In our house, we made green pancakes (put our regular pancake ingredients into a blender, then added a handful of spinach – fresh or frozen, and blended) and a green smoothie.
Here are some other fun ideas you might try (today, or any day!):
- Add food coloring or green sprinkles to your regular pancake, cookie, or muffin recipe (let your child be in charge of choosing the color and doing the drops or sprinkles as appropriate).
- Use today as an excuse to make a new “green” recipe together, even if your child isn’t ready to eat it yet. Some ideas might include a green smoothie, green muffins/cupcakes, or even green spinach dip.
- Roast vegetables in the oven, but arrange them to make a “rainbow” – maybe using cherry tomatoes, chopped orange and yellow bell peppers, broccoli or snap peas, and blue and purple potatoes, purple carrots, or purple cauliflower. Colored carrots are also fun and come with all the colors you need! (Of course, you can also look through what veggies you have in the house and create your own rainbow.)
- If cooked veggies aren’t a hit in your house, you could also make a veggie tray, like the one in the picture and serve it with ranch dressing mixed with green food coloring! (In our veggie tray last year, we used cherry tomatoes, orange peppers, yellow squash, green broccoli, purple cauliflower, and purple carrots, then cut jicama into thin slices and cut out with a cloud cookie cutter!)
- Make a rainbow fruit salad, and let your child help you wash, cut, and arrange fruit on a plate or in clear cups to make fancy desserts or snacks. You might also put the fruit on toothpicks or skewers to make rainbow wands.
We encourage you to find ways for your child to be involved in food preparation as much as possible and to find ways to make it fun. We will keep sharing ideas here, so check back often! Check out our Parent/Caregiver Libraries for even more ideas.
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