Taking meat out of a daily diet doesn't mean you're stuck with bland flavors and tofu. For five recipes even diehard carnivores can enjoy, we went to people who prepare most or all of their meals without meat. If you're in hurry, Burt recommends visiting your grocery store's salad bar for veggies that are already cut and tossing them with a jar of pasta sauce. Burt's recipes for lasagna and rigatoni use veggie combinations that create a plate of flavor. Lisa Hesse, a marathon runner, has been a vegetarian for 20 years.
Protein comes from a variety of sources, including nuts, cheese and fish.
For instance we most always have a salad with our meals. And I often put little things such as sunflower seeds or nuts, and the kids think they're yummy. If you don't want to make the dough from scratch, buy store-bought pizza or bread dough. Using store-bought dough, the recipe goes together in 15 minutes and takes just 20 minutes to bake. Lew Kidder, also of Ann Arbor, agrees that meatless meals are easy and tasty.