I have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for approximately half my life now... and I very rarely miss eating meat! In fact the only dishes I really miss, tend to be those that are attached to memories... so I often wonder if it is really the meat or the memory which I miss.

The main reason that I am vegetarian, is because I feel that we should not intentionally kill or harm other beings - humans or animals! I keep this in mind when I choose the foods that I purchase, and eat. I feel we should try to...
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Of course being healthy is not all about food!

I have started exercising again... that is... exercising on purpose to try and improve my fitness.

I've been following exercises from this website: http://www.bodyrock.tv/   --i've started with exercises from 2009.
Following this for 2 weeks now, and exercising every second day... that means about 20 minutes of exercise every second day. I'm already feeling fitter. I tried sprinting across our local oval the other day and found I was hardly puffed!...
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Had some delicious pancakes for breakfast this morning... which means I've taken a photo for the pancake recipe under the desserts category.

mmmmmm..... pancakes..... with maple syrup and blueberries and a sprinkle of icing sugar.


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The website is progressing pretty well... I've posted a range of recipes from Asia, Italy and Mexico. It's pretty obvious what my background is though... just by the number of recipes in each section.

I suppose eventually there should only be one recipe on each page, and the main pages should only provide links to these recipe pages. For now I'll keep adding recipes section at a time and divide them up properly later.

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