So, back in September Hubby and I had cholesterol tests done and discovered that they were ... ahem .... a bit on the high side! Our lovely doctor gave us three months to start making the necessary changes and we have our follow up appointments in the next week or so.
Our diet needed a major makeover :-( Farewell, bacon. So long, steak. Ta ta, cheese *sob*
In an attempt to maximise our progress we basically adopted a mostly vegetarian diet, which has actually been a lot of fun and I now find that I have pretty much gone off meat!
Now, I'm not saying that I have given it up for good as I consider bacon to be less a meat and more of a basic human right, and there are many meaty meals that I would be devastated if I could never have them again (Hubby's BBQ chicken, Jared's tri tip, Cameron's jambalaya to name but a few ....)
But I have really enjoyed the challenge of trying to make interesting veggie meals that my carnivore Hubby will eat voluntarily!
Here are a couple of my successes from the weekend
First up is a curried butternut squash soup which I really enjoyed!
Last night I made a wild rice pilaf, which is probably the fanciest thing I have ever made in my life and I was really impressed!
I may even make it again for the dinner we are hosting on Christmas Eve, although as Katy kindly pointed out, no-one else likes Brussels Sprouts so perhaps i'll do some different veg, (and something meaty for everyone else to enjoy ......!)
I have made a few other veggie gems which will be making future appearances on the Kavanagh menu, and I will try and remember to photograph them and share them with you.
Oh yeah, and I'll let you know we get on at the doc's next week ....!!
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