No time to cook? Hm, well, the more you practise, the faster you get. We can cook up an awesome meal in 30min. You can just wash your veggies ahead of time and keep them in the fridge. So, chop them up, stir fry them, throw in some tofu or whatever is tasty... boil some noodles at the same time, ta da, 15min. Buy a rice cooker with a timer and set it to cook rice for you in the morning... that's super easy. You can also get yourself a Thermos pot, they are awesome. You just fill the pot with water, chuck in a bunch of stuff, lentils, split peas, rice, veggies, or whatever. Bring to a boil, put on lid and into thermos. Go to bed or go to work. When you come back it's ready, you just bring to a boil again, add seasoning (sea salt, nutritional yeast, or miso etc.) and eat. Every day we either use the thermos pot or the rice cooker (we use a purple clay rice cooker as aluminum is no good for ya -- neither is teflon). Buy dried mushrooms, and you can just pop some in a container of water the day before and they'll be ready to chop up and put in your stir fry. Lots of stuff you can do. Buy lots of those Chinese or Thai rice noodles. They are super cheap and take like two minutes to cook -- you can even chuck them in your soup bowl. Oatmeal is good for breakfast -- really fast meal. You can even soak the rolled-oats in water or soy-milk the night before and they'll be ready when you wake up. I could go on and on about all the time saving stuff we do yet still manage to eat whole foods and hardly any instant or packaged stuff. Really, a stir fry will take just as long as some package stuff to make, yet be ten times better tasting and good for you too.
fruit!!! try fruitarian diet! so easy and simple
www.fruitarian.comI'm gonna go vegetarian for a month to see if that'll help my digestive issues, but I don't have time to cook?
While Lean Cuisine meals are better for you among pre-packaged meal, it's almost impossible to find a vegetarian/vegan meal among them. The closest thing I can find is Macaroni %26amp; Cheese by Smart Ones (that's if you eat cheese, I don't), and even the stuff that is rice and whatever has milk ingredients in it. Make sure you read the back of the label. Of course if you're just going no meat, that's fine. But I find that giving up dairy helps my digestion a lot.
I eat Boca burgers and Boca chick'n patties, and get packaged vegetables I can heat up. I don't have a lot of time to cook either. For breakfast, I get 8 oz of 8th Continent light vanilla soy milk, mix it with a Carnation instant breakfast (milk chocolate flavored!), and eat a breakfast bar. That's like .. the only vegan breakfast I can enjoy.
Good luck! Taking processed meat out of your diet will do great things for your health, not only now, but in the future. I believe it is a big source of cancer in people. Do some research :) It's a learning experience.
What a good idea! But you need to find time to cook. There are many fast recipes on the internet, and so many veg*n sites,,,,just do some googling. I suggest you cut out meat AND dairy. Both are bad for digesting. Eat more steamed vegetables, fresh fruit, nuts, seeds, beans etc....Good luck.I'm gonna go vegetarian for a month to see if that'll help my digestive issues, but I don't have time to cook?
Celantano makes excellent frozen veggie and vegan italian food. They're a national brand so shouldn't be too hard to find. Amy's is also good, but it's not always available. Fantastic foods makes all natural soup and noodle cups that are veggie and really easy to prepare (just add hot water).
If you're eating milk, make sure to put some yogurt in your diet - it's a good source of protein and calcium, and easy to eat on the run.
try asian foods, many stir-frys, curries, and so forth are easy and quick to prepare. i like Indian food, but you may differ. And vegetarian food can be as simple as some fruits for breakfast. Salads aren't the main part of our diet, but I eat them sometimes.
Here are some helpful sites:
VegCooking.com
GoVeg.com
Vegan-Food.net
Most stores sell amys brand tv dinners.
they are very good.
http://www.amyskitchen.com/
Going veggie for a month will not prove anything.
The dead-cow fat takes 6-9 months to be removed from your system.
'tis proven by tests
Morningstar Farms have these burgers in the freezer section. The 44% less fat one tastes better than the real thing and you can microwave one in one minute or grill it for 3 minutes. Smoothies for breakfast or cereal with rice or soy milk with vanilla flavoring or plain; if you are not going vegan you can use cow's milk--we use organic lactose free milk. you can make egg omelets of every sort which take only a few minutes from simple ones for breakfast to everything in it ones for the other meals. Most supermarkets now have refridgerator and freezer sections that have plenty of alternatives to meat based foods. Nearly all have at least a small health food section that will have quick meals in a box. Grains take nearly no watching over to cook. Add beans that are canned and a few spices and you've got a complete protein. There are stir fry protein strips that you can quickly saute with vegies. There are now cookbooks that are for vegetarians in a hurry. Check out Barnes and Noble or your local library. There are endless possibilities. Good luck.
One suggestion I can give is stir fry. When I am in a rush I cut some veggies, throw them in a frying pan, add teriyaki sauce. Takes about 5-10 min.
If you are having digestive problems try seeing a naturopath. I had terrible stomach issues last year. We found out we were living in a house that had mold. I went to the naturopath and she treated me for Candida. It really worked. You could also try allergy testing for foods. I went to a place in Toronto called Redpaw. They do food sensitivity tests. A naturopath could help you find a place like that too. I went originally for migraines. I was skeptical about the whole natural remedy stuff, but was despirate to find something to help. I had spent a year trying to figure out on my own what foods were a problem. The clinic was able to confirm those foods were a problem in half an hour. It's really worth trying this route. It saved me.
breakfasts - pick a grain product, oatmeal, whole wheat toast or a croissant, some fresh fruit, a yogurt if you're not cutting out dairy. yogurt is better than milk, too, easier on the system and more benefits.
snacks - keep fresh fruits and veggies on hand. when you come home from the store, cut them up, throw them in glad ware type containers, grab a handful when you're hungry. i take cut up bell peppers to work for lunch all the time. eat them like apple slices. also, nuts are a good source of protein, you should try to get a handful every day (provided you're not allergic) there are so many snack foods that are easy and good; dried fruits, nuts, seeds, granola.
lunches and dinners - the cut up veggies can also serve for salads (throw in some kidney beans for protein) and stir-frys (throw in some tofu and sauce).
if you need to go out, or just want to, most middle eastern and oriental cuisines offer lots of vegetarian choices.
and depending on your digestive issues, i would stay away from processed foods as much as possible. most Lean Cuisine type foods will have preservatives and such.
good luck.
go 4 veg. it is very good 2 digest .
Try to just cut milk out of your diet to help your digestive problem, you may just be lactose intolerant. That was my daughters problem.
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