/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Soups are great. Just whatever sort of veggie soup, with some beans or lentil and some rice.

Pizza is huge, and most kids like topping their own section of a pizza the way they like it. For the vegan daughter, ask if she wants to try a fake vegan cheese (I'd strongly recommend Daiya; if you get another brand, be sure it's really vegan, as many use the dairy protein casein), and/or a fake pepperoni for familiar flavors.

Mexican food is similar, just have a variety of things to put in tacos or in tortilla wraps - including have rice & beans in addition to cheese & meat. (If you're buying canned beans, "vegetarian beans" are specifically labeled as such in the Mexican food aisle).

Middle eastern dishes like taboulli, hummus, and falafel are good. Many Asian dishes are good with tofu. Pasta dishes like veggie lasagna or just a tomato sauce with vegetables can be nice. Pleb-tier bolognese can be made with various "veggie crumbles" meat substitutes that are convincing enough that many kids wouldn't know the difference.

I'd educate yourself on nutritional needs a bit. Most people worry way too much about getting enough protein, when that really tends to take care of itself. All the living stuff we eat has some protein, moreso in seeds/nuts/grains in varying ratios of amino acids, and you'd have to eat an obviously poor diet (e.g. subsist on white rice and celery) to not get enough.

I would be much more concerned with calcium and omega 3 than with protein, and would suggest some vegan-sourced supplements, unless your daughter is stuffing her face with kale and flax seed every day.