Simple Vegetarian Cooking for Children who hate vegetables

Simple Vegetarian Cooking for Children who hate
vegetables

Everyone knows that vegetable is a great food
that should be included in eveyday meal. However,
some children just do not appreciate the goodness
of vegetable enough to love them. It's a constant
fight between mums and children whenever it's
meal time.

In prepare vegetable dishes for the children, one
has to be very creative in the way of preparation.
The key is to make the vegetable tasty enough
for them or to camouflage them completely that
they didn't even know that they are eating
vegetables.

Here are some recipes of simple vegetable recipes
that is yummy and loved by everyone.

Hearty Vegetable Soup with pasta :
This soup is a good way for children to get all
the vitamins and minerals they need in vegetables.


Ingredients :
1 cup diced celery
1 cup diced carrots
1 cup diced pumpkin
1/2 cup peas
1/2 onion, diced
1 cup broth of your choice
1 cup tomoto juice
1/2 cup pasta
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp finely chopped oregano
3 tsp olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Method :
cook onions and vegetables until tender in a
small saucepan. Cool and then puree the mixture.
Return to pot and add broth, bay leaf and tomato
juice and bring to simmer.
Cook for 20 mins and add oregano and season to
taste. Stir in cooked pasta to serve.


Veggie burgers is also another great dish that
are easy to prepare and love by children. Use
vegetables like potatoes, carrots, cabbage, onion
or any vegetable of choice. Mash vegetables after
softening them in pot, make into patties and add
in seaoning. Dip in egg and bread crumbs before
pan frying them.

Tempeh is another great meat replacement in
simple vegetarian cooking. Tempeh is made from
whole fermented soybeans. It is recommended that
it should be braised in a flavored liquid before
being cooked for at least one hour. After
braising, individuals can choose to douse it in
flour or cornmeal and fry it up adding sauce for
more flavors. Seitan or wheat gluten, can be an
excellent substitute for chicken products. Bean
products can also make excellent protein
substitutes in soups salads, stews and rice
dishes.