Becoming vegetarian?

There is a movement going on at my daughter's Middle School in terms of becoming vegetarian. Do I agree with it? I fully understand and do support their reasoning. A few of them came across some videos on youtube and they realized how inhumane the meat company are towards their animals. The way chickens, pigs and cows are slaughtered is beyond belief. If any of you has never watched any of these movies I DO dare you to!

For a while now we have been buying organic local farm meats, where I know how they treat the animals. It is still far from perfect, but at least my conscience does not feel bad about supporting the inhumane treatment some animals go though. I must admit though, when we pass by fast food places or restaurants we have no idea where those meats came from and how they were treated, but I can only imagine.

My daughter wants to try to go one week fully vegetarian along with eating fish. Thankfully I do know enough about it in terms of how to substitute the meat proteins into other ingredients, such as legumes. As many of her other friends are making that transition too, I am going to try to update this blog everyday with what I fed her, what she likes, what has been tough on her, what she craves. Hopefully this will not only be a good experience for her. Hopefully some of her friends will also add their own comments on facebook as how their transition is going. If you have any tweens or teens also going through this pahse of their lifes, or IF you have been a vegetarian for a while PLEASE do add your comments as I am hoping we will all learn from each other through this transition.

Good links to check for tweens and teens who are or want to become vegetarian:
Tips for Teens on Becoming Vegetarian
Vegetarian Nutrition for Teens
Vegetarian Kids
Teenage Vegetarian
Healthy Tips for PreTeen Vegetarians