Cooking with Kids: Easy and Fun Recipes to Try Together

Are you worried your kids will spend their entire vacation playing video games? Looking for ways to engage them in interesting activities will enhance their creativity, planning and organisation skills.

It’s time to put a chef hat on their tiny heads and try new recipes with your regular food items.

So, here are three fun and easy recipes to try with kids

You can try any of the kid-friendly recipes below as a new playdate activity with your little chef.

1. Princess Toast

This is one of the fun and easy recipes to make with your kids and bring out their creativity in the kitchen.

– The ingredients to make a Princess Toast are listed below

• 6 pieces of toasted white bread
• 1-1 and half cups butter or cream frosting
• 6 tablespoon strawberry jam (seedless)
• 6 teaspoons of silver or gold glitter
• 6 tablespoon sprinkles

– Directions

• Cut the bread into cute shapes like stars or bears.
• Spread jam over each piece of toasted white bread.
• Top them with a layer of butter or cream frosting. You can add food colours to the cream to make the bread pieces look more attractive.
• Sprinkle these pieces with edible glitter and sprinkles for a beautiful finish.

2. Blueberry Pancake Smoothie

Does your little tornado bail out as soon as you bring them healthy food?

Here is a fun and easy recipe to make with kids that will help you gain their interest in healthy food.

– The ingredients and directions to prepare Blueberry Pancake Smoothie are as follows.

• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• ½ cup frozen unsweetened blueberries (Add as many blueberries as you want)
• 1 medium banana
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup instant plain oatmeal
• Dash sea salt
• 1 teaspoon maple syrup

– Directions

• Pour unsweetened almond milk, maple syrup, unsweetened blueberries, ground cinnamon, oatmeal and banana into a mixed blender.
• Lock the lid tightly and process it until smooth.
• Once the smoothie is ready, place the container in the fridge and let it cool.
• Finally, pour it into glasses, sprinkle sea salt and drink it chilled.

3. Rise and Shine Parfait

This parfait is another kid-friendly recipe to make your children go crazy for fruits, berries, and yoghurt. You can find these ingredients easily in supermarkets and parfait is a perfect dish for an interesting playdate.

– Here is the ingredient list and quick recipe to make Rise and Shine Parfait with your kids.

• 2 cups of fresh blackberries
• 2 chopped medium size peaches
• ½ cup granola without raisins
• 4 cups fat-free vanilla yoghurt

– Directions

• Take a container, say jar, start with a layer of vanilla yoghurt
• Add blackberries, chopped peaches and granola.
• Follow the same cycle of layering till the parfait jar is full.

Make your playdate special with your little chef with the above three fun and easy recipes to make with kids. As you share a special moment with them, let them know about the benefits of each ingredient and watch them fall in love with the usual food items and Bon Appetit.