The Compassion Experiment (Day 39)

Not for profit.

The Compassion Experiment: It's not a blog, it's a Blitter. Too short for a blog, too long for a Twitter.

Man, who knew gardening was so tough on the body.
I ache.
I feel like my back is out of joint, and my knees are rubber.
From gardening.
I find this quite disturbing.

Today I'll walk down the road to the Community Garden (Oakville Arena site), and pick some lettuce and spinach.
On Sunday, after we helped out with the cutworm situation, we left with our hands full.
We took dill, and replanted it here.
And two violet's, which have survived the transplant and are flourishing.
This is the payoff for trying something new.

We are amazed at all the new and fantastic opportunities that keep coming up, now that we have our eyes open to new ideas and a new way of life.
We keep meeting new people, smart people, people who care about animals, and people who love life.
And people of all ages.
It's actually quite unbelievable and hard to put into words really.
The only way to know, is to experience it for yourself.

Here is an amazing recipe for a great veggie pot pie.
We loved it.

@#%&ing Good Veggie Pot Pie

You will need:
A medium sized baking dish.

Topping:
Bisquick

Filling:
1 onion
1 tbsp oil
1 cup of celery
1 cup of carrots
1 cup of peppers
1 medium potato
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup vegetable stock
1/4 red lentils
2 tbsp of flour
1/2 cup of soy milk
oregano
salt
pepper

Prepare Bisquick topping first.
Make enough for 4.
Set aside.

Preheat oven to 400F.
In a large frying pan, or wok, cook the onions until they smell real nice.
Add the celery, carrots and pepper, and cook until soft.
Add the potato, peas, lentils, oregano, salt pepper.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat.
Cover with lid and simmer until the lentils are soft.
Stir in flour and soy milk, and simmer until sauce begins to thicken.
Transfer filling to an oiled baking baking dish.
Cover filling with Bisquick.
Cook for 20-25 minutes, or until it looks browned and delicious.
Devour and enjoy.

Best thing about this recipe: it's 100% compassion.

Please keep sending in recipes and story ideas, we really appreciate everyone's support.

Animals saved today: 4
Animals saved to date: 105

Note: we realize these numbers are not a true representation, but in our minds, this helps to visualize the damage we are causing when we eat animal by-products.