Make Your Own Hummus—Let Your Children In On The Fun!

Humming Hummus

One of my all time favorite concoction to eat is hummus.  

It is delicious, nutritious and tastes nothing like chicken!

Classic hummus

Rightfully so—a child’s taste buds should be opened to a variety of foods—so, use hummus as a go to snack of humongous proportions! Mostly used as a dip, an assortment of edible digging utensils adds to the lovely nutritive value of this chow. Skip those salty potato chips—instead have your children cut cucumber chips, slice up carrot, celery, and sweet pepper sticks—even radish slices. Rad right! Use your own favorite vegetables for the children to clean, prep and eat as hummus scoops. Come to think of it, I’ve used tomato wedges also! Pita wedges are popular but I don't use them—prefer blue corn chips—infusing some Tex-Mex flavors (see Additional Ingredients list below.)

Creating Future Foodies

 Go Ahead and Give Your Toddler a Kitchen Knife*

A child in the Amazon rain forest "was playing with a sharp kitchen knife, about 9 inches in length. He was swinging the knife blade around him, often coming close to his eyes, his chest, his arm and other body parts. When he dropped the knife, his mother—talking to someone else—reached backward nonchalantly without interrupting her conversation, picked up the knife and handed it back to the toddler."

Gupta explains that there's an evolutionary argument for allowing children to learn how to work with dangerous food implements. David Lancy, an Anthropologist and author of The Anthropology of Childhood, says childhood used to be filled with tools, such as hammers, mortars, pestles and machetes to break open foods like coconuts. 

An Open & Creative Kitchen = Healthy Minded Children

We've created a green monster!

Guacamole Fiesta - Nutritious, Delicious and Fun!

Guacamole is a great way to let your children into the kitchen, roll up their sleeves and make a mess, right? Right! So, let's get started. 

The following steps are designed for you and your children to have fun, while learning the basics of food preparation & how to be creative & tasty -  all at the same time. Let the young ones do as much as possible, making as many decisions as you can possibly stand. Give them choices as guidance when necessary, like "would you like to chop the tomatoes smaller or do you think that's a good size?"

Creative Pumpkin Seed Recipe

CHILD TO CHEF

What a great way to get your children involved in a fun, sloppy task that builds goal setting, prepping, cutting, cleaning, sorting, choosing, mixing, timing, tasting, sharing, discerning... and the list goes on, right?

This traditional, seasonal ritual is simply a recipe for you and your children to share quality time

Soy & Cinnamon pumpkin seeds - Yum!

together. It's a creative way to empower them by building concentration, self-confidence and independence.