The One Month Miracle

I'm a meat eater and my husband is a serious meat eater. We eat A LOT of meat. Too much in my mind but not enough for my husband who would happily consume some form of meat three times a day if I left it up to him, (bacon would feature heavily). Don't get me wrong I love meat, and when it comes to red meat I think that someone in some movie said it best: "No, no! "Rare" implies dangerously cooked. When I say rare I mean just let it look at the oven in terror, then bring it out to me." There might be a bit of hyperbole there but you get the general idea. Even with my love of meat I enjoy eating vegetarian meals from time to time and think that they're not only a great way to save money but are a healthy alternative to eating so much meat from time to time.
I have often dreamed of wanting to do an experiment of eating only vegetarian for an entire month. The idea seems a bit ludicrous even as I type it out. First of all my husband would NEVER go for it. Second of all I could never do it without his help; there's no way that I could go vegetarian for an entire month while he sat there chewing down tasty steaks and burgers.
Last week however I casually mentioned that I had always wanted to try being a vegetarian for a month and out of the blue ( I still think that I hallucinated this next bit) my husband said why not, he'd give it a whirl.
I got to work looking for recipes right away, knowing full well that if we didn't' have every meal planned we would lapse into eating a steak or two. While looking at a lot of vegetarian recipes I realized that because we're doing this for health reasons I cannot possibly consume as much cheese as a lot of those recipes called for. How can adding 3 cups of shredded cheese to a recipe that serves 4 be even remotely healthy? Another obstacle that I've run into is that I often find a lot of vegetarian meals to be boring and underspiced. I'll have none of that thank you.
I decided that there had to be rules, otherwise we'd be lost in a sea of vegetarianism confusion.
1. We will still eat eggs. They're cheap, and a great source of protein.
2. We will still eat seafood. We have so much of it in our freezer that I can't pass it up. It's also healthy.
3. We will eat a limited amount of fat.
4. We will eat meals that are full of flavor.

I may revise these as we go along.

And so, God willing, at this blog I will try to test out vegetarian recipes for two meat lovers and give the reviews of each recipe.

Our adventure/trial begins May 1st.