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Tag Archives: cooking with kids
Another scrumptious dessert – cooking with kids will be fun on this one! Tasting too!
My good friend Ilene made this last week when we had dinner at her home – and it was so good that I had to have it to share with you! Here it is! Creamy Peanut Butter Pie Ingredients: 8 … Continue reading
Gluten free Chicken Casserole with Rice – oh my ! We could not stop eating it!
This is one of the easiest and most delicious dishes I have ever made. I know that you will LOVE it. It is juicy, tasty and gluten free! Amazing! My son is gluten intolerant-and we are having a dinner party … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Gluten Free, Poultry
Tagged casserole, chicken, cooking with kids, garlic, gluten free, leeks, onions, rice, tomatoes in puree
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Fresh Vegetables and Children- Grow and Pick and they will eat them!
At the Little Farm there are always fresh vegetables to pick and eat. Our four grandsons love fresh lettuce, cilantro, herbs of all kinds – but only in the vegetable patch. When we put them on a plate – their … Continue reading
Cooking with Kids – so much fun – especially making their birthday cakes!
Our middle grandson Jonah turned 5 recently and wanted a Candy Cake. Yep! What is THAT? So we went off to the candy store and I gave him a budget and said – any candy that you like. About 10 … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blog, Desserts, Family, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Uncategorized
Tagged Birthday cakes, candy, cooking with kids, frosting, Grandma, grandparents, happy children, happy family times
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After School Snacks for Kids – Cooking with kids is such fun and they will love these!
Baked Mozzarella Bites ( I have adapted these from Cooking Light August 2011, Comfort Food Recipes) Our grandkids LOVED these and liked making them too! Ingredients 1/3 cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) 3 (1-ounce) sticks part-skim mozzarella string cheese 3 tablespoons … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged after snack bites, comfort food, Cooking Light, cooking with kids
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The Kids Cook Monday Campaign – a project of The Monday Campaigns – and all about Cooking with Kids!
The Kids Cook Monday is a project of The Monday Campaigns. The Monday Campaigns is in association with the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Syracuse Newhouse School of Public Communications. I found this site … Continue reading
Fish in Banana leaves – easy fast and delicious!
Max’s Baked Fish in Banana Leaf Max Arteaga has worked for us at The Little Farm for 34 years – amazing to imagine that – here he is above on the left, with Clive and our eldest grandsons Jack ( … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fish, Little farm products, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged Banana Leaves, cooking with kids, easy fast dishes, family, Fish
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Short Cut Cheesecake squares – oh so yummy!
Cheesecake Squares Recipe This is an easy way to make a fancy, formal dessert in a hurry. A cream cake is a denser cake, usually with pudding in the mix, not quite as dense as a pound cake. The light, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Desserts
Tagged cake mix, cakes, Cheesecake squares, cooking with kids, desserts, family, frosting, Grandma
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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
Tagines again – this time with Lamb – soooo delicious and easy to cook with kids!
Growing up in South Africa we ate a lot of lamb – curries, stews and roasts. The Tagine is a great and non-messy way of cooking lamb stew. This is a great recipe to serve with Couscous. Tagine’s can be … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Little farm products
Tagged Apricots, cinnamon, cooking with kids, Cumin, honey, lamb, stew, tagines
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Beef Chili -with or without the HOT peppers – great for winter evenings!
We love chili but don’t like the chili HEAT from jalapenos. So for this recipe I have adapted it to take out the heat. If you prefer HOT – put jalapenos back into the recipe and add them when you … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Little farm products
Tagged Beef chili, cooking with kids, peppers
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Chowder – a quick easy winter meal that is great when cooking with kids!
Chowder is not something that we ate in South Africa. So I didn’t grow up with it. But on our first visit to the USA we went to Boston and then later in life we went to Thailand – and … Continue reading
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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Are you tired of turkey yet? Here is a different way to cook it – could almost be veal ( almost)
By this time of year I am getting tired of turkey. So I found this way to cook them. Ok so who are we fooling? This is not veal – but it is low in calories and quite tasty. Give … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Rice, Vegetables
Tagged apples, carrots, chicken broth, cooking with kids, parsnips, shiitake mushrooms, turkey breast, Turkey cutlets
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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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