Vegan food for meat eating family

[Guest guest]

Quoting Alyx <alyxzandria:

 

> Much food that would taste delicious to vegetarians and vegans, to them,

> they still taste the difference. So, good tasting stuff that isn't obviously

> vegetarian (but it is in heart)

 

I think that the problem here is that the typical american meal is centered

around the meat. There is nothing vegetarian that tastes quite like meat, so

many will be diappointed in whatever they are served, just because they come to

always expect meat somewhere in the meal.

 

In my limited experience (I've been eating mostly vegetarian for about a year),

pastas and pizzas are perhaps the easiest to do, as people don't always think

there must be meat in dishes such as those. One of my favorites is cavatappi

pasta with pesto and parmesan. Another is a pesto, spinach, and feta pizza.

Yum.

 

Of course, if you are cooking vegan, you won't be able to use real cheese. In

my oppinion, no fake cheese comes close to the real thing (which is why I

rarely eat vegan meals). Cheese seems to make everything taste better, but I

am from Wisconsin, so maybe I am biased.

 

For other dishes that typically have meat in them, it is probably easiest to get

away with a substitute in dishes that have a lot of flavors already, like chili

and lasagna. Mushroom raviolis can be very good also.

 

I have to stop commenting now. I'm getting myself too hungry. I hope your meal

goes better than when I tried to cook for my meat-eating parents, who are the

meat and potatoes type.

 

-- Rick

[Guest guest]

It's unfortunate that no one as of yet has responded to you Alyx. I can relate

to what you are saying. I'm a person who craves and loves the flavor of meat but

wants to be a vegetarian. I'd like a cookbook that is all about creating dishes

that try to duplicate in a vegetarian way meals that meat eaters would enjoy,

and most importantly, trys to duplicate flavors that a meat eater would desire.

 

Any cookbook recommendations?

 

Dave

 

Alyx <alyxzandria wrote:

 

I am a vegetarian, but my family is meat eating. I was given a challenge by

my family to " create a meal for them that doesn't taste like crap " . I want

to prove them wrong. I want to cook an all vegetarian meal that is

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING even for meat eaters. Everything from drinks to dessert.

Much food that would taste delicious to vegetarians and vegans, to them,

they still taste the difference. So, good tasting stuff that isn't obviously

vegetarian (but it is in heart)

 

 

 

-Alyx

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

--- A lot depends on their tastes and what type of food their like...

A vegetarian lasagna might be a good start since most Americans like

lasagne and other Italian food...

 

Yvona Fast, author, Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome

or Non-Verbal Learning Disability: Stories and Strategies, Jessica

Kingsley Publishers, 2004

 

In Veg-Recipes , " Alyx " <alyxzandria@c...> wrote:

>

> I am a vegetarian, but my family is meat eating. I was given a

challenge by

> my family to " create a meal for them that doesn't taste like crap " .

I want

> to prove them wrong. I want to cook an all vegetarian meal that is

> ABSOLUTELY AMAZING even for meat eaters. Everything from drinks to

dessert.

> Much food that would taste delicious to vegetarians and vegans, to

them,

> they still taste the difference. So, good tasting stuff that isn't

obviously

> vegetarian (but it is in heart)

>

>

>

> -Alyx

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Make that 2 replies

 

 

-

" Dave " <qzw52

<Veg-Recipes >

Monday, November 22, 2004 9:44 PM

Re: Vegan food for meat eating family

 

 

 

 

It's unfortunate that no one as of yet has responded to you Alyx. I can

relate to what you are saying. I'm a person who craves and loves the flavor

of meat but wants to be a vegetarian. I'd like a cookbook that is all about

creating dishes that try to duplicate in a vegetarian way meals that meat

eaters would enjoy, and most importantly, trys to duplicate flavors that a

meat eater would desire.

 

Any cookbook recommendations?

 

Dave

 

Alyx <alyxzandria wrote:

 

I am a vegetarian, but my family is meat eating. I was given a challenge by

my family to " create a meal for them that doesn't taste like crap " . I want

to prove them wrong. I want to cook an all vegetarian meal that is

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING even for meat eaters. Everything from drinks to dessert.

Much food that would taste delicious to vegetarians and vegans, to them,

they still taste the difference. So, good tasting stuff that isn't obviously

vegetarian (but it is in heart)

 

 

 

-Alyx

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

My omnivorous wife LOVES meat, and says she sometimes really misses

it when she's at my place. However, she says she probably could

stand being a vegetarian if she had seitan every day, so I make it a

lot when she's here. Our favorite way to have it is thrown into udon

soup or stir-fried with yaki soba noodles. Also, she likes the

following stuff:

 

Pasta with tomato sauce mixed with tvp granules, especially if

there's lots of olive oil in it

 

The minestrone soup I just posted

 

My " special rice " which is basically brown rice fried with oil, soy

sauce, basil, onions, and whatever veggies I have on hand.

 

Olive bread with roasted garlic spread (I roast a head of elephant

garlic, mush it up with olive oil and salt, and spread it on toast,

preferably toasted olive bread, but any bread works)

 

The vegetarian dishes at the Ethiopian place down the street. ;-)

 

Hummus and pita bread.

 

Barbecued tofu sandwiches.

 

The vegan bacon out of the Vegan Vittles cookbook.

 

serene, sipping a soy latte, eating a bowl of minestrone, and

avoiding housework. :-)

[Guest guest]

I am not a vegan, as I eat aggs and milk, but what about all your

old recipes? Couldn't you just change them a little? For me I took

all my old recipes and simply cut the meat, added some broccoli or

spniach, etc. No one has complained yet. I am also doing a lot

of playing around. I think some of the key is to slowly introduce

meat eaters, especially if you are going vegan. For me I can't

stand tofu (I get queasy *shrugs*), what I am trying to say is

perhaps avoid a lot of the subsitutes out there and stick to all

natural. Use lots of herbs that you know they like. Basil, Cumin,

Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, etc ... these are really popular in my

house. Sometimes a good mixture of herbs will make anything taste

better.

Most of all good luck!!

~Amy Caroline

 

 

Veg-Recipes , Rick Funderburg <rick-pub@f...>

wrote:

>

> Quoting Alyx <alyxzandria@c...>:

>

> > Much food that would taste delicious to vegetarians and vegans,

to them,

> > they still taste the difference. So, good tasting stuff that

isn't obviously

> > vegetarian (but it is in heart)

>

> I think that the problem here is that the typical american meal is

centered

> around the meat. There is nothing vegetarian that tastes quite

like meat, so

> many will be diappointed in whatever they are served, just because

they come to

> always expect meat somewhere in the meal.

>

> In my limited experience (I've been eating mostly vegetarian for

about a year),

> pastas and pizzas are perhaps the easiest to do, as people don't

always think

> there must be meat in dishes such as those. One of my favorites

is cavatappi

> pasta with pesto and parmesan. Another is a pesto, spinach, and

feta pizza.

> Yum.

>

> Of course, if you are cooking vegan, you won't be able to use real

cheese. In

> my oppinion, no fake cheese comes close to the real thing (which

is why I

> rarely eat vegan meals). Cheese seems to make everything taste

better, but I

> am from Wisconsin, so maybe I am biased.

>

> For other dishes that typically have meat in them, it is probably

easiest to get

> away with a substitute in dishes that have a lot of flavors

already, like chili

> and lasagna. Mushroom raviolis can be very good also.

>

> I have to stop commenting now. I'm getting myself too hungry. I

hope your meal

> goes better than when I tried to cook for my meat-eating parents,

who are the

> meat and potatoes type.

>

> -- Rick

[Guest guest]

i saw this one in a bookstore and i'm planning to buy it as one of

my rewards for myself this christmas: VEGETABLE by williams-sonoma.

i haven't tried those recipes yet, but from what i can remember when

i browsed it, it can entice my meat-eating family. but that's just

my opinion. =D

 

zoe

 

Veg-Recipes , Dave <qzw52> wrote:

>

> It's unfortunate that no one as of yet has responded to you Alyx.

I can relate to what you are saying. I'm a person who craves and

loves the flavor of meat but wants to be a vegetarian. I'd like a

cookbook that is all about creating dishes that try to duplicate in

a vegetarian way meals that meat eaters would enjoy, and most

importantly, trys to duplicate flavors that a meat eater would

desire.

>

> Any cookbook recommendations?

>

> Dave

>

> Alyx <alyxzandria@c...> wrote:

>

> I am a vegetarian, but my family is meat eating. I was given a

challenge by

> my family to " create a meal for them that doesn't taste like

crap " . I want

> to prove them wrong. I want to cook an all vegetarian meal that is

> ABSOLUTELY AMAZING even for meat eaters. Everything from drinks to

dessert.

> Much food that would taste delicious to vegetarians and vegans, to

them,

> they still taste the difference. So, good tasting stuff that isn't

obviously

> vegetarian (but it is in heart)

>

>

>

> -Alyx

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

-I am new to your group and would like to reply to the the above

subject. I have been a vegetarian for over 20 years living mostly in

the pacific northwest, and it has been a very difficult journey for

me. I assure, you, after eating meat for so many years, it is not an

easy task to go directly into vegetarian no matter what form you

consider. I even tried many vegetarin cookbooks and the taste was

horrible. Eventually, I gave up looking into what people call

vegetarian cookbooks and just used what I have on the shelf. I used

the meat recipes and omitted the meat. But, in place of it, I used

mock meat or chicken seasonings.

 

At the present whenever i look for recipes it is in magazines like

tast of home, cooking light, gourmet. These i know have been tested.

I prefer not to try recipes that are so bland. I was in Maui and my

sister thought she would do me a favor by making a vegetarian

dinner. So, she went to a vege deli and bought an expenseive lasagna

and it was so bad even her dogs that normally eats anything refused

to eat what we refused to eat.

 

For soups especially, i like to make a stew sort of that has

everything in it but the meat. In place i use tvp chunks. I just put

everything in the crockpot with about 1 c. tvp chunks and a skirt or

two of ketchup. The ketchup i am told helps to bring out the tvp.

And, don't forget the imitation beef seasoning. The chunks gives it

a stew meat texture.

 

Overall i like to use tvp or soy curls. The soy curls are so good

and easy. Of course, you will need to acquire the taste. This comes

from soy beans. It is similar to tvp. With the curls all you need to

do is dump it in the pot for 5-10 minutes. So, whatever you are

making just toss it in. If you are doing a stir-fry, just throw a

few curls in a saucepan with some water and a bit of salt if you

wish and let it cook for a few minutes. Drain it, then toss in your

stir fry. So, if you want your protein of soy or tvp just dump and

add imitation beef or chicken seasoning.

 

You should try some tempeh recipes. I like it. Or, maybe she can try

some gluten.

 

Let me hear from you should you have any further questions.

 

-- In Veg-Recipes , serene <serene@s...> wrote:

> My omnivorous wife LOVES meat, and says she sometimes really

misses

> it when she's at my place. However, she says she probably could

> stand being a vegetarian if she had seitan every day, so I make it

a

> lot when she's here. Our favorite way to have it is thrown into

udon

> soup or stir-fried with yaki soba noodles. Also, she likes the

> following stuff:

>

> Pasta with tomato sauce mixed with tvp granules, especially if

> there's lots of olive oil in it

>

> The minestrone soup I just posted

>

> My " special rice " which is basically brown rice fried with oil,

soy

> sauce, basil, onions, and whatever veggies I have on hand.

>

> Olive bread with roasted garlic spread (I roast a head of elephant

> garlic, mush it up with olive oil and salt, and spread it on

toast,

> preferably toasted olive bread, but any bread works)

>

> The vegetarian dishes at the Ethiopian place down the street. ;-)

>

> Hummus and pita bread.

>

> Barbecued tofu sandwiches.

>

> The vegan bacon out of the Vegan Vittles cookbook.

>

> serene, sipping a soy latte, eating a bowl of minestrone, and

> avoiding housework. :-)