Kids in the kitchen
Chef Priscilla Soligo offers these recipes
for easy, healthy snacks.
Green Colada Smoothie
Ingredients
• ½ of a ripe baby Thai pineapple (or ¼ large
pineapple)
• 2 bananas
• 2 cups of watermelon (or 2 cups of filtered
water, or coconut water)
• 1 cup fresh spinach
• 1 Tbsp hemp or chia seeds
Method
• Blend all ingredients until creamy smooth.
Dairy-Free Easy Cheesy Dip
Ingredients
• ½ cup cashews (or macadamia nuts),
soaked 2 hours, rinsed and drained
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast
• 1 tsp onion powder (optional)
• Pinch of high mineral raw salt
• ¼ cup of filtered water (or just enough to
blend into a thick consistency)
Method
• Blend all ingredients until creamy smooth.
Serve as a spread on toast, with veggie
chips or with crudités.
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that have healthy food-related themes.
As the students were harvesting their
turnips on the farm, they were reading
The Enormous Turnip
in the classroom.
“It creates an environment where
they are really keen to try these foods,
as they have been reading about them
as well as helping to grow them,” says
Cannie.
But even if your child’s school
doesn’t have a garden, there’s no
reason not to start one up at home.
Even a small apartment balcony can
hold a planter box full of herbs, or
some tomato plants. Raw food chef
Priscilla Soligo says the best place to
start is a visit to your local garden shop
to see what they are growing and start
asking lots of questions.
“There are also many organic
farmers who have markets all over
Hong Kong on the weekends whom
you can speak with and who love to
chat about their growing practices and
what’s in season,” she says. “There are
also places in Sai Kung and the New
Territories where you can rent a small
plot of land to grow on, which is a
wonderful idea to get the kids involved
and make organic veggie patch visits.”
Priscilla says being hands-on will
help kids become excited about having
“real” food at the dinner table, and
encourage them to develop a deep
connection with what they eat. “This
will, no doubt, influence their food
choices and help them to know the
difference between whole foods and
those that are highly processed.”
Most importantly, when it comes
to mealtimes, relax. Nothing can
dampen an appetite quicker than
battles over what is or isn’t being eaten.
Don’t force your child to eat, but
let them know if they don’t eat now,
nothing else will be offered up later.
It’s often all a hungry child needs to
convince them that Mum knows best!
