42 Plant-Based Recipes for Kids

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Savory Neatloaf with Lentils, Chickpeas, Mushrooms, and Veggies

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This vegan and vegetarian-friendly plant-based meatless meatloaf (AKA neatloaf) contains lentils, chickpeas, mushrooms and veggies and is as delicious as it is nutritious! This recipe yields a large loaf with plenty of leftovers – if your family doesn’t want to eat it all!

Savory Neatloaf with Lentils, Chickpeas, Mushrooms, and Veggies Recipe

Crispy Thin Chickpea Flour Pizza Crust

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This easy-to-make no rise crispy thin chickpea flour crust is oil-free and high in fiber and plant-based protein. It is excellent for a whole food plant-based diet! And it is fairly light in calories too!

Crispy Thin Chickpea Flour Pizza Crust Recipe

Oil-free Pizza Sauce – 100% Whole Food Plant-based

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This delicious oil-free pizza sauce can go on any kind of pizza or even with breadsticks. It is awesome with my Pineapple Pepper Plant-based Pizza and my Crispy Thin Chickpea Flour Pizza Crust!

Oil-free Pizza Sauce – 100% Whole Food Plant-based Recipe

Vegan Red Potato Broccoli Salad

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This red potato broccoli vegan salad is an easy, tasty, and nutritious alternative than traditional potato salad. It is a great side to bring to a party or to make as a side for a picnic! A vegan red potato broccoli salad like this can be a wholesome, healthy lunch, dinner, or side dish when you need one. The key to a tasty and nourishing vegan recipe is the diversity of nutrients. 

Vegan Red Potato Broccoli Salad Recipe

Thai Tempeh Lettuce Wraps

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These sweet and spicy Thai tempeh lettuce wraps are light and satisfying with an abundance of plant-based protein and all whole food ingredients. Are also very fun as finger foods for parties! Let the children play and add various colorful ingredients to the salad leaf on their own.

Thai Tempeh Lettuce Wraps Recipe

Air Fryer Falafel – WFPB – Oil-free – Gluten-free

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Chickpeas are an amazing food – high in plant protein and fiber as well as numerous other nutrients and benefits. This air fryer falafel is gluten-free, oil-free, delicious, and super healthy! Serve it solo, on a Greek salad, or gyro! Pair with my Red Pepper Coulis for added flavor and enjoy!

Air Fryer Falafel – WFPB – Oil-free – Gluten-free Recipe

Beet Date Carrot Cake – Vegan and Gluten-free Recipe

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You’ll barely realize this decadent carrot cake is packed with nutrition and sweetened with a nutritious sugar substitute – dates! Make it together with your kids for a birthday or another special occasion and enjoy a healthy treat without any guilt!

Beet Date Carrot Cake – Vegan and Gluten-free Recipe

Heavenly Oil-Free Hummus

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This perfect oil-free hummus doesn’t need added oils to be incredibly smooth and tasty! The secret is in the ratio and process. A nutritious plant-based, vegan, and vegetarian recipe. This recipe is also very easy! If the beans are made already, it only takes about ten minutes to make! The benefit of having control over what goes into it warrants the small amount of effort, in my opinion. ❤️️

Heavenly Oil-Free Hummus Recipe

Vegan Tamales with Chili Lime Jackfruit Carnitas

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Have you tried the vegan jackfruit tamales before? Well, with this tamales recipe, you can learn to make all sorts of healthy tamales, whether stuffed with jackfruit carnitas or any other filling. They taste delicious and are perfect for a fancy meal or awesome party snacks. If you are running out of fresh plant-based meal ideasthen these hot tamales will definitely help you serve novel flavors as well as nutrients at the table.

Vegan Tamales with Chili Lime Jackfruit Carnitas Recipe

Tasty Guacamole with Tomatoes

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This fresh and savory guacamole is a healthy way to enjoy avocado. It can be spread on toast and sandwiches, or dipped into with chips. It is a simple plant-based vegan-friendly recipe, easy to make without any fillers, additives, or processed ingredients!

Tasty Guacamole with Tomatoes Recipe

Tropical Spirulina Smoothie

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A delicious tropical spirulina smoothie is reminiscent of a day at the beach with ingredients to calm your mind, body, and spirit! Since Spirulina is a seaweed, it can taste quite funky if you don’t mix it with the right ingredients! You won’t taste the Spirulina and spinach in this Tropical Spirulina Smoothie at all! Throw a drink umbrella in it, lay back, and take a moment to relax and be mindful of the positive impact a healthy Tropical Spirulina Smoothie 🍍 can have on your health!

Tropical Spirulina Smoothie Recipe

Balsamic and Asparagus with Mushrooms with Lemon and Thyme

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This savory plant-based dish can be made in one pot with chicken or tofu, asparagus, mushrooms, and a delicious balsamic lemon thyme reduction! Mushrooms are a superfood with so many nutritional and holistic medicinal benefits! Asparagus is a very nutrient-packed vegetable as well withfiber, folate, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, as well as chromium – a trace mineral that enhances the ability of insulin to transport glucose from the bloodstream into cells.

Balsamic and Asparagus with Mushrooms with Lemon and Thyme Recipe

Air Fryer Crispy Buffalo Cauliflower

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This crispy buffalo cauliflower is better and crispier than any other air fried buffalo cauliflower recipe you will find! I’ve tried some air fryer recipes lately that I just haven’t been impressed with. With recipes I have tried, the breading doesn’t stick well and the end result isn’t super crispy. Well, my friends, this air fryer Crispy Buffalo Cauliflower is not only crispy, but it is also healthy and completely plant-based / vegan!

Air Fryer Crispy Buffalo Cauliflower Recipe

Jackfruit Korean BBQ Tacos

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These jackfruit tacos add unique and exotic flavors to your plant-based diet with the Korean BBQ sauce that nicely complements the jackfruit filling. The juicy jackfruit flesh with this sauce makes irresistible sweet and savory tacos. In this jackfruit tacos recipewe will add some coleslaw as well to give them a creamy and crunchy taste.

Jackfruits Korean BBQ Tacos Recipe

Grilled Cajun Chicken Salad with Cliantro, Lime and Avocado

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This is a healthy, whole food Cajun chicken salad recipe you can make on the grill! It is mostly composed of plant-based ingredients (except for the chicken) but you can omit the meat or substitute with a plant protein! Great recipe for general health, weight loss, and kicking off your spring / summer grilling!

Grilled Cajun Chicken Salad with Cliantro, Lime and Avocado Recipe

Shepherd’s Pie Vegan Tofu Cauliflower Recipe

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Check out this easy, plant-based, light, and healthy vegan Shepherd’s Pie recipe! A traditional shepherd’s pie (or cottage pie) is filled with cream, butter, and fatty ground beef or lamb. The potatoes in this recipe are made lighter with cauliflower and creamy with almond or soy milk. Kid-friendly and great for weight loss! Recipe with Irish and UK roots.

Shepherd’s Pie Vegan Tofu Cauliflower Recipe

3 thoughts on “42 Plant-Based Recipes for Kids”

  1. Kate

    Great ideas! I will definitely try some of them!

  2. Pingback: Turkey Kale Soup - high protein, low carb recipe! 🥦

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