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Default Vegetarian diet for vegetable haters?


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> 'Julie Bove[_2_ Wrote:
>> ;1852599']I should know how to do this. I did eat a vegetarian diet
>> myself for many
>> years. And although I do eat meat now, most of my meals are still
>> vegetarian. I was never a totally strict vegetarian though and was fine
>>
>> with eating something in a restaurant like refried beans that probably
>> contained lard.
>>
>> But now Angela wants to eat a vegetarian diet. The problem? Well there
>> are
>> a few. She doesn't like to eat what I eat. Such as bean tacos. I have
>>
>> been concentrating so much on getting the proper diet for my husband and
>> for
>> her that I have been mainly eating bean tacos for myself unless I can
>> manage
>> to come up with something that we all or at least two of us can eat.
>> And
>> now she is complicating things further. I also like most vegetables and
>> she
>> does not. Of the vegetables we do prefer, we both prefer most of them
>> to be
>> raw. But her list of what she will eat is limited. And she can't eat a
>> lot
>> of nuts and seeds, partly due to an intolerance and partly because she
>> doesn't like the ones she can have. She is currently eating sunseed
>> butter
>> on apple slices.
>>
>> I did boil a dozen eggs last night and she told me she would eat them.
>> I
>> don't usually make eggs because I can't eat them. She does sometimes
>> make
>> an egg product for herself. Like Egg Beaters but different brands. She
>> can
>> do that in the microwave. She will eat cheese in and of itself but
>> mostly
>> doesn't like it in thing. Exception being mac and cheese. And Kraft
>> does
>> now make one that is part whole grain. Her dietician has her on a
>> mostly
>> South Beach diet. She doesn't want her to be strict with it and just
>> wants
>> her to aim for that WOE most of the time.
>>
>> We did buy a lot of vegetarian and vegan foods today but some contain
>> soy
>> and some like seitain are a tad on the carby side. I don't want her to
>> be
>> eating soy on a regular basis due to her thyroid problem.
>>
>> She is unwilling to eat things like quiche which I likely could make
>> with a
>> whole wheat crust or for sure crustless. I did make those when she
>> first
>> went on South Beach and she didn't like them.
>>
>> She doesn't like most cooked vegetables. Exception being canned green
>> or
>> waxed beans. She will eat salad but is picky as to what type of greens
>> and
>> what is put in the salad. There had better not be a tomato in it! She
>> will
>> eat ketchup and salsa. She used to eat tomato soup but these days will
>> not
>> eat any soup at all.
>>
>> She does make her own smoothies with Greek yogurt, milk, berries and
>> spinach. She tried kale last night but didn't care for it. Hafta find
>> a
>> use for the giant bag of kale!
>>
>> So... While I probably have her diet covered for a good week or two
>> just
>> with what we bought today, I am going to be stumped for upcoming meals.
>>
>> Here I thought I had it made because she and my husband both love the
>> chicken I've been making. I would just cook up 8-12 boneless, skinless
>>
>> breasts at a time. Save some for 2-3 meals during the week and if any
>> was
>> left, I'd put it in the freezer. All I had to do was come up with some
>>
>> sides.
>>
>> But now? She won't be eating the chicken. I need to make sure she will
>> be
>> getting enough protein. And I need to find a way to get her to eat
>> vegetables. I guess I should consider myself lucky that she does like a
>> lot
>> of raw ones and like me, is perfectly happy to eat a plain salad with no
>>
>> dressing and maybe just a squeeze of lemon.
>>
>> I realize that there probably aren't any vegetarians here but... I am
>> stumped. Because of the pre-diabetes, I can't base the meals on beans
>> and
>> rice or beans and pasta like I used to do when I was vegetarian. And
>> bottom
>> line, she just doesn't like vegetables. I used to be able to make her a
>>
>> meatloaf and sneak all kinds of veggies into it. Hmmm... Is there
>> something like that, that could be done with veggies that isn't overly
>> carby? Hmmm... Help!

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> It's hard to feed kids with vegetables specially when they're not used
> to eating the foods we eat.


She is used to being given the same stuff that I eat. I would never force
her to eat something she didn't like though.