Vegetarian Cooking

Vegetarian Cookery Is Not Dull

There are many people who consider that vegetarian cookery is dull, and in some way lacking in flavour and nutrients. Nothing could be further from the truth as will be seen from the following pages.

In fact vegetarian cooking has been passed down through the ages, and is as interesting as it is delicious. Vegetarianism is not new, and the benefits of a vegetarian diet have been appreciated for generations.

If you are one of those people who think that the scope of vegetarian cooking is limited, you are invited to browse the following pages. There are so many different recipes that you may find it difficult to choose. Not only are they mouth watering, but timeless, as vegetarians have passed their secrets down from generation to generation.

Swear By Vegetarian Cooking!

There are so many cooks and chefs today who seem to rely on gimmickry and even swearing, rather than concentrating on what is good for you. Some of the dishes that they recommend appear to be designed more for obesity than healthy living. They give too little time to vegetarian cooking, and ignore healthy eating in general. There is no wonder that so many people are overweight, and unhealthy, in many instances attributable to poor diet.

Vegetarian Cookery For Health

There is another bonus to be had from vegetarian cookery. Health scares from factory farming, and in particular meat eating, have been all too obvious. There have been outbreaks of the so called 'mad cow disease', but was it really the poor cows who were mad? Is it not utter madness to create food for vegetarian animals from the carcases of their dead relatives? Such folly is almost beyond comprehension, but who would bet against something similar ever happening again?

Many farm animals these days are pumped full of antibiotics and other drugs, to contain the diseases that would emanate from dreadful living conditions. Of course these chemical concoctions enter the food chain, and traces of the drugs remain in the meat of the processed animals. Rest assured there is a better way to survive, through vegetarianism and vegetarian cooking. It helps in so many ways. For instance vegetarians are frequently healthier. More vegetarianism means fewer animals suffering unimaginable cruelty, and a lowering of the carbon footprint.

So please contemplate making a start with vegetarian cookery. Remember that a little is better than none. That is to say that if you would find it difficult to go without meat altogether, one or two meatless days per week would be a good way to make a start. It's a bit like stopping smoking; you believe you can't until you do. Then you wonder why you ever started smoking or regularly eating meat.

There are so many perils in the world today that giving yourself a chance of surviving, more naturally, is common sense. Vegetarian cookery is an option to becoming or remaining healthy. Give it a try and the odds are that you will be pleasantly surprised.

Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery
   A Manual Of Cheap And Wholesome Diet
Author: A. G. Payne

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION