Sunday, March 27, 2011

Where's the beef?

I'm happy to announce it's been 18 days since Lent began, and my meatless existence has been relatively painless. My protein buddies are tofu, cheese, walnuts, lentils, quinoa, and eggs. I've lost 3-4 pounds and am feeling cleaner and lighter. Finally the flu season is quieting down and folks are out and about again, in the rain, biking and running and feeling good. Yippee!

There was only one transgression: a lovely dinner party with crab and avocado salad and baked chicken with tomatoes. I ate it all, and it was delicious. The meatiness of it neither delighted nor repulsed me. I suppose righteousness of vegetarianism has not yet set in. And I don't want to be that person, who says, "I don't eat that" when offered food by a friend.

We've got tons of veg groups in the Bay Area, and there's often dinner involved in their meetings.

vegnews.com
sfvs.org
bayareaveg.org
living-foods.com/sflife
peninsulamacro.org

National Organizations
chooseveg.com - for beginner cooks and new vegans.
navs-online.org
vrg.org

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