I do not want the entire group seeing these photos.Because some may recognize
me. Here's the link:
http://pologirl.zoomshare.com/files/photos.htm

Enjoy babe :)

I do not want the entire group seeing these photos.Because some may recognize
me. Here's the link:
http://pologirl.zoomshare.com/files/photos.htm

Enjoy babe :)

Hi everyone,

It has been a while since anyone has posted, I hope you are all well!

I wanted to let you know that my husband and I have started teaching family
karate lessons.  This is a fun, high-energy class for ages 5 and up (our 6 year
old is loving it!)  Kids can participate on their own or with parents.  Shotokan
Karate is a positive, fun, non-contact activity that promotes confidence and
focus, and stresses non-violence.

Classes are downtown at Burnley-Moran Elementary, near Martha Jefferson and 250.
Please email me or call 409-2126 for more information!  Our web site is
http://cvillekarate.com

We have instructed at UVA for years, and have seen an interesting correlation
between karate students and vegetarians, so please pardon the shameless plug!  I
hope some of you will try it out!

Take care,
Ellen

I recommend you take a look at this... Check it here:
http://shootnstab.zoomshare.com/files/chat.htm

We've been quiet for a while.  Hope everyone is well.  Maybe when
spring comes and we get out of hibernation, we can have a picnic
potluck at a park or something.

Interesting article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28543713/
Or remove the spaces from this:
http: //www . msnbc . msn . com /id/28543713/

Happy New Year!
Christine

TALKING TASTE WITH CHILDREN:

Children's tasting workshops designed to develop a vocabulary of taste
adjectives (open to
ages 2 1/2 and up). Two classes will be held on Saturday, Oct. 11th: one at 10am
and one
at 11:30am on the patio at Feast! Classes are free of charge. Maximum of 20
children per
class.

Another Talking Taste with Children event will be held on Nov. 1st at at the
Vintage
Virginia Annual Apple Harvest Festival occuring in North Garden at Rural Ridge
Farm from
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

This 30-minute class on food will explore the connection between smell and taste
and
introduce children to the adjectives used to describe taste (spicy, sweet,
salty, tart,
tangy…). A "taste test" will conclude the class. Participants who complete the
class will
receive a "certified taste tester" award and a prize.

For more details:

http://www.locallectual.com/content/view/331/151/

-Karen

I have a few friends in town that buy health food in bulk from Neshaminy Valley
Natural Food
Distributor:

http://www.nvorganic.com/

They deliver to Charlottesville, even frozen and refrigerated foods. You can
split cases of
stuff with friends if it is too much to store all at your own house.

-Karen

Hello list! Thanks to Bruce for reminding me this list exists.

One thing that I think would be helpful is suggestions for cheap
meals. Everyone is cutting back, and I know Amy and I are looking for
ways to stretch our grocery dollars. I've been living off of
Morningstar products for years, but they've recently gone up 40 cents
in price, and they almost are never on special any more.

So, one way this list could be useful to me is for suggestions of ways
to cook healthy and nutritious meals in bulk. And, heck, maybe we
should return to having low-key potlucks again. I'd love to host them.

Sean

--
Sean Tubbs
http://www.cvillepodcast.com/
http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/

We missed it because of the rain, but yes, this group is more or less
alive in the sense that the e-mails don't bounce!

Did anyone else go?

Sean

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Bruce Glassco <bruceglassco@...> wrote:
> We haven't heard anything from this group for quite a while. Are there any
> events planned? Did everyone go to the vegetarian festival at Lee Park?
>
> Bruce Glassco
>
>



--
Sean Tubbs
http://www.cvillepodcast.com/
http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/

We haven't heard anything from this group for quite a while. Are there any
events planned? Did everyone go to the vegetarian festival at Lee Park?

Bruce Glassco

My husband does all of our cooking which is pretty much 100% vegetarian.  Occasionally he will eat meat when we go out to dinner but we find it is too messy and smelly to cook at home.  Another plus to being a vegetarian family!

One meal that we do frequently (or rather he cooks and I eat) is a veggie/fake chicken stirfry.  Morningstar farms makes really cook fake chicken and steak strips that are perfect for this.  We mix that with frozen or fresh veggies and some sauce and seasoning.   If time permits we will eat with brown rice.  You can find these strips in the frozen section at Pantops and Giant.  Not sure if the strips contain egg or dairy products so may not be vegan.  I think that alot of meat eaters probaby would think it was real chicken if they tried it.

As for feeding the little ones, our 3 year old eats pretty much anything we try.  I just always tell him that Mommy really liked this and he likes what mommy likes so try it.  90% of the time that works.  Again morningstar farm makes veggie corndogs that we all really like (even our 11month old!) and are easy to fix.  We usually cook them in the toaster oven so they get a little crisp.

And my absolute favorite easy meal is fresh or frozen broccoli with the Morningstar Farms riblets.  These are SOOOO delicious!!!  I have my whole office of meat eaters hooked on them.  The sauce is perfect and the texture is really nice.  Again these can be found at Target and maybe Giant too.  If you haven't tried them I strongly recommend you do.

And no I don't work for Morningstar Farms :)  There products are all consistently good and easier to find at some of the mainstream grocery stores.  I've had bad luck with some of the Yves products.  Their fake sausage or bratwurst was really gross, like spongy tissue.

Sounds like alot of us have younger children so I look forward to meeting some of you at the next potluck/picnic.

Happy Friday

Denise
----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Beauford" <karen@...>
To: "cville veg families" <cville_veg_families@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 7:25:53 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: [cville_veg_families] Introducing us...and some questions...

Hello All!

A few of my favorite things to do with tofu are:

~ drain extra firm tofu, then chop or mash it to make "egg salad".
just mix w/ vegenaise, mustard, finely chopped white onions, finely
chopped pickles, s&p
~mash firm or extra firm tofu, then mix w/ fresh herbs and maybe some
parm. cheese to make a ricotta-like substitute for stuffing into
shells or manicotti
~use silken tofu to make "cream" sauces for pasta...  i can post my
fave recipe for this later


Karen

On tofu:

I like to fry the heck out of it and then put it in everything. I cut
a block of extra firm tofu into little cubes, and then cook them in
oil for about 25 minutes or so, which makes the tofu kind of crunchy.
Then I'll throw it into whatever I'm making. Goes nice in everything
from pesto to Thai (easy meal to make) to curry to tomato sauce to
pretty much anything.

I've been a vegetarian for nine years, and frankly, I sustain myself
on fake meat products. I need something to take the place of the
physical substance of meat. I stopped eating meat for health reasons,
but still miss the texture of meat in a lot of ways. So, that's why I
like to experiment with tofu, tempeh, fake ground beef, that seitan
stuff, and more.

I don't like the fake cold cuts, though. For whatever reason, they're
way too salt.

But back to tofu. Fantastic Foods does a nice tofu scramble mix, which
you can crumble over tofu to simulate scrambled eggs. If you're still
doing eggs, you can also supplement with one or two to make it hearty.

There's a lot of other neat things I'd like to try with tofu. There
are a lot of really nicely flavored versions out there, available at
IY and other such places. We had a great panang curry with thai
flavored tofu the other night. We added another section of tofu,
unfried this time, and served it over saffron rice. So far this
yielded us three meals!

However, we're still struggling with what to feed our 2 and a half
year old daughter. Amy?








On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Allyson Shames <shamesa@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi Rebecca & all --
>
> Okay, first of all, I never introduced myself when I joined a couple weeks
> ago.  I've been a vegetarian for a while now -- over 10 years, plus far
> longer without red meat, and like Rebecca, I recognized quite a few names on
> this list!  I have two boys who are almost 7 & almost 5, and a daughter who
> will be 2 this summer.
>
> Rebecca, my husband isn't vegetarian either, though he quit eating red meat
> about 6-7 years ago.  Basically, we struck a compromise about our children
> as my oldest was reaching the age where we needed to figure something out.
> I wanted to raise him as a vegetarian, he had suggested no red meat.  I was
> willing to give a bit, but he also realized he couldn't continue eating
> something that the kids couldn't, so he gave up red meat at that point.  He
> comes from meat-eating midwest stock (2 uncles and one set of grandparents
> are Kansas farmers) so this alone was a big step, and he's stuck with it.
>
> My kids have asked a lot of questions about why I don't eat meat.  My 4 year
> old voluntarily became a vegetarian about 5 months ago, after months of
> occasional questions that got pretty specific (most recently: "Does it hurt
> the chicken when the farmer takes the eggs?  Does it hurt the chicken to lay
> an egg?")  We talk a lot about food in general -- where it comes from, what
> the terms on packages mean, how food helps/hurts your body, local, organic,
> etc -- not preachy, but just as far as why we buy certain things and not
> others, or shop certain places.  Beyond that, I've let the boys make their
> own choices, though we never introduced meat with any of them until they
> actually asked for it (my almost 2 year old has never had a non-veggie
> item).  I firmly believe that even very young children can comprehend this
> kind of information and make their own choices -- they may not get the
> nuances or some of the more complex reasons for vegetarianism, but they can
> understand a lot.  My oldest has chosen to eat meat (though he also has
> never had red meat) and I've let that be his choice.  He knows where meat
> comes from (rather specifically) and understands issues about how animals
> are raised and cared for, at an age-appropriate level.
>
> As far as how we deal with it at home, I don't cook meat, period.  If my
> husband chooses to grill chicken, I don't argue as long as it stays on "his"
> side of the grill.  But as I do 95% of the cooking, and all of the shopping,
> we basically only eat vegetarian meals at home.
>
> On the tofu question -- marinate it ahead or buy the pre-seasoned kind.
> Tofu soaks up any flavor it's soaked in.  Tempeh and seitan are other
> options that work well in stir-fry dishes.
>
> Hope some of that helps--
>
> Allyson
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Rebecca Landsberg <rebeccak1216@...>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello! I've just joined the group and have lots of questions, but I'll
> > try to pick my top ones for this message. I recognize a lot of your
> > names, and know several of you well, so I'm glad to have found this
> > group. Looks like I just missed the potluck, so I'll look forward to
> > the next one.
> >
> > I have recently (as in the last 48 hours) decided to become vegetarian -
> > and am still exploring what that means in real terms vis-a-vis eggs,
> > yogurt, etc. My husband is choosing to remain a meat eater, although
> > in reality we already eat more veggie meals than not. I'm choosing to
> > make a meal to feed everyone, as usual, and he can cook and add meat as
> > he chooses. We have two children, a son, almost 4, and a daughter,
> > almost 1.
> >
> > Here are my questions/requests:
> >
> > I would love some ideas of what to do with tofu. I bought the non-
> > silken firm version today, and well, our daughter was the only fan of
> > it in a stir fry. Any other ideas?
> >
> > I have looked at the files section and would LOVE if there could be
> > more recipes added. I know it may not be convenient, so if you'd like
> > to send me a link to your favorite epicurious/foodnetwork/veggie-
> > friendly site, that'd be fine too. I'm looking for relatively low-
> > labor cooking. I appreciate your efforts in advance!
> >
> > Do any of you have households where one parent is a vegetarian and one
> > is not? If so, was this choice made after your child was older? I'm
> > looking to connect with other families in our situation, mainly to pick
> > your brain on how you deal with issues of "choice," in terms of eating
> > what I make versus what my husband adds. I know it'll end up being our
> > family's decision; that said, I'm interested...
> >
> > In appreciation!
> > Rebecca
> >
> >
>
>



--
Sean Tubbs
Founder, Charlottesville Podcasting Network
http://www.cvillepodcast.com/
434-566-1217
Sign up for our e-mail list today

Hello!  I've just joined the group and have lots of questions, but I'll
try to pick my top ones for this message.  I recognize a lot of your
names, and know several of you well, so I'm glad to have found this
group.  Looks like I just missed the potluck, so I'll look forward to
the next one.

I have recently (as in the last 48 hours) decided to become vegetarian -
  and am still exploring what that means in real terms vis-a-vis eggs,
yogurt, etc.  My husband is choosing to remain a meat eater, although
in reality we already eat more veggie meals than not.  I'm choosing to
make a meal to feed everyone, as usual, and he can cook and add meat as
he chooses.  We have two children, a son, almost 4, and a daughter,
almost 1.

Here are my questions/requests:

I would love some ideas of what to do with tofu. I bought the non-
silken firm version today, and well, our daughter was the only fan of
it in a stir fry.  Any other ideas?

I have looked at the files section and would LOVE if there could be
more recipes added.  I know it may not be convenient, so if you'd like
to send me a link to your favorite epicurious/foodnetwork/veggie-
friendly site, that'd be fine too.  I'm looking for relatively low-
labor cooking.  I appreciate your efforts in advance!

Do any of you have households where one parent is a vegetarian and one
is not?  If so, was this choice made after your child was older?  I'm
looking to connect with other families in our situation, mainly to pick
your brain on how you deal with issues of "choice," in terms of eating
what I make versus what my husband adds.  I know it'll end up being our
family's decision; that said, I'm interested...

In appreciation!
Rebecca

Glad I asked.  I think it still says the meeting is for tonight on Albemarle family website.  Keep me posted if you do reschedule for next week.

Talk to you soon

Denise
----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Beauford" <karen@beaufordres.com>
To: "cville veg families" <cville_veg_families@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 1:34:06 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: [cville_veg_families] New members

I tried to fond someone to run the meeting this week but many of our regular members are also out of town so no luck.  We are holding the meeting next week instead.

I'll post details later today for those interested.

Karen

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 8, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Denise and Greg Bruen <tofunkie@embarqmail.com> wrote:

Is there still a meeting then tonight if you are out of town?  I was hoping to come and check it out.

Thanks Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Beauford" <karen@beaufordres.com>
To: "cville veg families" <cville_veg_families@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 11:44:19 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: [cville_veg_families] New members

Hi Denise and all-

I am also sorry to have missed the picnic - we were (and still are) out of town as it is my kids' spring break.

Denise, I am the leader of the local chapter of the Holistic Moms Network - please let me know if I can answer any question for you!

Best,

Karen Beauford

Charlottesville Chapter Leader

Holistic Moms Network

www.holisticmoms.org

karen@beaufordres.com

434.566.1748

On Apr 7, 2008, at 12:05 PM, denise.bruen wrote:

HI there-
I have been a vegetarian for about 15 years now. My husband and I are 
raising our 2 children (Cole almost 3 and Avery 10 months)on a 
vegetarian diet as well. It has made them very open eaters. They both 
will eat just about anything we give them. Cole tried a piece of 
pepperoni about 6 months ago accidently at a pizza party and spit it 
out on his own accord :)
Anyways, sorry to have missed last Saturdays outing but hope to meet 
some of you soon.
Are any of you members of the Holistic mom's group?

Thanks,
Denise

Glad I asked.  I think it still says the meeting is for tonight on Albemarle family website.  Keep me posted if you do reschedule for next week.

Talk to you soon

Denise
----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Beauford" <karen@...>
To: "cville veg families" <cville_veg_families@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 1:34:06 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: [cville_veg_families] New members

Is there still a meeting then tonight if you are out of town?  I was hoping to come and check it out.

Thanks Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Beauford" <karen@beaufordres.com>
To: "cville veg families" <cville_veg_families@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 11:44:19 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: [cville_veg_families] New members

Hi Denise and all-

I am also sorry to have missed the picnic - we were (and still are) out of town as it is my kids' spring break.

Denise, I am the leader of the local chapter of the Holistic Moms Network - please let me know if I can answer any question for you!

Best,

Karen Beauford

Charlottesville Chapter Leader

Holistic Moms Network

www.holisticmoms.org

karen@beaufordres.com

434.566.1748

On Apr 7, 2008, at 12:05 PM, denise.bruen wrote:

HI there-
I have been a vegetarian for about 15 years now. My husband and I are 
raising our 2 children (Cole almost 3 and Avery 10 months)on a 
vegetarian diet as well. It has made them very open eaters. They both 
will eat just about anything we give them. Cole tried a piece of 
pepperoni about 6 months ago accidently at a pizza party and spit it 
out on his own accord :)
Anyways, sorry to have missed last Saturdays outing but hope to meet 
some of you soon.
Are any of you members of the Holistic mom's group?

Thanks,
Denise

Is there still a meeting then tonight if you are out of town?  I was hoping to come and check it out.

Thanks Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Beauford" <karen@...>
To: "cville veg families" <cville_veg_families@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 11:44:19 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: [cville_veg_families] New members

HI there-
I have been a vegetarian for about 15 years now.  My husband and I are
raising our 2 children (Cole almost 3 and Avery 10 months)on a
vegetarian diet as well.  It has made them very open eaters.  They both
will eat just about anything we give them.  Cole tried a piece of
pepperoni about 6 months ago accidently at a pizza party and spit it
out on his own accord :)
Anyways, sorry to have missed last Saturdays outing but hope to meet
some of you soon.
Are any of you members of the Holistic mom's group?

Thanks,
Denise

Sorry we didn't get the message in time either.  We did have a fun
lunch at Greenleaf on our own though, and the kids enjoyed the
playground - it was great weather!

Hope to catch you next time,
Ellen

--- In cville_veg_families@yahoogroups.com, "cgresserVA"
<UUchristine@...> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
> For those of you who are interested in the Veggie Families park
> playdate today, we have decided to change the time to make it a
> morning playdate instead of a lunchtime meal playdate. Due to the
> expected rain today, we've changed the meeting time to 10am and
added
> a rain location. (Who wants to risk trudging around with hungry kids
> in the rain at lunchtime?  Not us!)
>
> Veggie Families playdate
> NEW TIME: *** 10:00am *** Saturday 4/5/08
> Location if it's NOT raining: Greenleaf Park
>
> Just in case...  The rain location **ONLY IF it is raining/drizzling
> at 10am**: Discovery Museum (Downtown Mall)
>
> Apologies in advance to anyone who goes to one location while
everyone
> else is at the other. (Doesn't that always happen when rain
locations
> are a factor? Oh well.)  I'm headed to Greenleaf because it's not
> raining at my house.  Hope that's right!  : )
>
> Also, we'll schedule another lunchtime playdate and BYO picnic
> gathering for May or June, and we'll build in a raindate for that.
>
> I posted this change to PNOC, but I regret not thinking to post it
to
> this list!  Duh, Christine.  :(   I assume everyone here is
subscribed
> to PNOC, but that might be an incorrect assumption.  My humble
> apologies for the extremely last minute notice if you didn't get
this
> message yesterday on PNOC!  See you in less than an hour?
>
> Sincerely,
> Christine G.
>

Hi all,

    Sorry we couldn't make it this weekend - we had a
ton of out-of-town guests visiting. Hopefully we will
be able to make it to the next gathering!

  ---Tami, Eric, and Hunter


      
________________________________________________________________________________\
____
You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total
Access, No Cost.
http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com

Sorry we didn't make it to the get together.  I work on Sat. mornings,
so when I saw the time change I knew we would be there too lste. =(  We
would not have arrived until 11:30 or so, and I wasn't sure how long
people would be there.  Hope to make it next time!

Elizabeth

Dear group,

It was nice to meet some of you this morning, even if only briefly. We look
forward to seeing you again soon!

Bruce, Lisa, Amory and Elinor Glassco

Hi there,
For those of you who are interested in the Veggie Families park
playdate today, we have decided to change the time to make it a
morning playdate instead of a lunchtime meal playdate. Due to the
expected rain today, we've changed the meeting time to 10am and added
a rain location. (Who wants to risk trudging around with hungry kids
in the rain at lunchtime?  Not us!)

Veggie Families playdate
NEW TIME: *** 10:00am *** Saturday 4/5/08
Location if it's NOT raining: Greenleaf Park

Just in case...  The rain location **ONLY IF it is raining/drizzling
at 10am**: Discovery Museum (Downtown Mall)

Apologies in advance to anyone who goes to one location while everyone
else is at the other. (Doesn't that always happen when rain locations
are a factor? Oh well.)  I'm headed to Greenleaf because it's not
raining at my house.  Hope that's right!  : )

Also, we'll schedule another lunchtime playdate and BYO picnic
gathering for May or June, and we'll build in a raindate for that.

I posted this change to PNOC, but I regret not thinking to post it to
this list!  Duh, Christine.  :(   I assume everyone here is subscribed
to PNOC, but that might be an incorrect assumption.  My humble
apologies for the extremely last minute notice if you didn't get this
message yesterday on PNOC!  See you in less than an hour?

Sincerely,
Christine G.

We're a new family to the list too. We just moved to Charlottesville in
January. We have two kids, seven and thirteen. We're lacto-ovo vegetarians,
but we end up eating practically vegan fairly often. We used to live in a
rural area where chicken farming was the main business, so we're looking
forward to meeting some Charlottesvillain veggie-lovers at the picnic!

The Glassco family (Bruce, Lisa, Amory and Elinor)