Laura Arteaga: Raising Plant-Based Kids, Cross-Cultural Parenting, and Switching Careers

Laura Arteaga is the creator behind Six Hungry Feet, a blog she started during COVID to document and share her family’s vegetarian and vegan recipes. Hailing from the island of Mallorca, Laura grew up in a traditional Spanish family and switched to vegetarianism after meeting her Irish husband, who grew up in a vegetarian family. In this episode, Laura talks about feeling aligned in her career and lifestyle after leaving her job as a financial controller to be a full-time blogger and vegan nutritionist. We also dive into the challenges of making sure her family gets enough protein and how to navigate gestational diabetes. She also tells us about their family’s time living abroad in Malaysia. This one is for the veggies out there!We cover:Plant-based eating with kidsGestational diabetes and how a vegetarian diet can helpHow to choose tofu at the store, and go-to methods for cooking tofu that tastes goodDebunking the myth around estrogen and soyHow the COVID shutdown allowed Laura to step into an aligned career and lifestyleWhat the Spanish culture and daily schedule actually looks like (hint: there’s no siesta, really)Balancing life in a Spanish-Irish familyMoving and living abroad with kidsSend us a message!Support the showSubscribeNever miss an episode: Follow Dinner Last Night and subscribe to our newsletter. If you loved this episode, please leave us a review, tap “like”, and share it with a friend! It helps more people discover the show. 💛GiveawaysCLICK HERE to enter the giveaway for any episode!Follow UsSubstack: subscribe to our newsletterYouTube: @DinnerLastNightPodInstagram: @dinnerlastnightpodWebsite: dinnerlastnightpod.comCreditsProduced: Wombmate Productions, Inc., REP Studio, and Stuart HetzlerEditing: REP Studio and Stuart HetzlerMusic by: ⁣Emerson ‘Longstory’ Bartlett (feat. Drew Martin on Saxophone)