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If he's 18 months old she probably doesn't need to sneak anything into him.

at least I know my 18 month olds were easy eaters (I have one now as well as

three others who were once that age), they didnt get picky until around 2.

 

My son has allergies to nuts of all kinds, eggs, dairy (even goat products),

corn and coffee. My 3 yr old is allergic to all forms of dairy as well, cow

and goat. We tailor our meals around that or make a smaller portion for him

without the stuff they can't have. You just have to cook from scratch, not

eat out much and read every single label and know what every single

ingredient is.

 

I just found the book Special Foods for Special Kids and it's great, it's

all kid friendly stuff (not vegetarian) geared toward the most common food

allergies.

 

meg

 

On 6/27/06, kcmendola <KCMendola wrote:

>

> Hello All.

>

> My cousin has an 18 month old son who is currently being tested for food

> allergies. He is

> allergic to peanuts, not sure what else just yet.

>

> They are not vegetarian. My cousin is open to trying new things however.

> Her son pretty

> much likes to eat yogurt, pasta, veggies, maybe cheese... He doesn't want

> anything to do

> with meat. (YAY!!! lol)

>

> She called me this morning asking for some ideas. She wanted to find out

> about tofu and

> how to " sneak " it into some foods. She asked what types of hot dogs I'd

> recommend, and

> also about different nutbutters and any luck making them instead of paying

> big buck for

> them at stores...

>

> One of her son's favorite meals is pasta with broccoli. I told her to mash

> some tofu up

> with broccoli then add it to his pasta... I wasn't much help with hot

> dogs. I told her my

> daughter had Smart Dogs before, but that was a long time ago. We don't buy

> them

> because no one here likes them.. Any brands better than others? I never

> really cared for

> them myself -they definitely need condiments! lol I also told her that she

> could make

> muffins or other things he likes and use tofu in the recipe or other

> things to pack more

> protein in...

>

> Any ideas? I'd *love* to really be able to help out. How great it would be

> if my little guy

> would become veggie! (or at least him and his mom and dad have some tofu

> or

> something veggie now and then instead of the standard meat and

> potatoes...)

>

> Thanks for any advice!

> ~Kort

>

>

>

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kort, great questions.

That is so awesome she is open to trying

some more veggie foods.

I haven't tried making my own nut butters yet

but I really like tahini.

As far as tofu goes, you can mash it and mix it

into so many things. Great with ricotta cheese

and stuffed into pasta shells or lasagne rolls.

Your idea for mixing it with the broccoli is a

good one.

Veggie Dogs... I've probably tried them all.

Pretty much have the same opinion of them too,

and that is they are weird texture, but yummy

if you fry them in a bit of butter and serve with

lots of spicy mustard and dill pickle relish! *lol*

The best textured ones, IMO, are the little vegi

dogs made by Worthington that come in a can;

those guys are dinky [small] though, but that might

be good for a toddler.

 

~ PT ~

 

Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is.

The way you deal with it is what makes the difference.

~ Virginia Satir, family therapy pioneer

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, " kcmendola " <KCMendola wrote:

>

> She called me this morning asking for some ideas. She wanted to find out

about tofu

and

> how to " sneak " it into some foods. She asked what types of hot dogs I'd

recommend,

and

> also about different nutbutters and any luck making them instead of paying big

buck for

> them at stores...

> Thanks for any advice!

> ~Kort