baby on the way and I cant eat meat

By mous on 7/31/08 5:22am
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I am having my first baby in March.....and I no longer can handel meat so I was hoping someone could direct me to some recipes that are high in protine but DONT have meat in them!!! Thank you

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I hope when you say meat you

Submitted by ibuprofen301 on 7/7/08 7:19am.

I hope when you say meat you mean red meat. Tuna is high in protein and there are lots of recipes out their. Try FoodTV.com. They have Thousands of recipes.

hi, don't listen to

Submitted by vegetarian375 on 7/7/08 1:46pm.

hi,
don't listen to "ibuprofen". Yeah tuna is great for protein if you're into depleating the world's marine wildlife. Anyway, protein is probably the easiest theing to get. i went to the animal rights 2002 conference in d.c. this summer and god some really good literature and one is called "Vegan Nutrition in Pregnancy and Childhood" It's extensivec and was written by a Ph.D. Reed Magels and a Dietetic Intern Katie Kavanagh-Prochaska. it's online. here's the link

http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/pregnancy.htm

good luck, best wishes
and thanx for not eating the tuna.

ibuprofen- vegetarians don't eat fish, because fish aren't vegetables :-)

try protien powder

Submitted by hydrocodone237 on 7/7/08 2:45pm.

try protien powder

hey you congratulations!!! i

Submitted by acetaminophen480 on 7/7/08 5:20pm.

hey you
congratulations!!! i don't have recepies, but i recommend a book about good nutrition...."The Optimum Nutrition Bible" by P. Holford. It's awesome!!! check it out

Hi, You can get a fair amount

Submitted by hydrocodone354 on 7/7/08 8:52pm.

Hi,
You can get a fair amount of protein from a meal of corn on the cob, cornbread, three-bean salad, and some eggplant parmegan, the kind with lots of cheese. For dessert have a cup of nonfat yogurt. This will give you lots of protein and it tastes good too.
Another meal that is high in protein without meat is semolina spaghetti...make sure the pasta is the semolina kind...with sun-dried tomatoes instead of meatballs. Both these meals taste very good too.
Yours,
Tony

(PS...don't forget Boston Baked Beans and cornbread. And of course for breakfast don't forget oatmeal with raisins...add some nuts and you're doing great)

Getting enough protein is not

Submitted by LasVegan on 7/9/08 2:35am.

Getting enough protein is not hard. Being a vegetarian you need the make sure you are getting all 19+ animo acids in your diet. This is what creates a complete protien. Beans, nuts, and veggies are not complete protiens. Meat, eggs, and tofu are the only three complete proteins, so being a vegetarian you need to mix your protein sources to get a complete protein. Like, beans with corn (whole or a tortilla). There are alot of sites out there that give you all the detials.

I have a great recipe for

Submitted by vegetarian143 on 7/9/08 7:25am.

I have a great recipe for Vegetarian Chimichanga's...you buy very large tortilla's...and you stuff them with cooked cabbage, onion, black beans, a jar of salsa, (or homemade salsa), a cup of cheese of your choice. This is wonderful! you sort of wrap the tortilla around the cooked cabbage stuff, like a pillow...square. Place the folded side down and bake for 15 minutes in a 400 degree oven, or until brown. Serve with more salsa...truly yummy. Oh, make sure you rinse the black beans thoroughly and put them in last and just heat them through. But you want the cabbage/onion stuff to be tender. (make it all in a large skillet)

Dear Friend, Adele Davis,

Submitted by The Reluctant  Vegetarian on 7/14/08 4:23pm.

Dear Friend,

Adele Davis, who popularized the idea of having to combine proteins in her book Diet for a Small Planet, later retracted her support for the necessity of combining proteins. In later editions of her book, she stated that the average American eats 2 1/2 times more protein than needed, which is hard on the liver. She said that in all but the most extreme diets, you are probably getting enough protein. "If you getting enough calories, you're most likely getting enough protein," she says. I think you are probably doing your baby a great favor by eating vegetarian, and later when you nurse it, as studies have shown that there are significantly more chemicals in the breast milk of mothers who eat meat. During pregnancy, listen to your body. It will tell you what you need by its cravings. Otherwise, eat a "balanced" diet, which means eat a variety of different foods. If you want to insure that you are getting all eight amino acids, soy and tofu has them. If you want to increase the amount of available protein, eat any grain with your tofu or soy food. Other foods that are high in protein are legumes (beans and peas), nuts and seeds, and dairy products. Make a main dish from one of these groups, add a grain and steamed veggies and something raw, and there you have it! As long as you are eating a wide variety of fresh foods, (preferably organic) some cooked and some raw, you are almost certain to be getting enough protein. Cravings are the signals that something more is needed.

I hope this helps. May I use your question in my book?

My blessings on your baby.

Namaste,
Sharalyn