Guest guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Hi Becki,  I used to cook for a mixed vegetarian/carnivore family (3 of each).  Fortunately the meat eaters were fairly flexible with their meals. They weren't the 'meat and two veg' type so they were perfectly happy with what I used to call my compromise meals.  I had a range of dishes (casseroles/stir fries/Chinese dishes/pasta dishes/rice dishes such as risotto and fried rice etc) which were basically vegetarian with a small amount of meat added at the last minute after the vegetarian serves had been dished up. I cooked the meat separately of course and stirred it through the vegetarian ingredients just before serving. This doesn't work for everything - things such as meatloaves and pies can't be treated in this way. However, I was lucky in that the carnivores in the family were prepared to eat vegetarian versions of these.   Here is a link to a site which has several what they call 'adaptable recipes' which are basically vegetarian recipes with hints of how to adapt them for meat eaters.  http://www.theveggietable.com/recipes/adaptablerecipes.html  Good luck with your new lifestyle. Please feel free to ask questions and share your experiences about your new way of life (and maybe some recipes too) with us.  Cheers from Marie    --- On Sun, 22/6/08, Becki <cbcbdd6 wrote: Becki <cbcbdd6 BECKI - Re: newbie here Sunday, 22 June, 2008, 2:54 AM Hi Marie, Thanks for the welcome. For now it is just me making the change but I'd love to see my family follow suit. It sure would make grocery shopping and meal preparation a little easier! Becki Recent Activity  7 New Members  5 New FilesVisit Your Group New web site? Drive traffic now. Get your business on search. Wellness Spot A resource for living the Curves lifestyle. All-Bran Day 10 Club on Feel better with fiber. .. ________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at http://uk.docs./ymail/new.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Thank you so much Marie! I appreciate the link! Becki " When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: There will be earth upon which to stand, or you will be given wings to fly. " www.myspace.com/rbcamae --- On Thu, 6/26/08, Marie Rieuwers <marierieuwers wrote: Marie Rieuwers <marierieuwers BECKI - Re: newbie here Thursday, June 26, 2008, 12:47 PM Hi Becki, I used to cook for a mixed vegetarian/carnivor e family (3 of each). Fortunately the meat eaters were fairly flexible with their meals. They weren't the 'meat and two veg' type so they were perfectly happy with what I used to call my compromise meals. I had a range of dishes (casseroles/ stir fries/Chinese dishes/pasta dishes/rice dishes such as risotto and fried rice etc) which were basically vegetarian with a small amount of meat added at the last minute after the vegetarian serves had been dished up. I cooked the meat separately of course and stirred it through the vegetarian ingredients just before serving. This doesn't work for everything - things such as meatloaves and pies can't be treated in this way. However, I was lucky in that the carnivores in the family were prepared to eat vegetarian versions of these. Here is a link to a site which has several what they call 'adaptable recipes' which are basically vegetarian recipes with hints of how to adapt them for meat eaters. http://www.theveggi etable.com/ recipes/adaptabl erecipes. html Good luck with your new lifestyle. Please feel free to ask questions and share your experiences about your new way of life (and maybe some recipes too) with us. Cheers from Marie --- On Sun, 22/6/08, Becki <cbcbdd6 > wrote: Becki <cbcbdd6 > BECKI - Re: newbie here Sunday, 22 June, 2008, 2:54 AM Hi Marie, Thanks for the welcome. For now it is just me making the change but I'd love to see my family follow suit. It sure would make grocery shopping and meal preparation a little easier! Becki Recent Activity 7 New Members 5 New FilesVisit Your Group New web site? Drive traffic now. Get your business on search. Wellness Spot A resource for living the Curves lifestyle. All-Bran Day 10 Club on Feel better with fiber. ... ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at http://uk.docs. / ymail/new. html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 " Hi Marie, Thanks for the welcome. For now it is just me making > the change but I'd love to see my family follow suit. It sure > would make grocery shopping and meal preparation a little easier! > > Becki " > Well Becki (and welCOME, too!), if you're the cook, who could complain? I don't mean to be a shit-disturber, but I guess in this case I am one. I know that not to serve meat to a family that is accustomed to you preparing what *they* want/like instead of what *you* want/like rocks a lot of boats. It did so in my family, when I refused to continue to prepare meat-based meals for my carnivorous partner. But I figure hey, I do not *owe* anyone my cooking, especially since my spouse and my children could all cook for themselves (or eat a sandwich) if they didn't like what I was making. There is a matter of principle involved, isn't there? I think so. For me, it's a " fight " worth having, because I am nobody's servant. When I cook, I cook what *I* want to cook, and out of a desire to give and share food with my family (which the kitchen is very much the heart of) I cook enough for everybody. I do, after all, want to see them eating well, and it's me who has set that example for my kids. They are 15 and 20, by the way; when they were younger of course I made their meals as well as teaching them how to prepare food as soon as they were capable enough. Often if a woman is economically dependent on a man, she feels she " owes " him his meals, or perhaps that is the conscious agreement between the two of them and so she actually *is* responsible for the cooking. But nowadays a lot of women aren't relying on their husbands for financial support, and yet they still feel they must be the ones who makes supper every night. I guess it is in our nature to enjoy pleasing others with our cooking; that is not to be denied. But I think this is something worth looking at -- that we who are vegetarians should not feel we are somehow not good women when we refuse to prepare and serve meat. And I don't mean just in the eyes of the people whose meat habits we stop contributing to. I mean in our own eyes. If a woman decides she is going to be a vegetarian ... then those who don't want to be, unless they're small children, have no business demanding she cook meat. Let them hire themselves a new cook! Or eat what the woman makes, and be grateful for it. It takes time and effort to make a meal and when someone does it for us, it needs to be appreciated, even if it doesn't exactly suit our husband's and kids' ingredients preferences. They may come screaming into this good night, but dem's da breaks! Kate -- http://suzannebellerive.wordpress.com The Secret Journal of Suzanne Bellerive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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