New Year's Resolution Eat Less Meat!

ADAPT OR DIE! 

Accepting that one of the finest solutions to the environmental crises that the planet currently faces
(see previous post Change the World? Change your diet) is for the human species to adapt to 
a vegetarian diet, and I mean all of us, I can see that this is not going to happen, at least not today.

So here is a watered down approach...

Meat lovers don't despair. In life there is room for a little vice, so my advice is eat roast chicken on Sundays, but buy free range. At worst it costs double, so eat half!

What I have found since making my new year's resolution is that cutting down on meat is not as hard as it seems. I've become a fan of Fresh Earth in Emmerentia because they support those of us trying to eat organic and well, but point is, they make a big juicy burger right out of your American dreams, piled high with delicious extras, served with shoestring fries and golden onion rings. It’s vegetarian, but you would never say!

So I have decided it is possible to save the world:

Do it with Diet!

Five things we can do right now:

1. Many people believe they cannot change their diet, that it will be too difficult. If that’s you, start with one day a week. Try holding a “meatless Monday” and only consume plant products, vegetables, grains, and legumes. Also, drink water or non-dairy beverages, such as almond, rice or soy milk. Your taste buds will thank you for the variety and the nutrition.

2. Every time you go to a grocery store, restaurant, or eat a meal at home, choose wisely and your action can bring immediate, positive consequences to healing yourself and our planet. You can make a difference. Change the world one forkful at a time.

3. Make a meal plan: Meal plans are a great way of creating variety in the choice of food and recipes that you use at home. The great meal plans from the Fresh Earth website do all of the work for you by supplying you with shopping lists, recipes and most importantly a balanced diet for the week.

4. Raise healthy kids. Tasty lunch boxes that are free of fatty, nutritionally-poor, convenience foods like chips and chocolates are a great way to ensure healthy kids and to educate your kids about the right food choices.

Creating tasty, happy lunch boxes is so easy. Involve your child in the process and give them options to choose from.

And most of all (speaking to myself, but you might as well think about it too):
TASTE YOUR FOOD, EAT SLOWLY, IN THE OLD DAYS, FOOD WAS NOT EASY TO COME BY AND WE USED TO SAVOUR OUR FOOD. AFTER A LONG DAYS HUNTING, GATHERING AND COOKING, THE FINAL MOUTHFUL WAS A HARD-EARNED REWARD. GET BACK THAT GOOD FEELING BY SPARKING THE FIRE (STOVE)AND INVESTING TIME AND TALENT IN PREPARING YOUR OWN FOOD.

but enough caps for now.
from me, here's to happy healthy eating in 2010 and a world for our children's children.
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