Vegan Cooking For Kids
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Many parents think long and hard about feeding their children. But the parents of veg kids have special concerns.
A carnivorous dad whose young son announces he’s going vegetarian might be more worried about feeding his child than an experienced vegan couple, but both sets of parents have their fears and worries. The carnivorous dad might worry about nutrition and cooking without meat. The vegan couple might worry about their child’s social status.
Luckily for the parents with cooking and nutrition worries, there are a number of cookbooks to help. There are cookbooks aimed for the parents of vegetarian/vegan kids and even cookbooks to help veg kids cook themselves. Here are a few of those cookbooks:
- Kids Can Cook: Vegetarian Recipes by Dorothy R. Bates
- Better Than Peanut Butter & Jelly: Quick Vegetarian Meals Your Kids Will Love! by Marty Mattare
- Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up by Mollie Katzen
- Salad People and More Real Recipes: A New Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up by Mollie Katzen
- Vegan Lunch Box by Jennifer McCann
Moreover, cookbooks designed for college students or busy adults are often appropriate for veg teens because they require few ingredients and little cookware. Here are some of those:
- PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook: 275 Easy, Cheap, and Delicious Recipes to Keep You Vegan at School
- Student’s Go Vegan Cookbook: Over 135 Quick, Easy, Cheap, and Tasty Vegan Recipes
By Carole Raymond - The Simple Little Vegan Slow Cooker by Michelle A. Rivera
- Vegan Expressby Nava Atlas
- Vegan Microwave Cookbook by Nancy Berkoff
- Conveniently Vegan: Turn Packaged Foods into Delicious Vegetarian Dishes By Debra Wasserman
(You might want to print out this list and bring it to the bookstore or library with you.)
List has been printed and offer to check out these books thank you very much for a great info packed article.
Salad People and More Real Recipes: A New Cookbook for Preschoolers and Up
IS NOT VEGAN. I found this out by simply doing a web-search.
Jessica,
The post above is about vegan and vegetarian kids both.
Don’t you think that your kids have to decide themselves what to eat? I you want to be a vegan, ok, but why our kids shoul be?
receptite – Children should be exposed to the truth. They should know that it’s perfectly easy to live healthily and happily on a plant-based diet. They can only learn this by eating vegan food. They don’t have to eat vegan food all the time to learn this, but they need to eat some vegan food.
It’s not as easy for some parents to get their kids to love veggies, especially when they go to schools and other kids wrinkle their noses at broccoli or cauliflower! I stopped eating meat by the age of six, because my mom changed her diet and that of her kids. There are a LOT of health benefits, but new vegans must also teach their kids about social pressures or they will cave in behind their backs!
Great list! Another title for kids ages 9-12 is Make and Eat Vegetarian Food by Susannah Blake. Vegan parents should note, however, that some recipes include dairy and eggs.
This is a good article. More information like this should be disseminated.
Attention vegetarians with kids!!! Check out http://www.gerygirls.com A 12-song children’s cd all about vegetables and the garden. “Rockin’ the garden”. Teach your kids with these upbeat songs sung by two cute vegetarian girls. Oh, this is NOT much like Barney. This ROCKS
Thanks!
Douglas, Lilly n Lyla Gery