Re: My dd wants to go vegan
Does she like fruit? Fruit gets a bad rap but it is very good for you and has lots of antioxidants and things- much of what is in vegetables. Two vegetables that are easy for most people to eat are marinara sauce and potatoes (even white potatoes have lots of vitamins and are good for you in spite of what the current fad diets say).
If she doesn't eat vegetables or beans anyway I don't think she'd be worse off vegan. Her diet might have less variety but she might also get tired of that quickly and go back to omnivore. But if not she should be okay nutritionally if she'll eat a lot of fruit.
I'd just focus on getting her a wide variety of colors of fruit, the darker the better. Smoothies are great for this (you can put some veggies in, too. Spinach is great in a lime smoothie (lime, mango, pineapple) or in a smoothie with purplish berries or in a chocolate smoothie.
When you make desserts try to go for ones with produce in them- pumpkin cookies, zucchini bread, banana bread, etc.
And if you can steer her towards whole grains or mixed grain dishes (like half whole wheat bread) then that is good, too.
Does she eat peanut butter or other nut butters? It's also good in a smoothie or in baking as a fat substitute.
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