Owen Jones

Cooking Basics (Part 1)

Without a doubt, the greatest problem confronting the human race is the production of enough food for the populace of the world. After all, food, including water, is the one thing that we can not do without. Everyone has to eat enough, although lots of people do eat too much each day. However, it is not merely a question of putting something or enough in our mouths, the food has to provide enough energy and adequate nutrients.

3 Nourishing Sandwich Recipes Without Meat

Sandwiches are one of the first ever fast food recipes. You can make them in advance and take them with you, they can be consumed hot or cold but they do not require re-heating. Sandwiches can include meat or not and in fact are a robust meal for a vegetarian. Sandwiches are the vegetarian’s answer to a hamburger. So, I have put three very healthy sandwich recipes below that do not involve meat.

3 Delicious French Dip Sandwich Recipes

French dip sandwich recipes are very popular. The French dip sandwich was discovered by accident by a Frenchman, but he was not living in France. He had emigrated to the United States and was resident in Los Angeles. Philippe Mathieu had opened his sandwich bar and delicatessen called ‘Philippe The Original’ on North Alameda Street in 1908, but the Eureka moment came ten years later when a policeman came in to order a beef sandwich.

3 Unusual Recipes For Bread

Westerners love bread, although not everyone eats it because it is fattening. Eating too much bread is fattening, but good bread is very filling, so there is no need to over indulge, which means that it does not have to become a burden on your waist band. Likewise, good bread does not need butter or margarine, so that is another economy on calories and oil.

How To Be A Good Vegetarian House Guest

Becoming a vegetarian means a massive lifestyle change for the majority of vegetarians and as we all know, lifestyle alterations are the most difficult to make. Ceasing eating meat is as hard for most individuals as is ceasing smoking, stopping drinking alcohol or taking more exercise. However, becoming a vegetarian does not just have an impact on you, it also affects all your friends and family.

Blueberries – Super Fruit Or Hype?

Some individuals have always stated that some fruits, nuts or vegetables are super foods. This is a controversial subject, yet it has to be the case that some foodstuffs are better for you than others, but whether it is justifiable to hype up a foodstuff for a quick buck is another topic. Blueberries are a case in point. Are blueberries a super fruit or not?

Your Vegetarian Baby

If you are reading this article, the chances are that you are at least fifteen years of age, so if you were to choose to be a vegetarian at this moment, you would have at least fifteen yeas of eating meat behind you and it is hard to change the habits of a lifetime.

Is It OK To Be An Expectant Vegetarian Mother?

There is nothing per se wrong with following a vegetarian regime if you are expecting a baby. Whether you were a vegetarian before you became pregnant or you have decided to be a vegetarian now that you are pregnant, the issue is the same as that for all mothers-to-be: namely, to make sure that you and the baby get all the vitamins and nutrients that you both require.

How To Be A Vegetarian

When you decide to become a vegetarian, it is a personal commitment and only a personal commitment. No one will ever give you a rule book, a set of principles to sign up to or a set of guidelines to follow. It is entirely up to you what you mean by being a ‘vegetarian’. There are no rules for being a vegetarian.