I recently watched this lecture and it's made me want to go veggie for a week.

Why? well I've tried to summarise my reasons:

1 - people that eat a diet high in vegetables matter live longer
2 - more fibre equals a better pooing experience
3 - a meat rich diet causes a greater carbon footprint so is bad for the environment and globally it is unsustainable
4 - I can pretend I care about the welfare of animals to impress women with my caring
5 - it's good to experience new things, walk a mile in another man's shoes, steal another man's car, that kind of thing
6 - smugness, what if I didn't have something to be smugly self satisfied about!
7 - I really hate vegetables and I want them all to die horribly
8 - vegetables are more colourfull than meat, my cupboards,fridge and plate will all benefit from a splash of colour

With such comprehensive reasons, why only one week?

That is a good question, thanks. What I hope to achieve during the week in addition to improved intestinal tract functionality is to improve my vegetarian cooking skills. Right now I've only really got one good veggie recipe which I picked up from a girl I lived with at uni. (To be honest I've only got about five or six recipes in total, though I'm dam good at them).

If I can get down just one more recipe it will be worth it as I will keep repeating the recipe for years to come, so in the long run I'll have reduced my meat consumption, I'll live longer,shit better, and save the planet.

So any recipe ideas greatly appreciated. I'll contribute my recipe for Veggie lasagna.

Mjohnson\'s Veggie Lasagna Recipe