I get asked a lot, or all the time actually, ‘how do you get calcium, how do you get protein’ etc and it’s usually said to me in a very judgmental tone as people just assume you can’t get any nutrition from plants which couldn’t me anymore further than the truth!

Me, Jude & Jesse are all vegan {other than my obsession with galaxy chocolate 🙈 it’s a hard one to kick} & we’re still alive & healthy, in fact Jude had bloods run a few weeks back & wasn’t deficient in anything so that is total proof that plants do contain everything your body needs.

I could go on and on forever about why I think veganism is the way forward for people but I’m not going to bore you all! So here is a few lists of how to get nutrients into your vegan diet…

Proteins –

Buckwheat

Quinoa

Quorn

Brown Rice

Black Beans

Kidney beans

Peanut butter

Hemp seeds

Chia seeds

Tofu

Lentils

chickpeas

Alternative milks and yoghurts

Whole wheat spaghetti

Whole wheat bread

Sunflower seeds

Almonds

Pumpkin seeds

Brussels sprouts

Spinach

Mushrooms

Broccoli

Green peas

Avocado

Baked potato

Banana

Dried apricots

Raisins

Medjool dates

Blackberries

Calcium –

Hemp milk

Fortified plant milk

Kale

Soy yoghurt

Tempeh

Soybeans

Almond butter

Almonds

Broccoli

Iron –

Potato

Quinoa

Pinto beans

Black beans

Kidney beans

Tempeh

Chickpeas

Tofu

Spinach

Lentils

Soybeans

B12 –

Non dairy milk or spreads fortified with B12

B12 supplement – we all use the same supplement which tastes amazing by ‘the garden if life’ it’s a spray which is a great way to get it into kids and you spray it under the tongue so it gets into the body quicker.

Vitamin D –

Fortified milk plants

Vitamin D supplants – we have the ‘garden of life’ spray supplement as well for this and Jude loves it. It’s a vanilla flavour and it’s vegan.

I hope this has helped some of you out. I will do more blog posts on vegan foods and recipes and kids vegan meals but I didn’t want to bombard you all with a load of vegan things so thought I would keep it short and sweet!

Also I have a blog post on vegan supplements me and the boys take and why we take them if your interested then please check it out!

XO Rachael

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