Hi there.

I was the vege child in a family of meat-lovers. It's not that hard.

First, what meats does she like? Are fowl OK, or fish? If so, your life is only half as hard!

If not, meat is not the only protein. You mentioned dairy, but there's eggs as well. Baked beans (any sort of bean, including kidney beans). Lentils. Also meat replacement - such as Quorn or the Linda McCartney range. I don't know how easy meat replacement proteins will be to get for you, but it's VERY easy to do some vege sausages in a seperate container to the meat ones. Or the same for burgers, fillets, kievs... there's loads out there if you can get it. Plus meat replacement is cheaper than meat: I often make lasagne with vegetarian mince as it tastes really nice, is cheaper and the whole family can eat it. The whole family doesn't have to be vegetarian to enjoy a vegetarian meal. A lentil stew instead of a chicken stew is just as nice. People don't have to know there's no meat! You can have a couple of nights a week where everyone has a vege meal to help you out, and other nights where there are meat alternatives. You shouldn't need to be in a position of cooking two completely different meals every night. Sometimes you may make a potato melt and do it in two pots - a small pot with some extra veggies in, a large pot with some meat layered in. Same meal, one extra pot, little to stress about.

HTH.