Kids Recipes
I got the idea for these adorable bear-pancakes when watching “27 dresses” and knew my kids would love them…and they do!!! I make them late morning and serve them for dinner that night.
(pic taken before dehydrating)
I prefer this milk over nut milks! It is quick, easy, lighter, smoother and fat free. My Kids love it. It tastes slightly banana…but not overwhelming! Enjoy!
Courtesy of kidshealth.org although a great snack or side dish for adults as well.
A mild tasting veggie nugget for kids to snack on (finally, something my kids love!). I imagine you could make these in advance and freeze them (then thaw and warm in dehydrator).
Serve with my remoulade sauce for a more adventurous taste…see recipe in my profile.
I’m actually still in the process of perfecting this, but here is what I started with and it is already a family favorite. This is best kept in the freezer and has a nice soft/crunchy texture to it. The hardest part about this recipe (besides needing the right equipment) is not eating all the brownie batter while waiting for it to dry! I barely had any left to make this piece you see here because of my nibbling! (So I actually doubled the original recipe that I made. I hope it turns out the same.) If you don’t want to go through the trouble of making and assembling this with the vanilla cream, it also makes great brownies (an try putting jungle peanuts on top!) Yum!
What a delicious treat! And what a fun and festive delight to serve at parties, especially in place of cupcakes for kids!
I got this recipe from www.rawdorable.com. I think she has brilliant ideas for kid-friendly food!
This would be perfect for a picnic when everyone else is eating hot dogs. You could even do a simple syrup of strawberries or raspberries and agave for “dipping ketchup” for the fries if you wanted.
I love my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons in the morning, along with a big pink drink.
This recipe is an adaptation of several recipes – two by Chad Sarno, and one by Vanessa on GLiving. Chad Sarno calls it “Trio of Shaved Cabbages with Sweet Sesame Vinaigrette” – it really can be a simple salad or an elegant party dish. I just use what I have on hand, and the vinaigrette is never the same twice, but this always turns out so tasty. You can also add sliced baby bok choy, hemp seeds, etc. Hope you enjoy it!
Remember making Cornflake cakes when you were a kid? Make them again!
I have used dehydrated slices of bananas to resemble Cornflakes and mixed them with raw chocolate to make a raw version of Cornflake cakes.
Super easy to make and fun. Someone gets to lick the bowl afterwards!
It’s good for kids to help with. They can lay the banana on the dehydrator, crush up the dehydrated slices, help melt the chocolate, mix it all up and spoon the mixture into the cake cups.
These cakes are great for parties.
This will make a grilled meat type flavor and texture. Very hearty and even chewy. I worked on this for a year. Now it’s just right. Goes well with my “Sweet Tangy Southern Barbeque Sauce”
Adapted from “Rejuvenate Your Life” by Serene Allison. I found it on Raw Food Talk. I find this sauce is creamiest when I use soaked cashews. It can be used for pizza, on top of warmed broccoli, in lasagna, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: I have listed this recipe in the Kids category, but babies and some young toddlers (such as those with a family history of nut allergies) should not eat any nut products. Please consult your pediatrician before serving nuts to your child.
These are easy to make and travel with. Good for school lunch treats without all the sugar.
I had the ingredients, and Superman! thought of making a “flower” out of it! It was so beautiful that we just had to share the recipe. =) Dr. Cousens Phase 1 (read my profile, I’m going to explain that!)
Our favorite salsa. It keeps well in the fridge, so I usually make a double or triple batch to keep everyone happy for a week at a time.
This is also really tasty if you add half a cup of this salsa to half an avocado and mash it all together. Serve with crackers/chips or veggie sticks.
PLEASE NOTE: I included this recipe in the Kids category, but it is not appropriate for children under one year.
Adapted from “Living Cuisine” by Renee Underkoffler.
These are amazing, and so addictive! I usually double the recipe so they will last more than a few days.
A refreshing, slightly tart (depending on how many kiwi) juice. The kids loved it!
I got this recipe from “The Raw Chef Blog” by Russell James. I found it when I was searching for a Raw Chocolate Easter Egg recipe. We made 6 butterfly chocolate pops, 1 Easter Bunny pop, 12 solid, large eggs, and filled 3 minature mould sheets. It made our Easter! Thank you Russell James!!!
Someone else deserves the credit for this recipe, but I can’t remember where I jotted it down from. All I know is that it is a really tasty and decadent recipe to whip up when you are craving something sweet. At some point, I plan to try experimenting with this for a raw version of cookie dough ice cream – yum!
PLEASE NOTE: I included this recipe in the Kids category, but children under 1 year should not be served honey. Also, some children can have adverse reactions to sesame and cacao, so please use caution.
These are nice and chewy! They harden up real good when left out on a plate for a couple hours, either way is really good. This will definitely satisfy your sweet tooth!
I make this recipe when I am craving a crispy snack. It made it easy to move away from potato chips when I was going raw too!
I have friends that ask how do I give my kids something quick and simple like peanut, butter and jelly? I came up with this and kids seem to enjoy it. Some adults do too!
I made this tonight as a dessert and it was amazing! I got David Wolfe’s raw cocao beans at our local healthfood store, but I know you can buy them on-line too. Even though not state, of course the raisins and coconut are raw and organic too. To make date syrup, just blend dates and water. Agave would taste good too, but is not easy to find in a truly raw state.
A zesty remoulade sauce to go with my veggie nuggets (see my profile for that recipe). I bet they would go great with the onion ring recipe in the recipe archive too!
(I also like to eat this on “crazy bread” with sliced zucchini)
I picked up this recipe from a family activities paper and just changed the nut butter to raw. My 2 year old loves it, especially when I mash raspberries and make into a ‘drizzle’ and pour over the banana. The (non-raw) neighbor children ask for the ‘special’ banana as well! Hope you enjoy!
A super-sweet peachy smoothie that is more of a dessert than anything! My picky kids love this smoothie and it is one of my favorites!
(btw – I only had one fresh peach so that is why I mixed fresh and frozen)
This was posted on vegsorce.com by silverfire. I have added the vanilla and cinnamon to it.
For those looking to substitute the use of agave and/or maple syrup. I was not aware of how much we are effecting the bat population by our use of agave, until recently. It is the main food source for nectar bats. Victoria J. has posted a thread about Agave Nectar and Bat Populations.
Adapted from a recipe by Alissa Cohen. I found it on Raw Food Talk, but I believe it is also in her book – Living on Live Food.
“Served warm out of the dehydrator, these are heavenly! These taste like a soft, breaded, cooked, stuffed mushroom.”
Ever want a cool smoothie but would like a suprise taste explosion at the end? Try this! =)
Reminicent of an Almond Joy, these truffles are a great pick-me-up and they take only 15 min to make! Kids love to make (and eat) these too! They are great to pack in a lunch or for travelling.
Secret Recipe “Meatballs”. These are so good you’ll know – *THIS is eatin!
This is adapted from a recipe that was originally posted by Sweetlips on Raw Food Talk, and then adapted by Rawkinlocs. They are rumoured to taste like a certain pizza chain’s Crazy Bread. I don’t know about that, but they sure are tasty!
Apparently, you should not use green peppers for these crackers. I usually use half red pepper, and half yellow, which gives the crackers a lovely flavor and color.
I made these to take on a trip I’m going on tomorrow. They’re very plain so they would appeal to multiple tastes- the sauce will jazz them up- tahini or whatever you come up with.
My girlies love to drink this “Princess Pink” smoothie while watching their Disney Princess movies.
Craving Saver! The fenugreek seeds give it the amazingly real pimento cheese texture. Eat on celery or a raw cracker or bread. My boyfriend couldn’t tell this wasn’t real cheese. He had it on sourdough. This isn’t a very good pic but he has lost about 20 lbs and you can see it in his face here..=)
I just got a spiralizer and have been spiralizing everything! This turned out to be a hit with the kids! Yeah whatever works! ANd it was easy and fast!
here’s real raw halva – and it is as authentic as it gets. i am in palestine – where halva is sold in every open market by the kilo. halva is a sweet sesame confection. this raw version is pretty, delicious, heavy but dense enough to make you stop after a few bites. a great way to get more flax into my daughter’s diet…
(and yes i am well aware that the mulberries i picked this morning look (and taste) far more orgasmic – and that is perfectly fine – to compete with nature is suicide)
This recipe originally called for tequila to be mixed with the lime-juice, but it is just as good without. It’s a good dish to serve at a party, and kids seem to like it too.
For the chili powder, I left the amount blank, because it really depends on the type you are using and your personal “spicy” preference. I use chipotle chili powder (not technically raw), and usually put around 1/2 tsp.
Great bars for the kids!
I wanted to make some pastries and had some of Alissa Cohen’s cheese crepe filling left over…so I created a pastry around the filling.
DELICIOUS!!!
A raw version of Nutella, a delicious European chocolate-hazelnut spread.
Nutella®, in its original form, was first created in the 1940s by Mr. Pietro Ferrero, a pastry maker and founder of the Ferrero company. At the time, cocoa was in short supply because of rationing due to World War II, so chocolate was very limited. So Mr. Ferrero used hazelnuts, which are plentiful in the Piedmont region of Italy (northwest), to extend the chocolate supply.
Very yummy spread on a banana!
Wow sis these turn out good. Your kids are gonna love these… yes you will too :) I have heard about some worries about stevia, and you know what there should be none. It is a good, safe, calorie free sweetner.
Having a toddler, nieces, and nephews that love ‘nuggets’, I’ve been playing with a possible RAW, Vegan replacement for ‘chicken nuggets’. So far, I’ve come up with this recipe that both my husband and daughter like! It’s not a complete replacement for taste and texture, but a pleasing substitute!
inspired by my kitchen visitor this morning who was nice enough to pose for the picture
This is a very easy, mild, & smooth sauce I made with kids in mind (my 3-year-old actually). Other marinara sauces were too heavy in texture and flavor that my little tot would’t eat. I made this one, and she gobbled it right up. Place it on top of your pasta of choice (like zucchini or yellow squash noodles made with a vegetable spiral slicer).
I created this recipe based off of Jennifer Cornbleet’s “Marinara Sauce” in her “Raw Food Made Easy” cookbook.
I was attempting to make Real Hummus, but I screwed up the sesame seeds and ended up making sesame mylk. I was thinking of what I could do with the chickpeas and that it how I came up with this. It’s a nice snack—a good potato chip or popcorn replacement.
Finally, the real thing! Well…not exactly, but as close as you’re going to get! My mind actually thought I was eating genuine packaged, toasted Pop Tarts, and the best part is, you can make them different every time with different frostings and fillings!
Craving the sweet and salty thing, I put this together. Measurements and ingredients are very optional. Kids love it!
Delicious! This recipe has more of a milk chocolate taste.
When Chia Seeds hit liquid they emit this lovely goo which surrounds the seed and really resembles Tapioca pearls. You can read all about the wonderful benefits of Chia Seeds on the Living Foods website: http://www.living-foods.com/articles/chia.html
Do you remember what what chocolate milk tastes like? Well I don’t but this is good!! Chocolate milk loving kids come and get it! Sorry I would have posted a picture but I chugged mine too fast.
My 6 year old is craving fats lately so I made this for her as a smoothie. I made too much (it was too heavy for me), and poured the rest into popsicle makers. She ate one for breakfast.
These are delicious….you’ll love them. It’s actually an adopted recipe of my mom’s SAD granola bars.
This could help kids eliminate harmful dairy products from their diets. It also a good source of healthy unsaturated fat.
Really easy, super quick and yummy chocolate mousse! Flavours, such as orange or lemon, can be added.
I get raw chocolate powder from www.detoxyourworld.com http://www.detoxyourworld.com/acatalog/chocolate_powder_organic.html
If you can’t get hold of raw chocolate powder you could substitute with 100% cocoa powder (this isn’t raw).
This mousse satisfies the sweet craving I sometimes get and at the same time makes me feel full which means I don’t crave to eat anything else. Perfect for when I feel I might fall off the wagon!
Even my junk foodist boyfriend likes this!
I like to make it in advance and take it to work the next day. Everyone asks “What’s that? I thought you ate only raw food?” He he he he!
I’ve been making lots of coconut milk and almond milk to feed my addiction to Superfood Coffee so what do I do with all the leftover pulp? Not one to waste, I came up with this recipe.
So I met this awesome guy named James who is head of Rawdaddyfoods.com here in the Bay Area. He makes these wonderful flaxseed cones that you can put just about anything in. (If you’re interested in ordering some just email him at james@rawdaddyfoods.com. He also makes sweet raw ice cream cones too!) I was feeling like pizza and love poemomm’s Sausage and Pepper pizza recipe ( http://goneraw.com/recipes/2139-Sausage-and-Pepper-Pizza )so I just decided to stuff it inside the rolls!
i really liked the quickness of this milk compared to the soaking and straining that I had to do for almond milk. I make this than i put gojo berries in a bowl with blueberries and add the milk over it…yummmy
This is a quick lunch I use when I can’t think of anything else I’d like to have, or when I’m tired of having smoothies for breakfast. It’s also good to make in the morning and take along for lunch, stirring in a drizzle of lemon or lime juice to keep the apples from turning brown.
After a lot of experimenting, this is what I have found works the best for me. If you have a better way, PLEASE let me know.
I listed the ingredients to make a small batch of nut butter, but you can certainly double or triple the recipe if you wish. However, I would recommend sticking to just one cup of nuts in the blender at a time to avoid overheating. If you are planning to make this recipe often, you can soak and dehydrate all the nuts at once, and just keep the extras in a sealed container until you need them.
I find that I prefer the texture of the nut butter with the coconut oil added, but the recipe still works without it.
PLEASE NOTE: I have listed this recipe in the Kids category, but babies and some young toddlers (such as those with a family history of nut allergies) should not eat any nut products. Please consult your pediatrician before serving nut butter to your child.
Perfect for all applications.It’s so Easy!Try it!!!
I made these tonight and my boyfriend gasped they were so good and said WOAH! ...and grabbed another. The pic is before I put them on the dehydrator.
Tastes exactly like the no-bake cookie dough I ate as a kid. Seems quite versatile. You can warm it up in the dehydrator, when refridgerated it gets hard. I broke it into pieces and served it as chocolate cereal for my four-year-old. But, its excellent straight from the bowl too!
i had a few friends over – and they practically danced in my kitchen! one of them was non-raw and she said it’s the best pie she ever tasted!
a few days ago i went with my daughter on a gathering/gleaning/swimming trip. we stumbled upon an apricot orchard at the very end of the season. a few trees had slightly over-ripe apricots. now apricots are at the top of the list of pesticides… but these ones had enough quality assurance signatures… the orchard was neglected including the orchards around it (nectarine and lemon), the weeds between the trees where abundant and tall (no ground spraying), and most importantly – appx. one out of three apricots had the most beautiful worms dancing in it (usually inhabiting only one half). and so we very carefully picked the soft apricots and filled a 2 gallon bucket! a pie was an obvious need once we got home.
This is a great easy dish for raw babies. I often serve it with some coconut cream and hemp seeds on top.
Make sure you use crisp apples like Gala or Pink Lady. Feel free to vary the spices – pumpkin pie spice is also tasty. You can also add a few drops of lemon juice to preserve the color, if you like.
The BEST Fettuccine Alfredo I have EVER tasted. Tastes so much like the real thing. And to think I made it by mistake!
This cake is lovely, it’s not too sweet and has an actual cakey texture. I adapted it from a recipe by Chad Sarno. It is very versatile – you can add whatever you have on hand – ie. substitute mesquite flour for the carob, use all apple if you don’t have pineapple, play with the spices, etc. You can also dehydrate it longer if you would like a chewier bar, or make it into cookie shapes, if you prefer.
Please note: My kids love this cake, and I have listed it in the Kids category, but babies and some young toddlers (such as those with a family history of nut allergies) should not eat any nut products. Please consult your pediatrician before serving nuts to your child.
Extra smooth, creamy milkshake like no other! Tastes soo good and even better than those commercial ones.
This recipe was adapted from one posted by FreedomB in the forums on www.raw-pleasure.com.au. She used blackberries, but I use any berry that is in season, or frozen berries if I am really desperate.
This can be served in bowls as pudding, used as a icing for a raw cake, as a filling in a prepared crust, or frozen as a sorbet.
PLEASE NOTE: I included this in the Kids category, but children under one year should not be served berries.
A always lovely smoothie I come back to again and again, and I never tire of it. It tastes a lot like a Booster Juice. So pink and refreshing!
I would’ve never dreamed these could taste so amazing…they are supremely addicting! Plus, it’s a super way to greens into your diet. I could eat 3-4 bunches of kale straight this way! This is also a great movie snack or to make with kids!
Super simple, quick and easy, nutritious and delicious. What more can I say? The funny thing about this is I do not care for any of these items alone but together… together they are one of my favorite foods!
This is from Bryan Au’s book Raw in Ten Minutes…
To see a photo visit www.rawinten.com and scroll down to the grilled cheese sandwich picture.. YUM
This is a creamy coconut milk, that tastes like the fatty canned ones you buy in the store, but so much better for you!
Great for transitioning kids or to satisfy a sweet tooth. The maple syrup really gives it that ‘french toast’ flavor, but feel free to substitute sweetener of choice, or none at all.
Yesterday began my desperate search for the perfect Raw caramel dip. It belongs to Heidi at Raw Food, Right Now. Next came the brownie recipe from Jennifer Combleet on this site. You can imagine what happened next…This is a kid tested and kid thumbs up recipe!
This is pretty close to commercial yogurt in texture and tartness. I like to mix in some berries pureed with a little agave nectar, and sprinkle a little granola on top.
These are so tasty and have a nice creamy texture. I had a couple warm out of the dehidrator and knew that they were a success.
Indulge’s recipe from GLiving.tv. Super yummo!
This chocolate ice cream is so rich and creamy. Even when frozen for more than a couple days, it still scoops easily because of the beneficial fats the hemp provides.
You probably want to make an afternoon of this and make ALOT. This is kind of a pain in the rump but if you have raw kids it might well be worth it. After-all raw kids deserve some stars and hearts in their buckwheaties now and again :)
After having some unhealthy cravings for Pineapple Upside Down Cake i had to make a healthy raw version. Hope you all enjoy it as much as we have!
FREE ICE CREAM FREEZER If you haven’t an ice cream maker yet and want to try some good raw stuff, this is a simple way to make it with no investment. You probably have a friend or relative with the coffee cans if you don’t have any and just small ice from your freezer ice maker. I think you can use just cheapo table salt also instead of rock salt.
I really wanted a smoothie with blueberries in it, so I ended up throwing a few things into the blender. My 1 and 2 year old liked it so much they drank most of mine (I had only made enough for 1 glass) and fought each other for sipping rights.
I’m not sure if homemade soy milk is raw or not. I threw this together for my kids this morning because I soaked too many soybeans last night and needed to use the resulting soy milk. I’m honestly not sure why it set into pudding. I was trying to make chocolate milk sweetened with banana instead of stevia. But by the time it was cool enough to give to my 2 yr old, it was the consistency of pudding. My kids loved this.
i finally bought some coconut butter after craving it for the longest time and needed a sweet yummy way to eat it. Heres my 3 ingredient fix
An absolutely delicious smoothie that everyone in my family loves. The measurements are approximate, a little more or less of some ingredients doesn’t affect the taste.
My husband actually called these “the bomb”. Takes great and fills the sweet craving we all have sometimes.
This recipe was posted by MissGiggles in the forums on www.raw-pleasure.com.au. She described it as “a beautiful pudding, with a fresh lemon kick, without being tart. The pudding is speckled with the blitzed passionfruit seeds, and looks a little like lemon/poppyseed”. It really is tasty and truly does look like the color of a gorgeous sunset, if you’re into that sort of thing.
It can be served in bowls as pudding, used as a icing for a raw cake, as a filling in a prepared crust, or frozen as a sorbet.
PLEASE NOTE: I included this in the Kids category, but for children under 1 year, you may want to omit the lemon juice and zest.
I can’t really wrap my head around the idea that ideally, I could go the rest of my life without my favorite food, mac and cheese. The homemade kind. So, to quell my cravings as they periodically arise, I created… this.
Oops, just ate all of it before I took a picture. Will add next time. This was yumm…