Cold winter night, fire in the fireplace, family, and homemade vegetable soup all go together. What, you think your children will not eat vegetable soup? Ask your children to help prepare soup for supper and they might surprise you and themselves.
Purchase vegetables right out of the produce section or from a winter farmers market. Get carrots that still have the tops. Have your child peel and help to slice carrots to make one cup of carrots. Green beans that need to have tips taken off and snapped in half make for a great group project. You will need two cups of green beans. Find corn that still has the husks and it will provide for great teaching moments. After pulling off husks and silk from two ears of corn you will need to help slice the corn off the cob. Buy onions that need the skin peeled and after slicing and chopping one small onion find out why it made you cry? Potatoes add that extra starch and two are needed. Ask your children if they know why the potatoes darken in color after being peeled and chopped? Add one can (49 oz.) of beef broth and one cup of water. If you would like to add tomatoes use a can (14 oz.) of crushed tomatoes or tomato juice. Add other vegetables if so desired. Simmer on stove for 45 minutes.
While the soup is simmering read “Growing Vegetable Soup” by Lois Ehlert. For some great Bible lessons and language arts ideas click here. Maybe you could plan a vegetable garden to plant in the spring. Spring will be here before you know it.
Check out Truths for Tots Incredible Edibles Pinterest board to get some creative serving ideas for vegetables.
Purchase vegetables right out of the produce section or from a winter farmers market. Get carrots that still have the tops. Have your child peel and help to slice carrots to make one cup of carrots. Green beans that need to have tips taken off and snapped in half make for a great group project. You will need two cups of green beans. Find corn that still has the husks and it will provide for great teaching moments. After pulling off husks and silk from two ears of corn you will need to help slice the corn off the cob. Buy onions that need the skin peeled and after slicing and chopping one small onion find out why it made you cry? Potatoes add that extra starch and two are needed. Ask your children if they know why the potatoes darken in color after being peeled and chopped? Add one can (49 oz.) of beef broth and one cup of water. If you would like to add tomatoes use a can (14 oz.) of crushed tomatoes or tomato juice. Add other vegetables if so desired. Simmer on stove for 45 minutes.
While the soup is simmering read “Growing Vegetable Soup” by Lois Ehlert. For some great Bible lessons and language arts ideas click here. Maybe you could plan a vegetable garden to plant in the spring. Spring will be here before you know it.
Check out Truths for Tots Incredible Edibles Pinterest board to get some creative serving ideas for vegetables.
Soup played a big part in Genesis 27 . Read together the story of Jacob and Esau.
Do your children enjoy eating vegetables? What are some ways you prepare vegetables so your children will eat them?
Cathy Jo Johnson