{"id":1065,"date":"2016-01-01T16:20:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T21:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2016-01-01T16:20:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T21:20:27","slug":"the-first-month-of-2016-veganuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/2016\/01\/01\/the-first-month-of-2016-veganuary\/","title":{"rendered":"The first month of 2016: Veganuary"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first emerging lifestyle trend of 2016 is Veganuary<\/a>, a month when ethical- and health-minded folks are encouraged to give up all animal products.<\/p>\n

I’m making it lots less complicated. Starting on New Year’s Day, I will forgo all meat, alcohol and refined sugar for one month. Call it the trifecta.<\/p>\n

\"v1\"<\/a>Still, I’m not going whole hog on vegan. I will take half and half in my coffee, enjoy an omelet, drizzle honey on my oatmeal. I am not the vegan police and I don’t view a nibble of\u00a0goat cheese as an act of animal thievery. And giving up wine and sweets strikes me as a fair trade for yogurt.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, I just want to do something nice for my body, a 31-day spring cleaning, of sorts.<\/p>\n

2015 was a year of getting my home and career in order. In 2016, it’s me who needs to be set right.
\n\"beefwellington_2647597b\"<\/a>As V-Day looms, I indulge in beef Wellington<\/a> and free-flowing Cabernet Sauvignon at a New Year’s Eve party hosted by longtime friends in the Sovereign\u00a0State of South Jersey. As we count down to midnight, I say good bye\u00a0to cow and cab, hello to green salads and green tea.<\/p>\n

I’ll check in throughout the month to share foods that work for me and various gadgets I discover along the way. I’ll also post\u00a0a Cocktail of the Hour I tested before I took the pledge. A reminder that February will soon be here.<\/p>\n

One month. 31 days. Starting today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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