Tips on going vegetarian when hubby wants meat?

I wondered if some of you are dealing with a vegetarian/non-vegetarian household, and if you have some helpful hints for keeping everyone happily fed?

I'm new to CC.  I have been giving vegetarianism thought for a while.  When we bought our home in May, we found our route home from work goes by a chicken processing plant.  I am hugely bothered seeing the big trucks full of tightly-caged chickens parked in their lot, day after day, in extreme heat and cold, sitting and 'waiting' to be processed.  It has pushed me over the edge.

I'm planning my steps towards vegetarianism which seems very doable but anticipate some conflicts.  My hubby is a pretty tolerant guy but he's going to want his meat and he doesn't cook.  He is aware of the animal cruelty and land-use problems involved with meat-processing but still craves meat.  While not unthinkable, I seriously don't see him becoming a vegetarian.  He can grill a burger or chicken and heat pre-formed biscuits in the oven but that's about it.  I can give him some more meat-cooking tips but he's resisted past attempts to get him to cook. 

Some things I already know I can do are:  Make a number of product choices that he probably wouldn't notice or mind. And I can get some cookware that is kept for vegetarian use only.  

I'll be discussing my thinking with him, but would welcome any of your thoughts on this matter.

Thanks in advance.

I don't have much to add to the suggestions that everybody else had, but if you enjoy reading, there's a couple of excellent books about eating close to home and the state of food in the US. "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver and family, and anything by Michael Pollan. AVM is mostly about eating locally for one year, but she goes into some discussion about meat and the difference between locally and humanely raised animals and factory-farmed meat, plus, she's just an excellent writer.

minda34,

Thanks for your thoughts.  It gave me some more ideas.   I, too, haven't found a meat substitute that tastes good to me but I can usually figure out how to get by without the meat.  We have several community farms (I actually bought a summer subscription and got some great veggies) and a Greenlife grocery in town so local meat is available.  I think it will be easy to add some changes that will make me and hubby happier about what we eat.

He should at least make the effort to learn how to cook, assuming he's physically able to.  Otherwise why not just let him eat vegetarian food?

He can always get frozen or already cooked meats from the grocery store and add them into his dinner.