Pritikin Recipes

I’m an omnivore, my husband is a carnivore (he doesn’t like fish and won’t eat anything green) and next week we are adding a vegetarian to the mix as our friend moves in. There’s no moral issue here; none of us want to force our diet on the others. I’m the cook of the family and have NO problem making veggies, but since we’ll be living together for the next few years, I’m looking for ways to make it work without making two complete separate meals every single day, yet keeping things nutritionally balanced for our vegetarian friend. She eats fish, eggs, and dairy; no red meat or poultry.

I plan to have two nights a week that are vegetarian (husband will deal), but we’d like to have meat on the other nights. Any suggestions for meals that can be easily adapted to have or not-have meat, like spaghetti where I can remove her portion before adding the meat to ours? Any tips from others who’ve been in a similar situation?

Making her cook all her own meals every day isn’t, to my mind, an option. I love to cook and just want to find a way to have it not be TOO exhausting every night! Also, breakfasts are pretty easy (cereal, bagel, pancakes etc) but what should I plan for lunches? She WILL be fending for herself for those but I don’t know what stuff to keep in the house for her for lunch (I do the shopping, too). She doesn’t enjoy cooking.
I couldn’t care less what label you want to put on her, I just want to make things she will enjoy while still making things we’ll enjoy as well. You know, looking down on someone because they don’t eat the way you do is just as bad if you’re vegan as it is if you’re a meat eater.
And you’re right, I misspoke in calling my husband a carnivore, he does eat pasta and potatoes with his meat. I’ve got a LITTLE bit to work with there! Still…

My question again was about diet cooking tips and there have been some great answers