A super simple Jam Tart Recipe that even kids can bake – with or without you! I love that cooking with kids provides them with practical, hands-on opportunities to develop so many different skills and understanding of a range of concepts – cooking and baking can assist learning about everything from measurement to scientific change […]
From reading to measuring, developing scientific observation to fine motor skills, children can learn so much from opportunities to help in the kitchen and we've collected together over 50 cooking with kids recipes to get you started.
You'll find family friendly dinner recipes, lunch box ideas, afternoon tea treats, holiday food and more, including recipes for cakes, cookies, energy balls, smoothies, slow cooker meals, chicken dishes and more!
Homemade Muesli Bars Recipe: Delicious Lunchbox Treat
This homemade granola or muesli bar recipe makes a healthier muesli bar alternative to the store bought version, and it’s great for cooking with kids. Depending upon where you are in the world, these might be called granola bars or muesli bars. Whichever label you use, we are sharing the recipe for a delicious snack […]
Easy Blueberry Muffins Recipe: Great for Lunch Boxes & Snacks
Inside: This simple blueberry muffins recipe makes a delicious addition to lunch boxes, or enjoy with a cup of tea or milk for afternoon tea. Easy Blueberry Muffins Recipe Let’s talk from one parent to another. Figuring out what to pack for school lunches every day can be exhausting. Am I right? What I think […]
The Best Chocolate Peppermint Bark Recipe Ever
This will be the fourth Christmas since my youngest sister moved to live overseas. If ever there is a time to miss those you love who you can’t be with, it’s Christmastime. My sister is a great cook and I remember the Christmas before she moved she shared some delicious peppermint bark she had made. […]
Creating Edible Art: Making Matisse Cookies
Edible art is one of my favorite things. Combine food, art, and children’s literature and you have a triple treat. Today, we are combining the art of Henri Matisse with cookie decorating, and the book, Henri’s Scissors. Let’s get artsy. Let’s Read and Learn First, grab a copy of Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter. It’s […]
Classic Sugar Cookies Recipe: Ideas for Cooking with Kids
Inside: Connect with your children through baking with this tried and tested classic family Sugar Cookies Recipe. When my mother passed away I inherited many books, one of which was her old cookbook. You may be familiar with this sort of cookbook. It is not the kind you can buy at a bookstore. This cookbook […]
Connecting with Kids: Making Meal Preparation Time Family Time
Time is the one thing I think we all feel a lack of as parents, I know that I certainly do. Sometimes finding quality time with my children can be challenging, especially when they often both want a piece of me at the same time. As a family we are time starved but preparing and […]
How To Make Potato Latkes
Inside: A simple Potato Latkes recipe for cooking the shredded potato pancakes traditionally prepared as part of Jewish Hanukkah. When I worked in child care we were blessed to enjoy meals cooked by fabulous cooks from a number of different nationalities including Italian, Korean and Israeli. And I clearly remember the children’s delight when our […]
Christmas M&M Cookie Bars Recipe
This Christmas M&M Cookie Bars recipe is wonderful for holiday occasions when you need to take a plate to share. Christmas M&M Cookie Bars Recipe If your calendar looks anything like ours, December is looking much like a blur of end of year and Christmas celebrations! Not that it is my social life filling the […]
Homemade Fruit Bars Recipe: Great for Snacks & Lunch Boxes
My daughter adores apple cereal bars. In fact, she would live off apple cereal bars and orange juice if I let her. Fruit bars or cereal bars are found alongside muesli bars in the supermarket and they are basically an oven baked pastry tube filled with a pureed fruit. Since my daughter likes to have […]
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