"W. Baker" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove > wrote:
> : I should know how to do this. I did eat a vegetarian diet myself for
> many
> : years. And although I do eat meat now, most of my meals are still
> : vegetarian. I was never a totally strict vegetarian though and was fine
> : with eating something in a restaurant like refried beans that probably
> : contained lard.
>
> : But now Angela wants to eat a vegetarian diet. The problem? Well there
> are
> : a few. She doesn't like to eat what I eat. Such as bean tacos. I have
> : been concentrating so much on getting the proper diet for my husband and
> for
> : her that I have been mainly eating bean tacos for myself unless I can
> manage
> : to come up with something that we all or at least two of us can eat.
> And
> : now she is complicating things further. I also like most vegetables and
> she
> : does not. Of the vegetables we do prefer, we both prefer most of them
> to be
> : raw. But her list of what she will eat is limited. And she can't eat a
> lot
> : of nuts and seeds, partly due to an intolerance and partly because she
> : doesn't like the ones she can have. She is currently eating sunseed
> butter
> : on apple slices.
>
> : I did boil a dozen eggs last night and she told me she would eat them.
> I
> : don't usually make eggs because I can't eat them. She does sometimes
> make
> : an egg product for herself. Like Egg Beaters but different brands. She
> can
> : do that in the microwave. She will eat cheese in and of itself but
> mostly
> : doesn't like it in thing. Exception being mac and cheese. And Kraft
> does
> : now make one that is part whole grain. Her dietician has her on a
> mostly
> : South Beach diet. She doesn't want her to be strict with it and just
> wants
> : her to aim for that WOE most of the time.
>
> : We did buy a lot of vegetarian and vegan foods today but some contain
> soy
> : and some like seitain are a tad on the carby side. I don't want her to
> be
> : eating soy on a regular basis due to her thyroid problem.
>
> : She is unwilling to eat things like quiche which I likely could make
> with a
> : whole wheat crust or for sure crustless. I did make those when she
> first
> : went on South Beach and she didn't like them.
>
> : She doesn't like most cooked vegetables. Exception being canned green
> or
> : waxed beans. She will eat salad but is picky as to what type of greens
> and
> : what is put in the salad. There had better not be a tomato in it! She
> will
> : eat ketchup and salsa. She used to eat tomato soup but these days will
> not
> : eat any soup at all.
>
> : She does make her own smoothies with Greek yogurt, milk, berries and
> : spinach. She tried kale last night but didn't care for it. Hafta find
> a
> : use for the giant bag of kale!
>
> : So... While I probably have her diet covered for a good week or two
> just
> : with what we bought today, I am going to be stumped for upcoming meals.
> : Here I thought I had it made because she and my husband both love the
> : chicken I've been making. I would just cook up 8-12 boneless, skinless
> : breasts at a time. Save some for 2-3 meals during the week and if any
> was
> : left, I'd put it in the freezer. All I had to do was come up with some
> : sides.
>
> : But now? She won't be eating the chicken. I need to make sure she will
> be
> : getting enough protein. And I need to find a way to get her to eat
> : vegetables. I guess I should consider myself lucky that she does like a
> lot
> : of raw ones and like me, is perfectly happy to eat a plain salad with no
> : dressing and maybe just a squeeze of lemon.
>
> : I realize that there probably aren't any vegetarians here but... I am
> : stumped. Because of the pre-diabetes, I can't base the meals on beans
> and
> : rice or beans and pasta like I used to do when I was vegetarian. And
> bottom
> : line, she just doesn't like vegetables. I used to be able to make her a
> : meatloaf and sneak all kinds of veggies into it. Hmmm... Is there
> : something like that, that could be done with veggies that isn't overly
> : carby? Hmmm... Help!
>
> Amgela is not 14? I had a number of friends who had children(generaly
> girls) who bcame vegetarian for a while in their teens. to a large extent
> they put much of the descisions on the girl to understand what her basic
> nutrition needs for a heathy lifestyle were and to let her handle much of
> her food needs. she has to take responsibility for understanding what her
> needs are. Perhaps her dietician can help her with this and then work
> out how she will get what she needs. How successful this will be in your
> home with all the sensitivities and food phobias that seem to be present
> may make it difficult for both of you. At least, she is willing to eat
> eggs and dairy which helps with the protein.
>
> Good luck!

She is 15 now. And she and the dietician have agreed not to see each other
again. Apparently it did not go well. I don't know all of what was said
because I wasn't in there. But, Angela came out with a printout for some
Skinny Burritos that she was told to buy. I was like... Uh... Why? You
don't LIKE burritos! And it all played out something like this...

Dietician asked her what kind of fast food she liked to eat. Angela
answered truthfully. Said that she did not eat fast food. And this is
true. Once in a while we will have it but neither of us really like it. We
did go to Wendy's a couple of times when they had those short lived sweet
potatoes. And once in a while we have no choice but to go somewhere that we
don't really want to go to. But the dietician just kept pushing her and
pushing her to give an answer. The answer she kept giving was "My mom cooks
at home!" The dietician did not want to believe this and continued to push
until finally Angela broke down and said, "Once in a while my mom FORCES me
to eat Taco Time!" Which is true! We don't get that food very often.
Perhaps 4-5 times per year. It is not, IMO the same as other fast food
stuff because they truly do have healthy choices and the make the food from
scratch. But Angela doesn't really like it very much. Perhaps because one
year we ate at that place every Friday for a few months, fitting that stop
in between her Friday dance classes and our shopping at Costco and Target.
Then she put her foot down and refused to eat there again, preferring to
pick up something at Target that I could cook at home. Which was fine.

So anyway... The dietician then got excited, not really listening to Angela
and thinking that she had finally found something she would like. So she
printed off the picture of the burritos, telling her they were just like
what she got at Taco Time. They're not, AFAIK anything like what you can
get there, and Angela has only once ordered a burrito. She does not like
flour tortillas so burritos are not something that appeals to her But now I
have several of them in the freezer and I am hoping to give a couple to my
husband for dinner tonight.