I do find this a challenge too. My children aren't vegan, mostly because my husband isn't, but I do mostly cook vegan at home. My kids love taco's & nacho's with tinned lentils instead of minced meat, they will eat enchilada's with black beans or four beans instead of meat. I make shepherd's pie with lentils instead of mince. We make pizza with mushrooms as the protein instead of ham or other meats. We have a vegan ham that we've found that my children like on their sandwiches. In stir-fry's I will use mushrooms or a marinated tofu instead of meat. I replace all dairy milk with So Good soy milk, so that's an easy swap. There's a few different ways to make bolognese: lentils, minced mushrooms, baked tofu (to give it a firmer texture). There are nice frozen sausage rolls that everyone will eat (Fry's brand if you are in Australia) It's a bit of trial and error, and falling back on some old faithful's a lot, and every now and then making something for them that's different to me. You've probably tried this already, but googling "vegan" in front of whichever recipe you are trying to recreate is usually helpful. I hope that helps!
I would also recommend Plant-Based Juniors (https://plantbasedjuniors.com/), they have an eBook with child-friendly batch-cooking recipes I'd be lost without too! Another book I've used to death is Little Veggie Eats
I've found Michael Greger's 'How not to Die' cookbook really helped me. I don't really do recipes- i eat my seasonal veg baked or steamed with some kind of legumes (of which their are many) with some carbs wholewheat pasta, potatoes, rice or quinoa, with some lemon juice and soy sauce pretty much everyday-it's delicious. But if i need to cook for other people Dr G's book is great- mac n 'cheese', jackfruit with smoked paprika, lentil lasagne, mushroom burgers etc. Deliciously Ella's first book is also great for really easy puddings.
Would love to know how you cook for your family? My main struggle with vegan/vegetarian is finding recipes that everyone loves & are easy to make.
I do find this a challenge too. My children aren't vegan, mostly because my husband isn't, but I do mostly cook vegan at home. My kids love taco's & nacho's with tinned lentils instead of minced meat, they will eat enchilada's with black beans or four beans instead of meat. I make shepherd's pie with lentils instead of mince. We make pizza with mushrooms as the protein instead of ham or other meats. We have a vegan ham that we've found that my children like on their sandwiches. In stir-fry's I will use mushrooms or a marinated tofu instead of meat. I replace all dairy milk with So Good soy milk, so that's an easy swap. There's a few different ways to make bolognese: lentils, minced mushrooms, baked tofu (to give it a firmer texture). There are nice frozen sausage rolls that everyone will eat (Fry's brand if you are in Australia) It's a bit of trial and error, and falling back on some old faithful's a lot, and every now and then making something for them that's different to me. You've probably tried this already, but googling "vegan" in front of whichever recipe you are trying to recreate is usually helpful. I hope that helps!
I would also recommend Plant-Based Juniors (https://plantbasedjuniors.com/), they have an eBook with child-friendly batch-cooking recipes I'd be lost without too! Another book I've used to death is Little Veggie Eats
Hiya,
I've found Michael Greger's 'How not to Die' cookbook really helped me. I don't really do recipes- i eat my seasonal veg baked or steamed with some kind of legumes (of which their are many) with some carbs wholewheat pasta, potatoes, rice or quinoa, with some lemon juice and soy sauce pretty much everyday-it's delicious. But if i need to cook for other people Dr G's book is great- mac n 'cheese', jackfruit with smoked paprika, lentil lasagne, mushroom burgers etc. Deliciously Ella's first book is also great for really easy puddings.
Love it, thank you so much xxx