Re: yum!

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I love how you write that you are 90% vegetarian - I love how this does away

with black or white thinking. One doesn't need to be 100% one way or the other.

I realize as I read your post that I go through phases where I tend to be more

vegetarian. I am a meat eater, but there are definate times when I eat a

vegetarian meal or more vegetarian. Last night I made a soup that had onions,

carrots, celery and zucchini and apples plus chicken and chicken broth and the

spices are curry and thyme. I would've never thought of those spices but mixed

with the sweetness of the apples - It was really quite tasty and satisfying. I

love trying new recipes.

Alana

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> Hello all!

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> I'm happily working to intuitively eat here...one step at a time.

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> The last few weeks have been great. I've been making muffins for my

> morning breakfasts...make a set of 12 and put 2 in a sandwich bag for

> each day's breakfast. That may sound like a lot, but these are the

> small home-baked muffins, not the coffee shop ones. I'm saving

> money and having a breakfast I enjoy. Many mornings I'll have a

> glass of soymilk first and take some vitamins...I'm taking 5_HTP and

> DHA supplements for the winter blahs.

>

> Tonight I decided to prep my lunch overnight, and I have a seitan pot

> roast (vegetarian) cooking in the crockpot. It'll be ready when I

> wake up, and I'll be able to package it up for the next 4 days'

> lunches. I'm getting to the point that, when I cook well, that I

> look forward to my homemade meals so much more than anything I could

> get out. These vegan pot roast meals will be scrumptious. I

> homemade a broth and added extra shallot pepper seasoning, and have

> carrots, celery, and potato cooking in with the roast. Amazing!

> It's also a recipe I can use often when life is busy and I don't have

> time to grocery shop weekly.

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> Anyway, just talking here. But I'm sharing because I'm developing a

> new relationship with food. I'm not weighing myself in 2011. And,

> I'm eating what I want. I realized that I'm about 90% vegan, and

> that'll do just fine. I don't have to be 100%. There's no

> competition out there. My ethics will get me where my eating wants

> to go when the intuitive eating keeps in play. Slowly but surely,

> that is!

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> This is a great recipe...another meal I've made recently: a garlic

> and greens soup. The video is from a vegetarian author's site, and

> just be aware of that. I'm not trying to advertise the

> vegetarianism, but to share a good easy soup recipe. If you're

> trying to eat healthy, this is a great way to do so!

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> http://www.compassionatecooks.com/

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> Okay all, have a great one!

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