![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
A Change For The Year-End
Dec. 28th, 2004 01:50 pmI don't ascribe to New Years resolutions, as I believe change and commitment-to-change come naturally throughout the year. And because this change happened prior to New Years anyway, I’ll happily share it with you now. I’ve made the commitment, finally, to lacto-ovo-vegetarianism.
I’ve been nearly-veg for years, eating meat only occasionally because I’m simply not fond of it. I never have been, and it was the food I most commonly fed to the dog under the table as a child. In the last two years I’ve found myself forever drawn to vegetarian websites, learning how truly enormous the pool of foods for L-O-Veggies is, how easy it is to convert nearly any recipe to vegetarian (and in most cases vegan too, for my vegan friends). Luckily in this part of the country I have easy access to free range chicken eggs and tons of rennet-free cheese, which I’ve been buying and using all along anyway. The only meats I’ve every really loved were pepperoni, bacon, spicy hot dogs, chicken soup, and gravy. But when you think about any of those specific foods, the meat/broth primarily serves as a platform for the yummy seasonings they deliver, and all of those seasonings can be had in faux-meat veggie products available today. I’ve found a shyteload of them online and I plan to try a few ASAP.
So, on Christmas Day I had my last meat (turkey). I realize that was only 3 days ago and I’m accustomed to going meatless for weeks on end anyway, but it feels good to have made the commitment official. I’m not the evangelical kind and you will never catch me pressing anyone else about their food choices, and I don’t mind at all sharing a table with someone while they enjoy their steak. Everyone should eat what they feel best about, and I’m glad I’ve finally elected the diet that’s best for me.
BTW, my two kitties will not be joining me in vegetarianland, and I will continue (always) feeding them meat because that is their natural food and their health would be severely compromised without it. My roomie eats meat and that’s fine too, so it won’t be a strict veggie household. But as for me, I’m looking forward to doing more cooking in the months ahead of new-to-me veggie and vegan recipes, and will hopefully have plenty of willing dinner-eaters to come over and help me taste test things. You need some hot apple pie, at least. :-)
I’ve been nearly-veg for years, eating meat only occasionally because I’m simply not fond of it. I never have been, and it was the food I most commonly fed to the dog under the table as a child. In the last two years I’ve found myself forever drawn to vegetarian websites, learning how truly enormous the pool of foods for L-O-Veggies is, how easy it is to convert nearly any recipe to vegetarian (and in most cases vegan too, for my vegan friends). Luckily in this part of the country I have easy access to free range chicken eggs and tons of rennet-free cheese, which I’ve been buying and using all along anyway. The only meats I’ve every really loved were pepperoni, bacon, spicy hot dogs, chicken soup, and gravy. But when you think about any of those specific foods, the meat/broth primarily serves as a platform for the yummy seasonings they deliver, and all of those seasonings can be had in faux-meat veggie products available today. I’ve found a shyteload of them online and I plan to try a few ASAP.
So, on Christmas Day I had my last meat (turkey). I realize that was only 3 days ago and I’m accustomed to going meatless for weeks on end anyway, but it feels good to have made the commitment official. I’m not the evangelical kind and you will never catch me pressing anyone else about their food choices, and I don’t mind at all sharing a table with someone while they enjoy their steak. Everyone should eat what they feel best about, and I’m glad I’ve finally elected the diet that’s best for me.
BTW, my two kitties will not be joining me in vegetarianland, and I will continue (always) feeding them meat because that is their natural food and their health would be severely compromised without it. My roomie eats meat and that’s fine too, so it won’t be a strict veggie household. But as for me, I’m looking forward to doing more cooking in the months ahead of new-to-me veggie and vegan recipes, and will hopefully have plenty of willing dinner-eaters to come over and help me taste test things. You need some hot apple pie, at least. :-)