Mostly vegetarian with kids - do you cook meat on your kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Well, eating fish and seafood every few days leaves you nowhere near vegetarian. You sound pescatarian at least so there’s that. Fish and seafood are animal meats, with the same sort of protein and B12 benefits.

Aside from that, my 2 year old, living in a completely omnivorous house, eats more “vegetarian” foods than it would appear your child does. We serve a lot of hummus, white bean dips, etc., plus roasted chickpeas, “cowboy caviar” with pita at lunch, tofu in a bajillion different combinations (eg. In stir fry, breaded with panko, and baked in nuggets, crumbled up with nutritional yeast and basil as a cheese substitute). We make a lot of vegetable curries (eg. Spinach, butternut squash, chickpea), dal, falafel, lentil patties, etc.

We do a clear “meatless Monday”, but many other of our dinner meals are vegetarian. DD may or may not eat the meat portion of dinner that day, but I know she gets lots of nutrients the rest of the day.

She also JUST started drinking milk at 2.5, but would normally have 1 serving of cheese and 1 serving of yogurt a day.

Yuckto all her foods! Poor kid. Why wasn’t she drinking milk before 2.5?

I think those foods sound delicious!

Really? Cowboy caviar? Nutritional yeast and basil as a cheese substitute? Tofu? Gross. This sounds like some paleo, new age crap.

Why can’t you just eat white bread bologna sandwiches and meat and potatoes like a good American?

Or .... cheese?

Nutritional yeast is not a cheese substitute. Not a good one.

My kid eats cheese, but unlike many kids, she also has had expose to a large range of different foods and doesn’t specifically need Velveeta on white bread with crusts off. Which, I would also feed her, because it’s tasty, but she certainly doesn’t need a steady diet of it.

You may also be surprised by how tasty tofu “ricotta” is. Even my picky, German ILs ask for it when they visit. Live a little, you may find out that Annie’s Mac and cheese isn’t the be all.

Sorry hun, Velveeta isn’t cheese either.

Do you actually feel anything whooshing over your head, or do you generally have comprehension and extrapolation issues?

I think you’re just testy bc your body is craving something other than...cowboy caviar, nutritional yeast and basil (aka “cheese” in your mind), and tofu. I feel so bad for your kid. Is she starving? It’s ok to eat real foods!

And I think you’re testy because you don’t have a grasp on the English language.

I already said our house is completely omnivorous. I also said that my DD consumes dairy daily. She just hasn’t drank milk, which was her preference. I even indicated that she now does.

So, because you have some kind of grudge against anyone who might seem to prefer vegetables: We are having friends /families over tomorrow for ribs, steak, beer, wine, whisky..whatever. I’d invite you, but there will also be cowboy caviar, whit bean dip, and a bunch of other things with home made pita, crackers, and tortillas, and apparently that’s awful in your mind. I won’t lose a wink over your opinions of me, while completely enjoyingeating any of them. And I trust, neither will the children and normal adults joining us.

I don’t see how one thing in your mind precludes another? Because we enjoy tofu, we somehow don’t like “real food”. Seems you need to understand that MANY cultures enjoy and thrive on vegetarian fare. Tofu has long been a “real food”, as are legumes. I provided options to serve them in a toddler friendly manner, all of which are balanced and appropriate, because that was OPs question.

So, maybe it’s maybe you that needs some self examination. Are you really that threatened by tofu? Do you work as a lobbyist for the diary or cattle industry?

But hey, it doesn’t bug me if you enjoy bologna on Wonder bread. I know what I feed, and it’s plenty “real” food enough for me. I’ll enjoy my reduced cardiovascular risk.

+1 All the people who seem so threatened by vegetarian foods, I wonder, do you live in the DC area? Typically people here are more knowledgeable about people from other countries and cultures, and recognize that the US diet is particularly meat heavy, and that in many countries, vegetarianism (or heavy vegetable meals) are a nutritious and delicious way of life.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, eating fish and seafood every few days leaves you nowhere near vegetarian. You sound pescatarian at least so there’s that. Fish and seafood are animal meats, with the same sort of protein and B12 benefits.

Aside from that, my 2 year old, living in a completely omnivorous house, eats more “vegetarian” foods than it would appear your child does. We serve a lot of hummus, white bean dips, etc., plus roasted chickpeas, “cowboy caviar” with pita at lunch, tofu in a bajillion different combinations (eg. In stir fry, breaded with panko, and baked in nuggets, crumbled up with nutritional yeast and basil as a cheese substitute). We make a lot of vegetable curries (eg. Spinach, butternut squash, chickpea), dal, falafel, lentil patties, etc.

We do a clear “meatless Monday”, but many other of our dinner meals are vegetarian. DD may or may not eat the meat portion of dinner that day, but I know she gets lots of nutrients the rest of the day.

She also JUST started drinking milk at 2.5, but would normally have 1 serving of cheese and 1 serving of yogurt a day.

Yuckto all her foods! Poor kid. Why wasn’t she drinking milk before 2.5?

I think those foods sound delicious!

Really? Cowboy caviar? Nutritional yeast and basil as a cheese substitute? Tofu? Gross. This sounds like some paleo, new age crap.

Why can’t you just eat white bread bologna sandwiches and meat and potatoes like a good American?

Or .... cheese?

Nutritional yeast is not a cheese substitute. Not a good one.

My kid eats cheese, but unlike many kids, she also has had expose to a large range of different foods and doesn’t specifically need Velveeta on white bread with crusts off. Which, I would also feed her, because it’s tasty, but she certainly doesn’t need a steady diet of it.

You may also be surprised by how tasty tofu “ricotta” is. Even my picky, German ILs ask for it when they visit. Live a little, you may find out that Annie’s Mac and cheese isn’t the be all.

Sorry hun, Velveeta isn’t cheese either.

Do you actually feel anything whooshing over your head, or do you generally have comprehension and extrapolation issues?

I think you’re just testy bc your body is craving something other than...cowboy caviar, nutritional yeast and basil (aka “cheese” in your mind), and tofu. I feel so bad for your kid. Is she starving? It’s ok to eat real foods!

And I think you’re testy because you don’t have a grasp on the English language.

I already said our house is completely omnivorous. I also said that my DD consumes dairy daily. She just hasn’t drank milk, which was her preference. I even indicated that she now does.

So, because you have some kind of grudge against anyone who might seem to prefer vegetables: We are having friends /families over tomorrow for ribs, steak, beer, wine, whisky..whatever. I’d invite you, but there will also be cowboy caviar, whit bean dip, and a bunch of other things with home made pita, crackers, and tortillas, and apparently that’s awful in your mind. I won’t lose a wink over your opinions of me, while completely enjoyingeating any of them. And I trust, neither will the children and normal adults joining us.

I don’t see how one thing in your mind precludes another? Because we enjoy tofu, we somehow don’t like “real food”. Seems you need to understand that MANY cultures enjoy and thrive on vegetarian fare. Tofu has long been a “real food”, as are legumes. I provided options to serve them in a toddler friendly manner, all of which are balanced and appropriate, because that was OPs question.

So, maybe it’s maybe you that needs some self examination. Are you really that threatened by tofu? Do you work as a lobbyist for the diary or cattle industry?

But hey, it doesn’t bug me if you enjoy bologna on Wonder bread. I know what I feed, and it’s plenty “real” food enough for me. I’ll enjoy my reduced cardiovascular risk.

No need to write a dissertation - defensive, much? Will you also serve nutritional yeast and basil as a cheese substitute? Or will there be real cheese available?

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Anonymous wrote:Well, eating fish and seafood every few days leaves you nowhere near vegetarian. You sound pescatarian at least so there’s that. Fish and seafood are animal meats, with the same sort of protein and B12 benefits.

Aside from that, my 2 year old, living in a completely omnivorous house, eats more “vegetarian” foods than it would appear your child does. We serve a lot of hummus, white bean dips, etc., plus roasted chickpeas, “cowboy caviar” with pita at lunch, tofu in a bajillion different combinations (eg. In stir fry, breaded with panko, and baked in nuggets, crumbled up with nutritional yeast and basil as a cheese substitute). We make a lot of vegetable curries (eg. Spinach, butternut squash, chickpea), dal, falafel, lentil patties, etc.

We do a clear “meatless Monday”, but many other of our dinner meals are vegetarian. DD may or may not eat the meat portion of dinner that day, but I know she gets lots of nutrients the rest of the day.

She also JUST started drinking milk at 2.5, but would normally have 1 serving of cheese and 1 serving of yogurt a day.

Yuckto all her foods! Poor kid. Why wasn’t she drinking milk before 2.5?

I think those foods sound delicious!

Really? Cowboy caviar? Nutritional yeast and basil as a cheese substitute? Tofu? Gross. This sounds like some paleo, new age crap.

Why can’t you just eat white bread bologna sandwiches and meat and potatoes like a good American?

Or .... cheese?

Nutritional yeast is not a cheese substitute. Not a good one.

My kid eats cheese, but unlike many kids, she also has had expose to a large range of different foods and doesn’t specifically need Velveeta on white bread with crusts off. Which, I would also feed her, because it’s tasty, but she certainly doesn’t need a steady diet of it.

You may also be surprised by how tasty tofu “ricotta” is. Even my picky, German ILs ask for it when they visit. Live a little, you may find out that Annie’s Mac and cheese isn’t the be all.

Sorry hun, Velveeta isn’t cheese either.

Do you actually feel anything whooshing over your head, or do you generally have comprehension and extrapolation issues?

I think you’re just testy bc your body is craving something other than...cowboy caviar, nutritional yeast and basil (aka “cheese” in your mind), and tofu. I feel so bad for your kid. Is she starving? It’s ok to eat real foods!

And I think you’re testy because you don’t have a grasp on the English language.

I already said our house is completely omnivorous. I also said that my DD consumes dairy daily. She just hasn’t drank milk, which was her preference. I even indicated that she now does.

So, because you have some kind of grudge against anyone who might seem to prefer vegetables: We are having friends /families over tomorrow for ribs, steak, beer, wine, whisky..whatever. I’d invite you, but there will also be cowboy caviar, whit bean dip, and a bunch of other things with home made pita, crackers, and tortillas, and apparently that’s awful in your mind. I won’t lose a wink over your opinions of me, while completely enjoyingeating any of them. And I trust, neither will the children and normal adults joining us.

I don’t see how one thing in your mind precludes another? Because we enjoy tofu, we somehow don’t like “real food”. Seems you need to understand that MANY cultures enjoy and thrive on vegetarian fare. Tofu has long been a “real food”, as are legumes. I provided options to serve them in a toddler friendly manner, all of which are balanced and appropriate, because that was OPs question.

So, maybe it’s maybe you that needs some self examination. Are you really that threatened by tofu? Do you work as a lobbyist for the diary or cattle industry?

But hey, it doesn’t bug me if you enjoy bologna on Wonder bread. I know what I feed, and it’s plenty “real” food enough for me. I’ll enjoy my reduced cardiovascular risk.

No need to write a dissertation - defensive, much? Will you also serve nutritional yeast and basil as a cheese substitute? Or will there be real cheese available?

Are you defensive about the PP's ability to write and reason properly? Not surprising from someone whose response to vegetarian foods that you clearly haven't tried is to mock them. My 7 year old has more openness and flexibility than you.

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Oh 1243 - if you have so much of an issue with the things I’ve suggested (especially for a toddler), I’d be sad to eat your diet, or live your life. You should try tofu with basil, cashews, and nutritional yeast in shells.. it’s delicious.

I’ve said it in this thread - branch out a little. You may be surprised by what you find out. I mean, tahini dressing isn’t exactly Thousand Island dressing like you’re used to, but it’s still darned good!