Hey,
So last month i made a decision; i will attempt to leave meat out of my diet for the June, and so far it's been a success. Soy and chili are the main keys that have helped me during the past 9 days.

Anyway, i'd like you to share some nice recipes, that have no meat. I don't care about eggs, milk etc, those are fine. They're not meat.

So far i've tried soy lasagnette, tortillas, meat(soy) soup, filled paprika, and various woks.

Vegetarian Rubens are a nice sandwhich.

If you want a quick easy snack, falafels are fun to make.

Let's see...Tabouleh is good.

I don't know of the recipes offhand and I'm at work :S

what kind of good chili doesn't have meat in it

heresy

Find a Jewish Kosher cookbook and only use the dairy meals.

I am trying to think of the last meal I ate without meat, and all I can think of are the pears and pretzels I had this last drill weekend.

This kind of chili.

sounds like the "I hate myself diet"...

I don't even eat many salads without some chicken or bacon bits on it...

wouldn't know about hating anyone. Just curious. I wanted to see if i could do it, and it's pretty good.

Yeah...that's healthy...

Why wouldn't it be?

I love the common misconception that eating salad is healthy for you.

When you add bacon bits, or chick strips, some cheese and salad dressing....

vegetarian is easy

quesadillas are a good staple
pasta is also good
fried tofu sandwichs are great also

I've been meat-free since April, and I'm loving it. i totally want to bite a cow in the *** sometimes and just let it's raw mooing flesh slide into my stomache, but for the most part it's really easy. It also helps if you like vegtables. Stir-fry is awesome, veggie-burgers, and most vegi-alternative foods are fantastic (except hotdogs. Stay the hell away from the soy dogs. YUCK. They smell like the shoe section in a wal*mart and they taste worse.)

Also, don't be shy to throw in some pineapples or oranges into your vegi creations. Sometimes it just makes it a lot more awesome.

Vegetarian pretend hotdogs suck.

Also, another thing I love is focaccia

I decided to revive the thread. So, i just noticed, that during these last two weeks, just by leaving the meat out from my diet, i've lost 8kg of weight. That means i'm almost not fat anymore

yeah, vegetarian diet pretty much forces you to eat less fatty foods

It depends on the brand, the Smart Dogs are ok but the Yves brand veggie hot dogs are pretty good in my opinion.

As for vegetarian diet being healthier: it can be but I know a lot of vegetarians who eat more fatty foods than my meat eating friends.

Another good one to add: BBQ tofu. It's easy, just put some BBQ sauce on some cut up tofu and bake it for a while in the oven at 350 (i dont know how long, you should look it up) and when they come out, add a little more sauce, lettuce, tomato, etc. if you want and it's quite good for a quick(ish) lunch.

It is quite easy to be vegetarian though, people who are like "I want to stop eating meat but I just can't" just don't want to.