| It seems the more I listen to the news and read the | | | | Vegetarian". I thought, "How could I go wrong with |
| papers, the more I start hearing about tainted or | | | | that?" Well unfortunately the name didn't live up to the |
| spoiled meat getting into our food supplies. One has to | | | | food. It was a quiet Wednesday night when I visited, so |
| wonder just how safe our meats are, especially with | | | | waiting for a table was not an issue. The waiter was |
| some of the hormones they are putting in them. I | | | | quite polite, and the menu was pages in length. As I |
| looked for an option, and decided to look into cooking | | | | browsed through some of the entrees, my eyes came |
| some healthy vegetarian dishes for a change. | | | | to rest on "vegetable lasagna". Yes, just what I was in |
| Now mind you, this wasn't an all out decision to | | | | the mood for. |
| become a vegetarian, as some of my prior | | | | The meal arrived quite quickly, (I should have taken this |
| experiences with vegetarian dining were quite | | | | as a clue), and it actually looked quite tempting. |
| distressing. But this time I decided it would be different, | | | | Unfortunately as I dug in, my fork seemed to get stuck |
| and I would do some research prior to running up the | | | | in this thick "goo" that was similar to mending putty. |
| grocery tab. | | | | The vegetables were slightly cooked, if not raw, and |
| Initially I thought that going to my local library would | | | | the sauce was definitely right out of a jar. Soon after, I |
| provide all the resources I would need in regards to | | | | realized that this was nothing more then a "frozen |
| vegetarian recipes and cooking, but then I thought I | | | | entree", that was probably purchased at a local store. |
| would go one step further. Why not visit a vegetarian | | | | Who said vegetarian dishes had to be fresh. |
| restaurant! Easier said then done, as it took hours of | | | | Well anyway I left quite discouraged, but determined to |
| looking through the yellow pages along with surfing the | | | | do more research on vegan dining, and cooking. This |
| web, before I was able to locate some sources in | | | | time I thought I might go the "library" route, and see if I |
| close proximity. | | | | could find some great vegetarian recipe books. After |
| The first restaurant sounded right on target, "Best | | | | all, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. |