Kid-friendly vegetarian meal ideas/recipes

While on a trip with my brother's family I made vegetarian tacos (using veggie burger crumbles in place of ground beef). My little niece loved it. Her mom commented that it was one of the rare times she's ever seen her clear her plate. The adults all loved it too. I think it's a pretty safe recipe

A lot of pasta dishes will probably work well too. You could also try things like pancakes for dinner, which a lot of kids tend to get behind.

Bean burritos
Grilled cheese
Pasta w/ cheese or red sauce (crumble some tofu into the red sauce and she'll likely think it's cheese) my grandson loves it.
Vegetarian lasagna
Pinto beans and cornbread (southern kids are raised on it)
Veggie cheese omelet, quiche or frittata
Stuff pasta shells w/ a mixture of spinach, ricotta and tofu and top w/ marinara (one of my daughters’ favorites)
Pasta, grain or bean (or any combination) salad

Grilled cheese, cheese pizza-bagel (whole grain bagel with pizza sauce and cheese in the oven), tacos with refried or black beans instead of taco meat. Or this veggie-filled mac & cheese:

http://www.thecomfortofcooking.com/2013/02/spicy-roasted-vegetable-macaroni-and-cheese.html

I'm a vegetarian too (mostly), and a suuuuuper picky eater. This is right up my alley.

I like to make a Szechuan Cold Noodle peanut salad that is great if there is no peanut allergy. Kids will usually eat roasted Kale as well, which I put out by a plate standing upright in an old fashioned glass and call them green potato chips. Crunchy, salty w/some kosher salt, delicious.

i agree with pocketmole on the tacos. i have made them plenty a time with the meatless crumbles and meat eaters legit love it, with the taco seasoning it really just tastes like straight up tacos.

seitan is awesome, and good to use in place of something that would call for beef tips, chicken or really any other meat. it can be pricey in the stores, but if you have time before she comes you can buy some wheat gluten and make your own, then just package it and toss it together with whatever you would make with the meat. you can make a "philly cheese steak" with the seitan strips, peppers onion cheese on a wedge/roll, not sure how she is about stir frys but you can add that with veggies and a soy sauce or sweet n sour sauce over rice. pasta as well, using the meatless grounds you can make a hearty sauce with some veggies thrown in the sauce. pizza is a great idea. does she like quesadillas? a cheese quesadilla with some sauteed mushrooms onions peppers always hits the spot for me :]

sweet potato burritos from allrecipes.com, the beans in it are mashed so they aren't the shape of beans, it seems like a weird ingredient combo when you look it up but its actually really good!

spinach artichoke stuffed mushrooms using greek yogurt instead of mayo, cream cheese artichoke spinach parm cheese, mixed together stuff it in a huge mushroom cap or even a pepper and bake it with cheese on top. you can use this same mix and serve it with rotini and make a spinach artichoke pasta dish.

nachos? i loveeee some meatless nachos with lettuce cheese gauc sour cream tomato, you can layer them in a pan and bake it, i know you said you dont like the meatless grounds much so you can leave that out and just make it cheese with the toppings, add the guac and sour cream after baking top with salsa too and jalepenos, olives, hot sauce.

also, check this out http://www.vegkitchen.com/kid-friendly-recipes/

good luck and hope she has a great stay with you!

also, you could make something where maybe you make real meat on the side, like chicken and then she can have that in a quesadilla and just add it in, or throw it over pasta or even in a stir fry. i do that sometimes, usually i just make all veggie recipes and my dude eats them, but now and then i will use a small skillet and cook up chicken seperately, then just make a large pan of a stir fry or a pasta dish and he can add his chicken in, and i can add my little meatless seitan or tofu in mine