Flexi-what?

Have you ever considered becoming vegetarian but can't bear the thought of never eating bacon again? Do you want to eat healthier without sacrificing taste? I answered yes to both of these questions and started cooking meat less often. I started making more vegetarian meals for the health benefits, but I also knew I would never be able to turn down a perfectly seared, pink and juicy, filet mignon from time to time. Turns out other people thought this "meat-less" diet was a good idea too and created the term "flexitarian".

"flexitarian" is a combination of the words "flexible" and "vegetarian". It basically means eating less meat and eating more plant based foods. A flexitarian diet tends to be lower in calories and saturated fats, lower in cost and better for mother earth. Most Americans have the wrong idea about what our diets should be. You don’t need to eat that much, you don’t really need that much protein and carbs are not all bad!

My blog is all about eating a healthy flexitarian diet. I plan to share a wide variety of recipes on this blog, some with meat others without. I can assure you all my recipes will be tasty, inexpensive and easy. (I love to cook but who has time to spend all night in the kitchen!) I focus a lot on the cost of my recipes. With a little planning it’s really not difficult to make delicious meals that won’t break the bank.

What you won’t find in my blog is a lot of tofu recipes or other “fake meats”. You also won’t find a ton of exact measurements in the recipes I will share. I don’t have time to measure every ingredient so I like to eye-ball it and taste my way through cooking until I get it right. (It makes it more fun and creative anyway!)

What you will find in my blog is a collection of recipes I’ve gathered from friends, family, cookbooks, and magazines (and some things I just made up!). I hope you will also find inspiration to try new things and come up with your own creations.

So whether you’re an omnivore, carnivore or herbivore I’ve got a recipe for you. Food is the fuel that runs our bodies but that doesn’t mean it can’t taste good too!

Happy Eating!