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How to Go Veg

Sample menus for children and teens

1 to 4 years old

Breakfast: Oatmeal with applesauce, calcium-fortified orange juice
Lunch: Alphabet Soup, whole-grain crackers, banana, peas, soymilk
Dinner: Baked beans, mashed sweet potatoes, braised collards, soymilk
Snacks: Peach, Cheerios, soymilk

   
4 to 6 years old

Breakfast: Whole-grain cereal with strawberries and soymilk
Lunch: Hummus sandwich on whole-wheat bread with lettuce and tomato, apple juice, orange wedge, carrot sticks
Dinner: Steamed tofu and spinach, Simply Delicious Winter Squash, Oven Fries, soymilk, baked apple with cinnamon
Snacks: Trail mix, graham crackers, soymilk

   
7 to 12 years old

Breakfast: Granola topped with soy yogurt, blueberries, and almonds; calcium-fortified orange juice
Lunch: Mushroom Barley Soup, green salad, whole-wheat bread, pear
Dinner: Chili Mac, greens beans, cucumber salad, soymilk
Snacks: Popcorn, figs, soy “ice cream”

   
13 to 19 years old

Breakfast: Bagel with peanut butter and banana, calcium-fortified orange juice
Lunch: Missing Egg Sandwich, Crispy Jicama Salad, peach, soymilk
Dinner: Bean burrito with lettuce, tomato, and guacamole; rice; baked tortilla chips and salsa; soymilk; Apple Crisp
Snacks: Hummus and crackers, Strawberry Smoothie, Luna or Clif Bar

 

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