Hi AliceinSwitzerland
Welcome, no barm cakes here though! (Lived in Preston 2yrs a lifetime ago).
So, get Inspiralized! It’s a book & web site by Ali Maffucci Inspiralized.com.
You & the girls can have fun making & quickly cooking vegetable rice & pasta. It says here in my book, you can make; breakfasts, snacks & sides, soups, stews, salads, wraps, bakes,gratins, rice pasta & noodles & desserts!!
You can spiralize carrots, cucumber ,beetroot ,butternut squash,courgette, apples, parsnip, pear , swede the list goes on. These all make pasta or ribbon strands to cook or even eat raw. Low calories & carbs but very healthy
To create rice you need a food processor to pulse the pasta. It’s quick easy & fun. I love carrot & beetroot rice raw or cooked. You can steam , stir for or microwave
I got my spiralizer from Lakeland. You could go local or web for one if you like the idea. I paid about ยฃ29. It’s not electric. Your girls would have fun , just watch the blades, you put them in, they turn the handle. I will let my 3 yr old granddaughter help me make pasta. Look at the videos on line & have some fun
And don’t forget to look at cauliflower rice. It’s more like couscous but carries a curry or whatever you want to flavour it with. I much prefere veg pasta & rice now
Bis spoter En Guete (hope that’s right)
Eureka