Why don't you go eat one, maybe you can figure it out from the taste and texture. It's probably a standard frozen cream pie with peppermint and peppermint patties in it. There's probably a standard recipe that the manufacturer uses and inserts the appropriate taste - peanut butter cups, peppermint patties, etc, at the request of their customers. There are plenty of links for a coupon for a free pie, on the internet.

Recipe for a burger? Buy ground chuck...make into a patty...grill to medium, plop into a bun with your choice of toppings and eat. But...I do make a mean blue burger. 2 oz Maytag blue cheese 1 tsp worchestershire 1/4 tsp garlic powder ( NOT garlic salt!!) Mash together. Make 8 very thin meat patties out of 1 1/2 pounds of ground chuck. place 1/4 of the blue cheese mix on one patty, top with another, seal the edges and repeat with the rest of the meat patties. Place on a cookie sheet and tent with waxed paper and refrigerate for an hour or up to 4 hours. Grill and place in a seeded bun and serve with the following topping 1/2 cup finely chopped Kosher garlic dill pickle 1/2 cup sweet yellow onion, chopped... Mix and serve with burgers. Linda C

My son, age 3 at the time of going vegan also loved meatballs but I make pecan meatballs and he LOVES them. He is six now and they are still his favorite. We juice and make all our stuff from scratch so because most people don't have the time to do it, I'll modify my recipe for the best all round regular ole grocery items. 1/2 cup pecans 1 cup cracker crumbs heavy doses of sage, onion powder and garlic powder egg replacer, like egg beaters or something 1 large can V-8 juice Mix your pecans, crumbs and seasonings. Add enough egg replacer to make your mixture clear the sides of the bowl. Add a little V-8 juice to the mixture and then roll into balls. Put in a baking dish sprayed with cooking spray and then pour the rest of the V-8 over the meatballs. Bake at 350° for about 35 minutes or until browned and the V-8 thicker but still on the wet side (don't want to turn it into tomato paste! I've done that - YUK!!).

If you have recipes that you like that contain beans, try substituting green peas or chick peas for the beans - you could even prepare 2 1/2 batches and add beans to your portion. (How does he feel about lentils?) Get creative with grains! They are so easy. Cous cous, different rices, risotto - you can do a zillion one dish meals with them. You could add prepared meat (e.g.,cooked shrimp) to his portion before serving. Everything that you do with pasta you can do with grains. Lots of meat eaters love wild rice - it is really satisfying. I make the rice and while it is cooking saute thinly sliced celery and mushrooms in a little butter, mix with the cooked rice, pour in baking dish, bake at 350 for 15 minutes (or even longer) - yum! You can experiment on this theme with any grain - the little bit of baking seems to "marry" everything together. Veggie casseroles can be prepared in advance and frozen. I find that freezing in general helps my diet and wallet so that I don't eat unhealthy expensive food out all the time. Making a big batch of artichoke tomato pasta sauce is just as easy as a little one - just freeze in the little bags made for this purpose in the correct portions. Same for soups. Don't forget that old standby, the crock pot. You can make a very hearty stew with potatoes, onions, great bean-less chili for a different taste. Throw everything in the post before you go to work, turn on low or med, dinner is ready when you get home. Polenta pie is super quick and delicious: make your polenta in the pot, stir in any thing you want - diced red/orange/yellow peppers, garlic, jalapenos, a little cheese, any spices, anything not too watery or that wouldn't go with cornmeal. When it's cooked, pour into a greased glass pie pan, sprinkle top with cheese and bake for 15 minutes, until cheese melts. Cut like pie and serve with salad that you make while the polenta is baking. I agree that the prepared (frozen, etc.) vegetarian foods are just as junky as non-veg. Have you ever looked at the sodium contents? Got this off another website: Vegan "Meatloaf" 1 package of frozen TVP (Texturized Vegetable Protein- Ground beef imitation type such as "GimmeLean") 1 bell pepper, diced 1 medium onion (or according to taste) 1 egg OR equivelent in egg-replacer Approx. 1.5 cups of bread-crumbs (Add as you feel needed) A lot of ketchup (the more the better) Defrost TVP. Hand-mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Put in casserole dish, mold to dish. Add more ketchup to cover sides and top( like cake icing). Bake for 1 hour (or until the veggies are tender). Note: When served, it may fall apart, or crumble. This "meatloaf" is best with corn and mashed potatoes on the side! Personally, I love to cook and be creative with food - it really relaxes me. Perhaps since time is a factor, you can start to prepare meals together if you already don't. It's a nice way to be together after a day of work. (If your...