When I was growing up, I spent a lot of time at my Grandma’s house. One of her specialties was tacos and sometimes she would prepare Chorizo, in addtion to ground beef. I was only allowed a little of it and I loved it. Spicy, red, weird – it was interesting.
My kids had never had the Chorizo experience until I picked up some vegetarian Chorizo last week. I forgot to take a picture of it, but this is similar. The brand that I bought came in sausage-like tubes.
The kids all turned their noses up at it. “Yuck,” they said. I …read more

Did you know that 1 in every 200 kids is a vegetarian?
The new estimate of young vegetarians comes from a recent federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study of alternative medicine based on a survey of thousands of Americans in 2007. Information on children’s diet habits was gleaned from about 9,000 parents and other adults speaking on the behalf of those under 18.
One of the theories surrounding this influx of young vegetarians is the easy access of factory farming footage found on YouTube. I’ve observed similar footage myself on television – pigs being beaten and abused, chickens looking sick …read more