What all started with a veggie burger? Me finally, finally, FINALLY quitting meat.
Several weeks before veggie burger day I had started eating healthier. I was cutting out processed foods, buying organic and locally sourced food whenever possible. On a trip to a local farmer's market store I found they were giving samples of Jersey City Veggie Burgers . I tried one and liked it so I picked up a couple of packages. Their veggie burgers are not concentrated soy protein burgers like Boca or Morningstar Farms. These burgers are made with beans, veggies, etc (you can check out the ingredients on their website) and SO YUMMY!
Now, these are not magical burgers that change you from an carnivore to a vegetarian. After having the burger I started thinking incorporating more meatless meals. I thought about doing meatless Mondays at first, and gradually working to more. My staycation week was in another week so I contemplated trying a meatless week that week. I was all abuzz with excitement about this new change.
The next day I had planned to have a grilled chicken cesar salad for dinner. When it came time, I didn't want to eat the meat. I haven't looked back since. Ok, it's only been 32 days, but that is WAY longer than I have ever successfully stopped eating meat. I tried numerous times back in my early 20's and it was too much of a change and too limiting. I know now that not eating meat doesn't mean limiting myself to only salads and tofu forever. My previous attempts were a long long time ago, before there was Pinterest, heck before the internet was a common household item.
So you may ask why am I babbling about all this. Well, I feel like I've been innundating my FaceBook friends with vegetarian food/recipes posts. I don't mean to, but I have really found a passion for finding and cooking vegetarian recipes and sharing what works for me. It's a whole new culinary adventure I'm embarking on. Maybe by sharing meat alternative meals someone else will be inspired to incorporate more meatless meals to their lives, or to go meatless all together. By blogging about it I don't/ have to post all the recipes on FaceBook. Now I'll just post my new blog posts!
By way of a little disclaimer, I'm not at this time vegan. I may post links/recipes that are vegan,but most are not. Many sites that post vegetarian recipes to offer tips to make the recipes vegan.
...and away we go!
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