Forums: September 2010 Kickstart Forum Archive: chicken dinner, grrrr
Created on: 09/07/10 10:38 AM Views: 2397 Replies: 12
gypwytch Joined: 01/01/10 Posts: 17	chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 10:38 AM Due to circumstances beyond my control, I'm making a chicken dinner tonight for the family. They have been away for 3 days and will be returning around supper time tonight, with company. I'm giving a go at making Seitan from scratch, and am going to have a small batch of it ready for myself instead of the chicken. Haven't decided yet how I'm going to flavour it, but am looking at a few ideas that I found on the net. Those who have meat-eaters in the house, how do you deal with the different diets?
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soon2BVeg Joined: 08/24/10 Posts: 225	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 10:40 AM I'm just evil enough, if I had meat eaters still living with me, that I'd say "You want meat, cook it yourself!" But fortunately for me, my husband has been a vegetarian for nearly 20 years and is totally on board with this. Don't make a New Year's Resolution...make a Decision!
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Wild4Stars Joined: 12/27/09 Location: Florida Posts: 832	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 10:47 AM I'm really lucky that my hubby eats whatever I fix. I do occasionally cook chicken for him, when I do I cook enough for 2-3 meals. Sometimes I just buy the roasted chicken our Publix makes. Then he eats whatever I eat plus a piece of chicken. He LOVES tuna salad so I fix that for him now and then. He's really easy. He likes the Gardein products, Field Roast, Tofurky. I don't eat as much of the fake meats as he does. I make a beef stroganoff with Boca crumbles that he actually will ask for if I haven't made it in a while. I think the secret is to ease them in to things and make sure that whatever you make is very tasty. He seems to not mind if there is no meat, or even a fake meat if it's something really good. Vikki ~ Wild4Stars@gmail.com
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gypwytch Joined: 01/01/10 Posts: 17	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 10:58 AM I'm an adult child living at home with the parents(long story). My mom is vegan friendly and would like to make the switch herself. My dad on the other hand will have nothing to do with it, he's a hunter and fisherman and every meal should be full of meat! My older brother who has kinda moved back home, is an Atkins Diet loving person, he'll have steak and nothing else for every meal of the day if he can. It makes things very difficult if you're trying to eat differently.
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honeyphew Joined: 09/02/10 Location: Arlington, Texas Posts: 8	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 11:28 AM My dear sweet hubby is King Carnivore, as well as his kingdom (the rest of my family). Eating at home is not so hard as dear sweet hubby actually loves veggies and most beans. I simply fix my meals and his "meat side dish." It works out really well. If for some reason he doesn't like what I'm fixing, our deal is that he fixes what he wants. If kids are involved, I have found that they will eat anything I do, once I've gotten them to try it. This is a little tricky, but I try to disguise the veggies and even veggies they say they don't like, they are eating them. Since I went to 2nd shift recently (was not my choice), I have been cooking mornings for my lunch and dinner, since I only have 30 minutes for dinner. Who can eat in 30 minutes? Oops, that's a subject for another discussion. I have 2 crock pots,a Montel Williams HealthMaster (really loud, couldn't afford the VitaMix), and an electric pressure cooker that are my new best friends. Being vegan is challenging but like anything else, practice, practice, practice and thinking ahead makes it a lot easier.
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jmyers1050 Joined: 12/31/09 Location: Arizona Posts: 43	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 12:55 PM For four years, I was the only vegetarian in my home with a husband and three kids. I found recipes that were easy to fix both ways, like spaghetti and meat sauce (take out my sauce and add veggies before adding the browned ground meat to the rest), tuna casserole (take out my part of the pasta and sauce and add garbanzo beans before stirring tuna into theirs), and hearty soups (they never noticed that there was no meat). Pizza was easy, too, as I could order (or make) my half veggie without cheese. For nights they had baked chicken or meat loaf, I would have baked beans over the baked potatoes instead. Long story short, it took about 8 years before all were veg, each for their own reasons, and there was no more meat in our house
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mindhorizon Joined: 09/06/10 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 5	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 1:07 PM Once, I made the Black Bean Chili from Food for Life. Because hubby wanted meat, I cooked up a serving of ground beef seasoned with taco seasoning that he could add to the chili. He seemed happy with that. I'd do it again. Roxann Higuera www
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pennchic6 Joined: 09/07/10 Posts: 9	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 1:53 PM I won't cook meat. My husband is a carnivore, but we keep kosher so we have separate dairy and meat dishes. Since I won't eat meat, we just have purely veg ("dairy") meals 99% of the time. If he really wants meat sometimes he'll get some kosher deli meat and make himself a sandwich, or get something to grill. Very rarely he'll make himself a meat meal, often when I've got other dinner plans. Since it is kind of a hassle to switch dishes he doesn't do it often. I've been veg since before we met, so he knew what he was getting into (I guess we both did, but had hopes the other would "convert"). I tell him he has to cook it and clean up the mess if he wants it, I won't deal with it.
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dreaminitvegan Joined: 09/03/10 Posts: 8	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 2:35 PM We don't cook any meat in the home, since I'm the cook. My husband is very supportive and understands why I choose to be vegan so if he eats any type of animal product it is outside the home. He loves 99.9% of everything I make, they just have to have an open mind. I make vegan lasagna to enchilada to chilli. If you make chilli try adding some vegan veggie crumbles to eat. I did this one time for some friends and they didin't even realize the meat was vegan. www
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mommyof2nc Joined: 12/31/09 Location: North Carolina Posts: 172	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 2:41 PM My husband eats meat but most often will just eat whatever I make for dinner. If he really wants meat and has time to make it, sometimes he'll make himself some, but normally he doesn't get home from work until late, so that's really just on the weekends and days off.
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jkeller Joined: 01/07/10 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 10	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 3:29 PM I would have to say, stick to your guns! If they want it (and by defacto, don't want to support your decisions) they need to cook it themselves. As it seems like many people have echoed, there's a lot of give when it comes to being the caretaker of others. BUT that also doesn't allow them to spread their wings and learn culinary independence. It seems like it would be tough love to make them fend for themselves. But this is the 2010, and a man can cook for his own darn self instead of forcing his partner to make something for him that she does not even eat. They wont starve, they'll just make PB&J, which is veg!
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mindhorizon Joined: 09/06/10 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 5	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 6:53 PM Before I married my husband, I agreed to be the cook. I did not stipulate that the food would be vegan since I was not vegan at the time, either. My husband does a good job of supporting us. I am not about to rock the boat by telling him I will no longer cook the things he likes. I value my marriage too much for that. I have told him why I have chosen veganism for myself. If he chooses to join me in it at a later time, I would most wholeheartedly welcome it. In the meantime, I will not unilaterally change his diet. It would violate our original agreement. Roxann Higuera www
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kcwriter Joined: 03/13/10 Posts: 62	RE: chicken dinner, grrrr Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 11:42 PM I understand all your pov's. I am trying to be vegan in a house with hispanic's. He is very used to utilizing every single part of an animal. He was raised on a farm and he and his family think I am totally nuts. I am raising my two grandson too, and one seems to only like chicken but mostly likes beans and tortillas. He loves pizza as any kid. But hates any veggie but peas and broccoli. That being said, I HATE dinner time. I don't get it. My mother put one thing on the table and we ate it. This one won't eat this or that. I am saved by the fact that they all like pinto beans and tortillas. Tomorrow night is pork verde. Grrrrrrrr.
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