clayhead
Jun 12th, 2009, 11:29 PM
My husband's nine year old son was raised by his bio-mom to be an incredibly strict vegan. In the past, due to extreme long-distance, we've only had custody for one month each summer. Recently his bio-mom passed away from cancer and we suddenly have full custody. We live in Alaska...both my husband and I are omnivores.
This situation is causing me a huge amount of stress. He is very particular about the foods he will/won't eat, and only likes certain brand names for things like soy cheese, tomato soup, etc. Everything has to be organic as well. The food is incredibly expensive for us, compared to what we're used to buying.
His bio-mom was a stay-at-home-mom and she spent a lot of time shopping and cooking complicated meals for him. My husband and I both have demanding jobs and don't have the time to dedicate to that kind of food production, especially since we're usually cooking two meals each day, one for him and one for us.
Things he eats now:
Potato Power (a combo of white potatoes, yams, sweet potatoes mixed with rice milk, soy mozzarella and Earth Balance)
Peanut butter sandwich on OroWheat Winter Wheat bread
Imagine's Tomato Soup
Murins Organic tomato paste on brown rice pasta
Mac n cheese made from the soy mozzarella and quinoa pasta shells
He will eat some nuts (almonds, pistachios, cashews)
Fritos
Amy's Organic non-fat vegetable soup
coconut flakes
corn on the cob
calcium and D fortified orange juice
That's about it. I've read some information about the number of calories a nine-year old boy needs, including daily allowances of different nutrients...but it's hard to tell if he's getting what he needs from this small selection of foods plus I think he's getting tired of the limited repertoire.
He won't eat
beans or many other fruits or veggies or anything made from "Fake" soy meats (tofurkey or veggie burgers)
What would help me unbelievably (if such a thing exists) would be a website or book that lists sample, kid-friendly daily menu suggestions for vegan children that don't include a lot of complicated recipes.
It would have a sample menu for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks that if followed, would assure a child (of a specific age range) would have all their daily calories, fat, vitamin B-12, calcium, protein, etc.
Ideally, these foods would be relatively simple to make (or pre-packaged) and not 10 times more expensive than their generic versions.
Does such a heavenly resource exist or am I dreaming?
Many thanks in advance!
This situation is causing me a huge amount of stress. He is very particular about the foods he will/won't eat, and only likes certain brand names for things like soy cheese, tomato soup, etc. Everything has to be organic as well. The food is incredibly expensive for us, compared to what we're used to buying.
His bio-mom was a stay-at-home-mom and she spent a lot of time shopping and cooking complicated meals for him. My husband and I both have demanding jobs and don't have the time to dedicate to that kind of food production, especially since we're usually cooking two meals each day, one for him and one for us.
Things he eats now:
Potato Power (a combo of white potatoes, yams, sweet potatoes mixed with rice milk, soy mozzarella and Earth Balance)
Peanut butter sandwich on OroWheat Winter Wheat bread
Imagine's Tomato Soup
Murins Organic tomato paste on brown rice pasta
Mac n cheese made from the soy mozzarella and quinoa pasta shells
He will eat some nuts (almonds, pistachios, cashews)
Fritos
Amy's Organic non-fat vegetable soup
coconut flakes
corn on the cob
calcium and D fortified orange juice
That's about it. I've read some information about the number of calories a nine-year old boy needs, including daily allowances of different nutrients...but it's hard to tell if he's getting what he needs from this small selection of foods plus I think he's getting tired of the limited repertoire.
He won't eat
beans or many other fruits or veggies or anything made from "Fake" soy meats (tofurkey or veggie burgers)
What would help me unbelievably (if such a thing exists) would be a website or book that lists sample, kid-friendly daily menu suggestions for vegan children that don't include a lot of complicated recipes.
It would have a sample menu for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks that if followed, would assure a child (of a specific age range) would have all their daily calories, fat, vitamin B-12, calcium, protein, etc.
Ideally, these foods would be relatively simple to make (or pre-packaged) and not 10 times more expensive than their generic versions.
Does such a heavenly resource exist or am I dreaming?
Many thanks in advance!