Oh how I miss yorkshire pudding! I’m on a dairy free diet while I’m nursing and that’s one of the big things I miss.

Now see i am vegan and I plan not to give my children meat and dairy for health reasons, also moral. I want them to have a good clean healthy start. If they decide they want to eat meat when they are older then fair enough. As long as they cook it.

Phoebe, thanks so much for that comment! I think that’s such a mature way to look at being a vegetarian. I think it’s great that you’re giving your daughter the choice. She’ll be able to see both sides, with you being a vegetarian and her father not. Very cool!

You explained yourself just fine, and thank you for taking the time to share.

Terri – when I got pregnant, I always imagined raising my child vegetarian because it’s an important part of who I am, but the more I thought about it, I realised that my daughter has the right to choose her own path in life, she doesn’t have to follow mine, and that extends to her food and her choice of diet. Her daddy is not vegetarian and therefore meat is usually in our house. I do not cook meat for her myself, but if a meal has been prepared for her, and I am the one feeding her it, I do not take the meat out. Due to the hours my other half and I work, more often than not, five out of seven main meals are prepared by me, so most things that my girl eats are vegetarian anyway. I just feel that I’m doing the best thing I can for her by allowing her to try all foods, even if my own moral stance is against some of them. I don’t think I’m explaining myself too well, but that’s essentially it!

That’s interesting, Phoebe. I thought that most vegetarians didn’t or wouldn’t feed their children meat. I guess you’re leaving it up to your children whether they eat meat?

Kim, you’re probably right about her reasons for being able to handle it. I have a daughter and I bought her food in babyfood jars that contained meat and I was able to give that to her with no problem at all. Now she’s onto normal food, I rarely give her meat, she mainly eats the same kind of food that I do and I eat good food so it’s no problem. I have no problem with her daddy preparing meals for her with meat in, or other members of her family, so I’m not against her having it. In this respect, I am with Victoria on the way she handles it, I just know that I could not handle meat the way she does, even if it is just for the boys.

I also agree that it’s difficult to imagine her cooking, but it’s nice to hear the normal details of a celebrity sometimes.

Phoebe, I can completely understand why cooking meat repulses you as a vegetarian. I think that Victoria is able to still cook it for her kids because she doesn’t eat it out of health reasons. So I guess her look on still cooking meat for her kids is different from most vegetarian who choose not to eat meat over other reasons. That said, I still can’t picture myself seeing Victoria cooking. lol

Minced meat is, like islaygirl said, ground beef. Meatloaf is something different, and means the same in the UK as it does in America. Although I guess if you make meatloaf from scratch, minced meat is an ingrediant, it’s kinda like it all being smushed together and compacted. Being vegetarian, I can’t give you the ins and outs of this because I don’t handle it, but I know what it is! My grandmother would make these elaborate Sunday dinners, and she would usually have minced beef as the meat with it. She would often grate carrot and other vegetables into it, and mix gravy in. I guess the main difference between meatloaf and minced meat is that you can not slice minced meat. And as far as Yorkshire Pudding is concern, it’s got a very similar ingredients list to pancakes, and is very yummy!

And commenting on what Victoria said, I do find it strange that she can handle the meat. I’ve been vegetarian for years and the thought of making a meal containing meat repulses me.

Ashley_anne, I think Victoria is vegetarian for health-reasons.

I can’t imagine her cooking ever, but it’s cute to hear that she does do normal things with her family!