I’m making pasta sauce for dinner tonight. I put beef and pork in my sauce. Justine loved pasta but she didn’t eat the meat. She didn’t mind that the sauce was cooked with the meat, however. This is unusual for vegetarians I think. I may be wrong but I believe most vegetarians would not eat anything cooked with meat.
When I made sauce and Justine was living at home or came for dinner, I would strain the sauce and she would eat it on her pasta. I have a very fine strainer that would catch all the tiny strands of ground beef and pork. It would also strain all the vegetables so basically it was a very thin sauce. She loved it. As a mom, I was happy she was getting all the nutrients and protein because it was all cooked together.
Justine decided to become Vegetarian when she was 10 years old and she never ate meat again. I wrote about that in another blog. You can read it here.
Do you know any vegetarians who would eat food cooked with meat?
Cathy Lynn Brooks 
Wifey used to be one of them. But she did it on her way to becoming a non-vegetarian. We Punjabis are non-vegetarians; she comes from a vegetarian family. Justine had a very high degree of empathy. She was a very sweet girl.
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Did your wife gradually add meat until she got used to it Anand?
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Not for the first five years. Then she ate some inadvertently. She doesn’t like it much, but now she don’t refuse when served non-vegetarian food.
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I think your body gets used to not having meat and it doesn’t agree with you when you suddenly eat it.
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We have a vegetarian who picks at meat flavored stuff. He was a former meat eater. But didn’t like anything prepackaged vegan or soy.
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Justine tried tofu but never liked it. She basically ate what we did without the meat. I always made lots of veggies. I made beans and hummus too. She ate nuts and eggs too.
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We has a couple things that were vegan and tasted good to us. He hated them. I just made sure he was never around for steak night.
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Did he choose to be vegetarian?
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His choice is to be a vegan. But the practice isn’t prefect. He does well avoiding meats. It’s been five years
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Lovely picture! My daughter in law is a vegetarian.
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Thank you. That picture was taken at her sister’s graduation.
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lovely picture!
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My daughter Anne also became a vegetarian at about the same age as Justine; we also thought it was a passing phase but she is now 26 and has never eaten meat again. She is a good cook and very healthy, knowing how to get the proper nutrition with vegetarian offerings. She tried a vegan diet for one month, but found it very difficult and not suited to her. She will not eat anything that has been cooked with meat, like vegetables cooked with a roast beef! She will also not eat anything with gelatin in it since it’s made with animal bones (marshmallows and some yogurts have it as an ingredient.)
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Your daughter sounds like a true vegetarian. I have a friend who is vegan but she feels sick when not sticking to a vegan diet. It is not easy. I try to make meatless meals but my husband still prefers meat.
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The youngest of my two daughters became vegetarian when I did. She was 9 years old at the time, 25 years later, we still choose to eat cheese, milk and eggs, so although we would not eat anything cooked with meat, we know that the rules are not set in stone, and we make choices daily.
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I honestly believed it was unhealthy for children to be vegetarian but now I know it’s very healthy for everyone. I try to make meatless meals but my husband still prefers meat.
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My husband eats meat but we get along fine!
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