Showing posts with label Journey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Journey. Show all posts

Monday, September 2, 2013

A Fairly New Vegan and an Omnivore Have Dinner...and Breakfast

Dinner

Breakfast

This was yesterday's Dinner and Breakfast ; a feast for both of us - obviously, with different food.

For Him:
  • Eggs w/green onions, bacon and milk
  • Filet Mignon with a baked potato and all the fixins' and tea
For Her:
  • Half an avocado w/garlic sea salt, watermelon, banana and half a grapefruit
  • Adzuki bean soup with butternut squash, onion, porcini mushrooms and some veggie stock powder (vegan and gluten free)

During a recent rant extolling the virtues of a Vegan lifestyle, Husband remarked "You want me to become Vegan too!"

I responded "NO!  I want everyone on the planet to be Vegan!"

...But ranting at anyone rarely convinces them of anything.

And since my goal is to "do no harm"* to any living creature and emotional harm is just the same - my ranting has stopped.

[*Ahimsa - sanskrit for cause no injury, do no harm]

So how do we deal, as a team - as a couple with my Vegan lifestyle?

Honestly, we are still working out the kinks, but a couple of things we are doing is:
  • we each cook our own food (although I will share any veggie I have ;)
  • we are more flexible about eating out 
    • Husband will venture out to a salad bar - which he always liked anyway
    • I will accept that sometimes I am just going to have french fries

It's a journey, a work in progress, an adventure!