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I'm not a vegetarian myself, although I enjoy a vegetarian meal now and again. Native Americans relied on the 'three sisters' to supply the essential amino acids when meat was not plentiful. The 'three sisters' are corn, beans and squash. Those three vegetable where even grown together. Corn was planted, then the beans were planted so that they grew up the corn stalks, and the squash was planted around both. Corn actually buts nitrogen into the soil, which the beans require. The surrounding squash, being a trailing leafy plant kept rodents out of the garden, because many will not venture into areas where they cannot see the ground to step on. So, not only were they cooperative in the diet, but in the way they grew together as well.

Hello my friend. I have a vegan diet these days. I started off as a vegetarian when I was four years old. I eat lots of salad and I add nuts to it. I eat packets of sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and soya nuts. I love to eat pasta with a mushroom sauce. I take vegan vitamin pills daily and vegan iron tablets. I make sure I get enough iron and vitamin B12. Hug.

I usually mix many different grains, nuts and beans to get all the amino acids. I make my own bread and i always use whole wheat flower plus i add some sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sprouted grains and sometimes okara that i get after making soy milk. This bread ends up being so high in amino acids that i can get enough just from bread alone. I do make other meals that are high in protein though, vegan meat balls are simply priceless, mixing all types of beans, herbs, spices and you end up with a masterpiece. I love adding different vegitables to my meals too, i just made a great pumpkin bread for example and couple of days ago it was zucchini bread it ends up being simply great. Both my boyfriend and i are doing heavy lifting exercises and we can feel when we don't get enough of something, but mixing different sprouted grains and seeds solved that problem once and for all. We now get every little thing our body needs and feel great.

yes I am indeed aware you must mix lentils and other things like rice and corn or dry beans. I am diabetic so have got a lotof info from the American Diabetic Assoc and they say vegetarianism is okay if you get the right mix for all the different amino acids. I also use barilla plus pasta as its full of extra protein so you can have it without meat if you wish. its really very good.

We make this easy but protein rich food called khichuri which is made by tossing in rice along with all possible lentils and grains. Some people also add vegetables like green peas, tomato, cauliflower to make the dish look ravishing with contrast colours. We eat it with fired eggplant and beef kabab or eggs.