To feed the vegan child cheese

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NC for this to not out myself. DS 8 has a friend coming round for tea next week. The mother has stressed very heavily that he is vegan, can't touch any dairy or meat as it will make him very unwell. However ds says his favourite food is normal cheese and cheesy pizza. Apparently he has it all the time when away from his DM.

Who do I follow? I've looked in asda and could only find one vegan cheese, it didn't look like the pizza kind - more a spreadable cream cheese thing.

To the people who slag off all those fake stuff, some children can only eat those, and there's no choice.
My ds wants to be normal as possible. Wants to eat pizza. But his allergy prevents him eating normal cheese. He eats fake soya cheese.
He eats fake shortbread. He eats fake everything. But he is happy he can have what others have. I wouldn't say taste vile in front of him.

Each person has to decide for themselves. I encourage my vegan children to eat fake nothing and nothing processed but I think more importantly we just need to leave people and their eating choices alone and respect them. Why do we have to be a UK where everyone is the same? let people make choices even if different from the rest of us and live in tolerance with them.

irvine

A friend of mine once told me that she was super grateful for the many new diets.

She's gluten intolerant and when she had younger she had to go to local organic health shops and just be happy with what they had. And nowadays...

So, yeah. I really agree. When somebody has to avoid animal products because they're allergic these things are probably really useful...

irvineoneohone I think it's great your son can have more choice now to eat things that often look like the regular stuff. I eentbon s no gluten diet briefly for IBS it was so hard. The food looks like regular but taste and texture are different. I loved the shortbread stuff which was quite tasty (Sansburirs I think).

I love Morrison's ad where the little lad can eat everything on a green plate.

It 's important for kids to for in with others because that is often what the kids want.

These foods Mau feel fake or different but there lamp such thing as fake food (except maybe trans fats! )

Anyway better not to judge others in why they have to avoid certain foods, we never have a full picture and always best to be cautious when serving others, avoiding cross contamination etc.

When I cater for a began/vegetarian/gluten free or whatever I think it is a kind of privilege to be trusted in this way.

So OP what are you making?

fit in not for in!

Me too! I have a family member that calls herself vegetarian but eats fish, so other family members assume I do too despite being vegan.

I have a vegan niece who eats jelly and Yorkshire pudding!

With the Yorkshires, she "had no idea you could make them" until she asked what I was doing when I was beating the batter one day. She thought you could only buy them in supermarkets.

She was even more when I told her that pancakes were made from the same batter.

She eats pancakes, too.

Thank you, 1horatio and Italian. Sorry for a rant!
I do agree, for people who knows real stuff, fake stuff taste horrible and all the ingredients make them think why they even bother.
But for some children like my ds, it's a life savior to feel same and not totally different. So, please, think about it before saying it's vile.

Veggie "chicken" nuggets are lovely!

Vegan Yorkshire puddings are one thing that I admit are not quite the same without eggs. There are ways to do them but I have yet to perfect it!

Vegan pancakes on the other Haha are delicious! Almond milk, coconut oil and flour.

Our local pizza place does vegan cheese now, and it is becoming easier to find. Sainsburys 'free from' range does a good enough one for pizzas. Just be sure to get ones for cooking with as some don't melt well and you end up with something resembling plastic laminate! 😳😂

We got a soy and vegetable oil based cheese, it kinda melted like low fat cheese and looked OK but didn't taste good at all. We all had it and it was fine, but honestly next time I do a vegan pizza I'll just leave off the cheese.

Often the best way :) if you do one again just put plenty of vegan pesto on (sacla do one, or you can make it) this keeps it from being dry!

Give him a cheesy pizza, and put some bacon on it.
Give the kid a break.

Vegan pizza minus not cheese is lovely!
Honestly i can't get my head around the hand wringing, what can you possibly eat that isn't from an animal.. shit loads! It's really not that hard.

Vegan pesto that sounds interesting, so basically extra pine nuts and olive oil and no cheese? I guess parmesan is just fat and salt flavouring

I have not read the full thread, so hopefully all the other advice is to not do this. Frankly, I am aghast that you would even think about this, taking an 8year old word on this over the mother's is absolutely irresponsible. This is the reason my severely allergic son very rarely goes for dinner out without us, unless we know the parents and can trust they will believe us when we say he cannot eat certain foods.

Vegan pizza isn't difficult - Tesco have a really good range of cheeses. It can just taste a bit weird if you aren't used to it.

Another one I do which is fun is vegan tortillas (and can include vegan cheese, and vegan oat-based creme fraiche). You can use quorn, or just lots of veggies.

I wouldn't ignore her request though...

Also I would not feed someone cheese if I have been told they may react - my DP is lactose intolerant and it makes him hugely ill if even a bit of butter is used on something.

Do what the mum says. You don't need to find vegan cheese. Make a falafel wrap, a chickpea curry, tofu stir fry, tomato sauce pasta. There are plenty of things that the kid can eat. We are veggie and I have a major problem with people suggesting my son is deprived. No need to judge, there's plenty to feed the child.

My mum used to make vegan pizza with vegan cheese for my baby brother and tell him it was real. He had a deathly milk allergy until the age of six and also couldn't digest egg. You have no idea why he's on a vegan diet and should not go against the mum's wishes on the word of your child who frankly wouldn't have a clue. Ring the mum for receipe ideas or google your own.

Yeah for vegan pesto put in loads of basil and I sprinkle in some sea salt too to replace the Parmesan. Sundried tomatos will turn it to red pesto and gives lots of flavour.