Guest guest Posted March 16, 2003 Report Share Posted March 16, 2003 Hm... I deal with this all the time. *lol* I have a 9 year old and a 12 year old and neither one is a vegetarian. In fact, I am the only one living here who is. For dinner, I just fix vegetarian dishes. Recipes that call for meat, namely beef, get prepared with the soy alternatives instead. My kids rather enjoy them, for the most part, though they would never just eat them plain, like a veggie burger, but mixed in a recipe they find them good enough. On occasion my husband will buy meat and prepare it on the grill for them. On those days I just fix an interesting side dish we can all share, some bread or salad, and then I might microwave a soy or micoprotein meat replacement item for myself. I believe 90-95% of our sit-down meals as a family are vegetarian. It takes a bit of time I guess, but once they get used to not seeing a bland hunk of animal flesh on the plate, and stop looking at meat as the main course, they don't really seem to find anything at all lacking. The food is flavorful, filling and I usually reward them with a nice dessert following our dinner. There is nothing that can really replace that special time of day when we set aside an hour to break bread together. ~ PT ~ You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of discussion. ~Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE) ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> , Sherri <sherria@o...> wrote: > I've suggested some of the " fake " meat substitutes, but they weren't > thrilled with them. When he cooks dinner and doesn't make meat they > think there's something missing though. Any suggestions? What do those > of you with kids who aren't vegetarian do? Do you cook meat for them? > He's not trying to make them into vegetarians, but since he's enjoying > eating meatless more and more, its becoming an difficult to keep > everyone happy without preparing 3 or 4 different meals each evening. > Sherri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Sherri wrote: > I've suggested some of the " fake " meat substitutes, but they weren't > thrilled with them. When he cooks dinner and doesn't make meat they > think there's something missing though. Any suggestions? What do those > of you with kids who aren't vegetarian do? Do you cook meat for them? > He's not trying to make them into vegetarians, but since he's enjoying > eating meatless more and more, its becoming an difficult to keep > everyone happy without preparing 3 or 4 different meals each evening. Things like vege-sausage & TVP mince make good meat-free subs. TVP is great in sasauge rolls & spag. bol. Just rehydrate it and use it the same way you use mince (although it doesn't have as much fat as mince does) There are also alot of popular meat free mains that kids enjoy (like pasta bake or macaroni & cheese). However if for some reason they don't take to those or your partner wants to give them meat my mother (who really did have to cook separate meals almost for our family of five) came up with a good way of cooking. For a pasta dish you cook the meat (usually chicken bits) separate, you make a veg tomato pasta sauce, you cook the pasta separate and have a bowl of grated cheese for people to help themselves. That way people could have as much or as little of each food as they like. (For the record I'm a vegan with allergies, one of my brothers can't have tomato and the other doesn't like anything too saucey & my mother likes some meat but not as much as my dad does) This same method works for cooking meat & vege separate for stirfry's and also with sweet & sour you fry the meat and do the sauce in a separate bowl. Also with roasts the vegetables can be baked in a separate dish from the meat. Regards to the fish, LisA ICQ#: 15562604 *** www.gu.uwa.edu.au/clubs/vegies *** " Never Grow a wishbone where your backbone ought to be " - Cynthia Paddleford " Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. " -Margaret Thatcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2003 Report Share Posted May 14, 2003 how about this idea. so the confusion doesn't happen again, every potluck posting could have a note attached, " kids welcome. " if a host prefers no kids at a particular gathering, the posting can state that instead. > " Orion (Stephen) " <qrhythm >RawSeattle >RawSeattle >[RawSeattle] Re: ingr. lists, dipping, etc. >Thu, 08 May 2003 19:04:09 -0000 > >Thanks Sue, that's a clear overview of the issues and I appreciate >it. How does everyone feel about having potlucks be open to children >of all ages by default, and if the person holding the potluck would >like to restrict it to only a certain age or older, then that is >noted in the potluck description? Is there anyone who wouldn't want >to host a potluck because they might think that others would think >less of them for restricting the potluck? I hope not. I hope that >people will always feel well loved for being willing to host, and >will feel that whatever restrictions are necessary are completely >accepted by all of us. >peace, >Orion > > _______________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2003 Report Share Posted May 14, 2003 I'm trying to shut my mouth-but this is seeming rediculous...it feels like we're talking about children like they aren't humans, are separate from 'us' as adults - having to post whether they are 'welcome' or not. Every person should be 'welcome' by default. Call it like it is if one group isn't welcome-blacks, jews, woman, children, meat-eaters, etc, etc. Can we stop separating/creating stereotypes? Isn't it because someone is 'made' to feel uncomfortable that prejudices are started-very innocent, reasonable preferences? Trust me-most people with prejudices truly believe that they mean no harm, are founded in reason, are right, etc. Sorry if I'm offending anyone, but let's look inside-the discomfort is always about OURSELVES. Asya - nachman laufman RawSeattle Tuesday, May 13, 2003 6:05 PM [RawSeattle] kids how about this idea. so the confusion doesn't happen again, every potluck posting could have a note attached, "kids welcome." if a host prefers no kids at a particular gathering, the posting can state that instead.>"Orion (Stephen)" <qrhythm>RawSeattle >RawSeattle >[RawSeattle] Re: ingr. lists, dipping, etc. >Thu, 08 May 2003 19:04:09 -0000>>Thanks Sue, that's a clear overview of the issues and I appreciate>it. How does everyone feel about having potlucks be open to children>of all ages by default, and if the person holding the potluck would>like to restrict it to only a certain age or older, then that is>noted in the potluck description? Is there anyone who wouldn't want>to host a potluck because they might think that others would think>less of them for restricting the potluck? I hope not. I hope that>people will always feel well loved for being willing to host, and>will feel that whatever restrictions are necessary are completely>accepted by all of us.>peace,>Orion>>_______________Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2003 Report Share Posted May 14, 2003 Good evening, How 'bout instead of beating ourselves up over this issue, we have an event that is SPECIFICALLY for kids. I'm thinking that a roller skating party might be a possibility - anyone interested? We have a couple of rinks out in this area (Renton) and I might be able to arrange it. Of course, we'd have to decide whether we want to include adults or not (;-) Nick Hein - Asya Milazzo RawSeattle Tuesday, May 13, 2003 7:30 PM Re: [RawSeattle] kids I'm trying to shut my mouth-but this is seeming rediculous...it feels like we're talking about children like they aren't humans, are separate from 'us' as adults - having to post whether they are 'welcome' or not. Every person should be 'welcome' by default. Call it like it is if one group isn't welcome-blacks, jews, woman, children, meat-eaters, etc, etc. Can we stop separating/creating stereotypes? Isn't it because someone is 'made' to feel uncomfortable that prejudices are started-very innocent, reasonable preferences? Trust me-most people with prejudices truly believe that they mean no harm, are founded in reason, are right, etc. Sorry if I'm offending anyone, but let's look inside-the discomfort is always about OURSELVES. Asya - nachman laufman RawSeattle Tuesday, May 13, 2003 6:05 PM [RawSeattle] kids how about this idea. so the confusion doesn't happen again, every potluck posting could have a note attached, "kids welcome." if a host prefers no kids at a particular gathering, the posting can state that instead.>"Orion (Stephen)" <qrhythm>RawSeattle >RawSeattle >[RawSeattle] Re: ingr. lists, dipping, etc. >Thu, 08 May 2003 19:04:09 -0000>>Thanks Sue, that's a clear overview of the issues and I appreciate>it. How does everyone feel about having potlucks be open to children>of all ages by default, and if the person holding the potluck would>like to restrict it to only a certain age or older, then that is>noted in the potluck description? Is there anyone who wouldn't want>to host a potluck because they might think that others would think>less of them for restricting the potluck? I hope not. I hope that>people will always feel well loved for being willing to host, and>will feel that whatever restrictions are necessary are completely>accepted by all of us.>peace,>Orion>>_______________Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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