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March 1, 2004

Rebecca, I mostly lurk in this group but I can surely tell you that if you

stick around you will find many good vegetarian crock pot recipes. Also

there are many in the archives I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong, someone.

Zella

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02/29/04 09:49:57

I'm new here

My name is Rebecca.I am 56 years old.I live in northern NY near the

Canadian border.I'm afraid I don't have a favorite crock pot recipe

as yet.I just got my crock pot and haven't used it.I'm also new to

being vegetarian.

April 27, 2004

Hi Carol,

What part of Long Island? I have family in central Long Island and we make a

trip there about once a year. My husband is lacto-ovo, I am mostly vegan and

our daughter is lacto-ovo though she appears to be lactose intolerant so we are

phasing out whatever remnants of dairy in her diet. My daughter loves boca

chick'n nuggets. And you can get organic boca from wholefoods. If you'd prefer

the organic kind to what they sell in your regular grocer's. My daughter has

been vegetarian all her life. It must be harder if you don't raise your kids

veg and then try to convince them to change later. She's always thought of what

we do as " normal " and eating dead animals as a gross thing that " some other "

people do. Sometimes I look at her as she is asking about ingredients in

something.. I think how much she is like me when I was that age. And of the

long road that she has ahead of her as a vegetarian kid. I know it is a lot

different today than it was 20+ years ago. I hope I am able to

make it easier for her than my meat-eating parents did for me. Oh and other

than fruit (which she loves pretty much all fruit) my daughter eats oatmeal,

cereal, waffles, soy sausage, smart dogs, boca vegan burgers, boca chick'n

nuggets, quorn, veat, soy yoghurt, french fries, broccoli, corn and peas. She's

a picky veggie kid and not real big on vegetables.

Renee

carol sobczak <cpsobczak wrote:

I just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Carol and I live

on Long Island in NY. I am married and have 2 daughters and one on the way. I am

currently on bed rest as ordered by my doctor. I have been a vegetarian for give

or take 10 years. My husband is not veg nor are either of my kids. My little one

is the closest she is just stuck on chicken nuggets. I am working with the older

one to help her understand the health benefits of being vegetarian. She is a

preteen so she is interested in looking good and having clear skin and all that.

She seems to be beginning to understand but she has cravings for meat. My

husband is a hopeless cause. He will never switch but he does eat what I cook

most of the time. We also have 4 companion animals, a dog, a cat and 2 guinea

pigs. Ok, that's me in a nutshell. I really am looking forward to being a part

of the list. thanks for having me

Carol

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April 27, 2004

Hi Carol,

Welcome to the group. Where on LI are you? I grew up in Seaford. My

parents are still there, my 2 brothers live upstate. I'm in Virginia

Beach. I know how tough it is to be the only veg--my husband, 2 boys

and mother in law are meat eaters, although they do eat what I cook,

and mom-in-law cooks non meat dishes fairly often now, so I guess

they are making good progress.

Peace,

Laura

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April 28, 2004

Where on LI are you?

I'm in Westbury/Carle Place

mom-in-law cooks non meat dishes fairly often now,

my mother-in-law doesn't understand why I won't eat fish since she says it's not

meat. When she told me that I couldn't figure out what it was since it's not a

grain, or a fruit, or a vegetable or even a legume. I just laugh and eat the

side dishes. She does try to make the veggies without butter for me. It's only

been 10 years, they're getting used to it. Ha ha.

So, your children aren't veg either. I am trying to work with my children on

issues of compassion and health to bring them closer at least. I have been

doing a lot of reading on childrens health and meat eating. It is freighting.

I want to do everything possible to help them grow up healthy. The new baby

will not eat meat until she is old enough to rebel on her own. But my oldest is

a real meat eater. She is a preteen and starting to be interested in her

appearance. I explaining that meat eating can lead to prolems with weight, skin

and hair. I'm teaching her about her health and how to protect it. The little

one can't stand the thought that chicken is really a dead chicken. It is very

challenging. But I guess that that's parenthood. Of course, any suggestions from

anyone on this topic would be more than welcome.

Carol

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April 28, 2004

Renee Carroll <renecarol25 wrote:

It must be harder if you don't raise your kids veg and then try to convince

them to change later.

It is ver hard since my husband is not even close to vegetarian. He fights me

when I want to teach the kids about vegetarianism. I think it is threatening to

him. I am reading a great book right now called " Living Among Meat Eaters " by

Carol Adams. It is really good. It talks a lot about why meat eaters are

sometimes so hostile to vegetarians. Anyway, I just keep plugging along with

the kids. My children do eat a lot of vegetarian food. They like the Health is

Wealth chicken-free nuggets. I also make tacos with Yves Just Like Ground.

They also eat many different veggies and fruit. They still like meat items

though. I am trying to get them to eat those things less often.

Carol

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April 30, 2004

HI we're getting ready to move to Larchmont from CT. Grew up on LI, and are

very excited to be closer to home, and maybe more veg. My husband eats meat

outside the house, but lately says it's making him sick for a couple of days.

ds, 3 yrs and dd, 1 yr are both veg with me. Sometimes it's hard trying to

explain why Papa eats meat, and we are " veggietarians. " But I guess it's

something we are going to have to deal with for the rest of our lives, or until

the kids try to rebel. For now, I just remind my son that I don't like to eat

animals, and we have to be good to the animals and our bodies need healthy food

to grow big and strong. Then he likes to show me his big muscles, so I guess it

sinks in somehow. I do a lot with pictures and try to describe the different

systems. I've always been really honest with him, even if he didn't fully get

it, just to avoid the confusion and conflict later. When I was pregnant, I

showed him the miracle of life DVD, to see where the baby

comes from. May as well plant the seed now, so when they really want to

understand it, there is a base of reality. Most of the time people are somewhat

accomodating so I don't even worry about bringing food. I guess I'd gotten

spoiled so much so that when I went to an Uncle's for dinner, a big dinner too,

not a vegetable was on the table, I was in shock. I basically washed off the

pasta with meat sauce for the kids, and I ate bread and butter. I felt bad

because everyone was staring and it's rude to watch someone pick through their

food, but I couldn't believe the carnage on the table.

Thanks for letting me vent...

Janeen