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I married a carnivore. Seriously - the man would eat only red meat if I let him. I, however, am a vegetarian. This blog is dedicated to helping all those blended families like ours out there. We have learned through trial and error how to eat dinner together every night. It takes some planning and some work, but in the end we get to enjoy well balanced meals together. So, if you have a teen who just went away to college and came home to tell you he no longer eats meat, but everyone else still does, this blog is for you. Or, if your brother just brought home a woman who he says is the love of his life, but she eats meat and you do not, this will help you learn what to cook at family gatherings. This is not a vegetarian only site. It is written by one though. It is also not for people who are opposed to cooking meat in the house. This is for people who are trying to coexist. So in that vein, I have created this blog with marvelous main dishes that everyone will love, super side dishes that will help sneak vitamins into your carnivore, and delicious desserts to wrap it all up. I have also included some of our favorite breakfast items and great gadgets I love to use while I am experimenting in the kitchen. Nothing I cook is super fancy or complicated. It is real world cooking for real families.
Certain foods carry me back to my childhood. My earliest memories of fresh food came from my great-grandmother's kitchen. They had a small farm in their backyard full of fresh corn that we shucked ourselves, purple hull beans that we snapped until (read full article)
Just to prove that I am not always feeding my carnivore vegetarian meals or sneaking green goodies into each dish, I thought I would share this recipe with you. As I have said before, this is not a vegetarian only website. It is also not a blog where (read full article)
When the carnivore and I got married several years ago there were lots of toasts. In my sister-in-law's she mentioned the whole family's surprise when he brought home a vegetarian. Way back then it was hard to imagine how my manly meat eater was goin (read full article)
My carnivore is part Italian. However, he could eat Italian full time. I don't feel the same. I mean, a girl needs a cheese enchilada every now and again. Don't get me wrong, I love a good garlic noodle dish as much as the next gal, but I can only ha (read full article)
Wikipedia says that yin and yang is a concept in Chinese philosophy that "is used to describe how seemingly disjunct or opposing forces are interconnected and interdependent." I think that pretty much sums up me and the carnivore. We are v (read full article)
I like variety in my diet. In fact, at one point last year the carnivore and I went 6 months without any repeat dinners (leftovers excluded) till the carnivore asked if we could have something twice. I personally think changing things up is a good th (read full article)
I love Mexican food. I could eat it every meal of everyday. I mean, what's not to like about guacamole, fajitas, rice and beans. And of course, there is all that cheese. However, since the carnivore is more in love with Italian food that Mexican, I t (read full article)
I understand how confusing it can be for some people when they come home and find out their teenager has become a vegetarian or their new in-law is throwing a monkey wrench in a holiday meal by not eating meat. I mean do you just make them side dishe (read full article)
This salad is probably my favorite, especially this time of year when the tomatoes are ripe an juicy. It is also the easiest. And while the carnivore wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole, he did help grow some of the ingredients.To make this salad (read full article)
The carnivore loves all things meat, of course, but he also loves Italian dishes almost as much. And, while I often indulge his inner meat-eater with things like bar-b-que hot dogs or prosciutto wrapped chicken (what's better than two meats in one bi (read full article)
There are people who crave sweets. They love to snack on cookies and ice cream and the like. I am not one of those girls. I like salty and crunchy snacks. Lucky for me the carnivore does too (although I am sure he would take the sweet stuff if it was (read full article)
It is no secret the carnivore and I like different things. There are, however, a few things we both love - like cheese and bread. This nifty dinner not only works in these things we hold near and dear, but it is also super quick. (Plus, you can adjus (read full article)
A few years ago, the carnivore and I took a trip to Rome. Before we left, he enforced an edict - I was not allowed to say, "But we just had just had Italian food." See, the carnivore could eat Italian every night of the week. He has a stron (read full article)
There is a long list of green vegetables that the carnivore doesn't eat. In fact, he could probably go the rest of his life without eating anything green. I, however, can't go a day without lots of green veggies. So, I often make myself a side dish t (read full article)
As you may know the carnivore and I are trying our hands at gardening for the first time this year. We have been very successful with our herb garden, but we are still waiting on our tomatoes to turn red. In the meantime, I have enjoyed a few green t (read full article)
Most of the time when I make dinner one of two things is true - either I have made the dish so many times I don't even think about the recipe or I am trying something new and following a recipe I think sounded good. However, on rare occasions I take (read full article)
It is literally 105 degrees here. That means I am not that interesting in having big heavy meals. Sorry mac and cheese, I love you but you will have to wait till it cools off some. So, as I was looking for light, I came across an ad in Bon Apetit wit (read full article)
It is summer and that means many of you are getting your dinner from the grill. The carnivore and I are no exception. And since I just wrote about a carnivore only special (the inside-out cheeseburger), I thought it was only fair to show you a main d (read full article)
I know a lot of the time I write about how I sneak veggies into the carnivore's food, but I don't want you all to think he doesn't get to indulge his inner meat eater. I thought I would share with you his latest creation. It happened after watching a (read full article)
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