cooking with kids
Kids In The Kitchen: Kitchen Tips & Kissy Cookies Recipe
This year we're excited to start a fun new monthly series called "Kids in the Kitchen" where we'll be sharing tips, tools, kid friendly recipes and more for getting kids involved with cooking. To kick things off I'm sharing some kitchen tips for kids and a Kissy Cookie recipe. My ...read more
Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
I love when my kids help me in the kitchen. But, having kids in the kitchen takes twice as long and let's be honest, it can be a messy business too. I'm getting them involved with some kid-friendly and yummy recipes like this caramel chocolate chip cookie recipe. Keep kid's ...read more
Cooking with Kids Fruit Salsa Recipe
With summer fruits in abundance, we wanted to get the kiddos involved in creating a fun and colorful fruit salsa this summer. While I love having the kids help out in the kitchen, the idea of my little ones using knives scares me a little. I've got tools to make it easier to ...read more
How to Start Cooking with Kids
Cooking with kids is a great bonding experience as well as a fun way to teach them about measurements, new flavors and how a meal actually comes together. It also helps kids learn how to get organized, learn math, and think logically and in steps as you create new recipes ...read more
6 Reasons to Make DIY Pizza With Your Kids
It's National Pizza Month! An easy one to celebrate in our house. While takeout pizza might be a staple in your house on Friday nights or after a late sports practice, making pizza at home with your kids has lots of benefits. Here are six reasons you should plan a DIY pizza night ...read more
Kids in The Kitchen: Shop Your Local Farmer's Market (and Recipe!)
National Farmer's Market Week is August 2nd to 8th, and we celebrated early with a trip to our local Farmer's Market with the kids. Today, we're sharing how much we love our Farmer's Market, as well as a yummy and fresh recipe, made with our Farmer's Market goodies! I'm just ...read more
Essex Resort and Spa Family Visit
Lush, green Vermont is a perfect spot for a family trip. Looking for a new twist on a great Vermont trip? Try the Camp Cook at the Essex Resort and spa. For families that love the outdoors and food, Camp Cook is the ideal. It's a weeklong culinary journey that takes kids from ...read more
10 Fun and Easy Holiday Treats
We love to cook with our kids, and this holiday season we are excited to share 10 kid-friendly holiday treats from the culinary team at Chef Works, the world’s leading supplier of culinary apparel for professional chefs and home cooks alike. Fun and easy to make (with adult ...read more
Best Sugar Cookie Recipe for the Holidays
With the holidays comes a lot of baking where I love to make cookies with the kids that can use as simple gifts. While scouring Pinterest, I discovered the recipe for the Best Sugar Cookie EVER that immediately caught my attention. Created by Katrina of In Katrina's Kitchen, ...read more
Cooking with Kids and Healthy Cooking Tips
We love to cook with our kids. One of favorite staples is to cook with rice like the healthy and easy-to-use varieties from Uncle Ben's. As a brand, they are big on cooking with kids as seen from their Third Annual Ben’s Beginners™ Cooking Contest who believes that it is ...read more
Cooking Fun With Foodstirs
Cooking is the perfect way to spend quality time with your kids, teach them valuable life skills and end up with a delicious reward at the end! This weekend, my boys and I tried out Foodstirs, a monthly subscription box delivered to your doorstep. One of the best ways to teach ...read more
Survey Reveals Family Cooking Activities Influence Healthy Eating
More than nine in 10 parents (93 percent) confirm that after cooking with their kids in the kitchen, their children have a better understanding and appreciation for healthy foods and eating, according to a new, nationwide survey. Commissioned by global home appliance company ...read more
Cooking Fun with Claire Crespo
Cooking is a great way to get kids excited about food as well as to help them work with you and learn exactly what goes into making a recipe. To help Momtrends out, we spoke with cookbook author and founder of YummyFun Kooking Series Clare Crespo about some of her favorite fun ...read more
Fun Vegetable Ideas with Country Crock
I love cooking with my daughter. The experience of creating homemade dishes has quickly become a tradition of ours that I treasure as she is by my side mixing and mashing our own personal creation. One issue, though, is vegetables. She doesn't necessarily hate them but she is ...read more
Get Kids Cooking
This week we joined Angie Harmon to help champion family cooking . Uncle Ben's rices gathered the gorgeous actress and mom of three along with a raucous group of second graders for an afternoon of cooking and fun. Selfish Mom, Amy Oztan rounded up the kids from a local school ...read more
We Can Cook: Introducing Your Child to the Joys of Cooking
Reviewing the kid-friendly cookbook: We Can Cook was a dream assignment. I love teaching my daughter about new foods and flavors, which I hope, is helping her learn more about the joys of cooking, new ingredients and experimenting in the kitchen. This fun activity is also an ...read more