Yay for Cooking

I have been feeling very guilty for consuming predominantly processed foods by way of veggie burgers & frozen meals based on my fast paced life. However, I was finally able to take an evening to jump start some healthy cooking! The fridge is stocked, and a store pile is started in the freezer, with more to come. This week features, already prepared:
-Stove Top Sweet Potatoe Fries w/ Honey. Ohmyword!!!!! Ok, that wasn't healthy
-Zucchini Garden Chowder.
-Lemon Tofu Stir Fry
-Lemon Walnut Rice Pilaf (unfortunately, this will not freeze)

Still to Come:
-Loaded Chili
-homemade Veggie Burgers
-Famous Black Bean Soup


YeeeeHa

Soy & Estrogen?

I think that needs to be my new research project. How does soy consumption affect your estrogen levels? Because, honestly that's one of the reasons I've chosen to avoid Chicken & cow's milk: because of the added horomones. But, doesn't soy also affect them? I know for a fact that soy is consumed by menopausal women to help regulate them. Crap, am I back-peddling by consuming silk & soy based proteins?

Holiday Meats

That's right folks! I engaged in the two traditional holiday meats: Turkey for Thanksgiving & the Christmas Ham!!!

Since I made the decision to go Veg for myself, I can make my own rules. And my rules are: Major holidays are off. i LOVE turkey. I wasn't that worried about Christmas, but when I started glazing the ham this year, you better believe that I decided it was worth it to splurge.

And it was. For one day. (ok, 2: Thanksgiving & Christmas).
But, now I'm happy to return to my meat free lifestyle. It makes me feel good. Actually, I feel BETTER. Ahhhhhhh, natural foods.