So, I have to admit, I waiver back and forth about eating meat. I’m not the biggest fan of it, infact I really only eat hamburger, turkey, chicken and seafood. But frankly aside from seafood, I could live without eating meat. I will not touch steak and am not the biggest fan of most meat. I have to be honest, when I see a chicken or cow and know that they are going to be eaten, I want to barf, and this is from someone who raised cows! I am not one of those people, however, that will look at someone eating meat and say “You’re eating that?!”, to each their own. And you probably won’t see me sporting a “Meat is Murder” shirt anytime soon either, but it does make me pause. I think part of this is because I don’t think that meat really tastes all that great, especially when you have great alternatives like Morning Star and Boca Burgers that taste just as yummy, if not yummier! I am one of the billions of people that don’t really stop to consider where our food comes from, but once I do, I feel sick. I do have to preface by saying that I do own a hand gun and I don’t care if someone goes hunting, just don’t ask me to eat it!

I recently picked up the book The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone (yep, that’s right Cher from Clueless) and I have to admit, it made me really think. While this book is a vegan diet book, and I am not willing to go vegan (yet), I do admire that she is a vegan and she has some really yummy looking recipes in her book. And let’s face it, look at the picture of her! She looks amazing, so obviously this is doing something good for her! I am going to try a few of her recipes and see how it goes. As for my family, I have a feeling that I will endure a bit (okay, a lot) of teasing, but for me, it’s worth it!