These plant-based recipes are full of healthy fats and are delicious! There are countless variations of every recipe to suit your child’s tastes and these pair well with a variety of foods. We almost always have frozen peas, avocado, nori sheets, & fresh berries on hand. Martin has a green smoothie everyday and we don’t pair anything with it because there is such a plethora & variety of healthy foods already included. Pairing suggestions for the other foods include:
cocomond dough + (nori or applesauce)
chia seed pudding + berry
hummus + (peas or nori)
date energy balls + berries
Dr. Brown’s sippy cup:
Chia Seed Pudding Recipe:
1/4 cup chia seeds
1 cup plant based milk
2 Tbl maple syrup (optional)
allspice
Date Energy Balls Recipe:
1 pkg of dates
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup cashew butter
Hummus Recipe:
1 cup chickpeas
1/3 cup tahini
juice of 1 lemon
1/3 cup water
1 1/2 tsp cumin
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“…better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.” Taking John Stuart Mill’s words to heart we must educate ourselves. Below is a (non-comprehensive) list of documentaries that are informational and/or inspiring. Many can be found free on Youtube or Netflix.
Learn the true meaning of health:
Forks over Knives
What the Health
Food, Inc.
Hungry for Change
GMO OMG
Fed Up
Learn where meat really comes from:
Earthlings
Cowspiracy
Dominion
We’re killing our planet – here’s how:
A Plastic Ocean
A Plastic Tide
Chasing Coral
Reefs at Risk
Others:
The Game Changers:
Vegucated
Blackfish
A Prayer for Compassion
There are many inspirational books but here are a couple suggestions for a bit of light reading:
Vegan for her
The China study
Beyond Beliefs