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Happy Thanksgiving

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Logan here wishing you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving!  This is a wonderful opportunity to stop and realize what is important in your life and refocus on family and food.  Many people get a day or two off so you hopefully have some time to spend with family.  Also, since food is a big focus of Thanksgiving so this is a great time to reexamine your thoughts on what you are putting into your body and think about healthy eating.  How ever you choose to spend your time, I hope it is good.

Thanksgiving Meal

I find it unfortunate that there is so much focus on turkey for Thanksgiving.  With all the other traditional side dishes we never miss the turkey and always feel full.  We have made an effort to create our own family traditions around the meal without the turkey.  We have the typical fare of cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, stuffing (if using store-bought, check the ingredients – not all are vegetarian), and green beans.  One year we tried to cook a tofurkey and it was a unanimous failure – we all hated it.  Our vegan friend swore that tofurkey really was great and that we needed the tofurkey gravy, but I don’t think any of us are willing to try it again.  I have also heard of other families that make a tradition out of trying new recipes for main dish turkey-replacers.  What ever you choose to do, it is a good opportunity to build family traditions.

Holiday Hype

I also find it unfortunate that Thanksgiving now gets overshadowed by the beginning of the Christmas holiday season and the hype of the black Friday shopping.  As a non-Christian it seems like we are overwhelmed by people who think that everyone celebrates Christmas.  I’m not looking forward to another month of cashiers wishing me a merry Christmas and having to decide to either tell them I don’t celebrate or just grit my teeth and respond with a yielding nod.

Staying Positive

Anyway, the real think to focus on for Thanksgiving is exactly what the holiday is named for – giving thanks.  It is a wonderful time to stop and think about what we are really thankful for.  I suggest you take this time to think about what you are thankful for, what you want from life, and how you can get there.  Stay positive, and be thankful.

Vegetarian Mistakes I’ve Made

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Over the years I have had my share of difficulty eating vegetarian. For me, I haven’t had meat cravings or things like that, so it has been challenges with eating well and finding good things to eat. Here I’ll look back at some of the mistakes I have made.  This post will look at the mistakes – I’ll cover how to fix them in a future post.

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Vegetarian Offers

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Here are some vegetarian and gluten free offers I recently found. Let me know if you have any feedback on any of them.  Click on the banners or images to go to each site.

This lady suffered from many health issues which ultimately were caused by sugar and food sensitivities to many grains.  She has put her years of experience into a book with both recipes and methods for transforming your favorite recipes to gluten-free and low-glycemic.

This book contains much about losing and maintaining weight with yoga, but also comes with a complete additional bonus book called Vegetarian Recipes for Health and Happiness.

This comes from a mother-daughter team with the mom’s handed down recipes and the daughter writing them all up in simple to read and use format.  This offer comes with lots of extras including books on weight loss and organic food.

Vegetarian Cooking Made Easy. A Step By Step Guide To A Vegetarian Lifestyle.  This comes with tons of extras including getting started basics, tons of recipes, simple formulas, things to watch out for, plus how to make sure you are getting everything you need.

Do you have any cookbooks or resources you find indispensable?  Be sure to comment and let me know about them.

Eating Vegetarian Without Cooking – Easy Burritos

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These simple burritos can be made in 5 minutes in the microwave.  Using black bean dip makes it easier than cooking up beans and they taste delicious.

Ingredients

Ingredients

Ingredients:

    Corn tortillas
    Black bean dip
    Shredded cheese*
    Guacamole
    Sour cream*

* = substitute vegan cheese and omit the sour cream for vegan version.

I use corn tortillas because we try to minimize wheat.  Substitute flour tortillas if wheat/gluten is ok for you.

Also you can add lettuce or other fresh vegetables if you have them on hand.

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