31 days of being vegetarians (at home)

Meatless May has gone well. No meat was cooked in our house all month long! We have eaten meat, however, but only when we've gone over to someone else's house or gone to a restaurant.

One of the best parts of the month was using a new cookbook:


"Vij's" is a world-famous Indian restaurant located in Vancouver. I had seen and browsed this cookbook many times in the local bookstores, but May was the month that it was my turn to check the book out of the library! I've made three vegetarian dishes - Long Green Beans and New Potatoes in Mustard Seed Curry, Coconut Curried Vegetables, and Cumin Basmati Rice - from the cookbook so far, and I'm looking forward to making both veggie and meat dishes from it in the future.

But using the cookbook was only one of the best parts of the month. Another awesome part was going to Vij's with friends. Even though we got there before the restaurant opened, we didn't get a seat immediately because of all the people! So, if you don't get a seat right away, you are welcome to order drinks and sample appetizers! Yum. Our meal was delish - I had marinated and grilled sablefish and zucchini in a mango-reduction curry. Then, when we were all done, I tried to be brave and asked Vikram Vij - the man who owns the restaurant, the man who started it 16 years ago as a little 14-seater cafe, and the man who created almost all the recipes with his wife - if Sam and I could have our picture with him. He said yes.


It was a great meal and a great night, and May was a great month.