by teresa@sweetveg | Jan 31, 2014 | Articles, Children and Vegetables, Grains, Recipes
Whether the bread you eat is gluten-free, vegan or otherwise, baked flour can be really hard on our bodies. The process of baking is drying and hardening and it can do the same thing to our bodies. This is especially true if the bread is toasted. However, if you steam...
by teresa@sweetveg | Jan 13, 2014 | Articles, Children and Vegetables, Lena's Lunchbox
I hope you are enjoying this wonderful New Year so far. Here are a few more ideas from Lena’s Lunchbox. . Lunch 1 Pressure Cooked Brown Rice with pan toasted pumpkin seeds Savory Baked Tempeh Oil sautéed carrot matchsticks green peas in pod Lunch 2 Brown...
by teresa@sweetveg | Dec 30, 2013 | Articles, Children and Vegetables, Mealtime, Mindful Eating for Children
A lot of people ask me what I give children for snacks. My answer may take a bit of re-conceptualizing about what a snack really is. I actually don’t even like using the word snack. In my mind, every time a child eats, it should be thought of as a meal. It may...
by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 28, 2013 | Articles, Children and Vegetables, Lena's Lunchbox, Recipes, Vegan MOFO 2013
I hope you are enjoying these peeks into Lena’s lunches. I know sometimes we can get into lunchbox ruts and even one new idea can help. Lunch #1 Corn Cakes Hummus (I send a spoon because sometimes she just eats it straight instead of dipping the corn cakes.)...
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...