Well at the age of 10 I gave up red meat and pork. I recently this year gaveup all meat and became a vegetarian. The thing I would reccommend most is getting her to read read read! I have a pretty good grasp on everything but with every new book I read something new pops out. There is a book I checked out of the library written especially for teens going veggie. I think its called the teen's guide to being a vegetarian or something. She needs to read about this so she knows exactly why and how she is making this change. Knowledge is power!
I would just go to your library's website and search the catalogue for the book. Or head to amazon and type in vegetarian, and teenager. Maybe some things will pop up.
It might be easier for her to read about it than to have you telling her what she needs to do.
My faves are smartlife Smart Ground mixed with a can of black beans and a packet of vegetarian taco seasoning. Wrap it up in a whole wheat tortilla and its great.
I also make veggie chili with tomato sauce, tomatos, onions, peppers, and beans.
I also make little pita pizzas. Take a whole wheat pita and split it in half. Then put some organic pizza sauce, and maybe a little cheese or whatever toppings and broil for a few minutes.
I also like to stirfry with Cascadian Farms Japanese style stir fry veggies (frozen) and Quorn tenders (they look and taste just like chicken) with some Tamari. Thats a fave.
Also maybe she can do some research on the internet.
There are things she needs to watch out for ( or whoever does the shopping). Things like gelatin (made with horse hooves) are found in a lot of things, even most gums! Also rennet, she should look for rennet free cheese's. Cabot makes rennet free cheese. Casein although I cannot remember exactly what that is. She can find a list of things to avoid in a book. Also Worstershire sauce often contains anchovies.
Okay well sorry for the rambling hope this helps somewhat! Good luck to your daughter!
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Actually some of the non-beef options I think might be good for our whole family as my DH has high blood pressure and high cholestoral..
It sounds like DH may benefit from going vegetarian. Maybe he should talk with your daughter (-:
I am trying to convince my mom to drop meat, as she has high blood pressure and heart disease runs in her family. She so far refuses. But veggies, whole grains, legumes, and fruit do not contain cholesterol or saturated fats.