Let me start this blog by stating that I am not a professional nutritionist, dietitian or chef. The thoughts in Veggie, Meaty, Baby! are simply my understanding and interpretation of basic nutritional concepts. Now that I have that out of the way, let’s get started.
I am an ovo-lacto vegetarian. Pause for reaction… Basically, this means, I do not consume meat. I eat eggs (ovo) and dairy (lacto) products.
When people find out I am a vegetarian, they ask the same questions. The most common are:
1. Why are you a vegetarian?
2. Have you always been a vegetarian?
3. Is your husband a vegetarian?
4. Are you raising your child to be a vegetarian?
5. What do you eat that nutritionally replaces meat?
Let’s see if I can answer these questions,
1. It’s a funny story that I will turn into a blog post one day. I actually won a collegiate speech competition telling the story and wish I could get my hands on the video of the competition or a transcript of my speech.
2. No.
3. No.
4. No.
5. Just like a meat eater, I eat Complete Proteins. Complete proteins must be consumed in order to maintain healthy functioning bodily systems. Meat is a complete protein. As a vegetarian, I eat non meat sources of complete proteins or combine every day non meat foods to build complete proteins. Because of my family’s main cooking challenge (feeding a carnivore, ovo-lacto vegetarian and a toddler), I customize non meat dinner recipes to include a complete protein.
What does this mini-nutrition lesson mean for you? The recipes that I find, customize, try and post either contain meat or combinations of everyday non meat foods to nutritionally replace meat. When I post my recipes, I will list the complete protein so you can sleep at night knowing that the meal you have so lovingly prepared and served your family serves it purpose to sustain healthy, growing and developing minds and bodies.
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