20 Vegan Recipes for Kids

Try this vegan mac and cheese recipe, a true vegan kid favorite! This rendition explodes with creamy decadence using only whole food ingredients like cashews, sweet potato, and canned artichokes to make a cheesy sauce that is just as satisfying as the real thing! Our kids absolutely love this one and everyone eats heaping bowls.

These veggie nuggets are so delicious and made with a simple combination of vegetables, oats, and flavorful spices. Everyone loves them (both kids and adults!), and they’re vegan and easily gluten-free. Dip into a fun sauce and enjoy as a meal or snack!

This lentil sloppy joes recipe has all the hearty, tangy flavor of the classic, but it’s an easy vegan recipe that’s 100% plant-based. The best part is you can make it in 30 minutes! It makes a large batch of 8 servings. Ketchup, tomato paste, and a few seasonings make a savory flavor that kids love!

You won’t believe this caramel apple dip recipe until you taste it! Stir just 4 ingredients into a glossy peanut butter caramel that’s vegan and gluten-free. It’s so simple and the best healthy snack!

This vegan tomato soup recipe is always a hit with kids! It's tangy, pure tomato-y, and made creamy using blended cashews. This thickens the soup and adds protein, too! (Use almond milk for nut allergies.) And the best part? The star toast garnish! Cutting toast into stars is an easy way to dress up a soup and kids simply love it. Hey, adults do too (us)! It's one of our vegan recipes for kids that we make often.

Serve with: Easy Vegan Cornbread (another kid favorite!)

Outrageously good is the only way to describe these vegan chocolate chip cookies! These have become a fan and family favorite and for good reason: they’re chewy with crispy edges, full of flavor, and filled with a generous sprinkle of chocolate chips. Try them warm out of the oven and you will absolutely melt. 

Pinwheels are always a hit with kids! A “traditional” pinwheel recipe uses lots of cream cheese to hold it together. To make it a vegan pinwheel recipe, this one uses hummus instead! Turns out, hummus is a fantastic plant-based substitute for cream cheese for holding a pinwheel together. This colorful pinwheel is stuffed with bell pepper, green onion, spinach, black beans, chili powder and cumin, and hummus! (Omit the shredded cheese in the recipe or use vegan cheese.)

What kid doesn't love blueberry pancakes? These vegan pancakes are fluffy, a little tangy from the berries, and just sweet enough. Moistened with maple syrup, they’re seriously cozy and everything a pancake should be. 

This breaded tofu is a game-changer for fast and easy weeknight meals! It comes out crispy on the outside and seasoned on the inside, and it comes together in a flash. This one is a huge hit in our house as a vegan dinner, or as a plant based protein to top salads and bowl meals.

Fries are 100% kid food, and these oven baked sweet potato fries are a healthy spin! They're slightly crispy on the outside, perfectly seasoned, and lusciously sweet on the inside. Using a bit of cornstarch helps most of the fries to become crispy on the outside. They’re best fresh from the oven, which shouldn't be a problem: kiddos will grab them that fast!

These vegan oatmeal raisin cookies are beyond delicious—soft, chewy, and infused with comforting cinnamon! They’re easy to make and please any type of eater (or are perfect if you’re out of eggs). Of all our vegan cookies, this recipe is a favorite!

Here's a fun way to make a healthy treat for kids: nice cream! What's nice cream? It's "ice cream" made with frozen bananas as a base. There's no dairy at all! This ice cream features blueberries blended with frozen bananas, using coconut milk to make it creamy. It's one of our toddler Larson's favorite treats: he doesn't need to know it's not really "ice cream. While it's a favorite in our vegan recipes for kids...it's also a big favorite with adults. (This is starting to be a theme...)

This overnight oats recipe is the epitome of a healthy, easy vegan breakfast! On weekdays, we make it almost daily for our kids using oat milk. Here's how to make it!

Looking for a fun vegan dinner recipe for kids? This vegan spaghetti is perfect for dinner or for cooking with kiddos who want in on the fun. The meatballs are so delicious and made with all plant-based ingredients: like cashews and potatoes! Sprinkle with vegan Parmesan to serve.

This one is just like broccoli cheese soup, but vegan! It’s impossibly creamy and whole food plant based. It tastes like that cozy and comforting broccoli cheese soup from a can...but 1,000 times better! Kids adore this one.

Chocolate....hummus? Yes, here savory hummus is made sweet into a chocolate-flavored dip! It's perfect for vegan recipes for kids because if we know kids, we know they love dipping! It's perfect with strawberries, sliced green apples, banana slices, and pretzels. This has become a fan favorite recipe over the years because it's different and so delicious. Make the original recipe with tahini and maple syrup, or try a peanut butter version for another unique spin.

Want a savory hummus instead? Try our Perfect Homemade Hummus or Glowing Green Hummus.

Soy curls? Oh yes! A restaurant in our city started serving soy curls as a vegan BBQ option, and we're now officially obsessed with this healthy meat substitute. These curls are savory, tangy, and have a texture a little like chicken. Slathered in homemade BBQ sauce, they're pretty darn amazing. Why are they one of our favorite vegan recipes for kids? Our 2 year old Larson is obsessed with them.

This vegetable soup is like canned soup, but infinitely better! It's one of our favorite vegan recipes for kids because it's cozy and comforting, and all kids love it. It's seriously simple, with onion, carrot, celery, and rotini pasta noodles. If you'd like, you can customize it by adding other veggies or beans for additional plant based protein.

This kid favorite vegan recipe is a fan-favorite! The sauce is made with nutrient-dense cauliflower and protein-packed cashews instead of dairy, but it comes out unbelievably creamy. Make it with any type of noodle it’s an easy 30-minute plant based dinner we’ve been enjoying for years!

And last up on our list of vegan recipes for kids: this green apple smoothie! If there's one thing we've learned as parents, it's that kids LOVE smoothies! Our kids adore sipping smoothies from a straw, and it's a fantastic way to infuse some veggies and fruits. This smoothie features green apple, lemon juice, and lots of healthy dark leafy greens.