Comments on: Meat Free Monday http://littlegreenblog.com/family-and-food/nutrition/meat-free-monday/ natural health, wellness and caring for the environment Mon, 21 May 2012 18:22:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 hourly 1 By: Mrs Green http://littlegreenblog.com/family-and-food/nutrition/meat-free-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-1297 Mrs Green Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:14:59 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=1929#comment-1297 @<a href="#comment-1295" rel="nofollow">Travis</a>: Hi Travis; great to hear how you are sharing about meat free Mondays. I think when I started as a vegetarian I simply substituted the meat for 'fake' products, but then you get into the fresh veggies and food tastes so good. It's fabulous to see you inspiring people to make lifestyle changes :) @Travis: Hi Travis; great to hear how you are sharing about meat free Mondays. I think when I started as a vegetarian I simply substituted the meat for ‘fake’ products, but then you get into the fresh veggies and food tastes so good. It’s fabulous to see you inspiring people to make lifestyle changes :)

]]> By: Travis http://littlegreenblog.com/family-and-food/nutrition/meat-free-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 Travis Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:52:00 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=1929#comment-1295 I've been working on the "meat-free" Mondays with my non-vegetarian friends for a few weeks now. I find that a lot of people are initially turned off by vegetarianism at first glance, finding it too difficult. After a few weeks of no meat on Mondays though... they gradually see how easy and healthy it can be! Glad to see your blog is still up and running well... good information as always! -Travis I’ve been working on the “meat-free” Mondays with my non-vegetarian friends for a few weeks now. I find that a lot of people are initially turned off by vegetarianism at first glance, finding it too difficult. After a few weeks of no meat on Mondays though… they gradually see how easy and healthy it can be!

Glad to see your blog is still up and running well… good information as always!

-Travis

]]> By: Mrs Green http://littlegreenblog.com/family-and-food/nutrition/meat-free-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Mrs Green Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:35:39 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=1929#comment-1272 @<a href="#comment-1265" rel="nofollow">Rachel</a>: Hi Rachel, ahhhh, I have happy memories of days and nights in Brighton! The restaurants sound great; it's good to see decent vegetarian food on the high street. @Rachel: Hi Rachel, ahhhh, I have happy memories of days and nights in Brighton! The restaurants sound great; it’s good to see decent vegetarian food on the high street.

]]> By: Rachel http://littlegreenblog.com/family-and-food/nutrition/meat-free-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 Rachel Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:15:33 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=1929#comment-1265 I love the concept of meat-free monday as it's so easy for people to achieve. Plus there are so many delicious veggie recipes that there's no excuse really to eat lots of meat. Here in brighton we have 'fine food' vegetarian restaurants which cook the most exquisite food, better than meat I say! I love the concept of meat-free monday as it’s so easy for people to achieve. Plus there are so many delicious veggie recipes that there’s no excuse really to eat lots of meat. Here in brighton we have ‘fine food’ vegetarian restaurants which cook the most exquisite food, better than meat I say!

]]> By: Mrs Green http://littlegreenblog.com/family-and-food/nutrition/meat-free-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-1251 Mrs Green Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:13:08 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=1929#comment-1251 @<a href="#comment-1244" rel="nofollow">Mummy Zen</a>: Hi Mummy Zen; I like it too because it's so simple to add to your everyday life. You can even disguise things if you live with meat eaters! Meatless May sounds a great idea! @<a href="#comment-1246" rel="nofollow">Small Footprints</a>: Hi Samll Footprints, thanks for leaving a comment. What an amazing story yours is! I gave up eating pig products when I was 17 because I'd seen a story about pig farming. After that I thought, well, why not beef? And then it escalated until I gave it all up. Recently though I started to add fish back in; I just felt like my body needed it and I do think it suits me. I feel kinda bad about it, but figure feeling guilty is worse for me than any food I eat .... I really hear you on the difference in energy - My hubby went all raw for months and felt amazing. @Mummy Zen: Hi Mummy Zen; I like it too because it’s so simple to add to your everyday life. You can even disguise things if you live with meat eaters!

Meatless May sounds a great idea!

@Small Footprints: Hi Samll Footprints, thanks for leaving a comment. What an amazing story yours is!
I gave up eating pig products when I was 17 because I’d seen a story about pig farming. After that I thought, well, why not beef? And then it escalated until I gave it all up.
Recently though I started to add fish back in; I just felt like my body needed it and I do think it suits me.
I feel kinda bad about it, but figure feeling guilty is worse for me than any food I eat ….

I really hear you on the difference in energy - My hubby went all raw for months and felt amazing.

]]> By: Small Footprints http://littlegreenblog.com/family-and-food/nutrition/meat-free-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Small Footprints Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:35:52 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=1929#comment-1246 We gave up animal products about seven years ago. My husband wanted to do it for a long time but I wasn't convinced that I could live without meat. Then I saw a program about all of the diseases associated with meat consumption. It was overwhelming ... practically every disease known to man has some kind of a link to eating meat. So, I decided to give up meat for 30 days (I figured I could do anything for 30 days). We went "cold turkey" and tossed out or gave away anything containing animal products (we decided if we were going to do it, we might as well go vegan). Thirty days came and went and we've never gone back. We find a vegan diet so much more interesting and fun ... the flavors and combinations are endless. And we both feel great ... in the old days we felt tired after a meal ... now we are filled with energy. Here's an interesting fact: “If 10,000 people replaced a beef meal with a vegetarian option just once a week for a year, we’d save enough water to fill roughly 605 Olympic-sized swimming pools” … Body + Soul Magazine, 2008 Isn't that something? Thank you for a wonderful post! We gave up animal products about seven years ago. My husband wanted to do it for a long time but I wasn’t convinced that I could live without meat. Then I saw a program about all of the diseases associated with meat consumption. It was overwhelming … practically every disease known to man has some kind of a link to eating meat. So, I decided to give up meat for 30 days (I figured I could do anything for 30 days). We went “cold turkey” and tossed out or gave away anything containing animal products (we decided if we were going to do it, we might as well go vegan). Thirty days came and went and we’ve never gone back.

We find a vegan diet so much more interesting and fun … the flavors and combinations are endless. And we both feel great … in the old days we felt tired after a meal … now we are filled with energy.

Here’s an interesting fact:

“If 10,000 people replaced a beef meal with a vegetarian option just once a week for a year, we’d save enough water to fill roughly 605 Olympic-sized swimming pools” … Body + Soul Magazine, 2008

Isn’t that something?

Thank you for a wonderful post!

]]> By: Mummy Zen http://littlegreenblog.com/family-and-food/nutrition/meat-free-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 Mummy Zen Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:03:19 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=1929#comment-1244 I think 'Meat-free Monday' is a great initiative and a very manageable step for people to take. My father-in-law has been doing 'Meatless May' for years: he doesn't eat any meat during the month of May. I am a vegetarian and was brought up vegetarian by my parents since the age of 3. Whilst it obviously wasn't a personal choice for me back then, I have made the personal choice to continue being vegetarian for animal welfare and health reasons. I think ‘Meat-free Monday’ is a great initiative and a very manageable step for people to take. My father-in-law has been doing ‘Meatless May’ for years: he doesn’t eat any meat during the month of May.
I am a vegetarian and was brought up vegetarian by my parents since the age of 3. Whilst it obviously wasn’t a personal choice for me back then, I have made the personal choice to continue being vegetarian for animal welfare and health reasons.

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