Carnivore yet again

So to sum up my vegetarian experience.. Well, there were no revalations. I like vegetarian food! I like vegetables, pasta, beans etc. I knew this. I didn't try doing something with soy product or quorn, but I know from before that I don't enjoy it much. Anyway, this is the conclution: I could be a vegetarian. I won't though. Why?

I am one of these people who have a pretty strong intuition about things being wrong, but not strong enough to do something about it. It's embarrasing, being one of these people. Someone who's low on principles. My blog is a way of trying to change this! I want to turn my thoughts into action. Respect my own values. The problem with vegetarianism is that it's difficult in social situations. And by that I mean anything from parties to going out to dinner to eating at home with my boyfriend. It's alwasy more difficult to change things when it might affect people around you. So I think I'll probably go on being a part time vegetarian, but that's it.

My mom gave me the new book by Jonathan Safran Foer, called "Eating animals". I read only the first few pages so far. He starts by describing how he's been an on and off vegetarian all his life, and the feeling I was talking about: knowing it's wrong to do it but not finding the willpower to resist. I love Foer and the subject couldn't be more fitting, so I'll probably write a review within the next few days. Good enough? Let's see where I'll end up...

Witches, Shrek, Timon and Pumba are all welcome for dinner! That's todays good deed.

Everything isn't bright and shiny happy here in good deed land. It's not like I expected everything to go according to plan. Mostly because I am ME and lately very few things do go my way. But. One thing that really bums me out when it doesn't go right is cooking. Yesterday is a good example.

You know how as you get older you learn to like food you used to hate? Last night I made spinach soup thinking that it is a healthy veggie meal, and it was probably one of those things you hate when you are a kid but can like as an adult.

It wasn't one of those things.

Green and slimy food. Still no hit.

Still a vegetarian

Vegetarian pasta today. Made pennes with a walnut sauce I have been meaning to try. It was nice, but I would have enjoyed it more together with some prosciutto. It got boring before I got got full. Added some sun dried tomatoes to spice it up, and it helped. Anyway, here's how to make the sauce:

1. Roast 170 g of walnuts in a dry pan.
2. Use a mixer to make a paste out of the walnuts, a slice of bread, 1 & 1/2 decilitre of milk, 1/2 a crushed clove of garlic and 25 g of parmesan.
3. Add some olive oil, salt and pepper and mix again. Add some water from the pasta if the sauce is too thick. Top with chopped parsley. Done!

I've discovered a big plus in vegetarianism that nobody tells you about. It's very cheap! Super.

Veggie Weekend

Veggie stuff

I admit, I made one mistake. Had lunch out and ordered a sallad that had chicken in it. Yummy as it was I didn't remember my vow to eat only vegetarian food this week, until it was already gone. But it won't happen again! Above is last nights dinner. Potato and onion soup, bruschetta and sallad.

I love this soup. It's the easiest thing to make, really tasty, healthy and cheap. Here's how I make it:

1. Chop yellow onion (1) and leek (4) and fry them in butter in a big pot.
2. Peel potatoes (1 kilo) and throw them in the pot together with water, a bouillon cube, salt and pepper.
3. Boil until the potatoes fall apart, mix with a hand blender and add some cream. Done!

Delicious greens (read cheese)

Right now I feel like the vegetarian thing might not be difficult At All. Or how does greek sallad, egyptian pita with feta cheese & tomato, and fries with roquefort sauce sound? Quick quiz for all who knows the island I'm currently on: Where am I going for dinner tonight?

My cousin Manfred the Mighty is going to get it right, I know that. She's also a vegetarian by the way. But the weirdest vegetarian in the world. She doesn't like vegetables.

Oh, I'm serious!

• Tomorrow: The exception. Weekly lunch at my grandparents house means lemonato or giouvetsi (both meats). Out of my hands.
• Weekend: Will make a big batch of my potato soup. Sallads etc.
• Monday: Pasta with walnuts and parmesan
• Tuesday: Spinach soup with eggs.
• Wednesday: Chili sin Carne with bread and feta cheese.
• Thursday: Fishsoup with bread.

I'll get you recepies.

Fish soup. It's not too shabby.

Part vegetarian - Is it a thing?

I should become a vegetarian. I really hate what the meat industry is like. It is horrible. But this blog is meant to document all the small things I'm doing to change, and things that everyone can do. I am not going to go to Africa and do charity work, or give up on the small income that I do have in order to donate it all. And I don't think I will go all vegetarian anytime soon at least. Because it would mean a major and difficult change in my life! And I really really love meat.

But perhaps I can go half-veg? Is that a thing? Lets say I eat meat only a couple of times a week and allow fish and sea food during the rest. I've been surfing around reading recepies today, and I got inspired as always. Eating more vegetarian food will also mean eating more healthy! Wich I reeaally need to do. You greeks all know how easy it is to get the souvlakia menues out when you're hungry in Athens.

I'm deciding right now (without boyfriend knowing, but he needs a punishment for using a paper filter for the coffee this morning anyway): I will try eating green for a week starting tomorrow.