Two years later, I have found this blog again. Oh, yeah, it is mine! Well what do you know! I guess I would definitely call the last post a false start. The sentiment is good and true - just lost at the gate. I still like my blog title - only now there are multiple meanings to it and that is what will be shared over time. And by "over time", I mean more regularly than every other year. How about within every other week? That sounds good. Or perhaps as the cooking goes into full swing, every other day! Wouldn't that be a hoot!
Cooking you ask? I don't see any photos of such deliciousness. There's just a bright image of a young boy holding out a flower. Nice! Yes, that is Jose and that is Mother's Day last year, 2009. Photo taken at Hershey Gardens in Pennsylvania. You will see a lot of this fellow and flowers and gardens and oddities and ironies that play out in our life. Mostly, I will be reflecting on the transition that is being made in our home. Note, this is not a New Year's resolution, but a full-out revamping, simplification, culinary transition into . . . a vegetarian lifestyle. Do you call it a lifestyle, really? Not sure. I only know that as part of changing up what our family eats, vegetarian cooking and healthy, flavorful meals are on the agenda.
A slow transition it will be, but a sure one. Ours is a family that just this past Christmas had turkey, roast beef, pork, venison, salmon, and shrimp all within a four day time span. I mean, we love meat! And that has shown up on our waistlines and in our veins. My husband and I are in agreement on this transition - and so it will begin! With the help of some fine cookbooks (I will mention later), fresh vegetables, amazing spices, sources of rice, quinoa and other grains and a new pressure cooker, let the animals roam!
Seriously, we will make this happen over time and I will share recipes and reflect on how it is going. I am not going vegan and the meatless transition may be a little different for our five year old son, however we are shooting for the goal of fish or a lean meat only once or twice a week. I am worried that the fauna of our digestive systems will change too soon and the meat will not go over so well. Ah well, we'll take it as it comes.
A side note. Locavorism was high in our minds, and as omnivores - we were in local heaven (except for some seafood). Fresh vegetables, milk, chicken, beef . . . and the pork - oh my. But as we looked into recipes for vegetarian meals - the local supply in south central Pennsylvania for rice, grains and spices was lacking. So, we will reap all that we can from our vegetable garden this year, and become more proficient in canning, and let the rest of the long distance suppliers be part of the cost in cleaning up our internal bodies. Now, if only I can convince Giant Foodmarkets or even Wegmans (for goodness sake) to start carrying Gardein meatless products then we will be flying high. Another goal - consumer advocate - I'll see how that goes.
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