So, if you want to become a vegetarian easily, here are some suggestions:
1. Have a reasonable reason. If you want to be a vegetarian for the most excitement, you may not last long-not because it is difficult, but because any lifestyle or habit change needs a little motivation. You should first think about why you want to be a vegetarian, and then firmly believe this reason. The rest is simple.
2. Study. Before starting to do anything new, I like to read as much as possible to understand what I am going to do. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the information about vegetarianism. Look up relevant books in the library (it would be better if you borrow them from other vegetarian friends). There are a lot of web pages on the Internet to study vegetarianism. One of my favorite is Goveg.com.
3. Find a good cookbook. You don't need to buy a bunch of cookbooks specially, although it is indeed a choice. Because there are many great cookbooks on the Internet. You can try GoVeg.com ... My other favorite is PostPunkKitchen. In fact, it may be a little extreme ... but don't worry, you don't need to decide anything. Just browse.
Try a new dish every week. My suggestion is to try at least one new vegetarian dish every week. If you like it, you can add it to your main menu list. If you think that recipe is not good, try another one next week. Soon, there will be 5- 10 great recipes on your list, and you will love cooking and tasting these delicious foods! Moreover, whether you are a vegetarian or a meat eater, you will find that they are gradually becoming your daily diet (at least dinner). Most people have 7- 10 common recipes. Once you have many vegetarian recipes, you will be happy to continue to enjoy vegetarian food.
5. Substitutes. Occasionally, you can try your favorite ordinary dishes, but don't use meat, try alternative dishes without meat. That is to say, if you want to eat spaghetti or red pepper, for example, ground beef can be replaced by Bocca and MorningStar, and then cooked in the ordinary way. There are many substitutes for any meat, many of which are quite good! You can continue to eat what you usually like, but you can't contain meat.
6. Start with red meat. I suggest a gradual transition to a vegetarian diet … although you can suddenly stop eating meat at all, I find that for many people, a gradual transition will be better. There is no need to give up all the meat at once and try some new recipes. Maybe you should eat a vegetarian meal in the first week, two meals in the second week and so on. If you decide to give up meat, start with red meat, because red meat is a typical unhealthy food.
7. Convenient vegetarian food. In the supermarket, you may find a lot of vegetarian food in a freezer, which can be cooked in a microwave oven. You may try them (I like Amy brand). Please be careful, just like most convenience foods, they are much more expensive than those cooked at home, and most of them are not very healthy. But you may also find some quite healthy foods there. Anyway, it is always good to put a few convenience foods in the refrigerator in case.
1kg beef = 36.4 kg carbon dioxide. Choose a vegetarian and low-carbon lifestyle and do your part to slow down global warming!