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I ate a lentil burger and survived to tell about it!

Posted by robinj • 8/29/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: burgers, lentils, meat, vegan

I am trying to be a little bit healthier and a vegan friend recently visited so I was inspired to make lentil burgers and they were very good however it must be mind over matter because although I am not a red meat eater I felt like I was being disloyal or something it just didn't feel right!

Is it just me or do others feel this way

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8/29/08

ekim941

My daughter got me to try veggie burgers, they were made out of chili beans. Although they looked like a burger, they tasted like chili on a bun.
I told her that I would rather eat chili on a bun so I don't feel like I am being deceived.

Here's my bizarre take on the deal: Taking the dog for a walk is fun and taking a woman out to dinner is fun. Eating a veggie burger is like putting a dress on the dog and taking him out to dinner.
You shouldn't dress something up to make it look like something it's not.

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1. 8/29/08
  
  Theresa111
  
  Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
8/29/08

SweetViolet

Eating vegan is not as healthy as they want you to believe.

It is absolutely impossible to get all the essential amino acids and vitamins you need from a vegan diet. Ovo-lacto vegetarians (those who eat eggs and dairy) can, but not vegan.

I worked for a dietician (who was also a university lecturer on nutrition)...prepared reports and did research in professional journals, among other things...for almost two years. This was just one of the many enlightening things that I learned during that job.

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1. 8/29/08
  
  Anok
  
  Wrong, actually.
  
  Having been a vegan for some time, I was perfectly able to supplement my diet with natural products (no pills) as well as the diet of my child while getting every nutrient we needed.
  
  You would only be correct if the person who chose to be vegan:
  
  A) Did not know how to be vegan, or know anything about nutrition
  B) did not have access to a wide variety of foods.
  
  As soon as our ability to use certain food products vanished from supermarket shelves or were prohibitively expensive, we had to switch back to eating meat.
8/29/08

Althafiveten

A burger without meat....now that scares me. I'm going to grab a quick steak sandwhich before I go into shock.

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8/29/08

MidwestMom

Our family eats vegetarian (not necessarily vegan) meals a few times a week. I think it can be a great way to improve your health, and as a result, my kids are more adventurous eaters than I was at their age.

I agree with ekim941 that it is better to prepare food *not* as an imitation of another food, but as something good, in and of itself.

Our family loves the flavor combinations in Indian food and Thai food. If you are hoping to encorporate new dishes into your daily menu, I would recommend looking to cultures for whom vegetarian eating is a common thing. You will not be disappointed.

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8/29/08

Anniepooh

I taught myself to make falafel out of lentils. I love veggie burgers! Of course, my kids call me a hippie ...

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1. 8/29/08
  
  Theresa111
  
  You are a hippie. So am I.
8/29/08

Anok

I've never had a lentil burger though - I've had all kinds of other vegan burgers, but not lentil

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8/29/08

melindaville

I love lentil burgers! And veggie burgers. And I will say it. Burgers, burgers, burgers!

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8/29/08

Theresa111

Do bean burgers make one ... um.... break wind?

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1. 8/29/08
  
  Anok
  
  Yeah they do
2. 8/29/08
  
  melindaville
  
  Beans, beans, the musical fruit!
3. 8/29/08
  
  Theresa111
  
  Musical but silent vapors.
8/29/08

timethief

My husband and I have been eating three ovo-lacto vegetarians meals every week now for almost 6 years. When we do eat meat we eat only locally produced organic meats. Although it takes awhile to educate yourself with regard to ovo-lacto vegetarian recipes the changes in the way you feel and look will become great motivators.

Just recently we went to a BBQ where the choices were beef burgers or vegetable burgers and I smiled at my husband when he made his choice. There he stood between two beef eating, beer drinking middle aged men with 'baby on board' bellies. They loudly proclaimed they wanted red meat. My guy asked for a vegie burger.

I looked at the other two and then at my husband and winked at him. He was looking so fit, healthy and sexy as he munched down his vegie burger, while the other two looked like over-fed steers on steroids. w00t! he looks almost as good now as he did when I snatched him from the cradle (just joking).

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8/29/08

robinj

I might suggest the beer burgers might have a lot to do with the baby bellies lol I think preservatives additives are the main danger regardless of what diet you follow

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1. 8/29/08
  
  polybore
  
  If you want to know what is in the food that you eat you cannot beat cooking from scratch. Polybore learned to cook at a young age and avoids processed food like the plague.
8/29/08

drjay1966

Morningstar Farms' Grillers are as close as you can get to hamburger taste from a non-meat product (though that is exactly what it is--as factory processed as anything you're likely to get anywhere....)

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8/29/08

acousticguitarist

well I'vre been on the lentil burgers for 35 years, never once has one said moo to me However, I did hear a sligt ouch sound once from a little green wiggly thing that was hitch-hiking on the side of a lettuce.

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1. 8/29/08
  
  Theresa111
  
  Did you squish it between your teeth? Ooooh!
2. 8/30/08
  
  acousticguitarist
  
  no, i set him free, put him in the neighbours vege patch
8/29/08

jackpayne

As long as you can drown it in Ketchup, it's edible.

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