Cooking With Kids

The Kids Cook Monday – Farm Fresh

May 30, 2011

Late Saturday morning, after picking up our Bountiful Basket and jumping into the pool for swimming lessons, the kids and I headed over to Agritopia for their u-pick event.  Agritopia is a community centered around a working urban farm.  We drive by it almost every day and even walk along the paths between the community [...]

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The Kids Cook Monday – Little hands can help too

May 23, 2011

So far on my posts for The Kids Cook Monday, I have let Joe have most of the cooking fun.  Lately however, Leila has been more vocal in asking to help in the kitchen.  ”Mommy, I do it!”  Ah, the lovely age of two where she wants to do everything herself.  Last night, I was [...]

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The Kids Cook Monday – What the heck is THAT?

May 17, 2011

One of the best things about getting a co-op basket each week is finding new and unusual produce to try.  A few weeks ago, our basket included two huge white things which prompted the question, “What the heck is that?”  Well THAT is a daikon, or a giant radish. Milder than the typical red radish [...]

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The Kids Cook Monday – Breakfast in Bed (well, almost)

May 9, 2011

I hope that you all had a wonderful day celebrating the moms in your life.  My Mother’s Day actually started in the middle of the night.  Leila is getting her 2-year-molars in, so every other night, she is waking up once or twice.  Saturday night, she woke up twice.  Jeff got up with her both [...]

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The Kids Cook Monday and a new recipe – Breakfast Cookies #2

May 3, 2011

Yes I know it’s Tuesday, but this week we actually did our actual cooking on Monday.  I hope you were in the kitchen with your kids yesterday too!   You might recognize the cookies above as Breakfast Cookies.  Joe has been asking to make them again for a while, and I kept forgetting to get [...]

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Cooking With Kids: Easter Eggs and Braided Bread

April 25, 2011

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!  We had so much fun.  Grandma and Grandpa drove up from Tucson to spend the weekend with us.  Not only did we go to a park with a train, ferris wheel and merry-go-round, but we also dyed Easter eggs and made homemade braided bread. I had been [...]

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The Kids Cook Monday – A Look Back and a Few Tips

April 18, 2011

When the people behind The Kids Cook Monday campaign asked if I would be interested in being a featured blogger, I was thrilled.  I have been bringing Joe into the kitchen since he was a newborn.  At that time he just sat there and drooled.  Not much help. As a one and two-year-old, he sat [...]

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The Kids Cook Monday – Fish & Chips

April 11, 2011

Last week I received a cookbook to review.  I knew that my friend Alison Lewis, a dietitian from Birmingham, Alabama, was writing a cookbook.  I didn’t know the details until last month.  Imagine my excitement when I found out that it was an entire cookbook full of sandwich recipes!  I think Jeff was even more [...]

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The Kids Cook Monday – Tostadas

April 4, 2011

This week on The Kids Cook Monday, I want to share with you one of our new favorite quick & easy meals.  Tostadas are a simple meatless meal that the kids can help you make, and the ingredients are likely things that you already have on hand.  Plus, they are fun to make, kind of [...]

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The Kids Cook Monday – Tortellini Soup

March 29, 2011

It’s time for another The Kids Cook Monday!  Did you get your kids into the kitchen last week?  If you haven’t started cooking with your kids yet, I highly encourage you to start.   This week we decided to make my Quick Tortellini Soup.  This is a simple recipe that the whole family enjoys, and [...]

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