Recently I had the urge to get in the kitchen with my kids and make cookies. They (obviously) agreed when I asked if they’d like to make ginger cookies and so we made an old favourite of ours – Annabel Karmel’s Ginger Cookies. The recipe is from one of my all time favourite cookbooks – […]
Baking Bread With Kids
May 4, 2014 by
The other day I embarked on an exciting cooking activity – Baking Bread With Kids. I love cooking with my kids and bread is something we haven’t yet made together so I was looking forward to introducing them to the world of homemade bread making. We decided on making a Challah Dough and then used […]
Cooking With Kids Activities For When You’re Short On Time
March 16, 2014 by
I love spending time with my kids in the kitchen, as I’ve posted about time and time again… sometimes though I’m short on time and their eager help can become a teeny hindrance. On such occasions, I have a number of activities I delegate them to do, that way I’m still cooking with my kids, […]
Weighing Ingredients – Cooking With Kids Activity
February 10, 2014 by
I’ve been homeschooling my 5 year old for about a month now and to be completely honest I’ve been struggling to find the time to blog as often as I used to. Well, it’s more like struggling to find the ENERGY, after a day full of activities, to sit in front of the computer and […]
10 Benefits Of Cooking With Kids
November 5, 2013 by
I recently shared a post about ways to market real food to kids and one of the ways was to get in the kitchen and cook with kids. So, I thought I’d expand on that post with 10 Benefits Of Cooking With Kids to help build their foundation of a lifetime love of cooking. Of […]
Cooking With Kids – Making Muffins
September 19, 2013 by
For this week’s session of cooking with my kids, I decided to make a batch of Grain Free Muffins together. I found a recipe online that I wanted to try, it looked (and sounded) delicious and I thought it would be a fun recipe to make together with the kids. Something along the way didn’t […]
Cooking With Kids – Spelt Tortillas
September 10, 2013 by
The other day I made Spelt Tortillas with the kids for the first time. Don’t know why it’s taken me quite so long to make my first batch of tortillas, and now that I know how easy (and gratifying) the process is, I’ll be making them more often. Making Spelt Tortillas is a wonderful recipe […]
How To Cook With Your Kids Without Going Crazy
August 27, 2013 by
I love having my kids cooking with me in the kitchen but sometimes I can go a little crazy. Balancing supervising them and actually getting the cooking done can get a little tricky. Here are some tips to help you cook with your kids without going crazy: Try Relax Starting out with a positive attitude […]
Orange French Toast Recipe
August 20, 2013 by
We seriously LOVE french toast in our house and I just love experimenting with different french toast varieties. My kitchen has been overflowing with oranges lately and so became the flavor for my latest french toast experiment – Orange French Toast. The kids were delighted at their orange flavored french toast and even more so […]
20 Cooking With Kids Activities
July 13, 2013 by
Over the course of our Winter Holiday break here in Australia I got in the kitchen with the kids numerous times for cooking adventures. Here are 20 Cooking With Kids Activities to keep you busy while the kids are home and to help kids with their fine and gross motor skills, their mathematics (when measuring […]
