Vegetarian Recipes for Kids

Making Sure They Get the Nutrition They Need

Jun 8, 2007 Denise Oliveri

Here are some super easy and yummy tasting recipes for your vegetarian child.

If your child is trying out what it is like to be vegetarian, here is some information that you might be interested in reading about.

If you are a vegetarian family and just want some simple and nutritious recipes to make sure your child is getting all of her nutrients, here are some super easy recipes.

Staples that you should keep in your kitchen include:

• Nuts
• Beans
• Eggs
• Soybeans
• Tofu
• Veggie burgers

Always have a fresh supply of your child's favorite:

• Fruits
• Vegetables
• 100% fruit juices

Apple Sauce

Ingredients:

• 2 small red apples
• 2 tbsp. lemon juice
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 2 pinches of cinnamon

Directions:

1. Peel the apples and cut them into small pieces. Throw out the core.
2. Put the apple pieces and lemon juice into the blender or food processor. Blend until the mixture is very smooth.
3. Pour the mixture into two small bowls and stir in the sugar and cinnamon.

Frozen Yogurt Pops

Ingredients:

Favorite flavor of yogurt

Directions:

1. Spoon yogurt into ice cube trays.
2. Cover the ice cube tray with plastic wrap.
3. Place a toothpick in the center of each cube by piercing a hole in the plastic wrap.
4. Freeze for about 2 hours.

Veggie Pizza

Ingredients:

• Bagel (not frozen), cut in half
• Tomato sauce
• Shredded mozzarella cheese
• Toppings (whatever you like)
• Seasonings like oregano, basil, and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F, or use a toaster oven.
2. Spread tomato sauce on each bagel half.
3. Sprinkle the cheese all over the tomato sauce on each half.
4. Add your favorite toppings.
5. Put a light sprinkling of seasonings on each half.
6. Place the bagel halves into the oven (or toaster oven) and bake for about 6 minutes. They are ready when the cheese is bubbly.

Banana Peanut Butter Sandwich

Ingredients:

• 1 small banana
• Smooth peanut butter
• 2 slices of whole wheat or calcium-enriched bread

Directions:

1. Spread peanut butter on both halves of the bread.
2. Slice the banana and place the slices on one half of the bread right on top of the peanut butter.
3. Place the other slice of bread on top of the bananas, with the peanut butter facing down.

Variation: You can substitute raspberries, strawberries, or blueberries for the bananas.

French Toast

Ingredients:

• 3 cups sliced bananas (about 2 large)
• 3 cups soymilk
• 1-1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 12 slices bread
• Maple syrup

Directions:

1. Mix together the bananas, soymilk, cinnamon and vanilla.
2. Pour into a pie plate.
3. Dip slices of bread into batter.
4. Fry in a skillet until slightly golden. Make sure that there is plenty of oil so the bread will not stick to the pan.
5. Serve with maple syrup.

Legos

Ingredients:

• Graham crackers
• Pretzels
• Icing (different flavors and/or colors)
• Peanut butter
• Dried fruit and nuts

Directions:

1. Break up graham crackers and pretzels in different sizes.
2. Have them use the icing and peanut as "glue" and the graham cracker and pretzel pieces as Legos.
3. Let them decorate with a variety of dried fruits and nuts.

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Fruit salad

Comments

May 7, 2008 6:22 AM

Guest :

Your website has some great ideas! just a comment as an enthusiastic vegan with a pure vegetarian daughter, eggs are not officially vegetarian; even unfertilized eggs as they contain animal parts other than milk, which is designed to be consumed; to an animal that lays eggs, whether fertilized or not, they are no different than babies to them- both before they hatch and after. Yogurt and milk products are vegetarian when produced in compassionate ways that respect the life of the animal- during 'production' and after. (Some times even precious milk cows are killed when their production decreases- milk from those cows could hardly be considered vegetarian; not to mention contain small amounts of blood and pus- two non-vegetarian addtions. With a vegetarian diet being so healthy and good for the planet, articles like yours are very helpful! Thanks, Meghan

Jan 4, 2010 9:42 AM

Guest :

Im a childminder bringing a child into my setting that is a vegitarian and need some ideas thank you helped me lots

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