In a carnivorous world, making vegetarian choices isn’t always the easiest thing to do.  From selecting nutritious vegetarian meals at restaurants to vegetarian grocery shopping to preparing delicious meat-free meals at home, the challenge can be real.

Here are my top tips and tricks that I used when I “went green” 5 years ago, showing that “going green” doesn’t have to be as hard as it sounds, and it also doesn’t have to cost an (animal) arm and a leg: literally.