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Thanks for visiting the kids kitchen recipes and tips. There are links at the bottom for more Kids in the Kitchen things.
| Parental Supervision is a MUST when kids are in the kitchen. Be sure they know whats HOT and SHARP, and when to ask for help! |
| BREAKFAST |
| Fruit Cups Preparation: Gather you childs favorite fruits, cut them into different shapes and place them into their own sealable container. Let your child have a bowl, soda glass, sundae cup, or dessert bowl. Let them place the fruit into the cup and top with dessert topping and a cherry. Dessert Topping: 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese 8 oz. pkg. cool whip Soften cheese and mix, thouroghly, with cool whip. |
| Toast Toppings Jelly, Peanut Butter, Apple Butter, Cinnamon, Sugar, Dessert Topping, Marshmellow Cream, Fruit Slices, and Powdered Sugar. Try These Combinations Dessert Topping and Fruit Slices Peanut Butter and Banana Slices Marshmellow cream and Cinnamon Apple Butter and Powdered Sugar Cream Cheese with Sugar Extra Add fruit flavored syrup's to Dessert Topping Marshmellow Cream, and Cream Cheese to give a variety of tastes. |
I have 3 very finicky eaters. And it is hard to get my 5 and 3 year olds
to eat anything. I truelly believe the Breadfast is definately a
DAY BOOSTER. So I always try to keep meal exciting and let
them do as much to prepare as possible.
We use the toast toppings alot... They are each in their own container
and I let them mix and match the ingredients themselves.
| LUNCH |
Lunch can be such a variety of things... Just be sure the child has the final decision.
As long as there is a variety is available in each 'food group' they can come up
with a very nutritiuos lunch, they will feel proud to have had a part in, therefore
they will want to eat.
Try These:
| PB & J w/ vegie slices Ham & Cheese w/ fruit cup Yogurt w/ cheese cubes and toast Fruit / Cheese Kabob w/ crackers Extra When serving sandwiches, use cookie cutters to cut them into shapes. |
| Sandwich Rolls Cut the crust off of one piece of bread Apply your childs favorite (jelly, PB, a meat, cheese, etc...) Simply roll the bread into a log shape. NOTE: With meats... try to add a piece of cheese on the top of the meat, roll and hold close with a toothpick and melt the cheese, remove the toothpick and let cool thoroughly then serve with their choice of sides. |
| DINNER |
I feel funny about letting the girls help out too much with the cooking. But
the preparation seems to be what works in our house! I have 3 girls, aged 6, 5 and 3,
to have all 3 in the kitchen at one time 'helping', was impossible! So here is what we
do: Each girl has 1 night a week when they have 'kitchen duty'. They plan the
meal, help with preparing the food, I cook, they set the table, clean the table, and
do the dishes!
Here are a few things they do to help prepare the food:
| Mix and Stir
sauces, and saute`s Shake salads Pour in ingedients Place bread on the pan for baking (bisquits, etc...) Toast Bread Wash Vegies |
| DESSERT |
Desserts are so much fun, and can be so simple. On the
night they get to prepare dinner, of course, dessert is one part
they all LOVE.
Here are a few things we use:
| Fruit Cup Swirls Sliced, balled, squared, chopped fruits Cool whip Sundae / Soda Glass Let the children spoon cool whip into the bottom of their glass, then add a fruit mixture of their choice, another layer of cool whip, then more fruit and so on until the cup is full. Top with the cool whip, sprinkle on some cinnamon or candie sprinkles and a cherry. |
| Flavored Yogurts 1 8 oz pkg of plain yogurt Chopped fruits Fruit syrup or pie filling Mix all ingredients together, chill, and serve. |
| Jellos Mix and prepare the jello according to the package instructions. When the jello thickens, but before it is completely set, drop in fruit. Or... have you ever seen those medicine syringes? Fill the platice up with cool whip and insert into the jello. Since the jello is still so soft, this will create a pocket in which the cool whip will set with the jello. |
| Pudding Swirls Using instant pudding prepare by the box instructions. Then spoon some pudding into a sundae dish. Follow the same action with cool whip, layering as you alternate the two. Top with the cool whip, sprinkles, and a cherry. |
| No - Bake Layer Cake Fruit pieces (small) Pound / Angelfood Cake Cool Whip &/or Pudding Slice the pound cake long ways (from top to bottom or bottom to top - whichever ) Spread on Pudding, Cool Whip or both, then put on fruit and slice. Top with more cool whip and of course, don't forget the cherry on top. |
