Vegetarian Family Meals and Menus

It can be tough coming up with vegetarian menus for young children to eat. Kids are notoriously picky eaters. The following are by no means gourmet, but they work for me. We eat eggs and cheese, so these are ovo-lacto vegetarian meals. There are two (small) kids and two adults in our family, so these meals are sized for that. All of these meals are very humble, but it took me some time to figure them out. I hope this blog will be useful to other parents.

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Pasta

  • Pasta (rotini, farfalle or other fun and easy type - not spaghetti, too messy)
  • Marinara sauce (from a jar) with Morningstar recipes crumbles (fake meat) mixed in
  • California vegetables (frozen) - broccoli, cauliflower, carrots
  • Fresh fruit - grapes, melon, bananas, whatever you have
Boil the pasta 10 minutes - kids don't like al dente. Mix some crumbles in the sauce and heat. Put veggies and a little water in a saucepan and heat. Stacia likes her pasta and sauce separate. Put salt and butter on veggies and toss before serving.

posted by RichardG @ 4:05 PM