Make These Potato Chip Tofu Nuggets for Your Kids or for Your Inner Kid
Get excited about this indulgent and delicious treat from Ilene Godofsky Moreno’s new cookbook ‘The Colorful Family Table’
As a kid, I was absurdly picky — I ate primarily what my mom described as “tan foods”: plain buttered bread, plain cheerios with skim milk, cheese tortellini tossed in butter, chips and queso, spaghetti, and sugar cookies. I ordered my Subway sandwiches on white bread, with three ingredients: iceberg lettuce, cheese, and mayonnaise. I only started eating real food — with colors! — when I was in my late teens, working with older and cooler people, dating my first boyfriend, and desperate not to seem immature whenever we went out to eat.
Anyway, I mention this because I often think about how lucky kids who are raised as plant-based are to be able to fall in love early with all of nature’s bounty, from eggplants to avocados. I look up to vegan food bloggers with kids, who often have to navigate sticky situations with family and schools, but who feed their kids such nourishing, colorful, yummy meals that will prepare them for a lifetime of adventures in food.
One of the best is Ilene Godofsky Moreno of the beloved plant-based food blog The Colorful Kitchen, whose recipes are…
