Follow-up to the vegexperiment

Ben's uncle was talking to me over the weekend and said, "You haven't been blogging recently." Which was a shock, considering I had no idea anyone really cared whether I blogged or not. I had decided to discontinue the vegexperiment at the end of February. Though, I've seen myself tending toward it ever since. I considered, albeit slightly facetiously, giving up meat for Lent...which would have meant about a week and a half of being able to eat meat before giving it up again. As it was, I didn't give anything up. Oh, well.

I still order veggie burgers over hamburgers. I still go full days without eating meat, completely unintentionally. I haven't stopped picking the meat out of my frozen meals. It's just not entirely appetizing. :/ And I still prefer the vegetarian version of Hot Head (sometimes I even get free queso because I pass on their free guac for veggie burritos!). While some people may have to wrack their brains trying to think of a meal where they *didn't* eat meat, I have to wrack mine to think of one where I *did*.

I think the vegexperiment accomplished what I set out to discover: meat really isn't that important to me. Do I enjoy an occasionally Whopper at Burger King, barbacoa in my Chipotle, chicken tikka masala, homemade chili mac or Easter turkey/ham? You betcha. But, I am entirely content to eat my spaghetti without meatballs, my ramen sans chicken and my sushi...well, just the way it is!

Until next time should we meet, should we meat? ;)

wedding and honeymoon

So, I totally failed at the wedding. There were chicken salad sandwiches that my aunt brought. Chicken salad! It taunted me. I caved. Then, we stopped and grabbed some Burger King afterward and I got a chicken sandwich. Didn't even finish it, but I still had it.

On the honeymoon, I made a decent endeavor. We were on a cruise, so I had a lot of options...except when I didn't. Every night there was a sit-down dinner. That's the only times I failed. They had vegetarian options, but two of the times I failed, I asked the server about some aspect of the dish and his response was not positive. Once he said that the dish was "not very popular" and another time he said it was a "vegetable jello." Uh, no. I'm not going to avoid meat just to eat something that tastes like crap. But, I'd say I was 85-90% successful.

Since then, I've done ok. I had chicken in my dinner last night, but it was more convenience for my housemates not to keep the chicken separate for their food. It wasn't a huge deal...I managed.

I have a week left of the vegexperiment. I have to decide if I want to extend it or call it quits at the end of the month. Food for thought. (pun intended)