Okay, here are a couple of vegetarian blogs to consider:
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com
http://ohsheglows.com
Now, if you are wanting general advice for cooking, I recommend the Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book second edition (aka revised edition) from 1956, like this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-1956-dated-...541d71b349
Please note: I have no connection with that seller and make no claim about that particular copy.
What is great about that cookbook, which is not vegetarian, is that it explains how to cook. Like how to make gravy that is not lumpy or oily. Anyone wanting to know how to cook should get a copy of that book. For the recipes in it, I would recommend cutting back on the salt by 50-75% (that is, using 1/4- 1/2 of the salt they recommend). It is, however, a great book to teach someone how to cook.
For going vegetarian, what I did at first was to try to buy only vegetarian things for my home, but when I went out with friends to a restaurant, I would order whatever vegetarian item was on the menu, but would order meat if there was no vegetarian option. That was a very easy way to live, though I also had no clue about rennet in cheese and the fining ingredients in wine at that time.
I also recommend going with eggs and cheese at first, and then, if you are up for it, eliminating those things later. If you do go vegan, you will need to concern yourself with B12, but if you are eating eggs and cheese, you do not have to worry about that.
Feel free to PM me for more on this, though as I do little cooking these days, I may not be the best source. However, I have eased myself into eating vegan and can give you general advice, even without asking my wife anything (who is only a vegetarian).
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com
http://ohsheglows.com
Now, if you are wanting general advice for cooking, I recommend the Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book second edition (aka revised edition) from 1956, like this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-1956-dated-...541d71b349
Please note: I have no connection with that seller and make no claim about that particular copy.
What is great about that cookbook, which is not vegetarian, is that it explains how to cook. Like how to make gravy that is not lumpy or oily. Anyone wanting to know how to cook should get a copy of that book. For the recipes in it, I would recommend cutting back on the salt by 50-75% (that is, using 1/4- 1/2 of the salt they recommend). It is, however, a great book to teach someone how to cook.
For going vegetarian, what I did at first was to try to buy only vegetarian things for my home, but when I went out with friends to a restaurant, I would order whatever vegetarian item was on the menu, but would order meat if there was no vegetarian option. That was a very easy way to live, though I also had no clue about rennet in cheese and the fining ingredients in wine at that time.
I also recommend going with eggs and cheese at first, and then, if you are up for it, eliminating those things later. If you do go vegan, you will need to concern yourself with B12, but if you are eating eggs and cheese, you do not have to worry about that.
Feel free to PM me for more on this, though as I do little cooking these days, I may not be the best source. However, I have eased myself into eating vegan and can give you general advice, even without asking my wife anything (who is only a vegetarian).
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
