Meat Freeaster

Due to recent economic times and other important factors I've decided to try and eat more healthy.  What does this actually mean?  Well, for starters, it means less frozen pizza, and more actual nutrients. It doesn't mean I'm giving up cheeseburgers, or even cheese fries, but I have started buying things at the grocery store, instead of just from Philly's Best, Chicago's or Wal-greens.  Basically, I'm sick of sucking down chemicals and clogging my arteries. 

And this isn't too hard with support from my resident raw eater and roommate, Chris!  Friday we spent the day preparing a raw dinner with some great ingredients from Whole Foods.  We made a raw lasagna made of zucchini, squash, tomatoes and several types of pesto and pine-nut almost-ricotta.  It was delicious.  The raw chocolate pudding made of fresh coconut meat was not-so-delicious as only a Vita-mix  can blend as smoothly as probably needed.  Some things just shouldn't be raw. At any rate, the veggies were fresh, delicious and packed with nutrients.  Yum. The recipes for both dishes can be found in the book Raw Food, Real World.

Tonight, in honor of Jesus and his rising from the dead yesterday, Chris is preparing Kenmore's first Tofurkey ham-like-roast with veggies and other delicious items. Will it be as delicious as the lasagna? Or will it be eco-friendly fire?  Is soy REALLY an appropriate replacement for meat? 

In unrelated news, it's also worth mentioning that Comcast woke me up at 7:19am with four phone calls spaced 15 minutes apart to remind me of my 9am appointment with the internet installation man.  All that is in the past and I am surfing the web from all over the apartment--and no longer in the corners of Maggie and Alison's rooms.  So expect (or hope for) more frequent posts! Huzzah!