Harri B (UK) and Prissy Ryan (LA) are two friends who LOVE to eat fish and meat but since they watched 'Seaspiracy' it's ruined everything for them. Before watching ‘Seaspiracy’ they'd never seriously considered a change to their eating habits but after seeing this film - and loads of long-distance chats they felt compelled to at least try to become some sort of flexitarians. So what was it about this film that made two non-vegetarian, fish-eating Northerners decide to look at what they eat differently and reduce their meat and fish intake?
If you’ve ever had a friend who's become an overnight vegetarian and felt like you just can’t do it – join Harri B and Prissy, recording from their respective wardrobe/'recording studios'. Absolute rookie vegetarians - a self-confessed veg dodger and a calamari addict - both will share the ups and downs of saying goodbye to meat and fish dishes making up the bulk of their meals UK and Stateside. As well as chatting all-things-food, the ladies talk streaming, film, and TV, and generally about stuff they’ve seen on Instagram... combined with laughing... a lot.
The ladies reminisce about hen dos/bachelorette parties in the quaint village of Bakewell... unfortunately with no delicious Bakewell tarts were consumed. Prissy’s having trouble roller skating and Harri’s catch-ups with pals end in consuming a disastrous vegan drink involving beetroot powder.
Prissy shares her late-night promenade-pizza-slice-regret and the girls chats about home pizza ovens… and realize how much both women mention pizza on the pod. It's a make-do recipe week for Prissy, mainly because of a shopping faux-pas meaning a case of serious missing ingredients - sabotaging her meal plan - but the week’s largely been kept meat-free and fish-free, helped by finding an emergency jar of pesto and tucking into some vegetarian meals she’s frozen… loving life.
Harri’s feeling smug about her absolute bargain-a-tious and delicious Hello Fresh meal box delivery - involving an Indonesian style Tofu curry (yes, she's finally tried Tofu!), red lentil ‘spag bol’ and Prissy’s bigging up their food box deliveries she had during Covid times. There’s first-time Impossible tostadas and the pals give themselves a pat on the back for having cut down on meat and fish significantly for around 3 months now.
The ladies talk plastic woes, where to get your refillable products (mostly Target in the US!) you can buy off the shelf to avoid buying as much plastic and discovering compostable coffee cups that have seeds in!
Films and TV watched include Ali Wong, ‘Always Be My Maybe’ to ‘Sophie’ - quite the emotional pendulum swing... the ‘Bosch’ TV series and listening to ‘The Lost Hills’ podcast – putting the ladies off camping in the USA - for life.
The duo has chosen quick recipes with ingredients that are easy to find and discovered that they’re actually starting to enjoy this new, lesser meat and fish lifestyle.
The decision to change their diet is for the love of the planet but make no mistake, this really, honestly is a pair of reluctant, part-time vegetarians. If you watched 'Seaspiracy' and feel guilty and helpless because you don't think you can change a lifetime's eating habits - look no further - you've found your tribe. No judgment here - just encouragement for everyone to give some form of part-time vegetarianism a go – a casual foody support group.
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