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By: Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Vegetarian Experiment: Recipe Recap #4

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:51:14 +0000

[...] vegetarian experiment concluded a couple of weeks ago, but I have a couple of straggler recipes that I wanted to post. [...]

By: Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Vegetarian Update: The New Normal

Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Vegetarian Update: The New Normal — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:07:57 +0000

[...] that I’ve made it this far I think I can count on myself to complete the day without wrecking my vegetarian experiment in its final [...]

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:27:37 +0000

Gale,
I just wanted to send a little supportive nod your way. It sounds like you’ve hit a rough spot in your experiment; and I wanted to let you know that I think what you’re doing is unique in its authenticity.
I grew up in a meat-eating home and am raising my kids vegetarian. It takes some time to figure out how to cook, when the model was always meat, veggies (preferably of the frozen variety) and starch!
Whatever happens come April, I know that living as a vegetarian for a month will have had an impact on you, and, I’m guessing, your family.
I haven’t tried protein powder, but why not? (Or, just have a heaping serving of cottage cheese–PACKED with protein!)

By: Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Vegetarian Update: Cultural Connotations

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:19:31 +0000

[...] so much for me, though. For me that smell was just a tease; a nanny-nanny-boo-boo to my current vegetarian imperative. Rather than slowing my pace to bask in the scent of sizzling hamburgers I hastened to move in [...]

By: Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Vegetarian Experiment: Recipe Recap #2

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:06:11 +0000

[...] keeping with my current vegetarian experiment, here are the latest recipes I’ve tried. To see last week’s recipes, click here. Last [...]

By: Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Vegetarian Update: I Know Just Enough to Be Dangerous

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:13:42 +0000

[...] am ten days into this adventure. I had hoped that by now I would have some sense of the effect this experiment is having on me. [...]

By: Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Seasonal Attitude Disorder

Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Seasonal Attitude Disorder — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:05:46 +0000

[...] myself winning the office pool (which actually happened once). Maybe it’s because I have a new challenge in front of me, distracting me from the last few days of winter. Maybe it’s because 40 degrees, while still [...]

By: Ten Dollar Thoughts » Blog Archive » Vegetarian Experiment: Recipe Recap #1

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:00:24 +0000

[...] conjunction with my current vegetarian experiment I am trying many new recipes these days. (I am determined not to spend the month of March eating [...]

By: Kristen @ Motherese

Kristen @ Motherese — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:04:34 +0000

Good luck, Gale! I have been a vegetarian for a long time and I would be happy to send any stand-by recipes your way if you’re looking for some new things to try. And I really enjoyed both The Omnivore’s Dilemma and the Kingsolver book that Nicki recommended. I’ll be interested to see what you think of Eating Animals.

By: Jana@Attitude Adjustment

Jana@Attitude Adjustment — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:06:19 +0000

Kudos to you! I have thought about this a bit, too, with all the writing going on about food. I was sitting at Panera, eating a salad with chicken called antibiotic-free, and I thought, is this what I want to put into my body? (Because if you have to say it’s antibiotic-free, I have to get a little freaked out.) We don’t eat a lot of meat in my house, but our weakness is chicken and turkey meatballs. Still, I wonder about becoming a complete vegetarian. The only thing is, I’ve never been a huge fan of veggies, until I married my husband who knew how to cook. I think I might just eat a sh**load of bread instead, which is why I’m keeping the mantra, “all in moderation.”

Cheers! (You can still have wine, fortunately.)