Guest guest Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 HI, My name is Moe. I am married to a meat eater and 6 wonderful children. My oldest daughter (9 years) and I would like to eat less meat and are in need of some easy recipes to help us start this transition! Thanks for bringing us on board! Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to Accept the things I can not change, Courage to change the things I can,and Wisdom to know the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Glad you found the group, Moe ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ .·´ -:¦:- Terri -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´ Genesis 2:15 The Lord God then took the man and settled him in the garden of Eden, to cultivate and care for it. On May 9, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Moe Jones wrote: > HI, > > My name is Moe. I am married to a meat eater and 6 wonderful children. My oldest daughter (9 years) and I would like to eat less meat and are in need of some easy recipes to help us start this transition! Thanks for bringing us on board! > > > > Serenity Prayer > God grant me the serenity to > Accept the things I can not change, > Courage to change the things I can,and > Wisdom to know the difference. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Hi Moe, I'm a new vegan (since 1/1/10) in a house full of carnivores (well, omnivores), too. Actually, our church had a " Daniel Fast " at the beginning of the year and we all participated, so I didn't cook meat for three weeks. After that period of time, I told my husband I wanted to stick with a vegan diet and asked what he thought about alternating a meat meal one night with a vegan meal the next. He was fine with that. So one night I cook for the omnis and either pull out some of it before meat or I might add tofu or more veggies for me. For example, if we're doing chicken parmigiana, I'll do tofu " sorta " parm - I have never liked parmesan cheese, so my tofu is just bread crumbs that I've flavored with Italian seasonings and sauce on top. The next night, everyone eats vegan. My husband has been fine with it and has enjoyed almost everything I've fixed. Oddly enough, the vegan leftovers disappear faster than the meaty leftovers. :^) I guess, though, I've been transitioning our family for years. We generally do not have meat as the " star " of the meal - it's just used as an ingredient and a minor one at that. And we would have at least two vegetarian meals a week. Making small steps with your family can help them to not rebel against your new diet. And making all the veggie stuff extra tasty helps win them over, too! :^) Ginger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 I appreciate your challenges--being the lone vegetarian/vegan in a house of meat eaters...lol..but what is a Daniel Fast? sounds interesting...did they give you guidelines? I am a new vegetarian...the dr. told me my cholesterol was too high, and I said I'd rather be vegetarian than take another pill. (I hate taking meds! I always forget). I don't know if it was something he said or a " look " on his face that told me he was humoring me when he told me to come back in June for more blood tests. I'm one of those women--don't tell me what I can't do...I'll do it just to prove I can! *grin* so I am brushing off a few old (at least 20 years' worth) recipes from my past (I was vegetarian before but it only lasted for a couple of months). If i can find them, I'll post some... Mary in Washington .. _______________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en\ -US:WM_HMP:042010_1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Mary, My dad (also on this list) changed from a regular diet to a vegan diet more than 7 years ago for his cholesterol, which was very elevated. He recently told me it was around 150. :^) He is living proof diet can definitely work! That was the biggest impetus for my dietary changes - to avoid stuff in family's medical history that seems to be looming over my shoulder, more with each birthday. :^D The concept of the Daniel Fast comes from the book of Daniel 1:8-14. Daniel (a Hebrew) was in the Babylonian royal courts and asks to eat nothing but vegetables and water for a period of time (mainly because the stuff they were serving him had been sacrificed to idols). Our church doesn't do it legalistically. Some people might do a full Daniel fast and just eat veggies. Others do whatever they are able. You can find more information here http://danielfast.wordpress.com/ if you are interested. Our church does it in conjunction with other churches around the world twice a year. Ginger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 [Default] On Tue, 11 May 2010 21:38:46 -0500, ginger connelly <gingerb85 wrote: >My dad (also on this list) changed from a regular diet to a vegan diet more >than 7 years ago for his cholesterol, which was very elevated. He recently >told me it was around 150. It's amazing, really. I wouldn't have believed it if it didn't coincide with my own recent experience. Thanks for sharing. Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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