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Category Archives: Recipes to Make with Children
Homemade Spinach Artichoke Dip – with sun dried tomatoes! Easy when cooking with kids!
I love dips. I could just eat them with a spoon and forget the chips – are you like that? YUM! But often they are so chock full of calories that they go directly to my hips ! So here … Continue reading
Chicken Pot Pie with a difference – not the white sauce kind, but the tomato sauce kind!
I love pastry of all kinds – and this is an easy way to make a pot pie. I do not like the creamy white sauce that goes with most pot pies – so this one uses a rich darker … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Soups, Vegetables
Tagged Chicken pot pie, mixed vegetables, onion, Tomato Soup
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Using corn in soup -yummy! Cooking with kids and comfort food
Using corn – fresh is great but canned or frozen corn can work in soup too. This creamy corn soup is good all year round. Corn and flax growing at the Little Farm in the summer – bring on summer! … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Soups, Vegetables
Tagged chicken breast, cooking with kids, Corn soup, green onions, soup
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Spending time with family – focus on the positive! A family bonding recipe – fast and easy
All families have their challenges – it is so important to focus on the positive – you can only be upset if you choose to be – and although sometimes family gatherings tend to trigger old hurts, there is always something … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Meat, Pasta, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Soups, Vegetables
Tagged beef, cilantro, cooking with kids, family bonding, family togetherness, herbs, lamb, meat, soup, turmeric
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Holiday Fun – Happy Holidays! Take a few hours and read Recipe Books! Then choose one – like this Apple Goat Cheese Pizza and cook with the kids!
Kids seem to love pizza. This one is pretty sophisticated but since my grandkids love my homemade cheeses, it is a good one for the family lunch when they are over to visit. Try it out and let me know … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Starters, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged arugula, cooking with kids, dijon mustard, Feta, fuji apples, goat cheese, grandma recipes, lemon juice, Pizza, ricotta
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Sweet potatoes with Butter and Pecans – Cooking with kids!
I love sweet potatoes. A lot. And this recipe is a favorite at holiday times – it is not low calorie but can be made with less calories if using fat free milk. Give it a try and let me … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Vegetables
Tagged cooking with kids, favorite recipes, Grandma, pecans, sweet potatoes, vegetables
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Corn in Cooking with Kids – all year round
We love corn – fresh is best. But in the winter months when fresh is not available we will used canned corn too. Here is a great recipe – along with pictures of our older grandkids ( Jack above and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Little farm products, Raising Children, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged cooking with kids, Corn, feta cheese, onion, salad, vegetarian
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Apple and Ginger – yum! Cooking with kids this one is a favorite!
This is another quick and delicious dessert using apples and granola – easy to get the ingredients and to put together. Good when cooking with kids too. Talking about kids – here is the Apple of my eye! Our oldest … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged apples, cooking with kids, dessert, ginger, Granola
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Apple cake – easy, fast and great when cooking with kids – good for wintry days too!
We do grow our own apples -and if you don’t, there are so many different kinds now available in your supermarket, that you can choose whichever are most prevalent and cost effective. This is easy to make and great when … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged almonds, Apple cake, baking, cinnamon, cloves, cooking with kids, grandkids, nutmeg, nuts, pecans, sugar
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Holiday time with Grandkids – making family times memorable – how do you do it? We cook with the kids!
Cooking with kids is one of my favorite things to do. Although the grandkids call our Little Farm Camp Grandma during the summer, during the winter there are still lots of jobs to do – and wonderful things to cook … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Meat, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad, Slow Cooker
Tagged beef, black kalamata olives, cooking with kids, Herbes de Provence, meat, olive oil, onion, steamed rice, winter meals
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A great Slow Cooker Thanksgiving recipe – as we give thanks for so many blessings in our lives
Health and family togetherness with the love of good friends – what could be more important! We wish your family the most grateful of thanksgivings – as we are with ours. We feel so very blessed to live in the … Continue reading
Cranberry Raisin Mustard Chicken – Easy and Delicious
Last night I made this dish. The only change I would make is to use Chicken thighs as well as breasts – we like dark meat – but other than that – it was delicious. Ingredients: 1 lb skinless chicken … Continue reading
Caramel Apple Cake – delicious! Great when cooking with kids too
I love caramel – and in winter there are lots of different apples available so this is a great recipe for cold days when the kitchen is a warm and inviting place to be with family. Caramel Apple Cake Ingredients: … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged Caramel apple cake, cooking with kids, family time, Grandma, warm kitchen, winter cooking
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Pumpkin Bread from The Little Farm – so delicious I sold it at Williams Sonoma!
I had such an exciting invitation! To present my artisanal cheeses and jams and breads ( pumpkin, banana, persimmon and zucchini) at Williams Sonoma and sell them there! What a thrill! So I prepared for months – literally – preparing … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Little farm products, Live Events, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks
Tagged cooking with kids, desserts, Pumpkin bread, recipes, snacks
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Turkey Chili – low cal and delicious – Easy when cooking with kids too
Here are our gorgeous grandson identical twins Noah and Gabriel giving us a Thanksgiving tune on the piano while we are cooking up a wonderful Turkey Chili in the kitchen with their big brothers ( Jack and Jonah who are … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cooking with kids, recipes, Thanksgiving, Turkey Chili
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Slow cooker chicken with sesame and ginger – it is that time of year!
Sesame and Ginger Chicken in the Slow Cooker This slow cooker recipe has minimal effort ( a bit more than usual due to the browning of the chicken and thickening of the sauce – but I must admit on my … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Slow Cooker
Tagged chicken thighs, cooking with kids, ginger, Grandma, healthy, Poultry, quick meals, Sesame
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Sour Cream Coffee Cake – with Caramel Chips – Cooking with kids! I love it too!
SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE Ingredients: 2 cups flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. kosher salt 3/4 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 large eggs 1 cup sour cream 1 tsp. vanilla Directions: Preheat the oven … Continue reading
Peach Pie – OMG – how can you resist! Cooking with kids too! And a tip on how to have fresh peach pie all year around!
Peach Pie Recipes | Skillet Peach Pies Recipes for Peach Pies in Skillets These pies were made with Clearjel instead of cornstarch. You can use either but Clearjel forms a clear slurry instead of a milky one and makes a … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cooking with kids, desserts, Peach pie in a skillet, recipes
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Chicken Yams and Ratatouille – Cooking with kids and a good year-round dish
I love this dish – because it keeps for days – although you won’t have much left since it is particularly yummy! You can use exactly the same amount of each vegetable if that is easier for you – I … Continue reading
Tagine Cooking – Middle Eastern Chicken – Cooking with Kids – this is an easy one
I bought some Tagine’s from World Market ( Cost Plus) recently to decorate an outdoor table -since I needed something that could take extreme heat, cold, water and sunshine – and Tagines which are middle eastern Dutch ovens do exactly … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit, Little farm products, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged chicken, cooking with kids, dried fruit, organic, Tagine cooking
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