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Kids Creative Kitchen

ONLINE Plant Based Cooking Classes For The Whole Family

This new class was a little late but still so good at any time of the year!

In the pictures we have…

✨ Raw vegan caramel slice
✨ Oat lace cookies
✨ Coconut & date truffle balls
✨ Gingerbread cookies
✨ No bake vegan cheesecake (made with tofu)

There’s lots more recipes/videos I’ve added as bonuses (and my laptop glitch which is getting fixed will allow me to put up the final recipes soon) as well so you have lots to go through in your own time.

I hope you enjoy these yummy recipes!

Link for the class is in my bio. Or you can click here. https://programskck.podia.com/e67c9405-92f6-49ef-aea9-b064f24abb3f

If you’d like to grab the big recipe video pack, click the link on our stories or the link in the bio to grab a bargain!

Everything gluten free, dairy free, some nut free, some refined sugar free and of course everything plant based!

Everything is super delicious!! And can be made at any time, not just Christmas.

All for $39!

Of course I love seeing your creations and hearing all about what you make and I’m always here if you ever need help with any of the recipes!

Enjoy your yummy treats!

Easy recipe for the kids to make their own! Make sure you have the basics then let the kids find the rest of the ingredients. It’s a great “left overs” recipe to adapt.

Enjoy!

#plantbasedkids #plantbased #vegan #familyrecipes #familymeals #familycooking #kidscook #kidscooking

This weeks class was….

Vegan Sausage Rolls
Vegan Banana Bread
Tofu Fried Rice

Our wellness class was all about the soul and what soul purpose is with a fun little printable journal book for writing and drawing what our intuition brings us, practicing tapping into our intuition and expanding our imaginations into other worlds.

This weeks classes are recorded and can be accessed at any time to do in your own time, only $39 with some bonus recipes and videos when you purchase the one off class.

I look forward to cooking with you all really soon! 👩🏼‍🍳🥰

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The easiest and quickest snack of them all!

#coconutyogurt
#chiaseeds
#honey or #maplesyrup

Mix and enjoy!

Gut health is so important, especially in children.

If your kids are eating a lot of processed foods and barely any fruits and vegetables then here is what happens:

- Their guts will become overburdened and Inflamed from all the processed junk food
- A chronically inflamed gut means gap junctions in the gut are no longer tight and it’s letting everything through the gut lining and back into the bloodstream AKA leaky gut.
- A poor gut means a poor immune system, majority of our immune system is housed in our gut. This means kids will get sicker more often.
- The gut brain axis is disrupted and a poor gut biome effects the neuro-endocrine systems which is the stress response, anxiety and memory function. The gut is linked to your child’s stress response, how much anxiety they develop and how well their memory functions.

Now as a mother I know that no one wants to have a child going through these emotional roller coasters at a young age, or ever!

So let’s see how we can help.

1. Increase the gut friendly foods - Organic fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds and some gluten free grains and beans.

2. Take out ALL inflammatory foods. Dairy, gluten, processed sugar, processed carbohydrates, all junk food - soda, cakes, chips, lollies. Find healthier alternatives, yes it’s possible!

3. To help repair a poor gut you need to supplement. A good quality probiotic, vitamin c, pre biotic (if not getting through food), magnesium, kids b complex (non synthetic) and a good quality digestive enzyme with main meals and of course b12 if you are plant based.

4. Increase the good bacteria! When you supplement with a probiotic you then need to feed that good bacteria with a pre biotic so it grows. Get a prebiotic food on their plate daily. Google prebiotic foods! 🫐🧅🧄🍌

5. Reduce their stress. Stress inflames the body and the gut causing nothing to be digested properly as well as the gut not being able to repair and heal.

6. EVERY feeling and emotion a child has is valid and as a parent our job is to validate all their emotions, to let them know being hurt, sad, angry, upset is so normal, and to not brush it away. Support them in every way you can. 💜

Join our weekly classes to get some amazing, tasty and healthy recipes, live classes and pre recorded wellness and nutrition classes.

Check link in bio for the website and booking details. 🥰👩🏼‍🍳

Since we are having Gut Health week I decided to put together another healthy gut soup with pro and prebiotics in abundance in this soup!

I honestly did not even have to add coconut cream to make this creamy. Or any added salt. It’s so delicious and worth a try!! Super healthy too.

Ingredients:

3 celery stalks chopped
2 onions chopped
2 parsnips chopped
3 garlic cloves roughly chopped
2 potatoes
Handful of broccoli
Handful of cauliflower
Large spoon of almond butter
Spices!!! Curry powder, paprika, cumin, garlic granules, turmeric.
2 veggie stock cubes with 3 cups of water.
1 small butternut pumpkin
1 tablespoons of tomato paste
1 grated apple with skin

Method
1. Sauté onion and garlic in coconut oil
2. Add spices and mix until you can smell the aromas
3. Add water and vegetables with stock and grated apple and your nut butter.
4. Pressure cook for 10 minutes then blend. Makes 3 large serves. So good!!!

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“Not” fried rice in the pressure cooker and eat as is OR you can turn them into rice cake patties. Awesome idea to turn your leftover rice into something different for the kids for the next day. 🍚 😋

#rice #friedrice #friedricerecipe #pressurecookerrice #ricecakes

Just a reminder that our class is coming up on Wednesday!

These classes are our homeschool classes so has a lot more things included than just our normal cooking class.

Each homeschool class receives

✨3-5 recipes each week to cook in class
✨Recorded video recipe (bonus!)
✨Replay of our live class cooking
✨30 minute wellness and nutrition class
✨Activities to complete in between live classes.

Cost is $39 per class which gets you all of the above and access for any questions or queries in between classes.

You can still buy the whole course at $333 and your get access to the previous weeks and can catch up in your own time. You can join at any time!

The live class is on Wednesdays at 4pm London UK time. And runs for 1.5-2hrs.

We have lots of yummy gut health recipes this week and our wellness class is all about the gut and why we want to take good care of it.

Did you know most of our immune system is in our gut as well as our happy hormone serotonin? Happy gut equals happy mind!

Come and join us for a single session or join for the whole term! If you join for the whole term you get 2 bonus classes which includes Christmas baking! 🎄

See you in class! 👩🏼‍🍳

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Some of our previous classes! So many yummy options. Who says eating plants was boring!? 😂

Who’s joining us tomorrow?

Tips for connecting consciously with your kids and to help them understand that wellness isn’t just about what you eat but about mind and soul wellness too.

Here’s a few things that can make a world of difference!

1. Always be available to HEAR your children, and that doesn’t mean listen to them while your on your phone or working away on your laptop, it means putting everything down and giving them your undivided attention for how ever long it takes. Now this doesn’t mean every second of every day needs to be spent bowing down to your children on every odd request. You can still have boundaries, blocks of time that are school time, work time, play time etc. and meal times are often amazing times to have long discussions, often at nighttime I find my daughter loves to talk as well, so I make sure we have an hour together before it’s sleep time to talk about anything that comes up. If you do get interrupted over your important time you can kindly remind them that once you’re finished that you will give them 100% of undivided time. 💜

2. Allow all the emotions, mad, sad, happy, excited, iron man energy, frustrated and even whining is something that needs to be allowed and looked into as to what they are missing. Emotions are signals for us to see where we can either give more love and attention or where we can give them a space to express the emotions without judgment and reprimanding. If you’re triggered that’s something you need to look into yourself and is never your child’s fault, check out @intuitivehealthandwellness11 for tips on helping yourself. 💜

3. When they share their likes or dislikes and perhaps some crazy new interest, never dismiss them or laugh at them. Respect them like you would an adult and be supportive, no matter what it is. As long as it’s not hurting anyone or being unkind to anyone (or illegal) then it’s something that needs to be supportive in an unconditional loving way. They are learning their way in the world with different likes, it’s something that needs to be encouraged all the time.

4. JOY! we can’t ever forget to bring joy into our every day lives. A trip to the beach, a play at the park or cooking together as a family!

Kids get grumpy! It’s due to a number of factors but the ones i want to talk about today are mostly related to nutrition.

I have a fussy eater, which means she doesn’t always want to eat nutrient dense foods, and if I’m not consistent in providing every day, all day, she will easily just go for easy snack foods that are often less than healthy.

Cue the the grumps! Or hangry as we call it in the adult world.

Nutrition is so vital for growing kids, there’s so much that their growing bodies need and without it their mood, energy and happiness starts to waiver.

Support their bodies by:

✅Offering healthy, whole, nutrient dense foods throughout the day.
✅ Use a chart to tick off food colours, like our eat a rainbow chart. Ensuring a variety of foods are eaten.
✅ Be CONSISTENT! This one I’m not always on top of but truly it’s the key to mostly everything. If your nutrition starts to fall by the wayside, so will your kids nutrition and if they start wanting those easy snacks you buy (because it’s more convenient for you) for breakfast, lunch and dinner then you can clearly see why.
Be consistent with the right foods and you won’t have to deal with outbursts over why they can’t have those snacky junky type foods.
✅ Go organic and chemical/preservative free. These chemicals are a known neurotoxin and will absolutely change your kids moods and behaviours. Without a doubt! Make the switch and help their bodies detox out those toxins with healthy fruits and veggies.

Other ways to support your child who is going through emotions and grumpyness.

🌸 Check In with them and help them identify what it is that they are feeling. Did something happen, are they feeling angry/mad/sad that you didn’t listen to something? Are they feeling tired or hungry (basic needs)? Are they feeling unloved, unheard and not seen? Do they need more attention from you?
Every single one of these things Is a valid reason and you need to validate anything that comes up for them. “Wow, that sounds hard, I can see how that’s making you feel…..” “ I love you and I’m here to support you in anyway you need”.

This may look like cuddles, making lunch together, reading a book or going for a walk. 💜

School holiday time in australia right now!

Did you want something to keep your kids entertained, educated and fed over a few hours each day? Then look no further than our online ‘Recipe A Day’ Challenge.

For 7 days your child will receive a pre recorded video with all instructions ready to cook for their challenge meal for the day.

The recipe cards with ingredients and equipment will be sent on the weekend giving you enough time to shop for any last minute ingredients you may need. I will allow for a few extra days to complete the challenge if you’re unable to start on the Monday.

Challenge starts Monday 26th September and final meals need to be uploaded to our pop up Facebook group at the latest the following Wednesday the 5th of October and the winner announced on Friday 7th October.

Yesss there’s a prize for the person who gets the most points, 1 recipe completed = 1 point. Bonus points awarded to extra recipes cooked over this time period.

Just imagine having meals cooked for you every day!!! Definitely worth the $39 investment!!

No need to join in live as videos are pre recorded, your child can cook morning noon or night and recipes will be a mix of sweet and savoury.

Keep your budding chef learning through the holidays as well as keeping the family fed every day. It’s a win win!

Challenge is open to everyone, not just Australians, so if you’re in the Uk or USA then jump on board and have your kids make some awesome recipes and have fun learning new skills and see what everyone else creates in our pop up Facebook group.

Book today on the website www.kidscreative.kitchen or check link in bio. 👩🏼‍🍳🍪🤩🦄☺️

Hey mums and dads and little chefs!

We have a new class up for homeschoolers or anyone who’d like to learn more about cooking, nutrition and holistic wellness for kids.

Our live classes start on 28th of September at 4pm London time (UK). If you can’t make the live, don’t worry, it will be recorded and available the same day so everyone will get a chance to do some real time cooking!

This 9 week course (plus two bonus weeks for Christmas creative fun!) is jam packed with:

✨Weekly live cooking classes (recorded if you can’t make it live)
✨ Bonus weekly pre recorded recipes
✨ Weekly wellness & nutrition class (pre recorded)
✨ Fun worksheets to work on in between classes which will cover lots of learning topics/areas
✨ Our famous finale cook off between students, using all we have learnt through the 9 weeks to make some awesome meals.
✨ We will have a Facebook group just for students to upload their creations and for parents to ask questions and connect with one another.

All ages are catered for, the ages usually range from 6-12. No experience necessary but some kids may require adults to help out sometimes.

There will be introduction videos where it’s required for children to watch before we start so they can understand the safety in the kitchen and what’s required before we start to cook. All of this will be available the weekend before we start.

You will be sent recipes, ingredients, equipment list and lesson details each week so you can be prepared for the class on Wednesdays.

Everything is PLANT BASED & GLUTEN FREE! 🙌🏻

🎄Bonus Christmas class in December! 🎄

Cost is only $39 per week per household or $333 for the 9 weeks(plus bonus weeks).

Book today and secure your spot. Can’t wait to see you at our live class! 🥰🙌🏻👩🏼‍🍳🍪

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How good are leftovers!!

Ok not all leftovers are good, I just can’t do left over lettuce salads, they need to be eaten on the same day, definitely!

So, going with our Mexican theme this week I had some left over tvp “mince” and queso sauce, added some coriander and vegan cheese add onto two gluten free tortilla and fry in the pan and we have a quesadilla!

This was actually really tasty! Even Miss C had a taste, spice and all.

Who loves Mexican? It’s so easy to make and kids usually love Mexican. Really easy to make vegan and gluten free as well. 😊🙌🏻

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This week we had a Mexican fiesta plus some more cupcake decorating for those who missed out last week.

⭐️ Churros and Choc dipping sauce
⭐️ Cupcakes
⭐️ Guacamole (not pictured)
⭐️ Nachos with Mexican tvp “mince”
⭐️ Mexican Rice (not pictured)
⭐️ Queso Sauce
⭐️ Cauliflower Nuggets

Everything gluten free and plant based as usual.

The Nachos were a hit! We used vegan cheese and Mexican flavoured TVP (textured vegetable protein, soy based). And the cauliflower nuggets, so good!!

Yummy!!

We also chatted about limiting beliefs, how to overcome them and setting intentions and goals and a little exercise to reach your goals over a period of time. Ticking off your mini goals on a daily basis eventually gets you to your big goal!

Setting children and teens up to have a strong belief system in themselves and showing them they are actually limitless and can achieve anything they want with dedication and discipline is so important.

Mastering a craft at an early age doesn’t mean it needs to be their life long career but it does mean they learn the value of discipline and hard work to get what they really want, and that is something that I’m sure every parent would want their child to have, those really important, learned skills.

There’s also children who just want to explore and not master anything at an early age, if they truly haven’t found what they love then that’s ok too, keep being open, keep discussions going about what they enjoy and love and don’t love and eventually they will want to put more time into something to really master it. There should be absolutely no expectations on a child’s interests, and zero projection from us as parents, they are not mini me’s and we don’t need to live through them with our own unfounded childhood dreams and goals.

Encourage them to try whatever they want, try different things until they find true joy with something and then you can open up the discussion about putting in more time and effort and help set them up for success. 🥰💜🙌🏻

Beliefs are powerful! 💥

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It’s almost Christmas!!! 🤶🏻 🎅🏻 🎄

Who’s ready? 😊🥰🤗🥴

I have some classes that are happening this week and some workshops for Christmas baking!

Our new pop up tester class is starting this Friday and runs for 3 weeks for kids aged 5-9.

Trial the class before you pay upfront for a whole term! Great way to test out if your child is a keen chef or just happy to play around in the kitchen.

And

Our Christmas Workshops! Yay! 🎄 👩🏼‍🍳

Let your children do all the sweets for Christmas. Shortbread, cookies, slices, gingerbread and more!

We will be learning about….

🎄 Making sweet treats as Christmas presents and ways to wrap and present.
🎄 Making raw Christmas slices
🎄 Easy to make truffles (variety of different flavours)
🎄 Gingerbread houses/cookies
🎄 Christmas decorating of butter cookies
🎄 Delicious Desserts
🎄 Christmas cakes
And more!!

Everything is plant based and gluten free. There will be some sugar used but I try to minimise the amount with each recipe.

These classes will be full of Christmas fun, Christmas music, lots of goodies to take home and new recipes for yummy plant based treats and desserts.

Book online now. Check out bio for website link. @kidscreative.kitchen

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We got super creative this week and made gluten free vegan cupcakes and practiced our piping!

These are the end results! Some very creative piping and levels upon levels. It was a lot of a fun and a lot of colourful mess!! 😂🌈🙌🏻

We also made crumbed tofu katsu curry over rice, this was so delicious and the herb crumb was so tasty!

We also talked a little about self care, repeating affirmations daily and taking time out for ourselves to build that self love.

I shared a story with the class on how as a teen I had one of my mums friends see me a little down and going through something emotional, she suggested something very simple to me. She said to look in the mirror every day and say “I am beautiful”.

At the time I thought it was a bit silly and didn’t think it would work but ever since then, her suggestion has stayed with me, all these years, I’ve never forgotten.

It’s something that I still do, at first it was weird but I continued to do it every now and then, when I was feeling sad or down, it always helped me to rewire my thought patterns and lift up my energy.

Of course, as a teen, I didn’t think it was doing a whole lot but it did. I was able to add more affirmations as the years went on…. “I am loved”, “I am intelligent”, “I am kind” and so on.

Affirmations are so amazing for children and I often remind my 5 year old to repeat “I am strong” “ I am powerful” to help her in tricky situations. To help her feel more in her power. They are an amazing tool to help get rid of any limiting beliefs and Instill powerful mantras and beliefs as they grow into teens and onto adults. Find some affirmations that resonate with you and your children and turn it into a daily ritual that you all do together. Or it might be a solo practice, depending on ages. Either way it’s worth the 30 seconds it takes. 🥰🥰🥰

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This week in class we were focusing on raw vegan foods.

⭐️ Raw carrot pasta with ginger-lime peanut sauce from @the.roasted.root

⭐️ Raw super sprouts pad Thai with Spivey peanut sauce from @veganosity

⭐️ Raw Vegan Snickers from @thefloralvegan

⭐️ Raw vegan Lamingtons from @foodieegee

⭐️ Raw avocado pesto zucchini noodles from @simplyquinoa

Everything turned out amazing as you can see. So tasty!!

Being raw is so easy and you don’t even have to have all your meals raw. You can have a smoothie for breakfast, a raw zoodle dish for lunch and a cooked dinner.

Kids often need to have more cooked foods for their energy needs and can be achieved through date slices, healthy banana muffins, dehydrated crackers and dips, fruit and nut slices, oat muffins, buckwheat bread and salad, the list goes on!

100% raw is not recommended for anyone. There are some foods where you can only absorb the nutrients when the food has been cooked or lightly steamed. High raw is what you want to aim for and then probably 50/50 with children.

This weeks class we also talked about chakras, our energy centres, how we can protect and clear and how crystals can have a positive effect on your life and can help you clear stuck energy when doing a clearing meditation.

We briefly went over finding your inner power, and how answers are always within you.

We also talked about raw vegan food options and recipes and how easy they are to make.

What will you try this week?

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This is vegan and gluten free pizza that we made at home! Bought the base and toppings but assembled at home. It could almost pass for being a delivered pizza right? 😂

I’ve never been big on pizza but the last two Sundays we’ve kind of fallen back on buying a gf base and mixing up our toppings and trying new things for miss c.

As always, the less I care about what and how much she eats, the more she’s willing to try new things like red onion and the more she eats. But she does love pizza, only plain vegan cheese pizza, haha, but of course I put different things on it.

So tonight’s pizza is

Gf base
@woolworths_au made with plants “mozzarella”
Organic tomato paste
Vegan aioli
Soy plant based pieces (I pre sautéd in seasoning)
Red onion

Any 5 year old could put this together but being the live in maid, cleaner and gourmet cook that I am for Miss 5, i was to prepare the pizza secretly and once cooked, dish up on the table and then I had to lead her to the table with her eyes closed and then yell SURPRISE! 😂😂.

Dinner time in our house gets interesting. 😂

This may become our new Sunday night tradition, super easy and takes about 20 minutes. We might try pumpkin and potatoes next week, a little gourmet pizza anyone? 😊👩🏼‍🍳🍕

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This week in our health and wellness cooking class we talked about mind health and some beautiful techniques on how to ground, how to be mindful and some calming and mindful practices to try and integrate into your daily routine.

We also chatted about energy and our vibration and how our thoughts, feelings and words can affect our body, with examples from Dr. Marsaru Emoto, the author of The Hidden Messages in Water and many other books. It’s a fascinating look into how energy affects water and we are made up of 80% water so our thoughts and feelings and the music we listen to definitely affects our body vibration. We also started our rice experiments today!

We talked about nutrients for brain and mind health - omega 3, magnesium, calcium, b vitamins, fibre and vitamins d and e and different foods to add to the diet to get these nutrients in.

And now to the cooking! It was “nourishing” week so we cooked an amazing west African vegan peanut stew and gluten free vegan apple pie from scratch. Both of these were amazing!! So delicious!!

When making a pie from scratch it should be noted that you need at least two hours. We almost ran out of time but we’re able to get the pies out and slightly cooled, topped with a bit of plant based gluten free ice cream. It was so good!

Keep in mind gluten free pies don’t really keep well so should be eaten as soon as you’ve made them.

These were definitely healthier than your normal short crust pastry bought from the supermarket and pies from scratch in general are pretty awesome! 🥧 😊🙏🏻

Until next week! Enjoy your cooking with your kids, feel free to send me any inspiring dishes you’ve made together recently, I’d love to feature you in our stories. 🥰💜🥧👩🏼‍🍳

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Salads for days! 🥗🥒🥕🍅🥔🌽🥬

Today’s plant based health, wellness and cooking class was all about thriving in your body.

We chatted about healing your body with foods, like Manuka honey, lemon, ginger tea for a sore throat and a cold.

Drinking more water if you have a headache.

Energising yourself with slow release carbohydrates otherwise known as complex carbs.

We also talked about superfoods and how they can support your body and help you thrive.

Our salads were so yummy! The girls did an amazing job and had lots of leftovers to take home.

* Crispy tofu on cabbage and rice noodles
* Vietnamese rice noodle salad
* Potato & pea salad
* Quinoa southwest bean salad
* Carrot curry salad

Lots of tasty food again and lots of fun trying out different types of salads. A lot different from the normal garden salad we are all used to.

Next week we move onto mind health, we will look at mindfulness, meditations, how to ground yourself, how to help anxiety and foods to support your mind health. Then we will be cooking some nourishing, earthy foods and yummy sweets to go with.

Check out our pics next Friday to see what we end up making. 🥰💜

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Look at all the amazing sweet snack food we made at our homeschool class on Friday! 👀 🤩 😊

We have the yummiest and easiest homemade chocolate with different toppings.

Chocolate brownies, the girls decided to experiment with different chocolates and chose dark chocolate so it did come out quite tart but the best way to counteract that is to add some sweet berries with some homemade nana ice cream. Balances out the flavours nicely.

Then we have an avocado and chocolate mousse.

And lastly our peanut butter bliss balls/cups turned into a recipe created by one of our youngest students. She’s unable to have almonds so we added oats and oat flour instead and a few other ingredients to make these delicious balls/cups. They really were so good!!

I’d you’d like to come along and try out our homeschool class you’re welcome to. Get in touch and I can send you all the details.

We also learnt all about the gut and why it’s good to keep a healthy gut, and Some amazing gut foods to keep us healthy everyday. 😊🏃‍♀️💃🙌🏻

Keep an eye out for our self paced homeschool class that can be done all online. Lots of information and recipes with bonus videos too. 🥰🙏🏻

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Birthday celebrations! 🦄🥰🌈✨💖🎂🧁💜

So as life would have it, I managed to get a 24hr bug that put me in bed the day before the party. I hadn’t started the cake because I couldn’t actually stomach the smell. 😩😱

So I pulled all my resources in on getting better, slept it off, got up super early on Sunday morning to make this cake. It’s not how we designed it because I just didn’t have the time but it still came out super pretty, rainbowy and sparkly just how the birthday girl loves it.

All vegan and gluten free!

Happy birthday to my beautiful girl, who’s now 5! She brings so much light to all and is so loving and caring, even while I was at my worse, she was still checking in on me to make sure I was ok.
She teaches me how to be a better mother just by being herself and showing unconditional love…always. 💖💖💖

So much love for you my pumpkin head! 🥰🥰🥰 my sparkling unicorn who would live on rainbows if she could. ✨🦄🌈✨🦄🌈✨🦄🌈✨💖

#vegan #birthday #birthdaycake #veganbirthdaycake #plantbasedbirthday #veganbirthday #cake #cakes #vegankids #veganfood #veganparty #plantbasedkids #plantbasedfoods #birthdayparty

How do you and your children start your morning? 🌅

We sometimes like to get up super early and catch the sun rise over the ocean after a quick hike up a local mountain. ⛰

Truly it’s the most peaceful time when the sun first comes up, there is the tweet of birds waking up and a breeze that rustles through the tree tops.

At 5am most people aren’t out of bed which means there is next to no traffic noise. It leaves us with just ourselves and beautiful nature.

If you are ever able to be up at this time with your children, try and catch the sun rising, it’s such a beautiful time of the day and an amazing ritual to start with your little humans.

Being with nature resets your nervous system and your mind unwinds as you take in the medicine of the flora and fauna.

You will notice if you make this a weekly occurrence that it will set you up to have a beautiful day, or even a beautiful week. Instead of the rush around in the morning. You can take it slow and flow with the morning. I also find I get so much more done on these days as well.

Rituals are a really amazing way to spend one on one time with your children/tweens/teens. Creating an experience where they feel included and have your undivided attention fills your children’s cup which in turn helps regulate their emotional body. They feel loved, heard and seen and it means they don’t have to act out to get more attention to feel loved.

Some ideas on building rituals…

⭐️ Morning walks
⭐️ Weekly Family Cooking Night
⭐️ Yoga Sessions
⭐️ Movie Night
⭐️ Arts and Crafts Projects Days
⭐️ Food Art Project Days
⭐️ Banquet Night
⭐️ Beach/hike/Playground Days

Check out our new tween/teen classes coming up next where we will talk about different ways to help regulate our emotions and build rituals into our daily lives to improve our emotional/mind health. 💜🥰🙏🏻⭐️

Link in bio………… @kidscreative.kitchen

#ritual #rituals #healthylifestyle #health #healthykids #healthyfamily #healthyteen #happyfamily #happy #wellness #wellnesscoach #wellnesswednesday #healthandwellness #nutritionist #kidscrafts #kidshealth #kidswellness

What’s in your smoothie?

We usually make a smoothie a day

Bananas are our base
Honey or maple syrup as some sweetener
Plant Based Protein powder as a nutrient boost

And then we add more fruit and or greens. Sometimes we add seeds, goji, nuts but not too many as it makes it too thick.

You can make it with frozen fruit or use ice cubes to whiz up into cool smoothie like consistency.

Other superfoods & things you can add is
🌟 Green powder
🌟 Raw cacao
🌟 Any type of veg (think chopped cauliflower or sprouts or even carrots)
🌟 Oats
🌟 Nut Butter
🌟 Fresh cold pressed juice
🌟 Plant milk
🌟 Coconut yoghurt

To save time make your smoothie bags ahead of time and store in the freezer, just add milk or water and you have your smoothie. Hot tip: store the bags flat, not bunched so you can break it up and add to your smoothie maker easily.

#smoothie #smoothierecipes #health #plantbased #proteinpowder #fitness #fitfam #vegan #veganrecipes #vegankids #family #familyfriendly #familyhealth #plantbasedkids #kidsrecipes

Check out our new ONLINE teen class, running for 9 weeks with a mix of online prerecorded and weekly live call/chat.

Any questions feel free to send me a message.

Can’t wait to chat all things plant based health and wellness with your children! 💜🥰🐬🌈🦄🌟😊🙏🏻

Link in bio @kidscreative.kitchen under classes!

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New teen/pre-teen class starting October 15 @ 11am.

Our new homeschool teen class will be starting up in term 4, will you be joining us?

Here is what to expect with our classes:

* 9 weeks of classes running for 2.5 - 3 hours
* We will have cooking, eating, discussions, activities and chats about health and wellness as a teen or pre teen
* All classes will be catered to experience level, knowledge on plant based wellness and health and also what the students would like to learn more of will be taken into account.
* Everything is plant based and gluten free (but very “normal” & tasty recipes so the kids won’t notice the difference)
* Small class size so everyone feels comfortable and I can give more personalised tuition to each student in the class.
* Most food is included except when the students have designed their own menus and will shop and do the planning from home before the class
* Some topics we will cover in class -

-eating plant based
-how our bodies digest food
-gut brain axis and ways to improve this
-skin issues and whats really happening in the body
-toxins and what they do and why
-how to naturally support our body for energy and thriving
-how to create masterpiece healthy meals
-foundations of cooking for health
-emotional health & wellness
-energy & creating harmony in our world

Cost will be $65 per week. This covers the 2.5-3 hours, the food and workbooks and other tools and utensils used through the 9 weeks.

We will be at Mudjimba every Friday at 11am, a possible second class with different location may be added depending on numbers 🥰

Thanks so much and I really look forward to welcoming your child/teen aboard. These classes will be fun and super inclusive so every child will feel comfortable and welcomed.

Let me know if you have any questions. 🥰🙏🏻

Rebecca x.

Who here recycles their kids snacks?

Only the day old ones..

When you have a fussy eater or just a child that doesn’t eat everything you serve there is often left overs, especially the fruit and veg type.

If Miss C doesn’t eat her whole bowl of cut up fruit I pop it in the fridge for a later snack.

BUT… I don’t just serve it up the same way, I have to get creative to trick those “pattern recognising neuro pathways” in the brain(that is NOT the technical scientific name for it 🤣).

Here’s what I do…

🌟 Rearrange in a totally different way on a plate, perhaps into a picture or maybe add some fun colourful tooth picks and also add a piece of new fruit to really add some pizazz.
OR
🌟 Whizz it all up into a fruit ice slushy.
OR
🌟 Make it into their favourite smoothie
OR
🌟 Turn the fruit into a yoghurt chia bowl
OR
🌟Turn left over apple slices into apple sauce and add to cookies
OR
🌟 Juice left over fruit and veg
OR
🌟 Whizz up the fruit with some maple syrup if needed and turn them into ice blocks
OR
🌟 Put into smoothie freezer bags and use at a later date.

So, I don’t like wasting food but I also don’t go overboard and try and save every scrap, some fruits and veg have seen better days and it might be a nice addition to the compost or for your local bush Turkey. 🦃 😊

So get recycling in a totally different way!

Enjoy your extra juices and smoothies that come out of your recycling efforts. 😍🙌🏻🥰🌈🦄🍓🍐🐬

#healthyfood #healthylifestyle #plantbasedkids #healthyfamily #healthymeals #familyhealth #fitness #fitfam #wellness #vegan #vegankids #plantbased #familywellness #love #health #kidscooking #kidssnacks #kidsrecipes #familyrecipes

These drinks are awesome for those hot days, takes less than 5 minute to whizz up.

Getting 1-2 servings of fruit in each drink depending on how big you have them.

Kids love them! Better than the ones you buy at the shop, all natural, no colourings or preservatives and additives. Only a natural sugar high that is energising as opposed to your chemical induced, processed sugar high you would get from a store bought slushie! Choose health! 🥰😍🍓🍐🥝💪🏻🍹

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Oat Cookies!

We just attended a homeschool kids market and little C and I made vegan and gluten free choc chip cookies. Sold them all so thank you to all of our customers! 🙏🏻🥰

So, it got me thinking that I’d love to experiment a bit with this recipe and see if I can get a super duper healthy cookie but with the same crunchy on the outside, gooey on the inside texture and I almost made it with these oat cookies but more testing and tasting is to happen until we get the right one, but these were pretty delish.

🥰🥰🥰

This is the ingredients but still working on the amounts.

Oat flour
Oat milk
Raw organic sugar 1/4 cup
Tablespoon powdered sugar
Vanilla
Bi carb sofa
Salt
A little gf flour

#cookies #plantbasedkids #plantbasedrecipes #plantbased #plantbasedcookies #vegan #vegancookies #kidscooking #kidsfoodblogger #family #health #healthy #fitfam #vegankids #kidssnacks #kidsfood

This is our easy Vegan brownie, I was playing around with the recipe yesterday and made this with oat flour, needed a little more liquid but once I get the recipe right I will add it to our divine desserts ebook.

You can pre-order the book now on our website www.kidscreative.kitchen and get all your yummy gluten free and vegan desserts in one place. It will be sent out by the end of next month if you pre order. 🙌🏻🥰🔥🌈🦄

I added some Aquafaba whip which is so easy to make, especially in the Thermomix! I’ll be adding this recipe too. 💜😋

#divinedesserts #ebook #recipes #recipebook #kidscooking #plantbasedrecipes #familyhealth #family #familytime #familycooking #kidshealth #healthyfood #healthysnacks #veganbrownies

Our new Cooking for Connection program had its first run today.

There was a choice of 4 dinner recipes and a dessert. Every meal was made but you have the choice to cook all or one, it’s completely up to you and your family and what you plan for the evening.

We talk throughout about tips on cooking with your children and how to overcome any objections and whatever comes up while we cook.

I cook with my almost 5 year old daughter and she was able to keep up for most of it and also gives tips along the way. 🤪😊

If you’d like to join for our next program send me a dm and I can pop you on our wait list.

What the program will include:
- A monthly or fortnightly ingredient box sent straight to your door
- Recipes cards for all recipes
- New utensil in every box sent out
- Ideas & tips on how to organise your family cooking night
- Instruction sheet for a successful night
- Access to our Facebook group
- Access to the online cooking class

Join our wait list - link is in our bio @kidscreative.kitchen

Looking forward to getting this out to your homes giving you a night to look forward to with your kids. A variety of different meals will be on offer and lots of fun ideas to make your family cooking night super fun!!

I’d love to hear any ideas your children may have and if you’ve ever themed a night of cooking with your children. 🥰🥰🥰

#dinnerideas #dinnerbox #dinnerboxdelivery #familydinner #familydinner #familyhealth #plantbasedrecipes #vegan #dinnerideas #recipes #kids #kidsrecipes #vegankids #fitness #health #healthy #healthyfoodshare

⭐️⭐️⭐️ FREE 7 Day Family Plant Based Health & Wellness Challenge ⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒, 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑗𝑎𝑚 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜 𝑜𝑛…

• ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦
• ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑦
• ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑦 𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
• 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛
• 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑠
• 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑒𝑡, 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑠!

𝐿𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑 & 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙!

𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗶.𝗺𝗽/𝗱𝟯𝟲𝗳𝟵𝗲𝗯𝟱𝟴𝟴𝗲𝗮/𝟳-𝗱𝗮𝘆-𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱-𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵-𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀-𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗼 @𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲.𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻

We start next Friday 3rd September! Lots of bonuses and the more people we get on the challenge the more prizes there is to win! So share this with all your friends. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

See you next week! 💜🥰🌻👩🏼‍🍳🌈🥦

#plantbased #vegan #familychallenge #plantbasedchallenge #veganchallenge #fitness #healthy #health #family #healthyfamily #fussyeaters

Quick snack that has become a regular lately is chia seed with organic coconut yoghurt and chopped apple.

Now this is something Miss C would eat maybe 3 or 4 times a week but for myself more 1-2 times as it’s really high in fat. As we get older our fat intake should be around 10-15% of our total calories but for growing children who need more fat for healthy brains they need up to double that depending on their age and requirements.

Chia seeds are also (besides omega 3’s) high in fibre, antioxidants, manganese, selenium, copper, magnesium and calcium.

Great little snack for kids and easy to pre make and sit in the fridge for a day or two due to the seeds gelatinous nature. Or you could get fancy and make them into frozen yoghurt treats, whiz them up and pop it in an ice block tray/mould.

#healthy #healthfood #chiaseeds #chiapudding #health #fitness #fitfam #familyfood #familyrecipes #familysnacks #plantbased #vegan #plantbasedkids #plantbasedrecipes

My jar of organic alfalfa sprouts.

So I put in double the recommended amount, haha, oops! My jar literally exploded with sprouts and I’ve now moved the sprouts over to a mesh nut milk bag for another day or two while it finishes sprouting.

This is an amazing way to get kids started in the kitchen, to learn how to grow something and how to use it in meals/salads.

This stuff can really grow and it’s very hard to not get it right so it’s the perfect 5-6 day project.

All you need is a jar and some mesh type covering at the top, some organic sprouts and a rinse and drain once a day. Be careful of the water pooling in your jar as this can cause bacteria and mould to grow so make sure it’s rinsed and emptied well. If they start to smell then you’ll need to throw them out.

Sprouts should be part of your daily meal plan.

Alfalfa sprouts in particular are good for…

• Antioxidant properties, meaning they help reduces free radicals that cause cell death and DNA damage. They also help the body fight the free radicals.
• The have Vitamin K & Vitamin C, magnesium, copper and folate.
• They may help lower cholesterol and improve heart health.

Sprouts are great to throw on any salad or put on top of your tomato and crackers, or even in a salad sandwich. I sometimes just eat them as is.

I’d love to see your sprouts if you get them going, I love growing food and I’m about to plant my little garden patch full of veg for spring so I’ll be sharing as those start to pop up. 🌻 🌱🥦🥒

#health #healthykidsfood #healthykids #growingfood #kidsproject #kidsactivities #homeschool #vegan #plantbased #familyhealth #nutrition #nutritionist

Getting creative today with birthday cake design. Miss C’s birthday is coming up in 6 weeks, maybe 7 haha, she’s super keen to get everything organised for it!

I love love love making birthday cakes so she’s lucky in that respect that she will get exactly what she designs because I’m up for any challenge she throws at me. 🙌🏻🌈🥰🦄.

So this triple decker rainbow surprise cake will be overflowing with goodies inside.

It will be plant based and gluten free of course.

It will have sparkles and glitter and butterflies and worms and unicorns and gold leaf and pink on the other side and sprinkles galore. It’s going to be fun to make with her.

Stay tuned to see our final product in October! 🦄🥰🥳🌈👩🏼‍🍳👩🏼‍🍳😊🐬💜

#familyhealth #plantbasedrecipes #glutenfree #glutenfreecake #plantbased #plantbasedkids #plantbasedcake #plantbasedfood #vegancake #cake #birthdaycake #veganbirthdaycake

——— & Chips

Fill in the blank. 🥔 🥕 🥦

We usually put tofu nuggets with homemade chips and then I’ll add some steamed veg on the side.

This night Miss C wanted chips from the chip shop which I said no to but decided to cook up some potatoes in the oven and then found some drawing paper and wrapped them up and served them with veg.

She said no to me making chips in the oven and swore she wanted the chips from the shop but after seeing them like this she was over the moon. She absolutely loved them!

The more I heal my relationship with food the better I can parent and have boundaries in place for Miss C. “No, we can’t have chips every night. No, we can’t buy takeaway every night. Nope we can’t have marshmallows for dinner!” As easy as these options would be, and sometimes my inner children want to join in and say heck yes! Let’s make things easy and fried and full of sugar!
My adult self who is the parent and knows better, chooses health over satisfying the child brain with quick fixes. I’m all for empowering our children but that means giving them healthy options and guiding them on how to fuel their body, not slowly destroy it over time.
What it doesn’t mean is allowing your child to run the show with what they want to eat, like candy, sugar, fried foods, processed foods etc. let them run wild with fruits, veg, homemade snacks, homemade ice cream etc etc.

So, in the end I made our own takeaway at home and she was better for it in every way. Health boundary solid and she learns that healthy food can still look exciting and taste great!

#healthyfood #healthykids #healthyfamily #healthyfamilymeals #health #fitness #familyfun #kidscooking #plantbased #vegan #plantbasedrecipes #plantbaseddiet

Ice cream! 🍦

We definitely have ice cream at least twice a week(if not more 😂🍦🌈). We have a little tray that freezes and you mix your flavours with coconut cream and make ice cream.

Flavours here are 3 strawberries blended with some maple and coconut cream, did the same with kiwi for the green and mango for the yellow and then some açai for the purple. Once we made the scoops we popped back in the freezer for 20 minutes to harden up a little and voila! All natural, no sugar, no preservatives or dairy.

Yummy!

#icecream #plantbased #plantbasedicecream #plantbasedkids #veganicecream #vegan #vegankids #kidscooking #kidskitchen #family #familytime

I’ve been seeing a lot of local mums expressing fear, stress and frustration about the current climate in Australia. It is true that there is a lot going on, a lot of control and compliance measures being forced upon us but it’s up to you to create the life you want.

My beautiful teacher and mentor @lianashanti has prepared me well in saying “observe don’t absorb” plus a myriad of other techniques to get through this crazy and insane time we are living in right now and I feel at peace with life right now.

I want to check in and say that things are ok, they are going to be ok in your world, maybe not on the outside, things are going to get crazy and possibly worse but if you are working towards or are in fact living as a sovereign being and creating the life you desire with your family, nothing can bring you down.

Shut off the tv, stop scrolling on social media, mute or take yourself out of telegram or signal groups that are just constantly talking about stress, fear and possibilities of what’s going to happen. Just go live life and don’t buy into the duality of this situation. All that matters is you and your family, especially your little ones. They need high vibing mums to help them through this crazy time. Start finding joy again and if you’re in lockdown then go cook up a storm with your kids, start reconnecting with them and really get into their world, let your own inner children experience the joy alongside your children as you make a messy kitchen creating something amazing!

Sending much love and light energy to you and your family. Give your kids some extra hugs and love during this time and enjoy your kitchen creations. 🦄🥰🌈🐬💜

#love #family #reconnect #parenting #kidscooking #lockdown #happy #joy #peace #observedontabsorb

Tofu Zucchini Boats

1 red onion chopped
Lots of garlic chopped
Chopped mushroom
3 zucchini halved and scooped
Half a block of tofu crumbled
Salt, turmeric, herbs
Diced can tomatoes for topping
Vegan cheese

Place in oven until cheese is melted.

Some leftover lunch and playground snacks!

So, we’ve had a fussy eater win the last two days! Miss C has taken a dive in and mixed some rice and veg. Last night I just had plain rice with steam veg and I loaded up her fork with rice and broccoli and said “hey, give this a try” and to my surprise she ate it up. Amazing!

So today I cooked up the left over rice with some soy sauce and added peas, broccoli and tiny bits of carrot which I know she eats and said “hey, look, it’s what we ate last night but I’ve added it all together with your fave soy sauce. She ate the whole thing! It took a little prompting (attention span for eating is zero) and a few loaded spoons but she ate it.

What I’ve realised is that I’ve become quite complacent in cooking things and a little deflated because she would eat next to nothing, especially if it’s “mixed” but after making an effort over the last few days she started to warm up to the foods I was offering.

Our kids eat what we offer them and we also project our own eating style onto them without realising it. In the past I’ve often turned to food for comfort and that means things like bread or pasta or baked goods and just generally not fuelling my body correctly, a few bad habits have crept in the last month or so and I only realised this once I stopped eating (have been doing a juice cleanse), I only just realised my way of eating was actually affecting her and possibly contributing to a bit of her fussiness.

Here is what I did to change things up and get some life back into meal times

* 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒆𝒕, stopped thinking that the food I was making was going to end up being rejected and put more happy, loving energy into what i was making.

* 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, I put some music on, had a bit of a dance while I was putting dinner together and danced around while we were eating (my daughter cannot sit still for 30secs so we embraced the ants in the pants). Energy was high, happiness increased, dinner was eaten.

* 𝑼𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔, I use a fun pink or green divided bento box type plate, each area gets different food and it’s all displayed pretty!

We aren’t big on pasta so I’m not always making it but we decided to try making gnocchi for the first time. It’s gluten free and plant based and I probably need to try it a few more times to get it right but the main thing was that we had fun trying.

I used to dread developing and testing new recipes because I thought I would waste too much food if it didn’t work out or that it would taste horrible, which was sometimes the case in the early days but once you learn the basics of what textures and flavours are good together then it’s pretty hard to not have something fun and flavoursome.

I did have a bit of perfectionism to work through too, once Miss c came along then that all went out the window. Kids have an amazing way of reflecting back to us what we need to let go of. She would always have her way of doing things and I just had to let it go. 😂

Making these little, some big and some long gnocchi pieces was a fun experiment, Miss c learnt how to roll them on a fork, she learnt how to work the dough and we did lots of reading numbers while measuring the ingredients in the Thermomix. Just this alone was an awesome learning experience, so good for little ones starting to read big numbers and small words and starting to recognise different measurements.

So if you’re not wanting to experiment with your kids in the kitchen because of possible waste, or messiness or even perfectionism of you not getting it right, just let it all go! Spend some time building a connection with your kids, have some fun, let loose, throw some flour around, let your kids really get involved with the recipe and they will learn along the way. Pick something that no one has tried before and then you can all experience something new together, and it just doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work out (do make sure you have a back up meal though 😊🤣) it’s just a fun learning exercise that everyone can enjoy! 💜

#plantbasedkids #vegan #healthykids #healthyrecipes #kidsexperiment #plantbased #healthyfoods #healthyfamily #kidscooking #cookingforconnection #kidscookingclass #familyrecipe

Hey lovelies!

I wanted to share something I’ve been working on recently with my other business over at @intuitivehealthandwellness11

It’s a short guide on giving you a kickstart into living a healthier, happier and more harmonious life with your little ones.

A lot of the time we feel overwhelm with parenting and staying healthy and keeping everyone happy, and especially now with the craziness of our current climate.

So, this guide will go through 5 tips to help you live healthier, help you recognise your own triggers with your children and your own inner children, help you to build more connection with with your children and generally bring more calm to your home.

Of course I offer further support in the way of 1:1 private coaching packages and courses to help really implement the tools and techniques you’re given.

Ive lived quite a chaotic life with my daughter where my choices contributed to a lot of the chaos, my daughter would then feed off my energy and the cycle would feel like it was never ending, cue in overwhelm and hitting my limit on more occasions than I’d like to mention. I was tired, stressed and felt like there was no light at the end of the tunnel. My life felt like a big hot mess and I was just constantly teetering on the edge, feeling like I was one step away from breaking.

It wasn’t until I started turning inwards, started looking at why I was being triggered, why I would be getting annoyed or angry or stressed and frustrated, I started really looking at myself and how I was creating the life I was living. It was all up to me to change and build the life I wanted. The life I dreamt of. And I can say today we live a very (mostly) calm and happy life, and I’m still learning new ways to thrive and I’m still healing as we all do in this human life we have right now.

Of course these healings and transformations didn’t just happen, I have a beautiful teacher and mentor @lianashanti who I am eternally grateful for, she is a true beacon of light and love and has shown me more depth to myself than I could ever imagine, and that’s what I would like to do for others. Cont in comments. #health #parenting #plantbased #family #innerwork #innerpeace

* OATS *

How do you eat yours?

I use oats for milk, muffins, pancakes, banana bread, snack bars, cookies, porridge and muesli/granola.

They can be used for a lot of things!

One thing we we love is porridge in the morning, it’s a great way to get fruits and spices like cinnamon into the your diet.

We use chopped apple and strawberries and cook it all together so the fruits soften, I also use coconut milk instead of water to get a creamier porridge.

To finish I add some more coconut milk and splash of maple syrup to sweeten and top with fresh fruit.

Having a fussy eater means that portion sizes are always super small. I’ve learnt that piling up the plate is an instant turn off for younger kids. So, with the porridge I put two big spoonfuls into a bowl and always let her know there is plenty more if she feels like it. Some days she goes for a second or third, other days 1 bowl is enough. And that’s ok, no pressure for her to eat any amount, even if she only has half a bowl, that’s ok too, we make up our nutrients in loaded smoothies or soup or homemade ice creams etc.

Food is fuel and food is also fun, make the relationship with food a good one, there is no bad or good food, there is no “special foods”, there is just food. Food to energise us, to help us thrive, to fuel us to do every day activities and food is fun when we get creative with it.

After all kids do thrive on fun and play, with play a child learns a skill or task within 20 tries, without play it goes up into the 100’s! Make it fun! 💜🥰🦄

#funfood #foodforkids #healthykids #kidsrecipes #fussyeaters #food #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfamily #vegan #veganrecipes #veganrecipesforkids #oatspiration

* Plant Based Spaghetti Bolognese *

We just whipped this up together, it’s so easy a 4 year old can do it with supervision.

The Spaghetti is only two ingredients, corn and sweet potato, amazing! Gluten free and free of all preservatives, stabilisers, colours etc. it’s our go to pasta when we aren’t making from scratch.

The sauce we just made up as we went…
- Veg stock
- Red onion chopped
- 3 Garlic cloves chopped
- 1 Large carrot small grated
- Some cherry tomatoes & a large chopped truss tomato
- 1 Can of crushed tomatoes
- 1/2 can of mashed chickpeas

Added some herbs and garlic powder with sea salt to taste and mixed and simmered until it reduced to desired thickness. The chickpea will thicken it a lot so just add some extra stock or water to balance that out.

It was really tasty!!

Left over sauce to pop in the freezer to use on another day. Best way to stock up on easy go-to meals, double or triple what you’re cooking at the time and then freeze in serving sizes and use when you have one of those days and don’t feel like cooking. Easy!!

#plantbasedrecipes #plantbasedkids #plantbasednutrition #plantbased #veganbolognese #vegankids #fussyeaters #fussytoddler #mealplantips #kidscooking #veganrecipesforkids

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Spring - Summer 2025!

Hi Parents!

We are back for kids cooking throughout spring and summer on the lovely Algarve, Portugal.

What we have coming up....

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If you are interested in any of the above then make sure you are on the waiting list to be updated when the classes are ready to be booked.

Looking forward to a beautiful summer season of amazing foods and fun!

- Taimana xo

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Qualified Nutritionist & Family Health Coach

Taimana has created Kids Creative Kitchen out of a love and passion for cooking beautiful looking food that also tastes amazing and the love of working with children & their parents.

Throughout the last 10 years she has completed a bachelor of health science in nutritional medicine, studies at Health Mastery Institute , the only plant based health coaching school and has worked with children most of her life in varying roles. She also has her own online health coaching business, specialising in family health & wellness. Nourish By Taimana

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Combining these two things means that we can have our cake and eat it too. I love creating recipes that are fun, inspiring, healthy and super tasty. We don't always follow the rules so we do sometimes add a little coconut sugar and maple syrup but we definitely do keep everything plant based and gluten free and as low sugar as we can. We also definitely stay away from processed sugars, preservatives and chemicals.

Making healthy fun and exciting is a great way to start kids off on the right foot.

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Depending on which class or demonstration you book, we always have little added extras.

Our in person classes receive their own apron, hats, recipe folders and little seeds to start at home. Our birthdays will receive lots of party sprinkles and colourful themed party additions.

If you require anything in particular for your group or class just let me know, always happy to add that extra sparkle to brighten a Childs day.

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