Vitamin B12 is an essential vitamin for everyone, but vegans especially. I talk about vitamin B12 in my Nutrition Handbook – Healthy Vegan Families. It is such an important nutrient for vegans that I decided to share the information from Healthy Vegan Families with you for free. What Is Vitamin B12? Vitamin B12 is an…
One of the most common worries parents have is whether their kids can get enough iron on a vegan diet. We are schooled from very early on to believe that iron comes from red meat, and we need to eat red meat to get enough iron. But is iron really such a big deal for…
One of the biggest questions that I hear when people want their family to go vegan, is what plant milk is best for kids? We’re all told that kids need cow milk for calcium. But do they really? First up, kids do need calcium. They need it to grow strong, dense bones. It’s important that…
“We would go vegan, but my kids need meat for protein.” If I had a dollar for every time I heard that…. Today we’re going to talk about the biggest question ever asked about a vegan diet. Where do you get your protein? There are actually two parts to the eternal vegan protein question. Can…
Can your fussy child really be vegan? We’re often sold that a healthy vegan diet needs to be packed full of veggies, beans and grains to be healthy. So when your kids are very firmly sticking to a diet of plain pasta, hot chips and jam sandwiches, it can be easy to think there’s no…
We can all agree that vegetables are healthy, right? And most of us probably need to be eating more of them, especially our kids. But when you have a picky eater, it can be really hard to get them to eat their vegetables. I have two super fussy eaters. Some days my four year old…
Do you find yourself questioning whether a vegan diet really is the healthiest for your kids? I get it. In fact, I was so confused about whether a vegan diet was really healthy for my kids that I actually went back to uni to study nutrition! Yep! Really! So I totally get how overwhelming all…
One question that I see a lot is how do I get my vegan kids to eat beans? I think anyone would agree that a legume loving kid is the ultimate goal of vegan parenting. Unfortunately, some kids are super fussy and it remains an elusive goal for many of us… Beans, legumes and lentils…
Hands up, who has fussy kids? I certainly do! My six year old has sensory issues, and it has taken me five very long years to get him to eat a decent and varied diet. My two year old isn’t fussy, he just isn’t interested in food. He would much rather be jumping up and…