I love meat, have always been a meat eater. My mother doesn't like meat, she barely eats any at all. No criticisms on either front, but your post reminded me of years upon years that my mother kept telling me that I would lose weight if I stopped eating meat. Lol, that will never happen but I have much respect for vegetarians. (I will never understand vegans though lol)

Ahhhh a fellow Firefly lover, hello my new Bestie! Thanks for the nice comment on my blog, it always nice to know that somebody actually makes it through my rambling!

As you say, I do love me the Indian food. And your couscous advice is sooo timely, because guess what I've got in my cabinet? Tastybite Jodhpur lentils! They would be excellent over couscous I imagine. I think we do have an Aldis over on the mainland (I live in Florida), but I wonder if I can get something similar at my local, much-closer Publix?

Now I'm curious -- what is confusing about vegans?

Haha yes! I just love Firefly and Serenity! "I aim to misbehave" And my newest obsession is Castle, not my fault Nathan Fillion is a gorgeous man! Haha
Also. Every TastyBite meal I've ever tasted was fantastic over couscous! I like to add crushed mint, cloves, bay leaves, and turmeric, to make it taste like the rice from take out Indian!

And I imagine the vegan ideals are what do not appeal to conventional meat-eaters. I can, on some planes see both sides, but irs a deep conversation, and truthfully i think is something we forum goers should avoid. Solely because its so difficult to express emotion through text, and things could easily be misconstrued! I personally was raised on a dairy farm in the sticks of PA, and I've grown up around avid hunters/trappers/fisherman, my husband falls into that category, and he supports my vegetarian efforts whole heartedly! (he's a wonderful man i love him so!). And so! I'm, quite literally WHOLLYhick. And now even more so, that I'm implementing all these WHOLE foods! So. That's the fun story behind my name.

It's not a dig and it's not personal, so please do not read into it. I am just not fulfilled by vegan meals. That's all. I have lots of friends that are vegan and I've spent many dinner parties at vegan homes. I am always hungry afterwards - probably because I limit my grains so much that without protein I'm super hungry. But it's very likely that someone vegan or vegetarian cannot understand why someone would eat animals right? It's not personal, it's just my preference not to be vegan.

Ah, I thought it was a philosophical thing you didn't understand and I could clarify.