Bitchin’

{ June 5, 2009 @ 8:48 am } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: baking, cooking, Eco, health, healthy, recipe, supper, vegan, vegetarian }

So there have been some changes for the duo recently. Enter Skinny Bitch book.

Read what they had to say in there. Didn’t really feel like eating meat ever again. But to be sure about the fact, they asked The Rent (she is a veterinarian).

Everything in there is true. Except for the slaughterhouse cruelty part. That generally doesn’t happen in South Africa because they don’t super-mass produce meat.

Now to put this in perspective. GennaVIVA LITERALY grew up in an abattoir. Yes, you hear right, and abattoir. The Rent worked there as resident vet since GennaVIVA was born till she was 15 years old. She has never felt bad about what she saw there. The place was her own personal playground! The duo still has bottles of preserved animal parts and foetuses that they removed themselves during the slaughter process. NEVER felt bad about meat.

What more bothers them now is that I realise the conditions these animals have to live in. The unnatural drugs they are given for production purposes. The fact that eating meat is literally killing humans with toxins that should never have been allowed by the administrations, and that it constitutes animal and planet abuse is not acceptable.

Now don’t go and think they are about to turn full on vegetarian or vegan. Not much hope of that. Too much foodie-blood in GennaVIVA’s heart and too much food lust in Domo’s.

BUT.

They are going to be slowly converting to a 90% Vegetarian/Vegan diet. On Special Cooking Sunday and special occasion, meat will be consumed, as well as dairy products.

And they will not be preaching to anyone about it. It’s a personal choice.

In celebration of this Get-GennaVIVA-Green initiative, the duo made a

Whole-wheat Veggie Pizza

Serves: 2

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Pizza Base

1 cup whole-wheat flour

30ml olive oil

½ cup water

Liberal pinch salt

Toppings

50g tomato puree

2 cups broccoli

Cup diced bell peppers

1 ½ cup chopped pineapple

Seasonings

Cumin Seeds

Fennel Seeds

Salt

Italian Mix herbs

Heat oven to 250C.

For the base

1. Place whole-wheat flour and salt in a large mixing bowl.
2. Slowly had the oil and water. Mix with a fork till it forms a firm, elastic dough. Knead the dough on a floured work surface for about 10 minutes till it becomes highly elastic.
3. Roll out dough into desire shape and place in pan. Spread with the tomato puree.

For the toppings

1. Place all toppings in a microwavable bowl with water. And cover with cling wrap.
2. Microwave on high till tender. Usually around 6 minutes.
3. Place toppings on pizza base, and sprinkle generously with seasonings.
4. Pop in the oven for 15 minutes.

Domo just couldn’t wait for it to come out the oven!

TADA! No meat pizza.

K, given, The Rent said she would never give up dairy to any extent and put mozzarella on her side. It looked good.

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