Guest that has to eat animal products for health reasons?

I’d love to get some advice from the good people here.

My mother is supposed to visit me for some days. She is on a special diet for her health issues and she is not able to eat many things and has to eat a lot of animal products. In the past, she always ate vegan with me and my house is 100% vegan. I cannot imagine having meat and other animal products prepared and eaten in my house, sitting in my fridge, etc. What should I do? I am half hoping the trip will get canceled am considering finding a polite way to refuse her visit.

My partner is vegan and follows a low-FODMAPS diet. It is entirely possible to accomplish. Alliums (onion, garlic, shallot, etc.), beans and lentils, celery, shiitake mushrooms, peas, and some fruits (apples, pears, and watermelon) are the major foods to stay away from. Additionally, try to stay away from a lot of cabbage.

Use only extremely firm tofu while cooking, then rinse and press well.

We have no problems eating the green bits of chives and onions.

I would tell her to go out to eat or order takeout for herself if she really wanted animal items.

It will be necessary for you to set clear limits and enforce them. That’s what it means to be an adult. If you don’t want animal products in your home, then that’s your house; otherwise, you can be courteous and provide her options for eating out.

No known medical ailment precludes someone from following a vegan diet. It could be much more difficult in other circumstances, but it is always doable.

You’ll have to find out what vegan food works for her or ask her to eat alone since being in the house would be uncomfortable for you.

Could she place an order? Even while it’s not ideal, at least your kitchen isn’t where it’s being prepared?

Your mother is not your usual “guest,” arriving from overseas with a medical condition that requires a particular diet. You can put in the effort to learn everything there is to know about a low-FODMAPS diet and how to cook meatless meals for her. Most likely, she doesn’t consume dairy. Show her the love and consideration you would like to receive. This is a manageable circumstance. She is not going to move in with you; this is just a visit. If this diet proved to be necessary for you, how would you handle it? Having compassion for animals extends to other people and ourselves as well.

She is able to follow a vegan diet with minimal restrictions. After six months of this, things have slightly improved.

Eat out all the time and prepare low-fat meals at home. Look them up on Google. It is feasible. Ask her the ones she is aware are particularly harmful to her as well. There is a long list, and each person is unique. Make simple meals. Avoid using pea protein. I also use little garbanzo beans. They despise me. Haha

For the past three years, I have followed a low-FODMAPS diet, having been a vegan for many years. If you avoid the foods that cause her problems, it is definitely possible to resolve the issue.

The claim made by your mother that her fodmap diet requires her to consume animal products is untrue. I can promise you that she is completely dishonest and is only using her circumstances to manipulate you into complying with her wishes.

In any case, even if what she says is accurate, she can skip animal products for a week as long as you make sure her diet doesn’t include any of them in the meals you made.

Be assertive and tell her that, if you so want, you will not be keeping any meat or other animal products in your home.

I would ask her to provide you a list of all the things she is unable to have and we could figure something out. Inform her that while you still don’t want meat in the house, you are prepared to make a small concession and go out to dine occasionally at a restaurant that serves both meat and vegetarian fare.

Even if it could be hard for you to see her eat meat, if your relationship is otherwise strong, this is not something that should ruin it.

Can she just eat most of her food outside? I mean, eating out a lot would be the compromise, unless you live in the middle of nowhere.