An effort to eat less meat

I am thirty. Nowadays, thirty is the new twenty. (I think I believe that mostly because I am thirty, but whatever.) But, the thirty year old body is not the same body as the twenty year old body.  I don’t think I can continue to survive off red meat and potatoes for every meal any longer.

Truth be told, I don’t actually think I should have been surviving off that for this long, but I do believe it’s time to make some changes.

I want to say I am just going to quit eating red meat.  That today is my last day ever to touch the stuff, heck… how about we just call it no meat in general?  Sure, I am going to quit it all no problem. I will not be eating meat… for about the next five hours, because that’s when I will be having dinner. So, instead… I am going to try a different approach. I am going to make an effort to make a meatless dinner (that is actually filling) at least once a week. I will scour the internet, find something I think will be EASY to cook, and actually taste okay… and then I will make this meal for my family.  Once a week isn’t all that often, I think I can do that.

So, I have picked out my first meal. It has peppers and pasta. Those are two things I love, so I am not totally leaving my comfort zone. I found this fabulous website with siper simple recipes, and this pasta looks too good not to cook!

I found this Pasta with Red Pepper Sauce. At the Pioneer Woman’s website, and I am going for it!