One of the years biggest holiday is almost here: Thanksgiving. This is the holiday that most people associate with Turkey for dinner. However, if you are planning on throwing a thanksgiving holiday meal for your friends and family, and either you or they are vegetarian, then you need to be mindful of what sort of food you can serve. Turkey might be fine for the majority of the dinner guests, but it's not right for all people....namely vegetarians.
Some people might think that the best way to handle the situation is to serve the turkey as the main dish and then expect the guests to eat just the sides. But that's a bit inconsiderate. It will make the vegetarian guests think that they were not thought of. Now if you happen to be a vegetarian, then you will surely know what to cook. But if you're not a vegetarian then you might be a bit puzzled about what main dishes to make. That said, here are a few examples:
1. Pasta
While many people might not associate pasta with thanksgiving, it is certainly a great dinner idea. You can make a baked pasta dish that would be perfect for your vegetarian guests. You can find some great recipes online for baked zita or even a vegetarian lasagna.
2.Quinoa
Some people don't like pasta, maybe it's the people who are gluten free, or maybe it's just too much trouble cooking. So what you might want to consider is something such as quinoa. This is a fun dish that you can cook up and make seasonal by adding things such as squash or pumpkin.
3. Fake Turkey
There is always the option to get fake turkey. These are made from something such as tofu. You can get them from brands like ToFurkey...which is one of the more popular ones. This way your guests can eat "turkey" and sides like mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc...
Some additional links about how to handle a vegetarian Thanksgiving.
And here's a Vegan thanksgiving.
Friday, November 16, 2018
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Carnivore Diet : Popualar Diet Based Around All Meat
The carnivore diet is based around the idea that you only have to eat meat. People who follow this diet eat nothing besides read meat. Not even a little bit of cheese or eggs. It's a very strict diet and has gotten a bunch of attention because it's so dramatic and also seems to get results. But are those results good?
There are podcasts and articles online where the speakers will say that you can get all of your nutrients from red meat. They argue that plants are not what you should be eating. Some of these people are doctors, but most are regular people.
The premise is that the human body does not need to consume animal products aside from meat (specifically from cows). They view plants as detrimental to the body because of the anti-nutrients that you would find in many plants. The critics of this diet say that the things that are known as anti-nutrients are not actually bad for you. While the plant might have chemicals that are designed to have prevent insects from eating them. There are actually loads of health benefits to eating plants. Here's a brief video of someone who is very pro carnivore where he discusses the impact of an all meat diet on heart health.
The problem with this diet is that it does not have a great deal of studies behind it. Most of what is being discussed at the current moment is based around anecdotal evidence. Another problem is that there is a lot of controversy around it. Many people find that the noise surrounding the issue is very troubling because all of the conversation is being dominated by people who are either vegans or vegetarians or very pro meat people. The science, therefore, can become cloudy with all of the personal insults that get exchanged.
It's a very controversial topic and has spawned a number of videos. Proceed with caution.
This created a lot of debate:
There are podcasts and articles online where the speakers will say that you can get all of your nutrients from red meat. They argue that plants are not what you should be eating. Some of these people are doctors, but most are regular people.
The premise is that the human body does not need to consume animal products aside from meat (specifically from cows). They view plants as detrimental to the body because of the anti-nutrients that you would find in many plants. The critics of this diet say that the things that are known as anti-nutrients are not actually bad for you. While the plant might have chemicals that are designed to have prevent insects from eating them. There are actually loads of health benefits to eating plants. Here's a brief video of someone who is very pro carnivore where he discusses the impact of an all meat diet on heart health.
The problem with this diet is that it does not have a great deal of studies behind it. Most of what is being discussed at the current moment is based around anecdotal evidence. Another problem is that there is a lot of controversy around it. Many people find that the noise surrounding the issue is very troubling because all of the conversation is being dominated by people who are either vegans or vegetarians or very pro meat people. The science, therefore, can become cloudy with all of the personal insults that get exchanged.
It's a very controversial topic and has spawned a number of videos. Proceed with caution.
This created a lot of debate:
- Further reading info the carnivore diet
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