When was the last time your meal was vegetarian, i.e., didn’t include any meat? If it has been a while, you may want to make it a point this month to eat a few meatless meals. And not just because it’s National Vegetarian Month.
In fact, there are lots of great reasons to abstain from eating meat at least now and then. Not only has a plant-based diet been found to be health-giving and leading to a longer life, but there’s an additional environmental benefit when we don’t contribute to the huge industrial machine that raises most of the animals Americans eat as food.
The best part is that you don’t have to completely abandon meat to appreciate these positive effects; simply focusing more on vegetables than meat in your daily life can make a difference in how you feel every day.
For some inspiration, try out these delicious meat-free Glorious One-Pot Meals that were first published in Vegetarian Times magazine in October, 2007. My favorite from this collection may be the “Potato & Chickpea Curry with Rice”. Let me know your thoughts!
I recently was able to see Rescue Remedy work its magic on the little dog we got last year. She had been found in the middle of December, covered in ticks, in Joplin Missouri. Weighing in at 9 lbs. and less than a foot tall, she had to be on high alert all the time to survive. Even after she was picked up, she spent months in shelters, was shipped across state lines, lived with a foster family, was adopted and then returned before finally coming to land with us. When she arrived at our house, her coat was thin and scraggly and her skin raw and inflamed. She was aggressive toward other dogs and too nervous to be left alone.
