Comments on: The Vegetarian Question.

By: Ella

Ella — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:36:31 +0000

This is a great article, and it motivates me to see that there is other people who are also became vegetarians and still go through it. I have been a vegetarian for the past ten months, and for about 3 of those I was vegan, but before that i was a vegetarian for about seven months but then stopped. . I honestly love being a vegetarian, I love the food and the feeling of harmony between my mind, body and soul. I have never liked fish, like ever so its easy to ignore that, unfortunately my family believes that every meal has to include meat :( This breaks my heart, but I am able to get past it and continue on my path.

By: Cynthia Fernandez

Cynthia Fernandez — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:18:21 +0000

Hello from Madrid (Spain),

I have been reading your posts and I must say you are very inspiring!

Conerning vegeterianism, I have always wanted to give it a try but I know myself and if I don’t do it properly from the beginning I might get “bored” or “unsatisfied” with the idea and leave it.

Vegetarianism doesn’t consist in taking out the meat and eat only the vegetables on the side. As you clearly explained you need to know a bit of nutrition in order to get all the proteins coming from the meat. I would love to read something for beginners in order to establish from the first moment complete menus. Could you help me and recommend some reading about that?

Thank you very much in advance and congratulations for the blog!!

By: Diane @ Life of Di.

Diane @ Life of Di. — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:26:59 +0000

Our stories are somewhat similar. I started cutting back on my meat consumption around my wedding last October. It went from 4x/week to 1x/week and now I rarely ever eat it. I guess I can’t technically call myself a ‘vegetarian’ because it’s not that I’ll never eat meat again (and I do still consume eggs and fish on occasion) but I’d say my diet is vegetarian for the most part. Anyways, I started cutting meat out for $ reasons and, like you, didn’t seem to miss it. Funny how it all works out. Now it’s nice because Marty and I spend the $ we would’ve spent on meat on produce instead. Much more worth it!

By: Emily Malone

Emily Malone — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:50:33 +0000

So glad you found the blog! Welcome! :)

By: Sherry (BTLover2)

Sherry (BTLover2) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:07:09 +0000

What a great website! I’m so looking forward to reading more of it and trying some of your recipes. I went vegetarian nearly a month ago and I love it. I feel fabulous! As a kid I wouldn’t dream of eating “green” veggies (pass the corn or potatoes, please), but now I can’t get enough broccoli, kale, beans, etc. A whole new world has opened up for me and I would recommend it (though not push it) to anyone. I’m now following you on Twitter too! Off to read more posts… so fun!

By: Emily Malone

Emily Malone — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:14:15 +0000

I actually read The China Study this summer, which prompted me to cut dairy out of my diet. A great read!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:12:47 +0000

Hi!

I love your site, I just found it a few days ago while I was looking for vegan/vegetarian recipes.

I think you would be interested in reading The China Study by T. Colin Campbell. It describes some very in depth research about the nutritional benefits of eating a plant based diet.

There are sooooo many reasons to eat like this. Nutritional, ecological, ethical, and it’s cheaper! I’m a undergrad student right now (minoring in Nutrition) and I’m hoping to go to grad school for Nutrition or Public Health. Oh, and my first half marathon was the Flying Pig!

Will definitely keep following,

Kathleen

By: Tony le

Tony le — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:49:15 +0000

Oh and I forgot, I’m really looking forward to saving money on the grocery bills too. A definite bonus as a student.

By: Tony le

Tony le — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:48:31 +0000

Very weird… Thank you for posting why you became a vegetarian. I’m a 24 year old college student in Vancouver, and I’ve just recently (like a week ago) became a vegetarian. I’m finding that I’m discovering some of those same things you’ve mentioned. Cooking with meat has become kind of boring, meat is always the star, and little effort goes into the flavours of other ingredients, and being creative. I was thinking the same thing as you a few days ago, “outside of the box”! It’s more of a challenge to make something good to eat, and healthy, but definitely rewarding.

Also, giving up seafood really sucks too, cuz I love oyster motoyaki and takoyaki. Oh well! I too didn’t want to be a hypocrite. I still believe people can eat meat, but most importantly is to respect and really appreciate it. And that means knowing where the meat comes from, and how it was raised. The documentary “Food Inc.” was a big eye opener. Although it didn’t convince me to become vegetarian, I’ve always felt I was being hypocritical. Still on my journey of learning, and hoping to learn some delicious recipes from you. Thanks for blogging! Have a wonderful life.

By: Emily Malone

Emily Malone — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:29:30 +0000

Glad you are feeling great!