Manatee
The eternal present
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Gosh, Rus, I have to say I personally could not live w/out red meat at least sometimes. Good for you that you had the willpower to change your diet for the betterment of your health. But I'd certainly never recommend that anyone deny themselves a really lipsmackingly delicious meal every once in a while, your soul needs fuel, too!
... and really, healthy food should be lipsmackingly good EVERY meal. If not, u might be doin it wrong... :)
joev
Merion Village
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I wish I could learn to love eggs. For protein, I prefer dairy, fish, pork and chicken. A 1/2 pound of organic chicken thighs really goes a long way - a dinner and leftovers for two people. We probably eat red meat at home once every couple of months - out, maybe once a month in the form of a burger.
Starting last week, we've been eating mostly veggies from our garden. It's so nice! Yesterday, I made a salad with lettuce, arugula, beet greens, Thai basil, thyme, tomatoes carrots, beets, pea pods and green beans all from the back yard. I need a peach tree...
turnedNOTburned
Grandview/Columbus, Ohio
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rus wrote >>
I readily admit it's a personal thing.
First 2 months was effectively vegan... every day I wanted meat. Once I found myself licking my lips when looking at geese. Stabilized that with red meat on the weekends. Also helps that I don't look at food as something pleasurable now; just fuel.
Sucks to have choices constrained, eh?
Dude, you are seriously an inspiration to me. I would do well to follow your lead.
That being said, my family is driving in from the farm in Indiana tonight and of COURSE they HAVE to go to City Barbecue. They eat red meat at least 10-12 times a week - being producers of pork, eggs, soybeans, corn and wheat, its what they know - and its been difficult for me to unlearn. Ironically, many of these farmers also grow their own veggies, can, preserve and also live La-Vida-locavore out of their back yard. Come tomato season, you eat tomatoes - LOTS of'em.
rus
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Manatee wrote >>
Gosh, Rus, I have to say I personally could not live w/out red meat at least sometimes. Good for you that you had the willpower to change your diet for the betterment of your health. But I'd certainly never recommend that anyone deny themselves a really lipsmackingly delicious meal every once in a while, your soul needs fuel, too!
... and really, healthy food should be lipsmackingly good EVERY meal. If not, u might be doin it wrong... :)
According to some I've cooked for, the veggie stuff isn't bad. Did a quinoa salad last weekend that a few people asked the recipe for. To me, it's Just Not Meat. My hang up, YMMV.
Salads... first time I tried having just a salad for dinner I threw in everything I could think of that was a vegetable. Beans, sprouts, carrots, onion, spinach... ate it, but woke up the next morning with a blinding headache. That went away after sausage gravy with biscuits, bacon... think the cats hid fearing they were next. I've no idea what that was, but I'm not doing that again.
Now I stick with grains on week days; root vegetables and peppers sauteed in olive oil combined with quinoa or rice / beans. The occasional pasta a olio dish. Lots of protein bars for lunch. Oats with dried cranberries is the usual breakfast.
On the other hand... yeah, a big, bloody steak sounds good. Damned good. *homer drool noise*
catnfiddle
Giant Corncob District
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I need to start experimenting with frittatas while it's cool in the morning. It's one of the few things I'm truly interesting in learning how to cook. Not sure why, but it might be a gastronomic gateway!
michaelcoyote
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I'm a big fan of meat as a condiment.. A strip of bacon can go a very long way in flavouring a few cups of beans or a big basket of greens.. A few sausages can be stretched into 4-5 servings in a pasta sauce.
I think that people often ate this way out of necessity.. In most societies meat was harder to obtain than vegetables and so traditional cooking reflected this..
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