I do not have any kids yet. My wife is currently pregnant/due in Feb. But I would suggest starting with a meatless monday meal for everyone. Its just one day a week and your family can see all the amazing meals that are meat free. You can google meatless monday and get tons of awesome recipes.

Hi, I'm mum to a 19 year old boy - he eats like a HORSE! So there have always been a tonne of snacks at my house. One of the things I've learned is to still buy him snacks but the ones I'm not too keen on - so lots of biscuits (cookies) but no crisps (chips) as they are my kryptonite. However sometimes it just comes down to plain ole fashioned will power which is sometimes in very short supply!

Congrats Bubba!

We have two 14 year olds starting high school on Friday. Wow...high school! The problem is, they want to eat all the time, so i keep alot of things around for them - the fridge is always stocked with kid stuff. Makes it super hard to separate out that it's theirs and not sneak some, which is so not good for my diet!

Another issue I'm having...I'm seriously considering going vegetarian but my wife and kids don't want to. Wondering how i can pull this one off! I think I've seen to many documentaries about animal cruelty that I'm finally sent over the edge.

Anyone facing similar issues?

I'm looking for some friends that get that yes, that is a woman kissing me in my wedding dress in that picture also. Lol

I was a vegetarian for months while my girlfriend wasn't. I have recently decided to add seafood back into my diet but I did it just fine. At first it does seem a little more difficult but you deffinately get used to it after a little while.

I have an almost-5-year-old boy. I eat meat, but my gf is a vegetarian and has been her whole life. I like vegetarian meals, so that's all I eat at home. And I only eat meat on occasion when I'm out with others. My son eats both - but he's fine with vegetarian "chicken" nuggets, etc.

I'm a lesbian with 2 kids. They're young though (7 and 5), and have been raised eating healthy foods. Their idea of "junk food" is cheddar rice cakes, popcorn, etc. You could try switching to healthier snacks to keep around, that way they have snacks, and if you do snack on their stuff, its not so bad.

Also, my partner is a vegetarian but i'm a rare steak devouring carnivore. It can be done! She generally comes home late after work though, and eats stuff like Morningstar Chik'n patties with something else. There are lots of tasty foods that can be cooked for the whole family though that are vegetarian while still being carnivore friendly. Lasagna comes to mind, chili, stuffed peppers, a wide variety of indian food, and pretty much any assemble it yourself mexican type thing. There are also times she just subs a protein for whatever meat we have on our plates (she likes marsala chick peas for example).

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Edit; Also wanted to add-stir fry! You can always cook the meat separately so that your portion is vegetarian friendly!

Hello all I am a single mom of a 2 year old daughter and an 11 year old son.