tasties have been on the back burner for some time now. the last one i was planning was a yummy little number of chicken tenders, asiago and jam wrapped in puff pastry. delicious and easy, though i never did figure out how to cook the bottoms properly. they would never crisp up and be light brown like the tops and were always a tad gummy and undercooked. the chicken, though, was steamed to perfection. moist and (dare i say) succulent.
the problem was this tasty was planned for the thursday before valentine's day. so, yeah.
so, weeks, weeks, work, work and no tasty. it just wasn't in the cards.
after i realized that this twin-gut wasn't going to lose itself, T and i decided to make eating healthy a big priority. we have been doing well with a few cheats here and there. (we do live in nj, pizza folks, oh lord the pizza. *drool*) but the days we manage to eat according to plan we feel great. wonderful. energetic and healthful. it is a definite incentive to keep it up...that and the visits to whole foods. my god i may not be as crunchy as i used to be but i. love. that. store.
another thing that i have been considering is going meatless. i love meat, i do, but after seeing what really goes on in the meat packing industry, im just having a hard time accepting my place in that chain. i LOVE dairy, love it, but it isn't a health food. i won't give up cream for my coffee, but i have certainly cut down on my milk and cheese intake.
so we end up eating tons of shrimp and fish and vegetables for dinner, hummus and bell peppers and snow peas for lunch and lots and lots of mini rice cakes for snacks.
(though i am not convinced those lil gems are healthy :)
we did have pork last night though.
baby steps.
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I'll tell you - I feel the same way about meat (industry meat that is), but we buy ours from a farmer locally and we get bacon, ham, beef, chicken, even lamb! It's supporting your local farmers, eating for your health (so much more nutrition in properly raised animals), and tasty stuff :). Our whole foods has done a better job of bringing in local grass-fed, pastured meats, but I love buying straight from the farmers :).
p.s. we buy our dairy from them too - milk, cheese, sour cream...yum!
i agree that grass fed and local is the way to go! i buy grass fed at WF but haven't hooked up with a local source yet. mainly bc we are out of the house 11 hours a day and weekends are pretty much pj time.
but for some reason, i am still pretty adverse to the whole buying and eating meat thing. thinking about the death of the animal, thinking of it as flesh, etc. (thanks to alicia silverstone)
but alas, we are still working on our freezer and i doubt that we will ever be totally meat free. thanks for sharing though i will totally try and seek something local out. :o)
I feel the same way about meat. We didn't eat meat for almost 2 years except for fish. But when I was preggo I was craving meat lasagna and spaghetti with meatballs and so we began eating meat again. But I agree we always try to buy Whole Foods or Trader Joes.
Oh and I'm obsessed with the mini sweet peppers I'd eat them with anything. I love hummus too but hubby hates it.
We gave up meat over two years ago for exactly the same reasons. I am much happier and find I have branched out in cooking because of it. As far as dairy, we get all organic so the cows are free-range and of course free-range eggs. My problem is still the sweets! My God the sweets.
Must.do.better.
I just read your comment below and we call meat 'flesh' all the time too. It really helps keep us OFF of meat, plus I really do feel sad for the animals. But we do eat a lot of meat substitutes, because I guess we still like the taste (which sounds creepy!).
last chance--if you would share some of your fave meat-flavored treats i'd love it!
i like cheeseburger boca burgers and we have eaten the boca nuggets but that's as far as we got. some new ideas would be welcome!
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