PGLOSE - I made spaghetti with textured soyprotein for my friends and they had no idea. I never thought of trying it on him, mostly becasue he'd see the bag in the freezer (I used Morningstar Meal Starters) and throw a hissy fit (jokingly) about it being in the house.
The sloppy joes sound good, though.
EMSR2D2 - The cigarettes and alcohol are going to get him first.
EMSR2D2 6/25/08 4:03 P
As an aside, maybe you should print out some articles from the net pointing out the damage he is doing to his health by living on meat, and not having regular servings of vegetables. I dread to think what his stomach, intestines and colon are like!
PGLOSE 6/25/08 10:44 A
My husband is a meat-eater also, and I am a vegan (only for about the last 3 months). He has come to really love some of the dishes I have made, so much so that he tells me he doesn't need me to cook meat for him anymore (he does still order it when we eat out). A favorite is "Textured soyprotein Sloppy Joes" from the Skinny Bitch in the Kitch cookbook (I revised it just a little). Honestly, it tastes just like the real thing, only the best sloppy joes you've ever eaten. I found the textured soyprotein right in the grocery store, in the produce section with the tofu & tempeh. Try this on your carnivorous guy (bet he won't even guess it's not meat if you don't tell him!):
VEG SLOPPY JOES 2 tablesp refined coconut oil (you can use veg. or olive oil too) 1 green bell pepper, cut into 1/4 inch dice 1 stalk celery, cut into 1/4 inch dice 2 large onions, cut into 1/4 in. dice 4 oz. thinly sliced mushrooms (about 2 cups) 1 teasp chili powder 1/2 teasp salt 1/4 teasp pepper 1 cup beer (you can also use water) 1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce 1/4 cup Bragg's Liquid Aminos (or 8 teasp. tamari or soy sauce) 1/4 cup ketchup 2 cups textured soy protein 4 to 6 whole wheat burger buns (cheese to sprinkle on top if you want)
Heat the oil in a large skillet over med-hi. Add the bell pepper and celery and cook stirring occasionally for 2 mins. Add the onion and cook stirring occasionally for 4 mins. Add the mushrms, chili powder, salt and pepper and cook stirring ocasionally for 2 mins. Stir in the beer (or water), tomato sauce, Bragg's, and ketchup. Stir in the textured soy protein, increase the heat to high, and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook stirring occasionally for 20 mins. Split and toast the buns. You know the rest!
Another thing that may help you is a great cookbook called "Vegetarian & More!" by Linda Rosensweig. She is a vegetarian but her husband and kids are not. She figured out how to simply feed the whole family with one dinner. The recipes can easily be made both ways. There are some really good ones in there too, and they're not real long and involved in most cases. Also the ingredients are ones you can find in most any grocery store.
Good luck, keep us posted on how it goes!
ALTERIDEM 6/25/08 2:15 A
My husband is a meat eater. He believes tofu is square on a molecular level and he won't eat vegetables because they can't run away. (This is all in jest, but, really, if it's not meat, he doesn't eat it.) I'm going to try to sneak something veggie by him by making "Cheesy broccoli Tofu Casserole" from Spark recipes since broccoli is the only vegetable he will eat without question.
We don't eat meals together very often due to directly conflicting schedules, but when we do, I'd like to eat the same thing instead of cooking for ourselves. I'm not vegetarian by any stretch, but I don't need or want meat with every meal.
So, besides my macaroni and cheese that's to die for but off limits because I have no willpower against it, what other vegetarian dishes can you recommend for my meat-loving husband?
