I'm going raw and I'm going vegatarian!!!!
Well, kind of.
There is no way I could live the raw or vegan lifestyle all the time. I was a vegetarian for several years and really felt healthy and wonderful, and lost a lot of weight, but I won't kid myself, it would be nearly impossible now.
But I am making a committment to eat one raw meal a month, and one vegetarian dinner a week. That's 56 meals sans meat, and 12 meals sans heat!
We very rarely have meat for breakfast, maybe one or two Saturdays a month we will have bacon or sausage links. And we eat a lot of organic PB&J's on whole wheat for lunch, since that is the only thing Chloe will eat lately. Sigh.
But the real challenge is dinnertime. The Hubs is a meat eater, and I am sure he will be until he is in the nursing home, using his dentures to chew his steak. I am not a huge red meat fan, but I like me some chicken.
This week our vegatarian meal was corn on the cob, baked sweet potatoes and a big green salad. Both of my kids gobbled it up, and The Hubs made a good effort. Although I am relatively sure he picked up a Big Mac on the way to his night shift at work.
I don't think the once a week herbivore diet will be that hard. It's the raw meal that I am having a hard time with. I can't see myself wrapping up tofu in seaweed and serving it with a chunk of fresh coral reef or something. There has to be a collection of raw recipes out there that are actually doable, affordable, and tasty. Anyone have a great raw recipe or idea to share???
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Two All-Beef Patties, Special Sauce, Lettuce, Cheese, Pickles, Onion, on a Sesame Seed Bun!
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3 comments:
Good for you. Unfortunately, I don't like vegetables. So doing anything sans meat is hard for me.
in regards to the no meat meals you could try pasta, beans, rice and stuff like that. I actually rarely eat meat, but mostly because I am lazy. LOL
Homemade mac and cheese is good. You'll get some protien in there to keep you full.
Way to go Jules! A good friend of mine did the raw diet for two weeks and lost quite a bit of weight and had a lot more energy! I, however, am way to in love with meat to give it up....
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