Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Vegetarian
Last night as we were eating Sweedish Meatballs over rice, the kids asked if I liked eating that when I was little. I told them that I didn't eat meat until I was about 9 and that I remembered the first time I ate meat. They thought it was so weird. But the thing is...I have been thinking about only cooking vegetarian. Over the span of our married life, we have become much healthier eaters. We were in rebellion when we first got married or something. I don't even want to think about what we ate then...heart attack! But this summer I got lazy and ate really crappy, and it makes me want drastic change. We are great at fresh fruit and veggies, but I really struggle in the legumes department. I really can't make them exciting. I can do rice, and I have been doing a white and brown mix to slowly make the change. But what about lentils...seriously.....what do I do with them? Mike has become so much better about eating whatever I make, but he won't touch pea soup. So what are some ideas? I have been in a lazy rutt I have been buying bread for about a month and a half.....I really want a good bread mixer...I keep wishing. I also have a erally hard time with baked potatoes...I think I ate wayyy too many growing up. So any suggestions?
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I have also been switching to Whole Wheat pasta. The kids actually like it better.
ReplyDeleteOh, we hate whole wheat pasta. Have you tried twice baked potatoes? Or doing the classic mashed? We are not very healthy eaters so I don't have a lot of suggestions sorry.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE lentils! BUT I make soup out of them...ah yummy! I love soups. Especially with winter coming on, you can do so many healthy vegetarian soups... Trev is loving the white bean soup right now, SO easy. and I DO love split pea. As far as potatoes go with em's ideas...i never do baked unless it's in a fire pit. But I can't get enough Scalloped, or red potatoes with onions and parsley...I must be hungry!
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