New Member Here

[Guest guest]

I consider

> myself a vegetarian BUT I do eat fish and other seafood

sometimes.

 

Interesting.....we were just talking about this very thing.

Personally, I have tried going vegan at times, but never considered

myself vegan at those times. The word " vegan " implies to me a

lifestyle that is almost impossible to achieve, so I never wanted to

use it preferring instead just to call myself vegetarian since that

is the truth. " Vegan " can be taken to soooo many levels. For

instance, would I not drive my car because there was a part in it

made from an animal? What about honey? I still eat honey. What

about film processing? My understanding is that gelatin is used in

the processing of film. (Now I have a digital camera, so this is

not an issue.) Anyway, my point, and I mean no offense by this, is

that I think most vegetarians consider fish and seafood flesh items

and therefore not included in a " vegetarian " diet. Therefore, one

who still indulges in fish/seafood/chicken is not a true vegetarian,

but something else. I think I have heard people who eat fish and

seafood only called " pescetarians " instead of vegetarians.

Basically, when most vegetarians do NOT eat any flesh foods and

people who still do call themselves vegetarians, it confuses the

issue and makes it difficult to make the distinction. Then the rest

of us still get the questions about the fish and chicken.

Anyway, that's my $.02. Welcome to the group! I " m not trying to

chastise anyone, just trying to clear up one of those issues that

seems to haunt vegetarians!

[Guest guest]

Confusing the issue for me is whether a vegetarian who eats cheese made with

rennet is really a vegetarian. I feel quite guilty about this all the time --

when I'm in the grocery store I no longer check the list of ingredients in

cheese ravioli or frozen veggie lasagna because I just don't want to know. I

feel that to be so strict about the rennet thing would severely impact my eating

and sanity which is already questionably enough.

 

I suppose that a lot of us feel guilt about not being the best vegetarians we

can be; that our definition of vegetarian doesn't stand up to the next person's.

I do the best that I can without losing my sanity, and whenever I sit on the

leather couch I bought the month before I went vegetarian, I apologize to the

cow and give thanks. So, I guess I'm on my way to losing my sanity, LOL.

 

Sarah

 

 

 

 

Sheryl <ssarndt wrote:

Basically, when most vegetarians do NOT eat any flesh foods and

people who still do call themselves vegetarians, it confuses the

issue and makes it difficult to make the distinction. Then the rest

of us still get the questions about the fish and chicken.

Anyway, that's my $.02. Welcome to the group! I " m not trying to

chastise anyone, just trying to clear up one of those issues that

seems to haunt vegetarians!

 

 

 

 

 

Free online calendar with sync to Outlook.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

> Confusing the issue for me is whether a vegetarian who eats cheese

> made with rennet is really a vegetarian.

 

Good question. I feel guilty about this too. I will check for

rennetless cheeses in the store but that's usually easier at

Whole Foods, which is about the only place I'll buy cheese or

items with cheese.

 

However, I just give up if I go with friends for pizza or to

some Italian restaurant. I'll get a vegetarian pizza or pasta

dish but I consider the likelihood that a waiter or waitress

(or maybe even the cook, particularly in a pizza place) will

have any clue about whether or not the cheese they use is

rennetless is extremely unlikely.

 

I agree, to be too, too strict could cause sanity issues for

some people (like me). Unless someone is going to go off,

live in the woods, build their own shelter from natural

resources at hand, and live entirely from the woods in which

they are living, it is not physically possible to be 100%

vegan, or even vegetarian. Even then, since I include

insects in the absolute vegetarian/vegan realm, I consider

it impossible to go through life without accidentally

stepping on an insect (or rolling over on one when you're

sleeping, you know many of them like nice warm beds and

they just love to cuddle . . . .). You do what you can,

physically and mentally.

 

Gary

[Guest guest]

I used to have a leather jacket that my ex boyfriend insisted on

buying me. I wore it for a long time and rationalized it by saying

that he had bought it for me. I finally gave it to my mother, but

it was long after we broke up. I also wore leather shoes for a long

time, but recently decided not to wear them anymore. SO, I haven't

thrown anything out, but am waiting for the to wear out and then

will replace them as the time comes. I never felt right about

throwing it in the trash if it was still good, so I just continued

to use it, but am gradually weeding out the leather stuff!

As for rennet...if you do a bit of research, you can find the brands

that do not use animal rennet, but instead use vegetable rennet. If

I'm not mistaken, Wild Oats and Whole Foods use cheese made with

organic/non-RBGH milk and do not use animal rennet. I think most

cheese can be found in some form using alternative rennet, but

Parmesan cheese, however, is usually made with animal rennet.

 

 

, TempestuousTrollop

<tempestuoustrollop> wrote:

> Confusing the issue for me is whether a vegetarian who eats cheese

made with rennet is really a vegetarian. I feel quite guilty about

this all the time -- when I'm in the grocery store I no longer check

the list of ingredients in cheese ravioli or frozen veggie lasagna

because I just don't want to know. I feel that to be so strict

about the rennet thing would severely impact my eating and sanity

which is already questionably enough.

>

> I suppose that a lot of us feel guilt about not being the best

vegetarians we can be; that our definition of vegetarian doesn't

stand up to the next person's. I do the best that I can without

losing my sanity, and whenever I sit on the leather couch I bought

the month before I went vegetarian, I apologize to the cow and give

thanks. So, I guess I'm on my way to losing my sanity, LOL.

>

> Sarah

>

>

>

>

> Sheryl <ssarndt> wrote:

> Basically, when most vegetarians do NOT eat any flesh foods and

> people who still do call themselves vegetarians, it confuses the

> issue and makes it difficult to make the distinction. Then the

rest

> of us still get the questions about the fish and chicken.

> Anyway, that's my $.02. Welcome to the group! I " m not trying to

> chastise anyone, just trying to clear up one of those issues that

> seems to haunt vegetarians!

>

>

>

>

>

> Free online calendar with sync to Outlook.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Aimee

 

I am a new member, too. The paint isn't even dry on my membership

certificate! <G>

 

I have a slew of vegetarian cook books, but for the most part the

recipes are complicated and call for ingredients (spices or herbs)

which I do not stock in my kitchen on a regular basis. Of course,

I can open 3 cans of vegetables and cook a pot of rice! I was

hoping to find here quick, easy to prepare vegetarian recipes.

HOWEVER, when I looked at the files I found recipes similar to those

in the cook books which I own or recipes which can be found at

VegWeb. Don't get me wrong, I am sure these are great recipes, but

they are more complicated than what I am seeking. Anyone have any

suggestions or recipes which do not contain 25 ingredients and the

dedication of an afternoon in the kitchen.

 

At this point, I should reveal that I am in my 70's, retired and

tired.

 

Aimee, I was born in Washington, but have lived near Atlanta for

nearly 40 years! How about that?

 

Take care. Melody (Georgia)

 

Is it appropriate to include a recipe with a post? I have a great

recipe for a meatless pasta sauce.

 

 

 

 

 

, " Aimee " <aimeeleigh79>

wrote:

> Hello,

> My name is Aimee, I'm 25, and I have been a vegetarian for 6 years

> now. (I'm an ovo-lacto) I am really glad I found this group, as I

> have a hard time coming up with new veggie recipes, especially

ones

> that don't rely so heavily on dairy as an ingredient.

>

> I'm married to Chris, who is a meat-eater, but he likes my

cooking!

> He will actually eat the " fake meat " stuff! haha! We live in Oak

> Harbor, Washington, about 90 miles northwest of Seattle. I

originally

> hail from Atlanta, GA, where I am currently visiting.

>

> I look forward to getting to know you all, and I can't wait to

hear

> some great, quick recipes!

>

> Have a great day!

> Aimee

[Guest guest]

When I was browsing boards, before joining this one, I noticed some that sound like what you want. I am guesing on the names, but they were something like this, the quick vegetarian and there was one that was the crock pot vegetarian. Hope this helps and you can find them. Like I said they are in and you can search for them.

 

Good Luck

 

Valmelmar5 <melmar5 wrote:

Hey AimeeI am a new member, too. The paint isn't even dry on my membership certificate! <G>I have a slew of vegetarian cook books, but for the most part the recipes are complicated and call for ingredients (spices or herbs) which I do not stock in my kitchen on a regular basis. Of course, I can open 3 cans of vegetables and cook a pot of rice! I was hoping to find here quick, easy to prepare vegetarian recipes. HOWEVER, when I looked at the files I found recipes similar to those in the cook books which I own or recipes which can be found at VegWeb. Don't get me wrong, I am sure these are great recipes, but they are more complicated than what I am seeking. Anyone have any suggestions or recipes which do not contain 25 ingredients and the dedication of an afternoon in

the kitchen.At this point, I should reveal that I am in my 70's, retired and tired.Aimee, I was born in Washington, but have lived near Atlanta for nearly 40 years! How about that?Take care. Melody (Georgia)Is it appropriate to include a recipe with a post? I have a great recipe for a meatless pasta sauce. , "Aimee" <aimeeleigh79> wrote:> Hello,> My name is Aimee, I'm 25, and I have been a vegetarian for 6 years > now. (I'm an ovo-lacto) I am really glad I found this group, as I > have a hard time coming up with new veggie recipes, especially ones > that don't rely so heavily on dairy as an ingredient. > > I'm married to Chris, who is a meat-eater, but he likes my cooking! > He will actually eat the "fake meat" stuff! haha! We live in Oak > Harbor, Washington, about 90

miles northwest of Seattle. I originally > hail from Atlanta, GA, where I am currently visiting. > > I look forward to getting to know you all, and I can't wait to hear > some great, quick recipes! > > Have a great day!> Aimeecontact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, Val. I'll check out some of the other groups, but I think

I'll stick around here, too, if no one minds.

 

And as for that pasta sauce recipe, it is also a " quickie " ! I can't

upload or download it or whatever one does to get a recipe to the

files section. Firstly, I do well to figure out how to turn this

thing on and off. (Well, maybe a little better than that, but not a

whole lot! <G>) And secondly, I don't know the protocol here. I

belong to several other online groups and there are moderators in

charge of certain activities and rules about what one may post and

what one may not. As the new " kid " here, I don't want to start off

on the wrong foot.

 

Again, thanks Val for responding to my post.

 

Take care. Melody (Georgia)

 

 

, Val La Tendresse

<vals_boards> wrote:

> When I was browsing boards, before joining this one, I noticed

some that sound like what you want. I am guesing on the names, but

they were something like this, the quick vegetarian and there was

one that was the crock pot vegetarian. Hope this helps and you can

find them. Like I said they are in and you can search

for them.

>

> Good Luck

>

> Val

>

> melmar5 <melmar5> wrote:

> Hey Aimee

>

> I am a new member, too. The paint isn't even dry on my membership

> certificate! <G>

>

> I have a slew of vegetarian cook books, but for the most part the

> recipes are complicated and call for ingredients (spices or herbs)

> which I do not stock in my kitchen on a regular basis. Of

course,

> I can open 3 cans of vegetables and cook a pot of rice! I was

> hoping to find here quick, easy to prepare vegetarian recipes.

> HOWEVER, when I looked at the files I found recipes similar to

those

> in the cook books which I own or recipes which can be found at

> VegWeb. Don't get me wrong, I am sure these are great recipes,

but

> they are more complicated than what I am seeking. Anyone have any

> suggestions or recipes which do not contain 25 ingredients and the

> dedication of an afternoon in the kitchen.

>

> At this point, I should reveal that I am in my 70's, retired and

> tired.

>

> Aimee, I was born in Washington, but have lived near Atlanta for

> nearly 40 years! How about that?

>

> Take care. Melody (Georgia)

>

> Is it appropriate to include a recipe with a post? I have a great

> recipe for a meatless pasta sauce.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi to everyone. I just joined not to long ago. Looking over the old

posts btw some are really great you might want to check the archive, I

found that the moderator had left and the group was having a lot of

problems with porn spam. I decided to harvest what I could of the old

recipes and joined the new moderated version to keep out spam. It is

listed under the move post.

 

I put it on no email so I can access the archive but I won't be

posting here and I won't get getting messages from here due to the

fact I don't want to see the porn messages that have been posted in

the last month. I gather from what I read most of the old members are

at the new group.

 

I might suggest you go no mail and read on or you might be

seeing such things as Big B... women BLANK BLANK in your email. You

can easily fill in the blanks yourself because sadly we have all seen

it.

 

The moderator is MIA for a while now which means that the porn

messages cannot be deleted nor can anyone else become moderator.

That's why the new group.

 

I checked it out and it looks much like this one when it was a good

group.. it should I guess most of the members moved there. Be sure to

check out the early archives when there was a mod. Shame it had to

die this way. [and I really like the new one]

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

I'm also have a huge assortment of cookbooks, but I never buy any of the ones that have what I call "weird" ingredients-- (don't get me wrong, I love those recipes too, but I don't want to go to the health food store everynight). Some of my most used cookbooks for truly easy veggie cooking are from bobbie hinman. She wrote one or two for the meatless gourmet series and another for the lean & luscious series called lean luscious and meatless. I'd post some recipes from them but I'm moving on monday from washington state to north carolina and almost everything is packed up, ready to go!

 

-

melmar5

Friday, October 01, 2004 9:39 AM

Re: New Member here

Hey AimeeI am a new member, too. The paint isn't even dry on my membership certificate! <G>I have a slew of vegetarian cook books, but for the most part the recipes are complicated and call for ingredients (spices or herbs) which I do not stock in my kitchen on a regular basis. Of course, I can open 3 cans of vegetables and cook a pot of rice! I was hoping to find here quick, easy to prepare vegetarian recipes. HOWEVER, when I looked at the files I found recipes similar to those in the cook books which I own or recipes which can be found at VegWeb. Don't get me wrong, I am sure these are great recipes, but they are more complicated than what I am seeking. Anyone have any suggestions or recipes which do not contain 25 ingredients and the dedication of an afternoon in the kitchen.At this point, I should reveal that I am in my 70's, retired and tired.Aimee, I was born in Washington, but have lived near Atlanta for nearly 40 years! How about that?Take care. Melody (Georgia)Is it appropriate to include a recipe with a post? I have a great recipe for a meatless pasta sauce. , "Aimee" <aimeeleigh79> wrote:> Hello,> My name is Aimee, I'm 25, and I have been a vegetarian for 6 years > now. (I'm an ovo-lacto) I am really glad I found this group, as I > have a hard time coming up with new veggie recipes, especially ones > that don't rely so heavily on dairy as an ingredient. > > I'm married to Chris, who is a meat-eater, but he likes my cooking! > He will actually eat the "fake meat" stuff! haha! We live in Oak > Harbor, Washington, about 90 miles northwest of Seattle. I originally > hail from Atlanta, GA, where I am currently visiting. > > I look forward to getting to know you all, and I can't wait to hear > some great, quick recipes! > > Have a great day!> Aimeecontact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

[Guest guest]

Hey Aimee

 

I appreciate the advice. I will look for that author.

 

Good luck in North Carolina! At least you will be closer to home.

My " baby " daughter (she's 32) moved first to California and then to

New Jersey, which as least was on the same coast as Georgia, but now

she is returning to California. Alas!

 

Again, thanks for your response.

 

Take care. Melody (Georgia)

 

 

Here is the sauce recipe......

 

3 TBSP Olive oil

1 small onion - chopped fine

1 can (28 oz) Progresso Plum Tomatoes with basil + 1/2 cup water

chop tomatoes into small pieces - I use a metal hand helf food

chopper and I like the tomatoes a bit chunky, but it is the

preference of the cook

 

1 tsp dried basil

1 tsp dried parsley

1 tsp dried Italian seasoning

1 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

 

Saute onion in olive oil until golden, but not brown. Add

tomatoes, water and seasonings. Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover

and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes. This is good over spaghetti, but

especially good with bow ties pasta. I also like it alone in a

bowl with good french bread for dunking. ENJOY!

 

 

, " Angel Clark "

<ALClark@p...> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I'm also have a huge assortment of cookbooks, but I never buy any

of the ones that have what I call " weird " ingredients-- (don't get

me wrong, I love those recipes too, but I don't want to go to the

health food store everynight). Some of my most used cookbooks for

truly easy veggie cooking are from bobbie hinman. She wrote one or

two for the meatless gourmet series and another for the lean &

luscious series called lean luscious and meatless. I'd post some

recipes from them but I'm moving on monday from washington state to

north carolina and almost everything is packed up, ready to go!

> -

> melmar5

>

> Friday, October 01, 2004 9:39 AM

> Re: New Member here

>

>

> Hey Aimee

>

> I am a new member, too. The paint isn't even dry on my

membership

> certificate! <G>

>

> I have a slew of vegetarian cook books, but for the most part

the

> recipes are complicated and call for ingredients (spices or

herbs)

> which I do not stock in my kitchen on a regular basis. Of

course,

> I can open 3 cans of vegetables and cook a pot of rice! I was

> hoping to find here quick, easy to prepare vegetarian recipes.

> HOWEVER, when I looked at the files I found recipes similar to

those

> in the cook books which I own or recipes which can be found at

> VegWeb. Don't get me wrong, I am sure these are great recipes,

but

> they are more complicated than what I am seeking. Anyone have

any

> suggestions or recipes which do not contain 25 ingredients and

the

> dedication of an afternoon in the kitchen.

>

> At this point, I should reveal that I am in my 70's, retired

and

> tired.

>

> Aimee, I was born in Washington, but have lived near Atlanta for

> nearly 40 years! How about that?

>

> Take care. Melody (Georgia)

>

> Is it appropriate to include a recipe with a post? I have a

great

> recipe for a meatless pasta sauce.

>

>

>

>

>

> , " Aimee "

<aimeeleigh79>

> wrote:

> > Hello,

> > My name is Aimee, I'm 25, and I have been a vegetarian for 6

years

> > now. (I'm an ovo-lacto) I am really glad I found this group,

as I

> > have a hard time coming up with new veggie recipes, especially

> ones

> > that don't rely so heavily on dairy as an ingredient.

> >

> > I'm married to Chris, who is a meat-eater, but he likes my

> cooking!

> > He will actually eat the " fake meat " stuff! haha! We live in

Oak

> > Harbor, Washington, about 90 miles northwest of Seattle. I

> originally

> > hail from Atlanta, GA, where I am currently visiting.

> >

> > I look forward to getting to know you all, and I can't wait to

> hear

> > some great, quick recipes!

> >

> > Have a great day!

> > Aimee

>

>

>

> contact owner: -owner

> Mail list:

> Delivered-mailing list

> List-Un: -

>

> no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowed

> contact owner with complaints regarding posting/list

> or anything else. Thank you.

> please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there...from this end also (Australia)

I am a fave of not a huge amount of ingredients & ones

not ready to hand...so all for the reasonably quick &

reasonably easy ones... Deborah, Queensland

 

--- Angel Clark <ALClark wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I'm also have a huge assortment of cookbooks, but I

> never buy any of the ones that have what I call

> " weird " ingredients-- (don't get me wrong, I love

> those recipes too, but I don't want to go to the

> health food store everynight). Some of my most used

> cookbooks for truly easy veggie cooking are from

> bobbie hinman. She wrote one or two for the meatless

> gourmet series and another for the lean & luscious

> series called lean luscious and meatless. I'd post

> some recipes from them but I'm moving on monday from

> washington state to north carolina and almost

> everything is packed up, ready to go!

> -

> melmar5

>

> Friday, October 01, 2004 9:39 AM

> Re: New Member here

>

>

> Hey Aimee

>

> I am a new member, too. The paint isn't even dry

> on my membership

> certificate! <G>

>

> I have a slew of vegetarian cook books, but for

> the most part the

> recipes are complicated and call for ingredients

> (spices or herbs)

> which I do not stock in my kitchen on a regular

> basis. Of course,

> I can open 3 cans of vegetables and cook a pot of

> rice! I was

> hoping to find here quick, easy to prepare

> vegetarian recipes.

> HOWEVER, when I looked at the files I found

> recipes similar to those

> in the cook books which I own or recipes which can

> be found at

> VegWeb. Don't get me wrong, I am sure these are

> great recipes, but

> they are more complicated than what I am seeking.

> Anyone have any

> suggestions or recipes which do not contain 25

> ingredients and the

> dedication of an afternoon in the kitchen.

>

> At this point, I should reveal that I am in my

> 70's, retired and

> tired.

>

> Aimee, I was born in Washington, but have lived

> near Atlanta for

> nearly 40 years! How about that?

>

> Take care. Melody (Georgia)

>

> Is it appropriate to include a recipe with a post?

> I have a great

> recipe for a meatless pasta sauce.

>

>

>

>

>

> , " Aimee "

> <aimeeleigh79>

> wrote:

> > Hello,

> > My name is Aimee, I'm 25, and I have been a

> vegetarian for 6 years

> > now. (I'm an ovo-lacto) I am really glad I found

> this group, as I

> > have a hard time coming up with new veggie

> recipes, especially

> ones

> > that don't rely so heavily on dairy as an

> ingredient.

> >

> > I'm married to Chris, who is a meat-eater, but

> he likes my

> cooking!

> > He will actually eat the " fake meat " stuff!

> haha! We live in Oak

> > Harbor, Washington, about 90 miles northwest of

> Seattle. I

> originally

> > hail from Atlanta, GA, where I am currently

> visiting.

> >

> > I look forward to getting to know you all, and I

> can't wait to

> hear

> > some great, quick recipes!

> >

> > Have a great day!

> > Aimee

>

>

>

> contact owner: -owner

> Mail list:

> Delivered-mailing list

>

> List-Un:

> -

>

> no flaming arguing or denigration of others

> allowed

> contact owner with complaints regarding

> posting/list

> or anything else. Thank you.

> please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this

> list

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome Chris,

I lived in Huntington Beach eons ago. Pretty place. I loved walking

on the beach during and after a storm. Huntington Beach is where I

first discovered Vegetarinism. I started making granola and started

my kids on a healthier food lifestyle. All grown up now with kids of

their own.

You will enjoy this group. Lots of great ideas for kids. Check out

the recipe files.

Sending smiles and hugs from Colorado

Deanna

 

, Christine Hall

<clanofhall wrote:

>

> I am Chris from Huntington Beach California. My husband is a

vegetarian (salmon is his one aberration) and I am eager to find some

new recipes that I can serve to my kids

[Guest guest]

Welcome aboard, and check out the recipes in the file folder!!! They are

sorted by types of recipes.

 

Marilyn Daub

mcdaub

Vanceburg, KY

My Cats Knead Me!!

-

Christine Hall

Tuesday, June 06, 2006 1:06 PM

New Member Here

 

 

I am Chris from Huntington Beach California. My husband is a vegetarian

(salmon is his one aberration) and I am eager to find some new recipes that

I can serve to my kids and to him that they all will enjoy. I have 3 kids

all under the age of 12. We use the meat substitutes instead of hamburger in

every dish that calls for hamburger, we use the vegetarian sausage patties

for weekend breakfasts and they all eat the veggie corn dogs. I'm looking to

supplement the spaghetti, taco's, and casseroles that we already enjoy. I

have 10 or so vegetarian cookbooks, but not alot of kid friendly recipes.

Thank you!

 

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

 

 

Be a chatter box. Enjoy free PC-to-PC calls with Messenger with

Voice.

 

[Guest guest]

HELLO AM ALSO A NEW MEMBER HERE BUT AM VAGETARIEN AND LIKE VAGETARIEN FOOD ALSO

HAVE AN EXPERIENCE TO COOK THE VAGETARIEN FOOD AM ALSO ENJOY THE CONVERSATION OF

THE MEMBER OF THIS GROUP EVERY MEMBER TRY TO COOK GOOD VAGETARIEN FOOD AND THE

END IWISH U GOOD TO ALL OF U GOOD BLEES TO ALL BY

 

Glauci <glauci wrote: Hello everyone!

Happy New Year!

 

I am new to this group and I am finding it both exciting and

overwhelming.

 

I am not a vegetarian but I have started questioning some of my values

and I want to make better food choices. I am not sure I am ready to be

a vegetarian. I hope you dont mind that :-)

 

Anyway, this seems like a fun and interesting place to be involved with

and learn. It is lively, which really attracts me. The conversations

are on topic and interesting. I am just finding it is a lot to read

over the messages. Any suggestions on how I can catch up?

 

Hope you all have a great year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Welcome, and good for you that you are questioning your values---not

because it involves possible vegetarianism, but mainly because in my

humble opinion, it's *good* to evaluate ourselves as our lives move

on. I figure it keeps us growning as people, and bettering ourselves

as individuals. Not to mention, we change as we mature--therefore our

needs, values, and ethics evolve as well. I can sure tell you that I

am nowhere near the same person I was at the age of 22! Good for you!

 

 

April

[Guest guest]

Ditto! Well put!

 

bluespatula02 <aprilsroberts wrote: Welcome, and good for

you that you are questioning your values---not

because it involves possible vegetarianism, but mainly because in my

humble opinion, it's *good* to evaluate ourselves as our lives move

on. I figure it keeps us growning as people, and bettering ourselves

as individuals. Not to mention, we change as we mature--therefore our

needs, values, and ethics evolve as well. I can sure tell you that I

am nowhere near the same person I was at the age of 22! Good for you!

 

April

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hello!

 

There are at least a few of us from Canada here. I'm in Toronto.

 

Welcome to the group.

 

Paula

 

, " ugotsher " <sheraleet

wrote:

>

> Just wanted to say hello and I look forward to browsing the

boards.

> My name is Sheralee and I live in Canada. Anyone from Canada on

here?

> I just became a vegetarian as of Nov 1st this year. I am looking

for

> lot's of info and recipes and meeting others who are veggies as well.

> Bye for now..............

>

[Guest guest]

Hello all. My name is Christian and I live in Kansas City, Mo. I have been

married for almost 4 years and I have two cats: a tortoise shell and a black

cat. They are very dear to me. The tortie is Serafina and the black cat is

Merlina. Anyway, I have joined this group to get ideas for my new vegetarian

lifestyle. Actually, I've been a vegetarian before but I want to make it stick

this time. I live with a family of meat-eaters. They are having pork chops

tonight; I'm thinking I'll have some whole wheat pancakes. I've been to various

vegetarian websites and I will continue to go to them. I would like a little

online support from people who understand what people like me are trying to do.

I would like to eventually become a vegan. Any tips? Can I eat honey

occasionally or should I do more thinking on the honey idea? Any help would be

greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

In Love and Reason,

 

Christian L. Wade

[Guest guest]

Wow, Christian, you have a tough challenge ahead, sitting with a table of pork

chop eaters, in a manner of speaking. I have been eating vegetarian style for

over twenty-five years. In my case, I went to the foods of other countries to

find the tastes I like. It's sometimes tough taking the typical American diet

and flipping it to vegetarian. We are so based on a meat diet. I no longer

crave meat substitutes but did at first. They help, I think, to cook seitan and

other vegetable based protein foods that resemble meat. I found some great

eating in the Indian tradition first, since so much of their culture is already

vegetarian! Now I eat from the menus of the Middle East and No. Africa, mostly

Morocco. And Thai.

 

Good luck!

[Guest guest]

Hi Christian!

Welcome to our group. Good for you for giving vegetarianism another try - it's

well worth making the change! As for honey, the quick answer is: vegetarians eat

honey if they like it; vegans usually don't, since it derives from animals

(bees) and some may be injured or worse in the extraction of honey from the

hive.

 

It's tough living with omnivores, I imagine - but you can get buy it rather

nicely by eating all the side dishes of good vegetables, fresh salads, etc., and

grains (eg quinoa, brown rice, etc.), pasta, and various kinds of bean and

lentil dishes. We have lots of recipes from all over the world in our Files, so

have a look!

 

You'll get lots of support here - just let us know when you hit a problem or

even just to chat about how you're doing.

 

Best, Pat (Co-owner with Piers and Marie)