Does anyone have a vegetarian night weekly? Suggestion for kids.

Roasted veggies are good as sides (cauliflower, okra, string beans, broccoli, Brussels sprouts).

A good baked potato is always good. My kids love casserole veggies like squash, sweet potato, or green bean.



ETA: Fried rice or veggie stir fry is also a favorite.

Rice and beans

A frittata can use a variety of vegetables. I've only made one once. It was so pretty!

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olive meals

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Kalamata olive and potato stew. I only made it once, but it was delicious. It's a Greek dish. This is not the exact recipe, but it will give you the idea:

Potato and Kalamata Olive Stew

Scrambled eggs with mushrooms and asparagus.

I second roasted veggies, but you can incorporate those as sides to regular meals instead of trying to make them try things without being served with other foods they already like. Roasted veggies taste so much different from steamed or sauteed with the caramelization. Soups made from those are so good. Make a soup and have a grilled cheese sandwich with the soup, for example so they're starting off with just a cup of soup and something they like. They can dip!

Also, you can do a lot with roasted tomatoes from soups, to pasta sauce to pizza sauce for cheese pizzas. I've posted a great roasted tomato soup here and I used that as a basis for just roasting a bunch of homegrown tomatoes I needed to use. Then, I froze those in vac sealed packets for various uses. Delicious stuff. Such a deep deep flavor.

Omelets could be fun. Let them pick their ingredients to go in them...customize for omelet night.

Quesadillas with cheese and grilled veggies is another idea. Same with Tacos. Make them with grilled fruits. You could start those out with fish and add grilled fruits and go from there if you want veg only tacos.

You could try kale chips.

Grilled portobellos alone or as a sandwich/burger. Not my thing, but a lot of folks like them.

I love falafel, hummus, baba ganoush...you could have a Mediterranean food night. Pick up what you don't want to make at home.

I don't think you have to start with vegetarian night to get your kids to be more adventurous and eat more vegetables. You can simply starting adding those vegetables to meals and progress from there.

Make blackbean burgers with all the fixings.

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Grilled portobellos alone or as a sandwich/burger.

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Grilled portobello with swiss on toasted rye is so good!

Have u tried them baked?

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Have u tried them baked?

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Yea. You don't get the good crunch like when frying them. But they are decent baked. And when you mix them in a pita wrap, they are good.