Lactose free / vegan recipes for kids!?!?!?

Question

I am looking for a vegan (prefferred) or lactose free recipe for kids... I am going to my baby cousin's 2nd birthday this weekend, and it's a potluck dinner. She's lactose intollorant and allergic to many foods... which is why I am looking for a vegan recipe. Also, I'm a vegetarian, so I can eat vegan too!

If you have any kid friendly recipes you would like to share with me, that would be great!! Must be easy and minimal ingredients would be nice too!

_-------> does anybody have a lactose free Ice Cream recipe that is easy to make??

Thank you in advance!!

Answer 1

My own vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe:

3/4 c sugar

3/4 c brown sugar

2 1/4 c flour

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

2 sticks vegan margerine

1/4 c unsweetened applesauce

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 package vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the flour and baking soda together.

Beat margerine, both sugars, and vanilla until they start to get kinda creamy. At this point, add the applesauce, and beat a little more. Slowly add the flour, as you beat it. When it's well mixed, stir in the chocolate chips. Place rounded spoonfuls onto a pan, about 2-3 inches apart. Bake about 8-12 minutes, depending on how doughy or not you like them. I like my cookies on the doughy side, personally, and since there isn't any raw egg danger, it's safe to eat them that way. If your oven is finicky like mine is, you'll want to watch it toward the end of while they're in it, to make sure they're cooked just right.

This will make in the vicinity of 40ish cookies. If you like oatmeal choc chip, add in about 1c of it, and make it 1/2-3/4 tsp of baking soda instead. This same cookie dough also works for oatmeal raisin, so I frequently make several kinds of cookies from the same batch. Nice and easy way to make a variety.

Answer 2

Here are some links to kids recipes/foods:

http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=148.0

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?q=...

http://vegetarian.about.com/od/kidfriend...

http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/WELCOME/t...

http://www.vegforlife.org/kids_snacks.ht...

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2005/12/es-...

More: http://veganpeace.blogspot.com/2007/08/v...

Ice Cream:

Vanilla Ice Cream

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    3/4 cup soy milk (plain)

    1/4 cup salad oil (refined vegetable oil)

    4 tablespoons fructose (you can tell me if it works with other sugars too, haven't tried)

    vanilla extract

Directions:

Put soy milk and vegetable oil in a blender.  Blend for 1 minute.

Put fructose into blender too.  Blend for 1 minute.

Pour into a container.  Put about 8 drops of vanilla extract on it and stir.  It should taste like melted ice cream at this point!

Put in freezer.

When it's ready, the only difference is that there might be some ice shavings in the bottom, similar to what happens to ice cream when it unfreezes and freezes again.  You can try mashing it and re-freezing it.  But it tastes like regular vanilla ice cream to me, which means you can make recipes with it in place of ice cream.

Serves: 2, Preparation time: 10 minutes to make, a night to freeze

Chocolate Ice Cream

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    1 pkg firm tofu (made from organic soybeans)

    3 to 4 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa

    1/4 cup maple syrup

    3 squirts Stevia or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    4 to 8 oz soy milk, regular or vanilla

    optional vegan chocolate chips

    optional chopped nuts

    ice cream maker

    blender

Directions:

Blend all ingredients, except for the chocolate chips and nuts.

Pour into the ice cream maker and let churn for about 10 minutes.

Add chocolate chips and nuts and churn for another 5 minutes. If leaving these out, churn a total of 15 to 20 minutes.

Serves: Probably 5, Preparation time: 20 minutes

Answer 3

vegweb.com

search under quick and easy recipes

or parties

or just search "easy"

one of my personal favorite, blueberry muffins (or whatever filling you want, banana is good, or chocolate chips, or both)

http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=11738....

(I use applesauce instead of oil, and 1 cup whole wheat flour and 1/2 cup oats instead of white flour)

Answer 4

Here are some good recipes:

Stir fry- You need cut up tofu, soy sauce, olive oil, steamed veggies, and cooked rice

Get a frying pan and coat it with olive oil. The put the tofu in the pan and brown each side of it. Next, add the veggies. Add a little soy sauce and put in the rice. Mix everything up and then let it sit on the stove, occasionally stirring it to make sure it doesn't burn. After about a minute and a half of that put it in a bowl and enjoy!

Hummus- chick peas, lemon juice, paprika, cumin, black pepper, and any other spices/seasonings you like

Puree the chick peas. Then add a little lemon juice, paprika, pepper, and other spices. Then stir. Serve with a pita, with cucumbers, or on a veggie wrap.

Favorite Classic Pancakes

1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour

1 Tbsp. sugar

2 Tbsp. baking powder

1/8 tsp. salt

1 cup soy milk

2 Tbsp. vegetable oil

Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Mix in the soy milk and oil, and with a fork or wire whisk, combine just until the batter is smooth.

Pour cup batter onto a hot, oiled griddle. When bubbles form in the center of the pancake, flip. Cook for another 2 minutes. Remove from pan and keep warm while you make remaining pancakes. Serve warm with maple syrup or fruit syrup.

No Yeast Pizza Dough

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

1 cups of unbleached flour

1/2 cups of soy milk

1/4 cup of olive oil

1 tblsp baking powder

Directions:

Mix the baking powder with the flour. Slowly add the soy milk and oil until you feel the consistency is right. Knead for about 10 minutes. Let rest for 5 minutes and then use a roller to flatten it up.. Place in oven at 350F for 20 minutes, or until bottom part is light brown...Dont forget to oil the pizza pan, before placing dough.

Once cooked you can place some cooked or raw vegetables on it, sprinkle some tofu marinated in tomatoe sauce and then stick it back into the oven for 10 more minutes..

Simple yet Amazing Banana Muffins

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

4 large bananas

1/3 cup soy milk (or whatever kind)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup vegan margarine

3/4 cup sugar

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon (5 ml) baking soda

cinnamon

Directions:

Blend bananas. Add milk and vanilla.

Mix margarine and sugar and add to previous.

Combine wet ingredients with flour and baking soda.

Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup chocolate chips or nuts (optional).

Fill about half full 10-15 muffins or 24 mini muffins.

Bake at 350F (180C) for about 10-12 minutes, or for 45-60 minutes if making a loaf.

Serves: 10-15 muffins

Vegan Bagels

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

1 cup warm water

3 cups unbleached white flour

1 1/2 tblsp. vegan sugar

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoon yeast

Directions:

Place all ingredients in bread machine and set for normal white vegan bread. Let the machine knead once and then turn off the machine and set a timer for 20 minutes. When time is up remove dough and cut into eight equal peices. Roll each piece into a rope about 1 inch thick, wet ends and stick together. Put all bagels on a greased cookie sheet, cover and let rest for 15 minutes in a warm place. Fill a wok (or whatever you use) with about three inches of water. Place two tblsp of vegan sugar in this water and bring to a boil. After the bagels rise for the fifteen minutes add them to the boiling water for 1 minute turning them as they boil. Drain and place on the greased cookie sheet again ( sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds if you like). Bake at 550 for 15 minutes or until desired browning occures.

Serves: 8

Easy Macaroni and Cheeze

1 pound pasta (regular or gluten-free)

Blend together:

1 1/4 cups water

1 cup plain, fat-free soymilk (may use other non-dairy milk)

3/4 cup nutritional yeast

3 tablespoons cornstarch or potato starch

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon salt (or more to taste)

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika

1/2 teaspoon turmeric

pinch cayenne pepper

2 tablespoons tahini

1 teaspoon mellow white miso (or additional salt)

black pepper to taste

Put the pasta on to boil, according to package directions. While it's cooking, blend all remaining ingredients together in a blender. When the pasta is al dente, drain it, reserving about 1/2 cup of the cooking water, and return the pasta to pan. Add the sauce mixture and cook, stirring, until mixture boils and thickens. Add a little of the pasta water if more moistness is needed.

If the sauce is not as flavorful as you'd like, add a little more mustard and onion powder.

Bean Chili

Very easy and yummy!

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

1 can black or pinto beans

1/2 of a onion

1/2 of a green pepper

2 cloves of garlic

1 packet vegan taco seasoning

1 vegetable bouillon cube OR 1 cup of vegetable broth

Directions:

Dice onion, green pepper, and garlic and fry in olive oil in a pan.

Heat beans in a separate pot.

Once onion and pepper are cooked, add beans to the pan.

Sprinkle over taco seasoning powder.

Add vegetable broth. (I use the little cubes that you dissolve in water and dissolve it in about a cup or so of water.)

Mix together and enjoy with crackers or bread or just by itself. It's yummy! I made this from scratch one day and it's so easy!

Serves: 2-3

"Chicken" Soft Tacos

A simple and satisfying meal.

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

1 cup textured soy protein chunks

1 cup vegetable broth

oregano, thyme, marjoram

2 ripe tomatoes, diced

1/4 cup onion, finely chopped

1 clove of garlic, finely chopped

1 jalapeno pepper, deseeded and finely chopped (optional)

1-2 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon lime juice (lemon works too)

1/2 teaspoon oregano

1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)

1 Tablespoon vegetable oil

Suggested toppings: lettuce, green onion, olives, plain soy yogurt or vegan sour cream

Directions:

Bring vegetable broth to a boil, remove from heat and add soy protein chunks. Add a couple dashes of oregano, thyme and marjoram. Soak until the chunks are soft and liquid absorbed.

In a medium sized saucepan heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and jalapeno and saute until softened. Add textured soy protein, tomatoes, lime juice and spices. Simmer until the tomatoes have cooked down, about five minutes or so. Remove from heat and fold into soft wheat tortillas and top with suggested toppings or whatever toppings you enjoy!

*Please note I don't really measure my ingredients, so all measurements given are approximations, especially the spices. Please feel free to experiment and adjust to suit your own tastes. Happy cooking!

Serves: 2

Baked Fried Eggplant

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

2 medium to large eggplants - peeled and sliced into rounds

Fat free Italian salad dressing

Seasoned breadcrumbs

Vegetable cooking spray

Directions:

Serves: 4.

Preparation time: 20-30 min..

Dip eggplant slices into the fat free Italian dressing. Allow the excess dressing to drip off (too much dressing will wet the vegan breadcrumbs and make them a pain to work with). Coat the eggplant with the vegan breadcrumbs and place on a cookie sheet sprayed with vegetable spray. Lightly spray the eggplant with the vegetable spray. Bake at 400 degrees F until brown and crispy turning at least once (about 10 to 15 minutes).

Http://turtlemountain.com has vegan ice cream.

Answer 5

THE BEST RECIPE!!!  Serves 10.

Annie's Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Chips --

INGREDIENTS

2 kiwis, peeled and diced

2 Golden Delicious apples - peeled, cored and diced

8 ounces raspberries

1 pound strawberries

2 tablespoons white sugar

1 tablespoon brown sugar

3 tablespoons fruit preserves, any flavor

  

10 (10 inch) flour tortillas

butter flavored cooking spray

2 cups cinnamon sugar

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, thoroughly mix kiwis, Golden Delicious apples, raspberries, strawberries, white sugar, brown sugar and fruit preserves. Cover and chill in the refrigerator at least 15 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Coat one side of each flour tortilla with butter flavored cooking spray. Cut into wedges and arrange in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Sprinkle wedges with desired amount of cinnamon sugar. Spray again with cooking spray.

Bake in the preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes. Repeat with any remaining tortilla wedges. Allow to cool approximately 15 minutes. Serve with chilled fruit mixture.