How to Eat Less Meat
Tips on de-meatifying your favorite dishes
By Roxanne Webber
THE PREVAILING NOTION these days is that cutting down on the amount of meat on your plate makes good sense. Some people believe it’s healthier, others are cutting back because of the environmental impact of meat production, while still others have ethical objections to the way livestock is raised. Whatever your reason, we’ve created “de-meatified” recipes for some classic dishes. We also interviewed a range of experts to get tips on maximizing flavor, richness, and texture in unmeaty dishes—because no matter why you’re cooking vegetarian, you want to come out with a good meal.
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This is not a hamburger.
Seriously, if you want to eat less meat, just eat less of it. You don't have to go to ridiculous lengths to try to imitate something you're trying to avoid. I've experimented with all kinds of bean and veggie burgers over the years to try to create a more rounded diet all the family will like, but success has been spotty at best. I'm not a vegetarian, I just want to eat less meat and improve our...+READ
Seriously, if you want to eat less meat, just eat less of it. You don't have to go to ridiculous lengths to try to imitate something you're trying to avoid. I've experimented with all kinds of bean and veggie burgers over the years to try to create a more rounded diet all the family will like, but success has been spotty at best. I'm not a vegetarian, I just want to eat less meat and improve our nutritional content with more fiber and more variety. In the end, the best veggie burger I've ever made has about 1/4 meat in the mix! My carnivore kids even prefer them now to all-meat burgers. 'Veggie' doesn't have to mean 'vegetarian'.-COLLAPSE
I just posted a spring soup that is great and I prefer the meatless version, popular in Tuscany and it's ancient, so as all ancient tastes - healthy and green! perfect for whoever is on the calorie watch!
This is vegetarian torture. Ersatz meat. Who needs it. I went meatless years ago by substituting healthful fin fish and occasional shell fish instead of the red stuff. I like my vegetables to be treated with a light hand so they still taste fresh and flavorful. Cut the high fat milk products and cream sauces to a minimum, too. Sure, there is nothing like a terrific steak, but if you limit your...+READ
This is vegetarian torture. Ersatz meat. Who needs it. I went meatless years ago by substituting healthful fin fish and occasional shell fish instead of the red stuff. I like my vegetables to be treated with a light hand so they still taste fresh and flavorful. Cut the high fat milk products and cream sauces to a minimum, too. Sure, there is nothing like a terrific steak, but if you limit your red meat intake to 1-2 x per month and then only eat it when the quality and occasion are worthy of the high calories and fat content.-COLLAPSE