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 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...
by teresa@sweetveg | Sep 2, 2013 | Articles, Children and Vegetables, Vegan MOFO 2013
Today you get to meet 17-year old Emily, one of my very favorite people of all time. I have known her since she was 12 days old and love her more each day. A little about Emily: She likes to read, play music and spend time with friends. She also told me she just...