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Kid Friendly Healthy Diet for Food Allergies

Question for Savvy Vegetarian: 

Let me start by saying I am not a vegetarian, however my 20 month old daughter is allergic to dairy, eggs, and all nuts. I am concerned that there are several key nutrients she may be either low on or not getting, among them protein.
Her doctor recently suggested I add tofu to [...]

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8 yr old goes vegetarian, Mom concerned about calories

Dear Savvy Vegetarian,

My 8 year old daughter became a vegetarian two months ago. My husband and I who are not vegetarian are trying our best to support her choice.
She is also an avid dancer training two to three hours a day. This is HER choice, we are NOT pushing this on her. (I have 4 [...]

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Mom Wants to Raise Twin Babies On Vegetarian Diet

Question for Savvy Vegetarian:
Hello, I have a set of six month old twins that are just beginning their transition to solid foods.
They have been on soy milk formula and breast milk to date and I would like to raise them on a vegetarian diet.
Do you have any advice, articles, recipes, or good web sites I [...]

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Tags: baby food, baby food recipes, becoming vegan, becoming vegetarian, homemade baby food, vegan baby, vegetarian, vegetarian baby, vegetarian baby food, vegetarian children, vegetarian diet, vegetarian kids, vegetarian nutrition

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