cooking with kids

Fun Ways to Eat Toast

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Toast seems to be the breakfast of choice for the girls lately – usually with cinnamon sugar or strawberry jam. I’ve been looking for some ways to jazz-up our toast breakfast and thought I’d share my finds with you. Enjoy! Waffle Iron French Toast :: Cooking with my Kid Rainbow Stuffed French Toast :: i [...]

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In the Kitchen: Quick & Easy Breakfasts

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{Originally posted March 2008} As my girls get older, they want to be more and more involved in meal preparation. In addition to fixing snacks and helping with dinner, breakfast offers wonderful opportunities for healthy and simple meals prepared by little ones, with virtually no grown-up help. Here’s some of the yummy, confidence-boosting meals we [...]

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Kids in the Kitchen: Apple Dip

Happy Friday Night!  The girls and I wanted to share a sweet and yummy dip to serve with sliced apples. We love making this apple dip for parties or playdates – or Friday afternoons! Apple Dip 8-oz package of cream cheese, softened 2/3 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon almond extract 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Mix [...]

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Lazy Summer Lunches

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This post could have been called ‘Encouraging Independence in the Kitchen’ or ‘Lunches Young Kids Can Make,’ but let’s be honest – I am simply feeling lazy about fixing lunches now that summer vacation has hit our house! Here are some ideas that are working for us, and many of them do have the added [...]

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