A Pagan vegetarian wife and Jewish omnivore husband makin' it work!
Food has come a long way, baby. You'd think it was easy enough to determine what a balanced diet is, but in the mid-20th century, when processed foods, fast foods, and general convenience foods were rapidly pushing out the good ol' home-cooked meal of yesteryears, there arose a need to establish some sort of nutritional guideline. Introducing: The four basic food groups! These groups … [Read more...]
Dieting aficionados, celebrate! There's yet another food you can strike off your "allowed foods" list, and you'll find yourself dropping pounds instantly! ... yeah, it's just about as stupid as it sounds. There's no "quick fix", no instant cure, no real way to drop weight unless you be careful what you eat and get off your butt once in a while. So when I see or hear about these ads that accuse … [Read more...]
There was a little contemplation yesterday about freedom of choice in our religion, in our diets, and in who we are. While we may be free to actually accomplish these things for personal satisfaction, the fact of the matter is that some people just plain won't like it, whether or not it affects them in any way. I can't even begin the number of ways I have personally been talked down to for being … [Read more...]
For those of you living in the United States (including myself), today marks the day our country attained its freedom from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the day the Declaration of Independence was signed. So happy Fourth of July! We are fortunate here in the US to have so many guaranteed freedoms that people in many other countries could only dream of. Of course, we have a long way to go, … [Read more...]
Part of me wants to say that I've talked about this before, but that feeling may stem from wanting to do it since Matt and I started living together back in 2007. Wishful thinking for so many years, but finally, it looks like we're going to start to plan our meals! While I hate to admit it, Matt and I are kind of... wasteful when it comes to fresh fruits and vegetables. We buy things in … [Read more...]
Sometimes, coexisting is actually really hard. And can result in some heated debates. Matt and I argued about food yesterday, from our different diets (which isn't typically a problem but holy crap yesterday) to how to raise healthy kids with healthy diets, and pretty much everything in between. Of course, we started when we got to bed at 10pm, and probably passed out (finally!) around … [Read more...]
Riding on our vitamin D high from yesterday's fun-filled day outside, Matt and I decided to fire up the grill and make some cheesesteaks. Except there was no steak, but turkey (or turk'y, in my case), which would be a travesty to the most hardcore cheesesteak lover. There was, however, a good amount of cheese, and the most delicious carmelized veggies you've ever eaten (and some leftovers to enjoy … [Read more...]
Earlier this week, we discussed the broad types of vegetarianism (and diets in general) that exist today. Today I'll be covering reasons why one would want to pursue a diet that completely or partially eliminates meat. While this is, like the last, not at all a comprehensive list of reasons, I hope it serves as a starting point!People go vegetarian (or flexitarian) for many different and often … [Read more...]
I have a lot of labels for myself (Pagan, witch, vegetarian, writer, violinist, paralegal, wife, friend, whatever [no, seriously... that's one of 'em]), but the one that people find most confusing, oddly enough, is "vegetarian." I've received a lot of comments from that one little word: Do you eat chicken? I'm making dinner, will you have fish? How about this crab dip, that's okay, right? Wanna go … [Read more...]
A big misconception about vegetarians is that they do not get a proper amount of protein in their daily diets. It was fads such as the Atkins Diet that almost obsessively pushed protein as an important building block of anyone's daily eating and bodily makeup -- and don't get me wrong, protein IS incredibly important! But is meat the only way to obtain the proteins needed to maintain a healthy … [Read more...]
