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Cookin' With The Kids

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    Melissa's Produce

    Simple Sides: Cheesy Veggies

    May 2015
    Here’s a very basic vegetable side dish that, for such a simple recipe, contains several elementary cooking lessons that kids can use for a lifetime.
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    Melissa's Produce

    Simple Sides: Butternut Squash

    November 2014
    Hot soup on a cold November day is the best! Here is an extremely easy and warmingly delicious recipe that uses just five everyday veggies to give your young kitchen helpers a foundation for making a simple hearty soup in less than an hour.
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    Melissa's Produce

    Simple Sides: Carrots & Grapes

    September 2014
    With the month of September comes the sweetest of grape varieties, the Muscato™. This grape has a high natural sugar content that kids will love.
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    Simple Sides: Kale Chips & Carrot Ribbons

    May 2014
    Crispy, salty, lightly seasoned, packed with essential nutrients and so simple to prepare that even your youngest sous chef can have a hand in its making – in other words, the perfect healthy snack food!
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    Melissa's Produce

    Simple Sides: Watermelon, Soup or Salad

    June 2013
    Summertime, kids and watermelon are a very classic combination. Here are two recipes that your kids can help prepare for the family’s backyard BBQ menu using this iconic summer favorite in a side dish that requires no cooking.
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    Melissa's Produce

    Simple Sides: Holiday Stuffing

    November 2012
    The traditional holiday bird – be it turkey, goose, duck or chicken – presents a great culinary opportunity for kids to contribute to the family’s celebratory table.
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    Simple Sides: Kiwifruit

    July 2012
    Kiwifruit is the perfect kid fruit; it is small, easy to scoop out of its fuzzy skin, colorful and, most of all, delicious.
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    Melissa's Produce

    Simple Sides: Apples

    October 2011
    It’s apple harvest season and every retail supermarket in the country is bursting with all kinds of colorful varieties in the peak of flavor.
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    Melissa's Produce

    Simple Sides: Carrots

    September 2010
    Carrots are the perfect kid food; they are chuck full of vitamin A, vitamins C, D, E, K, B1, and B6, plus powerful anti-oxidant Carotenes.
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