Does anyone know of simple for vegetarians recipes for children? my child is 3.?

Answer 1

Sweetcorn Fritters with Cucumber and Mango Salsa

Makes 12 fritters (Serves 3-4)

You can make these with a mixture of sweetcorn and petit pois or even broccoli broken into tiny florets. You can also replace 1 tbsp of the flour with 1 tbsp dessiccated coconut. If you use frozen corn, you may require a little less liquid. However, if the mixture is dry, add a splash of water till it holds its shape.

kernels from 3 corn-on-the-cobs, each yielding about 225g, or equivalent weight of frozen kernels
3-5 tbsp flour, depending on wetness of corn (or replace 2 tbsp with rice flour)
½ tsp baking powder
5 tbsp double cream
splash soya sauce
1 tbsp finely chopped coriander, optional
salt and pepper
sunflower oil, for frying
lime juice, to serve (optional)

For the salsa
½ mango, peeled
¼-½ cucumber, peeled
dash of orange juice
dash of soya sauce

Mix the corn, flour, baking powder, cream, soya sauce and coriander together in a bowl, add seasoning, and allow to settle for a few minutes before forming into small patties in the palms of your moistened hands (or simply form into quenelles with 2 dessertspoons).
Heat a few spoonfuls of sunflower oil in a frying pan and lower the fritters carefully into the hot oil. Allow the fritters to cook well on one side before turning over carefully onto the other. A fish slice makes the job easier.
Transfer to a plate lined with kitchen paper and sprinkle with a little salt, or lime juice if your children are up to this.
For the mango and cucumber salsa, simply dice the flesh of the mango and cucumber and mix well. Add the orange juice and soya sauce and serve with the fritters.


Chickpea Casserole with Spinach
Serves 2
2-3 tbsp olive oil
1 small red onion, roughly chopped
1 clove garlic, finely sliced
½ tsp ground coriander
½ tsp black mustard seeds
1 tin (400g) chickpeas, liquid included
1 small potato, cut into small chunks
1 red pepper, deseeded, cut into 8 strips
125g (half a bag) washed baby spinach
1 tomato, quartered
2 tsp tamari or soy sauce
1 small red chilli, finely chopped (optional)
salt and pepper

To serve
Greek yoghurt
lemon wedges (optional)
tortillas or chapattis

Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat, throw in the red onion, garlic and chilli and sweat until transparent. Add the ground coriander and the mustard seeds and fry for a minute or so, adding 1 or 2 tbsp liquid from the tin of chickpeas.
Add the chopped potato and stir in until well coated with the spices. Allow to cook for 5 or 6 minutes until the potatoes are almost soft. Then add the chickpeas and the rest of the liquid and simmer gently for 5-7 minutes till the sauce is thick and rich.
Meanwhile heat your griddle pan and sauté the red pepper strips in the remaining oil until charred in places. Add to the chickpeas then gently add in the baby spinach and stir until wilted.
Add the tomato quarters and cook until just soft. Finish with the tamari or soy sauce and extra olive oil if you like.
Serve with a bowl of Greek yoghurt and if adults are eating, some lemon wedges too, as well as some fried or plain tortillas or warmed chapattis



Potato Gnocchi with Broccoli, Parmesan and Butter
This uses bought, loosely packed gnocchi which take only 2-3 minutes to cook. A 500g bag will give at least 4, and probably 6, 4-year-old portions.
Serves 4

500g potato gnocchi
200g broccoli, cut into small florets
30g butter
30g parmesan, or more, according to taste

Simply plunge the gnocchi into properly boiling lightly salted water at the same time as the broccoli florets.
Have the butter and grated parmesan ready in a bowl and add the drained gnocchi and broccoli. Stir gently till the butter and cheese melt and serve at once.


Pizza
A favourite supper – this puff pastry ‘pizza’ could not be easier.
300g puff pastry
1 ½ tbsp sundried tomato purée
1 punnet cherry tomatoes
2 handfuls fresh spinach
4-5 slices mozzarella
1 free-range egg, plus a little beaten egg
nutmeg
salt and pepper

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6.
Roll the pastry out less than 0.5cm thick and cut into a 23cm circle. Prick all but a 2cm outside rim with a fork.
Spread the purée within the inner circle and fit the cherry tomatoes all over, leaving a circle in the centre for the egg. Crack the egg into the circle.
Wilt the spinach, season lightly with a little salt, pepper and nutmeg and scatter over the pizza.
Cover with the mozzarella slices and glaze the outer rim with the beaten egg.
Place in a preheated oven and bake for about 20-25 minutes till the outside rim is risen and golden.

Answer 2

Well Done You - I was brought up vegetarian and had a much better more balanced diet than most of my peers.

I used to love cauliflower cheese, just make the cheese sauce steam the cauliflower and pour the sauce over. Serve with carrots and potato - one of my favourite meals as a kid.

Macaroni Cheese works too

Try SosMix - turn into burgers or sausages

Stew with loads of root veg, lentils and beans - if you get the ones in the cans there's no soaking involved and it all just needs boiling up. Can serve with dumplings made with veg suet or bread

May have been an odd child but these are some of my childhood favourites.

If you do ever use soya mince fry it off with a little nutmeg it makes all the difference - you can then add it to anything, cottage pie, stew, pasta etc

Try www.veganvillage.co.uk/recipes

Just ignore the meat and two veg food Fascist's

Answer 3

Make Over 200 Juicy, Mouth-Watering Paleo Recipes You've NEVER Seen or Tasted Before?

Answer 4

Does your child want to be a vegetarian, one of my friends neighbours is a vegetarian and when her daughter was younger, the daughter used to go around my friends house and raid her fridge, she would eat anything that was meat, said she hated her mother for not letting her eat what she wanted to eat, she also used to ask my friend not to mention to her mother that she ate meat around my friends house

Answer 5

Hey, janine s, I don't think you noticed that the asker wanted vegetarian recipes.

Answer 6

boil up some pasta shells..drain water and add a tin of tomato soup. Children love this.

Answer 7

Baked potatoes with Marmite, YUMMY.

Answer 8

hello..i am a mother of two,i shall tell you a fad they have hich is very healthy:

Salmon fishckes:

1lb of mashed pots
1 tin of salmon(pick out bones)

mash it all together and put this in the fridge for tea time.

when it comes to cooking...pat the cakes into shape ith a little flour..get the fying pan ready ith a little oil and fry them and trun them over till brown ..serve with hienz tines spagetti..spinich..anything you fancy!!


i hope this has helped you a little bit,i myself am not a great meat fan.

ta-ta!

Answer 9

cheese quesadilla (whole wheat tortilla) with mild salsa
baken potato with veggies
peanut butter and jelly sandwhich (on whole wheat or multi grain bread)

Answer 10

You are a cruel parent imposing this trash diet on your offspring. Let the child enjoy all the goodness of nature like god intended until they are old enough to make their own decision.