Baby Steps Toward "just" Vegetarian- Advice?
Hey my dear fellow vegwebbers!
I am looking for some advice here. I am hoping I won't get any negativity about taking too long instead of going cold-tofurkey, but I'm just gonna put this out there 'cause I could use the help.
I've mentioned a few times recently that I wanna kick the ovo-lacto off my vegetarian. Uhh... meaning I don't wanna eat dairy and eggs, you know? Now, I don't want to do it overnight for lots of reasons but I'm not saying it's too hard or anything. I went vegetarian overnight and that was great, but this seems to be pushing a little harder than I normally do.
My boyfriend is really sweet and understanding, he's never made being vegetarian difficult for me and it was even his idea that I should do it in the first place. But, I kinda don't want to freak him out. He did seem concerned when I was first doing the veg*n thing that vegan would be too much (he's just not big on change, really), but I don't think he'll say I shouldn't do what makes me happy. I've tested him by requesting no cheese at a couple of restaurants and he just laughed and said "You?? No cheese??" I mentioned I was testing out the idea as a possible permanent thing. He didn't seem to mind. So I dunno, maybe my veg*nness has made it seem not so weird.
Lately I've just been keeping my eye out for cheese and have been working on reducing how much I eat. I'm not buying any at the grocery store or anymore. I haven't had cow's milk in... gosh, a long time now. Milk just makes my stomach ache, and go figure my grandma told me a couple months ago that I had a milk allergy as a baby! Makes me kinda sad that just because something is standard my mom wouldn't have excluded it from my diet permanently. How much easier would that have been?
And I just find myself not all that fond of eggs nowadays.
I think cheese will be the hardest thing. I don't know what sort of advice I'm looking for, I guess just support would be good. I'd especially like to hear from other folks who did things gradually and what obstacles you ran into... and how you managed them with grace and finesse. I just want to make this transition as normal as possible, I guess...
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I don't really care how much it costs. I mean, I'm not going to be spending $6/loaf, but you know. I just wish bread came in like, a half loaf because I will never use an entire loaf. I will maybe try Great Harvest Bread Co tomorrow... that's about as close to "local bakery" as it gets around here, and their website shows breads that do not have egg or milk-- good place to start.
I'd almost rather just buy a crappy loaf of cheap bread since I only want two pieces to make an avocado sandwich. I guess I'll use it for sandwiches for next week when school starts!
We sell this bread at my hfs that is made by "French Meadow." I'm not exactly sure of the ingredients, but I know there aren't chemicals b/c we keep it frozen/refrigerated. Anyway, it comes in smaller loaves than most bread. You should check it out.
i bought a loaf for the first time in foreeeeeeeever about a month ago. i got the ezekial brand that you find in the freezer section & i keep it in the freezer at home. it makes it last a long time which is good cus i eat it so rarely.
I was thinking Ezekial, specifically for the frozen part and the not having it spoil, etc. Thank you, PPC!
We sell this bread at my hfs that is made by "French Meadow." I'm not exactly sure of the ingredients, but I know there aren't chemicals b/c we keep it frozen/refrigerated. Anyway, it comes in smaller loaves than most bread. You should check it out.
I just looked up my local HFS "inventory" (hopefully, but eh, who knows what's on the web compared to in the store) and there are quite a few French Meadow Breads. If they have the Bread-Spelt+Wild Rice/Wf I'm so down! It's only 10 oz and it IS like a half loaf- how awesome!
The 24oz. ones are a little over $8 though! Wow! For bread!
Thank you, Lotus!
You can always freeze bread! We freeze one loaf, and just take it out when we're ready. You can even just take out a few slices at a time to use..or just toast them!
I don't really care how much it costs. I mean, I'm not going to be spending $6/loaf, but you know. I just wish bread came in like, a half loaf because I will never use an entire loaf. I will maybe try Great Harvest Bread Co tomorrow... that's about as close to "local bakery" as it gets around here, and their website shows breads that do not have egg or milk-- good place to start.
I'd almost rather just buy a crappy loaf of cheap bread since I only want two pieces to make an avocado sandwich. I guess I'll use it for sandwiches for next week when school starts!
I'm like you, I like bread, but I always lose it because I can't eat a whole loaf. But I do like avocado sandwiches.
I just looked up my local HFS "inventory" (hopefully, but eh, who knows what's on the web compared to in the store) and there are quite a few French Meadow Breads. If they have the Bread-Spelt+Wild Rice/Wf I'm so down! It's only 10 oz and it IS like a half loaf- how awesome!
The 24oz. ones are a little over $8 though! Wow! For bread!
Thank you, Lotus!
Holy Crap that's expensive!!!! I knew it was kinda pricey b/c i do the pricing at the store, but i didn't remember it being that much! But yeah, like others have mentioned, you can freeze pretty much any kind of bread.
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