These vegan recipe books are designed especially for families with fussy children to feed. Also see plant-based recipe books for children (to make meals themselves). Avoid nuts/seeds (and nut/seed butters) and other choking hazards, slice carrots/veggie hot dogs lengthwise and lengthwise again for safey.
Use vegan butters with no palm oil. Use a reusable silicone baking liner or unbleached parchment paper (in compostable packaging). Keep recipes away from pets, due to toxic ingredients.
Great Vegan Meals for the Carnivorous Family is a great book by a mother and chef with recipes you would never know were vegan. Try Copycat Lasagna with Nut-Free Bechamel Sauce, Sweet & Smoky Chickpea Sliders and lots of meaty-tasting mains (like her ‘tastes like chicken pie’ above) along with wicked desserts.
The Vegan Family Cookbook offers foundation cooking building blocks, to create your own dishes from beans, legumes and grains. These practical meals come together with minimal fuss, so you can be a confident home cook (with or without recipes) to bring your family the best of what nature has to offer.
Just like your grandma did, recipes are divided into themes: Mondays are pasta, Tuesdays are bowls, Wednesdays are one-pot meals and on Thursdays, it’s all about the stir-fries. Anna also shares her mix-and-match approach to building meals with her own family’s go-to combinations. Recipes include:
- Mac and Cheesy with Broccoli
- Peanut Butter Banana Waffles
- Corn Soup with Sneaky Red Lentils
- Lighter Kale Pesto Pasta
- Crispy Sweet & Sticky Tofu
- Banana Chip Muffins
Anna Pippus is the brains behind the site Easy Animal-Free, which helps parents get their children to eat more plants. She holds degrees in law and psychology, having worked as a farmed animal advocacy lawyer in Toronto and Vancouver. She has been named one of Canada’s most influential vegans, where she lives with her young family.
The Plant-Based Family Cookbook has recipes to win over readers from scrumptious breakfasts to tempting snacks, and from delightful weekday meals to decadent desserts. Recipes include:
- Filled Crispy Pancakes
- Aubergine Bao Buns
- Crispy Tofu Nuggets with Sweet Potato Fries
- Apple Waffles
- Lemon Cheesecake with Blueberry Compote
Claire and Sarah are two mums who are great friends and love food, and decided to add more plant-based meals to their daily recipes. The two families have a variety of needs, so they set out to find ways to create tasty healthy food to keep everyone happy, even in a muddle of food intolerances.
