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Category Archives: Desserts
Cinnamon – The Secrets of the Pro’s – Cooking with Kids!
The Secrets of the Pros: How to Transform Your Baking with Cinnamon “Nothing makes such a magical difference in your baking as really good cinnamon. And teaching children the value of aromatic smells and tastes -cooking with kids will do … Continue reading
How to Dress …….a CAKE!! Cooking with kids is SUCH fun.
How to Dress a Cake that’s Easier and Quicker than Frosting – and put on some music to entertain yourself when cooking with kids or grandkids. Try Silly Kwela! It’s not necessary to frost a cake. It’s quicker and easier to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cake, cherries, chocolate, cooking with kids, cream, flourless chocolate cake, Music for kids, strawberries
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Cherry Pie – the short cut way when cooking with kids
I love to use store bought pie crust or frozen pie dough – its easy and tastes good. This pie becomes sooooo easy when you do it this way.. and those amazing Rainer ( the yellow ones) cherries are abundant … Continue reading
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Tagged cherry pie, cooking with kids, dessert, family, food, fun, kid stories, pie, Rainer Cherries
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Blackberry Pie – heaven! A great summer dish for cooking with kids
I like using store ready pie crusts – both for the top and bottom. Cooking with kids when using store bought materials is a good idea since they can learn that there are good things that can be bought – … Continue reading
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Tagged blackberries, Blackberry, blackberry pie, cooking with kids, desserts, family, Fourth of July, grandma music, kid stories, party
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We LOVE Corn – do you? How about cooking with kids to make Corn Cake and fruit? YUM!
Cooking with kids using fresh ingredients is the best. We love corn and grow our own – so summer fun includes not only throwing corn into boiling water for just a few minutes after picking – or finishing corn on … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Fruit, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged Cooking Light, cooking with kids, Corn, Corn and Fruit, Corn Cake, dessert, family, grandma music, music, strawberries
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Yogurt – so many ways to use this healthy dish – cooking with kids especially!
We make our own yogurt from our goats milk and use it in many dishes when cooking with kids. It is creamy and delicious. I also enjoy FAGE non fat yogurt when I am looking for a lower calorie dish. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Fish, Gluten Free, Other wonderful treats, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips
Tagged beef, berries, blackberries, blueberries, chicken, cilantro, FAGE yogurt, Fish, Greek Yogurt, honey, mint, stews, strawberries, sugar, yogurt
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Strawberry Cheesecake IceCream Recipe – Truly Delicious! Make it Cooking with Kids – with LOTS of tasting!
This is a most delicious ( sadly not low cal) recipe. My grandkids loved making it with me. There was lots of snacking on healthy strawberries while we whisked and stirred together. Alas the end product has a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged cream, fruit, Icecream, Kraft Foods, lemons, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, strawberries, Whipping Cream
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Fennel – an amazing herb – cooking with kids and teaching them the value of herbs in adding flavor (instead of salt) – also a Sugar Cookie Recipe
Fennel is a wonderful herb that grows wild in California. If you ride horses, during the spring time in California, there is an abundance of wild mustard and fennel that grows along with sage and your steed will love to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, desserts, family, farming, Fennel, fennel pollen, meals, pollen, recipes, sugar cookies, tips, treats, urban farming
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Making Ice Cream Sandwiches – at home! Cooking with Kids on the day AFTER The Fourth!
How to Make Ice Cream Sandwiches Three Ways You can make ice cream sandwiches three ways. Any way you choose, you can make far better ice cream sandwiches than you can get at the store down the street. And you … Continue reading
Brownies GALORE! Great for cooking with kids – they can join YOU in licking the bowls! Great for the FOURTH OF JULY!
Ten Ways to Fancy Up Your Brownies (or Other Desserts) Remember to put on MUSIC to make it fun! Try The Happy Song! Here are ten great ideas to transform your brownies into fancy desserts that will impress your friends … Continue reading
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Tagged bananas, brownies, cakes, cooking, cooking with kids, desserts, food, kid stories, lemons, recipes, snacks, strawberries, sundaes, toppings
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Make a Banana Cream Pie in 20 minutes! Great for cooking with kids! On Tasty Thursdays
How to Make a Banana Cream Pie—in as Little as 20 Minutes We nearly always have bananas around our house. We actually grow our own so in the season we have more than we can eat. Most of the time, they get … Continue reading
Tasty Thursdays – A Mexican Crumb Coffee Cake – Yum!
A Mexican crumb cake or coffeecake is swirled with cinnamon and chocolate. With the right cinnamon and chocolate combination and a good, fairly dense cake, it can be luscious. Remember to put on your favorite music when you bake – … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks
Tagged Bavarian Cream, cake, caramel, chocolate, cinnamon, cooking with kids, cream, Mexican Crumb cake, pie, syrup
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Banana Caramel Muffins for Cooking with Kids
We like a lot of banana flavor in our muffins. That took two things: really ripe bananas and added banana flavor. This is a wonderful treat for cooking with kids. Of course they will sample a LOT. This recipe transforms banana … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, brunch, calories, caramel, cooking with kids, dessert, fun, grandma food, muffins, snacks
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Cooking with kids – Stuffed French Toast – YUM!
How to Make Stuffed and Crusted French Toast If you can make a sandwich, you can make stuffed and crusted French toast. In fact, a peanut butter and jam sandwich made into French toast is quite good. And for my … Continue reading
Cake making – Streusel Cake with Fruit Filling – Cooking with Kids
Pennsylvania Dutch Streusel Cake with a Fruit Filling Have you ever made streusel cake or streuselkuchen? This is one of the best. Like most, this one has a layer of fruit filling tucked under the streusel top. Serve it as a dessert … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, cooking with kids, desserts, family, fillings, fruit, Grandma, meals, pastry, recipes, snacks, Streusel
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Cooking with kids – making Cream Puffs! Tip = this is the EASIEST pastry that Children can make!
A Very Simple Way to Make Very Good Cream Puffs (Includes raspberry, cherry, and lemon variations) If you can make cupcakes, you can make cream puffs. They’re that simple. I don’t mean fancy, decorator cupcakes; I mean bake-them-from-a-mix-and spread-frosting-on-them cupcakes. … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, cooking, cooking with kids, dessert, grandma food, grandma fun, grandma recipes, happiness, pastry, sweets
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Cooking with kids – Stuffed Pancakes! Yummy!
Cooking with Kids -Yummy Stuffed Pancakes Do you want to know how to make cute little pancake turnovers with raspberry or other fruit fillings inside? I get fillings and pancake mixes from The Prepared Pantry – and they have lots of combinations as … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Jams, Other wonderful treats, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged children, cooking with kids, desserts, family meals, food, Grandma, pancakes, snacks
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Tuesday Tips – Making Blintzes! Cooking with Kids – who doesn’t love kids and blintzes?
The Easy Way to Make Strawberry, Cherry, and Other Blintzes I love blintzes—always have. I don’t know anyone who does not love blintzes. So how come we don’t make them more often? Blintzes aren’t hard but if you are making … Continue reading
Tasty Thursdays – Aebleskiver – a Dutch Dessert that makes Cooking with Kids so much fun!
How to Delight Your Family! Make aebleskiver! I guarantee your family will love aebleskiver—Danish puffed pastries. Aebleskiver are extra special but easy enough that you can make them often. Make them from scratch or make them from a mix. Since … Continue reading
Tuesday Tips – Cooking with kids – French Toast – the USA Way!
Cinnamon Vanilla Sugar Overnight Baked French Toast Cinammon Sugar is one of those delicious combinations that we used as kids on toast and butter -under the grill and yummy! A great ( if not very healthy) snack! My grandchildren love it too … Continue reading
