Margret Atwood's 'Edible Woman' Exert.

"She looked down at her own half-eaten steak and suddenly saw it as a hunk of muscle. Blood red. Part of a real cow that once moved and ate and was killed, knocked on the head as it stood in queue like someone waiting for a streetcar. Of course everyone knew that. But most of the time you never thought about it. In the supermarket they had it all pre-packaged in cellophane, with name-labels and price-labels stuck on it, and it was just like buying a jar of peanut-better or a can of beans, and even when you went into a butcher it was made clean, official. But now it was suddenly flesh and blood, rare, and she had been devouring it. Gorging herself on it.

She set down her knife and fork. She felt that she had turned rather pale, and hoped that Petter wouldn't notice. "This is ridiculous," she lectured herself. "Everyone eats cows, it's natural; you have eat to stay alive, meat is good for you, it has lots of proteins and minerals." She picked up her fork, speared a piece, lifted it, and set it down again."

Black Bean and Corn Wraps

Sorry about the bad picture here! My camera really stinks.. Anyway..

This really is delishious, you might have to take my word for it. This is so easy and tasty! I whipped this up for my work lunch and then ate the left overs for dinner later on that day.

1/2 can rinsed canned black beans
1 cup of corn
taco seasoning

To make this simply pour the rinsed black beans and cooked corn into your frying pan. Add some taco seasoning and a few tbsps of water and let simmer for about 10 minutes until warm. Wrap it up in a tortilla, dress with salsa or guacamole (or whatever you like) and
Viola! Fini!
Bon Appetite!

The Baby Chicks have arrived!

I know it's sad that these chickens are making their way towards being eaten.. but I love them, and I feel like they help me to have more of a connection to the earth. My dad and I take good care of them, and they live a good and free life. Five are "laying" hens, 10+ are for "meat". I hate defining them this way, but this is the fact of the matter.
Anyway here the cuties are..

Catching Up.

Tomato Avocado and Walnut salad with pomegranate juice!









Tofu cutlets served with plum sauce, broccoli, and rice with chives.

Tofu cutlets or ("Breast of Tofu") recipe can found here: http://www.everydaydish.tv/Recipe%20Pages/Breast_of_Tofu_Recipe.html
Tzatziki (Cucumber, Garlic, and Yogurt Dip) ((YUM!!))
http://www.greekhomerecipes.com/tzatziki.html
I like to serve this with pita.

I've also gone a bit smoothie crazy since the nice weather has started. There are so many recipes and variations and they're all just so darn tast-y ! Not to mention good for you! Drinking a smoothie is an easy and fun way to get fruit servings in, and to avoid refined sugar cravings.


This one is raspberry,
plain yogurt,
soy milk,
frozen banana and
2 table spoons honey to even out that yogurt flavor and the acidity of the raspberries.

I'll be posting more smoothies as the summer goes on. :)

My Garden - Photo Chronicaling

A reminder of why I'm Vegetarian...

Ugh. How terrible is this? Chopping up animals and eating them. Yuckers.. :(

Barbeques can be animal-friendly and yummy too!!

First barbeque of the spring/summer today and Mmmm mmmm! Was it ever delicious!

Grilled tofu

Marinade for at least 1 hour - 8 hours.

Lemon juice
salt, pepper
Oregano
Garlic

And keep the left over marinade!

Cut tofu into triangle cuts, marinade and grill! About 2 minutes per side. As it grills baste the sides, this will make it super tangy and delicious! I grilled some tomato to put over the finished product mixed with fresh for garnish but you could put just fresh tomato too. You could also mix the fresh tomato with cucumber too as a type of salsa. A mango salsa would be yummy too.. with salsas the options are unlimited!

To grill the potato and corn I just wrapped them with foil and let the grill do the work.. however I did over cook the corn a tad bit! *blush*. To be fair it was my first time trying to grill corn! :)

Beautiful day, satisfying dinner!
Animal friendly, nutritious and tasty!