I made a promise to celebrate Australia Day by eating kangaroo because of the environmental benefits of kangaroo over other meats. Well I did. It was actually tasty. We had herb and garlic kangaroo meat kebabs. We ate them with locally grown beans and corn bought at the farmers markets just around the corner the previous day.

 
We have decided we can easily replace other red meats in our diet with kangaroo. Realistically, we only eat red meat once in every two weeks or so and have decided that this would be an easy and  worthwile change.

I have to confess, I have been a wannabe vegetarian for years. I just don't have the willpower (at this stage). Aside from the environmental reasons,I really don't like thinking about how happy our kangaroo may have been living in the wild before it was shot. Similarly, I don't like thinking about how unhappy a chook or lamb may have been before it was slaughtered.

But ignoring my ethical concerns, I am feeling much better about not being a vegetarian (for now) given that I know I can make more sustainable choices. From now on we will continue to eat meat only once or twice a week and will eat kangaroo instead of other red meat.

Next I will look into sustainable choices for our fish and chicken.