Ok, this doesn't sound like the most exciting, thrilling or adventurous thing to have on our list, but it's important to us and we think it will be a lot of fun too! It'll be challenging - but we're up for it!
Here's the plan:
-spend the entire month of March, all 31 days (yes it happens to be one of the longest months!) eating no meat
-try new vegetarian foods and experiment with vegetarian recipes
Ultimately, this is an endeavor that we've wanted to take on for a while now. Roughly speaking, about 80% of our diet would be considered vegetarian already - we don't eat a lot of meat. There isn't a real reason for this, besides the fact that we just don't really like it! And that's fine. The problem though, lies in the fact that we really don't pay attention to incorporating or subtituting meat with other protein sources. We basically just 'cut it out' - and that's not good! We know there are so many health benefits to eating meat, but these can be replaced with delicious alternatives (which we look forward to experimenting with!). That's where this month-long challenge comes into play - not only are we not going to eat meat, but we're going to challenge ourselves to try vegetarian recipies and new foods that will contribute to a complete balanced diet.
This doesn't mean that we're going full-out vegetarian for the rest of our lives (although who knows - anything can happen!), it's just a committment on our part to ensure that we're getting the proper nutritional benefits for a healthy lifestyle. This is important not only now, but for the rest of our lives.
If anyone has any great suggestions or tips - we'd love to hear them! Send them our way!
Here's to the second venture on our 'drive': learning new things and trying new foods! We'll keep you updated on how it goes!
Also, stay tuned for more this month!!
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