Vegetarian Weight Loss Recipes

 Eating a balanced diet is one of the secrets to a successful healthy weight loss. Balance here means eating the right amount of nutritious food.

In our fast-food world, it is easy to get the quantities wrong while missing out on the quality. So, vegetarian weight loss recipes, using natural, wholesome ingredients is the solution.

You may be surprised to learn that in France, the land of gourmet foods and fatty cheeses, people in general stay slim. The reason is because French people eat lots of fresh vegetables.

The traditional diet of yoga practitioners has been a vegetarian diet. The yoga vegetarian weight loss recipes consists of vegetables, fruits, grains and milk products.

You can not only survive on such a diet, but you will thrive as well and lose weight all at the same time.

Try it out. Substitute meat dishes with soy products, lentils and other legumes, and whole grains.

You can get enough protein (especially if you also consume nuts and milk products) so you don't have to worry about it.

You can also enjoy yourself in the process. Instead of an ice cream thick shake, blend together fruits, juice and yogurt and make a healthy smoothie. Losing weight does not require you to suffer; it is only a question of choosing your food well and balancing your lifestyle.

If you want to lose weight on a long term basis you have to change your diet or your pattern of exercise or both. Try out a balanced vegetarian diet and if you find it helpful, then stick with it for the rest of your life.

To get started try this vegetarian weight loss recipes

Mouthwatering Organic Vegetarian Salad

Ingredients:

• 2 organic hearts of romaine
• 2 hard-boiled organic or local eggs (optional if you're vegan or too impatient)
• 2 vegetarian breaded chicken patties
• 2 organic tomatoes
• 1 organic red pepper
• Organic bacon bits alternative
• Organic shredded cheese or cheese alternative (your choice; either yellow or orange cheeses are great)
• Organic croutons

Preparation:

Boil water in a small saucepan. Meanwhile, thoroughly rinse romaine hearts, then pat them dry with a towel.

Tear off any brown areas to compost them, then bunch the romaine with your hand and cut it into horizontal slices, working from the tip to the butt. Compost the butts.

Dice tomatoes and red peppers. Compost the tomato core and red pepper cap and innards.

When the water boils, gently drop in eggs. Boil for three minutes or until they're hard-boiled. Meanwhile, spread the sliced romaine hearts evenly between two plates. (This serves two, in case you haven't already guessed.)

Cook the vegetarian chicken patties according to package directions, either in the microwave if you're super hungry and need to eat soon, or in the oven if you want them to be more crunchy (of course, if you cook them in the oven, make that the first step before boiling the eggs).

Cut the patties into slices when they're done, then arrange the slices on each plate of romaine.

Run cold water over the eggs until they're cool enough to handle. Chop the eggs, or use an egg slicer and pretend it's your least favorite politician's head.

Sprinkle organic bacon bits alternative, cheese or cheese alternative, tomatoes, red peppers and croutons evenly onto each salad. Actually, don't do it evenly--sneak just a few more goodies onto your salad.

You can use pre-packaged organic croutons, or you may be able to find crunchy organic or local baguette chips that you can crumble onto the salad. And if you're in a pinch, you can simply crumble some organic crackers or tortilla chips that you may already have on hand.

 The organic produce you use in this hearty salad is as limitless as your imagination. You can also try sugar snap peas, shredded carrots, diced cucumber --the list goes on and on.

This organic salad is really great with organic thousand island dressing. Or try mixing organic ranch and organic French dressing! Chow down!

Hope you love this vegetarian weight loss recipes.