veggies where art thou??

I'm trying to find more cookbooks with vegetable cooking. You'd think there would be a VEGAN vegetable cookbook out there, but not that I've found. So many books still treat vegetables as a side dish, that it can be hard bringing them to the center of the plate! (Or taking up half the plate, as they should.)

But if I buy another vegetarian or regular vegetable cookbook, I'll end up with all these cheese and egg recipes. Annoying. I already have one, and I like it--don't need more.

I ordered this one: Greens Glorious Greens! One review said it mostly makes do without meat, eggs and cheese, and it's highly rated re. recipes turning out.

And this one: Farmer John's Real Dirt. It's from an organic farm, and the cookbook started as a way to provide more info about vegetables for their "CSA" (community supported agriculture) clients. These are the organizations that you sign up for and they dump a box of Whatever's New That Week on your doorstep, and you've got to figure out what to make with it all. So people often need recipe ideas. I've always wanted to try the local one, but not sure how to arrange deliveries in an apartment. Anyway, it's not vegan but should be pretty crunchy-granola.

There's also a DVD about this guy and his farm, which I ordered second hand--it's won all sorts of awards.

I've discovered that with this job I can't keep up with my own writing, my marriage, and eating healthy. So unfortunately Writing is taking the cut. :-( Hopefully not permanently. All I've been eating for supper lately is refried beans, mixed with salsa, and corn chips. And that's healthier than where I was two weeks ago! I've also reintroduced homemade hummus & veggies. My body is all "What? What are these crunchy things you ingest?? Bah!" And bean salad. Next I want to make homemade granola. Bébé steps.

Alright, gotta go now. Have "overtime work" to get working on. Hapoo.