The Best Recipes To Prepare With Children

“You don’t play with food”. This and other lies about cooking with kids keep us from enjoying some fun times in the kitchen with them. In this article, we’ll bring you the best ideas for cooking with your kids.

You already know how important you are to your children’s learning. You are the reference and the model to be followed. Therefore,  we want to present some ideas for you to have fun together. We’ll show you all the benefits of cooking with your kids.

Cooking with your kids is one of the most fun activities you can do with them. In addition to learning about food and how to cook, they will also participate in the whole process and you will create a way of connecting with them through the food.

It is extremely important that you get out of your head the idea that grocery shopping and cooking are tasks that should only be done by mom and dad. Only by getting rid of these prejudices, you will be able to teach your children to cook.

Reasons to cook with your kids

• It increases your interest in eating foods that would normally be less attractive. Therefore, search for original recipes that contain vegetables and fruits.
• Helps children to identify and distinguish flavors. They will be able to know all types of food and will know which family they belong to, in addition to the flavors, and what they taste best with.
• Teach your children to acquire good eating habits. You can start by choosing the dish you are going to cook, buying the necessary ingredients, figuring out the waiting times to be able to eat, etc.

So don’t hesitate to cook with your kids. Search for the best recipes that adapt to their age and time of development, and… get to work! However, try to prevent your children from performing dangerous activities, such as stirring with fire or hot oil.

For the rest, don’t worry. They’ll love getting their hands dirty and you’ll love seeing them having such healthy fun. 

Fun recipes to cook with your kids

Here are  four simple recipes so your kids can participate in the entire process. The only thing you should do is put an apron on them and…they can cook!

Pumpkin cake

Ingredients:

• 150 grams of pumpkin
• 2 eggs
• 125 grams of wheat flour
• 125 grams of sugar
• 50 grams of olive oil
• 1/2 package of chemical yeast

Way of doing:

1. Put the clean, peeled and cut squash into pieces to cook.
2. Once cooked, beat together with the flour, oil, eggs, chemical yeast and sugar.
3. Heat the oven to 180º C, place the dough on the baking sheet and let it bake for half an hour.

Cheese sticks

Ingredients:

• Cheese cut into rectangular pieces
• bread bran
• 2 eggs
• Olive oil

Way of doing:

1. Beat eggs and leave them on a plate.
2. Take the breadcrumbs and place it on another plate.
3. Each piece of cheese needs to be spread on the breadcrumbs, then on the eggs and again on the breadcrumb plate.
4. Heat the oil in a skillet and, when hot, fry the sticks until crisp.
5. Place a piece of paper towel on another plate to place the freshly fried sticks and to drain off any leftover oil.

butter cookies

Ingredients:

• 200 grams of wheat flour

• 100 grams of butter
• 2 eggs
• 50 grams of sugar
• A bit of salt
• A glass of water

Way of doing:

1. Mix all ingredients into a dough.
2. Roll it into a ball shape and let it sit in the fridge for an hour.
3. Sprinkle flour on a smooth surface and knead the dough until it is about an inch thick.
4. Using a dough cutter, with the shapes you prefer, cut the dough and place the cookies on a baking sheet.
5. With the oven at 200ºC, let it bake for 15 minutes.

Baked apples

Ingredients:

• 4 apples
• a cup of peach juice
• 4 tablespoons of chopped almonds
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• Ice cream of your choice to accompany

Way of doing:

1. Wash apples and remove stalk.
2. Pour the sugar, peach juice and almond mixture into the apples.
3. Prick the apples a little and place them in the oven at 200ºC.
4. Leave the apples in the oven for about 20 to 30 minutes.
5. Once they’re done, add the ice cream balls as a side dish.

These are some examples of recipes for you to cook with your children. But there are many others. So don’t hesitate to research, innovate and increase the level of difficulty  to put your little chefs to the test.