What's Next

I've asked seminar members to write down their thoughts about the seminar. Here's what Kathy Hazen says:

1) what if anything I learned about vegetarian cooking

It can be a lot more work than ordinary cooking, cutting up umpteen vegetables for instance, and take more time to cook some whole grains. But it’s worth the effort. Most vegetarian dishes taste great.


2) why I think it's important to eat a vegetarian meal now and then (assuming I do think so).
I think it’s important to eat most meals as vegetarian, making sure you get enough protein. By vegetarian, I mean cutting out red meat, keeping in fish, eggs, dairy products.


3) what I expect and hope to do in the future with respect to eating less meat.

Just that. Eat less meat. Make other things the central point of a meal.


4) what I would be willing to give up eating, and why.


I’m not willing to give up anything completely, not even beef. Except the fast food joints, MacDonalds, places like that—and I gave them up years ago. I believe it is healthy to eat a wide variety of foods, and not overdo anything.


5)anything else you would like to say on the subject of a "once-a-week vegetarian" eating habit.
 
This seminar has been a lot of fun, more people should try it—they would like it. Also, we should do a lot more experimenting with a broad range of spices and other exotic foods that place little emphasis on meat as an ingredient. For example Japanese, Thai, and Indian cuisines, and also the Mediterranean diet.