Easing into vegetarianism

[Millymollymandy]

Carbohydrates, lovely! Did you get bread with it too?

[kimmysmum]

Okay here I am one full week in and so far so good. I have had no red meat so far and don't seem to crave it. When I made Spaghetti Bol for the family I had Spinach and Feta Raviolli with my own tomatoes ,garlic and herbs over the top. I have had 1 fish meal and 1 small serve of Tandori chicken.
I have some lovely vege patties in the freezer and will make Brown Rice and Walnut loaf tomorrow.
I have read almost all the posts in this thread as I have been extra busy this last week as well so I am only just catching up Thankyou to all those with personal experience it all helps.
I have some canned Borlotti beans can anyone suggest what I can make with them????

[Thurston Garden]

Well done Kimmysmum! I was vegetarian for a number of years and franky never felt better for it! (although I am happy to admit it was purely teenage rebellion as I detested most meat products and it appeared the only way to stop them being served up at mealtimes - and it worked...). I then joined the good old Royal Navy in 1990 and had to revert back to being an omnivore - the choice was extremely poor in the RN at the time (although it is much better now I believe).

We, as some of you will already know, raise our own pork, and have been trying to supplement this with our own chicken. Beside that, I have weakness for mince & tatties, but a lot of our food is vegetarian in theme - mostly from the excellent Sarah Brown's Vegetarian Cook Book, supplemented with recipes from good vegetarian friends, which brings me on to my original train of thought when I started reading this interesting thread:

Our good friends have been vegetarian for yonks. They are both healthy, and have incredible zest for life. They also have two very healthy wee bairns, one of 2 and another approaching 4. Both bairns seriously have their fingers on the pulse - the eldest regularly bowls me over with his advanced knowledge and reasoning (their house is a TV free zone and I am sure this plays part in their great character, but that would be seriously hijacking the thread!)

I have always meant to ask our friends at what stage their bairns will be able to choose whether to eat meat or not. Obviously they don't have a choice at the moment, but at, say, birthday parties, nursery, and soon, school, when one of them reaches for a sausage roll (or God forbid, a Dinobite ) - what will happen? The eldest, I am sure has worked out where our pigs end up, but when will he decide he wants to taste them, and what will the parents reaction be?

[kimmysmum]

Thankyou Thurston for your wishes.
I am not finding it to difficult. Tomorrow will be the test as I am going out for lunch which I only do about twice a year so it will be interesting to see what this particular place will have for me to enjoy. I know they have a hot veg and salad bar.
Tonight we are haveing a lazy tea of Chips(Homemade) Eggs(Home layed) and good old Baked Beans Yum Yum
I am sourcing some good vege recipes at our local library this week as well