You don't have to like vegetables to be a vegetarian btw (I hardly ever eat them). Do you like tofu/lentils/chickpeas/soya chunks?

Why do you think you are better then everyone else?

It depends what you find funny really,I thought your remark a bit thoughtless:shrug:

Yeah vegetarians don't generally find those jokes funny just for future reference

I honestly dont see what is so offensive about saying more Chicken for me though

It's not offensive, it just wasn't necessary and didn't make any sense.

It was a joke though someone said they topped eating meat and as i love meat i said more for me

You're wrong! because there was a little bit of thought went into it.

Nope :laugh:

Oh :worry: Being vegetarian though I've discovered lots of new foods that I don't think I would've tried without being tbh

I started by eating everything as usual just dropping the meat out,then I started trying the veggie stuff,some I liked some I didn't,I find the quorn mince great even the kids like that as a spag bol, they also like the 'quorn nuggets' it takes a bit of getting used to but I could never touch meat now ,although I do eat eggs and milk, my fave is Linda McCartneys burgers with mozerrello cheese.:wavey:

The only vegetarian thing i eat is Vegetable Moussaka at a restaurant

I can't eat cheese either as it gives me migraines :laugh:

What is with the weird attempts at jokes on this topic? :umm2: This isn't the Chat & Games subforum, I just thought it would be nice to share my experiences and maybe get some knowledge from people who have been at vegetarianism for a while.

I usually eat porridge, weetabix or toast for breakfast, so I didn't really have to change anything about that.

My other meals have had to change though, I always ate animals for lunch and dinner, as well as my snack in the afternoon though. We eat dinner very late in Portugal so it's necessary to eat something in the afternoon.

So usually for lunch I'd have bolognese or tuna salad or something and for a snack I'd have a cheese and ham toastie and for dinner I might've had chicken with beans and rice or something like that. It is a lot for me to change but I think I am doing okay. Last night I had a TVP satay stir-fry, it was really good, I wasn't sure about the texture at first but it wasn't bad either, in the end I really enjoyed the meal. :)

Are you going to be eating fish stacey?

See thats something else I dont bloody like D:

Fish are animals, I could never stop eating other animals and then still eat fish.

Well yeah, I don;t understand at all people who are vegetarian and still eat fish. But every vegetarian person I know does...

If you eat fish but not meat you are a Pescatarian

Fish are beautiful creatures. :love: They have hearts and brains and personalities just like any other animal.

We don't have an instinct to kill for food because we are aware there is far easier and obtainable ways of eating, if we wers stranded in the wilderness it'd be another story.

But anyway it's your choice so good luck with it x

Winds me up when people eat fish and refer to themselves as simply vegetarian rather than pescatarian or pesco-vegetarian.

People always ask me if I eat fish too, it's become widespread for people to assume that fish is part of a standard vegetarian diet.

Portuguese people don't understand Vegetarianism at all, everyone I told thought I couldn't eat cheese or have dairy etc.. and I am allergic to eggs anyway so I wouldn't miss out on them. So I am basically only supporting the dairy industry which I still don't feel great about but I am still learning and maybe one day I'll be able to move away from dairy too.

I was vegetarian for 6 years. It's quite easy and becomes a habit in no time. I did it for the same reason as you are saying Jessica. I eat meat now, but only really chicken and fish. I eat beef/steak in bolognese, but other than than don't eat red meat.

When I first did it, eating out was a nightmare because there was usually only one (bland) choice on the menus. That was a long time ago, and there are loads of good options now.

Yeah, I think it's a good time for people to start, definitely the easiest time to stop eating meat in history. :) May I ask why you stopped?