7. Easy vegetable soup
If your children are not very fond of eating vegetables, this recipe is an excellent way to acquaint them with different veggies. Who knows, your children might even gobble up the soup in seconds. Besides, this is an excellent activity for developing your child’s fine motor skills.
You will need:
Onions
Potatoes
Celery
Carrots
Tomatoes
Salt, pepper, garlic, and oregano
Slow cooker
How to make:
Ask your child to chop up all the vegetables as finely as they can. This is a great exercise for your children to develop their fine motor skills.
Add the spices to the slow cooker.
Stir occasionally.
When the vegetables are cooked, and the soup gives off a delicious aroma, you can serve it.
8. Mini pumpkin pies
Halloween or no Halloween, pumpkin is a vegetable that children love. Maybe it is because of its sweet taste or unusual color. You can hardly go wrong with pumpkin. Make these mini pumpkin pies with your children and enjoy.
You will need:
For the pie crust:
300g all-purpose flour
1tsp salt
90g unsalted butter
150g chilled vegetable shortening
120ml ice water
For the filling:
285g pumpkin puree
150g brown sugar
120ml heavy cream
60ml whole milk
1 large egg
¼tsp salt
1tsp ground cinnamon
How to make:
Make the crust by mixing flour and salt in a large bowl.
Add butter and shortening.
Use two forks to cut the butter and shortening into the flour. Mix well until you get a coarse mixture.
Add ice water and mix with a spatula.
Transfer the dough to the work surface dusted with flour. The dough should come together easily and should not be sticky.
Fold the dough, divide into two halves, and roll each half into one-inch-thick disks.
Wrap tightly in plastic and refrigerate for at least two hours.
In a mixing bowl, take pumpkin, brown sugar, heavy cream, milk, egg, salt, and cinnamon and blend well. Refrigerate.
Preheat the oven to 190°C.
Grease the muffin pans.
Remove the dough from the fridge and place it on the work surface dusted with flour.
Roll the dough into a large circle. Using a cookie cutter, cut out rounds from the dough.
Place the dough into the muffin pans and press the dough flat to the bottom and sides.
Add the filling in equal quantities in all the cups.
Bake for 20-25 minutes. The center should be set, and the edges should be light brown.
Remove the pies and let them cool for five minutes before removing them from the pan. Cool and serve.
