Second Switch. :)

Remember those two big switches I mentioned a couple posts ago? Well, the first one was cloth diapers. Now, don't think we are crazy, it's just coincidence that these two happened at practically the same time, I'm not like "let's save the earth" or anything, I don't really care about that (well sort of I guess, in a normal way?) let's just say I don't care about "going green" ha ha. Both of these switches were for completely different reasons. So, the second switch is, we are vegetarian. Yes, you read that right, we don't eat meat. And it has been awesome. I am not and never have been a meat-eater, I used to eat it growing up because I thought that was the only way I would get my protein and iron. All my life I have had to dissect my meat and get as much down without gagging as I can, having horrific images of mutant cows, chickens and pigs going through my head...wondering what hormones and "feed" they were given. If you know me, you know this is pretty regular thinking, let's just say, I am a very thorough thinker. ;) ha ha. Meat is just so sick. All the veins, cartilage, bones, arteries...blood...fat...etc. Have you ever been eating a hamburger and all of a sudden you bite a piece of bone. Yeah, that happens to me all the time, then I can't eat. I chew my food really good (which means I am always the last one at the table) and I find...things. Anyway, I kind of tricked Jer and stopped buying ground beef almost a year ago now, I used up what we had left in the freezer and he didn't even notice I wasn't cooking with it anymore. Then I stopped cooking with chicken and ham as often and he still didn't notice (he must like my food! yes!). When I finally told him I wanted to be vegetarian he kind of looked freaked out. We are going on a month now of no meat. And after watching a couple of documentaries on food, we both agree it's a good thing.

The funny thing about all this is, I used to absolutely HATE vegetables. I really did, I wouldn't eat them. Now I love them! If they are cooked the right way, of course. :) I have found SO many awesome recipes, I was surprised...someday we might go vegan (which means no dairy or eggs), we still eat eggs and cheese, we stopped drinking milk a loooonnnngggg time ago, cause that freaked me out too. I have a replacement for eggs, the cheese is our hard thing, I love cheese in my food. So, someday, maybe I will be able to give it up. We drink almond milk, it has more calcium, more vitamin D along with a bunch of other vitamins, than regular milk.

I've noticed that even in the month that we have been doing this everyone thinks all that vegetarians eat is...salad. ha ha. :) It's funny. We've only had a salad once in thirty days, and that's because someone else made it for us. I am a picky vegetarian, so if you ever come to my house for dinner, don't be afraid, we aren't weirdos, it will most likely be something normal unless I get some crazy idea and it's experiment night. This has all been really gradual, and we are still working on gradually cutting some other things out of our diet that we feel are not healthy. It's amazing how much self-discipline it takes...like with sugar. I am pretty sure that most people are unknowingly addicted to sugar...I am!! It's awful, really. I try to not eat sugar for like a week then end up making a huge batch of no-bakes and eat the whole thing...definitely NOT healthy. :p Anyway, hopefully I didn't bore anyone with my talk of food and vegetables and my opinions on meat, I could go on all day probably. If anyone has any good meatless recipes, I would love to try them! Let me know. :)