I think babies are very easy to feed veggie! We aren't veggie here, but our babies are til like 2 or so, they just don't like meat. When Ty was that age, he ate lots of fresh veggies, rice, loves beans, and mainly nursed.
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And Ciara 1-14-06
We plan to raise Desmina to be vegan. Right now she is EBF. I think it will be easy to. Just veggies and fruit. When she is a year than I'll start with tofu.
We're raising dd veggie and she pretty much eats whatever we do. She is still nursing so that is one source of her nutrition. She is not picky at all and would eat anything you gave her. We keep snacks out for her so she can get things when she is hungry and for meals she eats mostly what we do (crackers, cheese, cereal, cooked veggies, rice, pasta, eggs, boca "sausages", breads, etc.). She loves soymilk too.
As for an average day, I usually give her three meals and snacks in between. Breakfast is maybe an egg or pancake and a couple of boca "sausage" links and some canned fruit. Some crackers or part of a banana for a snack. Then usually part of whatever I am having for lunch PB&J sandwich, pasta, some cheese, whatever. Another snack. Then supper after dad gets home from work - rice or pasta, pizza, cooked veggies, etc. I try to give her food out of a few food groups at each meal and she eats what she wants.
Not hard at all.
hth
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we go back and forth between vegetarian and eating small amounts of fish or chicken(2 or 3 times a month). We eat no dairy and occasionally I make something with egg in it. So....on a typical day...
Breakfast is banana bread(vegan and fat free), soy yogurt and fruit of somekind or a tofu and fruit smoothy..the kids LOVE these.
Lunch is usually soynut butter(we have a peanut allergy) sandwich or whole wheat pasta tossed with olive oil and garlic with raw baby carrots and a salad on the side.
Dinner varies a lot, but last night we had wholewheat pizza without cheese topped with fresh spinach leaves, carmelized onions, garlic, sauteed mushrooms, and calamata olives with a salad on the side. Tonight we are having nappa cabbage and asparagus spring rolls with steamed broccoli.
Snacks are usually tofu pudding, pretzels, fruit(kids are always allowed to have as much fruit and veggies as they want) and occasionally I will make muffins or something like that.
When they were younger, I just gave them smaller portions of the things we were eating. HTH
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Originally posted by Sarahd Breakfast is banana bread(vegan and fat free), soy yogurt and fruit of somekind or a tofu and fruit smoothy..the kids LOVE these.
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Originally posted by mamatosage I'd love your banana bread recipe!
Here you go...
6 overripe bananas..you know the black ones that can get the health department called on your house
1/2 cup sugar...I use sucanat, but anything else can also be used
1/4 cup water...delete this if you use honey or maple syrup to sweeten
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups whole wheat flour(I use ww pastry flour)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp baking powder
Mash the bananas and mix in sugar, water and vanilla. Add the flour, salt and baking powder. Mix together and pour into a loaf pan LIGHTLY coated with baking spray. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. You can also add walnuts or cinnamon for different flavors. It is a super easy and delicious recipes. Remember it isn't as sweet like a cake, it is more of a bread and tastes great with an all fruit spread on top. YUM...have some bananas in the kitchen getting close
My 2 and 1/2 year old is a vegetarian, and right now a very picky eater. She used to eat pretty much whatever veggie stew or stir fry I made, but now nothing can touch! LOL! Sometimes separate plates and spoons! Yikes! And she has a ton of food allergies, the biggest being peanut and dairy, along with oat, almond, sesame, pinto bean, and soy.
So her rut right now is: BLACK BEANS (notice the CAPS), avocado, brown rice, garbonzo beans, kidney beans, lentil soup, bananas, apples, vegan muffin, roasted pumpkin seeds, dried fruit, cherry tomatos, did I mention BLACK BEANS (almost every day!!). Her ceral addiction is Wheetabix, served hot! And she guzzles the rice milk like it was breastmilk. Sometimes she will eat brocoli and cauliflower steamed, and sometimes she'll eat bread.
She has a bunch of her friends eating black beans too, they are so good. And avocados are such a great first food.
I'm not sure that gives you much in the way of ideas, since she is so picky!
Peace,
Karen
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Louisa loves black beans too! (She loves all beans, but especially black beans.)
I agree with the posters who said feeding babies vegetarian is easy. Just give them whatever part of your meal is baby-appropriate. My 2 favorite recipe books right now are Feeding the Whole Family and Simply Natural Baby Food .
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wife to Chris since 8-7-99
mom to Louisa May 9-30-2002
and Morganna Rose 6-17-06
For the most part I am vegetarian- I occasionally eat eggs, and VERY RARELY eat a smidge of cheese or ice cream... I will eat chicken if I am starving and nothing else is available, and I occasionally eat fish. We feed the kids whatever we are eating. Today they had granola for breakfast with rice milk (my son guzzles the rice milk but my daughter is still nursing so she likes water), salsa salad (kidney beans, canelli beans, black beans, avocado, orange bell pepper, olives, corn, cilantro or parsley, and a dressing of galic powder, sea salt, olive oil, and apple cider vinegar, and for dinner we had a rare non-veggie meal of asparagus, salmon with garlic lemon butter and dill sauce, carrot sticks dipped in goddess dressing, and baked potatoes. Almost all of it was organic though .
We often have almond butter and honey sandwiches on ezekiel bread. My kids both love homemade hummus on pita bread, apples, any other fruit, applesauce with almond butter and raisins, avocadoes, steamed veggies, root veggie medley (cut up root veggies and bake until soft).
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