... because today we're digging in to dinner. Ideas to be specific.
Would you mind sharing your favorite meatless meals?
We aren't vegetarians, but more often than not our family dinners don't include meat. Still, when I contributed a comment to Molly's recent dinner challenge, I had a hard time recalling just what it is that I put in front of the family each night. I've begun keeping a list of what we eat (an after-the-fact list) hoping to get more consistent ideas from myself by recalling just what I do from month to month. The last few days it read like this:
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egg salad sandwiches, baked squash, tossed salad
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rotini with vinaigrette, peas and mozzarella cubes, yogurt w/banana, strawberry, wheat germ
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tofu over jasmine rice with peas, julienne sweet potato, cilantro, spinach salad (above)
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oven BBQ chicken, (recipe link soon) cous cous with cashews, brussel sprouts
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orchiette with an acorn squash, parmesan, fresh basil sauce with peas, salad
We eat salmon about once a week and chicken once a week.Breakfast for dinner is always a crowd-pleaser. We're pretty much tired of pasta all around.
Our family's meat consumption has been reduced for a very long time. Primarily because I tend to be kind of squeamish. After having cooked it I'm a little turned off and don't want to eat it. That was before I learned about the changing nature of commercial US cattle farming, and the fundamental difference in the way that cows are raised and fed now vs. thirty years ago. From what I understand, the corn fed cows we eat today don't have the same nutritional value and fat-to-protein ratio as the more mobile, grass fed cow of our childhood meatloaf. And if the health of the cows themselves is any indication of how the product effects the consumer (and why shouldn't it be?) then you can draw your own conclusions.
Okay that's enough of that little rant, but I would be curious to hear from readers in other countries (Argentina? Deutschland? Australia? The UK? I know you ladies are out there ... ) as to whether your commercially available beef is naturally grass fed. I found some at Whole Foods market at a premium. Tonight we're having it in a stir fry over quinoa. It's been a while.
Well now, back to the topic at hand ...
Do you serve meatless meals? And if so, what are your favorites?
