No Meat Week: Help Stop Global Warming!

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  Ken Pelletier started this discussion on Sep 3, 2008

  I’m sticking with my pledge so far, are you?

  Prove it, and give us all some inspiration at the same time by letting us know what you’re eating… and what you’re not eating.

  I’ve had some pretty nice meals already this week:

  • english spring pea pesto with goat cheese on crostini
  • scrambled eggs with truffle oil, chervil
  • spinach and mushroom pizza
  • heirloom tomato salad

  
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  Julia Trist replied on Sep 5, 2008

  Thanks for this post, Ken!

  Making a point to cut meat out of our diets can definitely lead to some creative nutrition. For last weekend’s labor day bar-b-q I made up some tasty vegetable skewers and grilled tempeh.

  No Meat Week will be coming to a close at the end of this weekend. Let’s hear what kind of dietary changes you all have been making – and more importantly what kind of reactions you’re getting from others when you tell them about the campaign.

  Any ideas for next steps in the movement to slow global warming by creating a more sustainable livestock industry? How can we make this kind of information even more accessible to the average person?

  Thanks everyone for participating! Hope to hear some insights from you all soon.

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  Erin Gilday replied on Sep 7, 2008

  yummy….one of my favorite no meat meals is called “spanky’s bowl” – you take mashed potatoes and then put corn and cheese on top. Not sure how nutritional it is…I consider it more of a treat than an everyday type of thing.

  and folks, I know no meat week is almost over (today’s the last day!!) but I do want to hear more recipies from you all…cooking is fun but sometimes I’m too brain-dead to figure it out so I end up eating salad and ceral…lol.

  thanks!

  erin

  
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  Vadim Gershteyn replied on Sep 9, 2008

  I had the last cook-out of the summer with my parents and we grilled some portabello mushrooms which were amazing served with potatoes, rice, and fried eggplant.

  You just need a few basic ingredients to work with in my opinion. Potatoes, beans, rice + all sorts of veggies cooked in oil is a staple of my diet.

  Aside from that I think reading vegan blogs and cookbooks are really helpful for inspiring you to cook more complicated and varied things. This is one blog I found that I liked a lot: http://veganmenu.blogspot.com/

  But there are a lot of good ones out there.

  Vadim