Friends, Today is World Vegetarian Day! According to VegNews Daily~
Today is World Vegetarian Day, so let your veg flag fly. Founded in 1977 by the North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS), World Veg Day kicks off Vegetarian Awareness Month, an educational campaign designed to spread the word about the ethical, environmental, and health benefits of a veg lifestyle. October 1 marks the beginning of a 30-day celebration, full of lectures, parties, potlucks, and festivals in North America and around the globe.
Here at the Greenhab household we are not vegetarian by any means. We like our meat. Some of us (ahem Mr.Greenhab) *love* meat. Like in an unhealthy, artery-clogging, why-don't-you-marry-it kind of way.
While I don't necessarily aspire to ever be completely vegetarian, I would like it if we ate a lot less meat. I cringe at knowing how most animals raised for food are treated, what they're fed, how they live, how they're butchered, etc. Financially, it just isn't feasible for us as a family of 6 to purchase organic, humanely raised meat for every meal. And diet-wise, eating less meat and more veggies, legumes, whole grains, fruits, etc. is just plain better for you.
When I first met Mr. Greenhab, our meals were meat and a side dish. The focus of every meal was the type of meat we were having that night. Very bizarre now that I look back on it. But, Mr. Greenhab was always the chef in the family since my cooking skills left something to be desired, so I went with it. We might have one or two meatless meals each week (and by "meal" I'm really thinking "dinner"since we weren't breakfast eaters and lunch was eaten at work).
Nowadays we have meatless dinners at least 3 times each week, often 4 times, plus my breakfast and lunches are usually meatless as well. I'm not sure if Mr. Greenhab has realized this yet but, since I work at home and do most of the cooking now, I get to make whatever I want to for dinner and he's usually pretty happy about it...usually. We'll see how far I can push him to the veggie side before he notices. Mwahahahahaha! (That's my evil laugh)
I'm running a mini-challenge today over at iVillage for World Vegetarian Day. Be sure to come by and join us!
2 comments:
About a year ago, my husband said something to the effect of: "I just counted, and I believe that we have not had any meat for at least 8 days. Are you part of a secret vegetarian conspiracy?" Now, we joke that we are Beegans, as many weeks we eat vegan (an) except for a Sunday breakfast with bacon (b) and eggs (eeg)...heehee.
Sadly, on this date we are eating chicken noodle soup for dinner, which is clearly not vegetarian!
My hubby is a big eater as well. I've found local, humane sources for beef and pork, but the chicken is way out of our price range. I'm also trying to adjust the way we eat to have far less meat in each meal, without hubby noticing. Its a process.
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