"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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"elementsresto" > wrote in
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> 'Julie Bove[_2_ Wrote:
>> ;1852599']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!
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> It's hard to feed kids with vegetables specially when they're not used
> to eating the foods we eat.

She is used to being given the same stuff that I eat. I would never force
her to eat something she didn't like though.



Julie,
She is 15, this is the time for her to start becoming an adult, and she
can't do that without your help. Who's going to cook her food when she goes
to college or moves out? I always felt one of my jobs as a Mother was to
prepare my kids for after they leave home. All of my kids could cook, and
clean house, when they left home. Yes, even my two boys and they appriciated
it. My Daughter started cooking for the family when she was 14, she would
cook on the evenings that I worked...she wanted to, she liked to cook,
because we started doing that stuff together when she was little. Today she
bakes, with her three year olds help, and her husband cooks dinner It's a
good thing that you do things together, maybe you could sit down at the
computer and look up vegitaerian recipes and start her out on cookining easy
stuff. Good Luck ...