| For any of the many reasons people choose to | | | | |
| eat | | | | grape seed.The next critical ingredient of |
| | | | vegetarian food that |
| vegetarian food - religion, politics, | | | | |
| finances, or health - | | | | tastes fabulous is really simple: use sea |
| | | | salt. Although |
| one thing in common is that everyone prefers | | | | |
| food that | | | | any kind of salt will enhance the flavor of |
| | | | most foods, sea |
| tastes delicious and provides good | | | | |
| nutrition. There are | | | | salt is best. It naturally contains |
| | | | minerals, while it |
| some basic techniques to vegetarian cooking | | | | |
| which will | | | | doesn't contain the nasty chemicals of |
| | | | regular processed |
| accomplish that.There is a range of | | | | |
| vegetarianism. From the vegan to the | | | | table salt. Important to note~ use salt |
| | | | *during* the |
| person who eats meat on rare occasions. | | | | |
| Some people | | | | cooking instead of waiting until after |
| | | | serving the food. |
| consider themselves basically vegetarian if | | | | |
| they never eat | | | | This makes a difference in the final quality |
| | | | of the dish |
| red meat, but do eat fish and chicken once | | | | |
| in a while. | | | | because cooking is chemistry. Remember back |
| | | | to your high |
| Other vegetarians eat animal products like | | | | |
| eggs and dairy, | | | | school chemistry classes: the order of |
| | | | combining the |
| but never the animal itself. A vegan is at | | | | |
| the far end of | | | | elements, and the application of heat to the |
| | | | mixture could |
| the continuum, rejecting animal products | | | | |
| entirely. Vegans | | | | make a tremendous difference to the results |
| | | | of the |
| won't eat mayonnaise because it's made using | | | | |
| eggs, for | | | | experiment!The third tip for vegetarian |
| | | | cooking is obvious, yet needs |
| example.Wherever you are on the continuum of | | | | |
| vegetarianism, you | | | | emphasis. Use lots of vegetables! You |
| | | | can't over-do |
| want your food to taste good, be satisfying, | | | | |
| and provide | | | | vegetables in your diet - the greater the |
| | | | range and color, |
| good nutrition. Here are some methods for | | | | |
| cooking | | | | the better. Use leafy veg (lettuce, |
| | | | spinach, and chard), |
| vegetarian to meet those basic | | | | |
| requirements.To begin, if you are making some | | | | root veg (yams, carrots, potatoes, turnips), |
| dish that is actually a | | | | and the stems |
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| meat-based recipe, such as chili con carne, | | | | and seed carriers of veg (for example |
| stop | | | | celery, eggplant, |
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| substituting textured vegetable protein for | | | | peppers, zucchini). Buy organic veg if you |
| the meat and | | | | can because |
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| leaving the rest of the recipe unaltered. | | | | they really do taste better, and of course |
| The result never | | | | they provide |
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| tastes quite right, and you've been robbed | | | | better nutrition because they are gown in |
| of the pleasure | | | | healthy, 'clean' |
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| of good food: it's neither meat nor properly | | | | dirt.Take any vegetable and bean soup |
| vegetarian. | | | | recipe, and follow these |
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| Furthermore, you haven't gained in terms of | | | | three simple principles: saut~ the veg in |
| health or | | | | the right oil, |
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| economy. Soy is the primary ingredient of | | | | cook the beans in sea-salted water, use a |
| textured | | | | variety of |
| | | | |
| vegetable protein, tofu, and tempeh. These | | | | organic vegetables, and you'll have a rich |
| are usually | | | | delicious soup. |
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| high in fat, high in processing, and fairly | | | | These simple tips make a big difference. |
| high in cost. | | | | Take my word for |
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| Not much better than organically raised | | | | it, or do a little test. Use the same list |
| meat, if at all. | | | | of ingredients, |
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| So if chili con carne is what you want, buy | | | | but don't saut~ in oil, add the salt at the |
| organic meat | | | | table, and use |
| | | | |
| and enjoy it! Otherwise, cook a delicious | | | | conventionally grown veg. The result will |
| soup using red | | | | be inferior - |
| | | | |
| beans that doesn't pretend it's chili con | | | | still nutritious, but bland rather than |
| carne.The key to good vegetarian soup is to | | | | satisfying, and |
| use oil. Even if | | | | |
| | | | that's a shame because the few simple |
| you prefer low fat, your body does require | | | | techniques described |
| fats for healthy | | | | |
| | | | here can make your vegetarian cooking |
| metabolism. And it definitely enhances the | | | | consistently |
| quality and | | | | |
| | | | terrific.Articles by Nora Poulous on topics |
| flavor of any vegetarian soup when some of | | | | related to cooking are |
| the vegetables | | | | |
| | | | published in Z Cooking |
| (onions in particular) are saut~ed. Use an | | | | |
| oil that's | | | | News the leading resource on-line for |
| | | | information about |
| liquid at room temperature, such as olive, | | | | |
| vegetable, or | | | | cooking. |