Recipes To Make With Kids

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Recipes To Make With Kids

With equal doses of patience and humor, cooking with kids can be great fun, and a terrific learning experience for them. These recipes are especially easy to follow and perfect to cook with kids. Send us your favorite recipes to make with kids, and we'll include them here!

Trail Mix

When stored airtight, this Trail Mix lasts for week. It can be made without peanuts and/or tree nuts for those with food allergies.

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Toaster Tarts

These delectable treats are simple to make, and they contain two ingredients most kids love—peanut butter and jelly!

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M & M Cookies

Small shaped balls of this cookie dough can be frozen, then thawed and baked as needed.

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Meringue Ghosts

These meringue treats can be shaped into little ghosts (as shown here) for Halloween, or little snowmen for Christmas. The seasonal possibilities are endless for these melt-in-your-mouth...

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Basil Pesto

If you're running short on time, use premade pesto instead.

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Sweet Potato and Ginger Latkes

Potato latkes are a traditional Hanukkah side dish, and they’re typically made with white potatoes and lots of vegetable oil. We amp up the good nutrition by switching...

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Chock-Full-O-Veggies Lasagna

We won’t lie … this lasagna is a bit fussy. But the extra time it takes to prep this dish is well worth the effort. As lasagnas go, this one has super, duper kid appeal....

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GoodNCrazy Sunday Afternoon German Pancakes

This recipe comes from SchoolFamily.com's GoodNCrazy Mom, aka blogger Carissa Rogers. Rogers writes in this blog post about the role these pancakes play in her busy household,...

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Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Try these variations to this delicious stew: Dredge the beef in flour and saute in olive oil before adding to the slow cooker. Also, add a savory spice, such as cumin, cloves or...

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Kiwi Wraps

These wraps can be served as traditional wrap sandwiches or they can be sliced into pieces, like a sushi roll, for bite-sized treats.

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Chicken and Apples with Rice

Make this dish spicier by adding additional herbs (see recipe for this variation).

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Eileen's Jumbo Blueberry Muffins

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Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

We’ve been cooking up makeover recipes for well over a decade, and this recipe is by far the most popular with our families and our online community to date. All of our...

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After-School Gorp

Gorp is another name for trail mix, and, according to some stands for "good ole raisins and peanuts." Everyone loves this portable, adaptable snack!

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Quick Lunchbox Snacks and Sides

The ingredients listed here are ideas for various lunchbox snacks. Small servings with many choices works for kids because variety is key to healthy eating. Providing your...

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Try These Tips From The Meal Makeover Moms

I keep a bottle of dried parsley in the fridge and dust every dish with a little dried, or even better, fresh parsley. This helps the kids realize there is no such thing as “white food,” and it gets them used to the idea that herbs are supposed to be in food.

Nothing goes out of my kitchen that is one color—ever. My reward? They don’t pick the rosemary out of the chicken when we are at a dinner party! —Kim, mother of Edie, age 3 and Lucy, age 4
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