There are many health benefits to a vegetarian diet, and eating more plant-based foods certainly hurts the environment less, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that I've enjoyed expanding my options. The truth is, I enjoy beef (preferably filet mignon) and although I could do without chicken, I'm a big fan of turkey. If I'm truly going to eat intelligently healthy, I believe there's a place for all of it.
As Leslie and I sat at The Meatball Shop's bar--with a milk jar of wine, naked chicken meatballs in the special sauce with foccacia, a chicken & tomato sauce slider, a vegetable & meat sauce slider, and two market salads in front of us--we discussed how much better we both feel since integrating more meat and poultry into our diets, in addition to how we still have no desire to have either more than once a day, if that. It's kind of ironic how we first met here, huh?
Then, because we wanted it, we had an ice cream sandwich (espresso ice cream between a classic chocolate-chip cookie and a gingersnap cookie) for dessert. I may not use this word as often as I did, say, four years ago, but it was yummy; a yummy treat in another great meal with a friend I met through blogging.
