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We have two vegetarians, one meat avoider and three omnivores in our household, I often cook pasta with a tomato based sauce which I can split into two pans, one with meat and one without. Wraps are a good option as you can cook the peppers and onions in with the spices and can then add chicken which can be cooked separately either plain or with extra spice depending upon taste. Unadventurous it may be but on roast days my vegetarians like a nice quorn fillet with their dinner. Quorn is a good alternative on any day and there is no reason why meat eaters shouldn't enjoy it too, although you can't pretend it is meat it is very tasty.

Quorn mince makes a wonderful vegetarian ragu for lasagne and bolognaise -also for shepherds pie. Dried porcine mushrooms, soaked in hot water then both added to the sauce gives a lovely meaty flavour.

Why didn鈥檛 the 大象传媒 get a vegetarian to write a piece about National Vegetarian Week rather than someone who thinks that 鈥渉alloumi is the vegetarian answer to bacon鈥�? What makes you think vegetarians need a substitute for bacon? The whole blog post seems to denigrate and belittle vegetarianism with snippy little comments and barely concealed digs at veggies.

I find your comment 鈥淚 know that I feel a little skittish and unsatisfied after a few days of veggie meals鈥� astonishing. It probably just means you鈥檙e not very good at cooking vegetarian food鈥�

I think the article is about catering for a vegetarian in a meat/fish eating household. My reading is that is not the author of the article, but Nigella Lawson (from her book Feast), who thinks that 鈥渉alloumi is the vegetarian answer to bacon鈥�, and is being quoted.
I had a problem with family meals for a few years until my daughters gave up vegetarianism and became omnivores. It can be quite hard to please everyone in the family! I sometimes felt that I was running a caff rather than cooking family meals

@ Mrs Vee, my partner that I've been with for 12 years is vegetarian and has been since we met. I am the family cook and I like my meat. I think I'm very good at cooking vegetarian meals, yet I also 鈥渒now that I feel a little skittish and unsatisfied after a few days of veggie meals鈥�. It doesn't mean a person is not good at cooking vegetarian meals, it means they like meat. Get over yourself.
To everyone calling people who eat mean and veg omnivores, you seem to misunderstand that word. We are all omnivores, as we have the capability to eat both meat and veg. A personal decision not to eat meat and instead to focus only on a vegetarian diet does not make you a herbivore, herbivores do not have the digestive ability to digest meat.
I found this article interesting and helpful as a meat eater who cooks for a veggie. I think it was enhanced by the fact that it was written by a meat eater.

As a "mainly vegetarian" I cook mainly vegetarian meals for the family, with occasional meat dishes on the side as described above. Very occasionally we will have a barbeque or a roast dinner and then I will usually have something ready made, like vegetarian suasages for myself.

The super ingredient for me is red lentils which I use as an alternative to mince. Just add dried lentils instead of mince and add extra stock. A teaspoon of marmite in the stock is great if you want a more meaty flavour for something like a cottage pie or sun dried tomate paste for things like bolognaise.

My problem with family meals is fitting in all the different likes and dislikes more than vegie or non vegie meals!

I am astounded at the comment that veggies feel unsatisfied by lack of chewing! I am not a vegetarian but do enjoy veggie food for a change and find it less heavy at lunchtime. My hubby has always finished his sandwich well before I have finished chewing my way through raw veg and salad, chickpeas etc etc. We like to go to Bostons when out and he hoovers up his egg & bacon roll while I spend ages on one of their yummy salads. We both like Morrocan style tagines with veg and pulses. Bags of chewing involved in veggie food I reckon!!

Some great tips on how to cook for different people's food preferences! There are only two in our house, and whilst neither of us is vegetarian it can still be a chore to find foods that we both enjoy every day.

I also like the idea of a vegetable curry with separate meat on the side - a good idea if I fancy something a bit lighter, as my husband is a real carnivore!