courtesy of Rebecca Coleman

Edamame… for a Thanksgiving appetizer? It makes more sense than you think. Amid the holiday cornucopia of food, when it comes to kids’ plates there’s a whole lot of beige happening—mashed potatoes, stuffing, turkey, gravy, dinner rolls.  All delicious, but you get the picture …  and it’s not bright.These little green beans come to the rescue.

At our house everyone is STARRRRVING long before the turkey pops so we always plan for some great Thanksgiving appetizers.  Usually I whip up some hummus (or even buy it at the store, for shame!) but the thought of adding another beige item to the table this year had me paralyzed.  No hummus this year, I demanded!  That was, until I watched my kids furiously popping edamame into their mouths and realized that edamame hummus was just the thing we needed to light up our lives.

The big kid (5 ½) loves nothing more than operating kitchen appliances (supervised, of course.)  He was thrilled to pour in the shelled edamame and watch it spin around the food processor until it became a bright green paste.  The baby (18 months) was just as thrilled to be able to eat the shelled edamame without the struggle of the pods.  Both loved the taste of the finished product!  Looks like we’ve got ourselves a new, green holiday tradition.

Edamame is a terrific, healthy appetizer for kids, in hummus or just out of the shell, in this lightly spicy recipe:

• Chinese Five-Spice Edamame

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Categories: Kid Friendly | Tags: Edamame, Hummus, Japanese Edamame, Thanksgiving Appetizers
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