Recipes for Vegetarian kids

Published: 08/25/2008 - Updated: 05/25/2016

Being vegetarian means not only stopping eating animal flesh, but living a routine and habits that promote health as well as body , mental harmony , emotional beauty and creativity. A vegetarian child is not a skinny and lifeless child as some might think , a child truly vegetarian is one who enjoys food education , emotional and mental that leads him to be a child full of life, strength and creativity, in addition to full physical development and very healthy.

If you have a vegetarian child or you intend to encourage him to eat this food, it is necessary that you try to combine many different foods, walnuts , almonds, prunes, soy milk , amaranth and the bread should not miss in the diet. Here we give you some fun and tasty recipes that certainly your kid will love.

Hawaiian Ham

Ingredients

  • For 4 people
  • 4 thick slices of vegetarian ham
  • 1 tablespoon of flour
  • Two orange juice
  • 40 g of butter
  • White rice to accompany

Preparation

  1. Put in a bowl and wipe vegetarian ham in wholemeal flour . Toss slices nicely .
  2. In a pan, put 3 tablespoons of melted butter and orange .
  3. Boil until butter is melted.
  4. Insert a slice of ham and fry in orange juice .
  5. Repeat this with the following slices .
  6. Once they are sautéed, remove them .
  7. Serve with white rice and orange sauce accordingly.

Sausages in pineapple sauce

Ingredients

  1. 2-3 packs of 400 grams of vegetarian sausages.
  2. 1 tablespoon of mustard
  3. 1/2 cup of pineapple juice
  4. 2 tablespoons of tomato sauce ( ketchup )
  5. 2 tablespoons of olive oil

Preparation

  1. Slice the sausage lengthwise.
  2. Mix pineapple juice , mustard, ketchup and oil in a bowl.
  3. Stir in sausage and let the sauce soak 5 minutes.
  4. Add the sausages in a pan and cook over medium heat about 15 minutes.
  5. Once ready, serve them accompanied by a salad of cabbage or mashed potatoes .

Spinach cannelloni

Serves : 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kilo of spinach
  • 5 slices of vegetarian ham
  • 2 tablespoons of oil
  • 1 tablespoon of flour
  • 1 cup of soy milk
  • 2 tablespoons of grated cheese
  • Salt to taste

Preparation

  1. Heat oil in a saucepan and sauté the flour without allowing it to color .
  2. Drizzle with hot milk and cook stirring continuously over the fire until a white sauce, season with some salt .
  3. Clean the spinach, wash and cook steamed .
  4. When ready, drain them so that there is not a drop of water, chop and mix with 2-3 tablespoons of the bechamel.
  5. Spread the slices of ham on a table, spread the creamed spinach on the slices and then fold the ham so that the remaining spinach is inside.
  6. Place them on plates with the rest of the bechamel .
  7. Sprinkle with grated cheese and grill.
  8. Serve immediately .

Cauliflower and sausage salad

Ingredients

  • 6 vegetarian sausages .
  • 1 small cauliflower
  • Half a cup of olive oil
  • Juice of two lemons
  • Half onion
  • Salt to taste
  • Peppermint

Preparation

  1. Clean cauliflower, wash, cut into florets and remove tough stems .
  2. Place in a bowl and cook it steamed with a little olive oil and salt.
  3. Cut the sausage into slices
  4. Wash the mint and chop very finely with the onion
  5. Place the cauliflower and sausage on a plate, add the mint , onion , olive oil , lemons and salt to taste.
  6. Stir well.
  7. Serve cold.

Vegetarian ham sushi

Serves : 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1 package of vegetarian ham
  • 1 cup of Rice for Sushi ( 150 gr )
  • 1 glass of wine vinegar
  • Chives
  • 1 tablespoon of salt
  • 6 leaves of nori seaweed ( yaki sushi nori)
  • Avocado
  • Red pepper
  • A teaspoon of brown sugar
  • trout or salmon roe
  • Wasabi
  • Ginger ( optional)

Procedure

  1. Dissolve the sugar and salt in the vinegar.
  2. Wash the rice several times, cook according to manufacturer's instructions, pour it into a bowl and pour on the vinegar and mix with hot spatula being careful not to break the grains.
  3. Moisten with hand 1 nori leaf, place it on the mat to make sushi and half cover with a tight layer of rice , seaweed , leaving the rest free .
  4. Put in the center a bit of vegetarian ham and wrap like a cigarette.
  5. Paste the edge of seaweed with a pinch of crushed rice , is tight
  6. Cut into pieces of 3-4 cm . with wet knife .
  7. Garnish with avocado pieces .
  8. Put a little soy sauce above or serve on plate.

About the author
  • Nayeli Reyes

    Nayeli is an expert cook, with the title of Chef by the International Culinary School of Guadalajara (Mexico), where she obtained the honorable mention for her great talent and dedication. In Biomanantial.com she presents her best recipes so that we can prepare them easily.