I love cooking, i would like to still love cooking
I do realise this is a four month old post, alas I have been away from this forum for quite a while and though I'd respond anyway as hardly anybody replied to you as far as I can see.
Well I guess you're quite conditioned / programmed to eat meat, as you said yourself.
It's like a strong habit basically, and I don't know how old you are but likely you've been living (eating) like this for quite some years, so the habit will be very hard to break.
It's all in your mind.
There's a voice mentioning that "something is missing" when there's no meat on the plate and you'll basically have to explain over and over that it's fine the way it is.
The voice will not listen to reason though - so arguing with it is somewhat pointless; in the end you'll instead create a new voice, one that's saying "ah, fuck, this (vegan food you just ate) is so damn tasty I want more of it", or "hmm, I feel so much better / healthier (after a few weeks just leaving out animal products), this is awesome".
I think this is how it works.
Cookbooks.
To be honest I don't have any, but there's myriads of awesome recipes online.
Here's some blogs from the top of my head that might be an inspiration:
I promise you you will learn a lot about cooking when doing vegan dishes for a while, and you'll probably like it very much, as you're not handling dead animals anymore, but yummy fresh produce, herbs etc..
I do realise this is a four month old post, alas I have been away from this forum for quite a while and though I'd respond anyway as hardly anybody replied to you as far as I can see.
Well I guess you're quite conditioned / programmed to eat meat, as you said yourself.
It's like a strong habit basically, and I don't know how old you are but likely you've been living (eating) like this for quite some years, so the habit will be very hard to break.
It's all in your mind.
There's a voice mentioning that "something is missing" when there's no meat on the plate and you'll basically have to explain over and over that it's fine the way it is.
The voice will not listen to reason though - so arguing with it is somewhat pointless; in the end you'll instead create a new voice, one that's saying "ah, fuck, this (vegan food you just ate) is so damn tasty I want more of it", or "hmm, I feel so much better / healthier (after a few weeks just leaving out animal products), this is awesome".
I think this is how it works.
Cookbooks.
To be honest I don't have any, but there's myriads of awesome recipes online.
Here's some blogs from the top of my head that might be an inspiration:
http://minimalistbaker.com
https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/category/special-diets/vegan/
http://www.theppk.com/recipes/
I promise you you will learn a lot about cooking when doing vegan dishes for a while, and you'll probably like it very much, as you're not handling dead animals anymore, but yummy fresh produce, herbs etc..
Enjoy!
: ]