Nice to meet all the Veggies out there!

[Guest guest]

I've been semi-vegetarian for many years now. I say " semi " because I was born

and raised in West Texas and if you know anything about my part of the country,

you know that this is Longhorn country! I was raised eating some sort of animal

at every meal. As I grew older though, I became more and more intrigued by the

vegetarian lifestyle and when I had children of my own I realized that meat

wasn't necessarily good for them. I learned that meat wasn't readily digestable

and that there were definitely other sources of protein.

 

Now, that my children are grown and doing their own thing, I never buy meat at

the store, and there's no meat in my house. I will occasionally (maybe once or

twice a month) eat a meal containing meat, though.

 

I'm very pleased about discovering this group and I have several vegetarian

 recipes I'd love to share!

 

Thank you,

Melissa

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I am Katie, I live in Anchorage. I am so glad you found this group. I look

forward to the recipies you choose to share and I do hope you will spend some

time browsing in our recipe files. Sometimes particular recipies are hard to

find, but they are all there and every one is TNT, Tried aNd True. As soon

as you start reading recipies you will tun into ones calling for EVOO. That is

extra virgin olive oil. It took me a week to figure that out when I joined the

group.

I became vegetarian about 4 years ago for health reasons and have never looked

back. Several things that had plagued me for years that doctors couldn't figure

out suddenly stopped bothering me as soon as I quit putting that stuff in my

body.

I was hoping it would lower my cholesterol, which it did for only a short

time, but the health benefits are enormous even without that.

Katie

 

 

 

Melissa Stegall <denimystic wrote:

I've been semi-vegetarian for many years now. I say " semi " because I

was born and raised in West Texas and if you know anything about my part of the

country, you know that this is Longhorn country! I was raised eating some sort

of animal at every meal. As I grew older though, I became more and more

intrigued by the vegetarian lifestyle and when I had children of my own I

realized that meat wasn't necessarily good for them. I learned that meat wasn't

readily digestable and that there were definitely other sources of protein.

 

Now, that my children are grown and doing their own thing, I never buy meat at

the store, and there's no meat in my house. I will occasionally (maybe once or

twice a month) eat a meal containing meat, though.

 

I'm very pleased about discovering this group and I have several vegetarian

recipes I'd love to share!

 

Thank you,

Melissa

 

 

[Guest guest]

( Reply to Katie and Melissa)

Hi!

I wholeheartedly agree with you on that count! Like Melissa, for my DH

and me, it's still the " almost " or " semi " -vegetarian stage, but I have not

purchased meat in at least 3 months, and we only eat it (DH much more often than

me) maybe once a week, sometimes less.

 

Katie, I can identify with what you wrote about, too. For several years,

I have had some puzzling " health problems " that doctors (including an

" allergist " ) could not explain, but which plagued me, to varying degrees,

year-around. My suspicion was pesticide residues and/or hormone/antibiotic

additives in " meats " and a few other foods. ( I knew that anything with " corn

products " in it, if not strictly " organic " by label, was bad, too!)

 

Not eating meats this spring has been amazing to me--because this is the

worst time of year (normally) that I am bothered by these issues--espeically

with skin problems. Most of the time now, I not only feel better--much

better--in a general sense, but I also have an un-accustomed freedom from the

skin issues. I still live in chemically-saturated

" corn-soybean-cattle/pork/poultry-dairy " farming country, and this poses its own

problems, environmentally. However, I am thrilled that I have found this group

and have enthusiastically followed several of the recipes here. Even more, the

ideas exchanged and the advice given by group members is enormously encouraging

and helpful!

 

Melissa, welcome! I hope you enjoy this group as much as I have and find

here the encouragement and friendship of these nice people! (And thank you,

Katie, for sharing your story!)

--Laura B., in Illinois

 

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Katie wrote:

I became vegetarian about 4 years ago for health reasons and have never

looked back. Several things that had plagued me for years that doctors couldn't

figure out suddenly stopped bothering me as soon as I quit putting that stuff in

my body.

 

 

***** ***** *****

 

Melissa Stegall <denimystic wrote:

I've been semi-vegetarian for many years now. I say " semi " because I

was born and raised in West Texas and if you know anything about my part of the

country, you know that this is Longhorn country! I was raised eating some sort

of animal at every meal. As I grew older though, I became more and more

intrigued by the vegetarian lifestyle and when I had children of my own I

realized

that meat wasn't necessarily good for them. I learned that meat wasn't readily

digestable and that there were definitely other sources of protein.

 

Now, that my children are grown and doing their own thing, I never buy meat at

the store, and there's no meat in my house. I will occasionally (maybe once or

twice a month) eat a meal containing meat, though.

 

I'm very pleased about discovering this group and I have several vegetarian

recipes I'd love to share!

 

Thank you,

Melissa

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

It's such a pleasure to meet you! I too have been plagued with health

problems. Just recently I had an attack of Gout. I've done some

reading about it and discovered that Gout can be brought on by

nitrates commonly found in cold cuts. The last attack I had was

brought on when I was staying at my son's house and I was making ham

sandwiches about every other day. Needless to say, I've steered clear

of ALL lunch meats and started using hummus for a quick lunch time

sandwich. It's already made and I can just through it onto a

multigrain bun and through some spinach and red onion on it. And let

me tell ya, It's a heck of a lot more satisfying than a ham and

cheese sandwich! LOL!

Thanks for all the welcome messages! I'm home!! LOL!

Melissa

 

 

 

-- In , " L.B. " <elbee577 wrote:

>

> ( Reply to Katie and Melissa)

> Hi!

> I wholeheartedly agree with you on that count! Like

Melissa, for my DH and me, it's still the " almost " or " semi " -

vegetarian stage, but I have not purchased meat in at least 3 months,

and we only eat it (DH much more often than me) maybe once a week,

sometimes less.

>

> Katie, I can identify with what you wrote about, too. For

several years, I have had some puzzling " health problems " that

doctors (including an " allergist " ) could not explain, but which

plagued me, to varying degrees, year-around. My suspicion was

pesticide residues and/or hormone/antibiotic additives in " meats " and

a few other foods. ( I knew that anything with " corn products " in

it, if not strictly " organic " by label, was bad, too!)

>

> Not eating meats this spring has been amazing to me--because

this is the worst time of year (normally) that I am bothered by these

issues--espeically with skin problems. Most of the time now, I not

only feel better--much better--in a general sense, but I also have an

un-accustomed freedom from the skin issues. I still live in

chemically-saturated " corn-soybean-cattle/pork/poultry-dairy " farming

country, and this poses its own problems, environmentally. However,

I am thrilled that I have found this group and have enthusiastically

followed several of the recipes here. Even more, the ideas exchanged

and the advice given by group members is enormously encouraging and

helpful!

>

> Melissa, welcome! I hope you enjoy this group as much as I

have and find here the encouragement and friendship of these nice

people! (And thank you, Katie, for sharing your story!)

> --Laura B., in Illinois

>

> *** *** *** ***

> Katie wrote:

> I became vegetarian about 4 years ago for health reasons and have

never

> looked back. Several things that had plagued me for years that

doctors couldn't

> figure out suddenly stopped bothering me as soon as I quit putting

that stuff in

> my body.

>

>

> ***** ***** *****

>

> Melissa Stegall <denimystic wrote:

> I've been semi-vegetarian for many years now. I

say " semi " because I

> was born and raised in West Texas and if you know anything about my

part of the

> country, you know that this is Longhorn country! I was raised

eating some sort

> of animal at every meal. As I grew older though, I became more and

more

> intrigued by the vegetarian lifestyle and when I had children of my

own I realized

> that meat wasn't necessarily good for them. I learned that meat

wasn't readily

> digestable and that there were definitely other sources of protein.

>

> Now, that my children are grown and doing their own thing, I never

buy meat at

> the store, and there's no meat in my house. I will occasionally

(maybe once or

> twice a month) eat a meal containing meat, though.

>

> I'm very pleased about discovering this group and I have several

vegetarian

> recipes I'd love to share!

>

> Thank you,

> Melissa

>

>

>

>

>