New-ish hello

[5underfoot]

Hi, I'm Lisa
Discovered McDougall years ago but have trouble sticking for several reasons, the biggest being the carnivores I cook for. And the fact that I like my own cooking.

But, for health and ethical reasons, I need to McD. And I need to check in somewhere on these boards every day. I need to read something every day that reinforces my identity as a vegetarian, feeds my need for community and puts this way of life in the FRONT of my mind, not the back.

Because I'm swimming upstream and I need all you other fishies, or I just drift with the flow.

Is there a blog or something that you can recommend? I see the podcasts and hope to hear them soon, but I'm looking for something shorter. I tend to have a few minutes here or there to read a short piece. In the meantime I'll just scan the board for new posts once a day.

Looking forward to knowing you all better, and to feeling better, and to getting better!

Lisa, homeschooling mom of 5

[VeggieSue]

Welcome, Lisa. Probably most of us here had been off and on McDougall a few times for various reasons. As long as we all keep coming *back* to this healthy way of eating.

As for blogs, there are probably a million vegan blogs out there. The best one for low fat vegan cooking is Susan Voisin's Fat Free Vegan one at:
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/
and a much smaller one, more a web site with recipes than a blog, Marla's Marvelous Meals:
Her Yahoo 360 Blog
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-4wJUrx08erREtjl3CGIxmQ--?cq=1&p=61

and
her other one on VegSource
http://vegsource.com/marla/


The best message board (besides this one, that is) *I* think is the Post Punk Kitchen forums, from the authors of Vegan with a Vengeance Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero:
http://www.postpunkkitchen.com

but not all the recipes on this site/blog/forum are McDougall-legal so be sure to make substitutions, like water or broth to sauté and skip the icing on the cupcakes.

Have fun!

[5underfoot]

Thank you for the warm welcome, Veggie Sue!
I've bookmarked the spots you listed. I appreciate the time you took to prepare that.
Lisa