That looks like it would be awesome with a little grilled steak

snow white and Dan,

I agree with both suggestions. The thing with this recipe, though, is it takes a long time to do. If you have a partner at the grill (or stove, in the case of halibut), you can divide and conquer.

Speaking of steak, there are a couple of places — Morton’s and a little steakhouse at the bottom of Main St. in Park City — that will keep me from ever going completely vegetarian. But both of those places will make you pay through the nose.

I’m down to usually one, and sometimes two, servings of meat per day. I occassionally have meatless days. But I found that having a little animal protein actually helped my weight-loss.

I tried beans and rice (and often beans and brown rice), and that’s supposed to be a complete protein, but it’s just not quite the same.

I’m a fan of very lean meat. I wait until boneless/skinless chicken breasts are on sale for $1.99/pound or less, buy a bunch, individually wrap them in inexpensive sandwich bags (about 50 bags/$1), put 3 or 4 of those into a quart sized zip-lock freezer bag, and freeze them. I also grind some in a meat-grinder to make chicken-burger, put about the equivalent of one chicken breast in individual bags as above and freeze those too.

For beef, I wait until boneless round steak is on sale for $1.99/pound or less, stock up, trim off and throw out the layer of fat around the edge, grind it in the meat grinder, and freeze in individual serving bags, with 3 or 4 bags stored in a quart-sized zip-lock bag.

When you fry the meat, since there is hardly any fat, I add either olive oil or grape-seed oil to cook it. Which is much healthier than the animal fat.

I tasted goat cheese once at a fancy schmancy gathering and I thought, “boy Hollywood has it all wrong. This stuff is definitely over-rated.”

Yesterday I ate leftover frozen ravioli, a 98 cent pizza (part of it), some grapes, a piece of cheese, and two candy bars. Yeah, that’s pretty much it. My fridge looks like a batchelor’s, except there’s milk.

When I first left Bill and felt traumatized, I totally craved fresh vegetables. Couldn’t get enough. Maybe there’s something psychological that the government knows about stress.

I was thinking that poor families who don’t have a lot of money for food should make their bread from wheat flour and eat a lot of oatmeal. Wouldn’t be all the food groups and it would be very filling.

I was a vegetarian for 5 years and now have many meatless days (never disciplined enough for veganism, though). I agree that at that point, I was closer to WoW adherance than now, but it is quite remarkable the hostility that many American Mormons feel toward those who go meatless. I would say, though, that the last 10-15 years have made vegetarianism much less difficult and more attractive.

I have heard others say the same, but I do think I experienced an added spirituality when my daily life did not include killing things. For any doubters, I urge you to give it a go.

I just had a chat with my boss about this over korean tofu dumpling soup- hot and delicious. On his mission in Korea, he said people said Americans smelled bad. He didn’t believe it until one day some missionaries came fresh from the states smelling like spoiled beef. I don’t know how exaggerated the story is, but it stands to reason that we probably do smell like what we eat. Red meat is difficult to digest, so smelling like rotting meat may not be far-fetched. We better not go to deeply into what smells we produce…

In Russia I felt very healthy. People do not eat much meat there- it is expensive and absolutely fresh- like seconds ago fresh, often with flies hovering. People don’t appreciate that much. Everyone has their city apartment and a small farm outside the city that the government gave them to stave off starvation. So we bought fresh grown produce all the time: onions, carrots, potatoes, cabbage, horseradish, squash, zucchini, etc.. In the summer we would gather apples, cherries, berries, pears, and all manner of fruits. And you can get the tastiest black bread. Eating organic and fresh felt so good.

Dan–

did you know you can get a Veggie Whopper at any Burger King? It is not on the menu, but I have never been turned down. It is a Whopper with everything except the meat, so don’t expect a fake burger. I know that doesn’t sound great, but it actually is pretty good. And is significantly cheaper than a whopper (part of my vegetarianism was in college).

A Hindu friend told me about it–I have no idea if such delights are available at the other fast food chains.

A few years ago I decided I wanted to try an experiment to see how my health would improve if I avoided meat and made grains the focus of my meal and ate lots of raw fruits and vegetables.

I found that my physical stamina increased. I was really able to run and not get tired.

I found that my body’s immunity was boosted, because I didn’t get sick like I usually did in the fall and winter.

I found that I was able to concentrate better and understand better everything that I put my mind to.

I think these blessings are certainly the same as those named in D&C 89: 1) run and not be weary 2)not getting struck down by the destroying angel 3)wisdom and great treasures of knowledge