What is your favorite recipe(s) and any go-to site for meal ideas?

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Hello, I’m a 19 y/o female (turning 20 in December). I am currently unemployed, although I’ve been searching a job. For context, I come from a very poor immigrant family, and unfortunately, my parents have a stubborn and close-minded attitude toward veganism. I do love my family very much, so I don’t want responses such as, “Cut them out of your life!”

I don’t want to sound as if I’m throwing myself a pity party, but sometimes it feels impossible to maintain a healthy diet here! I’ve asked my parents to consider adding more fish and veggies to our diet instead of chicken and beef every single day, but they refuse to change. They just say, “Get a job and buy your own groceries if you’re so ungrateful.”

Which, to be fair, they’re right— I do want to start cooking my own meals, especially at my grown ass age. But it’s difficult. I pay a monthly rent of $400 to my father (whenever I do have a job) while also saving up for college. (Minimum wage is $16.00 where I live) and buying myself other necessities like body wash, shampoo & conditioner, tooth brushes, and more. I’m at a loss here. I’m not sure what to do, or how I’m going to juggle all that while sticking to my preferred diet. Please, any advice would be appreciated.

This guy I like has gone pescatarian and he’s supposed to try some of my cooking. I was thinking salmon with a sweet potato chickpea side salad, but I feel like that might not be interesting enough. Are there any meals you guys would recommend?

27F. Calcium intake is too low. Low vitamin d, lower end of normal magnesium, higher end of normal blood calcium despite my low calcium intake (about 250-300mg a day) which is alarming. Can’t take calcium supplements due to kidney stones. Any ideas on how to get the full 700mg rda for calcium a day through diet? I don’t eat dairy, do I have to start? Any advice would be great thanks.

Excuse me if this has already been asked. Thank you.

https://fightoholic.com/14-perks-of-being-pescatarian/

Was diagnosed w/ Hashi’s a couple months ago, & I’m wondering about any benefits of a fish/seafood diet for this & other thyroid disorders…

Thanks in advance.

I feel sad when I eat a beef burger because cows are just as smart as some dogs. Some dogs.

How stupid are fish?

Right so, I'm not a pescetarian, but I figured maybe you guys would have an insight on this. I fuckin love sushi right? It's great. Cooked fish? No. I hate the smell, I hate the weird aftertaste it always leaves, fried, baked, sauteed, whatever.

What is that weird taste? Is it the oils? Raw fish I don't get that taste, it just tastes fresh. The smell of fish cooking puts me off completely, no matter what species it is, same with that weird aftertaste I don't know how to describe.

Hey everyone, Ive been plant based for the past 3-4 years. I love it but the only issue is I can never meet my protein intake daily. I have plans to start martial arts soon and would really like to build some muscle. Whenever I work out i feel pretty tired and know its because I’m not consuming enough protein. I know its possible to meet protein intake on a plant based but its been difficult. Any advice on how to slowly incorporate seafood into my diet? And I know a lot of pescetarian’s were vegan/vegetarians before, so for those that were, would you say you saw a difference in your energy and protein intake? Anything you feel would be helpful please let me know!

It looks and feels fine, but it does smell like fish. I’m not sure how strong the smell needs to be in order for it to be safe or not. I mean it is fish so it should smell like fish, but I can’t remember how tilapia smells

Having a deep love for animals and learning about how factory farming works, I decided to stop eating meat. I have to admit, I never really liked it much, so the idea of not eating it anymore doesn’t bother me. As for fish, though, I’ve always enjoyed it a lot, and the thought of never having it again makes me feel a bit strange, and I’m worried I’d miss it. I do plan to stop eating it eventually because fish are animals too... What should I do? Should I cut it out gradually?

Hi, I’ve been pescatarian for the past seven years. I’m considering eating meat again for health benefits and weight loss. Can anyone describe any personal experiences they went through after making the switch (pros and cons)?

In the mood for fish and chips, but only have perch at the moment. Anyone know how well it stands up to the deep fryer?

I bought a bag of frozen salmon at Kroger and it tasted so bad. I know texture will be weird with frozen seafood, but who sells frozen seafood that tastes almost like fresh, never frozen 😿

Edit: I meant would you date someone who does eat meat. Maybe more poultry/seafood than red meat.

I’m wondering what my fellow pescetarians who celebrate Thanksgiving eat instead of turkey. I usually bring a small filet of fish and vegetarian side dish since I’m the only one in my family who doesn’t eat turkey, gravy, etc. Wanting to get new ideas for this year. Thank you in advance!

I’ve been vegan since 2009 and I’m thinking about adding in fish (and nothing else. Backyard eggs maybe but the odds of those are minimal since I don’t have hens). My concern is:

1. How do I explain what I eat without baffling people? “Mostly plant based”? Just literally describe the whole thing of what I eat or not?

2. How much do you worry about things like fish having been sautéed in butter when eating out? Or eggs in breading? I’m used to checking everything as a vegan and I’m so torn here. On the one hand, it feels like I’m really complicating my life by worrying about small amount of dairy and egg if I’m adding fish in anyway? In the other, it feels like a slippery slope to not care. I’ve thought about dairy and eggs but I don’t want to support dairy since it requires keeping cows in a cycle of pregnancy and eggs because they kill the male chicks. So it’s less about the substance itself feeling wrong and more about not feeling OK with the collateral damage. But also, it would be amazing to go out for fish and chips if I add fish back in.

I debated all this two years ago and couldn’t wrap my head around it, so I’ve just stayed vegan. Help? I want to see if fish help my joint pain and protein intake.

Hi all I have been strict vegetarian since I was 8 years old and turned 23 this year, I have always been the only one in my family to do so and haven’t touched meat or products containing animal fats or gelatine ever since. However, I am now considering adding fish into my diet and goijg pescatarian for health related reasons. I get almost no protein and I am very very low in iron, I’m tired and have bad brain fog 24/7. At first I thought I had sleep apnea but recently tested and don’t so it’s just iron and protein deficiency. My partner says I should eat fish at least for my health but I can’t decide if it’s the right thing to do, maybe I’m just stubborn about “giving up” after so long. What do you guys think I should do?

Hi Everyone,

I am a long term vegetarian, i’m 20 years old and stopped eating meat at age 6, this for animal rights and ethical issues to do with the way animals and are treated before, during and after slaughter.

For a few years now i’ve started to feel like i am not getting all i can to sustain my body, i’m low energy and lot, my diet is very limited due to being a picky eater and i really don’t know where else to turn to, i loved sea food before i went veggie, and have been thinking about going back to eating fish.

If anyone has been in a similar position, there’s a couple things I’m wondering about, how do you start? my body will clearly not be used to eating flesh of any kind so how do i ease myself in to it, my parents are both vegans and would probably be upset but ultimately it’s my life, will this diet help me and my health and is it worth the change? and last but not least how do you get over the guilt? i have cried over accidentally eating meat in the past and its been a huge mental barrier, if anyone has any advice please do reply!

Thank you so much for reading!

Seriously, squeeze some lemon, garlic, and butter in the pan with capers, fry the fish in flour = truly divine.

Deep fried, baked, steamed, pan-fried etc... What's your favoutite way of eating/cooking fish?

After testing various cooking methods and experimenting different types of seafood, I think mine favorite is raw/sashimi.

I'm pretty sure eating salmon daily is probably not the healthiest thing in the world, so I'd also love to hear any suggestions on what I can eat for dinner every other day to keep my salmon consumption in check.

Thank you for the help, it is greatly appreciated!

Considering how many posts we get that amount to frequently asked questions re: how much fish will give you mercury poisoning, how often you should eat fish, and how to get started, should we consider asking the mods to post a master thread with this info?

I am considering pescatarian diet. I have been vegetarian all my life (29 years). I recently started thinking about making the switch for health reasons.

I am reading about the mercury content of most fish, thus limiting the consumption for 2-3 meals in a week. That is around 8-12oz of fish per week. Does it matter if that amount of fish is distributed through out the week instead of having it for a couple of meals?

I know it sounds absurd, I have been trying to understand if distribution of mercury in the body changes if a certain amount of fish consumed in a single meal causing a spike vs distributed over a few meals. I was not able to find any good information on this.

Let me know how do you guys eat fish! Thanks!

I was just diagnosed with hiatal hernia and was wondering if anyone also has it and what your diet is like.

Sorry for the lack of color on the plate… was too hungry to bother making the dish presentable.

Hey, I’m new here. I found out a pescatarian diet might be beneficial to me due to dietary restrictions. No matter how much I try to google information on what I need to eat throughout the week, it always takes me to places that have diets for losing weight. I’m actually underweight due to my dietary restrictions and want to fix that. Any help is appreciated, thank you so much.