40+ Best Kid-Friendly Vegan Recipes
Here are over 40 delicious recipes your kids will actually like! From easy mini pizzas to lots of creamy pasta dishes, bite-sized snacks and healthy cookies, these kid-friendly vegan recipes are super crowd-pleasing and undetectably plant-based.
Ingredients
Pizza crust
- 1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour 150 g
- 1 packet instant yeast
- 1 tsp Italian herbs dried
- ½ salt
- ½ cup warm water 120 ml
Toppings
- ½ - ¾ cup tomato sauce about 160 ml
- ½ small onion sliced
- ¼ bell pepper sliced
- 2 cherry tomatoes sliced
- 3 tbsp corn kernels
- 3 small button mushrooms sliced
- 1 oz smoked tofu diced (30 g)
Optional
- Sundried tomatoes
- Broccoli
- Spinach
- Chickpeas
- Cheese sauce
- Almond ricotta
- Buffalo cauliflower bites
- Store-bought vegan cheese shreds
- Fresh basil
- Olives
Instructions
Make the crust
- Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl, add warm water and knead well. Adjust water and flour in case the dough is too sticky or too dry.
- Form dough into a ball and let it sit in a warm place, covered, for 20 minutes.
- Alternatively, you can use any store-bought vegan pizza dough.
- Preheat your oven to 400° F (200° C) and get a baking sheet or pan.
Prepare the toppings
- Wash, chop or rinse all of the vegan pizza toppings your kid will love and place them next to each other on a plate or in little bowls.
- Ask your children if they want to help make the pizza!
Make the pizza
- Once the dough has risen, flour a clean surface and briefly knead it.
- Use your hands or a rolling pin to work the dough into a 12” circle, then transfer it to your parchment paper-lined pizza pan or baking sheet.
- Spread your tomato sauce evenly on the crust with a spoon, then sprinkle all desired toppings on your pizza crust!
- Put the pizza in the oven for around 20 minutes or until the crust is golden on the edges. Slice and serve warm.
Notes
- While it is healthier to make your own whole-grain pizza crust, if you’re in a hurry or don’t want to make your own crust, simply use any store-bought pizza crust (check the label to see if it’s vegan).
- Depending on what your kids like, you can add any mock meats, vegan cheese or olives etc. to your pizza.
- You can swap the whole wheat flour for gluten-free if needed.
- Find 40+ more easy and tasty vegan recipes your kids will love in the article above!
Nutrition
Calories: 322kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 372mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 5g