Give the classic Strawberry Banana smoothie a veggie-boost with some added cauliflower! You won't be able to taste or see the cauliflower and your smoothie will include a daily serving of veggies, it's a win-win!
Learn to Love Veggies Tip
Adding veggies to smoothies is a great way to introduce vegetables to children who are still apprehensive about eating them plain. Have your child make this smoothie with you so they know the cauliflower is in it, once they press the start button it's like magic... *poof* the cauliflower disappears!
![]() Strawberry Banana (& Cauliflower!) Smoothie
Yield: 3 8-oz smoothies
Author: Veggie Buds Club
Give the classic Strawberry Banana smoothie a veggie-boost with some added cauliflower! You won't be able to taste or see the cauliflower and your smoothie will include a daily serving of veggies, it's a win-win!
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We’ve seen cauliflower try to be pizza crust for a while now and I can’t sell my family on it! It always tastes too much like cauliflower and for my picky eaters, that’s not going to fly. I decided It needed something more to help give the crust a little oomph. When I tested this recipe, my picky eaters willingly ate half a head of cauliflower! Lettuce know if this recipe becomes a new family favorite for you too.
This recipe was developed by Eat Pretty Darling for Veggie Buds Club. "Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
Cauliflower is such a versatile veggie! If your child does not like cauliflower in it's raw form yet there are many other ways that they can try it such as in this "Cauliflower Cheesy Bread" recipe, in a milkshake/smoothie, in pasta sauce, for breakfast, and more!
![]() Cauliflower Cheesy Bread
Yield: 4-6
Author: Eat Pretty Darling
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 35 Min
This cauliflower cheesy bread has a big punch of cheesy flavor, you can't even taste the cauliflower! This recipe is sure to become a new family favorite.
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Cauliflower has the power to make you healthy, keep you feeling full, and aid in your digestion! It is high in many nutrients including vitamin C and fiber.
Simply blend cooked cauliflower (fresh or frozen) with milk and a few flavorings and you've got a creamy sauce that's full of veggie goodness! It's also easy to add any other veggies or cooked proteins you might have on hand to a pasta dish with this tasty cauliflower sauce. This recipe calls for a pound of pasta, but you can half the recipe if you want to make less. This recipe was developed by Happy Kids Kitchen for Veggie Buds Club. "Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
If your little one loves pasta, this is the perfect cauliflower recipe to make together! Blending cauliflower into a sauce is a new way for your child to try cauliflower outside of the typical raw or cooked florets.
![]() Easy Cauliflower Pasta Sauce
Author: Happy Kids Kitchen
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 20 Min
Simply blend cooked cauliflower (fresh or frozen) with milk and a few flavorings and you've got a creamy sauce that's full of veggie goodness!
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This is a cute craft that celebrates cauliflower! Cauliflower comes in a rainbow of colors including white, purple, and orange. You can create your own rainbow of cauliflower plants using simple craft supplies that you most likely have at home already: coffee filters, green construction paper, brads (or pipe cleaners), safety scissors, and washable markers. And best of all- no glue!
"Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
Doing veggie crafts is a great way to "make veggies fun for kids" (our motto!). We recommend pairing this cauliflower craft with a cauliflower snack during or after the craft.
![]() Colorful Cauliflower Plants
Author: Veggie Buds Club
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Add an extra veggie boost to your breakfast routine with these egg muffins! They are a great make-ahead meal, simply warm up when it's time to eat. Also, if you omit the salt and pepper they are suitable for baby-led weaning finger food.
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This recipe packs a veggie punch! A whole head of cauliflower is mixed into these 12 egg muffins and you can't even taste it. This truly is a great recipe to help your children learn to love cauliflower!
![]() Cheesy Cauliflower Egg Muffins
Yield: 12 Egg Muffins
Author: Veggie Buds Club
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 18 MinTotal time: 23 Min
Add an extra veggie boost to your breakfast routine with these egg muffins! They are a great make-ahead meal, simply warm up when it's time to eat. Also, if you omit the salt and pepper they are suitable for baby-led weaning finger food.
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Breakfast is an important meal that gives you energy to get the day started. But often a major food group is missing from your breakfast plate or bowl... veggies! We have compiled some of our favorite veggie-packed breakfasts into 3 categories: Savory, Baked Goods, and Smoothies. Each recipe below includes veggies, is delicious, and is simple to make! Savory Veggie-Packed Breakfast IdeasSweet Potato Quiche: This tasty quiche is packed with veggies and bacon (optional) and swaps the standard crust with shredded sweet potato instead for an extra veggie boost. Savory Corn Pancakes: These savory pancakes are great with avocado or spread with a little cream cheese and made into sandwiches. Yum! Sweet Potato Toasts: These sweet potato toasts are so versatile because they are delicious both sweet and savory. That’s what makes them the perfect toast substitute! Rainbow Fried Rice: This rainbow fried rice from Happy Kids Kitchen is colorful, easy, healthy, and delicious for breakfast! Vegetable Frittata: Healthy Little Foodies has a great kid-approved and veggie-packed frittata recipe, make it ahead and reheat in the morning. Cheesy Cauliflower Egg Muffins: Be sure to let your kiddos know that their yummy egg muffins have some "hidden" cauliflower inside! 5-Ingredient Bacon & Broccoli Egg Cups: These are a great grab-and-go breakfast option from The Natural Nurturer. Carrot Banana Protein Oatmeal: This oatmeal from The Natural Nurturer is full of nothing but the good stuff and is super easy to make! Veggie Oatmeal: Happy Healthy Casa has some great options for veggie-packed oatmeal including how to incorporate zucchini, carrots, cauliflower, squash, sweet potato, and spinach! Veggie-Packed Breakfast Baked GoodsCarrot Cake Muffin Tops: 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. One-Bowl Sweet Potato Pancakes: These pancakes from are a great way to add some extra nutrients into your morning! No-Bake Pumpkin Energy Balls: These no-bake pumpkin energy balls from are tasty, and they freeze well so they're a perfect on-the-go breakfast or snack for your kiddos. Green French Toast Sticks: Enjoy this delicious kid-friendly way to "sneak" in some spinach! Little chefs will know that greens are in this fun breakfast, but they sure won't be able to taste them. Outrageous Orange Granola: This granola is packed with pumpkin, sweet potato, and carrots- so much orange veggie goodness! Sweet Spinach Muffins: These kid-favorite muffins from Super Healthy Kids are 100% whole wheat, refined-sugar-free, and packed with fresh spinach! Banana Spinach Pancake Pizza: This pancake pizza from The Natural Nurturer is a perfectly delicious way to serve up veggies for breakfast! Sweetened entirely with fruit and loaded with spinach. Veggie-Packed Breakfast SmoothiesTropical Carrot Smoothie: Your kids are sure to love this tropical vacation in a glass! Kids will love measuring and adding ingredients to the blender, helping to chop the carrot, and pressing the buttons on the blender. Spinach Superhero Smoothie: This recipe is called "superhero smoothie" because just as superheroes in stories fight crime, the spinach in this smoothie helps fight off illness! Ants on a Log Smoothie: Adding celery to a smoothie with the addition of peanut butter in a tasty protein-and-veggie packed breakfast! Vitamin C Immune Boosting Smoothie: This smoothie from The Natural Nurturer is made with strawberry, banana, red bell pepper and is the perfect way to start your day! Cauliflower Strawberry Banana Smoothie: Just 4 ingredients! Enjoy this simple and delicious smoothie from Live Eat Learn. Check out our shop for products that teach kids to learn to love veggies! This includes veggie activity boxes, kid-safe knives, interactive placemats, and more.
Chocolate and cauliflower? Yes, please! Frozen cauliflower makes smoothies thick and creamy but you don’t taste it at all. The taste and texture of steamed and frozen whole florets is best but you can also use frozen riced cauliflower in this recipe.
This recipe was developed by Happy Kids Kitchen for Veggie Buds Club. "Learn to Love Veggies" Tip
Make sure to have kids add the cauliflower to the blender along with the other ingredients so they know the veggie is in there!
![]() Chocolate Cauliflower Milkshake
Author: Happy Kids Kitchen
Chocolate and cauliflower? Yes, please! Frozen cauliflower makes smoothies thick and creamy but you don’t taste it at all. The taste and texture of steamed and frozen whole florets is best but you can also use frozen riced cauliflower in this recipe.
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Notes:*To make frozen cauliflower florets, first cut a head of cauliflower into medium sized pieces. Steam cauliflower until tender, drain, and set aside to cool. Once cool, freeze in a singer layer until solid then store in a container or plastic bag in the freezer. Did you make this recipe?
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We are happy to bring you another fun recipe from Noelle of Motherhood and Meals. This one features cauliflower as we're celebrating all things cauliflower at Veggie Buds Club this month! Noelle Martin is a Registered Dietitian and mom of three young boys. She has a passion for education, inspiring, and empowering moms to make healthy choices for themselves and their families. Noelle loves involving her children in food planning and preparation for their home and sees the kitchen as a perfect area for teaching both academic and life skills. Follow @MotherhoodandMeals on Instagram for Noelle's nutrition tips, recipes, product reviews, and motherhood moments. Cauliflower PopcornWe limit the screen time in our home but every once in a while we plan for a fun family movie time. With the dangers for children of choking on popcorn I decided to try a new route for our movie snack and it has been a huge hit with my kids and is truly packed with nutrition. Here is the recipe if you want to try it with your little ones sometime soon. Ingredients
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Kids in the Kitchen Learning NotesWhile making this popcorn you can use it as a teaching moment with your children. You can talk to them about the letter P for POPCORN, the color WHITE, and how the cauliflower starts out CRUNCHY and ends up SOFT. And if your child is an apprehensive eater then they may be more interested in trying this new food after they have prepared it as opposed to just seeing it on their plate. There is never a shortage of fun learning to be had when Kids are in the Kitchen!
Kids will love to get involved with this Shake 'n' Bake Cauliflower recipe! They can break the cauliflower into pieces, crack eggs, measure the ingredients, and shake, shake, shake those cauliflower florets in the yummy breadcrumb mixture. Serve the crunchy veggies as a side dish or snack with your favorite dip. This recipe was developed by Heather Staller, a mom of two boys, ages 5 and 3, and cooking instructor specializing in bringing cooking into preschool classrooms. After college, Heather knew she wanted to be a teacher, but first followed her lifelong dream of going to culinary school. Teaching cooking combines both of her passions, and she truly enjoys introducing young children to the joys of cooking with fresh ingredients. Find Heather on Instagram (@heather.happykidskitchen), where she shares inventive kid-friendly recipes and ideas for cooking with kids at home. Shake 'n' Bake CauliflowerIngredients
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