Intro

Out of the blue, without having any symptoms, my husband was diagnosed as diabetic and told by his doctor to follow the South Beach diet. After three years of eating a low-carb diet his glucose numbers have not gone down, his diabetes medication has been increased, and we are both on medication to lower our cholesterol levels.

After reading "Reverse Diabetes Now" by Neal D. Barnard, MD, we have decided to try instead, a low-fat vegan diet. According to the book, we can expect to see a change in as little as three weeks.

Both of us being life-long meat and dairy eaters, this is big change in our lives, but I don't think it will be a particularly difficult one. I have always been a bit uncomfortable thinking about exactly where our dinner comes from anyway, and I look forward to the challenge of creating delicious, satisfying meals in a new way.

We've been easing into the change by trying out some vegetarian dishes the past few weeks while we use up all the 'animal products' we have around the house, because once we start, we want to be very strict for the entire three week period.

Through this blog I plan to chronicle our journey to a vegan lifestyle and any changes in my husband's glucose levels; and hopefully, our cholesterol will go down and I will drop a few pounds!








Friday, February 25, 2011

Day 6 - 244

Breakfast:  Oatmeal, as usual

Lunch:  Leftovers, as usual

Dinner:  Something un-usual!  Portabello mushroom steaks! Mashed red potatoes, steamed pea pods, and some reduced fat crescent rolls.

I googled looking for recipes and most of them called for grilling the mushrooms on the barbecue, which I didn't want to do, so I had to wing it a bit.  All of the recipes had the mushrooms sit in various marinades consisting mostly of olive oil and balsamic vinegar for a few hours before cooking... isn't that what balsamic vinaigrette basically is? which was already in my fridge?... so I place the mushrooms upside down in a 9 x 13 pan and poured the vinaigrette over the tops and let them sit in the refrigerator for  about 4 hours.  Then I flipped them over and transferred them to a cookie sheet, poured the dressing left in the pan over the tops, and baked them at 425 degrees for about 10 minutes and they just didn't seem to be doing anything (I'd read online that they would resemble steaks and these still looked a whole lot like mushrooms!), so I transferred them to the broiler pan and put them under the broiler... in a few minutes they were just starting to darken on top, so I pulled them out.  I have to admit they still looked like mushrooms to me... and let's face it... they were not steaks!  But they were delicious!  I forgot to get a picture, but it was definitely a "special occasion" meal.

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