Kitchen Kid: Cabbage Risotto (recipe)
Please give a hearty welcome to my daughter, who will be giving us her opinion of my menu plan each week. We will post her thoughts on Sundays, and she will highlight a dish or two she felt was...
View ArticleKitchen Kid: Ratatouille
Back again is our very own Kitchen Kid, sharing her thoughts on an item from last week’s menu plan. Enjoy! Ratatouille with pasta Today I will like to tell you about: RATATOUILLE Kids will not think it...
View ArticleBrownie Smack-down (or is it Snack-down) (recipe)
Our newest family baker comes home from school today determined to make brownies. I tried to tell encourage him to make my favorite brownie recipe, a one-bowl version that my Grandmother used to make,...
View ArticleKid Chef: Bittersweet Chocolate Pudding (from scratch) (recipe)
Today we made pudding. Bittersweet chocolate pudding. A favorite from when I was first living on my own. The recipe comes from Puddings Custards and Flans by Linda Zimmerman, and the original recipe...
View ArticleLake food: Kids cook
One night at the lake, the kids were the designated chefs. Seven kids, ranging from 5 to 15, made a sumptuous feast. Some of us talked about having the kids cook every night, it was that good. Cleanup...
View ArticleFamily Dinner Plan: Winter-break week
Kids are on holiday this week, think I will get them in the kitchen to help with dinner! Let’s see if I can put together a kid-cook-friendly menu. Wouldn’t it be delightful to just have to do the...
View ArticleVacation Cooking: Kids are the stars
We spent last week vacationing in Minnesota with extended family. Every other summer we meet for a week on a lake in the western part of Minnesota, spending time fishing, tubing and eating. Each night...
View ArticleCooking Camp: Best of NYT Cooking, 2017 version
Last week A and I taught a cooking camp for kids age 10-15. It was the second year we have taught together, and the third year I have been involved in this cooking camp program. Most of the kids were...
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