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Vegetarian Recipes for Kids

If you've got a vegetarian or vegan family to feed, check out my recipes for vegetarian kids! Here you'll find healthy vegetarian and vegan breakfast, lunch, dinner and after-school snack recipes for your children and entire family, including popular dishes such as pizza, sandwichess and more.
Tempeh Vegetarian Sloppy Joes for Kids
If your kids love sloppy joes, try this vegetarian sloppy joe recipe which is made from soy tempeh instead of meat, making it much healthier and lower in fat than regular sloppy joes.
Vegetarian Pizza Sandwich for Kids
This vegetarian pizza sandwich is a toasted sandwich that tastes just like pizza, so kids will love it! You can sneak some diced vegetables into the sandwich if you want to add some extra nutrition. For a vegan version, use a vegan mock pepperoni brand, and use a vegan and casein-free soy cheese.
Peanut Butter Granola Breakfast Wrap for Kids
An easy vegetarian and vegan breakfast wrap idea for kids. Although this wrap recipe calls for bananas, you could also use apple slices or another fruit instead. A quick and easy breakfast or after-school snack for kids.
Vegetarian Barbecue Beans and Pineapple Pizza
Get creative with this vegetarian pizza recipe using vegetarian baked beans instead of tomato sauce. This is a great vegetarian pizza for kids.
French Bread Goat Cheese Pizza
Sneak a bit of protein and fiber into a kid-sized pizza by adding mashed beans into the cheese. Perfect for the whole family. This is a great recipe for vegetarian children.
Southern Fried Vegetarian "Chicken"
This recipe isn't healthy by any means, but it sure is good! Deep fried seitan and a blend of spices create a dish that's really quite similar in appearance and taste to chicken!
Cheesey Vegetarian Risotto
This vegetarian risotto recipe is creamy and cheesy and will be a hit with the kids as well. Vegetarian risotto with plenty of cheese is a perfect entree for vegetarian kids, and you can even sneak in some diced vegetables as well.
Low- fat Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Try this recipe for healthier baked sweet potato fries. Baked sweet potato fries are much lower in fat than a deep-fried version and are very quick to prepare. Your vegetarian kids will love these baked fries as well.
Vegetarian TVP Sloppy Joes
Vegetarian sloppy joes are perfect for vegetarian or vegan kids! Sloppy joes are fun (and messy!) to eat, and kids love them for lunch, picnics or dinner. This vegetarian sloppy joes recipe is made from TVP (textured vegetable protein) instead of meat and is both vegetarian and vegan.
Vegan Strawberry Pancakes
Sweetened strawberry pancakes would make a nice breakfast treat for your vegetarian or vegan children.
Basic BBQ Seitan
Easy barbeque seitan saute to use in lunch sandwiches or alone.
Vegetarian Pesto Pizza Recipe
This vegetarian pesto pizza recipe uses pesto instead of tomato sauce, and is topped with feta, artichokes and kalamata olives for a Meditteranean and Greek inspired fusion vegetarian pizza!
Vegan Fettucine Alfredo
Vegan fettucine alfredo sauce with Tofutti non-dairy cream cheese for a rich and creamy vegan pasta sauce suitable for vegetarian and vegan kids.
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Chocolate Covered Granola Candies

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