Intentional Meat Eater

Coy...A Peruvian delicacy...AKA Guinea Pig

I may become a meat eater sooner than I thought...Our budget cannot handle buying special foods for only me and I'm getting rather bored with dry beans as a main dish...
So what if my kid ate a guinea pig?....at this point I'm ready to BBQ a hamster.

Black Bean and Quinoa Chili

I didn't take a picture of my chili. This one was closest I could find

My family and I went to the annual Memorial Day cookout and softball game with our church.  It is always fun.  Lots of food to share and you bring your own meat to grill.  This year my hamburger was a commercially bought veggie patty with all the normal trimmings and I added grilled zucchini.  I also created a delicious vegetarian chili.

I used left over black beans and Quinoa as the protein and added those to sautéed onion and garlic.  Added stewed tomatoes and a homemade chili mix adapted from Allrecipes.com
Mixed and simmered and it was as good as any meat chili I have made.

Pasta Fangioli

One Meatless Dish My Husband Loves....

A New Adventure

I don't think this new journey will be all together difficult for me.  So far I eat what I cook for my family minus the meat.  I have been adding an extra vegetable to the menu and thus far added cooked legumes to cover my protein needs.  Nothing special, just things my family enjoy too.  Although I am not strict, not yet, I am okay with anchovies in my Worcestershire sauce and so on.  I know I need to visit meat substitutes and tofu. I need to do this without taking away from the quality of meats I buy for my guys or add grossly to out food budget.