Tuesday, October 9, 2012

PGC: Vegetarian Recipes 101

In today's world, it seems as though becoming vegetarian or vegan is the trendy thing to do. However, eating vegetarian or vegan, even for just one meal, really helps the environment! For example, if everyone in the United States gave up meat on Mondays, it would save approximately 12 billion gallons of gasoline! (Source: PGC)

I was raised in a very vegetarian friendly environment since my sister was always a vegetarian, so when I finally decided to become vegetarian too, the transition was relatively painless.

Need some scrumptious vegetarian recipes to try? Here is a sample menu to "go veg" for a day!

For breakfast...
For lunch...

For dinner...






































Do you like what you see? If so, here are just a few of the amazing vegetarian or vegan blogs in the blogosphere! 

Craving something sweet? Check some of Chocolate Covered Katie's amazing vegan dessert recipes! She has developed creative and delicious recipes for everything!

A blog that features both vegetarian and vegan options is Oh My Veggies! Some of the highlights include pesto quesadillas, roasted butternut squash, and edamame hummus.

For even more vegetarian options, visit Herbivoracious!  Boasting over 127,000 readers, some of the recipe highlights include blueberry bars, rigatoni, and avocado tomatillo salsa.



Best Vegetarian Cookbooks:
1. Passionate Vegetarian
2. The Conscious Cook

3. Vegan Lunch Box

Looking for even more resources? Have unanswered questions? Still skeptical? Hit up this links!

Have an awesome day!

1 comment:

  1. You better believe I was vegetarian before you! Great post!

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