Is anyone on the board a vegetarian?  If so, can you help me out with something.  I need an EASY veggie meal that I can cook for the guy I'm KINDA seeing.  I want to impress him, obviously, but at the same time, can't cook worth a lick!  Any suggestions would be helpful!

Pasta is a great vehicle for easy and versatile vegetarian cooking.  Lots of room for experimentation and creativity too.  Just stay away from jarred sauce.  Start off with a nice salad.  If he doesn't like vegetables, he's not worth seeing (or even kinda seeing)

 

For some inspiration, check out: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/pass-the-pasta/?src=me&ref=health

 

For something more indulgent, it's not too hard to make some good vegetarian chili rellano.

Is anyone on the board a vegetarian?  If so, can you help me out with something.  I need an EASY veggie meal that I can cook for the guy I'm KINDA seeing.  I want to impress him, obviously, but at the same time, can't cook worth a lick!  Any suggestions would be helpful!

 

Rabbit food!

You can always go for the tofu or tempeh variant of the meat dish you'd like to cook.

 

Grilled veggies are great.

 

Use lots of spices to give a succulent flavor. You'd be surprised what you can do with spices. Garlic is your friend, too. You can sautee just about anything with some sliced garlic, and it will turn out well.

We need a thread called Fat Vegetarians.  Because there definitely is such a thing. 

Here's my thing: I love MEAT!  I'm a carnivore through and through.  Bacon is my favorite thing in the whole world.  Yet, I want to sort of impress him, so I'm willing to compromise once in a while.  We shall see!

Here's my thing: I love MEAT!  I'm a carnivore through and through.  Bacon is my favorite thing in the whole world.  Yet, I want to sort of impress him, so I'm willing to compromise once in a while.  We shall see!

 

Ms. Thing, I knew I liked you for a reason!  Bacon makes everything taste better.

what kind of vegetarian is he?  does he eat fish?  and what sort of meal do you want to have?  We eat somewhat vegetarian in our house but all of our stuff is more like comfort food (black bean burgers, etc)...we really like eggplant Parmesan...and man, is it good.

According to Ron Swanson, fish might as well be a vegetable.  And he's Ron f*#%@ Swanson.

From what he's said to me, he's a vegetarian 6 days a week, which means he's a carnivore 1 day a week.  Maybe I can convince him to eat meat when he's around me.

ah, he's not really attached to it then.  Just make him something awesome and he won't be able to resist it.  Besides, it's just the one time (to start) right?  what's the harm?

Get one of those portobello mushroom burritos.  LAWD JESUS NOW I KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA HAVE FOR DINNER TONIGHT!!!  WHOOOOOOOYESSSAH!!!

From what he's said to me, he's a vegetarian 6 days a week, which means he's a carnivore 1 day a week. Maybe I can convince him to eat meat when he's around me.

 

Yeah, I try not to be super douchey about food, but um, that guy's not a vegetarian. Because he eats meat.

^ahahah thats what I was thinking. Thats like saying "Im not a murderer, I only kill someone once a week." But less extreme. Apparently he sees nothing wrong with it if he enjoys, and chooses to eat meat every so often. I bet you can convert him if you really tried.

I'm sort of in the same boat, I do love me some good tasty red mean bow and again but most of the time its pasta and vegetables.

 

I'd suggest a black bean soup or some sort of loaded up nachos. pretty easy to make either and they're  easily customizible to suit individual tastes.

Find a good chicken piccata recipe, but you can substitute Quorn Chick'n for the real thing.  That's likely to impress.

From what he's said to me, he's a vegetarian 6 days a week, which means he's a carnivore 1 day a week. Maybe I can convince him to eat meat when he's around me.

 

He's actually neither a vegetarian or a carnivore, he's an omnivore. Eating meat once a week is cetainly not vegetarian.

Does it matter if he is technically a vegetarian? For all intents and purposes, he is for 6/7ths of the time.

 

Obviously, he does it to be healthy. If you really want to "convert" him, you will have to make healthy meat dishes, and convince him he's no better off not eating them.

I say make one of these!

 

I say make one of these!

 

 

Yeah! Cause pain and suffering before committing murder so you can have a meal!

 

Okay, I'm done.

Hey we didn't climb to the top of the food chain to eat bean sprout quesadillas and celery sticks. Meat contains essential amino acids that cannot be found in other foods and from personal experience I've known chicks who were Vegan and all have bad skin and look frail.

I've known lots of people who eat meat and are morbidly obese and have greasy skin. See those are stupid points?

 

What you're doing is rationalizing the killing of an animal because humans "need" to. Because it's "good" for us. I don't go around slapping cheeseburgers out of people's hands, but I do get irritated by ignorance, especially when that ignorance is backed up by horribly formed arguments.

I like meat.  Period!

I like meat. Period!

 

Hey, you like what you like. As long as you realize that by eating meat you're choosing to cause suffering and pain until the eventual murder of something that was once alive, that's pretty much all anyone can expect.

 

What bothers me are the people who try to weasel out of that with justifications and/or rationalizations instead of just owning up to it.

Moonlight - I thought you said you were done? D@mn right I`m rationalizing it. Sirloin is f_ing delicious! You shouldn`t eat it all the time but unless you`re eating a bunch of peanut butter or olive oil in your salad or something you are going to have bad unlubricated joints, no hormones and clammy skin when you are eating nothing but carbs. I have never iknown a vegetarian/vegan to be that aware of their protein or fat intake. If people are vegetarian simply because they do not like the taste of meat thats cool but why don`t the others have hearts that bleed for those poor living organisms they slaughter called vegetables? Animals eat each other all the time and think nothing of it. A crocadile or Lion would love to bite your @ss off if opportunity presented itself.   

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Its the circle of life. Didn`t you see The Lion King?!

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Moonlight - I thought you said you were done? D@mn right I`m rationalizing it. Sirloin is f_ing delicious! You shouldn`t eat it all the time but unless you`re eating a bunch of peanut butter or olive oil in your salad or something you are going to have bad unlubricated joints, no hormones and clammy skin when you are eating nothing but carbs. I have never iknown a vegetarian/vegan to be that aware of their protein or fat intake. If people are vegetarian simply because they do not like the taste of meat thats cool but why don`t the others have hearts that bleed for those poor living organisms they slaughter called vegetables? Animals eat each other all the time and think nothing of it. A crocadile or Lion would love to bite your @ss off if opportunity presented itself.   

 

See, this is what I'm talking about: ignorance and poorly formed arguments. Do you even recognize why your arguments are horrible? Do you even know how to make a good argument? I'm guessing not.

 

Here, I'll be a nice guy show you how you're coming off as an idiot. Maybe next time you can enter into a discussion with something worthwhile to add.

 

1. "unless you`re eating a bunch of peanut butter or olive oil in your salad or something you are going to have bad unlubricated joints, no hormones and clammy skin when you are eating nothing but carbs." This is one of most ridiculous generalized statements I've ever heard from anyone. David, I don't meat. My joints are fine. My hormone levels are fine. I have great skin. And who said anything about eating "nothing but carbs"? You're really making the assumption that if you don't eat meat, you're eating carbs all day everyday? Do you not realize how ridiculous that sounds?

 

2. "If people are vegetarian simply because they do not like the taste of meat thats cool but why don`t the others have hearts that bleed for those poor living organisms they slaughter called vegetables?" Seriously? No, really: SERIOUSLY?? Please tell me you heard someone else say that once, never bothered to actually think about it and are now just regurgitating it back up. Please. Because I'd hate to think you formed that in your own head and thought it was a good argument. I'll let you in a little secret the rest of the world has known about for a long time: plants don't feel pain. Thus, they cannot suffer. Also, fun fact: nobody really knows if scallops or oysters can feel pain due the fact that they don't have a centralized nervous system. So some vegans and vegetarians eat them. Personally, I err on the side of caution. Plus, they're totally disgusting.

 

3. "Animals eat each other all the time and think nothing of it. A crocadile or Lion would love to bite your @ss off if opportunity presented itself." Of the terrible points you've tried to make so far, this one is the best. That's not saying much, but there ya go. The way that I answer the question of, "Is it not okay for animals to kill and eat other animals?" is, "Yes, it's fine." And no, I don't think that's a double standard. Some animals HAVE to eat other animals in order to survive. You and me? We don't. We can CHOOSE to, but we don't HAVE to. There's quite a difference. There's also quite a difference between a lion taking out a zebra and the conditions and scenarios that revolve around the meat that you're eating. Also, groups like PETA? Even they don't begrudge subsistence hunters that, like animals, HAVE to kill in order to survive.

 

So, yeah. Consider yourself a little more informed. Also, learn to make better arguments, if you're going to try to explain your own views and opinions. Otherwise you look like someone who has no idea what the hell he's talking about.

Rack of Lamb anyone?

What about my suffering? You want me to make clearly stated, well written  arguments while I am typing on a 5 1/2 inch wide  keypad. You`re killing me.

Hey, buddy? Not making any argument is better than making a bad ones.

How do you feel about roaches? They have a nervous system. Boric Acid or set them free outside? How about ants? I hope you do the right thing and limit all this suffering by making sure you don`t crush them as you`re frolicking through the grass.

How do you feel about roaches? They have a nervous system. Boric Acid or set them free outside? How about ants? I hope you do the right thing and limit all this suffering by making sure you don`t crush them as you`re frolicking through the grass.

 

I've never actually encountered a roach, but if I did, I'd no doubt be totally grossed out. Ants are a pain, sometimes. Flies, fruits flies, bees, etc...I kind of hate all insects. They're creepy pests. But I don't kill 'em.

 

And no one--well, no one but you (shocking)--is suggesting that it's wrong or immoral or whatever to accidentallly step on a bug. Ish happens. I'd hope you have the capacity to recognize the difference between an accident and something that's intentional.

Emmie, I apologize for the argumentative tone this thread has taken on.

 

Unfortunately, I believe this thread has unfortunately devolved into another "dumbass thread that should serve as a reminder that participation on this forum is a privilege, not a right". Moonlight and David - take it to PM.