Hedi's Peanut Butter Satay Noodle Stir-Fry

Hedi’s Peanut Butter Satay Noodle Stir-Fry

Hedi Fountain

Featuring:

Courgette

Peas

Spinach

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Serves: 2

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

1 carrot, cut into thin slices

1 small courgette, cut into thin slices

3 mushrooms

½ onion, cut into thin slices

2 big handfuls of spinach

1 big handful frozen peas

1 pack whole wheat stir fry noodles

1 tsp coconut oil for frying

Satay Sauce:

2 heaped tbsp smooth peanut butter

6 tbsp water

2 tbsp low sodium soya sauce

Juice from 1 lemon

Pinch of chilli flakes

Veg Portions / Serving: 1

Hedi from Hedi Hearts shares a simple, almost-instant recipe the whole family can enjoy with this easy peanut butter satay stir-fry! #StirFryFrenzy

Method:

First, prep the veg, then make the sauce by whisking all ingredients together until smooth.

In a pan heat the oil and add the onion, carrot, courgette, and mushrooms. Stir fry for around 2 minutes.

Add frozen peas and noodles and fry for another minute or so.

Now add the spinach and the satay sauce, stir well, and let it fry for a minute or so.

Season to taste with salt and pepper and then serve.

Engaging Kids

Kids who engage regularly with veg through veg-themed activities, such as arts and crafts, sensory experiences, growing and cooking are shown to be more likely to eat the veg they engage with. Encouraging kids to engage and play with veg is the handy first step to them developing a good relationship with veg and life-long healthy eating.

Kids in the kitchen

Get your kids to make the sauce, whisking all the ingredients together. They can also help you add ingredients to the pan with supervision, but be careful of the hot oil, especially when adding the peas. Let them help you plate up, season and serve, too.

Activities

While getting kids to interact with veggies for real and using their senses to explore them is best, encouraging hands off activities like arts & crafts, puzzles & games or at-home science experiments can be a great start, particularly for those who are fussier eaters or struggle with anything too sensory. Use these veg-themed activities as a stepping stone to interacting with the veg themselves. We have loads of crafty downloads here, puzzles here, and quirky science with veg here.

Sensory

Once you feel your child is ready to engage a little more, you can show them how to explore the veg you have on hand with their senses, coming up with playful silly descriptions of how a veg smells, feels, looks, sounds and perhaps even tastes. Find ideas, videos and some simple sensory education session ideas to get you started here.

Serving

The moments before food is offered can be a perfect opportunity for engagement that can help make it more likely a child will eat it! Giving children a sense of ownership in the meal can make a big difference to their feelings going into it and the pride they take in it. You know your child best, but if you aren’t sure where to start, we have some fun and simple ideas for easy roles you can give them in the serving process over here.