Foodie!

[jmfargo]

Now, I don't know if many of you know, but I've recently gone vegetarian, and along with weight goals, I've been recording the results.

It's been fantastic. I can honestly say that I barely miss meat, and usually I miss it most when I'm watching Food Network, especially Alton Brown. Et tu, Alton?

But then there's what happens when I cook at home. Inspiration strikes, and another meal hits the stove, quick, relatively easy, and very tasty. I haven't been disappointed with any of my vegetarian dishes yet, though I've desperately wanted to so that I could call it a failure and go back to eating things like king crab, or steak. I miss seafood the most, though I used to eat it less than any other meat. That's strange. Since this is a 30-day exercise I'm working on (the vegetarian thing), I'll probably add seafood back in afterwards, but not much other meat.

Tonight's meal came in a burst of inspiration. I made completely from scratch pasta sauce. Peeled some tomatoes, diced onion and garlic, threw them all together. Chiffonaded some basil (cut it into strips), added that, some salt and pepper, a little burgundy, and that's basically it.

I'm doing something you almost never see on Top Chef; actually tasting the food before it's done, and I've got to tell you, I am pleased.

If I keep cooking things like this, I might just stay vegetarian for a very long time.

Comments

[desta.livejournal.com]

Im anemic so I need the iron. Vegetables just wont cut is sometimes, and I love the taste of a medium steak. :)

I've been cutting back the ammount of meat I eat, smaller portions less frequently and that seems to be helping. More chicken, less pork, less beef, more fish. :)

Ive been trying to eat more veggies too, more fruits also. Doing better, but sometimes I have to think about it. But I always have Carrots on hand. Unpeeled raw carrots. They stay fresh for a long time and they're a versatile thing. :)

<3

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

*nods* Carrots are great for their versatility. I learned the other day that aside from the sugar beet (which is only good for making sugar), they have the highest sugar content of any vegetable. That explains why I love munching on them. :)

These days, so many things are fortified with iron that I'm surprised you need the meat. A morning bowl of Kellogg's cereal should do you just fine. ;)

I don't mean that literally. Obviously you know yourself better than I do. I'm just surprised, is all.

[venakali.livejournal.com]

Women need to consume a lot more iron than men, because we lose so much of it each month ^_^;

[desta.livejournal.com]

^ QFT. (Quoted for Truth for those who dont know what it means.)

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

Ah, true. Gross, but true. ;)

[reverendfixxxer.livejournal.com]

--I might just stay vegetarian for a very long time.--

That's the sort of talk I'd expect to hear from a communist vegetarian. You're better than that. And pork misses you.

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

Well, by "stay vegetarian," what I really mean is that I'll probably eat vegetarian at home, but if I go out I'll have whatever I feel like.

Really, I miss seafood much more than any other meat. Crab sounds really good, so does some halibut or swordfish.

Swordfish is the stinkiest fish I've ever cooked, but tastes less fishy than almost anything else. It's amazing that something that smells so bad tastes so good.

[reverendfixxxer.livejournal.com]

Swordfish smells because it's so oily. Oil has a tendency to go rancid very quickly, which is really what you're smelling. If swordfish is treated correctly (which to is to "like shark" - after it's caught, cut off its tail, put it in a tank and let it bleed completely out, then keep the body otherwise uncut until the last possible second), it shouldn't have too fishy of a smell at all.

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

Also? I laughed. :)

[desta.livejournal.com]

Seafood is my little secret sin. Right up there with Beef. ;)