The best fall recipes to make with children

Are you looking for the best autumn recipes to make with your children at home ? For many people, this is their favourite season of the year: the beauty of the fallen leaves, the cool nights, the sound of rain, pumpkins, the smell of roasted chestnuts or the search for mushrooms make autumn a magical season. It's time to stay indoors more, take the jumpers out of the closet and prepare for more spoon dishes, nuts, stews and casseroles.

Remember that learning to cook is very beneficial for children: it gives them culinary skills that they can always use, improves their mood, reduces anxiety, allows them to express their creativity, trains their psychomotor skills and helps them feel more independent and responsible.

In this short guide we will bring to light eleven healthy and delicious autumn recipes to make with children , which will allow you to introduce fresh seasonal products and a greater variety of vegetables, legumes, mushrooms and nuts into their diet. Let's go!

11 Healthy Fall Recipes That Will Make You Lick Your Fingers

• Veal fricandó, a timeless classic of Catalan cuisine : this exquisite dish is usually prepared with mushrooms, but you can use any mushrooms you like, such as chanterelles, saffron milk caps or black trumpet mushrooms. Use the recipe from Directo al Paladar and enjoy the magical combination of veal and mushrooms, the touch of toasted almonds or the pepper, wine and garlic flavours of the sauce.
• Hasselback squash : In this lovely autumn recipe , great for getting children to eat roasted vegetables, Paulina Cocina teaches you how to give a culinary twist to squash and enjoy it roasted like never before, with the flavours of garlic, lemon, ginger, peanut butter and cream cheese.
• Indian Paella : This exquisite and original rice dish from Gipsy Chef allows children to savour a host of seasonal vegetables, such as cauliflower, broccoli or the quintessential queen of autumn, pumpkin, and enjoy oriental spices such as curry, finishing the paella with a delicious oven-baked touch and a little raita, an Indian dressing made from yoghurt and cucumber.
• Pork chops in pomegranate sauce: In this video, El Comidista suggests using one of the quintessential autumn fruits - the pomegranate - to prepare a delicious sauce with shallots, honey, vinegar and thyme, ideal for meats such as pork chops.

• Roasted sweet potato and artichoke chips soup : on platforms like Cookpad you can find this colorful soup , ideal for a light dinner, rich in fiber and nutrients like beta-carotene. The preparation is very simple and you can complete it with seeds of your choice, like pumpkin seeds.
• Seitan tacos with mushroom and almond sauce : the little ones will want to dip bread in this creamy sauce and with this autumn dish they will get all the benefits of seitan, a valuable source of vegetable protein that also provides minerals such as potassium.
• Warm quinoa, sweet potato, feta cheese and garlic chip salad : If you are looking for a vegetarian salad for your children to have for dinner in the fall, this is a great idea, although you can find plenty of others available, such as warm salads with mushrooms and prawns, tofu salad, candied cherry tomatoes and escarole or warm spinach, lentil and nectarine salad.
• Níscalos al ajillo : one of the quintessential autumn mushrooms is the chanterelle, which you can easily prepare on the grill with garlic and parsley. They provide iron, B vitamins, carotene and potassium. You can stew them with potatoes, confit them in a casserole, fry them with butter or add them as a garnish for meat and fish. You can also sauté them in an Asian wok.
• Lentil burgers : Kids will have a blast shaping these healthy vegetarian lentil burgers. Check out all the steps in the video below and serve them with warm homemade bread, lettuce, tomato and an original carrot mayonnaise.
• Autumn pizza: Pizzeria Tradizione Italiana teaches you on their blog how to prepare the most autumnal pizza. The kids will love kneading! Prepare your homemade dough and add ingredients such as porcini mushrooms, caramelized shallots, fresh figs, roasted pumpkin, walnuts, aged cheeses such as gorgonzola, black olives or fresh sage sautéed in butter.
• Roasted chickpeas with tofu : another crazy recipe from Gipsy Chef to enjoy with the family as a healthy, tasty and warm express stew.

You know: the most important thing is to investigate, try, get dirty, make mistakes and, above all, enjoy the food together.