Sorry for responding so late to your message. I recommend "The Vegan Handbook" for a whole lotta meat substitution ideas. Here's what I use for my substitutions: tofu = chicken seitan = beef textured vegetable protein (TVP) = pork tempeh = liver (yeah, it's hard to find American dishes where tempeh fits in) > From: _shannyk_ <http://www.cpudetails.com/~shannyk> > Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:50:25 -0500 > > Really from: _shannyk_ <http://www.cpudetails.com/~shannyk> > > Really from: "Karen J." <http://www.hotmail.com/~blueberrykj> > > Can anyone give me a resource or a brief overview of what a person would eat > > to replace meat in their diet? I'm not a meat person, and have been > > considering being a vegatarian for some time. > > Veggie burgers and other pseudomeat stuff, pasta, veggies, potatoes, > etc. If you're not already much of a meat person there's not much you > I find it disgusting), lots of stuff is made with that, and you can > make it yourself, or tofu for those that prefer that. Just look for > recipes on the web. <g> If you eat fish (because you like it and > don't like meat, you're afraid of what's in meat, or you don't have a > guilty conscience killing fish, or whatever), that's also quite good > for you, save for the various inorganic toxins in it. But if you live > in a large city with smog or if you drink tap water, you're probably > getting nailed with the stuff anyways, or so I figure... <g>