berries – enough to make smoothies for everyone! Helping in the kitchen is another great activity. Kids love
it, especially if they can get a little dirty. While they are prac- ticing their pouring and measuring skills, they are learning that not all food comes from a box or a drive-through! I let the boys pick out the juices they wanted to use in the smoothie and they poured everything into the blender them- selves, under supervision of course! Here is the recipe they decided to make, based on what we could find in our fridge. Strawberry tropical smoothie
1 cup fresh strawberries 1 cup guava juice 1 banana 1 cup pineapple juice 1/2 cup Greek yogurt (optional) 1 cup ice Throw it all in a blender, mix and enjoy! From scratch pancakes
Who doesn’t love pancakes? If you are lazy you can just
add fresh strawberries to any mix but for the best pancakes you need to make them from scratch. This is the recipe I have been making since I was a kid. I use it as a base and then just add to it for different flavours. It’s also great for kids because it uses simple measurements. I let the boys do the measuring and stirring on their own. I provide them with the one-cup measure and the individual measuring spoons we will need, and they take turns adding ingredients. Breaking eggs is a little harder, but if you have them break the egg in a bowl, it is easy to take out any pieces of shell that may fall in. I let them mix the batter, but usually have to add a little arm power to ensure it is smooth before adding the strawberries in. On occasion we bring out the blender and both of them take a turn, which they love, but I still prefer to mix by hand. 1 cup flour 1 tablespoon sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder Pinch salt 1 egg 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon melted butter (or oil) Mix dry ingredients first, then add wet ingredients and stir
well. Cook in a heated and greased fry pan. Add any of the flavours below before cooking for a tastier treat. Strawberry pancakes: Chop up 1/2 cup of strawberries
and add to batter just before cooking. Hearty breakfast pancakes: These are heavier than a regular pancake and are great for
an early morning snack. Add 1/2 cup of oats, and 1/2 apple chopped fine or grated, a teaspoon of cinnamon and apple- sauce or milk if the batter requires thinning. (You can also add a tablespoon of maple syrup and you have a perfect take- out breakfast.) Be creative: Add a 1/2 cup of whatever edible berries
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www.localgardener.net The boys enjoy the “fruits” of their labour. Home and Gardener Living • 33
you have in your yard, or apples, or mashed bananas, or let the kids decide what type of pancakes they want to create. It’s fun and they’re learning how to cook and use garden produce. Just don’t give in to onion pancakes; they are really
Six-year-old Taeven already knows how to “cook” up a tasty treat from the garden.
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