Posted by Laura on September 25, 2001 at 14:03:26:
In Reply to: Teen Vegetarian posted by Maria on August 18, 2001 at 09:13:03:
: Maria: I have three sons that I have raised vegetarian. We are lacto/ovo vegetarians( that means that we eat eggs and dairy products) This is a great type of diet, that you do not need to kill any animals for. If your daughter is a vegan
(no animal products period) than it is a little more difficult, but do-able. Is she interested in any of the fake meat products? Veggie burgs, faken bacon, and chicken bits?? That might be an alternative for her and many schools serve veggie burgs now. Think ethnic Maria. Many ethic foods are meatless. Get yourself a good ethnic cook book, experiment with different grains like couscous, wheat berries, bulger. Molly Katzen writes some great vegetarian cookbooks. Try
tofu with spicey peanut sauce. Chop tofu into small cubes. Mix in a saucepan 1 cup natural peanut butter, a teaspoon or so of Seseme oil, red pepper to taste and some water to thin peanut butter. heat until hot and tofu and then serve over ramen noodles. top with chopped scallions and cucumber slices(the long way). Yum, yum. So easy and the kids love it. How about eggplant parmasean with soy cheese. Celantano's makes a great one. Learn as much as you can about cooking with tofu. It is great stuff. Have you daughter look into the vegetarian education network on the internet for more help. They even have a news letter for vegans. Try getting a subscription to Vegetarian times. That is what I got my teenage neice when she decided to be a vegetarian (vegan). Good luck... I have plenty of other receipes if your still interested. If my picky kids eat them I am sure yours will to. '
e-mail me. Laura