Claire Wright
Serves: 4
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 25 mins
Ingredients:
3-4 peppers, halved and de-seeded
a little oil (about 1 tbsp)
small pinch of salt
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Method:
Preheat oven to 190C/gas 5. Rinse the peppers, tear or chop in half or chop roughly into chunks, then toss with oil and salt. Lay out in a roasting tray or baking tray and roast until softened and starting to brown (about 25-30 mins).
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
Kids can really own this recipe – let them wash the peppers, toss them with the oil and salt and lay out on the tray. Older kids could try chopping the halved de-seeded peppers into rough chunks with your help.
Master these skills:
Cleaning vegetables, Tasting, Mixing, Bridge chopping
Activities
Why not try making a pepper face mask a cut-out and colour pepper, or veg crown?
Or grab some of our free games & puzzles with peppers like our Shaun the Sheep – Amazing Pepper Chase (or our other Shaun-themed pepper activities), our Chop Chop pepper game or our Spot the pepper game?
Find loads more free pepper-themed crafts here and games here.
Sensory
Keep one extra pepper and spend the time while the tray of them is roasting exploring it with your child. What does it look like? What does it remind them of? What about when you cut it in half? What does it look like now? How does it feel? Find more ideas, videos and some simple sensory education session ideas to get you started here.
Serving
If your child has helped you make these peppers, make sure they take credit for it as the pride they will take in the dish will mean they are more likely to eat it. Can they design a menu that includes “their special peppers” on it? Or perhaps they simply want to help you serve the peppers up in a bowl and bring it over to the table to show off their work. We have more ideas for ways to include your child in serving here.
Claire Wright
Claire has been working with children, food and communications for over 15 years, and is our Editor at Veg Power, helping translate expert advice into small, practical steps for busy families, and creating recipes that are actually simple.
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