I’m not a vegan, but once I tasted Moskowitz and Romano’s Blueberry Corn Pancakes I wanted to work my way through Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook. Let’s face it: food prices, especially for meats, are going through the roof. Partly a demand problem (the growing middle classes in India and China want more meat protein in their diets) and partly because of rising energy costs (it takes a lot of resources to raise cattle, pigs, and chickens), the fact remains that we’re all going to be paying more for our food. One way to deal with this is to eat more fruits and vegetables. I’m not proposing everyone turn into a vegan, I”m just suggesting that meatless meals (that taste good) can take some of the stress off of the family budget and also reduce your cholesterol. The tasty recipes in Veganomicon will help. Plus, if you reject this sound, healthy advice Cthulhu may pay you a visit.
Vegan is harder to deal with than vegetarian but I don’t mind eating it at all. We try to avoid meat a few days a week but it usually leads to pasta, which is also fattening. As is rice. Also hard to get enough protein.
I like tofu so protein isn’t much of a problem for me, Patti. These recipes are delicious!
We’ve always eaten a lot of fruits and vegetables and salads so that part isn’t a problem. Jackie doesn’t like tofu, however. Try brown rice, Patti. We’ve switched to it when we eat Chinese food. Also whole wheat pasta, which can have 6 grams of fiber per serving.
We also eat much smaller portions of protein than in the past.
Sounds like you and Jackie are healthy eaters, Jeff. I have trouble with some Chinese food if they over-do the MSG.
We’re pretty good but Jackie’s weaknesses are bread and desserts.
Diane could live on warm bread and chocolate desserts, Jeff.
We’ve been gravitation toward more “pot dishes”: some protean plus veggies and broth, in other words, soups and stews. Home-made veg soup is always a good thing, especially when it’s cold, and we have a recipe for one with lots of kale and other greens that’s good. When it comes to grains, it’s brown rice for us, though we do have noodles once in a while (tonight is a splurge: lasagna, and yes it will have ground beef in it).
I think vegan is too severe and I’m not a vegetarian either, I like meat too much, but no-meat meals are good, and we usually skip meat at least a couple days a week.
As costs of meat rise, plenty of people will be turning to your food solution, Rick. I’ve been an on-and-off vegetarian for years. I might have meat once a week (usually when we go out to eat at a restaurant). And, I could live on pizza: cheese, onions, and hot peppers. Yum!
Jackie could have written that last line, George (other than the onions and hot peppers)!
Pizza is her favorite food.
Rick, I’ve always loved stews and thick soups. My grandmother used to make the best mushroom & barley soup I’ve ever eaten.
Next time you’re in my neighborhood, I’ll have to take you and Jackie to PIZZA JUNCTION, Jeff. Jackie would love their specialty pizzas!
Okay, besides all the awful typos,, I meant gravitating, not gravitation, I meant the weather was cold, not the vegetable soup and I meant protein not protean, but I guess you all got my meaning. Meanwhile, B. is making the lasagna and I’m moving furniture, working on the layout of the quilting studio, and working up an appetite.
I love pizza, but I like it with Italian sausage on it, and pepperoni too. Oops.
You’d love PIZZA JUNCTION, too, Rick. You need to make a pilgrimage to Western New York!
If things go as planned we hope to be up there this summer for the Shaw Festival. We’re compiling a list of DDD restaurants to eat at.
Rick, I like sausage on my pizza too, and mushrooms. Pepperoni, not so much.
Jackie likes her straight – cheese and sauce.
The Shaw Festival is just a hop-skip-and-a-jump from PIZZA JUNCTION, Jeff.