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[quote=Anonymous]I learned a meat-forward style of cooking, and I'm having a hard time further reducing the amount of meat in our diet. We're skilled and confident cooks; we cook for fun and we make a huge variety of foods from around the world. But we've already done everything I can think of to cut back on meat. (Smaller meat portions and larger veg portions, a single half chicken breast in a stir fry for four people, bean burgers instead of beef or turkey, lots of Indian inspired dishes, etc.)

Did you make the transition, and do you have any tips? Part of it is psychological, but a few practical places I'm getting stuck are: 
--I've only found a few vegetarian dishes that are really filling without being tedious to eat. A whole roasted cauliflower is a great side dish but it doesn't feel like a full meal. 
--My partner and I are both always trying to minimize empty carbs. So pasta is a "sometimes food" 
--I don't like sweet + savory. No fruits/ honey/ sugar in/ on my cooked food, please; sweet potatoes will always be baby food to me.  
--I'm the only one in the house who actually likes tofu. 
--We all like fish but I struggle to find quality, sustainable fish for decent prices. 
--Everyone in the house has one thing they loathe-- one kid hates tomatoes, one kid hates peppers, DH hates celery, etc.

A few places I feel there's room to grow: 
We like beans 
We like eggs 
We like almost every vegetable 
We like almost every whole grain (I'm meh on quinoa but everyone else likes it)

Anyway, that's a lot but thank you in advance for helping a reluctant carnivore shake it up! 
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