Vegetarian Recipes/Links

First, I just want to say thank you to everyone

who commented on my blog posts the past 2 days.

It.was.awesome.

I received an overwelming amount of feedback on my Vegetarian Lifestyle: My Staples post and am thrilled to know many of you would like to see more health posts/vegetarian recipes.

The most asked question I got was about how me and Billy handle dinners since he eats meat and I don't...

Do we do two seperate meals or how do we make it work? 

I wanted to address this today in case I didn't respond directly to all of you who asked. 

I know where all of you are coming from who have boyfriends or husbands who don't consider it a meal unless there is meat on the plate. Billy loves meat. That being said, he is open to my meatless meals and he doesn't mind cooking once in a while just for himself when he does want meat. One thing that helped my case, that I recommend to each of you, is have them read the chapter in Skinny Bitch on meat. I read it outloud to Billy while on vacation and he was floored. No joke. He then understood a little bit more why I wanted to give up meat, and said he would try meatless meals once or twice a week.

When Billy isn't eating a meatless meal with me, I typically just eat whatever he wants to eat, but leave out the meat and add a salad or a different side. Sometimes this means making two seperate meals and that has worked just fine for us. We still make a point to eat together at the same time, I just cook mine and he cooks his. If your significant other doesn't do much cooking, I would suggest just making a piece of meat for him on top of what you prepare. It's really not all that hard that some of you may think it is! I promise.

..and with time, you'll find what works for you

and get the hang of it.

Moving on...

I thought I would share where I find most of my recipes and some of my favorite websites for vegetarian dishes.

Pinterest

(click link to follow my boards)

Use the search bar at the top and type in "healthy vegetarian lunches" or "vegetarian dinners"

 The Gracious Pantry

(has non-vegetarian recipes too)

**all about Clean Eating!

Not sure what Clean Eating is? Read here.

SkinnyTaste

Vegetarian Times

wonderful tips and useful info

FoodGawker

over 6,000 vegetarian recipes

Whole Foods

and many, many, blogs!

Here are a few links to my favorite vegetarian meals:

Clean Eating Breakfast Pita

Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

(I make these allll the time)

great twist to your traditional ground beef stuffed peppers!

Chickpea Tacos

Southwestern Vegetarian Quinoa

Black Bean Burgers

Healthified Winter Veggie Pasta

(only 200 calories)

Pasta gets a bad rep.

My tip?

Always make it whole grain pasta and watch your portions.

and a yummy pescatarian dinner...

Shrimp Tacos

(whole foods recipe)

Can you tell that we love mexican inspired meals?

nom nom nom.

 

Another veddy veddy easy vegetarian meal that I make when I'm in a rush 

is a vegetarian stir fry!

(use low sodium soy sauce, veggies, and brown rice...voila.)

Note: I'm no profesh here. When I first started this lifestyle I googled and printed every pescatarian recipe I could find and put them in a binder. Just an idea.

I hope this inspires some of you to try a

meatless monday!

(or tuesday, or wednesday...)