookbooks, and I’ve seen picture-heavy cookbooks grow in popularity. Both of my books are cross-cultural and have vegan recipes as well as vegetarian, so they won’t be useless if I ever decide to make the switch.

I am not strictly vegetarian but we cook mostly veg in our house. I take cooking very seriously, and typically do not use cookbooks. When I do I am the kind of person who reads a recipe and then puts the book away and cooks.

This book is different though, it is written by Rich Landau the owner of a vegetarian place in Philadelphia called Horizons. It started out as a lunch counter in a natural food store and grew into one of philadelphia's signature eateries. I was lucky enough to take a cooking class with Rich before he struck it big. He has a fantastic technique and passes everything along wonderfully in this book. I have gotten numerous people who shun all things veggie to actually eat and enjoy grilled tofu and seitan prepared Rich's way. Enjoy

Check out Rose Elliots's New Complete Vegetarian. If you have a Waterstones nearby they might have it and you can flip through it to see if you like the recipes but it is a lot of British favourites. Not exactly pub favourites but the type of food that you can get all the ingredients from a supermarket easily and don't worry,there is only one section on salad.

I just looked and there is 7 variations of lasagne in there :)
The book is in sections like soups/pastas/grains/beans/pastries/pudding etc. Here's a link to it on Amazon but I like to look through recipes books before buying them which is why I mentioned checking waterstones (The preview on amazon only shows the soup section :/ ). There's also used copies for way cheaper on there and the book I linked is a revised copy of an older book called Complete Vegetarian by the same author which you can get for a couple of quid from ebay.

Cooking on a Bootstrap has some pretty good recipes as well which are useful as they tell you the approximate price.The beans and lentils section on the blog will help if you're worried about protein

Also check your local library or charity shops for older vegetarian cookbooks. They are less likely to have 'trendy' ingredients and more likely to be based on their 'wholesome' meat counterparts.

Start by having meat free days. Start with 2 meat free days a week, do it for a couple of weeks, increase to 4, again for a couple of weeks, then crank right up to 7 days.

Take the time to learn vegetarian recipes, there are loads out there. Get a basic soup, casserole/stew, salad, burger, curry and pasta sauce learnt and practised, then you can make anything from them.

If you can't cook already, you will need to learn. I find that most prepared vegetarian foods are a bit crap. I only ever use one brand of vege sausages and mince.

I really like Rose Elliot's Complete Vegetarian and the River Cottage Veg Everyday. I realise you probably don't live in the UK, but there may be translations available in your country.

There is also the BBC Good Food website, which has, as of this post, 2153 vegetarian recipes.

Good luck, if you need help, ask away, I'm sure there are plenty of people here who can help!

Yeah ofc. Most of the stuff I make is super fast and easy. Get a lot of good use out of my rice cooker, wok, skillet, and large pot. If you are looking for recipes, check out the china study cookbook

For pasta I often sautee some zucchini+mushrooms, maybe vegan sausage for a bit in olive oil. Once that's halfway done, start cooking the pasta. Drain it and put it back in the pot, along with tomato sauce, the veggies, and some raw spinach (it will wilt in the pot) and mix it all together. Add nutritional yeast, red+black pepper, salt.

Also there's like a million easy variations on rice and beans, probably my fav is caribbean rice and beans cooked in coconut milk. I don't really follow the recipe that closely, I typically lightly sautee onion, garlic, and chopped habeneros or something then add 2 cans of beans (drained) and 2 cups of rice (w/ ricecooker cup, not actual cup) and coconut milk and water, then whatever spices. Often smoked paprika, cinnamon, whatever. On the side with that, I like doing greens (esp collard greens) sauteed in coconut oil with a ton of chopped walnuts and cinnamon or something.

Finally this is the best chili, trader joes has spicy vegan chorizo. So good

Speak with her and tell her that what she said was insensitive. Regardless if what she said were true it had absolutely NO PLACE in the context of what you were asking her. Document what she said and if she says it again then document it again. If she does it frequently then go to your boss, report her and show him the documented incidents.

Theres absolutely no need to get all passive aggressive about this. Be intelligent, stand up for yourself and feel good about yourself.

Also, I'm a vegetarian and have been looking for good alternatives. Heres a good cookbook

http://www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-Cooking-Everyone-Deborah-Madison/dp/0767900146

I would also highly suggest you learn to cook asian food. granted, a lot of the soups are meat based but REAL asian food (not necessarily restaurant food) is usually really healthy, balanced and beef, chicken and pork can easily be substituted with fish or tofu.

good luck and sorry for your boyfriend. make sure to feed him A LOT of meat when he recovers from his treatment. he's going to need it for his strength.

I'm a veggie student studying in Canterbury and, if you are living on University of Kent campus, Sainsbury's supermarket will probably be your closest supermarket although there are buses to Asda which is another large supermarket and - as someone else mentioned - there is the Goodshed store which is a food market type store next to Canterbury West railway station. For a veg-friendly shopping experience, there is also [Green Pea Wholefoods store](
http://www.greenpeawholefoods.co.uk/) where they have a cafe as well.

• Supermarkets in Canterbury
  
  As a note, many students do online deliveries so you don't have to carry heavy shopping nor waste too much time shopping if you are busy with essays etc. I doesn't cost much and you can book delivery slots.
  
  All foods sold here that are vegetarian friendly are labelled properly with a protected stamp so you can guarantee no meat products or derivatives are in your food; you just need to find the label or 'suitable for vegetarian' title on the packaging.
  
  Generally, I have found the supermarket's own vegetarian food very nice and affordable (some supermarket product links below). Quorn is available quite readily here with their mince a favourite of mine for Spaghetti Bolognese, Lasagna and Cottage Pie plus their sausages for a good Toad in the Hole. A brand called Linda McCartney is also delicious as well.
  
  
• Asda Own Vegetarian Food Brand
  
  
• Sainsburys' Own Vegetarian Food Brand
  
  Fruit and vegetables are quite affordable and easily available so shop around and take what you fancy; my favourite snacks are dried fruits generally in addition to apples and bananas. Baked beans are also cheap and make a great quick breakfast/lunch. Vegetables already cut up into stir-fry vegetables makes a nice quick dinner as well and aren't too pricey.
  
  I'd recommend grabbing a student vegetarian cookbook so you can keep making tasty interesting food and they often have a fair few British recipes. They are more than affordable as well - Example.
  
  There is a food store on Kent's campus but it is has over-priced food, is not that veg-friendly food-wise and the fresh food is never of that good quality so I wouldn't recommend shopping there, as someone else mentioned.
  
  If you have any other questions, feel free to message/comment reply back.
  
  

Congrats on choosing to make the switch! I would also agree to go cold turkey (but even a 'slow' transition will take two/three weeks), once you've got some reference material:

• The China Study Cookbook
  
• Thug Kitchen: "Eat like you give a f*ck" (explicit trailer here)
  
  While there are great tasting (and vegan) meat substitutes, butter varieties and things like diary free ice-cream, they're only tenuously plant-based so pick and choose wisely; minimal ingredients, few additives - the closer to its source the better (make your own!).
  
  Try new veg and fruit varieties, stock up on spices and experiment with food. Generally avoid the 'health' food section of a supermarket and seek out the fresh produce, fruit and vegetable sections instead.
  
  Have a read of the side-bar too!

The original entitled " The China Study Cookbook" is the one I always use. The variations are also good, but I've had most success with the original. I feel they used their best recipes for the original book.


https://www.amazon.com/China-Study-Cookbook-Plant-Based-Recipes/dp/1937856755/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473179374&sr=1-1&keywords=china+study+cookbook

As a vegetarian for about 6 years now, I can report no problems with vitamin deficiencies. I was a bit worried at first coming from a meat and potatoes childhood. I did get tested about a year after for vitamins B6, B12 and Iron (it requires a simple blood test) and all was normal.

Like other posters have mentioned, it's important to eat a variety of vegetables and legumes to stay healthy. I like to think of it as eating a lot of colors (bell pepper, eggplant, spinach).

As a vegetarian in a social meal setting, I have found it helps keep the critics at bay by filling your plate. Don't allow it to be assumed that you're missing out on something, that your meal is incomplete without meat. But at the same time, the critic has never been something I've ever responded to with hostility. I usually just smile and tell people if they ask, "I don't care what you eat, you can make your own choices but for me, I'm vegetarian for the following reasons (environmental, animal rights, health etc.) ." If you want a nice resource to back up what you say I would recommend the book Food Revolution

Finally, I have purchased this for every vegetarian and vegan I know. The nutritional chart used to be 5 dollars...ha ha ha. Anyway, it's a handy reference.
Good luck!

try this one man http://www.amazon.ca/Veganomicon-The-Ultimate-Vegan-Cookbook/dp/156924264X it doesn't have pictures which is disappointing but the meals are super taste. Or there is this one http://www.amazon.ca/Vegetarian-Bible-Garden-Nicola-Graimes/dp/1407524283/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1344894830&sr=8-8 this one has some pretty simple recipes

Honestly the internet is a great place to find meals too.

The responses/answers to this questions so far are very interesting!!

Most of these comments suggest liquid style diets to help facilitate eating for an achalasian. For me, liquids are deadly. I can't drink smoothies, milk shakes... even water feels like I just swallowed a sock full of nails.

I have not had any type of surgical remedy for my achalasia (yet) and this could very well be the reason my answer will be nearly 180 degrees from the other comments.

The easiest style of meal for me to eat is a plate full of sauteed vegetables followed by a big piece of prime rib. Now, as I am eating the meal I do hit those points where my throat is full and then I can gulp down a lot of water (or tea -- usually from 8 to 16 oz) and everything feels like it gets pushed into my stomach. I can usually do this process about three times for a typical meal. Sometimes I eat a huge salad instead of the vegetables (or both) but the key is something as close to natural as possible. No fries, no breads etc. I must always eat and drink at the same time... just eating without a "chaser liquid" is deadly, and just drinking water by itself doesn't allow it to go down. Quite a painful experience.

Breads usually give me a lot of trouble!!!! I really miss those Domino's bread sticks :(

Often times I will also use carbonate beverages (especially Kombucha!! I drank 3 today, love that stuff) to help push the food down... you can see my post about carbonated beverages here Cola assisted swallow FTW!

Can u please share some more specifics about your dad... you say he had his esophageal sphincter removed. Do you mean he had a Heller Cardiomyotomy and Dor Fundoplication performed?

Oh, one more thing... I really focus on vegan recipes. Not becuase I hate meat, but because it's so easy to eat meat... but we never really get enough vegetables. So I focus on getting max vegetables first and then if there is room left over I can have meat.

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Here is a link to one of my favorite (and easiest) vegan cook books.

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https://www.amazon.com/China-Study-Quick-Easy-Cookbook/dp/1940363810/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VDNJ5FJMZC59EZRKRA5B

Coincidentally, PlantPure Nation Cookbook was just released and I just got it today. There is a hint about substituting chia seeds in place of xanthan gum to thicken an oil-free Italian dressing. I haven't had a chance to try any of the recipes, of course, but it looks like a great cookbook. Usually when I get a new cookbook, there are just a few recipes that catch my interest. But just about every recipe in this book looks like one I want to try.

I <3 Daft Punk.

The reason I became a vegetarian has nothing to do with moral reasons, in fact I recently went on a fishing trip with my friend and ran around clubbing fish to death with a bat. I converted to vegetarianism because of its health benefits. It'll probably be hard to find good information online because most of the vegetarians making blogs and such are the moral ones who whine about eating things with faces, but I highly recommend getting a book or two on it. There's a lot of stuff im sure you'll be happy to find out in this book. Its what convinced me to make the change.

I like "The Accidental Vegetarian" by Simon Rimmer. I'm definitely someone who grew up with meat as the star protein in every dish but the recipes in this book are super satisfying.

https://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Vegetarian-Delicious-Food-without/dp/1845335554

edit:included correct link

I'm currently reading through this and it is pretty good so far. It might be worth reading yourself in showing you how best to react to your mom.
https://www.amazon.com/Living-among-Meat-Eaters-Vegetarians/dp/1590561163

I lost over 150 lbs eating carbohydrates. Its called exercise. You can't exercise with out energy, carbohydrates provide easy to digest and ready energy for an active lifestyle. That is a fact. Its also a fact that you can eat most anything and exercise and lose weight and be healthy if you do it in moderation. Have fun with you diet that will destroy your kidneys. I'm done with you babies.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Vegetarian-Handbook-Gary-Null/dp/0312039484

there read about a healthy diet.

John Robbins, son of Baskin-Robbins' co-founder Irv Robbins, advocates a vegan diet and has been writing popular plant-based nutrition books since the 1980s. It's safe to say John is the black sheep of the family and does not approve of the family business, much less the Heath bar shake.

John Robbins wrote the foreward to The China Study and authored:

• Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World’s Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples, 2006
  
  
• The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World, 2001

I found it very helpful to get a book dedicated to vegetarian nutrition, as in a book that discusses things like how much protein,fat, carbs, calcium, iron, B12, etc that your body needs (based on sex, age, weight).

It could help alieviate any fears you might have about getting enough vital nutrients and if someone questions how you could possibly obtain protein without meat you can whip it out and show them that a cup of kale has 2.2g per serving, pumpkin seeds 8.5g per serving, and chickpeas 14.5g per serving.

The particular book I have is an older version of this one: https://www.amazon.ca/Becoming-Vegetarian-Revised-Vesanto-Melina/dp/1443427659/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=97FC3975NP1MEHPBDWDH

I would check out some cookbooks written by/for Hare Krishnas for ideas. For religious reasons they eat a vegetarian diet free of onion, garlic and eggs and they've come up with some amazing ways to get around the flavor problem. A lot of the food draws heavily on indian spices, including asofetida. Kurma is one of the better known Hare Krishna cookbook writers. My mother is a Hare Krishna and this and this were our family's go-to cookbooks growing up.

Do you like Hummus? Can find it at most grocery stores these days. Cut up some carrots, celery, and/or broccoli to dip in it. This is the recipe I used if you want to try to make it yourself.

I found most things in Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone to be pretty easy to make. There are a couple cheap used copies on Amazon but it's worth checking your local library first to see if you like it.

PlantPure Nation is my fav cookbook - mostly because recipes are plant-based and almost all recipes have pictures.

Sarah's vegan kitchen on youtube is good too.

Are you going for a whole-foods plant-based diet or simply vegan? Have you read Greger's How Not To Die?

I suggest finding vegan support wherever you can. Check out Carol Adam's Living Among Meat Eaters: The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook. There are some good vegan podcasts like Midwest Vegan Radio, too.

If they are at all approachable, you could try to ask them to read something short or watch something to get them thinking. Present it as a way for them to understand why you've made the decision to be vegan, rather than an attempt to persuade them. I suggest a website that lists quick reasons to be vegan, the book Please Don't Eat the Animals, or the documentary Vegucated.

Teen's Vegetarian Cookbook

I got this book from a friend in my early years of being vegetarian. There are easy recipes in here and lots of ideas to diversify your food. I'm 23 and I still use it!

No not yet, but I've seen some food resources you might like if that's what you're into! Like this cookbook or this cookbook or this blogger's Hannibal-themed dessert and main course recipes.

In terms of greenhouse gases emitted by sector (page 9), you'd be better off installing solar panels, and either working from home or cycling to work at a workplace that turns out the lights at night than you would stopping eating meat.

If you just want to be healthier then cutting down on red meat, eating a balanced diet, getting more exercise and stopping smoking will likely do you more good than just stopping eating meat.

Not saying you shouldn't be vegetarian or vegan†, but if your goal is either a healthier lifestyle or reducing greenhouse gas emissions then eating vegan is only one of a number of things you can do: It's not a magic ethical bullet.

† If you are, may I recommend Rose Elliott's "New Complete Vegetarian".

While I'm sure the Hare Krishnas would appreciate it, the uber modern person in me suggests alternative methods:

I have this one. I like it.

The Higher Taste

I know nothing of 90's skate style, BUT you could do a book on horror cinema maybe a Lovecraft Calendar or search unsolved mysteries in books and you find a bunch. I also searched horror cookbook and there were a few results.

Or you could try and find like a spooky spatula or something. But hopefully this helps. Also my Amazon recommendations are totally busted after these searches but oh well.

Do you drive a Taxi in the Vancouver region? Some Hare Krishna fanatic was driving me around and gave me a book you mentioned, The Higher Taste (This one exactly). Good recipes in there actually! However, I did not appreciate his preaching, considering I was paying him for a service. Is it normal that you try and convert or suggest to people the ways of Hare Krishna whenever you see them?

I have this book (but in Dutch). All cheap and easy things to make.

My wife has this and has worn it out https://www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-Cooking-Everyone-Deborah-Madison/dp/0767900146/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1541270743&sr=1-4&keywords=deborah+madison+cookbooks and there is an updated version https://www.amazon.com/New-Vegetarian-Cooking-Everyone/dp/1607745534/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1541270743&sr=1-1&keywords=deborah+madison+cookbooks

She goes vegetarian occasionally and this is her favorite cookbook for vegetarian dishes.

Would you suggest the original 2002 or the new one 2013?

That's cool. If you don't have this vegetarian cook book then you need to get it right away. I use it all the time.

Deborah Madison vegetarian cooking for everyone

En el mismo documental Food Choices hablan del libro "The China Study" que contiene en detalle toda la información científica al respecto (aún no lo termino de leer, pero es muy interesante):

https://www.amazon.com/China-Study-Comprehensive-Nutrition-Implications/dp/1932100660

También existe un acompañamiento a ese libro con recetas, este no lo he leído todavía, me he puesto a cocinar recetas que encuentro en internet:

https://www.amazon.com/China-Study-Cookbook-Plant-Based-Recipes/dp/1937856755

Sólo comencé a no comprar nada animal y arreglármelas con lo que tengo en el refrigerador. Llevo como 2 meses siguiendo esta dieta (casi 2 años sin comer carne) y no he consultado con ningún nutricionista. Al final uno termina comiendo mejor que antes, evitando todas las tentaciones (McDonald's, Castaño, etc.). Para la vitamina B12 compro una leche de almendras que venden en el Lider/Jumbo que la contiene.