by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 21, 2013 | Dessert, Recipes, Vegan MOFO 2013
Some of you may already know that I have two blogs. Sweetveg is my macrobiotic and spiritual living blog. Littleveg, as you may have guessed, has a child and family focus. I post recipes on both sites and often there is overlap. Children love a lot of the recipes over...
by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 20, 2013 | Dessert, Recipes, Vegan MOFO 2013
I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and the varieties of fruit grown here are my favorites. All sorts of berries, cherries, pears, peaches and plums. All I can say is yum! Cooked apples remind me of my childhood. We had several different apple trees in our...
by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 14, 2013 | Legumes, Recipes, Vegan MOFO 2013, Vegetables
Late Summer and Autumn is the perfect time for a sweet root vegetable dish. Adding fried tempeh is a great way to give your children some hearty and satisfying vegan protein in a way that is both strengthening and energizing for their active lives. I originally made...
by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 13, 2013 | Children and Vegetables, Legumes, Recipes, Vegan MOFO 2013, Vegetables
If your child loves beans, they can be a great base for more vegetables. Pinto beans with carrot and onion. Aduki Beans with Squash and Kombu. White beans with greens. These are some of our favorites. This was not my idea to add broccoli to black beans. It was my...
by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 12, 2013 | Articles, Children and Vegetables, Vegan MOFO 2013
Here are a few guidelines I use when taking any child to a restaurant to eat. They are also guidelines I try to use for myself. 1. Avoid restaurants where they give you a basket of bread, crackers or tortilla chips as soon as you are seated. Alternatively, just tell...
by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 9, 2013 | Articles, Children and Vegetables, Lena's Lunchbox, Vegan MOFO 2013
A few posts ago, I talked about Lena, my Vegetable Lover of the Month. Here are two more of Lena’s school lunches from the past few weeks: Lunch #1: Whole grain tortilla (I like the Ezekial brand) with smashed white beans and baked yam. After filling, heat a...
by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 8, 2013 | Dessert, Recipes, Vegan MOFO 2013
Recipes that use up leftover grains are super helpful when you are trying to feed your family a predominately whole grain and vegetable diet. I often make extra rice just so I can make rice pudding. This one sneaks in a vegetable as well. In the past year, I have been...
by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 7, 2013 | Articles, Children and Vegetables, Vegan MOFO 2013, Vegetables
My 13 year-old niece Olivia loves cooking. She was the first child I knew who loved nori rolls. My sister and I have even taught cooking classes at several of her slumber parties. She is also Abby’s big sister. Next weekend she will be performing in a community...
by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 6, 2013 | Articles, Children and Vegetables, Vegan MOFO 2013
Two of my sisters have been pregnant together, twice. Abby and Joel were born six weeks apart and are now cute, bumbling toddlers. Abby is my sister’s youngest child. She has four older brothers and one older sister, and at 16 months she is already strong enough...
by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 4, 2013 | Articles, Children and Vegetables, Vegan MOFO 2013
In my experience, one of the most important ways to help children love vegetables is what I call Vegetable Immersion. It’s like language immersion, but with vegetables. Basically, you flood your home with as many different vegetables and vegetable laced dishes...