Children are often overlooked when it comes to nutritious and tasty food that is also vegan, so this half term deal from a plant-based cafe in East London is a welcome change.
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T-shirts for Kids in London
You all know about The Third Estate, right?
The Third Estate is a vegan shoe store and ethical boutique located in Kentish Town. Run by my mates Angela and James, the store is an oasis for compassionate shoppers.
They focus on as much locally-sourced stock as possible and everything is about lessening negative impact on people, animals, and the planet. So many of my shoes and clothes come from this shop.
And now The Third Estate is selling t-shirts for children!
Read more below.
Get Kids Hooked On Plant-Based Cooking
There is a fabulous cookbook making the rounds that it is all about getting young people confident in the kitchen. I had a flick through the pages and felt like I had stumbled onto the future of vegan recipe books.
Kids’ Kitchen Takeover is a must-own title for any kitchen frequented by young people!
Keep reading below for the full story.
Kids Eat Vegan For Free
London is an expensive place to eat out. Add hungry children to the mix and it becomes prohibitive for a lot of families.
Thankfully, a favourite vegan restaurant is making it a little bit more affordable this half term holiday period (February 2025) with their offer to feed kids for free!
Vegan cooking classes for children
My friends Nishma and Mahersh (of Shambhu’s catering) are once again running a week of vegan cooking classes for children in Queensbury, London!
This is a hands-on cooking course intended to teach children (8-13 years of age) how to cook a variety of delicious healthy meals using only plant-based ingredients (no meat, fish, eggs and dairy).
By participating on this course, children will pick up a variety of cooking skills and food-related knowledge, including nutrition. They’ll also learn about the wide variety of nutritious pulses and grains available, alternatives ways of sweetening foods, how to cook with tofu, how to store food and reduce food waste, and much more.
As part of the hands-on nature of the course, children will learn to use basic cooking utensils and appliances, under close supervision.
Over the five days, the children get a taste of different culinary styles from around the world, with each day dedicated to the style of a particular country or continental region.
The classes will run between 10:00am and 12:30 from Monday August 6, 2018 until Friday August 10, 2018. That’s a two and a half hour cooking class for five days in a row!
The cost for each attendee is £135.
To find out more and book a spot, visit this page online.
Event for people caring for vegan children
The fab team behind Made in Hackney have organised a very special information evening for people caring for children within a vegan framework.
Trying to bring up a child as a vegan means clashes with family, friends and even strangers can occur.
“Are you sure they are getting enough nutrition?”, “What about calcium?”, “You shouldn’t force your beliefs on your kids.” And so it goes on…
This event is a supportive space to share stories, ask questions, learn from others and get expert advice from a nutritionist about what we need to consider when raising our children vegan.
Vegan families and bringing up vegan children is taking place at 10 Cable Street in central London on Wednesday April 25, 2018.
What has the night got in store?
- 19:00 Introduction to the evening.
- 19:05 Talk by Sarah Oboh of NutriLife covering essential nutrition for children
- 19:25 Demonstration by Juddian Oboh of NutriLife on simple nutritious snacks that can be made to boost your child’s health.
- 19:45 – 21:15 Panel discussion with Sarah Bentley, NutriLife and Deepa Devlukia of GirlBoyFoodBaby on family issues, nurseries, parties, social things and educate kids about changes
- 21:15-21:30 Networking
All profits from this event will be donated to Made in Hackney.
Click here to book your ticket.