Hey guys! Tehillah here.

We’re up to week 5 of our Vegetarian Tip!

This week’s ingredient to avoid is Anchovies. Now I know many of you are probably thinking “duh, of course we know to avoid anchovies…”, but what a lot of people don’t know is that many sauces, dressings and marinades contain these small salty fish.

Due to the strong flavor, anchovies are often used to make sauces such a Worcestershire sauce. Another common sauce that may have traces of anchovies through it, is Barbecue sauce. The reason for this is that some Barbecue sauces contain Worcestershire sauce as a flavor boost or even a main ingredient.

A pretty safe way to be sure you’re not getting traces of anchovies in your food is to, once again, always read your ingredients labels, and know what to look for. Food manufacturers can be fairly tricky with the ingredients they label, for instance, it may be stated in the ingredients of a Barbecue sauce bottle that the sauce contains “Worcestershire sauce” without mentioning the use of anchovies. So reading, and understanding food labels is a must. Another important Vegetarian Tip.

An even better way to make sure you know what you’re eating, for those who have some time on their hands, is to make your own sauces. It’s not as hard as it sounds, in fact it can be as simple or as challenging as you like. The choices vary from marinades that can take hours to make, to sauces that can be thrown together using everyday herbs and spices from the pantry in a few minutes.

Just to show you how easy it can be to create great tasting sauces in your own home, some time in the coming weeks I myself [who has very limited experience in the kitchen] am going to whip up several sauces and post their recipes along with my results for you guys. That should be interesting, so stick around.

That’s it for this week, thanks for reading this week’s Vegetarian Tip!

Til next week,
Tehillah.