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a few tips and ideas to help smooth things out with your friends and family
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You
- Don’t panic, being veggie nowadays is easier than ever before.
Nearly everyone knows someone who is veggie.
- Set your own pace. Some people go veggie overnight, others take it
slowly. Its up to you!
- Be prepared for the jokes and some mickey taking. There will be people
who will think you mad, or from another planet for simply contemplating
not eating meat.
- Modify home cooked meals to please everyone.
- If you feel a little isolated call the Society, we can help you contact
other veggies in your area, or visit our community and network pages
to find penpals, local veggie groups, events and so on.
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Others
- Let them know you are serious about being vegetarian. Pass on any
info you find.
- Reassure them you are being sensible about going veggie and that you
are finding out all you need to know.
- If visiting others, warn them in advance. Then they have time to prepare.
- Give them a few recipe ideas. Get them from this website: recipes
- If they need to buy products tell them to look for the ‘approved
by’ symbol, it will make their shopping easier.
- If you are worried about friends or family going veggie give the society
a call and we will try to help.
- If you want the best advice for children going veggie contact our
Youth Education Officer on education@vegsoc.org
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Eating out
- Check out menus at various restaurants in advance — so you can
get the best veggie options.
- If a restaurant isn’t catering well for veggies call the Society
and we can send them a catering pack.
- Ask fast food restaurants how they cook their veggie options —
some cook the veggie meals separately, so they are ok.
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