This is the first entry of our blog TransforMEATion  and I think it's best if we start off with who we are and why we're doing this.  Me, I am a born Canadian carnivore who until only recently never really took notice into what I was eating and what affect it could have on my health. I pretty much ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. As a kid this served me well however as I've gotten older, a lays bag of chips and a litre of cola for dinner doesn't please me as it used to. I've always loved meat, and I never really thought too much about the whole process of processed foods ( word jokes are fun). I also used to pride myself on being able to eat like crap and stay thin. For example I once ate 18 BigMacs in 30 days, so unhealthy but soooooo delicious. As I've gotten older I took an interest in food and pretty much watched the Food Channel religiously throughout university, mostly because it would take my mind off of the barrage of bologna I consumed on a weekly basis due to my lack of funds. I then found the love of my life, who shares an equal interest in food and together we have created many masterpieces, and some failures. This, is our next adventure.

One problem...I am not much of a cook. I once asked my university roommate how to cook canned soup despite available instructions on the can.  Although I've come a long way, I won't be making soufflés any time soon. My girlfriend is pretty much the best chef/person I know. Anyone who can have me contemplating vegetarianism must be a good cook, and be good looking, of which she is both. She's like a bodacious Boyardee.  She's really the person who "showed me the light" as she puts it, and by light I think she means low fat, but I'm not sure. She has shown me the positive benefits that great healthy food can have and now I'm willing to give this thing a shot.

Now by thing, I mean this blog, capturing my transition for meat lover (ugh I just thought of the pizza's I'll miss) to veggie connoisseur. You might be wondering, why on earth is he doing this, and why on earth am I reading about why he's doing this, regardless, the cause of this endeavour is my secret admiration for chick-flicks. One night, my girlfriend and I watched Julie & Julia on Netflix (We then proceeded to watch every Die Hard movie, just to balance out my masculinity). I loved the aspect of food and blogging about it and my girlfriend has always said I have a talent for writing useless slightly comical stuff, and here we are.

My girlfriend is a vegetarian, and her and I have just moved in together. I have recently consumed more vegetarian food then I thought I could. She doesn't care that I eat meat but I kind of felt like I had to hide it at first. Shotgunning a BigMac on my lunch hour, or maybe hiding Beef Jerky around the house like a meat-aholic.  These things never actually occurred but they did cross my mind. I then saw a couple of documentaries of food on Netflix (amongst frequent viewing of Braveheart, Shawshank, and other manly films) and it really turned by onto the whole vegetarian possibility.

We purchased the all vegetarian recipe book Meatless,  and inside the book, there is a dedication that reads " To everyone who realizes that a balanced diet relying more heavily on vegetable than on animal can result in a longer and healthier life." This is really what makes me see myself getting off the band-meat-wagon. Also, the book is written by the kitchen's of Martha Stewart, and she's been in jail, so if anyone can get me off the meat, I'll trust her or she'll meat-shank me.

The idea being that 2-3 times per week, my talented girlfriend will cook us up some veggie recipes and then, not only will I blog about the recipe itself, which will for sure keep you on the edge of your seat (sarcasm is hard to put into word format). But i'll also keep everyone informed about how this meat lover (ugh again with the pizza thoughts) is transitioning in all other contexts that might apply. Begin TransforMEATion.