Guest guest Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 you can leave the chilies out, mushrooms would work, but you could get them to eat sweet peppers, there is a trick..sssssh don't tell anyone, lol put a half cup of hot water in a blender add a roughly chopped red or yellow pepper then let it run until u have liquid, dump it in the stock pot and they will never know, you can do that with a lot of veggies, then you can sit back as they eat, smiling. If u use green pepper your son might get a hint of it yellow and red are sweet, he will never tell. AJ Thanks so much for the recipe. I've been looking for a good recipe for stock, but my boys won't eat anything with even the slightest hint of hot spice. Can I leave out the chilies and... hmm... maybe replace them with mushrooms, which my boys love? I'm trying very hard to get my obese, absurdly carnivorous older boy to eat more vegetables, but chilies would do him in. Even my skinny younger boy, who will eat wholly vegetarian dishes without a whimper (he's not, but he could be) will not eat anything even mildly hot. I can't even replace the hot pepper with sweet pepper because, although my little one will eat bell peppers as though they were apples, it's a fight to the death to get my older boy to eat them. The only vegetable products my older boy will eat are mushrooms, cucumbers, corn, beans, raw carrots, and (believe it or not) tofu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 That's a great idea, AJ. Thanks. I had a similar trick with mushrooms. I don't need it for my boys who love mushrooms, but I'd discovered that many people have issues with mushrooms, saying that they're slimy (probably eating canned 'shrooms that are packed in water). My ex-sister-in-law was one of these. I'd buy dried mushrooms and put them through the food processor to turn them into mushroom powder. I then used the powder to season... oh... just about everything, and everything I cooked that had the powder in it, my ex-sister-in-law loved. It was quite amusing. On a related note... I'm not even sure if I should venture this way as I'm not a true vegetarian, but more of a pescatarian. I just eat vegetarian a lot and try to steer my kids (younger boy, omnivore, older boy, carnivore) towards a healthier life style. It's just that I can't imagine to whom else to turn. My mother-in-law graciously bought us quail eggs, a favorite of mine since learning to eat them in sushi (raw!). Anyway, tomorrow morning was designated as our quail egg brunch day. I wanted to buy sausage or something to go with it. I had a coupon for Morningstar vegetarian products and they were on sale, plus they were so much lower in fat and calories... my older boy is obese... I was never even going to tell him that the sausage had no meat in it. He'd probably never notice! Well, my husband saw what I'd bought and went ballistic. How could I buy fake sausage to go with his mother's thoughtful gift and all that. Gee... excuse me. I thought that his eight year old son being over 130 lbs (he's also unusually tall, 4'9 " , so it's not quite as awful as it sounds, but he's still obese) would be reason enough, forgetting the health benefits to the rest of us, but he wasn't buying it. What do you say to someone like that if you still want to remain married to them, I mean? In Vino Veritas, *´¨) Janis Abbe .. ·´ ¸.·*¨) ¸.·*¨) ¸.·*¨ ) (¸.·´ (¸.*´ ¸.·´ `·-* * Oenaphile, Logophile, Ailurophile, Bibliophile " Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. " ~Albert Einstein " A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. " ~Paul Simon " I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints; the sinners are much more fun. " ~ Billy Joel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 To me Janis, I would tell him to pull his head out of his butt. lol, (thats how I speak to mine) his son should be more important then his mommy. You pay for the groceries, you do the shopping you do the cooking. Buy what you think your son needs and don't worry about his father. I have 5 kids and one foster child, im in a combined marriage he had 1 I had 3 and we have one together. We cook together and do everything with the kids. I guess Im lucky, mine even changed diapers lol he also took care of everything with his grandmother while i was in the hospital for 2 months. So if mine can do all that, yours could step up and think of his son first. Thats just my opinion and u know the old saying about that LOL AJ > Well, my husband saw what I'd bought and went ballistic. How could I buy > fake sausage to go with his mother's thoughtful gift and all that. Gee... > excuse me. I thought that his eight year old son being over 130 lbs (he's > also unusually tall, 4'9 " , so it's not quite as awful as it sounds, but > he's still obese) would be reason enough, forgetting the health benefits to the > rest of us, but he wasn't buying it. > > What do you say to someone like that if you still want to remain married to > them, I mean? > > In Vino Veritas, > *´¨) Janis Abbe > . ·´ ¸.·*¨) ¸.·*¨) ¸.·*¨ ) > (¸.·´ (¸.*´ ¸.·´ `·-* * > Oenaphile, Logophile, Ailurophile, Bibliophile > " Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre > minds. " ~Albert Einstein > " A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. " ~Paul Simon > " I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints; the sinners > are much more fun. " ~ Billy Joel > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 i laughed so hard when i read this thank you for making me day brooke ________________________________ AJ <aj788888 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Has your son's doctor said that your son is obese? It sounds like he is a little heavy at 130 lbs. and 4ft. 9 in. but not obese necessarily. If you can just help him from gaining much weight for the next 6 months or so, it could be that his height will catch up with his weight. Does your son participate in any sports, like Little League or maybe you and he could start going for a daily walk and try to push the distance every day just a little.....bet him that you can walk further than he can or maybe give him a star for every 1/2 mile that he walks with you.....then when they add up to a certain number of miles, give him whatever amount of money you want to promise him. Also, a lot of 8 year olds like to cook. Maybe you could find him a vegetarian cookbook that is geared to youngsters and let him help you prepare healthy vegetarian meals. I know my kids always liked to eat anything that they helped to make......also a good opportunity to help him learn proper portion sizes. I think I missed some of the original posts that had to do with your husband not liking vegetarian food......or something to that effect.......my husband doesn't much either but he will eat whatever I cook. (Since the time he made gravy out of buttermilk and whole wheat flour.....and even the dogs wouldn't eat it......we don't let him get near the kitchen except to fix something or to eat.) Maybe if you son's doctor could talk to your husband about the effect of extra weight on your son's health, he would be a little more understanding. My husband doesn't care what I eat as long as he gets basically what he wants to eat. I think if I tried to get him to eat vegetarian meals all week......he would not be so willing to eat the ones I do fix. The way that animals are treated in this country doesn't affect him the way it does me.....but, they he spent his high school years living on a pig farm. I hope you can resolve the situation easily. I found that the bigger a deal I made out of something when my kids were growing up......the BIGGER it kept getting. I wish you the best of luck! BTW, I found a cookbook called " Vegetarian Cooking for Diabetics " .....looks pretty good. How about that!! Nancy C. I thought that his eight year old son being over 130 lbs (he's > also unusually tall, 4'9 " , so it's not quite as awful as it sounds, but > he's still obese) would be reason enough, forgetting the health benefits to the > rest of us, but he wasn't buying it. > In Vino Veritas, > *´¨) Janis Abbe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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