What veggie food does your child like? (That isn’t pizza or pasta?)

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It doesn’t have to be complicated. But what vegetarian food will your child eat happily that isn’t pizza or pasta?

DS (12) wants to go veggie. Easy in a way as I am already veggie. But tricky also as he doesn’t like tofu, dhal etc.

So I’d love some tips!

Even if it’s something incredibly simple!

Root veg curry with rice, cumin roasted cauliflower and coriander yoghurt on the side

Cauliflower cheese

Butternut squash risotto

Veggie lasagne (nice recipe on BBC good food)

A big salad with avocado and hard boiled egg in it, served with crusty rolls

Butternut squash soup with foccaccia

Spanish omelette or any filled omelette.

Mushroom stroganoff.

Mixed bean and root veg casserole with vegetarian sausages.

Ratatouille topped with cheese, or served with rice, or served with sausages.

Toad in the hole with onion gravy.

Risotto .

Vegetarian moussaka made with lentils, in fact anything with aubergines eg Pasta Norma.

Noodles or egg fried rice with stir fried veg then either peanuts or cashews.
Carrot and kidney bean burgers
Sweetcorn fritters
Field mushrooms topped with Stilton and baked (can be used like a burger)
Falafel in pita
Haloumi fajitas

Mine does really love tofu! But aside from that:

Paneer biryani
Broccoli and blue cheese baked gnocchi
Vegetable and egg fried rice (we put tofu in it, you wouldn’t need to)
Sesame noodles with chargrilled vegetables (and grilled sesame tofu, but again you could leave out)
Vegetable curries (korma, Thai curry)
Pad thai
Soy chilli con carne
Bean and cheese burritos/quesadillas
Nachos
Veggie sausages with mash and vegetables
Risotto (he’s not a big mushroom fan, so we tend to do a primavera risotto with asparagus, peas etc).
Mezze - grilled halloumi, hummus, spanakopita, pitta, tabouleh, baba ghanoush
Anything with baked beans and cheese - baked potatoes, toasties, or just on toast.

We also eat lots of different types of pasta! Stuffed pasta, spinach and ricotta cannelloni, pasta with pesto and peas. Not just tomato pasta.

Curry, chilli, fajitas, leek and butterbean bake, sausage casserole, fondue, raclette... bosh do an amazing vegan carbonara, but mine also like veggie bacon, sausages etc.

I am veggie. Kids are not. Not sure why veggie substitutes are so attractive. They regularly request a big chunk of my dinner!

Pasta / pesto
Veggie lasagne w lentils
Felafel
Humous with crudités/ pitta
Scrambled eggs
Cheesy pancakes/crepes
Homemade roasted tomato/red pepper soup with garlic croutons
Roasted potatoes & veggie sausages
Macaroni cheese
Corn on the cob
Jacket potatoes w cheese & beans

Queso dias
Home made chips
Tacos w veggie chilli/guacamole etc
Dahl & naan bread

Stir fry

Oh halloumi he LOVES that! Make it like a burger with cucumber & humous in a seedy bap

Saag paneer goes down well here! X

Veggie chilli with rice
Spicy peppers and sweetcorn with guac, sour cream and grated cheese in wraps with salad
Mild veggie curry with naan or rice
Thai green veggie curry with sticky rice
Cheese and onion quiche or puff pastries with salad or veg
Cheese, onion and tomato toasties with salad
Spanakopita (Feta and spinach pie in filo pastry)
Baked potato with beans, cheese, coleslaw or veggie chilli
Stuffed peppers with mushrooms, chopped nuts, brown rice, lentils etc
Gnocchi mozzarella and basil bake
Frittata
Egg, chips, peas, carrots
Roast mediterranean veg with couscous mixed with peas and spices

How about smoked tofu fajitas? With all the toppings?? That's the only veggie thing I can get away with in our carnivorous household!

Some things I loved as a Veggie child (and still love as a non Veggie adult)

vegetable cobbler - mixed veggies of choice in a tomato sauce topped with cheese scones

black eyed bean and leek hash - a tin of black eyed beans, sliced leeks and cubed par boiled potatoes fried in a frying pan til crispy then with grated cheese melted over it to hold it together.

homity pie

stuffed peppers stuffed with a veggie rice including mushrooms and toasted almonds

rose Elliott Classic vegetarian cookbook has some lovely meals

Cheese and tomato bread pudding www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/recipes/cheese-and-tomato-bread-and-butter-pudding

Paneer tikka www.tamingtwins.com/paneer-tikka-recipe/

Satay noodles https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/mains/veggie-satay-noodles

Bean chilli and we often make this creamy lentil soup, which is my 11 year old's favourite meal (not a vegetarian).

https://thefirstmess.com/2016/01/13/creamy-french-lentils-with-mushrooms-and-kale-recipe/

I was a vegetarian at that age and I made a lot of bean and veg fajitas. As well as cheese or cheese/bean or cheese/veg quesadillas.

Black beans and quesadillas, falafel, crispy chickpeas, tempura. I hate fake meats but find the fake chicken (this isn’t chicken), home made bean burgers, risotto and Aranchini, stuffed peppers, fake sausages.
we used to pick up recipe magazines in the supermarkets and flick through and buy one if my DD liked a few receipes. Meant she had buy in.

I have a veggie DD who loves pizza and pasta - other things she will eat are jacket potatoes with beans and cheese, veggie fajitas, Vegetable korma, roast dinner, ratatouille, potato and brocolli bake, veg chow mein and veg spring rolls. She also does a lot of her own cooking though older at 18.