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Tag Archives: recipes
Fennel – an amazing herb – cooking with kids and teaching them the value of herbs in adding flavor (instead of salt) – also a Sugar Cookie Recipe
Fennel is a wonderful herb that grows wild in California. If you ride horses, during the spring time in California, there is an abundance of wild mustard and fennel that grows along with sage and your steed will love to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, desserts, family, farming, Fennel, fennel pollen, meals, pollen, recipes, sugar cookies, tips, treats, urban farming
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Brownies GALORE! Great for cooking with kids – they can join YOU in licking the bowls! Great for the FOURTH OF JULY!
Ten Ways to Fancy Up Your Brownies (or Other Desserts) Remember to put on MUSIC to make it fun! Try The Happy Song! Here are ten great ideas to transform your brownies into fancy desserts that will impress your friends … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged bananas, brownies, cakes, cooking, cooking with kids, desserts, food, kid stories, lemons, recipes, snacks, strawberries, sundaes, toppings
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Chicken Thighs with a lovely lemony garlic sauce – great for cooking with kids!
Chicken Thighs with a Lovely Lemony Garlic Sauce – easy for Cooking with Kids – fairly low in calories and quick and easy. Chicken thighs are becoming more popular – before most folks went for the breasts – supposedly lower … Continue reading
An amazing way to use Lemons – also a recipe for Lemon Marmalade
I have found an amazing way to use lemons. We have such an abundance of them – literally trees that are breaking from the weight of their lemons – all kinds including Meyer lemons which I think are the best. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Fruit, Gluten Free, Jams, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, freezers, jams, jars, lemons, marmalade, meyer lemons, oranges, recipes, tips
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Pigs in a Blanket – Did your Mom make this when cooking with kids? I love them – not so healthy but yummy
Many folks in our home town used sausages with pastry when cooking with kids. Only when I traveled to the UK did I hear the term “Pigs in a blanket”. It was used even more often when I came to the USA. So … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Meat, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cooking with kids, family style, grandma music, kid stories, pigs in blanket, pizza dough, recipes
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Cake making – Streusel Cake with Fruit Filling – Cooking with Kids
Pennsylvania Dutch Streusel Cake with a Fruit Filling Have you ever made streusel cake or streuselkuchen? This is one of the best. Like most, this one has a layer of fruit filling tucked under the streusel top. Serve it as a dessert … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Other wonderful treats, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cake, cooking with kids, desserts, family, fillings, fruit, Grandma, meals, pastry, recipes, snacks, Streusel
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The most delicious salad – from Royalton Hotel NYC Gabriel Cruz – Master Chef! Cooking with kids – its healthy and easy!
I was thrilled when I tasted this amazing salad created by Executive Chef Gabriel Cruz – at the Royalton Hotel in NYC. You will love it! And my grandkids loved making it – so easy – of course when you … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fish, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad, Starters, Vegetables
Tagged Baby tomatoes, black barley, cooking with kids, food, Golden Raisins, grandma recipes, healthy, Mint leaves, Persian Cucumbers, recipes, salads, Sushi Grade Tuna, tabouli, toasted hazelnuts
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Tasty Thursdays – Crockpot Heaven – Filet Mignon – Cooking with Kids
Here is a fabulous recipe for my very favorite approach to cooking – the crockpot. But instead of using a tough or less expensive piece of meat I am using New York steak or even Filet Mignon. Here are my … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Meat, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cooking with kids, crockpot, filet mignon, kid stories, meat, recipes, slow cooker, steak
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Tasty Thursdays – Curried Chicken with Sweet Potatoes or Yams – Great for Cooking with Kids while listening to Grandma Music!
Growing up in South Africa meant that we had many curry dishes – there is a large Indian population in South Africa, many in Durban but quite a few in Johannesburg too. We spent every July in Durban since for … Continue reading
