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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Create Family Meals With Meatless Substitutions

By Meshel Nosak

With the best of resources and a good idea of what for Veggie lover likes to eat, creating one family meal for everyone in the household is now an option. Using meat free substitutions when preparing your dinner menu's has never been easier.

I can take my favorite family recipes and create a meatless version that still has great texture and taste without using meat. Companies have finally filling the grocery stores with many delicious meat free products.

If I'm going to cook burgers for dinner, I include a package veggie burgers to the shopping list. I have learned to include basic meatless food items each time I visit the grocery store.

Adjusting your meal planning for dinner to include meat free options can now be easy. If your looking for a new way to get your family to try new veggies then let me suggest preparing a meatless main dish for dinner and simply serve meat on the side if necessary. This is a great way to start eating healthier for everyone in the household not just the vegetarian.

I have included a list of some of our family favorite dinners and the simple meat free possibilities you can create with each dinner dish:

BBQ Sandwiches - yep good 'old BBQ sandwiches are easy, cheap and can feed both kinds of eaters

*Meatless option - tofu fried

*Traditional version - chicken or beef shredded

Pizza - my favorite meal with or without meat

*Meatless options - any veggie you like or can think of, there are no rules on what to put on a veggie pizza in my house

*Meat options - pepperoni, sausage, ham and all the meatless options listed above.

Family Spaghetti - a quick dinner idea for any household

*Veggie eater - loads of vegetables, your favorite sauce and lots of yummy cheese

*Meat Options - add homemade meatballs to the meatless option

Burgers - The best all American Meal

*Meat free version - veggie burger from the store or a recipe using lentils instead of meat

*Meat options - some lean ground beef and a family favorite recipe

A Pasta Dinner - a simple traditional family favorite meal and it's inexpensive

*Veggie eater - a rich sauce smothering a bed of your favorite noodles top with cheese

*Meat options - add some sausage and red sauce or chicken and white sauce to the noodle of your choice

Preparing an easy family meal with these ideas is just the beginning. Use you family favorite recipes and get creative, you never know until you try. Dinner time won't be stressful anymore, now you can cook just 1 meal for everyone.

You have access to more meatless meal ideas that you know. The internet is a great place for vegetarian food tips. Read those cookbooks in the cupboard, see how simple it can be to create meat free versions of favorite recipes and finally Visit your local health food store for more meal ideas you can create without using meat. - 17274

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