Happy Earth Day!

It's Earth Day . . . and our plan to have a picnic has been washed out, according to the forecast.

But we have decided on another way to honor the day:  we're all going vegetarian for a week!

Yep, we discussed it at dinner on Friday and agreed it would be a good thing to try--to increase awareness of how much meat our family consumes, experience new foods, focus on health, reduce our carbon footprint some for the week.  Sis only agreed after consulting the school menu for the week to make sure her beloved chicken nuggets weren't listed!

We  made a long list of our usual family favorites--grilled cheese, Dutch baby pancakes, omelets, cauliflower bow tie pasta, broccoli noodle soup, vegetable fried rice, vegetable noodles, corn soup, fettuccine, among others--and agreed to try a few new things. Of course, I have several veg or nearly veg cookbooks.  But one thing about those recipes doesn't fit for us:  the overabundance of cheese or faux cheese (we're not doing vegan, just vegetarian).  My kids just aren't into dairy.  So we'll have think outside the box.

It's not quite the dramatic event of my Bread Pledge a few years ago, but it's an adventure we can share together for a little while.