| What are some of your go-to vegetarian meals? Preferably ones your kids will eat too or ones you can add meat to easily for the picky eater. |
| Easy, veggie nuggets/meatballs or baked tofu and a veggie/rice. |
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Grilled cheese plus tomato soup from a can
Sheet pan nachos with beans, fajita veggies, cheese, salsa Stir fry veggies with frozen veggie bag over rice or noodles Box Mac and cheese plus boiled edamame Some kind of beans and rice (Indian, Latin American varieties) |
| Beefless beef crumbles from Trader Joe’s are awesome. I make a baked ziti once a week with them and we also use them for tacos once a week. You can mix black beans in there too if you wanted too. Basically anything that would use ground beef you can sub these in. Black bean nachos are also a big hit in our house and they take less than 10 mins under the broiler. My kid eats avacado and tomatoes on the side… doesn’t like guacamole. |
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Dal & rice
Saag/ butter paneer and naan Taco bar Pizza Pasta Sheet pan chow mien |
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Black bean quesadilla
black bean soup minestrone soup Lo mein with tofu Salad bar with protein options (hard boiled egg, beans, cheese) Chili Egg and cheese sandwiches Quiche Falafel Black bean burgers Edamame dumplings |
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Veggie burgers
Falafel Bean, veggie and cheese quesadillas Bean and cheese enchiladas Tortilla soup Lasagna Stuffed shells Pesto pasta Zucchini pasta Daal (lots of different variations can be made) and rice Chickpea curry and rice Pad Thai Hakka noodles Fried rice Stir fry veggies with tofu and rice Hot and sour soup Asparagus soup/ Butternut squash soup with a sandwich Copycat Olive Garden Minestrone soup Veggie Pizza Mexican pizza Loaded nachos with veggies and cheese Eggplant parmigiana Veggie chili |
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Dealing with now as one teen is now vegetarian
Baked potato bar - beans, broccoli, sautéed veg, avocado, cheese, bacon for meat eaters Korean style rice bowl - rice, veg, runny poached egg, sautéed marinated skirt steak for meat eaters Sautéed spinach, onion, pepper, mushrooms over pasta - impossible chicken nuggets for veg kid, regular meatballs for rest |