Reply #40: I think the regular ones are good, too, but the ones I'm talking about look like this...

[Fridays Child]

Some of these large mushrooms are almost the diameter of a hamburger bun. Just about every grocery store carries them.



You can see how big they are, compared to the regular-sized ones.

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You don't need to slice them or anything. Just wipe them down with a damp paper towel and pull off the stems, before sauteing. Another vegetable that can be prepared something like meat is eggplant--as in Eggplant Parmigiana.



Remember, as you warm up to veggies, eat lots of dark green ones, like spinach (which is better raw, in my opinion), and brightly-colored ones, too--tomatoes, red bell pepper (sweet as candy), and yams or sweet potatoes, for example. Bake a yam or sweet potato just like you would a white potato. Then, mash up the insides with butter and brown sugar. It's not only delicious but one of the most nutrient-dense veggies in the world.

Oh, and the best book I ever read on protein complementarity (combining non-meat foods to create complete proteins) is right out of the "old days:"



:)