An Almost-Vegetarian Day

Well, today was pretty cool. :) Well, okay, not quite cool since my honey was sick in the bed for the second day with some hard hitting case of the flu. His second clash with it in a month. I feel bad for him. Hoping tomorrow he will feel a bit better.

But - it was a cool day in another way. This was an almost vegetarian day.

Me and my honey live with my ex and our daughter. I know that it will sound odd to most people out there. After all, we live in a world where, if you want to divorce someone, it must mean that you can't stand that person. How on earth could you continue to share a home with them, let alone have a NEW relationship with someone else right in front of them? But my ex and I have always been friends first - and we care deeply about each other in that way. We want each other to be happy. He really likes my fiance. They get along great. And my daughter gets to live in a harmonious situation with laughter and love and both of her parents present and getting along great. So don't even think about judging it. ;)

Since my honey was in bed sick this morning, and the rest of us all needed to run to the store for various reasons, we headed out this morning together. We decided to get a bite to eat at Golden Corral first so we didn't overspend at the store by going there hungry. It was still breakfast when we arrived - about an hour away from lunch.

I looked around at all the breakfast offerings and then I opted for an omelet with spinach, tomato, mushroom and cheese. It was DELICIOUS! I had some hash browns with it and some very very under-ripe cantaloupe - so disappointing.

I was still hungry so I went back up and at that point, the fried chicken caught my eye and I couldn't help myself. Not healthy, I know, but it was just one piece, along with a small portion of mashed potatoes and some corn. No dessert. That was tough though. That chocolate cream pie was screaming at me.

We went to the store after and I got some Morningstar Farms Buffalo Wings, which I haven't tried yet. I also got some Morningstar Farms Crumbles, spaghetti sauce, spaghetti, cheesy garlic bread, and a few other things we needed. Like dog food. My puppies were about to be hungry puppies. (Not really puppies but they are little dogs and just over a year old, so...you know. :) )

I made the spaghetti tonight. The ex and my honey both knew it wasn't real meat. My ex is a really picky eater, but he dealt with it. My honey has eaten a lot of vegetarian food since his sons are vegetarian and vegan respectively. He thought it was delicious. So did I. My daughter seemed to like it too, and she was the only one that may or may not have realized that it was vegetarian. I didn't hide the fact but I didn't broadcast it either.

The interesting thing to me tonight is that, except for one chicken breast, I had no meat today. I'm not sitting here ready to gnaw off my hand with hunger. Nor am I overly full and feeling ashamed. I just kind of feel good. I had two delicious meat free meals today and I really didn't need the chicken I had. I don't know that I will ever fully embrace vegetarianism. I really don't have an issue with eating meat. (although the INDUSTRY blows). Ideally, I would love to limit my meat consumption enough to save money and be healthier and when I do buy meat, buy it from organic sources. Where it had the chance to roam and play in the sun and eat grass and all of the other things that those critters are supposed to do. We all die. It doesn't bother me that the circle of life is such that everything feeds everything else. But I want the food I eat to be healthy and happy and grass fed and free.

It's probably my imagination, but I swear that I feel somehow lighter in spirit today. I am definitely intrigued. :)

Blessings!