green to-do list for tuesday

Add comment June 10th, 2008

here are the city of rockford’s recommendations for today during “green community week”:

– learn how trees help our environment, keep your home protected from the elements and provide a habitat for wildlife. (short tips for kids here and more here.)

– plant a flower box or plan a garden (try here or here or here) with your family.

– learn about organic solutions for your yard and garden problems. see a q&a here and story here.

ok, i guess i’m really a pescetarian

1 comment June 10th, 2008

since i’m a novice in this not-eating-meat thing, it’s been duly noted that i’m not a vegetarian this week but a pescetarian because i’m eating fish. aka, i’m not eating cow, pig or bird.

i found the following terms and also some here:

Vegetarian: For the purpose of membership of IVU, vegetarianism includes veganism and is defined as the practice of not eating meat, poultry or fish or their by-products, with or without the use of dairy products or eggs.

Often broken down further into OVO-LACTO, and LACTO. Vegetarians may or may not try and minimize their non food use of animals like vegans.

Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian: same as VEGAN (see right), but also eats eggs and milk products. This is the most ‘popular’ form of Vegetarianism in many Western countries..

Lacto Vegetarian: Same as VEGAN, but also eats milk products.

Veggie — Shortened nick-name for a VEGETARIAN; often includes VEGANs.

Strict vegetarian: originally meant vegan, now can mean vegan or vegetarian.

Vegan: excludes animal flesh (meat, poultry, fish and seafood), animal products (eggs and dairy), and usually excludes honey and the wearing and use of animal products (leather, silk, wool, lanolin, gelatin…).

The major vegan societies all disallow honey, but some “vegans” still use it. Some “vegans” also refuse to eat yeast products.

Semi-Vegetarian: Eats less meat than average person. See also PSEUDO-VEGETARIAN.

Pseudo-Vegetarian: Claims to be vegetarian, but isn’t. Often used by VEGETARIANS to describe SEMI-VEGETARIANs, and PESCETARIANs.

Pescetarian: Similar to VEGETARIAN, but also consumes fish. See also PSEUDO-VEGETARIAN.

Fruitarian: Same as VEGAN, but only eats foods that don’t kill the plant (apples can be picked without killing plant, carrots cannot).

Vegetable Consumer: Means anyone who consumes vegetables. Not necessarily a VEGETARIAN.

Herbivore: Mainly eats grass or plants. Not necessarily a VEGETARIAN.

Plant-Eater: Mainly eats plants. Not necessarily a VEGETARIAN.

Nonmeat-Eater: Does not eat meat. Most definitions do not consider fish, fowl or seafood to be meat. Animal fats and oils, bonemeal and skin are not considered meat.

Kosher: Made according to a complex set of Jewish dietary laws. Does not imply VEGAN in any case. Does not imply OVO-LACTO VEGETARIAN in any case. Even KOSHER products containing milk products may contain some types of animals which are not considered ‘meat’.

Pareve/Parve: One category in KOSHER dietary laws. Made without meat or milk products or their derivatives. Eggs and true fish are pareve, shellfish are not.

Nondairy: Does not have enough percentage of milkfat to be called dairy. May actually contain milk or milk derivatives.

Nonmeat: Made without meat. May include eggs, milk, cheese. Sometimes even included animal fats, seafood, fish, fowl.

when in doubt (and in a hurry), try fish sticks

Add comment June 10th, 2008

my monday vegetarian report:

– for lunch, i ate leftover salmon with a banana and forgot about my pineapple in the work fridge.

– for supper, well…. so much for the great planning i had done. don’t you hate it when you are out of staples? i was going to make tuna salad or tuna patties, but i was out of green onions for the former and crackers for the latter. so when i announced i was going to make fish sticks, the crowd went wild. even my littlest one, the food avoider, ate two of them. my oldest one had six of them, with ketchup. just like in this odd video i stumbled upon…

– question of the day: nana, who is watching the girls on wednesday, asked me if the kids had to eat vegetarian at her house. “nah,” i said.