My week of eating an all-veggie diet has come to an end. I was a vegetarian for years and even went vegan for a year and a half around the time that I got married. Not too long after getting married, though, I went back to being what I think is called a semi-vegetarian (eating poutry, fish, dairy, and eggs but skipping pork and red meat). Why? Well, I was tired of fighting with Hubby about food (the fact that my in-laws were very angry and confrontational about it didn't help) and it was a lot of work and expensive... and well, I just did!
But ever since, I occasionally get curious again (or want to beat some congestion like this time) and take some time to experiment with a different diet. Being vegetarian is very easy for me most of the time, while ditching dairy is more difficult even short-term. (I think this is true for a lot of people.) I always wind up going back to my semi-veg diet, though, because it feels the easiest and with a bit of effort I can look and feel really good on it. It also plays into my desire to feel normal and not excluded. Being treated like a weirdo because of what you eat gets really old really fast!
Here are some of the things that I made for dinners during the last week out of one of my all-time favorite meatless cookbooks: Chloe's Kitchen by Chloe Coscarelli.
