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Tag Archives: cooking with kids
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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Homemade Tomato Soup – Yummy when Cooking with Kids!
Simple Fast Recipe for Tomato Soup Ingredients: Two onions chopped medium Two cloves of chopped garlic Better than Bouillon chicken stock – one tsp for 8oz of hot water – make up about 4 – 6 cups ( use Vegetable … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Soups, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged comfort food, cooking with kids, Tomato Soup
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Jujube Jam – the most delightful fruit – and the best jam in the world
We grow Jujubes. It is not a candy but a fruit. And the most delicious fruit – sort of between an apple and a date. And when we pit and cook it with a minimal amount of sugar it makes … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Classical Music, Desserts, Family, Gluten Free, Jams, Little farm products, Recipes
Tagged cooking with kids, dessert, Grandma, jam, Jujube fruit, Little farm, recipes
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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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Moroccan Salmon with Cinnamon and Figs – cooking with kids!
Last night I was trying to find a way to cook salmon that was interesting. I made this recipe up and it was really yummy. Give it a try and let me know how it went for you and your … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fish, Gluten Free, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged cinnamon, cooking with kids, figs, Fish, Ground Ginger, healthy eating, Moroccan Salmon, Tagine
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Leftover Dinner Wraps – great when cooking with kids or for fast easy meals
Leftovers can make the most creative ( and easiest) meals. We always seem to have some chicken left over from whatever we make for dinner. And I have goat cheese galore in my home – you probably keep some in … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Gluten Free, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad, Snacks, Vegetables
Tagged chicken, cooking with kids, leftovers, low fat mayo, pickles, sun dried tomatoes, tomatoes, Wraps
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Slow cooker for all seasons – had no time today – so threw this together in 10 minutes!
Above is one of my favorite places to eat at our Little Farm – it’s just outside the main house kitchn – and under the shade of an amazing Chinese Oak tree. We eat here summer and winter ( its … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Recipes, Slow Cooker
Tagged beans, chicken in slow cooker, cooking with kids, Easy recipes, Fast recipes, slow cooker
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Favorite Easiest Recipes when cooking with kids – Breaded Chicken Cutlets
Kids LOVE my breaded chicken. I made some the other day and they ate and ate and ate! And my husband loved it too. It was fast and easy and so good that you could serve it for a … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Vegetables
Tagged Breaded Chicken Cutlets, broccoli, cooking with kids, Easy recipes, Fast recipes, Kale
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Camp Grandma – what my grandkids call our Little Farm – how I love that! Broiled Broccoli and Kale too!
We try to make our Little Farm the most wonderful place for kids – especially our grandkids and their friends. Certainly there are lots of jobs to do here – picking up the eggs from the quails ( 30 of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Fruit, Jams, Little farm products, Other wonderful treats, Poultry, Raising Children, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged Camp Grandma, cooking with kids, family, fruit, grandkids, Little farm, urban farming, vegetables
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It is FIG time at The Little Farm – so we serve Figs with our Goat Cheese – cooking with kids who love it!
We love the combination of goats cheese and fresh figs. Truly scrumptious. Here is some of our fig bounty this year – and the two older grandsons smashing the figs into the pot for jam. Yum!
Grandparents Day is TODAY! Are you celebrating? Cooking with kids is a great way to do it!
Today is Grandparents Day – yes, I know it’s one of those artificial holidays that most people say are for commercial reasons only – but once you become a Grandparent – you celebrate EVERY day – so we consider this … Continue reading
Cherry Tomatoes – the most delicious – they taste like candy! And a couple of recipes to use them
We love Cherry tomatoes – and the kids love them too. They taste like candy! There are so many ways to use them – here are a few: 1. On top of baby arugula with a lemon/olive oil/garlic dressing as an … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fish, Recipes, Salad, Starters, Vegetables
Tagged avocado, Cherry Tomatoes, cooking with kids, recipes, salmon, vegetables, vegetarian
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