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Ovo Lacto Vegetarian

So the girls (namely Kalaree and Kezri) asked if we could try to go vegetarian. I did a lot of research and decided that if they wanted to give it a try that we could, with some provisions of course. The first provision is that I would not give up my milk and eggs and cheese. Thus the Ovo Lacto vegetarian. Most protein can be gained from eating the milk and eggs that otherwise would be hard to get elsewhere. The second provision is that we are not totally giving up meat. I will not go without Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners but also we need our Vitamin B12 and that only comes from meat. So occasionally we will add meat to our dinners (oh come on who doesn't like a juicy hamburger.) Plus going vegetarian goes well with my living sustainably that I am trying. eating what we grow and eating mostly what is in season. We had our first meal last night that was totally meatless. It was actually not bad at all. I was slightly nervous since instead of just doing something like a meatless