Flexitarian

So I have been a meat eater for a little over a year now and what a year its been! Easy meals, large steaks...restaurant flexibility!

But, alas, despite the culinary enjoyment, I am starting to doubt my carnivore life style. I started eating this way to alleviate some of the dizzy spells and anemia I was having. Mostly though, because my son Forest, who was a veracious nurser, was hard to keep up with.
It was also just too hard to cook a well balanced vegetarian meal with two babies in diapers( hence dizzys and anemia.) I think all we ate was pasta before I made the switch.

Anyway, I've noticed I don't feel as healthy as I should, and my usually fast metabolism has gotten soooo slow.... and I've gotten around ten extra pounds of weight to contend with.

My kids have gotten older, no longer nurse and I have more time now, ...so I am going to do a month of veg meals for myself and my family this January* and see if I feel any better.
I found a fabulous blog that has some great tasting and easy recipes.

I would love to try any vegetarian** recipes any of you want to share, and to post my results ( and my families reactions!) So drop me a line or feel free to leave recipes in the comments!

Thusly inspired,tonight I will be making this spicy thai coconut curry soup***:



* I have always been a lacto-ovo veg so that eggs and cheese are allowable ingredients
** it has to be after the holidays cause I plan to enjoy the pork roast me Mums making!
*** Will there ever be a Zen Palate in Maine?