Hello all fellow omnivores and carnivores,
I don't know how many AWers are in the same position as I, but I thought I start this thread to find out and provide a place for us all to commiserate together and perhaps share recipes that make having a vegetarian (or vegan) significant other more bearable. We can also share the last and/or best meat dish we had. [Note that I love my wife, and appreciate her concern for our health (I freely admit the vegetarian diet is one of the healthiest), but I really look forward to the times when we go out and I can get meat.]
So, to kick off: I've been married to my vegetarian for about 2.5 years. I've more-or-less been vegetarian myself for about the past 3 years. I'm well past the point of craving meat, and in fact can't eat more than 1 serving in a sitting without getting physically sick. Most days the food is great (we both cook vegetarian meals) but there are some things I still haven't developed a taste for (I'm looking at you, kale salad!). I've found that mushrooms provide a good meaty texture and flavor to most dishes, especially porcini mushrooms.
It has been approximately 2 months since I last had meat. It was Thai-cashew chicken.
I don't know how many AWers are in the same position as I, but I thought I start this thread to find out and provide a place for us all to commiserate together and perhaps share recipes that make having a vegetarian (or vegan) significant other more bearable. We can also share the last and/or best meat dish we had. [Note that I love my wife, and appreciate her concern for our health (I freely admit the vegetarian diet is one of the healthiest), but I really look forward to the times when we go out and I can get meat.]
So, to kick off: I've been married to my vegetarian for about 2.5 years. I've more-or-less been vegetarian myself for about the past 3 years. I'm well past the point of craving meat, and in fact can't eat more than 1 serving in a sitting without getting physically sick. Most days the food is great (we both cook vegetarian meals) but there are some things I still haven't developed a taste for (I'm looking at you, kale salad!). I've found that mushrooms provide a good meaty texture and flavor to most dishes, especially porcini mushrooms.
It has been approximately 2 months since I last had meat. It was Thai-cashew chicken.