Guest guest Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 -- " Pat " <veggiehound <<<<<<<Wow - what sophistication - eggplant parmesan and the kids love it! You'll make gourmet vegetarians out of them yet>>>>> Well, my kids are actually pretty sophisticated, foodwise - I'm a former chef! I've worked at country clubs and restaurants since they were small, they've eaten lots of wonderful leftovers and grown to love things most children around here never get to try. Unfortunately, a lot of that stuff isn't very healthful or vegetarian! They're 13 & 14 now, it's hard to change their habits without their cooperation. I have one child who will not eat ANY cooked vegetable if she can help it, though she will eat many raw. My son is a bit less picky, but what he really wants is M**T!(is that a guy thing?) I really hate rushing home from work and having to prepare 2 different meals, or listening to compplaints, so far too often I just make the food they like. <BAD MOMMY!BAD!> Janet ______________ Sent via the WebMail system at email.dnet.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 I became a vegetarian [30 years ago] when my children were ages 14 and 3. My younger son never know what nonvegetarian food was like. For my older son, who was a fairly big meat eat, I basically told him that I would not cook meat for him, but I would teach him how too cook. I did teach him to cook some very simple meat dishes. Well, you can imagine what happened--he ate vegetarian because he did not want to cook. Neither of my sons are vegetarian, but both tell me they feel better than they eat a well balanced vegetarian diet. They may have complained, but I did not pay much attention to that. They knew if they wanted to eat, they had to eat what I cooked. That had been set up for them as a lifestyle, so complaining just didn't happen much. They knew they were lucky that I cooked for them. My younger son did not like tempeh, which I used to put in curry, so one mother's day I received a card that read: I love you Mom even if you make me eat spinach--spinach was crossed out and tempeh was written in. Kathleen M. Pelley Knitters are Real Purls I have one child who will not eat ANY cooked vegetable if she can help it, though she will eat many raw. My son is a bit less picky, but what he really wants is M**T!(is that a guy thing?) I really hate rushing home from work and having to prepare 2 different meals, or listening to compplaints, so far too often I just make the food they like. <BAD MOMMY!BAD!> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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