Today, I’ve rounded up my favorite Healthy Kid-Friendly Vegetarian Dinner Recipes! Even if your child is picky, you’ll surely find a few new and easy go-to dinner recipes here. All are easily adapted to be vegan or gluten-free, if they aren’t already!
I know the phrase “Kid Friendly” can be very subjective! What one kid gobbles up, another kid won’t even touch. Some kids are more adventurous and are willing to try anything, while others have their staple meals, which they eat over and over again. So I cannot promise that your kid will enjoy every one of these Healthy Kid-Friendly Vegetarian Dinner Recipes, but I hope you’ll find a keeper just the same!
My almost-2-year-old has enjoyed all of these meals, and I definitely wouldn’t call him the most adventurous eater. We all know our own kids and their palates, so some of these recipes might require a little tweaking to your kiddo’s taste, but I’m hoping you’ll find this list useful and that your kids will enjoy at least a few of these Healthy Kid-Friendly Vegetarian Dinner Recipes!
A lot of these recipes can be made in 30 minutes or less, and all of them are very easily modified to make gluten-free or vegan if they aren’t already.
KID-FRIENDLY VEGETARIAN DINNER RECIPES
Crispy Baked Tacos with Summer Vegetables
5 Ingredient Gnocchi, Broccoli and White Bean Bake
Easy Spaghetti Squash and Black Bean Enchiladas
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Vegetarian Meatball Enchilada Bake
Loaded Greek Chickpea Pasta Salad
BBQ Shepherds Pie with Chickpeas and Lentils
Polenta Parmesan with Spinach and White Beans
Roasted Butternut Squash Tostadas
Crispy Baked Tacos with Seasoned Cauliflower
Jackfruit and Pinto Bean Baked Taquitos
Baked Enchilada Style Veggie Burritos
30 Minute Ginger Sesame Noodles
30 Minute Tempeh and Chickpea Sloppy Joes
One Pot Creamy Vegan Caprese Pasta
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30 Minute Pizza Skillet Casserole
Crispy Baked Black Bean and Sweet Potato Tacos
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One Pot Loaded Vegetarian Chili Mac
Fajita Gnocchi Skillet with Avocado Salsa
Tofu and Chickpea BBQ Sandwiches
BBQ Black Bean and Quinoa Tacos
Vegan Butternut Squash Mac N Cheese
Creamy Corn Penne with Cherry Tomatoes and Basil
Vegetarian Sloppy Joes with Chickpeas and Lentils
Cashew Alfredo Pasta with Broccoli
Baked Taquitos with Black Beans and Sweet Potato
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Not kid friendly AT ALL!
My kids have eaten and enjoyed all of these recipes. As I say at the beginning of the post, it definitely depends on the kid and how picky they are, but my kids have enjoyed these meals
Thank you so much for these! I’ve made a few and just printed off 5 more to try soon. I’ve got a 7, 4, and 1 year old (and a meat-loving husband. haha) but we are trying to do more vegetarian meals for our health. I appreciate you posting these. Such a great resource.
Awesome! I hope they enjoy them! I have a meat loving husband too 🙂
These all look so delicious… I would love to transition to a vegetarian household. We arent yet and I’ve mentally prepared myself for this and it’s super overwhelming, especially when I have a picky no veggie eater of a son and a Husband who loves meat. ? my youngest daughter who is 3 LOVES fruit & some veggies. She refuses to eat meats or chicken. So my house has been tough to please. I would love to in a perfect world go all plant-based/ vegan. But its super overwhelming with a large household and a fixed income. Its overwhelming for sure for me, it’s kinda preventing me to even start. ?♀️ just being honest. Thank you for sharing your recipes, they look amazing.
I totally understand! And it can take some time. My husband and kids eat meat but I don’t ever cook it for them so they’ve just learned to eat what I cook and then can order meat when we go out 🙂
Super grateful for your inspiration and for sharing. Thank you!
I hope you find some that your family enjoys!
I’m very excited to stumble upon your site with all these wonderful veggie ideas for kids! My kids are 14,12, 10 and 7 and none of them eat meat, apart from the little one, who very rarely gets given it as he lives with all of us! Anyway… I am constantly tying to find new interesting recipes. Can’t wait to try some of these. Thanks so much for sharing xxx
Yah! I hope that you can find some that your kids enjoy! <3
Wow, i just stumbled upon your website after deciding to reduce the amount of meat we eat (hopefully eliminate it eventually!), am so excited to try your recipes and you have made this weeks meal planning so easy! Thanks so much.
Yah! I’m so glad you are finding my site helpful! I hope you find some recipes you and your family enjoys 🙂
These look amazing!!! I’ve been trying to find recipes that we can all enjoy as a family for a long time. Thank you for sharing them with the world.
Thanks, Ewa! I hope you find some recipes that you and your family will enjoy!
Wow the food look amazing!
This is great the kids I babysit love to try new things they will surely love these.
Awesome! I hope you find some that you like!
Wow the food look amazing!
This is great the kids I babysit love to try new things they will surely love these.
Awesome! I hope you find some that they enjoy 🙂
Wow – this is PERFECT! I’m in such a food rut with my kiddos and am resorting to the boring staples of english muffin pizza, pasta and hummus with a side of veggies and cottage cheese waaaay too often. Thank you so much for gathering all these recipes in one place!
I’m so glad you find this post helpful! I’m guilty of getting stuck in food ruts too and we’ve been known to do a lot of bagel pizzas around here haha! I hope you find some recipes that you and your family will enjoy 🙂
SO happy to have stumbled on your site! My whole family will enjoy these meals:)
Yah! I hope you find some that they all love 🙂
I am SO glad I found your recipes!!! They’re amazing. I’ve been a vegetarian for 20 years and I’ve been waiting to find amazing recipes that my kids will eat too! Thank you!!!!!
Yah! I hope you find some that you all will enjoy! I’m so glad you found my page too! 🙂
Yum! These look amazing!
Thank you! 🙂
Amazing collection of recipes! Thank you so much for giving me dinner plans for the next two weeks! Looks like great options for my 4 and 7 year old. 🙂
I hope you find some that you and you kids like!! 🙂
Thank you for sharing! My 12 year old has been transitioning into the “meatless” world… and it has been so difficult to find meals that the entire family would enjoy as we support her choice of no meat. I hope these recipes not only help us bond as we are making them together, but that they continue to support her decision… and hopefully ours of going meatless in the future. I thank you!
That’s so nice to hear, Daliz! And great that you are supporting her! I hope she likes some of these recipes 🙂
Thank you so much for this! I was slowly forgetting everything I used to make for my family, and finally decided to restart my “plan to eat” account. I added all kinds of recipes from here, which is saying a lot, because we have so many restrictions and picky eaters in this house!
Yah! I hope you find some your entire house enjoys! 🙂
I have made probably 8 of your recipes for dinner my husband and I loved them! My kids actually ate some of them and really loved the pumpkin macaroni and cheese. Keep posting!
That’s so nice to hear, Karen!! And awesome that your kids and husband loved them too! I know it can be a struggle to cook for husbands and kids somethings haha 🙂 Thank you!
Mmm, these look delicious! So creative. I am excited to try one of them this week! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Thank you, Stacey! I hope you find some that you like!
Thanks so much for the recipes! It’s been so hard to find vegan/vegetarian recipes that the kiddos and husband love. Both are meat fans and I am trying to cut out all the meat these all look delicious!! Thanks so much ????????????
Yah! I’m so glad you find them helpful! My husband loves meat so I try to come up with meals that meal eaters will enjoy too!
Woaw, this is a LOT of great recipes…. Thanks for sharing this for free!:-) You’re amazing.
I hope you find some you and your family enjoy! 🙂