Re: trying to make a plan
you could make two "vegandays" a week, where you'd cook the same for the whole family - healthy, delicious vegan food. then you could have one day a week, where one or two of the kids cooked - then they'd learn about cooking, and you could just eat one of your frozen vegan dishes, and relax. that would make four days a week, where you had to cook two or three different meals - and you could make something like spicey pancakes (vegan of course) with two kinds of filling - one vegan, one not-vegan and maybe a salad. then you could make a soupday, where you'd just bake some bread (maybe make 3 every time, and them freeze them) and make something nice like potatosoup, and maybe a salad - everyone loves that!. and then you slowly would make your family feel comfy about eating vegan food most of the time, so at last they could eat meat when they wanted it badly enough to cook it. vegan food is just as tasty and healthy as a "normal" diet - and you'd wanna share the love and compassion for animals and life with your kids, right? teach them how to make a nice vegan stew, a veggie curry, potatopancakes, how to bake a bread. and if you include your kids in the cooking, they will probably be so proud about cooking it that they'll eat it no matter what.
and the sparetime you'd get from not cooking all the time, you could use to tell your kids stories, take them on a nice picnic in the woods, help them with their homework.
Re: trying to make a plan
or maybe you could just ask your husband to cook twice a week, and then he could cook whatever he likes, but just serve them nice vegan food the rest of the weeks?
whats you're normal eating plan?
it might seem like a stupid question to ask but i'm just curious..
normally for breakfast i'll have; a small piece of toasted rye with avocado, or a small bowel of porridge, or a small bowl of muesli with vanilla soy yogurt
with a cup of coffee.
then normally i go to work all day and come home and have a small cooked meal, mostly it's tofu or veggie sausages with veggies or home made pumpkin soup or a salad.
and a cup of tea at night.
sometimes i'll have a piece of fruit for a snack.
today is a different story; as a dont have work till 5 tonight.
so i had 2 coffee's and piece of toasted rye, a whole bag of grapes :S and 600 ml bottle of water.
cause i had so many grapes, i'm skipping my meal..
anyway, what are your thoughts/normal eating plans?
this is my first thread on this site.
Re: whats you're normal eating plan?
I tend to eat a lot and I am always hungry, so I try to at least eat as healthily as I can.
For breakfast I have a medium bowl of cereal with soya milk - I try to pick one that is not too sugary
For lunch I usually have a small cooked meal, probably left overs from the night before!
In the evenings I tend to eat pasta, rice, curries, chilli etc. Lots of veggies and I eat soya products a few times a week. I try to keep my meals fairly low fat.
During the day I snack on lots of fruit and drink lots of sugar-free squash.
I do have a weakness for biscuits and sweet things so try not to have them in the house otherwise I will pig out!
Re: whats you're normal eating plan?
eeek, you don't seem to eat alot at all ambs ! I do hope I'm not being bang out of order but I have to say I find it quite worrying that you use the word 'small' quite alot, and that because you've had grapes today you're going to skip your meal. Toast, grapes and coffee are not going to give you the nutrients you need :eek: