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This is the first time I've come on here and can't seem to find any up to date messages - I'm hoping I'm in the wrong section.

I have an 11 month old vegetarian baby and would love to talk to other  parents of vegetarian children.

Hopefully you're all out there somewhere :-)

Jenn

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I put this in Q&A but people thought that Vegans really treat their children like this and I thought I'd post it here too. It's disgusting and not one of my vegan friends has unhealthy children.  Soy milk and apple juice is not what any of them fed their children as babies. It's included in their diet as they get older, but not at this age.  Just after thoughts from people.

My wife and i have been vegetarians for 20 years+ Great to see a few others out there too.

Can anybody help me with dinner ideas for her?

Any ideas on recipes with tofu?
I like it in stir fries and tried that. Not sure on the best way to cook it.
Any ideas would be appreciated :D

This recipe is a favourite in our house. The original recipe was for spinach canneloni but I got sick of the stuffing the shells. The lasagna is quick to make and I find all the ingredients keep well (sealed packets of bacon and ricotta usually have a reasonable fridge life) so I can have the ingredients on hand.
We  find that the leftovers reheat ok the next day. I recently had enough to freeze a single serve and my husband says it thawed and reheated well.

Spinach Lasagna (serves 4)
 1 250gram packet frozen spinach
1 small tub ricotta or cottage cheese (250 gram)
1 large bottle of pasta sauce
packet of instant lasagna sheets
1 or 2 eggs
1 or 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped or crushed
Grated cheese  

Defrost and drain spinach.
Mix with ricotta cheese, eggs and grated cheese (parmesan or tasty or both)
Mix garlic into bottle of pasta sauce.
Spread base of oven dish with pasta sauce.
Add layer of instant lasagna sheets (do not overlap).
Spread ricotta mix then  cheese then tomato mix then pasta.
Repeat until all ricotta mix is used.
Finish with layer of pasta covered with pasta sauce and top with grated cheese.
Bake in oven 200c for about 45 minutes.

Hi,

Does anyone have a good veg lasagne??

Hi there!

My wife and I are both vegetarian (she 15/16 years, me 3) and we plan on raising our son as such also. We certainly plan on talking with his doctor about any special vitamins and such but I'm wondering if anyone has any advice?  He's 4 months old today so will be starting rice cereal soon and other solids in the future.

Particularly I'm looking for any good recipe websites as we'd like to make some of his baby food. Any good books?
Thanks.

I am a vegetarian since I was a child and my partner has never ever eaten vegetables or fruits - only meat. Now we fear for our baby`s feeding (due in January).
We hope it will adapt the good habits of each of us and eat veggies and meat! At least we promised ourselves to cook both.
Has anybody experience with bad examples creating kids with normal eating habits?