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Hi, my name is Mark, and our family is working on recovering our vegetarian

ways. My wife and I have been married nearly 20 years, and we were vegetarians

for about 5 years many years ago. We fell to the sultry and seductive aromas of

Burger King and the squadron cookouts when I was in the Air Force, and with 3

very young children at the time we found it far too convenient to do the fast

food trip than do what we knew was healthy. Now, with our two boys graduating

this year, we just feel we have got to get back into healthy eating habits and

be better stewards of our planet. I just wish we would have not been so busy and

made a priority of what we eat.

 

Anyway, we tend toward more organic food and lacto-ovo meals. I'm not a huge fan

of tofu, which cuts out a huge range of meals, but I like TVP tacos. Being in

Texas I cook with more of a southwest flavor, jalapenos and such. I'm looking

forward to browsing through the recipes to see what I can find.

 

Also, not that this is the place for it, I do support peace and justice work. I

took a lot of heat while I was in the Air Force, which I did purely for economic

reasons that I wouldn't do again, because I was a member of the Austin Peace and

Justice Coalition and had a bumper sticker on my VW van that I drove to the base

reading " you can't hug a child with nuclear arms. " I didn't make a lot of

friends.

 

It's good to be in this group, and I'm looking forward to finding some support

for working on eating like we know we should. Peace to everyone.

 

Mark