Quorn/Soya mince and giving it to the kids

[iMumruly]

For some reason I cant bring myself to give it to the kids anymore.
We are veggie, odd bit of fish here and there (rare) but were vegan for many years.

Ive found since going veggie that quorn stuff is becoming more and more regular on the menu in our house-probably just laziness. Somewhere in my brain I have this nagging feeling that it isnt good for children and boys in particular.

ds3 is 8 months and at the eating more or less what we eat but mushed up, I just cant bring myself to give him say a lasnaga made with quorn.

So Ive made a yummy veggie one with loads of grated veg from the garden and chickpeas-im eating a bit now for lunch and my god its delicious!!!

I hope I can scrap quorn from the menu forevermore and not only eat better "real" food but also save a packet as that stuff is expensive!

I have read that quorn is actually "too healthy" for kids - especially babies. This is because it is so low fat and high fibre. Babies can't take too much fibre and it can fill them up so they don't end up eating enough calories. Chickpeas and cheese are a far better option!

i use soya mince in most of the meals we all eat. In a week this might be a veggie chili, a veg shepherds pie, a lasagne and a spag bol. It doesn't concern me that they are eating veggie mince, they eat meat a couple of times a week and I feel the veggie mince is safer than the meaty mince.
Soya mince is also a lot cheaper than Quorn,

You could always continue using the veggie mince but use less and pad out your meals with extra veg/beans/pulses

quorn makes my son vomit. Not once, but over and over again. Great! It's banned in our house.

I'm pretty much the same as gemmie on this one. We eat a fair bit of veggie mince, mainly soya, as I don't like QUorn mince that much. Padding it out with veg and pulses is good, I agree.

i really like quorn it is a a godsend when making pasta etc for the rest of my meat eating family cant stand soya mince and i do not think it is too expensive either supermarkets are always doing deals on it

Have to say now that when I say Quorn I mean any type of soya meat replacement type stuff.

I believe if you don't want to eat meat for squeamish or ethical reasons you shouldn't. In fact I am quite vehement about this.

However I am equally vehement that you should not use food that can only be produced in a factory, such as Quorn, soya mince or a certain rock star associated range. And most importantly you should not use any kind of fake meat. I love tofu and buy it, but you can make it at home. Indian veggie food is fantastic.

My diet is approximately 70/80% veggie, varied and imaginative. Can we please ditch these products and if we want to eat veggie eat veggies, pulses and grains. And cook them from scratch. (I commuted to London for years and travelled around Europe, had a kid and cooked nearly all the food from scratch. So no excuses on lack of time. It takes less time to cook properly than to get a takeaway.)

I think quorn is processed nastiness.

I don't use much if the soya shite- and I'm a veggie.

Lentils can do the job or it for nearly everything (lasagne/chilli/bolognese) taste nicer and are cheaper.

Too right

Quote is heavily processed.

But so are most 'meat' sausages, processed meat, nuggets etc. so it's probably a case of processed versus 'raw' rather than vegetarian versus meat products.

I'm not sure why you're particularly concerned about your DS's in terms of quiet consumption? Soy and soy-related meat replacers are high in oestrogen compounds. Quorn is a mushroom-based mycoprotein and do nothing like soy.

I guess it depends what you're concerned about in terms of 'raw' food Versus 'processed' food, or vegetarian versus meat??

Sometimes, when I have a bit of time which is not often, I make my own sausages. But that is an indulgence. But I only buy top range ones similar to what I can make. They make the most fantastic meatballs.

At Xmas I do the veggie catering, and my veggie sister the meat. Stars of the show, and demanded by all, are Glamorgan sausage rolls and aubergine parmigiani.. This is a family of people with Crohn's, coeliac, wheat and dairy intolerance and an allergy to fish. Processed food quite simply is not on the menu. Nothing ersatz.

But my sister says I am the only person she knows who can cook a three course Sunday lunch while staying out of the kitchen.

My daughter eats meat, but her favourite meal is spaghetti Bolognese made with quorn mince.

This thread is from 2009!!!!????