RecipeMuncher

In the past few months, I’ve been getting more than a few queries about whether or not I’m a vegan/vegetarian, both from friends and from people who read my blog. The short answer is, no, I’m not.

See, this is the deal: I’m not strictly vegetarian, but I don’t eat much meat. The majority of my diet is vegan or vegetarian for two reasons: (1) I don’t really like meat as much as other foods, and (2) I have ethical issues with the meat industry. Just take a little stroll around the PETA website, and you get the gist.

And above all, I think our culture just eats too much meat in general. You don’t need to eat animal products at every meal, or even every day. There are so many delicious alternatives that it is just not necessary to oversaturate the market that causes all these inhumane issues in the first place.

All the vegans and vegetarians out there are probably asking, “Well, if you know how the industry works, then why not swear off meat…