No Meat May

You do not need to be a vagetarian to care about the welfare of animals. This has always been a concern of mine which is why all the meat I buy is Pasture for Life and all the chicken I eat is organic. All salmon is wild not farmed and so on.

I agree that my ideas on animal welfare may not accord with a vegetarians, but that does not make it less valid.

Well I enjoyed my kedgeree tonight. Going to have it more often I think.

Tonight we’re having a substantial minestrone, with a tin of butter beans and a lot of veg as well as pasta. With garlic bread and probably some grated cheese if I can be bothered.

M0nica, You do not need to be a vagetarian to care about the welfare of animals. You're Correct Correct Correct

You also could perhaps care about your health. We're vegans for our health, additionally animal welfare is a grave concern.

Apart from health and animal welfare, I'm not keen on meat.

I have no concerns about my health. As I have always said we are omnivores. Meat forms part of our diet but not a large part,

Mote importantly, I think the health effects of eating meat depends on the type of meat you are eating. Modern cattle rearing methods reuire animals to eat fodder like soya and maize, which would not form part of their diet in the wild and can cause constant low-grade health problems. Many are reared in sheds and do not get a chance to express their natural behaviours. And when it comes to American cattle rearing methods.....

This is why I only buy organic, Pasture for Life or wild meat. Several decades ago the American food writer and academic, Michael Pollen cam up with the mantra ^ Eat well, not to much, most of it plants^. It sums up my attitude to eating to.

He has another mantra ^ If it was made from a plant eat it, if it was made in a plant don't^ ie eat from scratch not factory made foods.

M0nica

I have no concerns about my health. As I have always said we are omnivores. Meat forms part of our diet but not a large part,

Mote importantly, I think the health effects of eating meat depends on the type of meat you are eating. Modern cattle rearing methods reuire animals to eat fodder like soya and maize, which would not form part of their diet in the wild and can cause constant low-grade health problems. Many are reared in sheds and do not get a chance to express their natural behaviours. And when it comes to American cattle rearing methods.....

This is why I only buy organic, Pasture for Life or wild meat. Several decades ago the American food writer and academic, Michael Pollen cam up with the mantra ^ Eat well, not to much, most of it plants^. It sums up my attitude to eating to.

He has another mantra ^ If it was made from a plant eat it, if it was made in a plant don't^ ie eat from scratch not factory made foods.

I was inarticulate.

I should've typed 'Anyone could care about their health'. It seems to me promoting fruit and veg, any month is good for health.

To the question: Fried lentils and Cauliflower is very tasty.

I might do a cauliflower curry for my dinner
Maybe.
Or, more likely, toast.

We're also choosing to use up mushrooms.

Chardonnay Mushrooms were a lovely starter.

We have a veggie meal once a week. (or accidentally more often) .My DH doesn't like the idea, but he likes the food - I often rename recipes so they sound more traditional especially if there are lentils - he enjoys them (if he doesn't know he's going to be eating them..)
I don't do this primarily for health or animal welfare, but because eating vegetables is better for the environment (if you watch the airmiles by eating seasonally, anyway).

Try the Cranks vegetarian cookbook. It has lots of ideas. My favourite is nut roast. It is very easy to make and you can serve it with peas and potatoes, or similar. Really, there are so many tasty, easy to cook meat free recipes, you won't miss meat at all. I really enjoy salads, with cheeses and avocado or humuus especially in the summer. Enjoy!

We had a prawn risotto tonight. Not expensive, I use half a pack of the cheap tiddlers from Asda.

The best vv laugh I’ve had in a while, was standing behind a young woman at the checkout today as she told the cashier about how she only buys oat milk now because . . .
Very virtuous, except she had several 250ml cartons of Longley Farm double cream, because none of the other stuff tastes as good.

😁

I wonder what she was going to do with it all?!

Toast and homemade jam
Three strawberries for lunch, but need something else now!
Quiche and salad (perhaps) for dinner

Wrong thread!

Grandmabatty

Why is eating fish more than once a week unhealthy? I've never heard that

Me neither. We eat lots of fish and sea food.

Eating fish twice a week is generally considered healthy rather than unhealthy and is actually recommended by the American Heart Association for heart health. It provides essential omega-3 fatty acids and protein while avoiding high saturated fats. However, it is important to choose low-mercury fish and avoid frying them to maximize benefits.
Source: Mayo Clinic.

Allira

😁

I wonder what she was going to do with it all?!
The cartons of strawberries and other fruit together with the packs of Flower and White meringue clouds might be a hint.

Meat tonight I’m afraid…

Until he appeared all tarted up in a suit, I had completely forgotten that dh was eating at some do tonight. Just as well I hadn’t started on the dinner.

So I had one of our emergency Fray Bentos tinned pies (minced beef and onion) just with plenty of green beans out of the freezer.

Thoroughly lazy, and I certainly enjoyed both it, and the zero preparation factor. 🙂

Mollygo

Allira

😁

I wonder what she was going to do with it all?!
The cartons of strawberries and other fruit together with the packs of Flower and White meringue clouds might be a hint.

Sounds good.
Oat or soya cream just taste the same!

Until he appeared all tarted up in a suit

😁

No meat tonight - we had one of my ‘signature’ dustbin soups (as my mother used to call them), i.e. loads of whatever veg, pearl barley, grated cheese on top.
One veg and one chicken stock cube, though, so not entirely ‘pure’.

But a roast tomorrow, a FR chook.

StTrinians

Try the Cranks vegetarian cookbook. It has lots of ideas. My favourite is nut roast. It is very easy to make and you can serve it with peas and potatoes, or similar. Really, there are so many tasty, easy to cook meat free recipes, you won't miss meat at all. I really enjoy salads, with cheeses and avocado or humuus especially in the summer. Enjoy!

Meat is actually quite easy to cook and i love different recipes with other ingredients but they form a a widening of my eating world, not a restriction by replacing another food I also enjoy - meat. No matter how many delicious vegetraian meals I have at my command, they will never replace meat