Comments on: I’m Loving It! http://www.beautifulletdown.net/im-loving-it/ A breastfeeding blog that dabbles in tandem, extended nursing, gentle parenting and much more Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:45:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Heather @ Not a DIY Life http://www.beautifulletdown.net/im-loving-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1783 Heather @ Not a DIY Life Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:31:01 +0000 http://www.beautifulletdown.net/?p=566#comment-1783 i don't know that i could ever declare myself a vegetarian but there are days that i do not eat meat. I have to work hard sometimes to make sure there is enough meat in the house to satisfy my carnivore husband. He needs his protein, he says. And I am totally encouraging you to try tofu! Get the extra firm, cut it in smallish cubes, then stir fry with veggies, soy sauce and garlic. Yum! And I think I told you that I substitute it for beans in chili. I can't eat beans that have a high sulfur content (most beans, except garbanzo & green beans) because they trigger migraines. As far as other choices that i am trying to be authentic with, right now it's about all the holiday stuff. I don't like Halloween because of the evil scary stuff, I don't like the lying about Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. but people look at me like I have 3 heads when I tell them that LB didn't dress up and go trick-or-treating. And that we don't do Santa. We have our answer prepared for why we don't do Santa, so I'm hoping that will make Christmas a little easier, although I'm sure people will still look at me like i'm crazy. oh well. i don’t know that i could ever declare myself a vegetarian but there are days that i do not eat meat. I have to work hard sometimes to make sure there is enough meat in the house to satisfy my carnivore husband. He needs his protein, he says.

And I am totally encouraging you to try tofu! Get the extra firm, cut it in smallish cubes, then stir fry with veggies, soy sauce and garlic. Yum! And I think I told you that I substitute it for beans in chili. I can’t eat beans that have a high sulfur content (most beans, except garbanzo & green beans) because they trigger migraines.

As far as other choices that i am trying to be authentic with, right now it’s about all the holiday stuff. I don’t like Halloween because of the evil scary stuff, I don’t like the lying about Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. but people look at me like I have 3 heads when I tell them that LB didn’t dress up and go trick-or-treating. And that we don’t do Santa. We have our answer prepared for why we don’t do Santa, so I’m hoping that will make Christmas a little easier, although I’m sure people will still look at me like i’m crazy. oh well.

]]> By: Nicole Barondeau Johnson http://www.beautifulletdown.net/im-loving-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1777 Nicole Barondeau Johnson Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:28:33 +0000 http://www.beautifulletdown.net/?p=566#comment-1777 Ha! I know how you feel! I haven't eaten beef or pork since 2000, and for a few years following, I was a strict vegetarian. During a trip home from college, I remember my mom reminding my grandmother that I was a vegetarian (so, please hold the sausages, pigs feet, and roasts), and my grandmother just about fell over. "Well, she can still eat fried chicken. Chicken is not meat!" Now we eat chicken or turkey a couple times per week, and fish, if we know where it came from. There are so many delicious foods to try that we never even miss meals with meat. (Last night we had a delicious tofu stir fry that is one of my absolute favorite meals!) But I understand the frustration. When we go to Adam's parents' place for Christmas (in South Dakota, which may be even worse than North Dakota for encouraging meat), the entire menu is either beef chili or clam chowder - which is their odd tradition, I guess. This year, I may bring a veggie dish to share so I don't starve! Love reading your posts! Ha! I know how you feel! I haven’t eaten beef or pork since 2000, and for a few years following, I was a strict vegetarian. During a trip home from college, I remember my mom reminding my grandmother that I was a vegetarian (so, please hold the sausages, pigs feet, and roasts), and my grandmother just about fell over. “Well, she can still eat fried chicken. Chicken is not meat!”

Now we eat chicken or turkey a couple times per week, and fish, if we know where it came from. There are so many delicious foods to try that we never even miss meals with meat. (Last night we had a delicious tofu stir fry that is one of my absolute favorite meals!) But I understand the frustration. When we go to Adam’s parents’ place for Christmas (in South Dakota, which may be even worse than North Dakota for encouraging meat), the entire menu is either beef chili or clam chowder — which is their odd tradition, I guess. This year, I may bring a veggie dish to share so I don’t starve!

Love reading your posts!

]]> By: Jennifer McNichols http://www.beautifulletdown.net/im-loving-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1775 Jennifer McNichols Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:14:08 +0000 http://www.beautifulletdown.net/?p=566#comment-1775 We're vegetarians in Texas which is probably just about as hard as being vegetarian in North Dakota. My dad's side of the family is meat and potatoes but after 20 years of being vegetarian, they've adapted to my weirdness. We're even raising our daughter vegetarian which - hold the horses - is SUPER crazy! :) We love the Moosewood cookbooks - they are typically fairly easy recipes to duplicate at home. Good luck on your journey! We’re vegetarians in Texas which is probably just about as hard as being vegetarian in North Dakota. My dad’s side of the family is meat and potatoes but after 20 years of being vegetarian, they’ve adapted to my weirdness. We’re even raising our daughter vegetarian which — hold the horses — is SUPER crazy! :) We love the Moosewood cookbooks — they are typically fairly easy recipes to duplicate at home. Good luck on your journey!

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