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Five Recipes You Can Cook With Kids

I am totally a list person. Are you?

  • To-do Lists
  • Shopping Lists
  • Honey-to-do lists (but those are more or less ignored most of the time). 

You get the idea? And if making individual lists was not enough, I also make a master list of all these lists 🙂 .

Just because lists are FUN!

 

I do not know how I would survive without lists.

 

After I started blogging, I have started making an (endless) list of recipes that interest me, lists of recipes that I am (currently) researching, list of finalized recipes (to be photographed), and I also maintain a list of recipes published on my blog.

 

My geeky husband does not like that I still make all these lists on paper. And he finds it strange that even with my computer engineering background, I still rely on pen and paper! . My husband <shaking his head in disappointment> gets irked by the fact that he cannot search and find things, unlike in an excel sheet, in the lists I create on paper.

 

I understand him totally, and, I did try to keep the list organized on my laptop and found it very inconvenient to login every time I needed a teeny thing. Then came the smart phone and the tablet. I use them more often these days than earlier, but then, I forget to charge them (I know what you are thinking now. Why doesn't she add the 'charge phone/tablet' to the list of things she has to do? I know! Note to self: try adding this to the list of things to do). But there have been a few instances (which are good enough for me to still rely on my trustworthy papyrus & pen), where my old laptop refused to boot up and we were saved by the paper copy of the list we had. Well, we had a tough time finding it from the pile of (growing) lists and figuring out the changes. But the bottom-line is it worked. Yeah!

 

When I saw this post on Food52 and it involved lists, I could not help but make a list of my favorite things. Apart from coffee (which I do not function without), these would be my most favorite things.

 

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Do you have a list of your favorite things? I would l-o-v-e to hear from you. Do let me know in the comments.

 

Anyway, coming back to recipes, I have an amazing recipe round-up today. What is the recipe round-up theme? "Cook with kids". Here is a list of five recipes that you can cook with kids.[dt_quote type="pullquote" layout="right" font_size="h5" animation="none" size="2"]Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working - Guy Fieri[/dt_quote] I have tried to get Sonshine interested in cooking for a long time now. Now that he is older and seeing us (my husband & I) work for the blog - shooting pictures, talking technicalities about the blog - Sonshine is taking cooking a wee bit more seriously than before. My first few experiences to cook with him were traumatic for both of us. I used to give him a menial task which was not challenging enough for him, and he would crib that it is no fun. Both of us would be trying to control each other and then in the end, both of us would be disappointed. I then realized that I have to let go, and let him be the cook. I am there just to guide him, to make sure he is safe from kitchen accidents and once he is done, I am ready to sit back, relax and enjoy the dish he prepared. This is the best approach that has worked for us.

 

Here is the list of recipes that I promised. Click on the link or the title or the image and it will take you straight to the recipe.

Read this first. 🙂

 

 

O....Orange Juice

What can be more refreshing than a cup of freshly squeezed Orange juice? Head over to Sandhya's kitchen to learn more about how she involved her son into making this and read about the fun they had. I bet you can spend some quality time with your kiddo too.
Orange Juice - Sandhyaskitchen

 

Blueberry Galette

When you cook with kids, you have to keep it simple, colorful and tasty. That is exactly what Teena did when she prepared this yummy Blueberry Gallette with her kid. She also suggests some ideas on how she keeps her 4 year old engaged. I found her ideas pretty useful and I bet you will find them useful too.

Blueberry Gallette Teena Papachan

 

Zucchini Beet Bread

Baking is something you can involve your kids in. And one of the ways to include Zucchini, abundantly harvested in summer, is to make a Zucchini bread. [dt_quote type="pullquote" layout="right" font_size="big" animation="none" size="2"]Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie– Jim Davis[/dt_quote] Infact, this is the only way Sonshine eats Zucchini willingly.

 

Zucchini_Beet_Bread_DSC1764_09

Avocado Cheese Cracker Bruschetta.

I love bruschetta. They are these perfect little snack treats that you can make with ease. When Prash, who blogs at yummily yours, shared her recipe for these simple, delicious bruschettas for this round up of five recipes you can cook with kids, I was super thrilled. Go ahead, make some bruschettas 🙂 .

 

Avocado Cheese Cracker Bruschetta - Prashanthi

 

Popcorn

 Say NO to the store-bought, chemical-laden pop corn. Help your kiddo make some pop corn at home, to munch on, before you sit down to watch a movie or read a book together.
DSC_4666_Home_Made_Pop_Corn

 

So, there you go folks, my list of five recipes that you can cook with kids. Pick a dish and cook it with your kids. Take a lot of pictures, sit back and enjoy!

 

Make this summer a memorable one.
Enjoy your summer break!
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Namaste.

Deliciously Your’s.

S

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  1. Teena Pappachan says

    Thank you for the opportunity to contribute...The collection looks good 🙂

    Reply

    • Framed Recipes says

      Thank you Teena. And I am glad that you shared your recipe with me. 🙂

      Reply

  2. Sushma Iyer says

    So to cook with kids is now on my to do list of course once I have my own kid.. 😉

    Reply

    • Framed Recipes says

      🙂 Sushma.

      Reply

  3. Prashanthi Pathak says

    This is a wonderful collection and a great idea Sreelatha! 🙂 Thank you for including my recipe 🙂

    Reply

    • Framed Recipes says

      Pleasure was all mine Prash. Thanks.

      Reply

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