20 Recipes Kids Can Make
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Try these 20 recipes kids can make for a fun (and yummy) activity for your kids today! Cooking with kids teaches them so much!
One time, when I was a child, I got to cook a recipe with my aunt Chelle and we pretended to have a Julia Child tv show. It was the best. I loved cooking with my mom and my grandma. It was a special time we spent together. But this particular time we cooked, and the whole family, grandparents and everyone, watched us demonstrate it. We loved to put on a show!
Recipes for kids
That potato salad made me SO proud. We accidentally added way too much mustard. My aunt Chelle is only a couple years older than me, so we played together like cousins. She was learning to cook then too. We LOVED Julia, we still do. But all I remember about the potato salad was everyone remarking about how mustardy it was. I remember tasting mostly mustard.
When I was a young adult, I hated to cook, but over time, when I learned to be creative and pool from my inner Julia, I began to love it.
Cooking teaches kids a number of important math, reading, and science lessons. There is a ton of fine motor development involved in cooking as well. Teach your kids to cook early and they will develop better eating habits for the future as well as being able to care for themselves when they get out on their own.
They’ll have the confidence to get in there and make their own food. They may even be feeding you sometimes as well.
Dinners kids can make
Kids are perfectly capable of making dinner for the family. Give them the chance to develop their knowledge and skills and you’ll have a great blessing in your house!
We cook all the time at Little Sprouts. Check out some of our favorite meals to make with kids ages 1-5.
Lotsa Pasta is quick and easy and kids LOVE pasta. With lots of healthy veggies and tons of flavor!
Breakfast Casserole with eggs, meat, and vegetables. Eggs make everything taste good, so check out how you can hide more of them in something the kids make but they will like it too.
Homemade McGriddle pancake breakfast sandwich is sure to please everyone and kids can easily stack them together.
Yogurt Parfaits are simple to make but kids love them and so do I! Healthy, pretty and fun. Here are some recipes for them.
Spaghetti Pie uses leftovers and makes them into another great meal. Then you cut it like a pie and kids LOVE that.
Vegetable Beef Soup is a favorite around my daycare. Kids love making it and eating it. You can even make it into a friendship soup activity.
Easy recipes for kids
Here are more recipes kids can make that need little adult assistance. Think of the confidence a child would gain by making and serving dinner to their family all on their own.
Ham, Cream Cheese and Pickle Roll-ups
Cranberry Ham Roll Ups make a great appetizer or lunch for the kids they can easily make themselves with some leftovers!
Don’t forget friendship soup! It’s a fun activity that involves families too! Plus the kids LOVE to eat it!
Let your kids get into the kitchen and create. You never know what a Julia Child potato salad cooking show will do for their self-esteem and what memories will be made that they will still cherish when they are 46. Bon Appetit!
Cooking for yourself gives you a skill that can last a lifetime and keeps you healthy.
And if you’re just looking for a quick dinner idea for kids, check this out.
