Eat Like a Rabbit

Is your fridge nearly empty of all the goodies that you had around during the holidays? Are your plans to start the new year off afresh with new eating habits? What's your plan? Eat better? Eat healthier? Eat food that tastes better? Become a vegetarian? Become a vegan? Become a meat-eater? EatLikeaRabbit.net can help you with all of the above--except the meat-eater part. Unless what you read here doesn't sound appealing, I don't foresee helping you eat meat.

My husband and I are pretty picky. We only like to eat food that tastes good to us. We like lots of flavoring and seasoning (and up until last night had an herb garden in our back yard. Hopefully the frost didn't destroy everything.) But we also like to eat healthy foods. We love fresh fruits and vegetables and count ourselves lucky to live in Florida this time of year with great fresh citrus right down the road. Our goal is to Eat Well Vegetarian. We hope we can be a part of your routine for cooking and eating this year.

At least one of us is back from New York City, and I had a blast. (Paul comes home late tomorrow.) I can't wait to share all the photos and reviews of some really good food. Although, I'm sorry to say sometimes we only had two meals in the day because we were so busy being tourists.

When I got back, I got really nervous cause my fridge was completely empty. I had to make a trip to Publix for some basics like fruit, cereal, and milk to survive tomorrow. My plan for the remainder of the week is to eat what we have in the pantry and freezer because I still want to clean out and restock after the first of the year. Two meal ideas: Wild Rice, Brussel Sprouts (Me) or Peas (Paul), and Butternut Squash; and Pasta in a Garlic-Almond sauce (similar to Gourmet Mag, only the almonds in the pantry are already cooked. I don't foresee it being a problem and will be creative necessary.

Click on the photograph to go to Paul's Flickr page for a closer-up view of the monkeys. There's nothing like sitting in a boat having a picnic lunch and watching the monkeys watch you and wonder how they can get across the river to partake, too. We had quite a show. One of the best times was when a piroux came by with a dog and three adults. The dog watched us 'til he saw the monkeys. He got in really big trouble for barking and scaring them. Thanks, Connie and Jack for a great day!

My mother-in-law, Kathleen, led me to this website after a good friend of hers, Dorothy, shared it with her. Believe it or not, my desk is so full, I'm just now getting around to passing it on.

Deb, the author of Smitten Kitchen, has a number of recipes posted that she has generally adapted to make work best for her. (Very similar to the way I operate.) She's a very good photographer and has a great sense of humor. I like how she enjoys the kitchen so much that she spreads her time between what appears to be time-consuming items and those that can be done in 5 minutes. My favorites posts thus far are mentioned below. If you are a Foodie at all, this is a great opportunity to drool over some fabulous looking dishes. Moreover, they are mostly lacto-ovo vegetarian recipes, which means Deb will be a great source for my continued learning in the kitchen. I'd also like to point out that her New York City kitchen is a great deal smaller than mine, which proves that you can be successful in any size space. In my case, the clean-up just takes longer because it's more spread out. But we still have fun!