Debra --Paula intro

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Thanks Debra for all the suggestions! I'm lucky in that my husband will

eat whatever I feed him, and likes a no meat plan as well! My sons are

another matter as they have been heavily influenced by peer example. But

they're old enough that they eat so many meals away from home, that much

of the time I just do the no meat meals for them as well. On the rare

nights when we're all here together, I'll do a whole wheat cheese and

veggie pizza which everyone loves. Sounds like you've got your family

eating system worked out very well! And you also sound like a wonderful

cook!

 

 

About the only times I'm still eating meat are when we eat at my Mom's

house every Sunday. If it's beef or pork, I'll just say nothing and just

not take any. If it's chicken, I usually have some. My Mom is a big

believer in meat, although she eats a very healthy diet otherwise with

lots of veggies and whole grains, etc. So I'm still at the point where

the chicken tastes good, but mentally, I don't want it....so one of these

days, I'll just stop taking the chicken, too.

 

Thanks so much for the welcome! I am in the Waco area.

 

Paula

 

 

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:28:22 -0000 " Debra Lee Thompson "

<Debrathompson writes:

Welcome Paula:)

 

I'm 39 (and holding until next month) and I'm in Texas, too!

(Lewisville/Irving) I also live in a mixed household, although my

husband has become vegetarian in the past year (he read " Fast Food

Nation " last winter and hasn't wanted meat since). My kids are all

18+, and only one lives with me currently (until 4/30/06) - THEY all

eat meat. Here's how I've handled it:

 

When hubby was still eating meat, I'd prepare vegetarian dinners and

give him the option of having me prepare one piece of meat for him.

I treated it like a side dish in his case. As for the kids, two of

the three love to cook, and they cook/buy their own meat now, knowing

that I am opposed to even buying the stuff. In earlier years, I'd

usually have them put it into the pan for me (especially ground meat)

and then I'd season it and cook it for them. Now they respect the

fact that my husband and I don't like the smell, so they try only to

cook it when I'm not home and well ventilate the place until I get

back:)

 

One thing I love to do is make tacos for the whole family. So, I'll

let the meat eaters have their spicy beef or ground turkey meat

(which I always mix with black beans on their part or sometimes my

youngest wants chile lime mahi mahi - no beans), and I just make us a

pot of vegetarian black beans for mine and hubby's. We have all the

sides as usual, fried tortillas, and sometimes special salsas like

pineapple mango:) The whole family eats together, and no one

is " threatened " by what's available on the table.

 

Now hubby and I are beginning to explore raw vegan fooding:) I think

we're going to go 100% after we move next month:) It's a whole new

and different world out there!

 

Hope this gives you some good ideas:)

 

Debra