You are here: Home / Archives for Recipes For Kids / Vegetarian Recipes For Kids

Vegetarian Recipes For Kids

Who said all veggie meals had to be boring for kids? Get your little ones excited about cooking healthy with no meat using these delicious vegetarian recipes for kids!

Baseball Week – Cracker Jack Popcorn Balls

April 13, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 9 Comments

Cracker Jacks…

Get your Cracker Jacks…

Here’s a quick, easy and fun way to get your team to eat their favorite snack on the run!

kid favorite recipes Baseball Week Cracker Jack Popcorn Balls

WHAT YOU NEED:

3/4 c light corn syrup

1/4 c butter

2 t cold water

2 1/2 c confectioners’ sugar

1 c marshmallows

5 quarts plain popped popcorn

1 cup shelled peanuts

WHAT TO DO:

Heat a large saucepan over medium heat.

Add in the corn syrup, butter, cold water, sugar and marshmallows.

Heat and stir until the mixture comes to a boil.

Meanwhile in a large bowl, combine your popcorn and peanuts.

Carefully combine the hot mixture with the popcorn, get each and every kernal and peanut.

To make this easier you can rub some vegetable oil on your hands.

Shape the coated popcorn into balls before it cools.

Wrap with cellophane or plastic wrap and store at room temperature.

What’s your favorite snack at the ball park?

For the record, this is not my picture.  It’s is courtesy of Amazon.  My camera decided to lose the pictures I took of our popcorn balls, so sadly this will have to do.  Maybe you can make some and send them to me?

Filed Under: Kid Favorite Recipes, Kids Desserts, Recipes For Kids, Snacks, Vegetarian Recipes For Kids Tagged With: , , ,

Get your carrot on!

March 30, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 27 Comments

You know what one of our favorite go to veggies of all time is around here?

Yup, it’s the carrot.

Who doesn’t love a carrot?

They’re perfect!

Perfect for snackin’

Perfect for dunkin’

Perfect for roastin’

Perfect for grabbing a big bag and eating on the go!

To show our appreciate for everything carrot I’m going to feature some of our favorite carrot recipes over the next few week.

Let’s give it up for our favorite orange fella!

featured Get your carrot on!

Asian Glazed Roasted Carrots

What you need:

1 T extra virgin olive oilfeatured Get your carrot on!

1/2 t sesame oil

1/2 t minced ginger

1/2 t minced garlic

1 T soy sauce

1 T mirin

5 dashes chili oil

1 T honey

S&P

1 pound baby carrots

1 t toasted sesame seeds

cilantro for garnish

What to do:

featured Get your carrot on!Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.  Place the first 10 ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.  Place the carrots in a 13×9 baking dish.  Pour your mixture over the carrots.  Mix well to coat.  Sprinkle with sesame seeds.  Roast at 425 for 3o minutes.  Remove from oven and place on serving dish.  Sprinkle with chopped cilantro for garnish.  Enjoy!

Stay tuned for more exciting carrot recipes….

What’s your favorite way to eat carrots?

Filed Under: Featured, Healthy Side Dish Recipes For Kids, Recipes For Kids, Vegan Recipes For Kids, Vegetable Recipes For Kids, Vegetarian Recipes For Kids Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

St. Pattys Day – Irish Soda Bread

March 15, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 11 Comments

Irish Soda Bread

Did you know that Irish Soda Bread is apparently not even Irish?

It’s true…

But soda bread is historic!

Historic in the fact that you didn’t need yeast or an oven to make it.

That meant that everyone could now have this delicious delight and bake it right over their own fire!

Try it!

It’s simple and comes together fast and great for the kids to get involved with.

baking with kids St. Pattys Day Irish Soda Bread

WHAT YOU NEED:

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/3 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 egg, lightly beaten

2 cups buttermilk

1/4 cup butter, melted

WHAT TO DO:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.

Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and baking soda. Blend egg and buttermilk together, and add all at once to the flour mixture. Mix just until moistened. Stir in butter. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake for 65 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Filed Under: Baking Recipes For Kids, Featured, Holidays, Kid Favorite Recipes, Recipes For Kids, Vegetarian Recipes For Kids Tagged With: , , , , ,

Tasty Tidbit – Salsa

March 5, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 11 Comments

Did you add a bit too much jalapeno to that salsa?

Did you add 4 Tablespoons of tobasco instead of 4 teaspoons?

Did your 4-year-old’s eyes just pop out of his head?

Want to tame it down?

cooking tips Tasty Tidbit Salsa

Try adding a couple drops of vanilla extract and a teaspoon of salt.

Should bring it down a few notches and make it good for everyone to enjoy.

Filed Under: Cooking Tips, Healthy Recipes For Kids, Healthy Side Dish Recipes For Kids, Snacks, Vegan Recipes For Kids, Vegetable Recipes For Kids, Vegetarian Recipes For Kids Tagged With: , ,

Baked Eggs

February 29, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 6 Comments

Sometimes you just have to throw logic out the window.

Today is one of those days.

It’s a breakfast for dinner kind of day.

This is a great and delicious recipe for breakfast or dinner.

The kids like to crack the eggs into little ramekins to make their own.

And they love to dip the bread!
breakfasts Baked Eggs

Serves 4  Prep Time: 5 minutes  Cook Time: 10 minutes

WHAT YOU NEED:

½ t minced fresh garlic

½ t minced fresh thyme leaves

½ t minced fresh rosemary leaves

½ t minced fresh oregano leaves

2 T minced fresh parsley

2 T freshly grated Parmesan

8 extra-large eggs

4 T heavy cream

2 T unsalted butter

S&P

Whole Wheat Toast for dipping

WHAT TO DO:

Preheat the broiler for 5 minutes and place the oven rack 6 inches below the heat.

Combine the garlic, thyme, rosemary, oregano, parsley and Parmesan and set aside. Carefully crack 2 eggs into each of 4 small bowls or teacups without breaking the yolks.  You aren’t going to bake them in these, you just want to have them ready to go.

Place 4 individual gratin dishes on a baking sheet. Place 1 tablespoon of cream and 1/2 tablespoon of butter in each dish and place under the broiler for about 3 minutes, until hot and bubbly. Quickly, but carefully, pour 2 eggs into each gratin dish and sprinkle evenly with the herb mixture, breakfasts Baked Eggsthen sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper. Place back under the broiler for 5 to 6 minutes, until the whites of the eggs are almost cooked. (Rotate the baking sheet once if they aren’t cooking evenly.) The eggs will continue to cook after you take them out of the oven. Allow to cool a bit and serve hot with toasted bread.

Noteworthy Nugget:  I leave off the herbs for my pickiest eater.  I give him extra cheese.  You could make this with cheddar cheese too or any other kind of cheese your kids really like!

These are an ode to a recipe I made with my mom when I was a kid out of my favorite kids cookbook.  Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Cookbook.  These were sort of like Smee’s Baked Eggs.  I think I made everything in that book when I was a kid.  Wish I could find it!

It’s been a rough week around here for us.  I promise to be back on schedule next week.  Be sure to enter our Disney Princess – Ariel contest by midnight tonight.  Winners of this and the Cinderella contest announced next week!

Filed Under: Breakfast Recipes For Kids, Kid Favorite Recipes, Recipes For Kids, Vegetarian Recipes For Kids Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

French Onion Soup – Soup Week

February 16, 2012 By Alex aka Ma, What's For Dinner 12 Comments

Back by popular demand…

It’s SOUP WEEK.

For a couple of weeks…

Soup is a fantastic way to get kids to try new foods!

It’s like magic in a bowl.

This one is a family fave…

appetizers French Onion Soup Soup Week

WHAT YOU NEED:

2 lbs sweet yellow onions, sliced

1 T extra virgin olive oil

3 T butter

S&P

1 sprigs fresh thyme

1 bay leaf

1/2 cup cognac

1/2 dry sherry

1 cup white wine

4 cups veal stock

2 cups beef stock

sliced baguette

shredded gruyere or swiss cheese

WHAT TO DO:

Heat a large pot with olive oil and butter over medium heat.

Toss in the onions thyme and sprinkle with plenty of salt.

Stir the onions to coat.

Cover and let onions sweat for 15 to 20 minutes.

Once the onions are soft, remove pot and let the onions cook very slowly for about 45 minutes or so.  Until they are nice and brown.  This takes a bit but it’s sooooo worth the wait.

appetizers French Onion Soup Soup Week

When the onions are brown deglaze the pan with cognac and sherry.  Toss in your bay leaf and season with S&P.  Now add in your wine and stir well.  Turn up the heat and let your broth reduce by half.

Add in your veal and beef stock.  Bring to a boil.

Taste and adjust seasoning.  Add more salt if necessary.

Reduce heat and let simmer for 1 hour.

Ladle soup into individual dishes.  Preheat your broiler.  Top each bowl with baguette slices, then top bread with cheese.

appetizers French Onion Soup Soup Week

Broil individual bowls on a baking sheet until cheese is melty and delicious!

Serve with a big salad.

Filed Under: Appetizer Recipes For Kids, Dinner Recipes For Kids, Featured, Kid Favorite Recipes, Lunch Ideas For Kids, Recipes For Kids, Soups, Vegetarian Recipes For Kids Tagged With: , , , ,
« Older Posts
Improve Your Life, Go The myEASY Way™