Cookin' With The Kids

March 2024
Here's a recipe that celebrates the beginning of Ojai Pixie tangerine season while at the same time providing a tasty solution for a child who has trouble eating his or her veggies.

December 2022
Here’s a fun and slightly challenging recipe that extends the wrapping of presents at this time of the year to the family’s holiday dinner table while introducing young kitchen helpers to the art of handling delicate filo dough.

April 2017
While your kitchen helpers may have spent a gleeful Easter Sunday morning gathering baskets of decorated eggs, by Monday the booty of the hunt is piled high in bowls taking up precious refrigerator space.

February 2017
Turn a cold February day into some indoor fun with a soup-making lesson for your young kitchen helpers using two of Melissa’s recipe-ready fresh produce products...

January 2017
Here’s an easy introductory recipe that is perfect for a beginner in the kitchen, which uses two of Melissa’s ready-to-eat steamed veggies to make a classic dish of the Mediterranean.

June 2016
Here’s a tasty one-pot dish with an interesting ingredient list that will teach your young sous chefs the culinary art of layering flavors.

April 2010
Asparagus is a tasty and affordable spring vegetable that is also extremely low in calories and packed with vitamins.