Cooking for Kids My nanny kids love Chinese take-out! That’s why I tried this homemade sweet and sour chicken recipe for them. Made with pineapple, onion, bell peppers, and chicken sauteed in a sweet and sour sauce, this dish is best served with steamed rice. You Will Need: 20 ounce can pineapple chunks in 100% […]
Slow Cooker Chili
Cooking for Kids Nothing smells better than a chili cooking in the slow cooker on a cold winter day. And it warms my nanny kids tummies for dinner or in their thermos for school lunches. There are hundreds of different types of chili recipes, but the boys I care for love this simple red bean […]
Cranberry Apple Crisp
You’ve Been Ghosted!

Anonymous Halloween Fun In preparation for Halloween, have the children help you play this fun game with their friends and neighbors. Fill a gift bag with Halloween treats or the Nutter Butter Ghost Cookies we made (see recipe below). Or, try these cute ghost cookies we made last year. You can add anything related to […]
No Bake Pumpkin Bites

Cooking With Kids October so it’s officially time to make Halloween treats for the kids. These no bake peanut butter bites are great for kids that don’t like the taste of pumpkin. They are super sweet so make them small. I’m sure you can substitute almond butter, cashew butter, hazelnut butter, or sunflower seed butter […]
Brownie Bowl Sundaes

Cooking With Kids Who doesn’t love brownies or sundaes? Better yet, who doesn’t love brownie sundaes? We were told by a friend to make brownie bowls to hold our brownie sundaes. Simply make brownie mix as usual but put in cupcake or muffin tins instead and place another muffin on top of the brownies while cooking to create […]
Avocado Fritters

Cooking for Kids The kids I care for love crunchy foods for snacking. Nachos and pretzels become boring after awhile. So I tried these Avocado Fritters. They are crunchy on the outside and smooth and creamy on the inside. I dipped them in Panko bread crumbs twice to make them nice and crunchy. They make a great […]
Pumpkin Roll Cake

Cooking for Kids Autumn is definitely pumpkin season. Pumpkin roll cake is a thin cake that is rolled up with a yummy cream cheese filling inside. I found this recipe that makes a great treat for Thanksgiving or Christmas in a family recipe book but possibly came from a McCormick spice recipe originally. It’s not […]
Fresh Apple Pie

Autumn Apple Picking and Apple Pie It’s apple season. Apple picking is fun, easy, and inexpensive. After apple picking it’s fun to make a fresh apple pie. I have a little trouble making crust so I simply bought premade crust at the grocery store. Here’s how we made an easy apple pie with our fresh […]

