meat is morrissey
so you probably know that i've been a vegetarian since i was 18. in the past few months though, i've come to the conclusion that it's better for both me and the environment if i were to give up all the processed soy crapola i've been eating instead of meat and, once or twice a month, have a serving of really good, organic, ethically-raised-whatever actual meat.
it's taken me several months from the realization to actually put it into practice, though. as much as i logically recognized that this would be a better way of eating, i have almost eight years of anti-meat thinking in my past that i had a total mental block about actually putting it in my mouth. not to mention that i've never cooked meat in my life.
so i took formerly-vegan-rob's advice and joined the park slope food co-op , which i'm now obsessed with. it took me several times of actually going before i could work up the courage to buy real meat. but the last time i went a jar of a very specific barbeque sauce was calling to me. so i bought it, and a package of "ethically raised" free-range no-antibiotic chicken legs. and tonite for dinner i made bbq chicken with sauteed lacinto kale and rob's other recommendation: live-cultured sauerkraut , for digestion.
when i first took the chicken out of the oven i was scared of it
but it smelled really amazing
so i tried it
and oh my god, it was delicious.
count me a convert.
i'm still going to be mainly vegetarian though. don't expect me to eat meat on set or in restaurants. with all the beautiful produce i've been getting at the co-op, i've been eating tons more fruit and vegetables. mostly fruit and vegetables, actually. in the past couple of weeks i've probably been eating better than ever before in my life.
so, once or twice a month it is.
it's taken me several months from the realization to actually put it into practice, though. as much as i logically recognized that this would be a better way of eating, i have almost eight years of anti-meat thinking in my past that i had a total mental block about actually putting it in my mouth. not to mention that i've never cooked meat in my life.
so i took formerly-vegan-rob's advice and joined the park slope food co-op , which i'm now obsessed with. it took me several times of actually going before i could work up the courage to buy real meat. but the last time i went a jar of a very specific barbeque sauce was calling to me. so i bought it, and a package of "ethically raised" free-range no-antibiotic chicken legs. and tonite for dinner i made bbq chicken with sauteed lacinto kale and rob's other recommendation: live-cultured sauerkraut , for digestion.
when i first took the chicken out of the oven i was scared of it
but it smelled really amazing
so i tried it
and oh my god, it was delicious.
count me a convert.
i'm still going to be mainly vegetarian though. don't expect me to eat meat on set or in restaurants. with all the beautiful produce i've been getting at the co-op, i've been eating tons more fruit and vegetables. mostly fruit and vegetables, actually. in the past couple of weeks i've probably been eating better than ever before in my life.
so, once or twice a month it is.