Critique my Meal Plan, please!

[shelley]

hi everyone, since we are still new at this, i thought i'd put together a 2 week meal plan to help us out... after a few months or so, i will probably feel more capable of throwing together a GF and vegan meal.

i'm trying to balance protein, carbs and veggies... along with ease of preparation (not 10 pots on the stove, lol)... i also thought that if the doc or nutritionist are seriously worried about my son being GF and vegan, i could print this out, along with all of our recipes, and hopefully that will help all of us to have a meaningful discussion.

breakfasts are GF cereals, or GF toast with almond butter and fruit or smoothies. lunches are leftovers, or anything with a protein/carb/fruit/veg. snacks are generally fruit, crackers or muffins. they drink alot of soymilk.

anyways, critique please!! i'm probably over thinking everything, lol.

Week One:

BBQ Tofu, Rice, Broccoli
Noodles, Cheesy Sauce, Peas, Caesar Salad
Tacos (adzuki beans and quinoa), Mexican Millet, Brussels Sprouts
Pizza, Cauliflower, Salad
Bean Florentine Soup (4 kinds of beans plus spinach), Garlic Bread, Raw Veg and Hummus
Dinner Loaf (beans and millet), Roasted Green Beans, Quinoa
Leftovers

Week Two:

Lemon Herb Tofu, Steamed Green Beans, Mashed Potatoes
Chickpea and Stars Soup (chickpeas, lentils and white kidney beans), Grilled Vegan Cheese, Carrots
Spaghetti, Nutlets (nut and veg based), Caesar Salad
Bean Burgers, Broccoli, Rice
Chili (beans and veg), Garlic Bread, Brussels Sprouts
Rajmah or Spicy Chickpeas, Samosa Potatoes, Cauliflower, Rice
Pizza, Salad, Broccoli
Leftovers

[Valerie]

It looks fairly nutritionally balanced. The only thing that sticks out to me is you seem to rely pretty heavily on soy products. Replacing some of those with whole food protein sources would be healthier - beans, nuts, seeds.

My kids drink mainly hemp milk (occasionally soy) and eat a lot of beans, bean dips etc. Not a lot of processed soy stuff.

[shelley]

i went back to edit my original post, because it seems funny to me that you say that we eat alot of soy. really, it's just the soy milk and 1 tofu meal a week.

[Valerie]

I guess I was assuming soy in some of the menus. For example

BBQ Tofu (obviously soy), Rice, Broccoli; Noodles, Cheesy Sauce (does that have soy margerine, soymilk, soy cheeze?), Peas, Caesar Salad (what's the base of the dressing?)
Tacos (adzuki beans and quinoa) (with soy cheese?) , Mexican Millet, Brussels Sprouts
Pizza (soy cheese or no cheese?), Cauliflower, Salad
Bean Florentine Soup (4 kinds of beans plus spinach), Garlic Bread, Raw Veg and Hummus
Dinner Loaf (beans and millet), Roasted Green Beans, Quinoa

Some of it sneaks in where you don't expect it, and of course there are alternatives to every place I assumed soy.

[shelley]

nope, no soy cheese anywhere. the caesar salad is a raw, nut based dressing (and delish!).

it's basically the 2 kinds of tofu, plus they do drink lots of soymilk... so i try not to put it in other places too