My husband is a Type 2 Diabetic, who also will not eat red meat. I am ALWAYS cooking more than one type of meal, especially for Shabbos, because i.e., when we have company, I like to make a roast and he will never eat it. So the compromise is that I cook enough to satisfy all of our gustatorial needs, and he eats leftovers from what I have prepared (in bulk) specifically for him. The side dishes can be made in great variety, and he simply chooses more of them, and you fewer. Let him have the mashed potatoes with fried onions, and you eat a baked sweet potato. He can have chicken cutlets with sauces, you keep to the plain grilled variety. Also, let him snack between meals, while you do not (or snack on fruit or cut up veggies). He can also drink protein shakes to add calories among other things, between meals.
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