What all these things have in common is that the reality is different.....
- Anyone can cook from scratch - it is simple
- Learning what to do with veggies is easy - in fact cooking or eating veggies raw is easier than cooking meat.
- Herbs & spices are fun to try & tasty additions that don't require loads of experience to get deliciousness.
- You can whip up a whole plant food meal in the same time or less than a meat one & less time than sitting in a restaurant or fast food joint AND it will taste better & be better for you
So what if you still feel incompetent. I know when I first went vegetarian in about 1980 I did not have a clue; I can't tell you the number of mushroom omelettes or bowls of onion soup with cheese on toast I ate. Not surprisingly my health suffered. My friend Audrey came to the rescue, a seasoned vegetarian cook with 4 kids she helped me learn a different way of cooking which was still based on the basics I had learned as a child but only using veg. Later friends from India introduced me to vegetarian Indian dishes and then I began experimenting with dishes from other cultures and making my own recipes.
We all need friends who help us learn new ways even when we are often the ones teaching or sharing our experiences & skills with others.
Now, my wonderful friend Gwen & I share a lot of that as we both navigate an even healthier whole plant food way of eating. She passed a website on to me and we were both surprised as it is really detailed but simple to use. It gives info on how to choose, what to do & how to make good flavour combinations. I am going to look at the flavour combinations more as I can get stuck in using my tried & true favourites & then don't know what to do for a change.
Find Sassy & her site at http://www.vegancoach.com/
Another thing she passed to me is an article on trinities of veg flavours. I will add it as Part 2 of this set on how to get a wow factor from your veggies.
Enjoy
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