Vegan Soup Recipe for Kids

[Guest guest]

I was asked to help children ages 6 to 9 in our church work towards a cooking

honor that requires them to prepare a healthy 4-course vegan meal to eat at a

banquet. I am looking for a tasty, healthy, kid-appealing, quick recipe for

vegan soup. I would prefer the soup to have no pasta in it because I was

going to have them prepare spaghetti and tomato sauce along with bread for the

main course. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

For the rest of the meal, I was going to have them cut up veggies and arrange

them attractively on vegetable platters along with a special dip (suggestions

for a veggie dip are welcomed). For dessert, I was thinking about fudgicools -

carob powder blended with banana, vanilla, date sugar, and I think rice milk

(I'm not looking at the recipe now!) and placed in the freezer in paper cups

with a popsicle stick.

 

Antoinette Martin

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Antoinette,

Oh, how fun! For the soup, what about a lentil soup with veggies? You

could call it something like lentil confetti soup, and grate colorful

veggies to add in - carrots, squash, broccoli stems. It would cook

quickly and be colorful and fun. Plus, it'd add protein to the meal.

For the dip, what about a non-spicy salsa - with chopped tomatoes and

bell peppers of all colors (yellow, orange, green, purple)? Or

something with a tofu base, spun in the food processor - maybe with a

little lemon juice and fresh herbs and cracked pepper? And I'm sure you

could find great ideas in vegan cookbooks - these are just off the top

of my head.

Good luck and have fun!

Lorraine

 

 

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Behalf Of admartin5

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:56 AM

 

Vegan Soup Recipe for Kids

 

 

I was asked to help children ages 6 to 9 in our church work towards a

cooking honor that requires them to prepare a healthy 4-course vegan

meal to eat at a banquet. I am looking for a tasty, healthy,

kid-appealing, quick recipe for vegan soup. I would prefer the soup to

have no pasta in it because I was going to have them prepare spaghetti

and tomato sauce along with bread for the main course. Any ideas would

be greatly appreciated!!!

 

For the rest of the meal, I was going to have them cut up veggies and

arrange them attractively on vegetable platters along with a special dip

(suggestions for a veggie dip are welcomed). For dessert, I was thinking

about fudgicools - carob powder blended with banana, vanilla, date

sugar, and I think rice milk (I'm not looking at the recipe now!) and

placed in the freezer in paper cups with a popsicle stick.

 

Antoinette Martin

 

 

[Guest guest]

My kids' all-time favorite soup is Taco Soup. I use the recipe in the Nava Atlas

soup cookbook. The recipe calls for the taco chips to be arranged in the bowl

with the soup, but we have them on the side. The kids eat a ton of soup that

way.

 

Karen

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

For my son's Junior Kindergarten class they have to bring in a " complete " meal

(pictures or drawings) - this has given him some great ideas! Thanks.

 

I probably won't follow Canada's health guide but rather the PCRM one (the

teachers should be okay with that since they are both vegan).

 

As for the dip...Vegan lunch box has a white bean dip that sounds very good. I

have been meaning to try it but haven't yet. You may want to consider that one.

She might have it listed on her website.

 

For the soup you could do a lentil or split pea. They are quick and easy. You

can never go wrong with a simple vegetable soup (maybe with barley).

 

 

Paula

[Guest guest]

What a wonderful idea!

 

My daughter (3) has a couple favorites:

 

creamy soups (potato, etc) with bread pieces to dip (she likes to make the bread

jump in and swim around before she eats it)- we had success with Bob's Red Mill

Vegi Soup Mix (it has tiny alphabet pasta but if you blend it, it won't be

noticeable) has directions for a creamed vegi soup on the back (it did take

about an hour to cook) and it's fairly easy to make- just add onions, carrots,

celery, and seasoning (we added a little salt and some chopped broccoli)

 

But the all time favorite is Miso soup. It's light, quick, and healthy. All you

need is miso paste, water, cubed tofu. We usually add small bits of broccoli

(you can add a couple simple veggies) and let her add in her own Nori seaweed.

There are usually directions in the miso (don't boil the miso) paste container

and our favorite is the Miso Master's organic mellow white miso

http://www.great-eastern-sun.com/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/42/s/miso/cat\

egory/5/

 

I'd love to hear how the banquet goes!

Huyen

 

, <admartin5 wrote:

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> I was asked to help children ages 6 to 9 in our church work towards a cooking

honor that requires them to prepare a healthy 4-course vegan meal to eat at a

banquet. I am looking for a tasty, healthy, kid-appealing, quick recipe for

vegan soup. I would prefer the soup to have no pasta in it because I was

going to have them prepare spaghetti and tomato sauce along with bread for the

main course. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!!

> Antoinette Martin