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Try starting with one less meat meal a week. When that no longer feels difficult, try one less meal again. Even if you don't settle on a meat-free diet, any re

Try starting with one less meat meal a week. When that no longer feels difficult, try one less meal again. Even if you don't settle on a meat-free diet, any reduction in consumption makes a huge difference en masse.

vouaobrasil 2y ago
I have found that sometimes with a vegetarian diet I feel like I need more protein. But a balance I've found that works is 1-2 meat meals per month is enough to balance it out.
- nelblu 2y ago
  I felt the same way when I started reducing meat. But then I started substituting it with Whey protein and Greek yogurt, and now I eat meat once in 3 to 4 weeks.
- rqtwteye 2y ago
  Make sure you get a lot of beans. They are pretty good on protein. How do you notice that you need more protein? I hear that quite a bit but I have no idea how it manifests.
gambiting 2y ago
I had the same thought actually - what did it for me was realizing that I started to eat meat 3 times a day - breakfast, lunch and dinner all had meat in them, almost always. But when I was growing up in Poland, you'd have meat maybe 2-3 times a week - not because we were poor, but purely because no one looked at a meal of vegetable dumplings(or many other meat-free dishes) as something worse compared to meat - it had the same cultural status as a porkchop. But now I live in the UK and not eating meat for dinner is almost immediately seen as weird, or "oh you're a vegeterian now?" - no....I just don't eat meat for every meal? Why is this immediately seen as suspicious? And again, no one in Poland ever thought of these meals as "vegetarian" - they were just normal meals, not a special lifestyle choice.
- Tijdreiziger 2y ago
  Do you have any recommendations/recipes for vegan Polish dishes (i.e. dishes that happen to be vegan)?
  - nothercastle 2y ago
    Deep fry tofu squares in potato starch. Eat them with rice and broccoli. Dip the tofu in spicy red Korean paste sauce or skiyaki sauce.
  - hansvm 2y ago
    Vegetarian dishes are common. Vegan dishes are a tiny bit more rare. - Pickle soup is a classic (use a recipe with fermented pickles, which are pretty easy to make at home, but larger grocers often also sell them refrigerated as a kosher product). Aside from the sour cream it's naturally vegan, and a vegan sour cream might work fine. - Borscht is a delicious beet soup. - Wild mushroom perogies are also pretty close, save for egg and sour cream in the dough. Vegan substitutes would definitely work there, else if you experiment a bit with the hydration a basic hot water and flour dough would be close. - Cabbage soup is similar to pickle soup in spirit (using sauerkraut, another lacto-fermented vegetable). - Placki Ziemniaczane (somewhat similar to US hash browns) is often served with mushroom sauce. Sometimes it'll have egg as a binder, but that's not essential for a very similar dish (replace it if you'd like, or add a bit more flour and water, or just leave it out). - Braised sauerkraut - Krupnik is a barley soup, often made with meat stocks, but vegetable stocks aren't bad either.
    - Tijdreiziger 2y ago
      Thanks!
      - pvaldes 2y ago
        But remember that Polish beet soup has often milk or cream added on it. If is pink it has milk. If is purple not necessarily.
usrusr 2y ago
Ten people halving their meat intake has more positive impact than four people going full vegan. Unfortunately the idea of "less meaty" dining is entirely unknown where I live, it's either completely meatless or meat as the defining element with some sides as fillers. Meatless is high status (even if hated by some), meat-heavy is high status (even if hated by others), but simply does not happen, except perhaps behind closed doors.

vouaobrasil 2y ago

I have found that sometimes with a vegetarian diet I feel like I need more protein. But a balance I've found that works is 1-2 meat meals per month is enough to balance it out.

nelblu 2y ago
I felt the same way when I started reducing meat. But then I started substituting it with Whey protein and Greek yogurt, and now I eat meat once in 3 to 4 weeks.
rqtwteye 2y ago
Make sure you get a lot of beans. They are pretty good on protein. How do you notice that you need more protein? I hear that quite a bit but I have no idea how it manifests.

gambiting 2y ago

I had the same thought actually - what did it for me was realizing that I started to eat meat 3 times a day - breakfast, lunch and dinner all had meat in them, almost always. But when I was growing up in Poland, you'd have meat maybe 2-3 times a week - not because we were poor, but purely because no one looked at a meal of vegetable dumplings(or many other meat-free dishes) as something worse compared to meat - it had the same cultural status as a porkchop. But now I live in the UK and not eating meat for dinner is almost immediately seen as weird, or "oh you're a vegeterian now?" - no....I just don't eat meat for every meal? Why is this immediately seen as suspicious? And again, no one in Poland ever thought of these meals as "vegetarian" - they were just normal meals, not a special lifestyle choice.

Tijdreiziger 2y ago
Do you have any recommendations/recipes for vegan Polish dishes (i.e. dishes that happen to be vegan)?
- nothercastle 2y ago
  Deep fry tofu squares in potato starch. Eat them with rice and broccoli. Dip the tofu in spicy red Korean paste sauce or skiyaki sauce.
- hansvm 2y ago
  Vegetarian dishes are common. Vegan dishes are a tiny bit more rare. - Pickle soup is a classic (use a recipe with fermented pickles, which are pretty easy to make at home, but larger grocers often also sell them refrigerated as a kosher product). Aside from the sour cream it's naturally vegan, and a vegan sour cream might work fine. - Borscht is a delicious beet soup. - Wild mushroom perogies are also pretty close, save for egg and sour cream in the dough. Vegan substitutes would definitely work there, else if you experiment a bit with the hydration a basic hot water and flour dough would be close. - Cabbage soup is similar to pickle soup in spirit (using sauerkraut, another lacto-fermented vegetable). - Placki Ziemniaczane (somewhat similar to US hash browns) is often served with mushroom sauce. Sometimes it'll have egg as a binder, but that's not essential for a very similar dish (replace it if you'd like, or add a bit more flour and water, or just leave it out). - Braised sauerkraut - Krupnik is a barley soup, often made with meat stocks, but vegetable stocks aren't bad either.
  - Tijdreiziger 2y ago
    Thanks!
    - pvaldes 2y ago
      But remember that Polish beet soup has often milk or cream added on it. If is pink it has milk. If is purple not necessarily.

usrusr 2y ago

Ten people halving their meat intake has more positive impact than four people going full vegan. Unfortunately the idea of "less meaty" dining is entirely unknown where I live, it's either completely meatless or meat as the defining element with some sides as fillers. Meatless is high status (even if hated by some), meat-heavy is high status (even if hated by others), but simply does not happen, except perhaps behind closed doors.