Kids Meal: Mashed Potatoes With Carrots

   Mashed Potaoes with Carrots

 

Ingredients 

• 4 medium potatoes, boiled or steamed
• 1 carrot, boiled or steamed
• 1/3 cup of milk
• 1/4 cup of cream
• pinch of salt
• pinch of black pepper
• pinch of nutmeg   
• optional:  1 black olive

Directions

1. Mash the potatoes, put them in a pot, add milk, cream, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Mix with a wooden spoon and bring to a boil on a Low heat. 
2. Save half of the mixture aside, and mash the carrot with the rest of the mashed potatoes
3. Now you have 2 colors yellow and orange. Get creative!
4. You can use half a pitted olive for the eye. 

Mash vegetables with your potatoes to encourage your kids to have a healthy diet. You can replace the carrots with beetroots or spinach to have pink or green mashed potatoes.

A small touch of creativiy will motivate you child to eat the whole meal!

Bon Appetit! 

 

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