JadeD
I just decided I wasn't going to eat meat... not a fan; but my mom makes a lot of her recipes with some type of meat... are there any other ideas out there as to what I can eat, possibly a good website with recipes and what not.
Additionally, I'm not the best cook... I can manage though;
I also don't eat eggs, anything with gelatin, fish, pickles, or black olives.
10 points to the yummiest.
Answer
Please visit the Veggie Table website. You will find many recipes for vegetarians and easily adapted recipes for vegans. There is a whole section of "Easy Recipes" and another section of "Kids' Recipes." You will be cooking for your whole family before you know it. Enjoy!
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Barbecued Tofu Sandwich
One of the things I miss most as a veggie is barbecue sauce, since it's typically eaten with steak or ribs. What can a vegetarian eat barbecue sauce with? I've just learned the answer: fried tofu. Give this barbecued tofu sandwich a try - you won't believe your taste buds.
Cashew Chili
Cashew chili is easy, delicious, filling, and vegetarian. What more can you ask for? :-)
Felafel
Felafel are crunchy chick pea nuggets from Lebanon that make a delicious and very healthy sandwich.
Please visit the Veggie Table website. You will find many recipes for vegetarians and easily adapted recipes for vegans. There is a whole section of "Easy Recipes" and another section of "Kids' Recipes." You will be cooking for your whole family before you know it. Enjoy!
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Barbecued Tofu Sandwich
One of the things I miss most as a veggie is barbecue sauce, since it's typically eaten with steak or ribs. What can a vegetarian eat barbecue sauce with? I've just learned the answer: fried tofu. Give this barbecued tofu sandwich a try - you won't believe your taste buds.
Cashew Chili
Cashew chili is easy, delicious, filling, and vegetarian. What more can you ask for? :-)
Felafel
Felafel are crunchy chick pea nuggets from Lebanon that make a delicious and very healthy sandwich.
What are healthy vegetarian lunches to send with a 3rd grader to school that won't need to be heated up?
Q. She is vegetarian because her stomach does not handle meat well.
Also, I want to keep the lunches interesting...I don't want to feed her the same foods every week.
Vegetarianism shouldn't be a punishment for her, so I would like to make it nutritious and tasty!
Also, I want to keep the lunches interesting...I don't want to feed her the same foods every week.
Vegetarianism shouldn't be a punishment for her, so I would like to make it nutritious and tasty!
Answer
I am a former vegetarian and I live with a vegetarian, so I have tons of ideas. There are some recipes that are vegan, lacto or lacto-ovo vegetarian. Most of the lunches can be heated in the morning and served at room temperature--some do not need to be heated at all.
There are many soy based meat alternatives that are somewhat decent. We jokingly refer to them as 'mock meat'. They are high in protein, low in fat and the flavor is pretty good.
Sandwich like foods--serve with dip and veggies, fruit kebabs or oven baked chips
1. 'Tofu pups'--which is like a hotdog
2. Soy based 'chicken nuggets' (without 'real chicken)--with some bbq, honey mustard or sweet and sour sauce it is yummy. Some soy based 'mock chik-en' + veggies and sauce make good wrap sandwiches.
3. 'Tofu crumbles' which my daughter makes 'sloppy joes' or tacos
4. Veggie burgers
5. Cream cheese and roasted veggie paninni/ sandwich
6. Cheese and veggie quesadillas
7. Grilled portabello mushroom with cheese on sourdough bread
8. Nutbutter (penut or almond butters) and low sugar fruit preserve sandwich
9. A burrito with black beans, spanish rice salsa, cheese and veggies
Pizza ideas:
1. We like to purchase a nice gourmet veggie pizza and repackage the slices into individual servings to grab for lunch--this is always a hit!
2. There is soy based mock 'pepperoni'. With a pita bread, tomato sauce, cheese if desired, veggies; your 3rd grader can make their own pizza
3. Pita bread pesto sauce and roasted veggies, with or without cheese make a really yummy 'pizza'
Incidently--there are 'nut based' cheeses and other cheese products that do not use animal products.
What about lunches that you dip--they are fun for kids!
1. Mexican layer dip--which we put beans, salsa, guacamole, cheese in colorful layers and serve with baked tortilla chips--tortilla chips come in many colors and flavors, so the possibilities are endless
2. Veggies, toasted pita bread and greek dips--hummus, babba ganoush (a yummy eggplant dip), tzaki (a yummy yogart dip)
3. Steamed asian veggie dumplings or spring rolls with soy sauce or duck sauce (purchase them at your local chinese restaurant). We like to use leftover brown rice and make fried rice (sesame oil, bok choy, bean sprouts or any veggies you have on hand. Sometimes we add shreaded scrambled egg)
4. Toasted bread slices with a tomato based sauce like marinara or a type a chunky tomato sauce like that which is served with brushetta. Add spinach/artichoke dip (made with low fat cream cheese, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, chopped-drained thawed spinach and chopped artichokes)--the internet has good recipes!
Last but not least
1. Mac and cheese
2. Spanish 'tortilla'--which is an egg and potato dish and often served at room temperature. We like to eat it with salsa--again the internet has recipes
3. If your third grader has access to a refrigerator to freezer, then fruit smoothies are good. We make a 'reese's penut butter smoothie, where we use soy milk, natural penut butter, sweetend protein powder, cocoa powder. Frozen banana and penutbutter with sweetend protein powder is yummy or any type of frozen fruit smoothie. The possiblities are endless.
4. I like to make 'brown rice concoctions', where I take left over brown rice and put in whatever veggies I have on hand--leftover grilled veggies are the best! You can add the soy based vegetarian sausage, soy based bacon bits, tofu crumbles or whatever.
5. Using the same concept, I like making homemade soup concoctions. There are vegetarian soup broths you can purchase on the shelf and adding grilled veggies, beans or 'mock meat' the possibilities are endless. Let your third grader design their own soup! Do not put certain starches in your soup--rice, noodles--they tend to absorb the liquid and swell and turn mushy. Potatoes are okay. You can heat the soup in the morning and transport it in a thermas.
6. If you are lacto vegetarian--try a milk based soup. I like to take sauted onions, baked potatoes, soy based bacon bits, broccoli or califlower and cheddar cheese to make a yummy soup--served in a thermas.
I hope this provides you with ideas and your 3rd grader with lunches he/she will enjoy!
I am a former vegetarian and I live with a vegetarian, so I have tons of ideas. There are some recipes that are vegan, lacto or lacto-ovo vegetarian. Most of the lunches can be heated in the morning and served at room temperature--some do not need to be heated at all.
There are many soy based meat alternatives that are somewhat decent. We jokingly refer to them as 'mock meat'. They are high in protein, low in fat and the flavor is pretty good.
Sandwich like foods--serve with dip and veggies, fruit kebabs or oven baked chips
1. 'Tofu pups'--which is like a hotdog
2. Soy based 'chicken nuggets' (without 'real chicken)--with some bbq, honey mustard or sweet and sour sauce it is yummy. Some soy based 'mock chik-en' + veggies and sauce make good wrap sandwiches.
3. 'Tofu crumbles' which my daughter makes 'sloppy joes' or tacos
4. Veggie burgers
5. Cream cheese and roasted veggie paninni/ sandwich
6. Cheese and veggie quesadillas
7. Grilled portabello mushroom with cheese on sourdough bread
8. Nutbutter (penut or almond butters) and low sugar fruit preserve sandwich
9. A burrito with black beans, spanish rice salsa, cheese and veggies
Pizza ideas:
1. We like to purchase a nice gourmet veggie pizza and repackage the slices into individual servings to grab for lunch--this is always a hit!
2. There is soy based mock 'pepperoni'. With a pita bread, tomato sauce, cheese if desired, veggies; your 3rd grader can make their own pizza
3. Pita bread pesto sauce and roasted veggies, with or without cheese make a really yummy 'pizza'
Incidently--there are 'nut based' cheeses and other cheese products that do not use animal products.
What about lunches that you dip--they are fun for kids!
1. Mexican layer dip--which we put beans, salsa, guacamole, cheese in colorful layers and serve with baked tortilla chips--tortilla chips come in many colors and flavors, so the possibilities are endless
2. Veggies, toasted pita bread and greek dips--hummus, babba ganoush (a yummy eggplant dip), tzaki (a yummy yogart dip)
3. Steamed asian veggie dumplings or spring rolls with soy sauce or duck sauce (purchase them at your local chinese restaurant). We like to use leftover brown rice and make fried rice (sesame oil, bok choy, bean sprouts or any veggies you have on hand. Sometimes we add shreaded scrambled egg)
4. Toasted bread slices with a tomato based sauce like marinara or a type a chunky tomato sauce like that which is served with brushetta. Add spinach/artichoke dip (made with low fat cream cheese, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, chopped-drained thawed spinach and chopped artichokes)--the internet has good recipes!
Last but not least
1. Mac and cheese
2. Spanish 'tortilla'--which is an egg and potato dish and often served at room temperature. We like to eat it with salsa--again the internet has recipes
3. If your third grader has access to a refrigerator to freezer, then fruit smoothies are good. We make a 'reese's penut butter smoothie, where we use soy milk, natural penut butter, sweetend protein powder, cocoa powder. Frozen banana and penutbutter with sweetend protein powder is yummy or any type of frozen fruit smoothie. The possiblities are endless.
4. I like to make 'brown rice concoctions', where I take left over brown rice and put in whatever veggies I have on hand--leftover grilled veggies are the best! You can add the soy based vegetarian sausage, soy based bacon bits, tofu crumbles or whatever.
5. Using the same concept, I like making homemade soup concoctions. There are vegetarian soup broths you can purchase on the shelf and adding grilled veggies, beans or 'mock meat' the possibilities are endless. Let your third grader design their own soup! Do not put certain starches in your soup--rice, noodles--they tend to absorb the liquid and swell and turn mushy. Potatoes are okay. You can heat the soup in the morning and transport it in a thermas.
6. If you are lacto vegetarian--try a milk based soup. I like to take sauted onions, baked potatoes, soy based bacon bits, broccoli or califlower and cheddar cheese to make a yummy soup--served in a thermas.
I hope this provides you with ideas and your 3rd grader with lunches he/she will enjoy!
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