Pumpkin Bread
If you asked my kids to name their Top 10 favorite foods made by Mom, pumpkin bread (or pumpkin muffins, same recipe) would be right at the top! It might be one of the few that makes Will’s list and Mikey’s list. Add to this the fact that Will has never really been a cereal kid – so we often had some pumpkin bread around to have with busy weekday breakfasts.
If I was making it, the kids were usually helping. They loved being in the kitchen and we had fun cooking and baking together.
One Note
Don’t feel like every cooking experience needs to be new and exciting…if your kids eat muffins all the time, they can help bake the muffins all the time…such is life. There’s no need to make extra work, just teach them the skills they need to make the stuff they eat.
For more on kitchen skills, click the link below.
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About the Author
Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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