what's for dinner 2151

elaine

Actually, her New Years resolution this past year was to give up meat again.

I fed her vegetarina food as an infant, but she was exposed to meat when she spent time with her dad, grandparents, etc. I never prevented her from eating any meat she wanted, including ordering chicken tenders off a kids menu if she so chose, but I did not cook it at home. She mostly ate veg and usually ordered veg at restaurants, but liked to have tastes of steak, chicken, and bacon. Didn't like ham or turkey. Never had the opportunity, as far as I'm aware, to eat lamb or pork.

About a year ago, my boyfriend moved in. He's a meat eater, but loves my veg-fish cooking. He buys steaks and burgers and chicken when we're grilling, and he gets that pre-cooked chicken for salads or sandwiches at the store, as far as meat at home. We eat out once or twice a week when he wants a meat meal. I've been veg-seafood only for 18 years now (since high school), so I really never learned to cook meat.

The kiddo enjoyed sharing his steaks, although she never got into burgers. She definitely liked chicken. And pepperoni on pizza. But she wants to be a veteranarian, and has decided she loves animals too much to eat them. So she hasn't had anything since Dec 31 2005. She's stuck to it well. (Only once had to pick the pepperoni off the pizza at school cuz they were out of cheese.)

So it's definitely her choice at this point. Interesting to see what she'll choose as she gets older.