At the current epidemic, after resuming work, people are still anxious, and more and more people are beginning to pay attention to reducing the burden on the body. The light fasting and vegetarianism we have reported before are good solutions (click to view: 
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vegetarian expert Zhang Xiaoma
In order to explore these problems, in mid-June, we called the vegetarian blogger Zhang Xiaoma. In the past 7 years of vegetarianism, she has shared more than 600 vegetarian recipes and edited 5 vegetarian food books.
Among them, the first MOOK (magazine book) (magazine book) edited by her: "Taste the Future", which won the World Food and Wine Book Award. Today, let's listen to her talk about vegetarian food. (including vegetarian recipes)
The following is Zhang Xiaoma's self-report:
I am Xiaoma, I was a top meat lover who doesn't like meat until 2015, I recognized it I met my lover, he is a vegetarian. His appearance forced me to think about the feasibility of a vegetarian lifestyle.
At first, I thought it was troublesome to eat vegetarian food. When I was eating with him, although he did not ask me not to eat meat, I would be a little overwhelmed and embarrassed to order meat.
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Xiaoma made with pasta Korean cold noodles
Impression The deepest thing is that one night I was very hungry and I wanted to go out to eat something. It was very late at that time, and many restaurants were closed. I walked for a long time and finally found a beef ramen restaurant. My wife said she should not add beef, and the boss said that the soup base was broth, but it was impossible to eat this either. I was so hungry that I thought it was terrible to eat vegetarian food.
Later, I watched a documentary "Citizen of the Earth", which talked about how humans slaughtered and abused animals from food, clothing, pets, entertainment and scientific research. Those bloody, shocking and real shots touched me deeply.
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Mapo tofu pizza made by Xiaoma
At that moment, I decided to eat vegetarian food.
At the beginning, I didn’t know how to cook, so I ordered takeout from professional vegetarian restaurants, or some vegetarian dishes in ordinary restaurants, such as Shredded Potato shredded potatoes , Garlic broccoli , etc.
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Spanish tapas collection made by pony
Vegetarians do not only have vegetables on their plate. I will eat different types of plant-based foods, such as bean grain vegetable algae, fruits, nuts, seeds, mushrooms, etc., to get the complete protein and other nutrients.
My journey to vegetarian food was very smooth and I didn’t feel greedy repeatedly. After 3 months of vegetarianism, I naturally lost 10 kilograms, my body was lighter than before, and my mental state became better.
When I was a fashion magazine lifestyle editor, I was in black and white every day when I was a fashion magazine lifestyle editor. The pressure is huge. The diet is very unhealthy. Sometimes, in order to understand the pressure and refresh my mind, I would even drink wine into coffee in the morning, but I had severe gastroesophageal reflux gastritis, and my stomach hurts when I drink water.
After half a year of vegetarianism, the magical thing is that my gastritis was cured without taking medicine and my resistance became stronger. In my memory, in the past 7 years of vegetarianism, I had almost never caught a cold.
020, my lover and I returned to his hometown of Spain. After coming to Europe, I found that it was true that vegetarian food in China and the West existed. Huge differences. Under the influence of culture and religion, Western society is more tolerant of vegetarians, but it can provide very few dishes, relatively single, almost all of them are salads.
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HD 1Life in Spain
It's different in China. You can order a bunch of vegetarian dishes when you go to any Chinese restaurant. However, when Chinese people mention vegetarian food, they will have stereotype , which naturally thinks of being clear-hearted, seeing through the world, and losing weight.Most people wear "colored glasses" about vegetarianism, and think that this group is the Virgin Heart, and morally kidnapped other people in .
At first, my family, including close friends, knew that I suddenly decided to eat vegetarian food, and thought I was crazy and thought I was blinded by love. A friend even asked me, would you eat animal-shaped biscuits?
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vegetarian recipe shared by Xiaoma
At the beginning I would reject it, and there was a fierce quarrel, but it was useless. Most people’s eating habits are very deep-rooted. When they hear you like to eat meat, they will determine that this person is cheerful and open-minded, but when they hear you eat vegetarian food, they will feel that you are weak and unsociable.
I think the best way is not to argue or preach, but to slowly influence others. So after resigning from fashion magazine, I went to the vegetarian media "Vegetarian Planet" as the editor-in-chief of the book and published 5 books on vegetarianism.
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Big pumpkin
"We Decided to Eat More Vegetarian Food" is my first book. It records the stories of 34 vegetarian experts. Their understanding of vegetarian food and their journey of eating vegetarian food, and the recipes they share are also very classic.
There is a recipe shared by a professional Italian vegetarian chef, which I still remember fresh. He cut beetroot into thin slices, soaked it in rose water, and used it to make the dough of tortellini , which has a light and not greasy taste.
Over time, my family and friends accepted that I was vegetarian. For example, when a family dinner, the big table used to be full of meat dishes, and only one or two cold dishes were vegetarian. But after I was vegetarian, they gradually never understood and would cook vegetarian dishes for me specifically. I could eat at least half of the dishes at the family banquet.
I often receive messages from good friends, "I ate something delicious today, but it's still vegetarian. We can make an appointment next time", "I have also wanted to eat vegetarian food recently", etc.
I believe that these are all good changes.
After I came to the Spanish small town of Petín, I realized my dream life.
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Scenery of the Spanish residence
We live in the mountains. When I first came, I felt like I was back when I was a child. At night, I could see the bright stars in the sky, full of vitality and freedom everywhere. The sunshine here is very long, and it is still like in the afternoon at 8 or 9 pm.
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The vegetable grown by the horse
I have never seen chestnut tree before, but when I came here I realized that chestnuts originally grew on the tree. In autumn, we will also go to the mountains to pick mushrooms. I also grow vegetables in the back garden, and the self-sufficient pastoral life has given me the beauty of life.
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Cherry Free Pony
Recently, the cherry season in Spain has arrived. Neighbors have asked us to pick it. After all, we have harvested about 50 kilograms of cherries this year. We are preparing to use dry red wine and rock sugar to cook fresh cherry sauce .
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Must-have Spanish cold soup for summer
But there are also troubles. There are very few types of fruits and vegetables here. I haven't eaten leeks, winter melons, bamboo shoots, dragon fruit and other seasonal fruits and vegetables for a long time. I can only use the most common ingredients in Spain: tomatoes, potatoes, green peppers, and red peppers to make vegetarian Spanish cuisine.
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vegan pasta
Like this vegan paella, I cooked it with brown rice , chickpea , tomato, zucchini , bell peppers, onions, olives and spores sprouts, and received a lot of praise from my family.
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patatas bravas
The most common tapas
potatoes, probably the natal vegetable of Spanish . This national classic tapas is available in every restaurant in Spain. The key to deliciousness lies in the soul sauce. The sauce I made with olive oil, onions, garlic and chili powder is rich and delicious. It is so delicious that it is so delicious that it is fried until the potatoes are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It is simply amazing.
Due to the epidemic, I haven’t returned to China for more than two years. In addition to my family, what I miss the most is also colorful Chinese cuisine. I want to have a hot pot meal at Haidilao with a small table.
When I first started with vegetarian food, the dishes I tried were also very single. But in the past 7 years, after making and tasting countless vegetarian dishes, I realized that eating vegetarian food does not mean a light and tasteless diet, and vegetarian food can also be cooked with flavor.
Choose vegetarian food just rejects animal products, not rejects favorite flavors. Share with you 6 borderless vegetarian recipes that absolutely subvert your imagination of vegetarian food, exquisite and delicious.
1 Tomato Slow-Cooked Mushrooms
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Tomato Slow-Cooked Mushrooms
This tomato Slow-Cooked Mushrooms
This tomato Slow-Cooked Mushrooms is something I learned from an encyclopedia of Spanish cuisine published in 1969. The Spanish stew is very simple. Pour olive oil into the pot, then add white onion and garlic, stir-fry until it turns slightly golden brown, then pour in oyster mushrooms, wait until it slowly comes out of the soup, pour in tomatoes, add salt and simmer for 30 minutes.
The tomato is cooked and the rich tomato aroma bursts out. It is sliced with crispy bauble, and it is satisfying in one bite! After my wife finished eating, she said that the taste was exactly the same as what grandma made in his impression.
2 Vegetarian Braised pork rice
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Vegetarian braised pork rice
I didn’t expect that braised pork rice can also be used as vegetarian. I used soy protein grains and shiitake mushrooms instead of pork belly. soy protein tastes the taste of lean meat. The mushrooms are tender and delicate, very similar to fat meat. If you can't buy soy protein, you can also use roasted gluten or oil tofu instead, and the effect is the same. Remember to use goldenrad paste, the sauce tastes stronger.
3 Tofu eel rice
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Tofu eel rice
Hot eel rice , most people will make it with eggplant. I tried to make a tofu version: crush the northern tofu and put it in the cooking machine, add regular flour, ginger powder, white pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and whip it into a delicate mixture. Cut the sushi seaweed into small pieces, spread the tofu flat on it, press out the pattern of eel with the back of the knife, then fry the tofu until golden, and finally add teriyaki sauce and drizzle it.
The delicate taste of tofu is almost the same as that of fish. Seaweed has the taste of the sea, which is low in calories and full.
4 Quinoa Tianbei Asparagus Salad
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Quinoa Tianbei Asparagus Salad
I am "If you don't eat salad, you will die". The natural taste of the fruits and vegetables mixed together fascinates me. Quinoa Tianbei Asparagus Salad, low-calorie, high-protein, people who lose fat in can eat more. I also paired it with the Japanese sushi flavor sauce, and added a little mustard , which tasted like loose sushi . After a plate, I felt full.
5 Potatoes for the poor
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Potatoes for the poor
Patatas de pobre, literally translated as "poor potatoes", is a Spanish home-cooked dish I learned, and you can make it with only potatoes and onions. The essence of this dish is to fry the onions until golden brown, simmer the potatoes until soft, the soup is rich, and there is a little spicy flavor in the aftertaste.
6 Italian black vinegar fried mushroom
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Italian black vinegar fried mouth mushroom
I especially like to eat mushrooms. It has many cooking methods and tastes like meat. It is uniquely satisfying to eat. Everyone will definitely know how to roasted mushrooms, but with my secret seasoning, it will be different immediately. After frying out the water, add the leaves of garlic and thyme in turn, stir-fry for a while, after smelling the garlic aroma, pour in Italian black vinegar, stir-fry evenly and then put it out of the pot. After placing the plate, sprinkle in an appropriate amount of salt, freshly ground black pepper, and pine nuts, and then embellish with a stick of thyme.
Finally, I would like to give you some suggestions on being vegetarian. If you are a novice, you must understand one word: sustainability and set a goal that can be implemented.
The first thing you need to do is to increase the missing parts in your diet structure. For example, grains, beans, vegetables, fruits, such as , seaweed, , nuts, seeds, and mushrooms, which type of food you usually eat is less, you can add these to your diet structure first.
If you want to drink latte every day, you might as well try to replace milk with oat milk first; you don’t need to quit all the meat from the beginning or eat salad every day, you have to learn to proceed step by step.
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vegan cheese roasted artichoke , Spanish specialty cuisine
seasonings, I will pay more attention to natural products. For example, I would use Kermbu powder instead of MSG or chicken essence, which would save artificial additives and be more natural and healthy.
Vegetarianism has gradually changed from a way of eating to my lifestyle. While gaining health, it taught me to look at the world from a different perspective.
official account guide: Vegetarianism 7th year, she cooked happiness with more than 600 dishes
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