I want to eat meat after 10 years of vegetarianism/veganism

Chicken is the easiest meat on the stomach, less rich, less fatty than red meat. Prawns similar, assuming no allergies. White fish also. Eaten in small quantities to start would be less of a shock to her digestive system than the red meat she's craving.

Why would prawns or chicken make her any less unwell than red meat? She hasn’t eaten any of it in decades

this is when i stopped being vegetarian, when i had a baby, a dh and me and wanted family meals

DD went vegetarian as a teen, it was a right faff cooking the family meals as a result for ages. One day we were out for a meal and she just started eating one of the meat dishes (it was a sharing kind of meal). Said she fancied it. I was delighted as I’d been worried about her nutrition.

Just go for it. If anyone comments you can say you’ve read about how unsustainable all that almond milk/avocado farming/etc is and decided to eat responsibly-farmed meat occasionally

Hi OP, late to the thread but I left veganism after about 8 years total. Was worried I'd be judged by family but no such thing happened, they couldn't have cared less and were relieved as we could share more experiences together tbh. Went to pescararian for several months which made the mental transition/acceptability easier and now eat dairy, eggs & meat (wild caught or organically raised from a farm near us after visiting it ourselves - they do exist and the animals are genuinely much better cared for than commercial farms).

Good luck with whatever your decision is, I doubt many people will care (in my experience most people assume that individuals cheat on these ethical diets on their own anyway!) and if they ask why you can make up some vague reason like digestion issues or an insensitivity to soy making keeping the lifestyle healthily hard.

Oh a point I meant to make. Eating meat again might screw with your stomach and bowels for a bit.

Do want you want to do. Other peoples judgement means nothing. I’ve been veggie for 25 years. Didnt bring my DD up to be one because it wasn’t my choice to make. I’m still happy with the choice I made but that’s my business and no one else’s. You do what feels right for you.

I’m vegan purely because I don’t want to eat the animals I really love , I don’t want to be a hypocrite , my children all eat meat and I still cook it for my 13 year old as it’s what she wants. Yes I try and buy higher welfare and I don’t like that I buy it , but it’s my choice to not eat it and it’s not my job to force how I feel on anyone else.
i don’t know about cravings as such because I see the animal rather than the food ,
you can only do what’s best for you and what you can do for your own peace of mind.

I'm veggie not vegan and there is a big difference in food choice. If your choice not to eat meat is your choice then you can change your mind. I always choose quality though. My DC were brought up eating meat and fish, but will eat veggie if I am cooking!!

Kindly- no one cares/will care

Just to say, hope not rude but is she taking supplements? I’ve been reading about bone health after having some issues and the teen years are the most important apparently for the formation of strong bones, affecting us even much later in life. I was a vegetarian (and a dieter) in those years, didn’t think much about the nutrients I was missing out on and now believe it contributed to my poor bone health decades later.

There’s a big difference between vegan and plant based eating but more people seem to think they are interchangeable these days. They’re not.

If you were veggie for moral reasons, because you don't agree with hurting animals, and you say you feel guilty about the idea - is this really the right road for you? Choosing convenience and taste over your own beliefs could end up being jarring, but only you know how you feel.

Human beings are natural omnivores and thrive on a diet that includes animal protein. Its ok to feel this way. You don't have to justify your decision. Its very hard to live a life denying your body the nutrition it has evolved to expect. For most people it takes a lot of work, involves resorting to processed foods, and can simply be unsatisfying in the long run.

It's nobody else's business.

My DD (teen) has been vegetarian for almost three years now. I find it a bit of a pain and a faff to cater for everyone but have a good selection of recipes now where I can just add meat on top or on the side or do most of the prep and then divide into two dishes and add meat to one for a meat version. So you can probably find some options that work like that. DS is a confirmed meat eater, but we don't eat meat every day. You could probably work out some meal plans where you personally only eat meat once a week but the rest of the family has it 3-4 days out of 7, for example. If that would sit better with you.

One of my biggest concerns about DD is that she seems to prefer the processed alternatives to meals cooked with whole ingredients. She can't bear the thought of eating animals, so I don't think she's going to go back to meat, but I do think that meat is more natural and less processed than some of the packaged vegetarian foods available.

I went back to meat last year after many, many years vegetarian. I was worried about what people would say and honestly, the only thing I had was relief from family that it would be easier to cook / eat out.

I just felt like my body was craving it. I would say take it slowly though - I was sick after the first time, which may have been the thought of it, and it was another few weeks before I wanted to try again. I had a proper bolognaise, it was beautiful and I've not looked back. No issues with digesting anything.

My best friend was a vegetarian for around 25 years and started eating meat again. She can't eat red meat now, can't tolerate it, but will eat chicken etc. When she told me it was not a bit deal at all, I was slightly surprised as sit had been so long, but now she just eats meat and that's that.

Do it! We only eat high welfare, organic meat and responsibly sourced fish and we don’t eat it every day. We buy eggs from our neighbours who have hens roaming free.

It’s not perfect, but we feel slightly better about it this way.

OP if you are cooking meat for your child and it smells good to you, I don't see the harm in trying a bit. It's not like you're increasing how many animals were killed for meat.

Probably a good way to get your body used to it again anyway.

Entirely up to you though. I do feel better after eating it (very occasionally) after being vegetarian for years.

Do it!!! I did it after 30 years, and I've never, ever felt healthier.

Vegetarian of nearly 40 years here. Eat what you want, humans are omnivores. But maybe try high welfare products where at all possible.

You can still be vegetarian and eat eggs. See whether someone near you has chickens, and buy their eggs so it’s guilt-free.

Vegans don’t eat eggs, even eggs from rescue chickens. If you google you will see their reasons, often around where the chickens originated from and not wanting to fund that and the issues with commercial egg production, the damage it does to the chicken laying eggs in the numbers they’ve been bred to which can be reduced by not removing their eggs and the fact that it helps to feed their own eggs back to them.