Baby steps

[Guest guest]

I'm still not completely vegetarian; I don't know if I ever will be,

but I'm taking some pretty good baby steps. In the past week, I only

ate meat three times. I used to eat it at nearly every meal, but

that has changed. I have discovered how easy and fun it is to make

salads and soups that taste soooo good. I don't think I'll ever tire

of my soups. No two batches taste the same even though I usually use

pretty much the same ingredients. I'm finding that soups and salads

with a cup of tea help to squash my cravings for sweets. We've had

some peanut m & m's in the cupboard for weeks now, and I haven't been

tempted to touch them.

 

I'm not perfect by any means, but I'm getting better at what I'm

serving my family, as well. My husband will never be vegetarian, I

don't think, but I've been able to trick him with some boca burgers,

and my 3 year old son loves Morningstar's 'Chik n' Nuggets'. At

least I can offer them healthier choices. It's a bit more expensive,

but it kind of evens out when you consider that soup and salad will

fill you up a lot more cheaply than meat will.

 

I was actually going to buy a pork roast at the store, but I saw the

boca burgers and decided to get those instead. I bought about a

dozen bags of frozen veggies in different combinations; those are

easy to just dump into a soup pot and add a few seasonings to.

 

I also bought myself a soup thermos to take soups to work in, as well

as some tomato cup a soups to keep there for when I either forget my

lunch because I'm running late, or I just need a little something

extra.

 

I'm really having fun experimenting with my own creative cooking

talent. I love to cook anyway, and this is just giving me more

incentive to open myself up to a whole new world of cooking. You

know, it's hard to believe, but I actually think I have more choices

of things to eat. It's kind of like being freed from having to have

meat all the time. A banana is a more satisfying snack than a candy

bar... an apple and a bottle of water with lemon juice in it won't

tire me out the way a pastry and a bottle of soda would after the

sugar is used up.

 

Well, I've got to check my soup and see what other specials some of

the other stores have. I've also resolved to have watermelon in the

house as often as possible. Not only is it alkaline, it is alkaline

forming according to a few of the alkaline food charts I've seen, so

it's good for all of us.

 

Sincerely,

Lorelei