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confessions of a carnivore
I have a confession to make. I recently received a free copy of Vegetarian Times magazine. That’s not the confession part, though. This is: I was curious so…….I actually read it.
This is huge in my house, because I live with 3 very carnivorous males. The mantra around my house is, “Where the beef? Where’s the beef?” The fact that a copy of Vegetarian Times even showed up in my mailbox was cause for ridicule around my house. “You didn’t really order Vegetarian Times, did you?!”
Well, no, I didn’t order it. It came as part of a package of freebies when I ordered one of Jordan Rubin’s books. This copy isn’t the first one we’ve received, but it’s the first one I have been brave enough to open up and look through.
I have to tell ya, there are some pretty good looking recipes in the mag. Ever since Roger received his yearly flight physical blood test results, we’ve been looking for ways to add in more leafy greens, more whole grains, more fresh fruit, and less red meat (cause for another <gasp!> to be heard in my house!). I even actually made a meatless meal last week! Of course, the teenage boys thought they were going to die from lack of meat, but they didn’t. And Roger actually liked what I made.
I talked about having Meatless Mondays, but that didn’t go over so well. I am planning on making at least one meatless meal a week. Hopefully eventually I’ll be able to work that up to 2 or 3 meatless meal a week without causing my family to mutiny.
There’s no cause for alarm. I/we are NOT going vegetarian. I don’t have anything against the vegetarian way of eating, or even vegan, it’s just not something that appeals to me. I don’t eat pork ~ I lived in North Carolina where everything is pork, and there are plenty of pig farms. Gross. Pork turns my stomach. And I liked shellfish until I started reading about what crabs, lobsters and shrimp actually consume there on the floor of the ocean. I suppose if I knew more about chicken farms and beef processing plants, I wouldn’t want to eat them, either. In this case, ignorance is bliss.
I would like to find a good source for organic beef and chicken ~ I’ve been looking in to that. You can’t get it in Arkansas ~ at least not without paying an arm and a leg for it. I’m all out of arms and legs to sell, so I’ll just have to keep looking for a better (cheaper) source.
I’ve finally managed to get Roger on board the “eat organic” train. We’re buying organic whenever we can. And he’s eating more leafy greens and fruits. He even let me make him a smoothie for lunch yesterday ~ he got his entire daily servings of produce in that puppy! 
If you’re looking for some good vegetarian recipes, Vegetarian Times is worth browsing. I’m going to pull out a couple of recipes and put them on the menu for this week. I’m sure there will be some grumbling from the other carnivores in the house ~ I may have to hide my Vegetarian Times magazine so it doesn’t “accidentally” end up in the garbage!
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