Meal Variety (was my child veg)

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" but now, i have many cookbooks, and much more variety of

 

meals than before i was vegetarian. "

I don't call it my selling point, so to speak, but this is one of the major

perks to being a vegetarian.  I do tell people this when they are curious about

my decision. 

Growing up, my mother almost always had a meal prepared for our supper.  Once a

week was " Fix it yourself " , but other than that, we had breaded and sauteed

chick breast with brocolli and cheese, and rice (pilaf or long grain), pasta

with red sauce (either cow sauce or cow/pig balls) with salad and garlic bread,

chicken parmesan with salad and bread, pig chops with green beans (salad or

casserole) and potatoes.  There were few and far between those few, and they

were delicious, don't get me wrong. 

BUT, since becoming veg a year ago (last week!!!!! WoooHooo!!!) I can count on

my 2 hands the number of times I have made the same exact thing again.  And, I

like the food, so there is really no reason, besides the fact that there are

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many other options and creations.

Thanks for bringing this up.

Oh, can you tell we call all animals by there living name?

Cassie

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- On Tue, 11/4/08, teknivals <teknivals wrote:

teknivals <teknivals

Re: My child vegetarian

 

Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 6:26 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fruit salads must be one of the easiest recipies and can be most

 

delicious - especially with organic fruit from a cheap home delivery

 

service, or supermarkert or similar- there can be so many versions too

 

of the fruit salad - strawberries, mangoes, melon, raspberries,

 

blueberries, bananas, you name it-

 

 

 

salads too- but i don't mean lettuce and tomatoes and thats it - me and

 

my son rarely have salads with those in- usually lots of fruit is

 

included, so the salad may consist of grapes, peppers and cucumbers,

 

strawberries, other berries- anything like that really- either separate

 

on a plate- like with veg or mixed together, maybe with some nuts etc-

 

 

 

other meals can be like non-vegetarian meals, with just little changes-

 

thats what i did when i turned vegetarian as a teen-

 

my mum made me cook my own food though! so it was mainly veggieburgers

 

plus the vegetarian parts of the food everyone else was having- e.g.

 

steamed veg- again especially organic can go with many things, as can

 

potato wedges

 

 

 

for potato wedges chop em up stick em in the oven with some oil for 35

 

mins and that it - unless you want to add some paprika, salt and pepper

 

before putting in the oven which is also very nice

 

- also you can add parsnips and/or sweet potatoes, butternut squash,

 

even peeled swede and thinly sliced fresh beetroot exactly the same way

 

to make sweet potato etc chips- delicious- easy and quick to prepare-

 

 

 

mashed steamed potatoes are easy, with baked beans and veggies sausages

 

are nice- and the mashed potatoes can include other veg in it, like

 

sweet potatoes etc.

 

also the mashed potatoes (and optional other veg) can be shaped into

 

potato wedges (you can add a bit of ordinary flour/brown rice flour etc,

 

and baked in the oven or grilled for nice potato cakes.

 

grated peeled potatoes shaped and baked in the oven makes nice rostis

 

 

 

curries are easy- plenty of veg in a curry sauce (chopped tomatoes and

 

spices make a good one or theres a shop brought kind), same with pasta

 

sauces etc - just as you would in a non-vegetarian meal, but with more

 

veg and/or chickpeas or beans and/or with a tofu or other based

 

substitute- its good to experiment-

 

there are lots of good recipies out there too- either on sites as

 

mentioned here, in books at the library etc.

 

 

 

eating a variety of foods is best, especially fruit and veg- and don't

 

worry about protein, all foods have it from one degree to another, and

 

people in the 'developed' world usually have too much- good sources

 

include chickpeas, beans etc, nuts, seeds, and their products like soya

 

milk, veggie burgers etc (eggs milk and cheese are sources but as they

 

are high in 'bad' fats (i.e. saturated fats ), i wouldn't necessarily

 

call them good

 

omega 3 is in nuts and seeds- b12 is in fortified foods

 

 

 

i think its brilliant that you are helping your son this way, i had a

 

bit of a battle with my mum about it, though she understands and

 

appreciates my beliefs now- and she is an excellent cook at it too- and

 

my parents even have vegetarian meals themselves anyway , they love

 

swedish glace non-dairy vegan ice cream too-and get it from themselves-

 

and they like going to vegetarian resturants too

 

i was about 11 when i first turned vegetarian i think, i'm 30 now- and

 

my 5 year old loves all of this food- he is even happy with a plate of

 

just organic steamed veg without any additions - carrots, potatoes,

 

green beans, sweet potatoes, parsnips etc etc, but i expect your son

 

would like something else with them!

 

 

 

there is so much food out there, when i began being vegetarian, i wasn't

 

too inventive, but now, i have many cookbooks, and much more variety of

 

meals than before i was vegetarian.

 

 

 

all the best to you and your son-

 

katie+

 

 

 

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