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Hi Everyone!
I love vegetables and hope you do too. If you don't, maybe some of these recipes will inspire you to give a certain type of veggie another try.
Vegetables are amazing little things, and are often abused and misused, no wonder so many people think they hate ___________ (fill in your veggie nemesis...)
This Summer, I have also began a garden, and have harvested cukes, and soon will be eating fresh tomatoes off the vine, as well as zucchini, peppers, and watermelon, and various herbs too!

About one year ago I got really interested in nutrition and started reading and reading some more, and I was amazed and disgusted at just how bad most of the food people eat really is. As a result of this and some other personal searching, my husband and I quit eating meat. The first noticeable difference was how much more energy we had. Next thing we knew we had lost about 65 pounds between us. We were eating great new foods that neither of us had ever even thought about eating, and we were having fun!

I love cooking and there is always something new to do with veggies! The options are limitless, there is no way to become bored with vegetables. It is still easy to fall in a rut and make the same 5 dinners every week, but with meals not centered around beef, chicken, or seafood, the new flavors and colors and tastes are boundless!

Vegetables also allow you to be in tune with nature and follow the seasons. Sure, there are tomatoes in the produce section of the local grocery, but they don't really taste like tomatoes. Eating fresh, vegetables in season really makes a person be thankful to the earth and nature for making something so delicious possible. (Not to mention the nutrients in fresh veggies is trough the roof!) Not to worry though, there are plenty of ways to take advantage of the abundance of summer to enjoy the nutritional and flavor benefits of seasonal veggies in the winter months, and there are plenty of fresh veggies to harvest in the winter as well.

Some of my recipes are adaptations of traditional meat meals, some are recipes I have come across in books and magazines, and some are my own creations from my kitchen.

Even if you are not a vegetarian, subbing out one meal a week with a meatless meal can save you lots of money!

Ok, enough of this introduction. I hope you will stop by often to see whats cooking!