Cookin' With The Kids

May 2022
This month’s Memorial Day weekend signals the start of the grilling season. While the family meal may center around a bed of hot coals on this holiday, your kitchen helpers can still contribute to the festivities as their culinary education moves to the backyard.

October 2021
Here’s a fun, simple and delicious bean salad recipe that also contains a few very basic culinary lessons your young helpers can add to their kitchen proficiency. Plus, the kids get to do some green bean smashing!

November 2020
The Thanksgiving table is a great opportunity for young aspiring cooks to contribute a dish to the festivities as well as serve as a culinary confidence builder. However, a hectic holiday kitchen is no time for a cooking lesson!

August 2018
One of the tastiest side effects of the August grilling season is that bowl of leftover chicken pieces, chilled overnight in the aromas of last night’s fire. No matter what “secret sauce” was used, that day-after goodness is almost better than the original serving!

July 2018
Here’s a fun pizza-making lesson for your young kitchen helpers to try without having to worry about all those doughy, empty calories that are usually a part of this kid favorite.

June 2018
Since the kids cooked up a delicious breakfast quiche for Mom’s Day last month in this blog, I thought it only fair to give dad a little equal kitchen time on his special day this month.

December 2017
One of the first dishes that I remember taking great pride in serving as a very novice cook was stuffed mushrooms.