Cookin' With The Kids

February 2022
Eat your broccoli! A mantra most parents have uttered repeatedly with mixed results. I remember a child sitting stubbornly in front of a bowl of cold broccoli at an empty kitchen table long after the family meal was over – that be me!

January 2022
One of the first cooking lessons that many kids experience is baking a batch of cookies. Unfortunately, the basic ingredients for any cookie are fat, eggs, sugar, and flour. Here’s a healthier version of the most popular of all cookies...

December 2021
Cherimoya—even the name is fun to say! This high-altitude tropical fruit can be found in most well-stocked, high-end grocery outlets, sometimes marketed as a custard apple, which is a good hint to this fruit’s texture.

November 2021
It is entirely understandable that a cooking experience with the kids during the planning and prep of the family’s Thanksgiving festivities might seem like one too many things to put on the menu...

October 2021
Here’s a fun, simple and delicious bean salad recipe that also contains a few very basic culinary lessons your young helpers can add to their kitchen proficiency. Plus, the kids get to do some green bean smashing!

September 2021
Honeycrisps are one of the first new crops of apples harvested in late August through September. This variety is aptly named for its extremely high sugar content and tends to be quite large; both characteristics make it the perfect apple for baked desserts. 

August 2021
In August, the summer heat is no time for a cooking lesson that involves a stovetop or hot oven. Besides, it’s grilling season! While open flame cooking on the barbie is best left to an adult, the family barbeque still provides a great opportunity...

July 2021
What summertime backyard barbeque would be complete without a potato salad?  Here’s a four-ingredient recipe perfect for introducing a novice cook to this iconic dish of the grilling season.

June 2021
Sambusa is a Somalian and Ethiopian version of Samosa. Your kitchen crew will have some culinary arts and crafts fun replicating these tasty and versatile packets for the family using Melissa’s ready-to-eat Steamed Lentils for the filler and Melissa’s Egg Roll Wraps for the dough.