Tag Archives: Cooking with Kids

Life Skills: Cooking

The kitchen provides a wonderful opportunity for learning.  A child can see first hand how to divide, add fractions, and cut something in half.  Science in the kitchen is always a highlight of a homeschool day.  The kitchen often serves as a lab for homeschoolers.  Yet, there are times a kitchen needs to be a kitchen.  Sometimes cooking for the sake of learning to cook is valuable. As parents it is our duty to teach our children life skills.  One such life skill is cooking, safety in the kitchen, and safe food handling and food prep.  Often these skills are … Continue reading →

School’s Out: Watermelon Waffles

Now that school is out, our mornings are a little less frantic, and the kids are constantly looking to be entertained. Cooking with kids can be a fun learning experience that takes advantage of the lazier days. This summer, I vow to try out at least one fun recipe a week with my kids. The youngest ones learn all about measuring and mixing, while the older ones can learn actual cooking skills in the process. Here is a fun recipe to start off with. It feeds a family of six, but you can half the recipe if you have a … Continue reading →

Making Dinner with Your Kids

I’m no gourmet cook; I willingly admit that fact. However, I do enjoy cooking and experimenting in the kitchen and I couldn’t be more delighted that my preschooler shares the same enthusiasm for the culinary arts. There’s nothing like seeing the fierce determination in her eyes as she tries to pour exactly the right amount of sugar into a measuring cup or the progress she has made wielding her butter knife (cucumbers and cantaloupe don’t stand a chance against my daughter). If you have children I strongly encourage you to invite them into the kitchen while you prep meals. Even … Continue reading →

Cooking with Your Toddler

The next meal you make, consider asking your toddler to help. Toddlers can be so much fun to cook with, and the educational value of the activity to high. In a short cooking session, you can introduce your child to language arts, math, science and life skills. And toddlers just love to help out. They get a great sense of accomplishment from doing things on their own, especially when they are “grown up” activities. As I mentioned earlier in a previous post, I love cooking with my toddler, especially in the early morning. I’ll share some of the things I … Continue reading →

Homemade Gummy Candies

Did you know you can make your own gummy candies? It’s really not hard. They aren’t as sweet, or as colorful as the ones you buy at the store, but they are still fun to make. And I feel like they are a bit healthier anyway. To make the candies all you need is a little juice, a packet of gelatin, a spoonful of sugar and some basic kitchen equipment. Spread waxed paper or parchment paper over a cookie sheet. Pour one quarter cup of apple or grape juice into a sauce pan. Bring it to a boil over medium … Continue reading →

Experimenting with Ice Cream Sandwiches

Valorie’s blog on Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches made me remember a fun ice cream place from my college days. It was called Serendipity. To get there you had to go down a tiny staircase. The store was actually below sidewalk level. And since serendipity means an accidental discovery of something pleasant, valuable, or useful, I thought the name of this tiny little ice cream store fit perfectly. They sold all kinds of ice cream, but my favorite was their design– it –yourself ice cream sandwiches. First you picked from chocolate, sugar, oatmeal, or chocolate chip cookies. These were large fresh-baked … Continue reading →

No Cook Dinner

I’m almost embarrassed to tell you what I fed my family tonight for dinner. But since they thought it was great fun, I’ll tell you. We had a big, busy day with a trip to the movies, the health food store, the big warehouse store, and exercising at the YMCA. By the time we got home we were all tired, and the house was very hot. We don’t have air conditioning, and most of the time we don’t really need it here in Colorado. Today though, some cooling air would have been nice. The house was too hot to cook … Continue reading →

Kids in the Kitchen—-Turkey Wraps and Hamburger Cookies

A summer thunderstorm can wreck havoc on your outdoor plans, but it doesn’t mean that it has to wash out a perfectly good day off from school. Instead of letting your children climb the walls while the showers comes pouring down outside, herd them into the kitchen and whip up some rainy day fun with these kid-friendly recipes. The first is a simple and delicious (not to mention nutritious) turkey wrap. It’s a great alternative to the same ol’ summer sandwiches and a clever way to get your kids to eat vegetables. Also, turkey is kid pleaser, low in calories, … Continue reading →

Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook

When I first spotted the Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook with recipes inspired by Dr. Suess I wondered what on earth it could have for recipes besides of course, green eggs and ham. Being a mother of three, I’m fairly well versed in Suess books. I thought about the Scrambled Eggs Super-Dee-Dooper and frankfurter roasts that the Sneeches with star-bellies host. But I couldn’t think of much else. I am amazed at how many food items Suess included in his books. The cookbook includes recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, beverages, and even desserts. The recipes are accented with quotes … Continue reading →

Flavored Hot Chocolate Fun

Our family loves hot chocolate. We like to get a little fancy with it and have fun coming up with different flavor combinations. Hot chocolate is hard to mess up. It’s a great way to have kids do some creative cooking. I have a selection of coffee syrups. Our favorite flavors are vanilla, caramel, peppermint, and raspberry. Here are some of our favorite combinations. I also like to mix a mug with ½ coffee and ½ flavored hot chocolate. Not only is it fewer calories, but it tastes like a fancy coffee store treat. Peppermint: Add either a splash of … Continue reading →