Making your kitchen a kid-free zone so you can cook in peace? Surprisingly there are so many incredible benefits of cooking with kids. Involving kids in the kitchen is one great way of creating quality family time and building stronger bonds between parents and kids. Not only that, working side by side with your kids will help improve their self- confidence and self-esteem. What are you waiting for? Get your little ones into the kitchen and prepare some healthy and delicious salads by following the simple recipes below.
3 Simple salad recipe ideas that your kids will love
- Pomegranate Quinoa Salad
Ingredients:
½ cup organic quinoa
1 pomegranate
Steps:
- Pour the quinoa and water into rice cooker. Once it’s done, let it cool.
- Cut the pomegranate in half and pop the seeds out.
- Transfer the quinoa and pomegranate seeds in a bowl and mix well. Serve immediately.
- Fresh Fruit Yogurt Bowl
Ingredients:
1 cup plain yogurt
6 strawberries
20g blueberries
1 kiwi
A handful of organic chia seeds
Steps:
- Peel the kiwi, and rinse together with the strawberries and blueberries with water.
- Cut the strawberries in half and the kiwi into slices.
- Pour the yogurt into a bowl and add all the fruit ingredients in it.
- Add an appropriate amount of organic chia seeds on top. Serve immediately.
(3) Avocado, Corn & Tomato Salad
Ingredients:
1 avocado
1 cup sweet corn kernels
5 cherry tomatoes
1 teaspoon honey
Steps:
- Halve the avocado. Remove the pit and scoop out the avocado flesh. Cut into even chunks.
- Microwave the corn kernels for 1-2 minutes. Allow to cool.
- Rinse the cherry tomatoes in water and cut in half.
- Put all into a bowl, add honey and mix. Serve immediately.
