Vegetarian Challenge
This week I’ve been posting about how eating less meat is good for the environment. Next week I’ll be putting my money where my mouth is, and going meat-free for 7 days. Dave is joining in too, and I’m going to take photos of what we eat and write about what we’re learning.
We’ve already cut back on the amount of meat we eat, but the idea is to push ourselves to do more than we normally would. In the past, I’ve used challenges like this to help me break old habits and start new ones (like giving up biting my nails, or eating healthier foods). I learn new skills and ways of staying motivated, and I’m more willing to do difficult things because I know it’s temporary. Afterwards I’ll be able to use the new skills to improve my everyday routine.
All our meals will be lacto-ovo-vegetarian, which means we’ll still be eating dairy foods and cheese. So we’re not quite herbivores yet, but we’re on our way! We’re going to eat out sometimes, to see how that works out. Hopefully by the end of the week we’ll have learned some new recipes, tried a new restaurant, and reduced our impact on the environment. Instead of posting two or three articles over the week, I’ll be posting a photo and a short description every day instead. I hope you enjoy it, and that the photos make you hungry 
February 29th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Anyone interested in easy, reliable, time and taste tested, nutritionist approved (and developed), 1300 vegetarian recipes should take a look at “American Wholefoods Cuisine.” In print for more than thirty years it is considered the “vegetarian Joy of Cooking” by both gourmet and health writers. For more info go to HealthyHighways.com
March 1st, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Thanks David - do you have a favourite recipe from that book?
March 1st, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Good thing to try!
I eat less meat since I lost 15 kilos a few years ago. It’s th best for your health to eat 3 to 4 times a week red meat and the other 3 to 4 days we eat either fish, chicken or something like tofu.
But if you have good recipes for no meat and you can get all your nutricion why not skip the meat at all for a while!
We have at least one day without meat a week since, so we also work on the environment
Hope to see you at the green drinks Tuesday!
March 2nd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
I think we’re down to about 5 days a week, and we’d like to get it down to 3 or 4. Hopefully this challenge will push us out of our comfort zone a bit
See you Tuesday!