meal planning

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Jill,

 

I hear you about the meal planning. I grew up in a town where the

main industry was beef! It is considered sacreligious to have a meal

without it. I still enjoy the taste of meat, but I try to limit my

intake to 3 or 4 meals per week (for sure no more than once a day).

 

I'm just on my lunch break now and eating a great vegan meal. I use

soy " meat " as a replacement for beef or poultry for most of our

meals. We also eat amino-acid-balanced pasta, with the exception of

white spaghettini (I haven't found a tasty enough replacement for

that one). The kids love it and I know they are getting all the

nourishment they need.

 

Do you know who Ed Foreman is? I heard him speak once, and he said

that salt and sugar are the 2 worst junk food offenders on our

table. It is good to cut them out of our diet as much as possible.

 

I am not familiar with TVP. What is that?

 

This weekend I will try to post a couple of our favorite recipes.

 

 

" Live long & prosper " ;o)

Mike

 

, " Jill & David " <norths@s...> wrote:

> Hi Mike!

> Welcome...

> I too am a person in transition...not a vegan or vegetarian

yet...but really

> trying to change my life...I too cut out dairy and white sugar and

white

> flour and only eat very little meat...turned to veggie's and fruit,

and

> bought several cookbooks on vegan and macrobiotics..and I lost 30

lbs, never

> have felt better, BUT...it is a problem convincing the family...I

find I can

> hide soy in a lot of stuff...soy milk, rice milk and TVP...were

you raised

> with the idea of building a plate of food around the meat item?

That is

> what is hard for me, planning meals without the main focus as a

pork chop

> or chicken...anyway, this list has been pretty quiet for awhile,

if any of

> you seasoned vegan's would like to say something on meal planning,

I would

> love it!

> Jill