<p>^^Oops. Just thought of something else. What about bean burritos? You can usually get a bunch of those inexpensively…I didn’t check through the posts to see if that was already mentioned…also nachos made with tomatos, whatever, except meat? Or a meat substitute? Frozen indiv. cheese/veg pizzas? Yeah, hot pockets too.</p>
<p>The sunflower seed burgers are made by Sunshine Burgers - [Veggie</a> Burgers, Simply Natural, Naturally Simple Sunshine Burgers](<a href=“http://www.sunshineburger.com/]Veggie”>http://www.sunshineburger.com/). They’re delicious, one of my top choices too. (Only five simple ingredients in the original ones!) We only eat (legitimate) free-range eggs, but that doesn’t get past the killing of the hens issue (or the killing of the male chicks either). To help get away from battery eggs as much as possible, instead of mayonnaise, we eat Follow Your Heart’s original Vegenaise. We melt a slice of cheese on the burger and put a little Vegenaise on the roll. Yum!!</p>
<p>Is the tuna you eat from Wild Tuna? That’s the kind we eat, and we mix that with the Vegenaise too. Maybe he would eat it from home if you played up the cruelty-free Vegenaise??</p>
<p>Yes - soup! I will make batches of soup - some gets left in the refrigerator and some gets frozen in pyrex-type glass dishes, and then he can take them out when he wants to. </p>
<p>I also freeze individual serving sizes of veggie lasagna when I make it.</p>
<p>Buy vegetarian meatballs or crumbles and throw them in barbecue or Sloppy Joe sauce. My guess is that the meat-eater will eat them, too, when he sees his brother mowing through a meatball sub!</p>
<p>If your fish eater likes good-quality frozen filets, he may also like the vegetarian chik’n nuggets or patties you can buy frozen. They are made from soy and very tasty.</p>
<p>Keep whole-grain buns in the house. If that’s all there is handy, they’ll eat them.</p>
<p>You may be able to get eggs S2 will eat at farmer’s markets. If he cares this much about his food, he might go with you and talk to the vendors. They often have pictures of the chickens’ home space, bring them indoors in the winter, etc. It’s a good educational experience to learn about the farmers’ practices even if he decides he can’t eat the eggs.</p>
<p>Costco has very good gluten-free veggie burgers that you can pop in the microwave. Also salmon burgers can go from freezer to pre-heated George Foreman and be done in 5 minutes. On a roll w mayo & relish and he will never look at a McFish again. </p>
<p>Trader Joes has black bean tacquitos, frozen Indian dishes and risottos that heat up well in microwave.</p>
<p>For the meat-eater, you might also want to roast a chicken or turkey over the weekend; then make chicken or turkey salad for munching. My favorite way is with chopped apples and walnuts, with mayonnaise.</p>
<p>Another easy way to freeze soup is in individual portions in quart sized freezer bags. I lay them flat on a cookie sheet until they’re fully frozen then stack them in the freezer. They can easily be thawed in warm water and nuked. My S2 is in his first apt at school and I send a batch of his favorite bean soup in a cooler this way every time he heads back to school. I don’t know why I never thought of it for my family at home? Now we do this with leftover stews and soups so there’s always something to choose from in the freezer and far less waste.</p>
<p>Costco also has frozen low-fat vegetarian burritos (I think they are Cedar Lane brand) that both my teenaged sons love. They microwave in a few minutes and are relatively healthy (and taste good, too.)</p>
<p>Easy Mac.<br>
Progresso or Chunky Soups - lots of vegetarian choices.</p>
<p>I only have one son but he seems to fill one hollow leg and then start on the other…I used to make and he makes now…meatball subs with spaghetti sauce, mozzarella and pepperonis in bulk…wrap in alum foil and he just throws them in oven when he gets home, I also make chix salad and egg salad (chix salad so versatile switching out the dried fruit and nuts to make it more interesting) My son has become pretty proficient in the kitchen…some by necessity because he is always hungry!</p>
<p>I’m so impressed by all these boys willing to eat healthy food! My son lives on snacks of lean pockets, frozen pizza, and pizza rolls. The refrigerator is also full of other choices, but he doesn’t willingly eat vegetables and won’t make quesadillas or even Ramen noodles. But given that he often gets stuck with a 10:30 am “lunch” period, by the time he gets home at 2:40 he’s starving.</p>
<p>I used to buy those bean burritos and put cheese and onions on them while heating them up in the microwave. Then I would douse them with salsa. Yummy.</p>
<p>Morningstar Farms makes all kinds of vegetarian foods that seem “real” like corn dogs. Boca Burgers were popular among the vegetarians I worked with at my last job.</p>
<p>Thanks, fosterte - those burgers are available at a nearby Mrs. Greens, where I shop frequently. And I’ll try the Vegenaisse. I will look for it. </p>
<p>Hanna, we have gone to farmer’s markets and talked to the egg suppliers. Even the ones who keep the chickens in exemplary humane environments kill them when they are done laying. (I didn’t know about male chicks being killed, but of course this makes sense.) One woman did tell him that usually when the hens stop laying eggs, they have other health issues as well, and poor quality of life. He thought about this, but it wasn’t enough to overcome his principles. I do buy the frozen vegetarian chicken nuggets at Trader Joe’s. Both boys love them - S1, not a vegetarian, actually likes them better than real chicken nuggets.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the suggestions. I’m going to print out this thread and start using them.</p>
<p>my youngest’s favorite after school “meal” was to take a soft tortilla and spread it with honey mustard, and then layer in some turkey, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber…whatever we had in the house, and make a wrap with it. He also likes to make a wrap with cream cheese, lox, onion, tomato and cucumber.</p>
<p>He also liked to make scrambled eggs, and then add on some vegetables (whatever leftover veggies we had in the house–broccoli, carrots, corn, peas, mushrooms) and onions and garlic.</p>