Making
Meatless Meals
Moving toward a plant based
diet has gone mainstream in America today. Some people have
successfully increased the "meatless Fridays" to meatless
dinners 3 or 4 times a week or similar approaches.
There is no magic formula
for the number of meatless meals to eat. The best plan is to
discuss your diet with a dietitian. This way, you will arrive
at an eating plan, which will actually enhance your health.
The following is a quick and simple
method for moving toward a plant based diet.
* IDENTIFY THE MEAL WHEN YOU EAT MEAT THE MOST. Is
it at a particular meal (dinner, eating at a certain
restaurant)? Is it in combinations with specific foods (meat
with sandwiches, steak and potatoes)? Is it on certain days of
the week (Monday night dinner, weekends)?
* IDENTIFY WHEN YOU CAN SKIP MEAT
EASILY. Perhaps a meatless breakfast is easy. Or, when you
brown bag your lunch it might work for you if you can look
forward to a traditional evening meal.
* COULD YOU EASILY SET CERTAIN DAYS
OF THE WEEK AS MEATLESS? Shopping and planning are easier
with this method. Also, this gives you an opportunity to plan
to sample convenience foods made from plant based protein such
as those by Morning Star.
* FIND MEATLESS MEALS, WHICH YOU
CURRENTLY ENJOY AND USE THEM MORE OFTEN. Do you like quiche,
veggie pizza, macaroni and cheese, 7 bean soup, cheese
enchiladas, vegetable stir fry and brown rice, tomato soup and
whole grain crackers?