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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My teenage son has been a vegetarian for a couple years.  (Because of concern for animals). He has put on a lot of weight, I think because he is living on carbs and cheese.  Pizza, pasta, mozzarella sticks, bagels, veggie burgers are his standard fare, and he also eats a lot of junk food  such as chips, which he will buy himself if I don't have  it in the house.  I am looking for suggestions for healthier things I can make (or buy) that a teenage boy might actually eat.  I am a vegetarian, too, but I eat a lot of soup and salad type meals, and fruit and yogurt, and he wants more  substantial "comfort" food. When I go to the trouble of making things like quinoa or couscous salads for him, they end up going uneaten, which is very frustrating.  I also have to cook for meat eaters, who will eat vegetatian but not all the time, so I am looking for ideas that are not too time consuming (as many vegetarian dishes are since they require a lot of chopping).  Thoughts, especially for lower carb meal options?  Any healthy vegetarian websites or cookbooks with recipes you recommend?  Thanks![/quote]

He doesn't eat vegetables?  Instead of pizza make pizza.  Nan bread with marinara and small bits of fresh mozzarella with small sprinkle of parm.  Veggies to taste.  Soup-veggie broth, wide egg noodles, carrots, onion, celery.  Bake zuccini with sprinkled cheese.   [/quote]

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