Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Hello everyone... My name is Darla and I am fairly new to the list. I have recently become a vegetarian (whole foods) and I am endeavoring to become completely vegan in my diet. I have a four year old who was actually my inspiration to take this step becouse he has refused meat since he was an infant. I was wondering if anyone on the list had some advice, recipes, etc, on how to feed my son...things that would be interesting to him. I don;t want to feed him processed foods or alot of dairy...he loves soy milk and tofu...whatever you have to offer, I will be grateful. May Peace prevail in our Hearts and in our World. Blessings, Darla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Great! Just lots of fruits and vegetables... as many as possible. Grains like brown rice are great. Our new thing is quinoa. It's a complete protein and tastes wonderful. Just feed him lots of variety, that's what I do with mine. The more variety, the better. Darla <mystikrythm wrote: Hello everyone... My name is Darla and I am fairly new to the list. I have recently become a vegetarian (whole foods) and I am endeavoring to become completely vegan in my diet. I have a four year old who was actually my inspiration to take this step becouse he has refused meat since he was an infant. I was wondering if anyone on the list had some advice, recipes, etc, on how to feed my son...things that would be interesting to him. I don;t want to feed him processed foods or alot of dairy...he loves soy milk and tofu...whatever you have to offer, I will be grateful. May Peace prevail in our Hearts and in our World. Blessings, Darla Kadee Sedtal Build a man a fire and he'll stay warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll stay warm the rest of his life. " THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!! " -Captain Picard, Next Generation, " Chain of Command part 2 " Check out my new , Classical 2 at http://launch.classical2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Some favorites of my two and a half year old: Hummus Nachoes with refried beans and salsa fruits/veggies with dippinz (for fruit: choc. syrup, cinnamon sugar or whipped topping, vegan or regular cream cheese, any nut butter) (for veggies: salad dressing) Odwalla bars Homemade granola (I start with the Imus Ranch recipe and veer off from there) Frozen exotic fruit (like mangoes, thawed in the fridge) Mommy's special peanut butter crackers (peanut butter crackers with extra PB and around the edges I stick raisins, chopped dates, sometimes pretzel pieces) Dried fruits (I keep them in a cupboard she can reach. I try not to use any sweetened fruits) Graham crackers with nutbutter Canned pumpkin made into a pudding Sweet potatoes mixed with applesauce or orange juice Anything you can roll into a wrap >I have a four year old who was actually >my inspiration to take this step becouse he has refused meat since he >was an infant. I was wondering if anyone on the list had some advice, >recipes, etc, on how to feed my son...things that would be interesting >to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 We do pretty much the same as the others suggested. Here's some suggestions I have, too: He likes beans, and we make a kidney bean kiev (it's quite easy and yummy,and most any bean will work well in it, besides kidney beans - I can post a recipe if you're interested). We also, for variety, let him pick out a new fruit/veggie we've not had with him before, so we all get to experience something 'new' (mostly he does this, and found he loves eggplant 'parm'). Whole grain pasta with sauce, tofu balls (I found a tofu kofta recipe I altered to make ones spiced for pasta) I have some small cookie cutters I use for cutting out shapes in his tofu (just for fun) - it's one thing I know he'll always eat. I also do this with sandwiches. he's not been a fan of tortilla wraps till very recently (we found a sun dried tomato one that is also low carb that he adores) so he's starting to have those again - tofutti cream cheese, or plain. He tried nacho's (we used veganrella mozzarella style on it, with beans, and tomatoes, and he liked it. We sometimes do grilled 'cheese' with tomatoes (he is a HUGE fan of tomatoes). If you add some nutritional yeast to tomato sauce, it totally tastes cheesy - you can make a mock spaghetti o's this way (if you use canned tomato soup no diluted at all, just pour over cooked pasta shapes - the small ones, add maybe a teaspoon of Nut. yeast to it and it tastes so cheesy and good ). offer variety, keep trying new things, even if they don't like something like green beans (my son is not a fan, but he likes them in soups), he'll occasionally try them if we have them in other ways. He also just 'discovered' he likes tofu that's been cooked (he has always till recently turned down tofu that was anything besides right out of the box). I make several different kinds (or flavors I suppose) of seitan - it's really quite economical if you make it yourself. I found a couple that work well, and if you wrap it in cheesecloth before boiling, it has smoother edges and kind of looks more appealing, too). It's nice to have the kid who loves spinach, broccoli and asparagus (among other favorites). We were vegetarians before, and then found out our son had a milk allergy at/around 10 months old (not lactose intolerance, but to the protien, in any form) and we found recently it was totally easier to go vegan than to be vegetarian because of his allergy being quite a bit more sensitive now (but not life threatening) to exposure (it's only been additives we've not spotted that he's had reactions to recently). I'm also fairly new to this list, but I dont' think I made an intro - I was just watching for a while, but thought I'd respond to this as I have a 3 yr old (he's never eaten meat) Oh, there are some decent milk sub's that are ok - vegan rella for pizza is really quite nice - it's melty, and creamy tasting and has no dairy at all in it. Tofutti cream cheese is really tasty, too - I know you said about staying away from processed stuff, but sometimes it's nice to have a treat for them, something different - like the cream cheese and jelly sandwich instead of peanut butter...it livens things up a bit. We always offer a good variety, and we request that he has to try at least 2 bites before he can say that he doesn't actually like something. he may be unfamiliar with the look/presentation or recipe...but usually he ends up liking it anyway. He did this with some Pad Thai I recently had (there was a vegetarian version available, and we got it without egg, and he LOVED it - there was also no meat/shellfish in it, just the egg which was easily not put in). Hope this helps a bit. Missie On 12/28/06, Darla <mystikrythm wrote: > > Hello everyone... > > My name is Darla and I am fairly new to the list. I have recently > become a vegetarian (whole foods) and I am endeavoring to become > completely vegan in my diet. I have a four year old who was actually > my inspiration to take this step becouse he has refused meat since he > was an infant. I was wondering if anyone on the list had some advice, > recipes, etc, on how to feed my son...things that would be interesting > to him. I don;t want to feed him processed foods or alot of > dairy...he loves soy milk and tofu...whatever you have to offer, I > will be grateful. > > May Peace prevail in our Hearts and in our World. > > Blessings, > Darla > > > -- I'm all out of bubblegum. -- http://mszzzi.creepy.net/Dexter/gallery http://www.flickr.com/photos/mszzzi/ http://mszzzi.evite.shutterfly.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 I really appreciate all the input...its quite helpful. Missie, if you would post a couple of your recipes you mentioned, that would be great. You can also email them to me off list. Thank you, Darla -- In , " Missie Ward " <mszzzi wrote: > > We do pretty much the same as the others suggested. > Here's some suggestions I have, too: > > He likes beans, and we make a kidney bean kiev (it's quite easy and > yummy,and most any bean will work well in it, besides kidney beans - I can > post a recipe if you're interested). > > We also, for variety, let him pick out a new fruit/veggie we've not had with > him before, so we all get to experience something 'new' (mostly he does > this, and found he loves eggplant 'parm'). > > Whole grain pasta with sauce, tofu balls (I found a tofu kofta recipe I > altered to make ones spiced for pasta) > > I have some small cookie cutters I use for cutting out shapes in his tofu > (just for fun) - it's one thing I know he'll always eat. I also do this > with sandwiches. > > he's not been a fan of tortilla wraps till very recently (we found a sun > dried tomato one that is also low carb that he adores) so he's starting to > have those again - tofutti cream cheese, or plain. He tried nacho's (we used > veganrella mozzarella style on it, with beans, and tomatoes, and he liked > it. We sometimes do grilled 'cheese' with tomatoes (he is a HUGE fan of > tomatoes). If you add some nutritional yeast to tomato sauce, it totally > tastes cheesy - you can make a mock spaghetti o's this way (if you use > canned tomato soup no diluted at all, just pour over cooked pasta shapes - > the small ones, add maybe a teaspoon of Nut. yeast to it and it tastes so > cheesy and good ). > > offer variety, keep trying new things, even if they don't like something > like green beans (my son is not a fan, but he likes them in soups), he'll > occasionally try them if we have them in other ways. He also just > 'discovered' he likes tofu that's been cooked (he has always till recently > turned down tofu that was anything besides right out of the box). > > I make several different kinds (or flavors I suppose) of seitan - it's > really quite economical if you make it yourself. I found a couple that > work well, and if you wrap it in cheesecloth before boiling, it has smoother > edges and kind of looks more appealing, too). > > It's nice to have the kid who loves spinach, broccoli and asparagus (among > other favorites). > > We were vegetarians before, and then found out our son had a milk allergy > at/around 10 months old (not lactose intolerance, but to the protien, in any > form) and we found recently it was totally easier to go vegan than to be > vegetarian because of his allergy being quite a bit more sensitive now (but > not life threatening) to exposure (it's only been additives we've not > spotted that he's had reactions to recently). I'm also fairly new to this > list, but I dont' think I made an intro - I was just watching for a while, > but thought I'd respond to this as I have a 3 yr old (he's never eaten meat) > > Oh, there are some decent milk sub's that are ok - vegan rella for pizza is > really quite nice - it's melty, and creamy tasting and has no dairy at all > in it. > Tofutti cream cheese is really tasty, too - I know you said about staying > away from processed stuff, but sometimes it's nice to have a treat for them, > something different - like the cream cheese and jelly sandwich instead of > peanut butter...it livens things up a bit. > > We always offer a good variety, and we request that he has to try at least 2 > bites before he can say that he doesn't actually like something. he may be > unfamiliar with the look/presentation or recipe...but usually he ends up > liking it anyway. He did this with some Pad Thai I recently had (there was a > vegetarian version available, and we got it without egg, and he LOVED it - > there was also no meat/shellfish in it, just the egg which was easily not > put in). > > Hope this helps a bit. > > Missie > > On 12/28/06, Darla <mystikrythm wrote: > > > > Hello everyone... > > > > My name is Darla and I am fairly new to the list. I have recently > > become a vegetarian (whole foods) and I am endeavoring to become > > completely vegan in my diet. I have a four year old who was actually > > my inspiration to take this step becouse he has refused meat since he > > was an infant. I was wondering if anyone on the list had some advice, > > recipes, etc, on how to feed my son...things that would be interesting > > to him. I don;t want to feed him processed foods or alot of > > dairy...he loves soy milk and tofu...whatever you have to offer, I > > will be grateful. > > > > May Peace prevail in our Hearts and in our World. > > > > Blessings, > > Darla > > > > > > > > > > -- > I'm all out of bubblegum. > > -- > http://mszzzi.creepy.net/Dexter/gallery > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mszzzi/ > http://mszzzi.evite.shutterfly.com > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 I'll try to get them together and email you some of them. I didn't want you to think I forgot about them, it might be next week, but I'll try to remember! Missie On 12/28/06, Darla <mystikrythm wrote: > > I really appreciate all the input...its quite helpful. Missie, if > you would post a couple of your recipes you mentioned, that would be > great. You can also email them to me off list. > > Thank you, > Darla > > -- In <%40>, " Missie > Ward " <mszzzi wrote: > > > > We do pretty much the same as the others suggested. > > Here's some suggestions I have, too: > > > > He likes beans, and we make a kidney bean kiev (it's quite easy and > > yummy,and most any bean will work well in it, besides kidney > beans - I can > > post a recipe if you're interested). > > > > We also, for variety, let him pick out a new fruit/veggie we've > not had with > > him before, so we all get to experience something 'new' (mostly he > does > > this, and found he loves eggplant 'parm'). > > > > Whole grain pasta with sauce, tofu balls (I found a tofu kofta > recipe I > > altered to make ones spiced for pasta) > > > > I have some small cookie cutters I use for cutting out shapes in > his tofu > > (just for fun) - it's one thing I know he'll always eat. I also > do this > > with sandwiches. > > > > he's not been a fan of tortilla wraps till very recently (we found > a sun > > dried tomato one that is also low carb that he adores) so he's > starting to > > have those again - tofutti cream cheese, or plain. He tried > nacho's (we used > > veganrella mozzarella style on it, with beans, and tomatoes, and > he liked > > it. We sometimes do grilled 'cheese' with tomatoes (he is a HUGE > fan of > > tomatoes). If you add some nutritional yeast to tomato sauce, it > totally > > tastes cheesy - you can make a mock spaghetti o's this way (if you > use > > canned tomato soup no diluted at all, just pour over cooked pasta > shapes - > > the small ones, add maybe a teaspoon of Nut. yeast to it and it > tastes so > > cheesy and good ). > > > > offer variety, keep trying new things, even if they don't like > something > > like green beans (my son is not a fan, but he likes them in > soups), he'll > > occasionally try them if we have them in other ways. He also just > > 'discovered' he likes tofu that's been cooked (he has always till > recently > > turned down tofu that was anything besides right out of the box). > > > > I make several different kinds (or flavors I suppose) of seitan - > it's > > really quite economical if you make it yourself. I found a > couple that > > work well, and if you wrap it in cheesecloth before boiling, it > has smoother > > edges and kind of looks more appealing, too). > > > > It's nice to have the kid who loves spinach, broccoli and > asparagus (among > > other favorites). > > > > We were vegetarians before, and then found out our son had a milk > allergy > > at/around 10 months old (not lactose intolerance, but to the > protien, in any > > form) and we found recently it was totally easier to go vegan than > to be > > vegetarian because of his allergy being quite a bit more sensitive > now (but > > not life threatening) to exposure (it's only been additives we've > not > > spotted that he's had reactions to recently). I'm also fairly new > to this > > list, but I dont' think I made an intro - I was just watching for > a while, > > but thought I'd respond to this as I have a 3 yr old (he's never > eaten meat) > > > > Oh, there are some decent milk sub's that are ok - vegan rella for > pizza is > > really quite nice - it's melty, and creamy tasting and has no > dairy at all > > in it. > > Tofutti cream cheese is really tasty, too - I know you said about > staying > > away from processed stuff, but sometimes it's nice to have a treat > for them, > > something different - like the cream cheese and jelly sandwich > instead of > > peanut butter...it livens things up a bit. > > > > We always offer a good variety, and we request that he has to try > at least 2 > > bites before he can say that he doesn't actually like something. > he may be > > unfamiliar with the look/presentation or recipe...but usually he > ends up > > liking it anyway. He did this with some Pad Thai I recently had > (there was a > > vegetarian version available, and we got it without egg, and he > LOVED it - > > there was also no meat/shellfish in it, just the egg which was > easily not > > put in). > > > > Hope this helps a bit. > > > > Missie > > > > On 12/28/06, Darla <mystikrythm wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone... > > > > > > My name is Darla and I am fairly new to the list. I have recently > > > become a vegetarian (whole foods) and I am endeavoring to become > > > completely vegan in my diet. I have a four year old who was > actually > > > my inspiration to take this step becouse he has refused meat > since he > > > was an infant. I was wondering if anyone on the list had some > advice, > > > recipes, etc, on how to feed my son...things that would be > interesting > > > to him. I don;t want to feed him processed foods or alot of > > > dairy...he loves soy milk and tofu...whatever you have to offer, > I > > > will be grateful. > > > > > > May Peace prevail in our Hearts and in our World. > > > > > > Blessings, > > > Darla > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > I'm all out of bubblegum. > > > > -- > > http://mszzzi.creepy.net/Dexter/gallery > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mszzzi/ > > http://mszzzi.evite.shutterfly.com > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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