Lauren Loves Good Food

I don’t love meat. 

Shocking, I know, considering the number of meat recipes you find on this blog, right?

Wrong.  You’ll find none.  And that’s because while I will eat meat, I don’t cook it.

And there’s a number of reasons why.

A) I suck at it.  Even when I ate meat regularly, I was constantly frustrated when my chicken was burnt on the outside, but still pink on the inside.  What gives, chicken, what gives?

B) I’m cheap.  Good quality meat, however, is not.  There’s plenty of other forms of protein that cost much less.  No, shrimp, I’m not looking at you, I’m looking at those beans behind you.

C) I’m a meal planner and I can’t really plan to crave meat on say, next Tuesday.  Actually, I can pretty much plan on not craving meat 95% of the time.

So that’s that, but as it turns out my better half significant other loves him some meat. 

Clearly.

It was pointed out recently that Joey is suffering by living in a meatless home.  And by pointed out, I mean my Dad wandered around my kitchen last Tuesday night in search of the meat portion of our dinner and kept asking “Where’s the beef?”  Then he asked me how Joey could survive when I don’t cook meat.

And by pointed out, I also mean that my mom is now making double portions of brisket and sending me home with half to give to Joey.  Who will eat the entire portion in one sitting.

My response?

I’m offended, family!  Joey is fully capable of cooking himself meat.

Which he apparently only does when I’m on vacation.

Also, Joey can and will order meat whenever we go out to dinner or whenever he buys his own breakfast/lunch while at work.  In other words, I think he manages just fine.

Plus who needs meat when I make a mean chickpea burger?

Don’t answer that, Joey.

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Do you live with someone who has different food beliefs/practices than you?

How do you “work it out?”