vegetarians and non in families

[Guest guest]

It works but it takes a little effort from both of you. Make lists

of what he will eat and look for recipes containing them. You can

use alternative products and if he wants meatballs on his spaghetti

then have him buy some already made frozen ones and he can add to his

portion.

You can dice veggies very small and add to beans and lentils and rice

while it's cooking.

 

Cin

 

, " Lisa " <lisalouhoo

wrote:

>

> Hello, I am Lisa, stay at home mother to five children. Before

marriage

> I ate a vegan diet. After marriage, for awhile, I managed

vegetarian.

> Now we are eating a very much omnivorous diet. I am wanting to move

> back to a healthier diet for myself and family, with little to no

meat.

> My major obstacle: my husband likes very few vegetables. Carrots,

> broccoli, corn, and mild tasting lettuce, and those are seriously

the

> only vegetables he will eat. He has such an aversion to peppers and

> onions, that I do not even bring them into the house. This is the

> reason why I have been eating meat, I find it too tiring and too

> expensive to cook two meals.

>

> So, how do you eat a vegetarian diet with few vegetables?

>

> Thanks for any suggestions. I have enjoyed reading through the

recent

> comments, lots of good ideas and recipes.

>

> Lisa

>

[Guest guest]

try to use recipes where you can make a base of veggies he likes and then add in

others

for your tastes. My husband eats meat and will occasionally cook a steak on his

own or

something but for the most part, I make veggie stir fry, he adds meat to his.

This can be

accomplished with lots of favorite recipes, pastas, homemade pizza's,

omelet/quiches,

rice and bean dishes,soups. Don't cook two meals just make the base very

" basic " and

then jazz it up with other veggies for you or small amounts of meat for him.

Good luck!

 

 

 

, " circular_hallway "

<circular_hallway

wrote:

>

> It works but it takes a little effort from both of you. Make lists

> of what he will eat and look for recipes containing them. You can

> use alternative products and if he wants meatballs on his spaghetti

> then have him buy some already made frozen ones and he can add to his

> portion.

> You can dice veggies very small and add to beans and lentils and rice

> while it's cooking.

>

> Cin

>

> , " Lisa " <lisalouhoo@>

> wrote:

> >

> > Hello, I am Lisa, stay at home mother to five children. Before

> marriage

> > I ate a vegan diet. After marriage, for awhile, I managed

> vegetarian.

> > Now we are eating a very much omnivorous diet. I am wanting to move

> > back to a healthier diet for myself and family, with little to no

> meat.

> > My major obstacle: my husband likes very few vegetables. Carrots,

> > broccoli, corn, and mild tasting lettuce, and those are seriously

> the

> > only vegetables he will eat. He has such an aversion to peppers and

> > onions, that I do not even bring them into the house. This is the

> > reason why I have been eating meat, I find it too tiring and too

> > expensive to cook two meals.

> >

> > So, how do you eat a vegetarian diet with few vegetables?

> >

> > Thanks for any suggestions. I have enjoyed reading through the

> recent

> > comments, lots of good ideas and recipes.

> >

> > Lisa

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, that's worked for me w/my hubby. It's alot of dicing but it worked last

time I did it. I made a rice dish w/green & red bell peppers & celery - he

never would have eaten those before - they'd be off on the side of the plate

- LOL. But I diced them all very small & he ate it all just fine.

 

 

 

On Behalf Of circular_hallway

Saturday, June 28, 2008 11:38 AM

 

vegetarians and non in families

 

It works but it takes a little effort from both of you. Make lists

of what he will eat and look for recipes containing them. You can

use alternative products and if he wants meatballs on his spaghetti

then have him buy some already made frozen ones and he can add to his

portion.

You can dice veggies very small and add to beans and lentils and rice

while it's cooking.

 

Cin

[Guest guest]

I have Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious. You may want to try something

to the effect of sneaking in other veggies (works for stubborn children, too)

 

Cassie

" life's a garden, dig it! "

 

Sent from my iPhone

 

On Jun 28, 2008, at 12:37 PM, " circular_hallway " <circular_hallway

wrote:

 

It works but it takes a little effort from both of you. Make lists

of what he will eat and look for recipes containing them. You can

use alternative products and if he wants meatballs on his spaghetti

then have him buy some already made frozen ones and he can add to his

portion.

You can dice veggies very small and add to beans and lentils and rice

while it's cooking.

 

Cin

 

, " Lisa " <lisalouhoo

wrote:

>

> Hello, I am Lisa, stay at home mother to five children. Before

marriage

> I ate a vegan diet. After marriage, for awhile, I managed

vegetarian.

> Now we are eating a very much omnivorous diet. I am wanting to move

> back to a healthier diet for myself and family, with little to no

meat.

> My major obstacle: my husband likes very few vegetables. Carrots,

> broccoli, corn, and mild tasting lettuce, and those are seriously

the

> only vegetables he will eat. He has such an aversion to peppers and

> onions, that I do not even bring them into the house. This is the

> reason why I have been eating meat, I find it too tiring and too

> expensive to cook two meals.

>

> So, how do you eat a vegetarian diet with few vegetables?

>

> Thanks for any suggestions. I have enjoyed reading through the

recent

> comments, lots of good ideas and recipes.

>

> Lisa

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

We have vegan, vegetarian and meat eaters in our family. We share in the

cooking so that everyone has what he needs and likes. I make a big pot of

beans for my vegan SIL every week and his TOONA, of course. He has to have his

TOONA. My daughter cooks meat dishes for her and Raine. I eat a little

chicken and meat now and then but mostly vegetarian. I cook vegetarian dishes

and pasta and share with whoever whenever. It is kind of fun and I am really

thrilled when I come up with something EVERYONE can eat - like TOONA

 

Zelda

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

My daughter has this book also and I am amazed at some of the stuff she does for

her and Raine. Neither of them cares much for green things (LOL). Yesterday I

helped her jar up two big bowls of squash and carrot purree. We put it in baby

food jars in the freezer and she just grabs what she wants while cooking and

tosses it in.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

It is a great concept. I recommended the book to a patent of one of my

students. She had very poor eating habits and was beginning to pull her hair

out due to stress. She was helping her mother cook from the book by the end of

the school year

 

Cassi

" life's a garden, dig it! "

 

Sent from my iPhone

 

On Jun 28, 2008, at 9:00 PM, " Zelda " <zel29 wrote:

 

My daughter has this book also and I am amazed at some of the stuff she does for

her and Raine. Neither of them cares much for green things (LOL). Yesterday I

helped her jar up two big bowls of squash and carrot purree. We put it in baby

food jars in the freezer and she just grabs what she wants while cooking and

tosses it in.

 

 

[Guest guest]

How wonderful to have all that family so close!

 

Cassie

" life's a garden, dig it! "

 

Sent from my iPhone

 

On Jun 28, 2008, at 8:58 PM, " Zelda " <zel29 wrote:

 

We have vegan, vegetarian and meat eaters in our family. We share in the cooking

so that everyone has what he needs and likes. I make a big pot of beans for my

vegan SIL every week and his TOONA, of course. He has to have his TOONA. My

daughter cooks meat dishes for her and Raine. I eat a little chicken and meat

now and then but mostly vegetarian. I cook vegetarian dishes and pasta and share

with whoever whenever. It is kind of fun and I am really thrilled when I come up

with something EVERYONE can eat - like TOONA

 

Zelda

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Zelda,

 

So, this TOONA, what exactly is that?

Not tunafish, I hope :S

 

Cheers,

Beatriz

 

 

--- On Sat, 6/28/08, Zelda <zel29 wrote:

Zelda <zel29

Re: vegetarians and non in families

 

Saturday, June 28, 2008, 8:58 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have vegan, vegetarian and meat eaters in our family. We share

in the cooking so that everyone has what he needs and likes. I make a big pot

of beans for my vegan SIL every week and his TOONA, of course. He has to have

his TOONA. My daughter cooks meat dishes for her and Raine. I eat a little

chicken and meat now and then but mostly vegetarian. I cook vegetarian dishes

and pasta and share with whoever whenever. It is kind of fun and I am really

thrilled when I come up with something EVERYONE can eat - like TOONA

 

 

 

Zelda

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you all for the wonderful advice on getting picky, non-veg eating

husband to eat his veggies. I like the idea of making the basic

meal, and then adding meat for him, or more veggies for me. I did

something similar yesterday, with pasta. I made non-veg sauce

for those who wanted it, and then rest of us ate it with butter and

parmesan, but I didn't even think of adding veggies to mine when I

made his, great idea.

 

I also like the ideas of dicing and blending. The only problem being

that it isn't so much the texture as the flavor that my husband hates.

He has a super smeller, and super taste bude. He hates celery.

I will have to get Jessica Seinfeld's book. I have heard good things

about it.

 

Lisa in WY

[Guest guest]

Friday I made Slow Cooker vegetable curry (vegetarian).  I planned on cooking

some non-meat separately for the rest of the family and adding it to theirs

after I took mine out.  Well, it got late and I forgot.  None of the kids would

touch it and dh ate it, but kept complaining that it needed meat.  Hey, at least

he ate it.  By the way, the slow cooker veg. curry was great.  i can't remember

which group I got it on.  Thanks, Kelly, FL