{Kids In the Kitchen} Veggies Smoothies

Last week while I was working on our Thanksgiving dinner, Christine and Vanessa tried a new recipe for Veggie Smoothies. If your kids aren’t into eating veggies, one way to get them to be more willing to try new food is to have them help in the preparation. My two girls were able to make the smoothies themselves and they had fun doing it together.

The recipe called for 1 bag of Bird’s Eye Steamfresh broccoli, cauliflower & carrots mix, 1 banana, ice, orange juice, vanilla yogurt and brown sugar. You can find the complete Veggie Smoothie recipe as well as many other great kids recipes on the Bird’s Eye Kids Website.

Christine put the veggies in the microwave to steam.

Then, she peeled and sliced the banana while explaining to Vanessa the correct way to do it.

Vanessa measured out the vanilla yogurt.

And poured the orange juice as well.

They added all of the ingredients to the blender.

Once the veggies were done steaming, Christine cut off the large stems.

Vanessa chopped the veggies into tiny pieces.

Then, Christine blended the entire mixture together.

They poured the veggie smoothie into two large glasses.

Since we had whipped cream in the fridge for Thanksgiving, they added a little to each smoothie. When they tasted it they were surprised that it tasted like bananas for the most part. They wondered if they gave the smoothie to someone who did not know there were veggies in it, if that person would be able to taste the veggies at all. Both girls enjoyed making the veggies smoothies. They thought it is was easy to do and it is always fun to make something new.

Do your kids like to help in the kitchen?

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Comments

Jane Craske says:

November 27, 2012 at 3:44 pm

I’m constantly amazed what my little one will eat as long as she’s helped me make it. Last night she had two helpings of Morrocan Stew!

Jodi S says:

November 27, 2012 at 9:47 pm

what a weird combo!! interesting that the bananas overtook the brocoli and cauliflower. not sure how i would feel about it lol.

Holly Lefevre (504 Main) says:

November 28, 2012 at 6:45 am

Love this idea! My kids drink green smoothies, but sometimes are a bit “over” the green. This would be a nice alternative! Don’t ya love how versatile banana are in transforming a smoothie!

Anne @ Domesblissity says:

November 28, 2012 at 11:53 am

Gosh Tonia. You can really tell the vegies are in the finished product. I’d have to do this one in secret with my fussy one. It actually looks very refreshing.

Anne xx

Shannah @ Just Us Four says:

November 29, 2012 at 1:47 pm

Wow, I would never have thought about a veggie smoothie in that way. You definitely can’t tell by looking at it that there are veggies in there! I have definitely had kale and spinach in smoothies with apples but interested in trying a banana version with different vegetables.