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Orange you glad it’s pumpkin season?? We gathered our favorite orange veggies to pair with pumpkin: sweet potato and carrots! Did you know you can add veggies to granola!? Yes, this granola is packed with a veggie punch and it tastes delicious! Our orange foods makes this the perfect topping for yogurt, great to eat with milk, or just by the spoonful.

This recipe was developed by Eat Pretty Darling for Veggie Buds Club.

Ask your kids how many orange veggies and fruits can they think of? Take turns! They say an orange veggie/fruit, then you say an orange veggie/fruit, and so on. Making veggies "fun" and part of a game will make them less "scary" at meal time.

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The top of the muffin is the best part, right?! These wholesome treats are a combination of a tender muffin and an oatmeal breakfast cookie. We love them for breakfast or a snack at my house, and this carrot cake version is a must try.  The muffin tops are great as is but sometimes I also like to mix in a 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts and a 1/4 cup of raisins to make them extra special.

​This recipe was developed by Happy Kids Kitchen for Veggie Buds Club.

Get your kids in the kitchen! Have your little chef help grate the carrot, measure the ingredients, and mix everything together in a big bowl.

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This adorable Carrot Bouquet food art project is sure to be a hit with your kiddos! It was developed by Eat Pretty Darling for Veggie Buds Club.

If your kiddos are still learning to like carrots, try making them into a fun flower shape! If you have a flower shaped mini cookie cutter, you could use that too. But all it takes is a few simple cuts and you will have a lovely bouquet.

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We love transforming veggies into food art... especially when it's super simple! Your kids are sure to find these Sugar Snap Pea Boats adorable and they make for a fun snack.

This recipe was developed by Eat Pretty Darling for Veggie Buds Club.

Turning food into art can make a once feared food a little more approachable. It doesn’t mean that your kids will automatically eat it all and love it, but they might actually touch it or even try it.

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This week is all about PURPLE! The neat thing is, some of the veggies we found had purple outside, but no purple to be found inside. We stuck to root veggies and the color purple and found some new things to try. We’ve been playing the matching game from Veggie Buds Club so much this month that my oldest knew exactly what to look for and their names! He had fun seeing the drawings come to life in real vegetables at the store.
We gathered up Purple carrots, Turnips, Rutabaga, and Beets. I thought it would be a fun week to see how all of the varying vegetables taste different. We sampled each one on it’s own and talked about how they taste. We all agree beets taste like dirt! Turnips were kind of spicy, Carrots were sweet, and Rutabaga was like french fries. I served them with plain yogurt but my oldest also wanted to see what they tasted like with different dips so we later added ketchup and peanut butter.

Ingredients
You can use any root veggies!

• Purple Carrots
• Turnips
• Rutabaga
• Beets
• Avocado Oil to coat
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 425F. Peel and chop the vegetables to try and make them all similar sizes so they cook the same time.
2. Drizzle oil on veggies and toss to coat in a large bowl. Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay the veggies out flat on the tray. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until soft.
3. Serve as a sampler tray with the any dip/s of choice! 

There are more out there, but here’s a list to get started! ​

• Rutabaga
• Beets
• Purple Carrots
• Turnip
• Purple Potatoes
• Eggplant
• Red Cabbage
• Figs
• Purple Cauliflower
• Ube
• Plums
• Purple Asparagus
• Blackberries

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Turn a bowl full of winter root veggies into crispy fritters to enjoy any time of day. Top the veggie pancakes with a little Greek yogurt, sour cream, or even applesauce. If you have a French fry fan or potato lover, these are sure to be a hit!

This recipe was developed by Happy Kids Kitchen for Veggie Buds Club.

Get your kids in the kitchen! Have your little chef help peel and grate the veggies, either by hand, with a box grater, or using a food processor. Crack the eggs together, then mix in a couple more ingredients and you are ready to cook. 

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Some weeks we like to have a little fun and instead of picking a color, we pick all of the colors! Rainbow is a color in our book. We grabbed one item in each color to go with our green kale in this month’s Veggie Buds Club box. My son picked some of his favorites for each color. Blueberries for blue, carrots for orange, yellow bell pepper for yellow, tomatoes for red, and purple cabbage for purple.
Salads may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of kid food, but making it full of color and having them help pick the ingredients makes it a little more exciting. The fun thing about this recipe is you could use almost any fruits or veggies that fit the colors, as long as you try to make a rainbow! Have your kids be a part of it from start to finish.

Ingredients

• 3 cups kale, stem removed and finely chopped
• 1 medium yellow pepper
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 1 cup diced tomatoes
• 1 cup shredded purple cabbage
• 1 cup blueberries

Dressing

• 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
• Zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Place kale in a large bowl. Mix all dressing ingredients in a small jar. Shake it well to combine.
2. Drizzle dressing on top and gently massage dressing into kale (this is a fun part for the kids!). Add in remaining ingredients and toss to coat the vegetables in the dressing.
3. Cover and place in the fridge to let the kale become a little more tender.

We hope you enjoy these 7 activities that teach your preschool-aged kids about the letter "A" (and that veggies and fruit are fun!).

Here are some of our recommended books featuring veggies & fruit and the letter "A":

• "Eating the Alphabet" by Lois Ehlert
• "The Apple Pie Tree" by Zoe Hall
• "Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship" by Edward Hemingway
• "Curious George: Apple Harvest" by H. A. Rey
• "Ten Apples on Top" by Dr. Seuss
• "Up, Up, Up! It's Apple Picking Time" by Jody Fickes Shapire

Both my 2 and 4 year old had fun with this craft! I cut out some apple seed shapes and drew the lower case letter "a" and apple stem on construction paper. My 4 year old was able to trace the word "Apple", cut out the "a" and stem and use a glue stick to put the picture together. I assisted my 2 year old through the whole craft, he particularly enjoyed using the glue stick!

Download this FREE Letter "A" Tracing Sheet below:

Enjoy this simple kid-friendly recipe for Applesauce (we added a carrot because this is Veggie Buds Club!). Your kids can help peel and chop the apples and carrot. Have them measure and add the apple juice and then observe the rest of the process.

Ingredients

• 4 apples
• 1 carrot
• 1/2 cup apple juice

Instructions

1. Peel and chop apples and carrot.
2. Add apple juice, chopped apples, and chopped carrot to a large pot.
3. Simmer for about 20 minutes over medium heat until the carrots are tender
4. Place softened apples and carrots into a food processor or blender and process/blend until smooth.

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Here is a simple and fun "snacktivity" that is great for fine motor skills, problem solving, and encourages healthy eating. My 2 year old is not an apple fan (he's more of a berries and grapes guy) and he totally ate up these apple chunks on toothpicks!

This is a simple science experiment for young kids! Even if they're too young to process why oxidation happens, it is still great to expose them to the idea of a "science experiment" and "observation". Make sure they observe what the apple halves look like at the beginning of the experiment vs. the end!

Materials Needed

• Apple 
• Lemon Wedge
• Knife

Instructions

1. Cut the apple in half.
2. Rub the lemon wedge on the cut side of one of the apple slices.
3. Place both apple halves on a plate with the cut side exposed to air.
4. Check on your apple halves in about 3 hours and observe the differences.

The apple half that was not rubbed with lemon juice should have browned a bit and the apple half with lemon juice on it should still look fresh.
There are compounds in apples that turn brown when they are exposed to air which contain oxygen. This process is called oxidation. If you add an acid to the apple this prevents oxidation, and lemons are very acidic. 

These carrot chips are a delicious and healthy snack or side dish. Use different color carrots to make the dish even more fun! Dip lovers, be sure to make the simple Avocado Ranch Dip that pairs perfectly with the Carrot Chips. Yum!

​This recipe was developed by Happy Kids Kitchen for Veggie Buds Club.

Make this recipe with you kids! Show your child how to safely peel a carrot by standing behind him or her and holding the peeler together. If you have a crinkle cutter, assist them with slicing the carrot rounds into fun crinkly shapes!

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