I *want* to be a vegetarian... but I like meat!

[*Ash*]

I just wanted to point out that people often see giving up meat as a sacrifice. I think another way to look at it is to see it as a positive, as a melding of your attitudes and actions, putting your ethics and beliefs into practice. Any transition is difficult at first, we cling to what is familiar and safe. I haven't eaten meat for 14 years (neither has my DH). I grew up in the traditional meat and three veg family, but I no longer regard meat as food, I regard it as a dead animal. My perceptions and attitudes have changed.

Check out vegfamily and Animals Australia for inspiration and recipes. Oct 1 -7 is World Vegetarian Week and people are being encouraged to go vego for the week, 'to test the waters', so to speak! I can honestly say that my life feels richer because my ethics are aligned with my actions. Also, if you like the taste of chicken, there is a brand of vego foods that resemble chicken nuggets, chicken burgers and chicken strips. The brand is Frys.

Good luck! (My DH is a buddhist too!)