Cooking with kids can be a really fun and inexpensive activity to do as a family. It teaches them important life skills, works on fine-motor skills, and you’ve made a meal (or snack) at the end of it.
Tortilla Pizzas
Set it up like an assembly line. Let each kiddo (and adult) make their own
Crust: tortillas or pitas or crusty bread (like a baguette), or even store-bought crust
Sauce: marinara, pesto, olive oil and garlic, barbecue
Cheese
Toppings! – whatever you can think of
Pre-heat your over to 425 degrees
Put the bread on a baking sheet, in a glass dish, or on a stainless-steel pan
Spread sauce evenly on the crust
Add cheese and toppings that you want
Bake for 10-14 min (when cheese is bubbling)
Smoothies
Fruit juice / milk / yogurt
Fruits and/or veggies (fresh or frozen)
Add ins: cocoa powder, seeds, peanut butter and more
Blender
Basically, this one is completely customizable. You can look up specific recipes online if you’d like, otherwise just add some combinations of the above ingredients together into a blender!
Try lots of different combinations and have fun with it.
French Toast Roll Ups
Let the kids assemble the food and parents cook!
Slices of sandwich bread
Eggs (1 egg per 3 slices)
Milk (1 teaspoon per egg)
Cinnamon (as desired)
Vanilla (1/4 to ½ tsp.)
Extra ingredients: cream cheese, strawberries, peanut butter, banana, sausage links
Roll each slice of bread flat with a rolling pin or can or wine bottle
Put the extra ingredients in the bread and roll up
Ex: spread bread with peanut butter and add bananas and roll us
In a bowl, combine eggs, milk, cinnamon, and vanilla
Dip each roll in the egg mixture and fry in a buttered skillet
Fruity Yogurt Parfaits
Yogurt
Fresh or frozen berries (or any fruit really)
Granola or cereal
If needed, slice up the fruit
Put out the ingredients in individual bowls
Let kids scoop from each bowl to layer up their own parfaits
Meat and Cheese Roll-Ups
Tortillas – 6
Sliced deli meat / leftover turkey or chicken breast
Sliced Cheese
Cream cheese
Salsa (1 cup)
Plastic wrap
Mix cream cheese and ½ cup of the salsa together in a bowl
Spread on tortillas
Add meat and sliced cheese in thin layers
Roll up using plastic wrap
Refrigerate for an hour
Slice up and enjoy