Low Carbs, No Meat: Whats A Vegetarian To Do?
The low-carb, high-protein diet craze seems to have left vegetarians holding the short end of the celery stick. The challenge for vegetarian seeking to shed a few pounds a la Atkins diet or other low-carb regimens is to find meatless sources of protein, writes Celia Brooks Brown in her cookbook. Eggs are obvious stand-ins, says the U.K. based cookbook author, but buy organic and limit consumption if cholesterol is a concern. She offers such recipes as kerala-style eggs (scrambled eggs with tomato and spices) and egg foo yung (Chinese omelet with veggies and bean sprouts), which require a little savvy. Also featured in a lot of her recipes is tofu. “Nature’s gift to vegetarians,” the rather tasteless soybean by-product just needs “a little loving attention to give it life,” she notes. In other words, infuse it with flavor or spice it up to the hilt as she does in Chinese-spice tofu and mesclun salad and Thai hot and sour salad with crispy tofu. Here, the tofu is braised in a sauce and r
