Kid Recipes

On the Lookout For Easy Kid Recipes

By Peg Baron

There are many, many websites that offer easy kid recipes these days that you should be able to find a site that caters specifically to kids.

What is the main focus of the site?

Does it cater to kids or mostly to adults with a small kids section?  Some adult cooking websites have tons of great recipes, but they’re for adults and aren’t always easy enough for kids.

Are the recipes what kids might want to cook?

It’s fun to look at recipes for a cutesy-wootsy bug made with olives and celery but not a lot of kids like olives and celery. Let’s not forget these recipes are really not that easy and are more for the adults to make for the kids, not for the kids to make themselves.

Does the website offer cooking safety information and definitions of cooking terms?

A good cooking website for kids offers explanations.  The website is committed to helping kids learn to cook, not just giving them recipes.

Does the site have a way for kids or parents to leave feedback?

Does the website offer anything else?

Is the cooking website safe for kids?

Check out any links the website owner has included. Check them out before you let your kids wander around the site.

Kid Friendly Fruit Recipes

Fruit Frappe

Ingredients:

*1 cup unsweetened fruit (peach pear, berries, banana)

*4 ice cubes

*Blender

Instructions:

1. Place fruit and ice cubes in blender.

2. Blend fruit mixture to desired consistency.

Yield: 1 serving

Fruit Soda

Ingredients:

*½ cup unsweetened fruit juice of your choice or combination of juices

*½ cup sparkling mineral water

*Lemon or lime slice if desired

Instructions:

1. Combine juice and mineral water

2. Garnish with lemon or lime

Yield: 1 serving

Fruit Sherbet

Ingredients:

*1 cup partially thawed frozen fruit

Instructions:

1. Put fruit in blender or food processor

2. Turn blender on low until the fruit is the consistency of sherbet

3. Serve immediately.

Yield: 1 serving

Banana Shake

Ingredients:

*1 banana, peeled and sliced

*1 cup cold water or milk

Instructions:

1. Place banana and water/milk in blender

2. Blend to desired consistency

Yield: 1 serving

Raspberry Popsicles

Ingredients:

*¼ cup water

*10 raspberries (red)

*1 peach or nectarine, peeled, pitted and sliced

*4-5 ice cubes

Instructions:

1. Place water, fruit, and one ice cube in blender and blend

2. Continue adding one ice cube at a time until mixture is the consistency of slush

3. Pour into plastic molds

4. Add Popsicle sticks to make real Popsicles

5. Freeze

Yield: 6 servings.

If your kids love coffee, why don’t you make some coffee cake instead of give them drinking coffee?

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