Winter 2012
January
At the beginning of January we lost Catherine.
She was a dear sister-in-law, special friend, and attentive mother.
We all miss her.
We watched the documentary "Forks Over Knives",
which debates the impact of eating animal products and food as medicine.
The film was incredible and so convincing, that we decided as a family
to do a 30 day complete vegan trial. No meat, no fish, no eggs, no
dairy, no milk, no cheese.
The first week was challenging and also exciting- learning about
ways to substitute dairy and other animal products for plant-
based ones. Seitan, tofu, Tempeh, Quinoa, almond milk, Tamari,
Miso...... oh my! Mom tried out tons of new recipes- some hit
and some miss. By week three we were all pretty sick of beans
and lentils; but we carried on! For an occasional treat, we went
to an awesome Vegan restaurant for their famous seitan satay.
| Check out Theo's
plate before and after! |
At the end of the 30 days, our family meeting concluded:
 | Dad was happy to continue being vegan, and happy
to have lost 5 pounds. But an occasional steak and
seafood must be allowed. | |
| Mom was happy to keep eating vegan as long as
she could add cheese. But mom was fed up with
spending hours trying to cook something 12 year olds
would eat. |
| Madeline and Theo were both hungry. Theo wanted
to go back 100% to before and eat even more meat.
Madeline doesn't really want to eat meat, but yes to
dairy. She says she'll be mostly vegetarian. |
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