My first week of vegetarianism has varied between feeling like a toddler who’s recently had her dummy taken away, to a somewhat self-righteous, transformed human being. “Urgh, dead animal. You’re eating that?”
There have been some not-so-easy moments though. For example, going to Piza e Vino in Rosebank and having to resist gawking at my date’s pizza, smothered in barbeque sauce and grilled chicken pieces, in fear that I might smash half of it into my meat-deprived mouth in guiltless devour, while he looks away, only for a second. “Pull yourself towards yourself, woman!”
I couldn’t help stealing a couple of sneaky, sideways glances at the tempting chicken pizza, not unlike the shifty ones prepubescent boys take on any woman over the age of 17, showing a little leg and/or boob. The boys and I think the same – “I will eat your juicy flesh one day! But for now, I’ll only wish, because you are a beautiful delight that I’m not allowed to touch”.
Another new edition to the veggie week is exploring the part of me that is obsessed with food. I talk about every meal I’ve eaten with fellow vegetarian-for-a-month CLEO designer Morgane, and let her feed me fork fills of her delish Woolworths-bought warm couscous salads and minestrone soups. We sample each other’s food daily. It’s not weird. We’re in a vegetarian relationship.
But I must tell you what I did land up eating at Piza e Vino – in my opinion, the trendiest Italian restaurant this side of Jo’burg, and who’s slogan invites you in to undress your taste buds. My veggie pizza, called ‘In the Zone’, consisted of Danish feta cheese, marinated cherry tomatoes, ricotta and pesto, topped with a mound of fresh rocket. I ate the whole thing – something I’m discovering you can do more of when you eliminate meat.
Visit their website www.pizaevino.co.za
This is what I ate for breakfast yesterday: Egg on low GI health toast (the egg was neither scrambled nor fried, because I have this extremely clever technique of cooking eggs in the CLEO microwave) with pesto salsa on the side, topped with rocket. Gourmet.
There have been some not-so-easy moments though. For example, going to Piza e Vino in Rosebank and having to resist gawking at my date’s pizza, smothered in barbeque sauce and grilled chicken pieces, in fear that I might smash half of it into my meat-deprived mouth in guiltless devour, while he looks away, only for a second. “Pull yourself towards yourself, woman!”
I couldn’t help stealing a couple of sneaky, sideways glances at the tempting chicken pizza, not unlike the shifty ones prepubescent boys take on any woman over the age of 17, showing a little leg and/or boob. The boys and I think the same – “I will eat your juicy flesh one day! But for now, I’ll only wish, because you are a beautiful delight that I’m not allowed to touch”.
Another new edition to the veggie week is exploring the part of me that is obsessed with food. I talk about every meal I’ve eaten with fellow vegetarian-for-a-month CLEO designer Morgane, and let her feed me fork fills of her delish Woolworths-bought warm couscous salads and minestrone soups. We sample each other’s food daily. It’s not weird. We’re in a vegetarian relationship.
But I must tell you what I did land up eating at Piza e Vino – in my opinion, the trendiest Italian restaurant this side of Jo’burg, and who’s slogan invites you in to undress your taste buds. My veggie pizza, called ‘In the Zone’, consisted of Danish feta cheese, marinated cherry tomatoes, ricotta and pesto, topped with a mound of fresh rocket. I ate the whole thing – something I’m discovering you can do more of when you eliminate meat.
Visit their website www.pizaevino.co.za
This is what I ate for breakfast yesterday: Egg on low GI health toast (the egg was neither scrambled nor fried, because I have this extremely clever technique of cooking eggs in the CLEO microwave) with pesto salsa on the side, topped with rocket. Gourmet.
Wow what a fresh and witty style.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for the next episode of this saga. I wonder if you will revert to eating things that could have looked at you.
Big fan.
Are you vegetarian now? I had a week of that a while back after watching fois gras being made and babies chicken beaks being cut off. Being a vegetarian is great, although just surviving off carrots and celery makes the meat cravings come back, and with a bang!
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