teen has decided to be vegan
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Anonymous
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We have a similar issue. We modify some meals to include DD but for others she prepares something separately that she can eat.
We like to include her when feasible, but she is also only one member of the family and the world does not revolve around her. |
Anonymous
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If you force your entire family to eat a vegan dinner every single day, you are going to find a lot of fast food wrappers showing up in the trash cans and in your husband's car.
As a side story, my neighbor insisted her kids eat vegan, and the second she left the house to go somewhere, her husband packed up the kids and drove to McDonald's. She finally conceded when she took her undersized child to a dietician and got an earful about fats and protein. (She actually told me this herself.) |
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Recipe ideas- Field Roast Italian sausage sauteed with onions and peppers. Serve with marinara and spinach over pasta, or in a bun with Dijon mustard.
Field Roast breakfast sausage and Gardein grilled chik'n sauteed with onions, peppers, celery, tomatoes, turmeric, garlic, and smoked paprika over rice makes a great vegan jambalaya. A morningstar burger with some Miyoko's roadhouse cheddar or Follow Your Heart smoked Gouda is superb. Daiya frozen supreme pizzas are almost indistinguishable from an animal product pizza, but doesn't have much protein. I'd supplement that with a protein shake. While we're going down a junk food path, morningstar has all of your breaded fake chicken needs covered. I'm only admitting this because I'm anonymous, but I've definitely had weeks where I've lived off their nuggets and buffalo wings. Great source of protein. |
Anonymous
Its very inconvenient but she could've started drugs or online twerking so guess you need to count your blessings and be supportive. Parenting is inconvenient. |
Anonymous
Hahaha. Yes, point taken. |
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Vegan diets are fantastic for your heart health and other issues as you age. Adopting a largely vegan diet often eradicates ED in middle aged men who are eating the standard American diet heavy in animal products.
Check out cookbooks from Moosewood Collective and the Esselstyns - Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook and Plantstrong, also you can find a bunch online at plantstrong.com One of my favorite cooking sites in Spainonafork.com - the recipes are largely vegan if you omit the garnish of cheese, but you can easily add protein to them if you are cooking for vegan and non vegan family members Consider embracing your daughter’s diet and seeing if it isn’t something you can all learn to love. I never thought I could, but I’ve been working the transition for a few months now (I had a freezer full of meat to use up but have been making more and more meatless and dairy free dishes, and my body is beginning to tell me it prefers to not consume the animal products, I definitely feel ickier after a meal with animal products than after a vegan meal. I don’t use any UPFs, so my vegan meals are all fresh whole foods and my body loves them. I don’t have kids myself, but I do feel good about reducing consumption of animal products given the impact on the environment. Hope you find some things you like to make and eat - we can ALL benefit from eating more plants, even if we don’t manage full vegan. Bless your daughter for having the desire, I bet she loves animals and has a compassionate heart. |
Anonymous
This is exactly what happened with my daughter. She used veganism as an acceptable way to restrict food. "I cant eat that, I'm vegan' We .made it through but it was not easy. She is still vegan but cooks for herself a lot. I make all veggies and starches vegan and she can add beans, tofu or any of the plant based meat products. Lots of pasta, focaccia, beans, soup, chili, salads, hummus, etc. It's tough but doable. |
Anonymous
| Just continue to make your regular meals and also include rice and beans. (canned beans) |
Anonymous
Right! This makes no sense. A lot of families may have a vegetarian meal in rotation but having a truly vegan meal in rotation if you’re not vegan isn’t really the norm. |
Anonymous
m Lol this isn’t true. A lot of people develop horrible health issues after eating vegan for a decade or more. Humans evolved to eat meat. |
Anonymous
| What is her reason for this, OP? I’d definitely be concerned that this is a proxy for an eating disorder. |
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| Vegan food is awful!! |
Anonymous
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A lot of Indian food is vegan. This is delicious. You can sub vegetable oil for ghee and skip the riata (yogurt).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/chickpea-kichidi/ This lentil soup is both easy and tasty: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016062-red-lentil-soup?action=click&module=Collection%20Page%20Recipe%20Card®ion=Easy%20Weeknight%20Soups&pgType=collection&rank=7&ds_c=71700000052595478&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_5unBhCMARIsACZyzS107sXed-CSEBudUoYJ6pWYNB_4sdMtmtZjS7O2Y6t4MnFbwmXE8QcaArGvEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds Veggie stir fries are great. Roasted veggies are another great option. Stews/chilis, etc. I personally would steer away from the fake meat stuff. I used to eat it, but I really try to avoid processed foods these days. Salads and fruit smoothies are other great options. Fun fact: a slew of top athletes (including endurance athletes) https://www.ispo.com/en/know-how/vegan-athletes-15-top-athletes-who-are-vegan |
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The China Study is the largest study of human health and proves that vegan diets are among the healthiest for human health. Humans *can* eat meat, but they don’t require meat or any other animal products for optimal health. Vegans who subsist on UPFs/meat substitutes/junk food will be just as sickly as non vegans who eat a lot of that crap. But the research of many decades, and the recent research too, has clearly established that a balanced whole foods vegan diet is far the better option for heart health and to avoid diabetes and other chronic diseases than any other options. Meat heavy keto/low carb diets will help folks lose weight short term, and the few who can adhere long term may keep it off, but the statistics are now becoming clear that those diets drive heart disease and that leads to early death. https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2023/03/05/15/07/Keto-Like-Diet-May-Be-Linked-to-Higher-Risk |
Anonymous
She's concerned about the treatment of animals and the environmental impact of non vegan eating. |