Meat-free meals: easy mixed salad.

Oct 6, 2017 | 0 comments

/ Some of you may remember that at the beginning of the year I made a post with some of my goals for 2017, in terms of becoming a more conscious consumer (read it HERE). Not new year’s resolutions (they usually don’t last anyway), but actual goals I wanted to accomplish. It’s been going so well, but I will of course come to the conclusion of all that at the end of this year. One of the areas I am particularly pleased with my process is to cut down on our meat consumption and of course intake and generally eat cleaner and buy more fresh organic groceries. I have to say that we have come further than we first intended! What was initially a project about having around 2 meat-free days a week, has instead become eating meat around twice a week instead. I talked to a couple of my friends about putting a “label” on it – well, am I a vegetarian or what am I? In fact, it’s not something I want to be concerned about because why why should you label it anyway? The fact is that I started cutting down on my meat consumption and along the way I naturally developed this feeling of just not craving it anymore. It’s pretty simple. I still eat meat if I really want to or if it is being served at some sort of event. But otherwise not. And the reason why I do this is both for the environment’s sake, animal welfare and my own health. 

Nogle af jer kan måske huske, at jeg i starten af året lavede et indlæg, hvor jeg noterede mig nogle målsætninger for 2017 (læs det HER). Ikke nytårsfortsæt (de holder som regel ikke), men deciderede målsætninger. Det er gået rigtig godt so far, men det kommer jeg selvfølgelig nærmere ind på ved udgangen af dette år. Ét af områderne jeg især er super tilfreds er, at skære ned på vores kødforbrug og dermed -indtag og generelt spise renere og købe flere friske økologiske råvarer. Der må jeg altså sige, at vi er nået længere end først tiltænkt! Hvad der i starten var et projekt om, at have ca. 2 kødfrie dage om ugen, er i stedet blevet noget i retningen af, at vi måske spiser kød 2 gange i ugen i stedet. Jeg talte med et par veninder om det der med, at sætte et “label” på – jamen, er jeg så vegetar eller flexitar eller hvad er jeg? Faktisk er det ikke noget jeg bryder min hjerne med, for som jeg talte med dem om, hvorfor skal man så overhovedet sætte label på? Faktum er, at jeg startede med at skære ned på mit kødforbrug, og det er langsomt blevet erstattet af, at jeg faktisk ikke rigtig længere har lyst til kød. Det er egentlig ret simpelt. Derfor spiser jeg alligevel kød, hvis jeg engang imellem har lyst eller hvis det bliver serveret til et selskab. Men ellers ikke. Og grunden til jeg gør det, er både for miljø, dyrevelfærd og min egen sundheds skyld.

/ A great tip I’d like to pass on to you is to start out with just a couple of regular days in the week where you don’t eat meat. Then you can always see how it goes. Perhaps you’ll end up like I have and eventually crave it less. Another good thing is to look for replacement products – at least until you have made a solid repertoire of delicious vegetarian dishes. We often buy vegan nuggets, falafels or “steaks” made on beetroot or chickpeas. Sometimes we even make falafels ourselves, but those you can buy frozen at the super market are often quite good. Especially if they are fried in a little olive oil! In addition, we sometimes make meat-free bolognese made on soy granules. It tastes so good, and the texture is just like meat in a traditional bolognese! Soya granules are both cheaper and more nutritious than minced meat. I have to try making meat balls with it too. When making vegetarian dishes, don’t be afraid to add extra spices and herbs, just in general things that add extra flavour. If you are concerned about whether you get all the vitamins, minerals, proteins, etc. you need to when you cut down on meat, I would recommend you to read a little about it HERE. It’s not as complicated as you might think – at least not if you already live a healthy lifestyle, and the when you hear people say that as a vegetarian you don’t get the nutrition you need, know that this is more a common prejudice more than a correct fact. Anyway, what this post is all about is this delicious salad! We often make a salad when we need to whip something together in a rush and also when we have to empty the fridge from leftover veggies. We like to go for the slightly heavy vegetables like cabbage and carrots, and I like to mix in (healthy) fatty acids too like a balsamic dressing, feta cheese and olives. A salad also tastes delicious with roasted sunflower seeds or pine nuts on top!

Et godt tip er dog i starten det dér med, at have et par faste dage i ugen hvor du ikke spiser kød. Så kan du altid se hvordan det går. Måske går det dig ligesom mig, at du med tiden får mindre og mindre lyst til det. En anden god ting er, at kigge efter erstatningsprodukter – ihvertfald indtil du har fået lavet et solidt repertoire af lækre vegetarretter. Vi køber ofte veganske nuggets, falafler eller “bøffer” lavet på rødbeder eller kikærter. Nogle gange laver vi også selv falafler, men dem man kan købe på frost er ganske gode. Især hvis de steges i lidt olivenolie! Desuden laver vi også nogle gange “kød”sovs lavet på soya granulat. Det smager SÅ godt! Soya granulat er både billigere og mere næringrigt end almindeligt hakket kød. Jeg skal snart prøve at lave vega-deller med det også. Når du laver vegetaretter skal du ikke være bange for, at skrue ekstra op for krydderurter, krydderier generelt eller andre ting der tilføjer ekstra smag. Hvis du er bekymret for, om du får alle de vitaminer, mineraler, proteiner osv. du skal have ved at leve som vegetar, så vil jeg anbefale dig, at læse lidt om det HER. Det er slet ikke så kompliceret som man måske lige tror – ihvertfald ikke hvis man allerede har en sund livsstil, og det der med, at man som vegetar ikke får den næring man skal have er langt hen af vejen mere fordom end fakta. Anyway, det som det hele handler om er denne lækre salat! Vi laver tit salat når det skal gå lidt hurtigt og vi bare skal have tømt ud i de sidste grøntsager. Vi går gerne efter de lidt tunge grøntsager som spidskål og gulerødder, og så kan jeg godt lide at blande nogle lidt federe ting i også som en balsamico dressing, feta ost og oliven. Så mætter salaten ekstra godt. Den smager også lækkert med ristede solsikkekerner eller pinjekerner på toppen!

Mixed salad with vegan nuggets

Cabbage

Carrots

Rucola

Cucumber

Tomato

Feta cheese

Olives

Balasmic dressing of some sort (we buy one that comes mixed in a glassbottle)

Vegan nuggets (we buy them frozen from the brand “Like Meat”)

Roasted seedsnuts (sunflower is really affordable and taste really good roasted with a little salt)

Blandet salat med veganske nuggets

Spidskål

Gulerødder

Rucola

Agurk

Tomat

Feta

Oliven

Balasmico dressing (vi køber vores færdigblandet fra Svansø)

Veganske nuggets fx fra “Like Meat” (vi købte vores i Kvickly på frost)

Evt. ristede nødder eller kerner (solsikke kerner er billigt og smager rigtig godt ristet på panden med lidt salt)

 

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