Ingredients for my favourite veggie meal….ever! Veggie fusilli.
I can’t remember ever eating meat, so I’ve never had the feeling that I’m missing out on anything. I stopped eating meat when I was about four, and can still remember asking my parents at the dinner table why chicken was called chicken. When my Dad told me the truth I was horrified and refused to eat meat from that point on. Mealtimes became a battleground for about 18 months, as, back then it was thought that meat was a basic for good health, so my parents disguised the meat in meals and tried to force me to eat it. In the end they got so sick of the whole situation they decided let me choose and I’ve been a veggie ever since. Funnily enough, my parents and siblings all became veggies too, eventually.
When I was a teenager, being a vegetarian was considered really weird. People would ask me why I didn’t eat meat and often became quite argumentative and even aggressive about me not eating it, I don’t know why as I have no problem with people eating meat. It’s all about what’s right for the individual, and we all have our own choices to make. Anyway, I stopped telling people I didn’t eat meat and just left it on my plate whenever I was served it….I’d mess it up a little, to make it look like I’d eaten some of it. My in-laws never knew I was a veggie until I was fourty!!! And….Christmas dinners back in the day were a nightmare!
Veggies tossed in a little olive oil with garlic and fresh herbs, then pasta added.
Years ago, I absolutely loathed vegetables. All veggie meals seemed to consist of huge chunks of raw corgettes and peppers which I found hideous, it put me off for years… then, gradually, other products began to appear.
Now, being a veggie is like being in heaven. I can buy chickenless chicken, beefless beef, hamless ham, milkless milk, butterless butter…..it’s SO smashin!!!! Everywhere I go, from pubs to restaurants I have several OPTIONS of meals….even on flights and at weddings….I am no longer the leper having fingers pointed at me, it’s incredible! Years ago the only veggie meal was beans or spagetti on toast, or egg and chips, and I couldn’t eat eggs back then as they were all battery hens.
And, because there are so many veggies around these days, nobody ever asks me why I don’t eat meat!!! Smashin!!!
And here it is….veggie fusilli….gorgeous!
