Together at the Table: Great Blogs for Cooking with Kids

by Meredith Paterson

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I have recently found some OHMazing™ resources that I wanted to share with you. There are many days when I have no idea what to cook for dinner, and then the Google comes to my rescue. I enter the ingredients I have into the search box and 9 million recipes later, I am on to something. It's not entirely scientific, but it's always a fun experiment. Searching for a veggie lasagna recipe with zucchini the other day, I fell down a rabbit hole of blogs that cater to cooking and eating with children, and there are so many fun recipes and ideas that I can't wait to try. My hat is off to each of these bloggers for bringing families together for mindful meals.

 Here are some of the fun blogs I found with great kid-friendly recipes: 
http://blog.superhealthykids.com/ (see the flower tray crudité post connected to the adorable photo above)
http://www.raisehealthyeaters.com/
http://dinnertogether.blogspot.com/
http://whatscookingwithkids.com/

For those with food sensitivities and food allergies:
http://myaspergersgirl.blogspot.com/

Here is a kid-friendly, easy-to-prepare, healthy, veggie-full (Hallelujah!) lasagna recipe from Raise Healthy Eaters:

Slow Cooker Veggie Lasagna

Ingredients:
-8-ounce package shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
-15 ounces part-skim ricotta cheese
-2 large eggs
-¼ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
-1 teaspoon salt, divided
-1 cup carrots, shredded
-3 cups zucchini, shredded and firmly packed
-26-ounce jar roasted garlic marinara sauce
-8-10 regular lasagna noodles (not no-boil)

I made a version of the allergy-friendly lasagna
(mine had cheese but no meat, and I used brown rice,
no-boil noodles). Delicious!

 Recipe directions

For those with gluten, dairy, soy and/or corn sensitivities:
Lasagna (Gluten, Casein, Egg, Soy and Yeast Free)

What is your favorite dinner to make as a family? What resources do you use to find good recipes online?