Don't get me wrong, I love my husband and we have a good relationship. I mean, he made me a medal hanger for Christmas. I'll post a picture when I get one (I asked him to email one to me, but he's WORKING or something. Sheesh). This is just something that he doesn't get. His family is VERY meat and potatoes - it's just how he was raised. He acts like a five year old if I put a few veggies on his plate at dinner. I don't know why he personally takes offense when I say I don't want to eat meat - I cook dinner most nights of the week anyway. It's not like I'm making him go out of his way to make me tofu casserole or something.

Mmm... quinoa. I made unstuffed peppers for lunches this week. Diced green peppers and onions, garlic, quinoa, spices, and tomato sauce. Yum.

Mmm... quinoa. I made unstuffed peppers for lunches this week. Diced green peppers and onions, garlic, quinoa, spices, and tomato sauce. Yum.

Quinoa annoys the hell outta me, it's too light and tiny.  I have a box of it in my cupboard somewhere.  I suppose it would be okay as an additive to soups or stews or something like that, but as a stand alone side it's too much getting the stupid little things on a fork.

jjs, that sounds like the makings of some damn good groceries!  As an aside (and somewhat of an irony) I dreamt I ate a bbq pork chop last night.  Damn it was good!

Flo, I am hoping to join the ranks of the before work  MLR double digit mile runners this coming season.  The longest I have run before work was 7 miles and quite frankly, it was a blast!

Thanks for the advice MBC, runners would never survive on rabbit food alone though.    As strange as it may sound, I personally rarely eat salads.  My protein intake is around 25 to 45 grams per day , and I have lost nothing in the way of strength or stamina at those levels.

Wassup Code!  It's colder than a mofo here today, brr!

Thanks, D! Yum.

Here's a picture of the medal hanger that he took when he was almost done making it. A wooden bar goes into the loopy things to hold additional medals. There are over 40 hooks, plus the bar... and I only have 6 medals, so I need to get to work so I can fill this bad boy. I can't wait for it to get on the wall. There's also a shelf on the top.

That's a myth.  We don't need additional protein. There are enough in plants, rice, and quinoa to get as much protein as if you eat meat. I don't even eat salads (I know LRB does not either). :-)

 

"additional?"  I don't think I said additional - just to be careful.  It requires a little effort.  But I don't want to get into an argument.  Like I said you're probably fine - lots of people are not.

USADA tips for vegetarians

I agree.  But those same people are the ones that later say I was a vegetarian and it didn't work out.  I know vegan needs a little more care because of the nutrients you miss but vegetarian takes less effort if you eat well.  Some people will just switch to the unhealthy vegetarian option instead of the healthy one.

And sorry, I was not arguing.  It's just that most people ask that as the first question when is not really much of an issue.

 

"additional?"  I don't think I said additional - just to be careful.  It requires a little effort.  But I don't want to get into an argument.  Like I said you're probably fine - lots of people are not.

 

USADA tips for vegetarians

Back at you!

 

I hear ya

Good morning, dailies!  I've been hesitant to venture into this thread just because I'm not sure I'll have time for two dailies threads and I love the Penguins, but I think it's time to check in here as well.

Today I am going for my first run with my new Garmin 610!  I am a little nervous because I had to stop early on Sunday due to a weird side stitch/pain thing and haven't run since, so I'm hoping the two RDs were enough to take care of whatever it was.  I first felt it at the end of my LR on Friday, hopefully not a big deal though.

April- DH and I were already vegetarians when we met, and our 14-year-old has been a vegetarian for her whole life.  So no real advice to your situation, but good luck to you!  We also try to be non-preachy vegetarians.  People can cook and eat whatever meat they want to around us and we're not going to say a thing.  For potlucks, I try to bring something relatively filling that I know I can eat so that I don't have to go around quizzing people on their ingredients list.  And when I run in the evening pre-dinner, I do have to say that the smell of people cooking their meaty dinners makes me hungry!

Quinoa I think is good when mixed with other things rather than as a side on its own.  My favorite so far is a quinoa-corn salad.  I've also subbed it in for some of the arborio rice in a risotto.

I don't mean to blow your mind or anything like that, but how about using a spoon for it? ;-)

Quinoa annoys the hell outta me, it's too light and tiny.  I have a box of it in my cupboard somewhere.  I suppose it would be okay as an additive to soups or stews or something like that, but as a stand alone side it's too much getting the stupid little things on a fork.