Inside: healthy and yummy dragon-shaped crackers that are high in protein, fiber, and healthy fats. Gluten-free, honey-sweetened, kid-approved. If you have kids, you know how much they love snacking. But there aren’t that many snack foods you can feel good about feeding your children. I partially solved this problem by giving my…
Category: Kids Cook
Fun, healthy, creative and simple to follow recipes kids love to make and eat.
Seven-day, Super-fun Challenge: Cooking Around the World with Kids
Inside: Cooking Around the World with Kids is an enjoyable activity for winter break or any time of the year. It’s a great way to bond, connect, learn, and have fun with your kids! Do something amazing with your kids this winter and learn about other cultures through food. Not only will you inspire creativity…
No Fail Angel Cake Recipe for When You Are in a Hurry
Inside: Your new no fail angel cake recipe for when you need a yummy dessert in a hurry. Perfect for newbie chiefs. #juniorchefs Has this ever happened to you? You look at the clock and realize your guests will arrive in an hour and you only have large quantities of Cesar salad and boiled buckwheat…
Food Science for Kids: 3-ingredients, 1-minute Chocolate Cake
Do you sometimes wish you could have a delicious, freshly made, healthy, homemade chocolate cake the moment you want it? What if you could have the cake and teach kids some science at the same time? It’s possible with our 3-ingredients, 1-minute chocolate cake! Mix 2 tablespoons of hot cocoa with an…
Russian Apple Pie - Gluten-free Sharlotka
Inside: Easy-peasy gluten-free Russian apple pie. This is a recipe that your kids will enjoy making, baking and eating. Physics, geometry, and chemistry were not the only subjects taken seriously in Soviet times. In my public high school, we were also required to take a class named Trudovoe Obuchenie, or Trud, the name that I can only…
Green Pancakes without Artificial Colorings
Do you want to make green pancakes without artificial colorings? We stumbled upon a perfect solution last year when we were experimenting with extracting plant juices and making natural green dyes. The first time we tried to use chlorophyll, or green pigment from spinach, to color our pancakes green, it didn’t work. Even though the…
Navy Bean, Squash, Apple Soup: healthy comfort food to make with kids
Inside: healthy comfort soup to make with your kids during the cold months of the year. It’s especially great along with some children’s books featuring France. One of two choices is available to Chicagoans at this time of year. We can either wrap ourselves in existential depression until April, lamenting the disappearance of warmer weather,…
Apple Sorbet you can make with your kids
Inside: Do you have leftover apples? Ask your kids to help you turn them into a delicious apple sorbet. “Mom, I want an apple, please.” You pick an apple, rub it carefully with your fingers under running water, dry it with a fluffy kitchen towel, and hand it to your darling child with a…
Fava Bean Salad - Eat like a Pharaoh
Inside: make a fava bean salad with your kids and learn more about Ancient Egyptian cuisine, what Pharaohs ate, and why fava beans were considered magical by some and evil by others. Putting a salad together is a quintessential life skill. I teach it to my kids as soon as they are old enough to…
