Cookbook:Vegetarian cuisine

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People may choose to become vegetarian for a variety of reasons, (see Wikipedia's article) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vegetarianism) and meat-eaters may eat vegetarian meals. In the US, one is considered a vegetarian if one does not eat meat, fowl, fish or seafood, or products derived from the animal carcasses such as gelatine. In some parts of the world (and for some in the US), vegetarians can also eat fish and/or seafood. (Be careful if you're an American travelling abroad or you are entertaining foreign vegetarians.) Vegetarians do, however, eat eggs and dairy products. Those who do not eat any animal products are called vegans; see the separate page. Vegan recipes are always vegetarian.

Remember, even if you eat meat, you can still eat vegetarian meals!

Table of contents
1 Vegetarian nutrition
2 Vegetarian recipes

2.1 Main Courses
2.2 Soups
2.3 Sauces
2.4 Desserts
2.5 Unknown

3 External Links
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Vegetarian nutrition

According to the American Dietetic Association (http://www.eatright.org/Public/GovernmentAffairs/92_17084.cfm), "appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases." The main requirement for vegetarian nutrition is to ensure your diet contains a wide variety of grains, vegetables, and legumes, and to a lesser degree fruits, nuts, and seeds. It is a common misconception that vegetarian diets provide inadequate protein. While one person's protein requirements may be very different from another's, the ADA has found that a typical varied vegetarian diet that meets one's energy needs, also meets one's protein requirements. Even athletes, whose protein requirements are typically greater than non-athletes, can fare well on a vegetarian diet. The ADA found that "vegetarian diets (except possibly fruitarian and strict macrobiotic diets) can easily meet the nutritional requirements of all types of athletes provided they contain a variety of plant-foods." (see ADA article (http://www.vegetariannutrition.net/vn_articles/vn_athletes.htm))


The Vegetarian Society has a page on vegetarian nutrition (http://www.vegsoc.org/info/vegan-nutrition.html).

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Vegetarian recipes

Below are recipes that are vegetarian, that is don't have any meat, poultry or seafood, but may include animal products such as milk, eggs or honey. Dishes that contain no animal products at all are listed in the module on Vegan cuisine.

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Main Courses

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Soups

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Sauces

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Desserts

Most desserts are vegetarian, though one should be wary of gelatine which is often an animal-derived product, though vegetarian alternatives are available. Gelatine is present in most marshmallows.

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Unknown

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External Links

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