Meatless Monday, went pretty well last week and we are going to branch out a bit more this week. I started off by serving some creamy potatoe soup. This week, I am going to use some Garden Burgers, crumble them and make my own veggie hamburger helper type dish with organic Mac-n-Cheese.
So far, we have the adults on board for adding more of a vegitarian menu to our diets. Normally, I would serve meat, one side and then a serving of salad or veggies. Now I am going to start making the main part of our dinners to be centered on veggies and grains, while still keeping some meat on the menu. Being a former vegitarian, myself I know what it can do to the body to make the switch to quickly. Chicken, Fish and Pork will still be served for a while, though red meat as been erradicted from the apartment. The kids aren’t that thrilled at this point, so another part of my goal is to get them more excited about veggies and eating more actual fruit instead of craving fruit flavored processed foods. We have one that loves veggies, one that only loves veggies when covered with cheese and one that loves veggies covered in Ranch while favoring fruit flavored snacks and deserts without the fruit.