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Category Archives: Recipes to Make with Children
Making Brownies like a Bakery does! When cooking with kids – easy and fun!
How to Make Your Brownies Look Like They Came from a Bakery STEP 1:Line your pan with parchment paper. Spread shortening in the pan to hold the paper in place. Don’t worry; the fat will be outside the paper, … Continue reading
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Tagged brownies, cake, cake pan, cooking tips, cooking with kids, dessert, favorites, Grandma, parchment paper
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Marvelous Muffins! Great when cooking with kids – you can even use muffin mix and add zing to them
Beyond the Basics: Adding Goodies to Your Muffins Includes: “How to Get Your Muffins Out of the Pan without Breaking” What’s not to like about a warm honey bran muffin with great jam? Cinnamon Chip Bran Muffins. To a mix … Continue reading
Here is the ultimate strawberry chocolate cake – just like the last two blogs but with chunks of fruit – great when cooking with kids
Strawberry White Chocolate Lava Cake with Strawberry Sauce Anyone who likes strawberry shortcake is going to love this. The chunks of fruit in the filling reduce the ooze but this so good, it’s hard to pass up. Ingredients 1/2 … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking with kids, desserts, strawberry, white chocolate
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If you got the hang of Chocolate Lava Cakes, try this one – white chocolate orange lava cakes – when cooking with kids
Chocoholics beware! This cake could be in your future! Orange White Chocolate Lava Cake Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 6 large eggs 2 teaspoons orange flavor 1 tablespoon orange zest 2/3 cup all-purpose flour … Continue reading
Making yummy molten chocolate lava cakes – cooking with kids
If you are a chocoholic you will LOVE these cakes. Their name says it all – Molten Chocolate Lava Cake Ingredients 1 cup butter 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 6 large eggs 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 … Continue reading
Making Pannekoeken ( Dutch Baby Cups) from prepared mix and filling them with yummy stuff – great for cooking with kids
Coming from South Africa, there is a significant amount of Dutch heritage in the background of those who live there and so I remember growing up with many recipes that heralded from Holland. One of those memories is all about … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking with kids, dessert, Pannekoeken
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What are the easiest ways to make a meal? Especially when cooking with kids? 5 TIPS for you
You come home from work, the kids are hungry, the dog wants to be fed, you are so tired all you want to do is collapse into a chair – but dinner needs to be made, homework done and everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Fruit, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, easy meals, essentials for the kitchen, tips
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Sugar Cookies – always good when cooking with kids! And a Spiderman Birthday Cake!
Sugar cookies are fast and easy. However below are some ways to dress them up. My grandson Jonah just loves to bake cookies of any kind with me! Below is the SPIDERMAN cake that I made for his fourth birthday … Continue reading
Banana Nut Cupcakes with yummy caramel frosting – Cooking with kids – and make Banana Nut Bread too!
The Prepared Pantry Vanilla Bean Baby Cakes Mix makes great banana bread. It’s baked at a lower temperature and in a loaf pan with mashed bananas and comes out denser and moister than a cake—just like a quick bread. (See the … Continue reading
Creme Brulee – not just for fancy chefs – you can do it too – and while cooking with kids!
Creme Brulee is a delicious dessert – and not that hard to make. Here are a couple of variations and all of them are good for cooking with kids too! General Tips on Custard Making ( Creme Brulee is basically custard!) … Continue reading
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Cooking with kids again – this time chocolate coconut baby cupcakes – yum!
Chocolate Coconut Baby Cakes Baby Cakes are cupcakes designed for dessert. Emphasis is on taste, not design and fancy decorations are not necessary though they should be attractive enough to serve at a dinner party. We first made these from … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, chocolate, coconut, cooking with kids, cupcakes, dessert
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Why not have eggnog at other times of year? Its so delicious – try eggnog cupcakes!
To Make the Eggnog Cupcakes: From our affiliate partner THE PREPARED PANTRY from whom I buy all my bread mixes and some of these specialty ones too! Try them – they are amazing! By clicking on any of the links … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, cooking with kids, cupcakes, dessert, eggnog
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Quick Weekday Salmon – easy to cook with kids
Salmon is nutritious on many levels – that wonderful omega fish oil, low in calories and tasty too! Wild salmon is best, but farmed salmon is still more nutritious than eating fast food or deep fried options. This recipe is so … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fish, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad
Tagged broiling, cooking with kids, fish in the oven, nutritious, omega oils, salmon
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Cooking with kids – CATHEAD BISCUITS! A recipe from the old south but quick and easy!
Cathead Biscuits: Easy Biscuits in the Oven or on the Stovetop Because you don’t have to roll the dough and cut the biscuits, drop biscuits are faster than cut biscuits. This recipe filled an 11-inch skillet perfectly and made nine … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Jams, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks
Tagged biscuits, biscuits and jam, butter, Cathead biscuits, cooking with kids, old south, skillet, southern cooking
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Pocket Sandwiches – cooking with kids – easy for them or you to make for lunches!
Call them hot pocket sandwiches, pastries, piroshki, or calzones (though calzones are pizzas in a pocket, made with Italian spices and red sauce). They are very good and easier than you may think. There are three ways to make hot … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Meat, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged calzones, cheese, cooking with kids, meat, pies, pita, Pocket sandwiches, sandwiches, turkey
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Making Chocolate Ganache in the microwave – sounds fancy but if you can use a cake mix, you can make ganache! Cooking with kids – so much fun!
How often do you want to make dessert but don’t have time? With this, you can make incredible desserts and save time. And do it cooking with kids – listening to music – what could be better! If you have … Continue reading
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Tagged cakes, chocolate, cooking with kids, cupcakes, desserts, family fun, family time, ganache, grandma music, listening to music
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Chicken Spinach in a Casserole -Short Cut recipe – easy when cooking with kids!
This is a short cut recipe – when you truly do not have the energy or time to cook but want something relatively healthy that makes the house and kitchen smell great -and the kids will love it too! I … Continue reading
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Tagged bread, casserole, chicken, chicken breasts, chicken thighs, cooking with kids, grandma meals, olive oil, one dish meal, spinach
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Chicken and Leek Stew – Cooking with kids and using my favorite kitchen appliance – the Slow Cooker! Great for cooking with kids!
I know I am like a broken record – but slow cookers are SOOOOO easy! Especially when cooking with kids – you can throw everything in – turn it on and go play with the children until its done and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged Brown rice, chicken breasts, chicken thighs, cooking with kids, crockpot, leeks, onions, slow cooker
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Mexican Meal in One Dish Stew – so easy and quick – using either ground chicken or ground beef – easy when cooking with kids
Making a meal in one dish is so appealing – less to clean up and easy to serve too. Using ground chicken in this dish with the spices makes the rather bland taste of ground chicken pop!This is a Mexican … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged black beans, chicken, chili, cooking with kids, Corn, grandma meals, ground beef, one dish meals, taco seasoning, tomatoes
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Lamb Shanks in great Tomato Sauce ( in a slow cooker or in the oven) – a great dish for a wintry night accompanied by a yummy rice recipe
Lamb shanks makes for a very filling meal – and a perfect one for a cold wintry night. It takes all day to cook in the crockpot, or two hours to cook in the oven. Either way your family will … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Meat, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged comfort food, cooking wtih kids, grandma food, lamb, Lamb shanks, meat, rice, sauces, tomato sauce, tomatoes
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