Need Vegetarian School Lunch Recipes!
Please list a few main dishes for a vegatarian school lunch. Please, no pasta salad. I need healthy main dish recipes as well as snacks. Low price and yummy ingredients, please! Thank You!
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20 Comments:
Falafel would be my top pic! Hummus, cucumber, and lettuce sandwiches. Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, French onion soup made with vegetable rather than beef broth, veggie chili and corn bread, vegetable pizza, bean tacos, enchiladas, or burritos (so long as I'm not invited as I don't like Mexican food), veggie burgers or sandwiches. Stuffed tomatoes. All crowd pleasing.
HeartofGlass at 6:47PM on 09/05/09
Who is the vegetarian? Are we talking college, or younger?
Pavlov at 7:17PM on 09/05/09
Vegetable and bean soups, lentil, bean or marinated vegetable salads, vegetable (and tofu) stir frys, mac & cheese, cheese quesidillas, bean burritos, cream cheese vegetable wraps, grilled vegetable and cheese sandwiches, whole grain salads (similar to pasta salads) teboulah, etc.
Cheesy vegetable and rice or pasta casseroles, vegetable lasagne, pasta with ricotta cheese, mushroom ragu or marinara sauce (marinara good with cannelini beans in it too), beans and rice (Cajun, Mexican, Jamaican, etc.), stuffed baked or sweet potatoes, vegetarian taco bar, vegetarian stuffed cabbage rolls, grilled polenta or polenta mush with parmesan cheese and marinara or mushroom ragu, stratas, quiches, savory bread puddings, vegetable calzones, vegetable lo mein (add cashews for more protein), peanut sesame noodles, curries, burek, spanakopita, gratins, all variety of pizzas with red sauce or alfredo, just no meats,
Check out-
www.eatingwell.com
http://www.cookinglight.com/food/vegetarian/
www.vegetariantimes.com
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Course/Meatless---Vegetarian
www.allrecipes.com
www.recipezaar.com
http://www.theveggietable.com/recipes/recipes-az.html
-as well as searching this site for great recipes.
CJ McD at 8:28PM on 09/05/09
Are you talking school lunches for a crowd, including hot lunches? Or are you talking lunchpail lunches for just your family?
lemonfair at 8:43PM on 09/05/09
I'm looking for yummy, healthy school lunches for a picky vegetarian 11-year old.
VegetarianGirl at 8:46PM on 09/05/09
More-
http://www.vegcountry.com/recipes.html
http://kitchenparade.com/2002/10/vegetarian-vegan-recipes.php
http://www.cooksrecipes.com/category/mless.html --lots of easy and delicious recipes
vegetable (eggplant, zucchini) parmagiana, grated vegetable and potato pancakes with cheese sauce, vegetable/grain burgers or patties with cheese sauce, nut sauce or mushroom gravy, stuffed, baked squash, wild rice or brown rice casseroles, stuffed portobellos, stuffed pitas, Welsh rarebit or rinkum tiddy, vegetable and cheese paninis, bean tostadas with Spanish rice, salsa and guacamole, vegetarian sloppy joes, omelets, scrambles, mushroom stroganoff, cheese and vegetable spreads/dips with raw vegetables and whole grain breads/crackers, heuvos rancheros, smoothies, pasta primavera or alfredo, chile rellenos, cheese or bean enchiladas, baked ziti, monicotti, rollatini, vegetarian shepards pie
CJ McD at 8:49PM on 09/05/09
Marinated veggies with crumbled feta, stuffed grape leaves, California rolls, stir fried rice and veggies, spring rolls, cheese and crackers, Waldorf salad, eggplant parm sandwich, pasta . . .
yankeesgal at 1:30AM on 09/06/09
Get Play With Your Food and put a swan apple or mice radishes into her lunch bag now and then. Give her a reason to think that her lunch bag has something that other kids will think is cool.
What is she eating for lunch at home?
PB and jam or brown sugar or nutella. Grinders with all the regular add-ons, just no meat. Avocados and grilled portabellos.
lemonfair at 7:33AM on 09/06/09
Burritos and enchiladas are my favorite freezer food. Beans and/or veggies and rice, eggs+beans+salsa+cheese for burritos. Black bean enchiladas are nice and filling (and healthy), I like to do a chile verde tomatillo sauce on them. How does your kidlet feet about quinoa? High protein grains make a great base for a lunch. Something like this might be a little too pasta-salad-y, but I think it would fit your bill of healthy veg lunch fare. Also, don't discount a piecemeal meal: whole grain crackers, a nice cheese, nuts and dried fruit, plus some yogurt or something like that for when you don't really want to have to prepare a lot of food.
joyyy at 12:28PM on 09/06/09
A cous-cous salad with diced peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes and whatever nice seasoning you have, with a lemon/garlic/mustard dressing.
Have you experimented with any of the 'fake meats'? I'm quite a fan...you can send your child off with a 'fake' ham and cheese sandwich with lots of lovely sliced tomato and salad leaf.
I also agree with the piecemeal approach. Some proper biscuits and cheese, some fruit, and a pot of yogurt. Add some sliced carrots or celery and a small pot of hummus if you like.
I also think cold pizza makes for an excellent lunch.
NotAmerican at 2:51PM on 09/06/09
Pita stuffed with grilled veggies and hummus
Avocado, lettuce, tomato sandwich
hummus, olives, almonds, crudite
vegetarian tamales
pizza
veg sushi + cucumber salad
soba in peanut sauce or rice vinegar dressing with fresh diced veg and nuts
tomato soup with cheese and crackers
plus fresh fruit in season sliced with a nut butter or yogurt dip
maxie at 5:43PM on 09/06/09
thanks for your help
VegetarianGirl at 10:13PM on 09/06/09
I get lunch box inspiration from going through pictures on the flickr 'brought my lunch' and 'laptop lunch' groups.
AliceBlue at 6:24PM on 09/07/09
The "Vegan Lunch Box" web site and book (which I've checked out from the library a half dozen times so far) are excellent, and the author includes lots of unusual, tempting international ideas as well. My 13 yr old son is not a picky eater, but he really enjoys the variety.
erialc at 8:15PM on 09/07/09
Baby Bell Cheeses would be fun for the lunchbox. For sandwiches offer sliced or flavored cream cheeses or other flavored &/or soft cheeses & spreads like Boursin, Brie, etc. with nice crackers, pita, bagels or those new flatbread buns. My kids loved alfalfa sprouts as they don't wilt like lettuce. Some other fun cream cheese toppings are raisins, Craisins or dried fruit bits.
Grape or cherry tomatoes, and all other types of veggies and fruits. Do eggs get included in this veg. diet? Egg salad, hard cooked eggs, etc.
Try sugar snap pea pods left whole, alongside baby carrots.
lurah at 1:42AM on 09/08/09
Wheat berries are very yummy and nutritious and make a wonderfully crunchy and hearty salad. Try:
wheat berry waldorf salad
wheat berry salad with raisins, beets and citrus
ellie krieger's wheat berry salad
yayfood at 9:33AM on 09/08/09
Here are a few vegetarian alternatives tried and tested on my 7-yr old nieces, and they're not vegetarian, but picky eaters too:
Babagahummus
Veggie cream cheese Sandwiches
Asparagus Sandwiches
Empanada Gallega
Spinach Pinwheels
They're mac & cheese lovers, so they always ask me for Undercover Mac & Cheese and Cauliflower & Cheese Mac
Hummus Sandwich
MadelynRodriguez at 11:23AM on 09/08/09
Hi VegetarianGirl,
I recently started making Bento-style lunches, and I'm not sure if you'd find these links useful, but there are some vegetarian lunches in here, so here you go:
Weekly Bento Round-Up #1 (A bunch of vegetarian lunches in this one.)
Weekly Bento Round-Up #2 (The cold sweet potato noodle salad in this one could be perfect for you.)
Good luck with the lunch-making!
maxcriden at 12:01PM on 09/08/09
Check out the Vegan Lunch Box for some inspiration - http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/
Colorful, awesome food.
She's got 2 cookbooks out and you can check out some recipes @ http://shmooedfood.blogspot.com/
Personally, I like tofurkey slices. And leftover rice dishes. etc. have fun!
greasyomlettes at 8:51PM on 09/08/09
Check out the Bento help thread. Great pictures that people have linked to. great ideas
lemonfair at 9:54AM on 09/09/09