If you’re struggling to find meals that your kids will actually eat, this Vegan Apricot “Chicken” with tofu is a lifesaver! It’s quick, easy, and perfect for fussy eaters—especially those who prefer sweet over savoury flavours. Plus, it’s packed with Quick and Easy Vegan Apricot Chicken – Perfect for Fussy Kids If you’re searching for…
This Vegan Chocolate Chia Pudding is my go to recipe when my kids or I are feeling a bit low on iron, zinc or calcium. It’s such a highly nutritious recipe, and the best part is that it’s chocolate – so I guarantee that your kids will happily eat it! One serve of this pudding…
Let’s talk about the Phytic Acid Myth. Is it true that a vegans can’t get enough iron and zinc from their diet because of phytates and other anti-nutrients? Listen to the Podcast Episode What are anti-nutrients? You may or may not have heard about the term “anti-nutrients”. The paleo and carnivore diet crowd tend to…
Vegans are told all the time that we can’t absorb non heme iron, or plant based iron as well as heme iron (the iron from meat). So should vegans be worried that non heme iron isn’t absorbed as well? In this post, I’m going to tell you why the lower absorption rate of non heme…
As a Vegan Nutritionist, I’ve often heard the misconception that red meat is the best source of iron. Many people, including my own parents, believed that consuming steak was essential for maintaining healthy iron levels. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, there are numerous plant-based iron sources that contain more iron…
Ensuring little ones get enough iron, especially when they’re on a plant-based diet and particularly picky about their food choices can be tough.
I know firsthand the challenge of combining vegan nutrition with the taste preferences of fussy eaters. It can sometimes feel like an impossible task, but I’m here to share some creative solutions that have worked wonders for my family.
Ensuring your vegan kids get the right amount of iron in their diet might sound tough, especially with all the myths floating around about needing meat to stay healthy. But the truth is, a plant-based diet can provide everything they need, iron included. With a little know-how and some clever food choices, you can make sure your kids aren’t just eating healthily but thriving too.
These vegan Black Bean Brownies make a great lunchbox or after school snack for your kids. They are absolutely packed full of iron and zinc – two very important nutrients for your vegan kids. In fact, these brownies have over 3mg of iron per serve, and over 1mg of zinc, which makes them nutritionally comparable…
These nut free Carrot Cake Cookies are a great way to get an iron boost into your kids’ school lunches. They have over 1.3mg of iron per cookie (meaning that 2 cookies have nearly as much iron as 100g of steak!). Not only are these cookies a great veggie boost in school lunchboxes, but they’re…
Your kids are at school for about half their day, so it’s really important that you send them with a lunchbox that’s full of all the nutrition that they need to power them through the day. But with so much conflicting information out there about vegan kids’ nutrition, it can be really hard to know…