My husband started it. He read "Eat to Live" and the "Engine 2 Diet", and he was convinced that our intake of meat was way too high. He was right. He was convinced that vegetables should be the major staple of our diet. He was right. He was convinced we would all come along willingly. Boy, was he wrong.
We like meat. We like veggies, too. But we LIKE meat. We LOVE cheese and dairy. Why give it up? But as most of you wives can imagine, my husband found a healthy diet that he was in to. So of course I'll cook it! Usually the hardest part of health is getting him on board. We began to look at our meals differently, and a year later, we're still wading through how to feed two hungry adults, two (soon to be three) picky kids, and not splurge on Sonic every Saturday to get by. Surprisingly, I'm starting to enjoy the diet that I thought I was cooking for the sake of my husband.
My main difficulty with this endeavor has been finding realistic, inexpensive meals. It takes work to find practical recipes for my family. Maybe some families love to have dinner discussion over tofu and spinach balls, but we're not quite there yet. After a million attempts to Google "healthy kid vegetarian meals", and getting results like "kids' tofu and tarragon sushi rolls" (really???), I decided that this was going to take some effort if it was going to stick for my family. So, for all of us with children who prefer mac and cheese to quinoa, here is an attempt to collect practical, healthy, mostly vegetarian food ideas. I've tried slipping meatless "meat" balls into my kids' spaghetti. They're not buying it. The menu is going to have to be a little more clever than that, until they are older and can choose health for themselves.
So here's to stealth health! Not everything will be right for everybody, but maybe if we all collaborate, we can live better together.
Enjoy!
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