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Hello! I have been a vegetarian for two years since I read Alicia's book " the kind diet". It changed my life and I think I am very lucky I picked up the book at the book store. I am also mother of two boys. My husband understand my diet but does not want to join this life style. I do really want to have a kind kitchen and actually tried for almost 8 months. Of course my husband and my kids ordered " pepperoni pizza or meat sauce spaghetti at the restaurant but I didn't buy any animal product for cooking. However, I am very tired to listening all the complains from my family in every evening. They are not happy about the dishes I made for them. But I do really don't want even touch any animal products for cooking. It makes me disgust and sick. And also do not want give up. If I go to grocery and purchase some animal products, even though I am not eating, still I do participate those farm industry's system. Can anyone give me some good advice? Thank you!!!!

Here's the link .......... http://www.getvegucated.com/

my husband is the only one in our family that eats meat. my step daughter is vegetarian, and i am about 80% vegan and 20% vegetarian for about 5 years now. whenever my husband wants meat he will cook it himself or bye it himself. (i wont pay for anything with my paycheck if its meat related). he gets Irritated with that, but he laughs though because i wont even touch any plates that have meat on them, so he has to clean them. and when sharing food he knows better not to use his fork when touching my food if meat or meat by products have touched it, so he usually has two utensils with him, oh and 2 plates lol.

but i know how you feel though. my husband wont change either and although he has cut back alot when eating meat, he still does and always will. but with the other daughter that eats meat away at college, its hard for him to get his hands on meat.
:-) and I am fine with that!!!

I hope your family will come around, but if not, you could always cook a easy meal for your self, and if possible, he could cook what he and the children want if its meat related.
Food inc is a good one to watch, although not for young chidren i dont think. it was to sad for me, but it did its job though! my step daughter is 14 and she watched it, but the reason why she dont eat meat is because of a school field trip. when she was11 yrs old they saw a cows eyeball that was picked up with a spoon i believe at the museum. Poor thing, it took a year before she would touch a spoon again, but she hasen't touch meat since. and her aunt has been vegtarian for 25 yrs now thank god we all have support although my entire extended family thinks I'm nuts!