Simple Vegetarian Cooking for Children who hate vegetables
Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2007
by Soh Suad Hun
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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.
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.
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