Vegetarian Meals, 5 Places To Get Some
Are you thinking about eating less meat, or maybe going full on vegetarian? Apparently many are looking for information on vegetarian meals. So below I have a small but complete round up of five places to get some.
1. Local Grocer – Most grocery stores such as Jewel, Cub Foods, Krogers and Walmart have a dedicated vegetarian meals section. Look in the frozen aisle for meatless burgers from Boca and Morningstar, veggie hot dogs, pizza and more. Can’t find it? Ask a store associate.
2. Online Food Ordering – There are vegetarian take-out businesses, that will fully prepare a vegetarian meal for you and your family for monthly or weekly stipend. Some of the better known companies out there include VeggieBrothers.com and GreenPeople.org have put together a national list of online ordering companies.
3. Vegetarian or Vegan Restaurants – What better way to get a QUICK and EASY meatless meal than having someone else prepare it for you. Visit HappyCow.net to find a vegetarian restaurant near you.
4. Friends Who Are Vegetarian – Have a vegetarian or vegan friend? Invite them over and ask them (or gently suggest) that you would love to TRY their eggplant lasagna, black bean burger, mushroom rice plate, etc. More than likely they will be GLAD to cook a veggie meal for you.
5. DIY/Make It Yourself – If you’re halfway decent in the kitchen, you most likely can prepare quite the vegetarian feast. Find a recipe that you like, get the ingredients together and cook to your hearts content. Bon appetite!
Great tips, thanks so much! I eat out with my friends [who aren't vegetarians] a lot and it]s really hard to find somewhere that serves good vegetarian meals…
Fast food places should definitely be added to the list. I was surprised to see today how many different things subway had to offer.
Great ideas – I live in Peru, and it’s easy to eat vegetarian here, fresh fruits and vegetables are sold on carts that pass right by the front door.
When I am forced to eat at chain restaurants like Chilis or TFI Fridays I always have them make me vegetarian fajitas. It’s a welcome change from the typical veggie burger.
We really need this kind of food rather than the unhealthy ones. Thanks for sharing it to us.
One of the great benefits of a vegetarian diet is that it is healthy. Much more so if you make it yourself!
Vegetables are very important to our body so we should really see to it that we eat plenty of vegetables a day. It is great that there are already lots of restaurants that we can order online for veggies and we don’t need to do effort so that we can eat veggies.
My favourite Italian recipes is lasagne vegetarian, it is easy to cook it myself and delicious.
Love it!
Finding vegetarian meals, especially when eating out, can be a challenge! People simply don’t get you don’t want the meat special. But I do love Chinese and that chinese restautants are at least one place I can eat vegetarian with no problem..
Erin
I always vote for number 5, DIY!
hey there thanks for the tips about where to get vegeterian food , I prefer to make my own!
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thanks for sharing this good recipe. I will try to cook this one someday.
I like to buy my stuff local, but depending on where you live it may be hard. When I used to live in NYC there were tonsssss of great places to buy amazing stuff, but down south not so much, but still decent.
Nice post, I love happycow, there is also a smartphone app, that I use and has really found some neat little places!
-www.switchtoveggies.com
I think subway is a great option. I like the fact you can tell exactly what you want. Perfect.
I am a pure vegetarian.It us very interesting topic for me.I will morally support you for the promotion of vegetarian foods and its commercial status. vegetarian foods are more cheaper than other food items.So,I wish that it will get a hike in the market.
I’m a big do it yourselfer personally!
Viggie is my meal everyday & i really love…it’s a healthy diet…for my self improvement.
Being a vegetarian is environment-friendly, because meat requires more energy in transport and to take care of cattle/pigs.
Let us eat more veggies rather than meat.
I would love to try this recipe. I’ve looking up over the net and found a few recipes from this site and everyone’s so helpful there. http://www.slowcarbrevolution.com/forumdisplay.php/5-Slow-Carb-Diet-Recipes
Thanks for providing such great vegetarian tips here. I think it is important for people to know that eating veggie really doesn’t have to be all that hard!
I work with Lightlife, a vegetarian food company, and I would love to speak with you further about possibly working together in someway. Please give me a shout at Rachael@Lightlife.com !
Thanks!
-Rachael
Lightlife Team Member
Yummy
Hi Rachael- Please email at morgantg AT gmail to let me know what you propose to help our readers.
I hear there’s a great vegetarian curry place in Leeds…
Thanks for the list. My wife and I have began changing what we eat so we can be healthier but I still crave meat.
Can you suggest some good veggie recipes.
I have copied the ones here.
Thanks
One thing you might have forgotten to mention is restaurants that serve meat but also cater to vegetarian needs too! I went to a Mediterranean style restaurant yesterday (I actually blogged about it here: http://ahappyvegetarian.blogspot.com/2011/03/delicious-mediterranean-food-at-la-pita.html) and they had a pretty extensive menu that did include quite a few meat dishes but also included tons of vegetarian ones and they marked the vegetarian options with a little leaf on the menu – very helpful for a vegetarian like me
I ended up getting the “vegetarian combo” which was 6-7 different things on a platter, really delicious.
Great website and yummy recipes for a healthy choice. I am always on the look out for great vegetarian choices. Awesome, keep up the good stuff.
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Nice list. Lately i am trying to eat less meat possible, and i like it!
Thanks for great tips! I loved adding juicing for health to our nutrition plan. Even the kids enjoy getting fresh goodies in this way! Your site shows that vegetarian meals can be yummy, in addition to being healthy!
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I get most of my good recipes from going to vegan restaurants first and then trying to make it myself.
Your food photo looks very tempting.
May I know the recipe?
Is that a vegan or vegetarian?
Tried to cook vegetarian meals for kids but somehow I am still struggling to be able to provide them with the right calories.
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