Shamrock Pancakes

Cooking With Kids It is almost Saint Patrick’s Day. So make sure you have the ingredients you will need to make shamrock pancakes for the kids for breakfast on the holiday. You can use a box of pancake mix and green food coloring, but the children will have more fun measuring and mixing all the […]

Brussel Sprouts with Bacon

Children Love Miniature Cabbages Believe it or not the kids I care for love Brussel sprouts. In fact, Rachael Ray seems to be able to make many “grown-up” foods palatable to the children left in my care. Looking like miniature cabbages, Brussels sprouts are members of the cruciferous family of vegetables and are closely related […]

Easy Biscuit Recipe

 Cooking with Kids Kids love baking. Here’s the most basic recipe flaky biscuit recipe I found at taseofhome.com. These golden-brown rolls bake up tall, light, and tender. Let the kids help gather the ingredients, measure, mix, roll the dough, and cut out the biscuits. Be sure to serve the biscuits warm with butter or jam. […]

Easy Chicken Shepherd’s Pie

Cooking With Kids Typically I make Shepherd’s Pie whenever I have leftovers and add ground beef. But this week I had extra chicken so made the dish with chicken instead. This is one of those dishes that you just throw things in a pot and hope for the best. Use what you have and be […]

Making Paninis

Cooking with Kids There’s no reason kids should only eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch. Step it up a notch and take a few extra minutes to make them warm paninis this winter. The warm grilled sandwich combinations are almost limitless. And you don’t have to only use ordinary, boring white or wheat […]

Mini Banana Muffins

Cooking with Kids By The Naptime Chef  Mini muffins are the perfect size for a quick snack. If you store them in the freezer, simply put them in the school lunchbox directly from the freezer and they will be ready to eat by lunchtime at school. I also love bringing mini muffins along on outings […]

How to Make Cranberry Bliss Bars

Cooking With Kids By topsecretrecipes.com  Do you love the Cranberry Bliss Bars that are sold every holiday season at Starbucks? Well TopSecretRecipes.com has a recipe that is similar to the delicious treat found at my favorite coffee house. This isn’t an easy recipe to make but when I give it as a gift during the […]

How to Make a Yule Log

Betty Crocker Recipe Find Recipe at bettycrocker.com A chocolate Yule Log is the most impressive dessert you can serve during the holiday season. It is not simple to make a Yule Log but this recipe using Betty Crocker devil’s food cake mix makes the preparation much easier. You Will Need:  6  eggs 1 Box Betty […]

Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Cooking With Kids Nothing tastes better than a salty and sweet treat. Chocolate covered pretzels not only taste great and are easy to make, if you wrap them in colored cellophane with a ribbon they make a great holiday gift as well. While the 13-year-old boy I care for was able to make the chocolate […]

Thanksgiving Cornucopias

Cooking With Kids Cornucopias, sometimes called Horn of Plenties, are a common symbol of Thanksgiving. Typically cornucopias are filled with the produce, flowers, and foods of the harvest. Here’s a quick and easy cornucopia made with ice cream cones for the kids for Thanksgiving. What You Need: Waffle Cones or Large Sugar Ice Cream Cones Favorite […]