Greetings,
I hope that you are enjoying the holiday season. We have definitely been enjoying spending time with family, cooking, and eating. Especially the eating.
Being vegan for only 4 years, cooking food for the holidays has been a learning process. There is always the simple route – grabbing some Tofurky and a box a stuffing, but that’s not my style. For the past few years, I have been making a vegan gumbo with ample sides for Thanksgiving. This year, I included my son in the cooking process from start to finish. He washed, chopped, stirred, and baked to his heart’s content.
Which brings me to the reason for this post, do you include cooking classes in your child’s curriculum? If so, for which reasons? If not, for which reasons? Personally, I believe that Home Economics are a natural part of the homeschooling environment. Children being involved in these processes is fun and teaches them to be responsible adults. I still remember recipes from cooking with my grandmother at age 9 or 10.
So, you may be wondering, where do I start? I would recommend starting with these awesome no-bake chocolate peanut butter cookies, great for any age, Kindergarten and up, with adult supervision. We adapted this to vegan by using almond milk and Earth Balance butter. We also sprinkled in a few vegan chocolate chips and threw some coconut flakes on top.
You can also check out this neat list of vegan no-bake desserts if you want to keep it simple and healthy.
Here is a cool Pinterest collection of vegan recipes for children.
Understanding that everyone is not vegan, here is an awesome collection of omnivore recipes from Kid’s Health.
And a whole host of kid-friendly recipes from All Recipes.
Enjoy making some of these delicious recipes with your little shining stars and we will chat again soon!
All Best,
Nikala Asante