I wonder...

[john75half]

I'm thinking about going vegetarian for one week.  It's not because I want to become a vegetarian permanently.  It's just that I've already cut back on meat a lot because of Weight Watchers - meat just has more points than vegetarian alternatives.  So I'm just curious to find out how hard it would be.  I think the hardest part would be lunches - I

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[kate_fire]

Hooray!! Join us! Jooiiiinn uusss!!!

I usually make my own lunches -- yesterday I had a whole-wheat pita pocket with a little hummus and stuffed with salad. One of my fav lunches lately is a sort of taco salad, with vegetarian/low fat refried beans on salad. Mmm! I'm also trying a Trader Joe's style of instant soups, like ramen and rice noodles and stuff. So far it's about 50/50, and I find that like normal ramen I have to only use about half of the package of seasoning, otherwise it gets chalky.

One of my fav vegetarian stuffs are the Morning Star Farms foods. Can't say much for their imitation meats, but they do a great sort of spinach and artichoke nuggets (like chicken nuggets) that microwave up in minutes.

[john75half]

Do you know if there are any good fake hot dog products? I want to have a healthier alternative to eat on the 4th, since my family's picnics tend to be filled with unhealthy snacking.

[anonymous]

Bear in mind that after a while meatless, you may stop making the enzymes necessary to digest meat, and will be more or less unable to eat it. So falling off the bandwagon every couple weeks might get harder over time.

Also, animal protein is very high quality. You'd have to be careful to replace it in your diet, especially if you keep up with the running and such.

I think the trick to good lunches is to cook for yourself ahead of time. Leftovers make great lunch. Asian cuisines are fairly vegetarian friendly. Lately I've been baking my own bread, and eating it with soup (pacific organic box soups, and similar) and whole fruit, which happens to be vegetarian. And delicious.

--Mithrandir