If anyone was wondering, I am still here! It has been a BUSY few months, so please excuse my absence. In these last months I have been tied up with something called March Against Monsanto (MAM). MAM was a march/rally founded by a mother of 2 who wanted to speak out against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's). It became a global event with over 2 million people participating all over the world, and is now an annual event.
What is a GMO? Go to The Institute for Responsible Technology's website here to learn more.
This is an issue my family and I are very adamant about. So I stepped up and helped organize a march for our city. Extremely time consuming, stressful, but totally worth it. So many amazing people stepped up and stood against those who are doing wrong. All walks, coming together for a unified purpose. I am truly blessed to have been a part of something so much greater than myself, an to meet such amazing people. I won't take on the amount I did this time, but I will definitely continue with this fight for our food!
So in our home, the food has changed drastically. We are about 90% GMO free. Getting out of the mind set that food is supposed to be cheap is the hardest, but we are transitioning great! Sometimes an item is just too expensive, or we have no alternatives, so I always remind myself that progress is important, not perfection!
With that, I have decided to start again on my diet. It got pushed to the side with the rally and life, but I have taken some time to recoup, and am ready to start again! To jump start it, I have decided to attempt a vegetarian diet for the month of July. Hopefully I can share some yummy recipes I discover. I am coming to the end of Day 2, and feeling great! I even made bacon for the girls and did not have a bite!
Hopefully this will be a more regular thing! I hope this finds you all well and happy!
I think you are amazing and a true inspiration. Also you must be a great mother because when I give up meat for any amount of time the house gives up bacon, no exceptions. I love it too much. In fact four years ago I went on basically a vegan diet with cheese and I gave up after six weeks because all I wanted was bacon wrapped jalapenos! I would love to see the recipes you enjoy over the next month. You can do this! When it gets hard just stop making bacon for the girls. lol
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