Re: quick and easy dinners for vegetarians needed

"Dee Randall" <deedovey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:11hbngagkm62n93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Peter Aitken" <paitken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:AVkRe.146629$ll3.1143117@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> "Dee Randall" <deedovey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:11hbli4lh2meg9d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> "Peter Aitken" <paitken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:4ikRe.129747$1J2.1059163@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> "Jude" <JudeNev@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:1125453972.289069.265560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> OK, it's back to school season. No more luxuriating around enjoying
>>>>> summer vacation - the kids come back next week. I'm gong to a new
>>>>> school this year and inherited a classroom with 17 years accumulation
>>>>> of JUNK. I've spent all of this week going through it and filling
>>>>> trashcans with 1989's curriculum. Next thing I need to do is rearrange
>>>>> the desks and bookshelves. She has a huge room feeling small and
>>>>> crowded.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, anyways, I'm coming home absolutely exhausted every night. Next
>>>>> week, when kids are back and I actually have to plan lessons and teach
>>>>> on top of it, I'm gonna be wiped. I need some good ideas for what I
>>>>> can
>>>>> make for dinner really easily when we get home. Toss together some
>>>>> ingredients for a casserole, or a crockpot idea that I can leave
>>>>> simmering all day long. I've got about 30 - 45 minutes from the time
>>>>> we
>>>>> get home until I need to have dinner on the table for my daughter.
>>>>> We're both vegetarian, but not opposed to fake meats or even seafood.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was thinking about a tuna casserole for tomorrow. My mom's recipe
>>>>> but
>>>>> jazzed up: cooked rice, canned tuna, canned shrimp, celery,
>>>>> waterchestnuts, cream of something soup from a can (I use asparagus),
>>>>> and a little milk. Salt, pepper, celery salt. Topped with crushed up
>>>>> potato chips. It goes well with a waldorf salad for crunch and cold.
>>>>>
>>>>> Beyond that, I'm at a loss for casseroles that don't feel too heavy -
>>>>> it's still 83 degrees here right now and pretty damned humid too.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know you all can help me! Whatcha got?
>>>>>
>>>>> All I know is that I'm tired of take-out chinese food and delivery
>>>>> pizza.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am a bit puzzled - you ask for "dinners for vegetarians" and then
>>>> talk about tuna casserole. Vegetarians do not eat fish.
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>> Here is what I gathered, hoping it is correct:
>>> Vegans: a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy
>>> products at all.
>>>
>> I do not think that is correct. A vegan is not a "strict vegetarian,"
>> they are a vegan. The idea of "strict vegetarian" versus "just plain
>> vegetarian" is silly. You either are or you are not.
>>
>>>
>>> Vegetarian: eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no
>>> meat or fish or poultry.
>>>
>>
>> My point exactly.
>>
>> People seem to need a term to describe themselves. It's silly, really. If
>> you eat fish but not mammals or birds, that's fine, but there is no term
>> to describe you. Calling yourself (I mean "you" in the generic sense, not
>> personally) a vegetarian in that case is just plain dumb.
>
>> Peter Aitken
>
> Sometimes one does need to describe themselves to some people, one
> sentence, "I'm a vegetarian." That would keep one from ever having to
> decline an invite to "The Lone Star." They could roll their eyes, talk
> behind your back, and that would be it, never having to explain yourself
> again why you didn't want to go here or there, restaurant-wise. I've
> never had to listen to "Why don't you have a steak, don't you want the
> prime rib...." for years. Small price to pay for those few words. :-)
> Dee Dee
>

How about "I don't eat red meat."

--
Peter Aitken


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Any Vegetarians Here?
    ... Dee Dee wrote: ... I've given up meat from time to time in my life ... ... My husband gave up eating red meat years ago when he started running, ... occasional week that my dinners are all vegetarian. ...
    (rec.crafts.textiles.yarn)
  • Re: Paul annoyed about Beatles picture in the Liverpool McDonalds
    ... The unmodified term 'vegetarian' is generally understood to refer to what ... most people do not consider fish to be meat. ... I think you're wrong that 'most people' don't consider fish meat. ... but it is a very common response. ...
    (rec.music.beatles)
  • Re: I need a recipe for a vegetarian chili
    ... Most any dish that normally includes meat can also be made without it ... Vegetarian versions of some things I do like, but others, including ... Dee Dee, that's the first sensible idea I've read in this thread! ...
    (rec.food.cooking)
  • Re: I need a recipe for a vegetarian chili
    ... Most any dish that normally includes meat can also be made without it ... Vegetarian versions of some things I do like, but others, including ... Dee Dee smiling and wiggling. ...
    (rec.food.cooking)
  • Re: vegetarians who eat meat
    ... You can't keep calling yourself a vegetarian when you're regularly ... adding red meat to your diet. ... so they don't order steak, ... Chicken and fish are meat. ...
    (rec.food.cooking)