posted by Deb on Friday, December 11, 2009
My very first post on my new blog! I am a newbie vegetarian (first day meat free 10/6/09)! It’s amazing what a bit of reading and watching some movies will do. More on that below. Due to this new way of life I am in the midst of learning how to cook – everything vegetarian and even venturing into veganism. I won’t call myself a vegan because I know there will be times that I have dairy products but my goal is to keep them few and far between. The purpose of this blog is to document my successes and failures with various dishes.
Oh and absolutely nothing processed .. that includes bread (make it from scratch), tomato sauce, peanut butter, tortillas, broth (I’ve seen HFCS in veggie broth!). My one weakness is ketchup – I will try to make it from scratch but haven’t gotten to it yet so I buy organic and make sure there isn’t any HFCS (high fructose corn syrup).
Right now I am trying to adhere to the McDougall Program. It is a vegan-ish, low fat plan. No animal products are allowed except honey. The low-fat part is HARD. I’m only on day 4 so we’ll see how it goes. It’s an experiment with one caveat .. I refuse to give up my wine. No way. No how. Ever.
Here are the books and movies that lead me to this lifestyle …
Books:
1. In Defence of Food : The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating
2. The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World
3. Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World’s Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples
4. The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health
5. Clean: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body’s Natural Ability to Heal Itself
These are just a few that I have enjoyed.
Movies:
1. Food, Inc
2. King Corn
3. Meet Your Meat (this video is what got my 11 year old daughter to go veggie as well!)
That’s it for now. Will post my first recipe later today.
December 16th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Food Inc, In Defence of Food and the Food Revolution are also on my TOP 10 LIST of recommendations that I feel EVERYONE needs to read/watch. The Food Revolution truly changed my life and outlook on food and health. Skinny Bitch is another recommened read for me, regardless of its bad press. It’s a no BS look at what we fill our bodies with and why its crap. Plus, I love a good, down to earth perspective and a few naughty words makes it fun to read and not overly heavy.
Meet your Meat made me cry, as did some of Food Inc. I cannot deal with the sound of pigs screaming. It breaks my heart and hurts my soul.
Really interested in King Corn now and will mission out to rent that this weekend.
Have you watched the Future of Food? Another kick in the face reality check.
Great blog – Can’t wait to try out some of your recipes
December 17th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Hi Erin!
Yeah I couldn’t finish Meet Your Meat either but I made it pretty far through. It’s funny you mention Skinny bitch .. I bought the book years ago when it first came out but I wasn’t in that place then (I was an animal abuser ie meat eater then
I haven’t seen or heard of Future of Food but I’ll netflix it. King Corn is available on netflix too if you have that.
Food Revolution had me pounding my fists at certain points and crying at others (pig farmer). That book sealed the deal with no meat for me!
Thanks so much for the comments. I’m trying really hard with the recipes .. some successes and a lot of failures/retries lol
If you have any other book/movie recommendations .. bring em on
Deb