Do you think it's possible to be a vegitarian when your family (husband & kids) are not?!
Answers: Yes if your not a working Mum and can devote more time in the kitchen it would be easy. But if you are a working mum it will be a bit extra work. You can often cook several meals at once and pull one out of the freezer for yourself if you don't want to cook two different meals a time. but some of the meals you eat your family may eat as well. It's all about organisation perhaps one meal a week or fortnight may be an omlette with roast vegetables and a green veg. Most packet gravies are vegetarian. Or they may like a veg and tomato spaggetti dish. Baked jacket filled potatos with a salad is something else they may eat. When they have mince you can have a peanut mince [delicous] It's made with a cup of chopped peanuts added after sauteing a grated carrot a couple or 3 of chopped mushroom a chopped onion a chopped stick of celery then add some water and milk about a cup alltogether bring to the boil thicken with a couple of spoonfuls of porridge oats then flavour with your option curry powder , a chopped capsicum . parsley. salt and pepper. any left overs can be turned into rissoles by cooking some rice adding left overs and an egg .cheese if you want rolling in balls dip in flour flatten a little and shallow fry in oil.if you have trouble rolling into balls wet your hands or the peanut mince can be made into a shepherds pie with mashed potato on top browned under the grill
ya. one of my best friend's moms is a vegetarian but the rest of the family isn't. it's a little harder for her to stick with bein a vegetarian but once she had done it for a few months, it got easier
yes. im a vegeterian and my mom and dad arent! i just make my own meals. its just food. now a days everyone thinks life revolves around food. we only eat when were hungry who cares what we eat
Absolutely, I am vegetarian, but my husband and kids aren't. I just always add the meat products separately to their meals.
Who does the cooking? ; )
If you have a supportive husband and kids it shouldn't be that difficult.
But for some reason even friends and family sometimes enjoy making our decisions difficult - go figure.
Yes! I make my portion of the meals meat free, and my family is very respectful of my ways. So much so that my husband recently became vegetarian himself! We don't deny our kids from eating meat, they are too young to make that choice for themselves but our dinners are primarily vegetarian.
ya! u could get guide books and maybe get them to be a vegetarian/vegan too! also eat lots of cheese for protein.
Definitely. I'm 15 and I am the only vegetarian in the entire family and to make things worse, my dad is like a meatatarian...
My mom completely opposes me being a vegetarian, though, and she gets mad at me very often, and it gets frustrating and upsetting for me a lot because my mom just doesn't want to respect my choices.
It will be hard, though, because you will have to cook two separate meals each time. But you can always have a vegetarian day once or twice a week or 7 times a week for one meal. I don't know how open minded your family is. If your family is open minded, you shouldn't have too much trouble. If they aren't, well, you're gonna have a bit of trouble.
yes, i am life veggie, my husband is not. He eats lunch at work. - meat based. At home we have veggie meats, so it kinda works out better for his health.
I tried cooking meat, but was not very good. and I can never taste it, so my husband told me to not to!
Yes but it is hard. Just keep trying they will see the nlight eventually. Be armed with lots of knowledge to throw at them.
Yes.
It is easily possible. I'm the only one in my household that does not eat meat and my boyfriend eats meat too. It isn't hard for me at all.
yes, my boyfriend is a vegan and i love meat. we don't have kids though. we are always making 2 different meals, or i'll make pasta or chili and reserve some for him before i add the meat. it just takes planning ahead and creativity.
Absolutely... as you will find yourself incorporating more vegi meals for the family.. believe or not our food doesnt suck..
many meat eaters love my food.. ecspecially my girlfriends vegan carrot cake..
Choosing such a health path such as vegetarianism or veganism whilst living with meat eaters really can influence them to choose a much more healthier way..
yeah. i don't have a husband or kids but my mom, dad, and brother aren't vegetarian but i am. I have to make my own meals everyday no matter how tired i am but i still do it. Honestly it is possible but what really matters is how motivated you are. It's really easy to cave in. I did two months in so technically i haven't eaten meat in 10 months rather then 12.
YES! I am the only vegetarian in a house of 4 other people and things work out just fine here. Yes...sometimes it requires a bit more work if you are the one making the meals but well worth in my opinion.
It's much easier to raise a kid as vegan than the adults. Your husband's preference to eat at home is pretty much determined by your cooking skill. Likewise generally people are instinct to taste, not values. I've ever came across with many families where not all the family members were vegetarians. Recently I met a lady who claimed to be a vegetarian for 15 years, whereby his husband and kids were not.
When I met my first vegetarian, he told me he had not eaten meat for eighteen years. His kids were teenagers evolved as vegans! I looked at him as if he had managed to hold his breath that entire time. Today I know there is nothing rigorous or strange about eating a diet that excludes meat.
A child is capable to understand that animals are adorable one. A smart child will reject if the animal parts are served in his/her plate. But if you only begin impose vegetarianism into a 7 y/o kid, he/she’s pretty smart to say that …”I evolved as omnivore; how could you impose vegetarianism and your belief in me?” The mind will be conditioned; desire and craving will supersede the rationale / conscience. Nevertheless, put your palms on your heart and ask…which is right, which is wrong!