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Category Archives: Recipes to Make with Children
Happy New Year! What are YOUR resolutions this year? Here are some of mine….and a great recipe for Indian Chicken
2013 – hard to believe! It seems like just yesterday we were entering the new Millennium. And here it is into the second decade. Time to do something different with your life? Or more of the same? My life is just … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged chicken curry, cooking with kids, Indian food, rice cooker, white rice
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Crockpot Chicken, Figs, Olives, Capers and Sun Dried Tomatoes – easy for cooking with kids – great for a wintry night!
This cooked in the crockpot all day and the house smelled amazing! It is also ideal when cooking with kids as they can add all the ingredients to the frying pan while you add the hot stuff to the crockpot. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad, Slow Cooker, Tips, Uncategorized
Tagged capers, chicken, chicken stock, cooking with kids, crockpot, figs, slow cooker, sun dried tomatoes, white wine
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Tonight is the 8th Day of Hannukah – time to be with family and celebrate – of course cooking with kids!
All of the last week has been the festival of the lights – the Jewish Holiday of Hannukah. The holiday is commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt … Continue reading
Upside down Apple Cake – Cooking with Kids -They LOVE the idea of this! Along with Marches by John Philip Sousa
We had a HUGE crop of apples this year – baskets of them. So I was racking my brain trying to come up with recipes. I have already shared a super easy apple cobbler in former posts with you. This upside down cake … Continue reading
Lentil Soup – a filling meal for lunch with the kids on a cold and rainy day – quick and easy! Vegetarian too! Good for Cooking with Kids
I did not know that I was a big fan of lentils until I started experimenting with them. WOW! They are easy to cook and delicious to eat. And full of protein, fiber and lots of other good things. They … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Fish, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged basil, carrots, celery, cooking wtih kids, Lentil Soup, parsley, potatoes, soups, tomatoes, vegetarian
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Cooking with kids – holiday season means lots of cakes, cookies and treats – how about a healthy meal? Chicken Cilantro Lemon Tortilla Sandwiches!
I love grilled chicken. So do our grandchildren, Jack and Jonah, Noah and Gabriel, our twins. Here the twins are in prison garb just before their first birthdays – cute eh? We make cooking this dish into a special event by … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged chicken breasts, cilantro, flour tortilla, healthy eating, healthy food, lemon, tortillas
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Cooking with Kids – a wonderful recipe for Brisket and Apricots – great for winter evenings!
Doing chores around the house is important during the sunny winter days – getting ready for the rainy season. Here Jack and Jonah help Max paint the front gate. Messy but really fun! We were waiting for a scrumptious dinner that … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Meat, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged Apricots, Brisket with apricots, cooking with kids, crockpot, gravy, mashed potatoes, meat
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Winter is Crockpot time! Here is a perfect recipe for a cold evening – and for cooking with kids! Put on opera and sing along ( no one can hear you!)
I love the smell of good food – and I have waxed poetic in the past talking about my crockpot. This recipe is a good one for chicken breasts and thighs – along with ratatouille – cooks up into a … Continue reading
Biscuits – from Scratch! Cooking with kids – comfort food
The World’s Easiest, Quickest Scratch Biscuits Butter is 15% water. In the hot oven, when the heat reaches the butter, it melts and the water turns to steam. The steam makes the biscuits tall, light, and flakey. Pockets of butter … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged baking, biscuits, breakfast, comfort food, cooking with kids, family meals, grandma meals
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Traditional MeatLoaf – Using your hands ( remember to wash them well when preparing food) is very satisfying! And you can cook this with kids too!
Traditional Meatloaf is comfort food – so I love it. You could use ground turkey or chicken if you prefer that but add a bit more tomato sauce and one tablespoon of oil as the lack of fat in those … Continue reading
Crockpot heaven – A Great PotRoast Recipe – Perfect for Cooking with Kids!
I know I am a crockpot addict – but if you have not tried cooking in one – do it! You will be amazed at how great your home smells, and how easy and time efficient it can be. Below … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Meat, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Vegetables
Tagged cooking with kids, crockpot recipe, grandma meals, Potroast, Ppotroast, Snacking
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Apple Cobbler – with fresh apples from The Little Farm ( but store bought apples will do fine!) Cooking with kids means tasting a lot!
Here is a super easy recipe for Apple Cobbler. Our little ones loved tasting it – raw and cooked – and I loved delivering many offerings of it to friends, family and staff at The Little Farm. Enjoy making it … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Opera, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged Apple Cobbler, apples, cooking with kids, grandma cooking, Little farm, Opera
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Memories for the future – Writing a diary for your grandchildren to read – Reading to and with children is the best fun!
I started writing emails to my only son when his first child was born. The email was to the child – Jack – for him to read later when he grew up. If I wasn’t present, I wanted him to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Raising Children, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged babies, family, Grand, happiness, swinging, twins
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5 minute Fudge – Cooking with Kids! Add Chopin’s Polonaise in A flat major and you have a great treat!
Cooking with kids along with GREAT classical music. Here the great Horowitz plays Polonaise Op. 53 in A flat major. My cousin John Brittan – an amazing pianist who played in South Africa with the symphony orchestra – used to … Continue reading
Great recipe for Cheese Spinach Strata – while listening to the finale of Swan Lake – and cooking with kids
I love eating bread and cheese – and here is a favorite recipe for both – in a STRATA – so easy to make – not low calorie certainly – and something that the children love to help me make … Continue reading
Getting ready for Halloween – Are your kids excited? Try cooking with kids to make Sugar Cookies!
Our grandkids are already getting excited. Can you believe it? Only 4 weeks to go? Sigh…it seems like Halloween is the topic of discussion for 5 and 3 year old children for months… here are my oldest grandsons trying out … Continue reading
Beethoven, Bread, Biscuits and Rolls – Cooking with Kids – Cheesy Bread Tricks!
First put on some really smashing music – try Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony! WOW! Then bring in the kids and start to fill your home with yummy tastes and smells learning how to make Cheesy Breads, Biscuits, and Rolls Making cheesy bread … Continue reading
Cinnamon Bun Sundaes – wickedly divine – Cooking with Kids!
Try these while Cooking with Kids and listening to great music – we love the classics – what about Nutcracker Suite! Improved Cinnamon Bun Sundaes Any good dessert should evolve over time. A year or so ago, I tried cinnamon … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cooking with kids, desserts, family, food, fun, music, nutcracker suite
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Cooking with kids – A Cookie Mishap while listening to Johann Sebastian Bach – but we fixed it!
Cooking with kids – so much fun whenver we do it. Last week we made sugar cookies and I misread the recipe so had to make it up and it turned out fine! Here is the recipe that worked out … Continue reading
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
