My Little Chefs

My husband has a grad school class tonight, so I have an evening by myself with my two little girls.  I wanted to do something special and fun with them, but since we just got more snow, we would have to stay inside.  I decided we could make some gluten-free zucchini bread.  I was going to do this for St. Patrick's Day, but then we were packing for Spring Break vacation and didn't get around to making any bread.

Better late than never!!!

Coralyn had fun tossing the zucchini chunks into the food processor.

Then, she got to push the ON button and watch the zucchini spin round and round and turn into tiny pieces.

Kellah wanted in on the fun too!

Next, we mixed up our dry ingredients.
*Brown rice flour
*Salt
*Xanthum Gum
*Baking Soda

And added our "wet" ingredients too.
*2 eggs
*Honey (instead of sugar)
*Vanilla
*Applesauce (instead of oil)

Coralyn wanted to stir it all up, and she did a pretty good job too!

Kellah just played in a box.

I sprayed the muffin tin and poured in our batter.  While the muffins baked, the girls had fun with their favorite part of the baking process -- licking the bowl and spoon!

 Don't worry!  Coralyn is just playing now and pretending she's swimming in the water.  Silly girl!  LOVE her imagination though! :)

Finally, the muffins were done and we had them for supper with some yogurt.  Yummy!

Not only do I love baking with my girls, I love the opportunity to teach them how to make healthy choices in the process.  As we pour in the honey, I explain that it's better for you than sugar.  The same with the applesauce instead of oil.

And when we eat the muffins and Coralyn exclaims, "These are so yummy AND good for you!" my heart melts just a little.  I am thrilled that even at such a young age she is learning what it means to be healthy and knows firsthand it is still fun, and tasty too!