The reluctant vegetarian

A few days ago it happened, out of the blue “BANG” Ev announced she was never again eating meat ! , all because of a post she viewed on Facebook , ahhhh !!!. 
At first I wasn't sure what to make of this, was she really going to do it or would it pass in a day or two, but no, true to form once she makes up her mind there is seldom a turning back and she (we ???) is now a vegetarian.

So after lecturing her profusely about the draw backs of doing this all of a sudden on her health etc ... , I went online and started to do some research myself, and try as I may I could not really come up with one good solid reason for her not to go ahead.

It was just a matter of time really before one or the other of us would follow this path as we have talked about it in the past many times, funny enough I had thought that it would be me first as I have struggled morally with the barbaric practices used in the mass rearing and housing of animals for human consumption and the inhumanity of the slaughter house for a long time, but no, social media in just one post viewing managed to alter Ev’s view of the world and she is the first of us going down this path. And me for now the reluctant vegetarian/carnivore.   

Now this is a major life changing event, after all eating is a principal part of one staying alive, goes hand in hand with breathing, modify one or the other and you can be in trouble. 

So back to the internet in search of vegetarian recipes and here again another challenge as Ev at the best of times is a finicky eater, recipes abound, but recipes that she will eat not so much, she is not as bad as my grandson who will automatically say in response to just about any new food put in front of him “ I don’t like that !!! “ , but she is a close second in that regard, so after much consultation a menu for the week was agreed upon and a grocery list put together and off on a new adventure we headed. 

Here is a sampling of  the bounty we brought home, kind of exiting really !! 

And now once again a new stage in our lives begins, and to be totally honest I don’t mind it at all ( I think ) , I get to experiment with cooking new foods and I will most probably slowly follow Ev into a vegetarian lifestyle . I did gain one concession , she will for a little while eat fish ( if she can ) so tonight we are having baked salmon and a spinach mashed potatoes casserole ( spinach , potatoes, sour cream, cheddar cheese , onion , etc ...) if it turns out I’ll put the recipe up.