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Scratching my head. Why are the fruit, vegetable, grain, nut, dairy and egg dishes already prepared for the meal (or on a restaurant menu) not acceptable to him? No additional dishes are required. If vegetarians eat these, they get all their nutrients.
I just made a full traditional Thanksgiving menu and ate everything but the turkey.
We don't accommodate food fussiness in our house. Our rule is, Mom prepares ONE meal. The kids can either eat it, or make themselves a sandwich, or go hungry. Period. (And they don't get any dessert unless they eat Mom's meal.)
This is my opinion too. If you don't like it then don't eat it. I would not invite vegetarians to my house as that is not our lifestyle. They can keep their politics and hang ups in their own home, don't want them in mind. I make an exception for those who have medical reasons for avoiding certain foods, that is entirely a different matter. I am so tired of hippies and all their nonsense creeping into every part of our lives
Personally, I'm sick of the food police and I have several of them with increasingly bizarre restrictions in my family. I solved my problem by sending out the following via E-mail:
"People have traditionally come to my house to eat because they think I'm a good cook and they don't seem to want to host a family meal. If you don't like/approve of my food, but still want to come to family gatherings, then feel free to bring your own food and I will provide plates and utensils. But I'm not changing my menus or cooking style to accommodate dietary restrictions that change every time I see you. Also, no food lectures at my table and if you are going to sit there and pout because I didn't serve a gluten-free birthday cake, Buddhist-approved brown rice, or tofurkey "bacon," then feel free to come for a glass of water after dinner is over."
Sounds like your daughter would be OK to eat at my house as long as she doesn't burst out with a lecture on how her snowflake is going to die because he looked at some GMO salmon or tell us why she is not having him vaccinated. Feel free to share my edict with great-grandma so she doesn't feel all alone.
... I am so tired of hippies and all their nonsense creeping into every part of our lives
Many of the people I know with weird dietary ideas are conservatives with a lot of money, not hippies, although I'm sure they are some. When I drive past the Whole Foods in my neighborhood the parking lot is packed with cars bearing Mercedes, Lexus, and Audi logos, not usually vehicles driven by hippies. Just the other day a rich Republican told me her husband got prostate cancer because he ate sugar.
I have to wonder why the OP is more concerned about the 2 yr old's healthy food than she is about all the junk the other kids are eating. Maybe when they get cavities in their baby teeth she'll change her outlook.
I'm only concerned about the 2-year-old because he is my grandson. The junk food eating cousins are not related to me (my daughter's husbands relatives), and what their mother lets them eat is their mother's business, as are their teeth.
We had a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner. Nana didn't say anything about the organic squash, quinoa and coleslaw my daughter brought for my grandson, and she even let him sample some of the other foods (stuffing, potato filling, cranberry relish) because he's older now, and it was a special occasion. He was a little fussy, though, and wouldn't eat much except a little squash, cranberry relish, lots of coleslaw, and romanesco (sp?), which is a cross between cauliflower and broccoli. He really liked that (but it wasn't organic). Needless, to say, he had the "toots" later on in the evening from all the cruciferous stuff he ate. We all had a great time, and his Nana (great-grandma) was really happy he was there. He's her only great-grandchild. She even compromised and made her specialty stuffing with vegetable broth, to accommodate my vegetarian daughter who ate everything but the turkey (she's a vegetarian, not a vegan, so she eats foods with eggs, milk, butter, etc.) It's nice to see compromise on both sides. Nana is puzzled at vegetarian/organic people's eating, given my daughter is the only one in the family, but she respects the fact that my grandson is so healthy and growing like a weed, so she acknowledges my "health nut" daughter must be doing something right.
Hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving!!!!
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This is my opinion too. If you don't like it then don't eat it. I would not invite vegetarians to my house as that is not our lifestyle. They can keep their politics and hang ups in their own home, don't want them in mind. I make an exception for those who have medical reasons for avoiding certain foods, that is entirely a different matter. I am so tired of hippies and all their nonsense creeping into every part of our lives
What difference does it make to you what someone else eats?? We hosted a holiday one year, and a somewhat distant relative came. She was a vegetarian, but didn't expect any special foods be made for her. I did make a couple things with her in mind, but it was no extra trouble. I used water instead of broth in one dish, for example. She also brought some of her own food. I would never have dreamed of excluding her because of what she eats. How would that conversation even go? "Oh, you don't eat meat, sorry, you're not welcome! Have a nice holiday by yourself!"
This is my opinion too. If you don't like it then don't eat it. I would not invite vegetarians to my house as that is not our lifestyle. They can keep their politics and hang ups in their own home, don't want them in mind. I make an exception for those who have medical reasons for avoiding certain foods, that is entirely a different matter. I am so tired of hippies and all their nonsense creeping into every part of our lives
We have quite a few vegetarians in my immediate and extended family and holiday meals have never been a problem. They just eat the vegetables, bread, dessert, fruit and various side dishes and end up being pretty full & happy.
Unless you put bacon on every vegetable, turkey in all of your fruit dishes, fish in your dinner rolls, and ham in every pie & cake that you make there is always plenty for a vegetarian to eat at a typical meal.
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Why are the fruit, vegetable, grain, nut, dairy and egg dishes already prepared for the meal (or on a restaurant menu) not acceptable to him? No additional dishes are required. If vegetarians eat these, they get all their nutrients.
