Pickler, welcome and thank you for taking the time to share your info.
So true what you said. Take Popcorn - it's a natural helathy food. Love hot caramel popcorn i do. We used to make popcorn and sell it. Just oil, popcorn and caramel sugar, lush. But here is a little known fact. There is an additive manufacturers make, you sprinkle it in with the sugar, it causes craving, so the more popcorn you eat, the more you want, aimed at kids like, so they want more, buy more, more money for the vendor. I refused to do this. Besides, I'l eat popcorn all day long, lol. But hey, there is stuff going into food that peeps just don't know about.
your daughter, does she like shakes ? homemade. My girls love them, so simple. Have you heard of complan ? you can get it in vanilla flavour. It's designed for elderly, sick people to build them up, if she will drink that it would help her.
My one girl, won't eat proper meat. and she is the sickly type, lot of stress. I let her make the shakes.
LV . I love meat. My daughter, won't eat it, lol. I can't figure why you want to rid it out of your diet. is it the love of animals thing ? Have you done any more research on nightshade. I believe it has/was used medicinally. digitalis (foxglove) deadly posionous, but used to treat heart conditions. I'm gonna look up about the lectin.
Shirley - nope. We were just discussing health/food/society etc. But thanks for the horror memory there of thalidamide. hope I don't have that in my heaad all day now
edit; I got my girls on a good multi-vitamin now and echinichae (?) tabs from health shop.
Pickler - what about wraps/pitta pockets for your girl. she gets to have her meat and salad all in the one. with dressings.
Yorkshire puddings - yum yum. I'm a stodge lover, pancakes, love em.