Vegan and vegetarian tropers?

I can't see this coven anywhere, which is weird. So I thought I'd sound off and see if I can make any friends! I've been vegetarian for a little under a year, and want to go vegan, but I can't just yet because I currently can't afford to because I'm unemployed

Another vegetarian here! Have been since... I wanna say 2013?

Oh wow, that's a long time! Making me feel like a real veggo n00b.

I've been a massive meat lover for the majority of my life...but I would absolutely love to transition to vegetarian (specifically, lacto-ovo) lifestyle.

If nothing else, I have been successful in cutting down beef at least. XP

I'm not a vegetarian/vegan, nor do I plan on becoming one, but I have two irl friends who are the former.

Okay, so far I'm having some success sticking to chicken as the only source of meat.

Unfortunately, I'm still at a phase where I can't even eat salad with at least some bits of meat, such as bacon pieces. I have a long way to go until I can fully transition to (lacto-ovo) vegetarian diet. XP

Edited by dRoy on Nov 15th 2023 at 6:03:20 PM

Nah that was me for awhile, take it at your own pace! Also I still hate salads not gonna lie. Like I'd rather have soups and stews and casseroles for my sources of veggies.

Edited by trashconverters on Nov 15th 2023 at 8:10:13 PM

I like your mindset.

All right, today I'm gonna do a dietary challenge: I'm gonna go a whole day...without consuming any kind of meat (not animal-based products, just meat).

For the breakfast I had Korean rice with egg, soy sauce, and vegetable oil, or gyeran bibimbap.

For the lunch, I'm planning to have a fancy salad. Instead of bacons or chicken strips, I might add tofu.

EDIT: Made myself a completely vegetarian (not vegan because goddamn, I'm pretty sure I unknowingly used at least one ingredient made from animals) salad. You know what? It was surprisingly filling.

Edited by dRoy on Nov 16th 2023 at 1:21:21 AM

Oh that looks goooooood. Of course it does the thing all recipes do nowadays and has a whole life story before hand , but I might make some for myself some time soon.

Also what was in the salad?

Edited by trashconverters on Nov 18th 2023 at 6:06:43 AM

Let's see...well, the said salad can be pretty much described as me basically throwing almost every fresh vegetable and nuts I could find in the fridge. Lettuce, tomato, fried tofu, carrot, macadamia nuts, etc, with sprinkles of balsamic vinegar.

All in all, not too bad!

All right, so I decided to do a little bit of a challenge for myself.

Basically, at least go a whole day of the week completely vegetarian. And as of now, I decided to do that on Wednesday.

Since I found a whole bag of pita bread in my fridge, I figured I could do a vegetarian pita fillings...even though I never actually tried pita fillings before, but I guess there's first time for everything.

If nothing else, I'm just gonna spread some Kraft Big Mac Sauce. I don't see any explicitly animal ingredients there.

There was a vegetarian thread once but either it vanished or I imagined it.

I'm not sure if I'd be considered a vegetarian. I do limit my meat consumption but don't see issue eating it if the animal didn't suffer (e.g. a lot of home chicken breeders make eggs and can prove the chicken isn't harmed), the animal was dead on arrival (e.g. beached animals), or a friend serves it randomly. I'm often told this isn't enough and could never understand why.

hola

For about a year now, I've stopped drinking cow milk and yoghurt, planning on stopping eating meat soon as well, for both environmental and animal well-being reasons. Not sure if I'll be able to forgo fish though... I'll have to see when I get there.

Edited by Grafite on Jan 30th 2024 at 1:16:54 PM

Small progress - I managed to cut beef completely out of my diet. Of course, I have no problem eating beef in familial and social occasions, but I successfully avoided it whenever I make the call.

Now that I cut off beef, the next stop will be pork...which will definitely be much, MUCH, harder. XP