I love food. I'm about, oh, 30 lbs overweight (and falling, thankfully), but I LOVE food.


Here's a few entrees from the 'menu' I wrote for my g/f's birthday - I've made all three, and they're excellent.


Blue Cheese Filet Mignon

Tender blue cheese encrusted beef with a Cabernet Sauvignon sauce, served with horseradish potatoes and crisp onion rings.


Pecan Mustard Chicken

Boneless chicken breasts marinaded in a zesty honey mustard sauce and encrusted in pecans, served on a bed of mango couscous.


Also, last week I made Blackened Tilapia with a Radish-Cucumber Salsa, and the week before that I made Moroccan (coriander, cinnamon, cumin) Spiced Pork Chops on a bed of Apricot Couscous.

Wonderful meals, all of them. One of my faves so far was early this year, an Orange-Ginger Glazed Rainbow Trout - I actually happened to make the glaze perfect - mmm. I also love restaurants.


(Note, I made my first Ramen on the stove at 18 years old, and cooked in a skillet for the first time at 19 (a frozen skillet thingy)) - Now, I just love to cook. And eat. And drink. Weee.

Toss me a big fat slab of cow hide any day. I've already discussed this with you, Athy

That could so be taken the wrong way Revan. Very wrong way...poor athy.

I'm a level 5 vegan, I don't eat anything that casts a shadow.

I think I eat a bit of everything, specially sweets and icecream and chocolate. I am just very specific on what kind of vegetables, meat and fish I eat (for example, I eat much more raw fish than cooked fish) with healthy lots of milk (you need it to make propper coffee with milk) and fruit when I am in the mood.

So I vote for omnivorous.

About vegerarian diets, if a nutritionist makes you a good vegetarian diet and you keep to it (eating all the things he said, not only salads), with a bit of proteinic support from eggs for example and probably milk for the bones (more if you're a female, as we lose more bone density over time than men) you should be allright. Also, a bit of fish is good too. But you can absolutely live without meat and be healthy in normal conditions (not ill, not pregnant or on lactancy, not doing exhaustive phisical activity, etc...). As always, before getting on a specific kind of diet, it's good to go to the doctor and get as informed as possible to keep a healthy nutritive diet.
Of course,those who are like "I only eat salads with no oil or vinegar and I drink tons of water" aren't vegetarians, are just plain anorexic or fashion victims.

Vegetarian since the day I was born! I stick with it mostly due to health reasons, though cruelty is somewhat of a factor. If I did eat animal flesh then it'd only be organic free-range stuff. (Plus you don't want all the hormones and chemicals the non-organic animals get, plus the feed they give non-organic animals will make your stomach churn.)

It sounds to me that your doctor isn't the best. I believe Jackie Chan is a vegetarian. Obviously a balanced diet is possible if you can be as fit as Chan. The biggest problem I find with "converts" (meaning those that used to eat animals) is that they take their old diet and just throw out the animal flesh with little other changes. Maybe they eat some tofu here and there. That's not very wise, and in many cases results in a worse diet, nutritionally speaking. It requires a whole diet change. I especially recommend looking to other ethnicities, such as Chinese, Indian, and Lebonese. Those ethnicities tend to have the tastiest vegetarian options IMO.

You may want to read a book on vegetarian nutrition. I'm not sure which ones are the best, but I hear good things about Dr. Dean Ornish and John Robins. But someone who actually studies vegetarian diets will be more knowlegeable than a general doctor, who perhaps perscribed steak out of ignorance of proper vegetarian nutrition. (Similarly, if he was a vegetarian who knew nothing of meat, perhaps he'd perscribe flax or hemp oil instead of fish if he thought you needed more omega-3 by virtue of not understanding that fish can also work for that.)

Though one thing I could think of that may or may not be the case is sometimes I wonder if what your body develops on determines it's nature. For example, if you have a long term shortage of certain important nutrients, it can eventually become harmful to consume that. In my case, having been rasied vegetarian since birth, the one time I accidentally ate animal flesh I got really sick and puked it all up. (And it wasn't psychological since I didn't know what it was until after I puked.) So the point here is that it may be easier for someone raised vegetarian to acquire a balanced diet than one not raised such. Perhaps your body has become accustomed to unnatural levels of excessive protein, etc. Though that's just me theorizing without any real scientific data.

I eat meat 'cause it's delicious!

Only reason I'm not a pure carnivore is cause I adore bread.

That said, I like to cook well-rounded meals...salads, veggies...I just prefer to eat only meatstuffs *wry* Too bad it's too damn expensive most of the time.

My favorite meat dishes:

Filet Mignon (Don't ruin the classic by adding crap)

Spiral Steak (Flank steak smeared in butter, then covered with spinach and mozzerella cheese, and rolled up. Sliced into spirals and baked.)

Country-Fried Steak and Eggs (Some unknown cut of beef, covered in breading, deep-fried and covered in white gravy and pepper. Eggs over-medium.)

Dry BBQ Ribs from Art'z BBQ in Austin, Texas. The smokehouse in the restaurant smells so wonderful. But if you must prefer wet BBQ ribs, County Line in Austin as well. I'm friends with the head cook.

dang... ... long emote, Shiri

oh yeah.. I ticked omnivorous... mmm, meat... mmm, vegetables

ayep

I'm an Omnivore, but I've been thinking of going only-carb to gain massive amounts of weight. I've started going to weight room for awhile now and it hasn't helped, really. Probably because I have no muscle to start out with.

15 (almost 16) yrs old
5'8"
108 lbs last I checked.

Oi.

And I thought I was thin...

Heh. Almost exactly the same as me, only I'm three inches taller. (And a LITTLE heavier.)

If animals don't want to be eaten, why are they made out of meat?

I'm a vegetarian, I hate Vegetables and want them all to die cruel evil deaths.

The only good cow is a dead cow, after its been grilled and smothered in ketchup.

Too true.

I eat pretty well in general but there are a few things I h473 3471ng and they are, hot dogs, liver, and lima beans. I also will not willingly eat internal OR exterior(You know what I mean.) organs, this includes the brain and lymph nodes, but not tongue. The tongue is goooooooooood! Extra so when curried!

I enjoy eating the neighbors cats, parakeets and goldfish(Is that compound?) They are especialy good roasted slow and alive over an open flame until all the hair is bur..... no No NO! Bad boy get off the keyboard! Stupid dog! I get up for a drink and you come and start writing your menu.

OK, back on topic. For those of you who want a not-so-healthy but exciting and yummy diet, should follow my food guide triangle.(hope this stays in shape)

sugar
root beer
chips&salsa
###Caffine###

As you can see the most substantial part of the diet is caffine normaly obtained through the use of legal drugs such as coffee or Coke-a-Cola, I can gaurantee that after on week of this diet not only will you feel a diffrent person you will also no longer have to cast insomania on yourself before entering the arena!

Plz note: IT'S ALL

Cheers! (once again!)

Edited for spelling.

For sure. So many people cut out but don't replace.
I know a few of both kinds. Some approach it smart and eat well, and they are quite often very healthy. Then there are the vegetarians that cut out meat and don't really replace it with anything - just eat more of what's left on the plate once the steak is taken away. They are the ones that are pale and drawn, and complain about being tired, fatigued and get ill frequently.

Oh, Roark.. Mexican food is great, too, I find - and very high in protein.
And I love Thai food.