Vegetarian Recipes
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A vegetarian lifestyle or vegetarianism is a way of life where all animal flesh such as poultry, beef, game and often but not always fish and seafood are excluded from one’s food intake. The more extreme among the vegetarians are sometimes referred to as vegans and they, in addition to the conventional vegetarian exclusions, also exclude such animal byproducts as eggs, dairy products and honey from their diets. What’s more, the strictest among the vegans do not use any products derived from animals for clothing or decorations i.e. silk, wool, leather, fur, down, feathers, ivory, pearl, coral, etc. In short, vegetarian lifestyles are primarily plant based while vegan lifestyles are solely and exclusively plant based.
The reasons for choosing vegetarianism or veganism are very many but the most prevalent among them are directly or indirectly related to morality, religion, culture, ethics, aesthetics, environment, society, economy, politics, personal taste and preferences as well as individual health and standards of living.
Vegetarian and vegan diets are limited by conventional dietary standards but with thorough planning and sufficient knowledge about food, nourishment and the needs of one’s body, they can satisfy an otherwise healthy body’s nutritional requirements at just about every stage of life. As a matter of fact, many major and far reaching studies have shown that vegetarianism and veganism are viable healthy alternative diets that have a tendency to increase longevity, improve overall health and drastically reduce the threats of lung, esophagus, liver and color cancers as well as other life threatening diseases. Under normal conditions, vegetarian and vegan diets also help keep body weight under control as well as reduce the risks of high blood pressure, diabetes, osteoporosis, high cholesterol, dementias, Alzheimer’s disease and various heart diseases.
The practice of vegetarianism among a significant number of people has first been recorded in ancient Indian and Greek texts. In both instances, these practices stemmed from deep theological beliefs of non-violence toward animals. Vegetarianism seemed to have temporarily vanished with the rise of the Roman Empire but was strongly rekindled in the nineteenth century and, due to the recent global environmental and economic concerns, it has been spreading widely ever since. The first Vegetarian Society was established in England in 1847 and Germany, the Netherlands and other European countries followed shortly after as did the rest of the world.
To feed the rapidly growing number of vegetarians and vegans, hundreds and maybe even thousands of vegetarians and vegan recipes have been created. One can find a myriad of books and magazines filled with countless wonderful vegetarian and vegan recipes. The Internet and the ever spreading and widening World Wide Web features an extraordinary wealth of vegetarian and vegan recipes appearing on a wide assortment of websites.
You might wonder how to recognize a high quality vegetarian or vegan recipe when you see one and I would like to advise you as follows:
1. If the recipe you are looking at lists only fresh plant-based ingredients to be prepared in their raw, lightly steamed, grilled, baked or stir fried manner this recipe cannot be bad.
2. If the recipe you are contemplating suggests the use of non-saturated vegetable oils; fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs; whole grains; nuts; seeds; legumes and beans it sounds like a great vegetarian or vegan recipe.
3. Lastly, if the recipe you are considering looks instinctively good to you, use it because I firmly believer that your instinct and intuition can usually be trusted.
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