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🥧🍦Pumpkin Pie Parfait Cups🍦🥧
NEW recipe linked in profile!
Pumpkin pie but easy, healthy, and fun for kids to make! Who’s in?? 🙋‍♀️
I came up with this recipe to make in my kid’s cooking class this week. It’s super interactive and only made from a handful of simple ingredients:
🥧Granola or crushed graham crackers
🎃Plain yogurt and pumpkin purée sweetened with a little maple syrup and pumpkin pie spice
🍌Cuz their fun to cut and get some knife practice in (but totally optional)
🍦Add a little dollop of extra yogurt on top (or whipped cream/coconut cream for a more decadent treat) and a sprinkle of more crunchy granola.
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🦃Great for a last minute #thanksgiving dessert or for any fall gathering. But they’re so easy and healthy you’ll want to make them for breakfast or snack time any day!
Let me know if you give them a try! And check out some of the action from yesterday’s cooking class in my stories. 😊💕
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👩‍🍳 👨‍🍳 Teaching Toddlers and Kids Knife Skills (Safety and Basics)👨‍🍳👩‍🍳
🎉New Blog Post. Link in Profile!
I’m really excited to share this information with you! Teaching young children to use knives safely can enrich their lives on so many levels. Overall, hands-on involvement with real food (fruit and veggies!) will lead to more adventurous eating and start a lifelong journey of building healthy habits. Here are all the major topics I’m covering:
⭐️Is it safe to teach my toddler to use a knife?
⭐️Why should I teach my child to use a knife?
⭐️How old should my child be when we start?
⭐️Which child-safe knife should I buy?
⭐️How to we get started?
I also cover some common occurrences like children not wanting help, getting tired/frustrated, or not using the knife appropriately.
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💞If you read the post and still have questions, please reach out! I’d love to know what parts you find helpful or if anything is confusing. And send me pics of your little chefs!! 🙌
Thanks to those of you that submitted questions in my story question box. In this post I concentrated on covering the basics and recommendations for toddlers and younger kids. If your question about older children or next steps wasn’t answered, I’ll be doing more posts on knife skills in the future.😊💕
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🍲🔤Easy Alphabet Soup🔤🍲
My preschool chefs have been whipping up this veggie-filled soup for the past couple of weeks. 👩‍🍳 👨‍🍳 Here’s why it’s an awesome recipe to make with toddlers and kids of all ages:
✅ Exposure to lots of veggies! Prep sticks of carrot and celery ahead so kids can easily chop them into a small dice with a kid-safe knife. But make sure to show they what the whole veggies look like too! Too many kids have no idea what a bunch of celery looks like! Also, feel free to use up whatever fresh or frozen veggies you have or like. Pretty much anything goes in soup!
✅ Alphabet pasta is super fun and totally kid-approved. This soup just wouldn’t be as appealing without it. Use novelty to your advantage! Plus, I really like to joke with the kids that the letters are making words in their bellies after they eat them. 🤓😂
✅ It’s quick! Long attention spans not needed here. This flavorful soup only has a handful of simple ingredients and it cooks up really fast. Jarred marinara sauce is my secret to getting flavors of garlic and herbs into the broth while keeping the ingredient list short. I put my Instant Pot on 2 minutes and we read a book about soup while the veggies get nice and tender. It cooks up pretty quickly on the stove top too.
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🙋‍♀️Want the recipe?? I have two versions: the exact recipe I’m using in my classes is from my book, Little Helpers Toddler Cookbook. Amazon linked in my profile. I like that one the best because it’s the most simple and the directions are specifically written for cooking with kids. However, there is also a delicious (and pretty similar) version on the @veggiebudsclub blog that I wrote a couple years back. Linked in profile as well.
Please let me know if you have any questions! Happy soup making! 😊💕
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PS: Where can you find alphabet pasta? I have found some in the pasta aisle at my local grocery store but I’ve also linked some great options in the ‘Fav Ingredients’ section of my Amazon store. 🔤❤️
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