Kids Cuisine

Have a picky eater?  Know a picky eater? Tired of meal after meal of your little one pushing away food in favor of the familiar and boring?  Then you simply have to rush out and purchase the latest issue of Eating Well Magazine.  The Jan/Feb 2007 issue features an article by Cynthia Sass, M.P.H. and […]

Most of my Christmas guests have left now, and my fridge is still stuffed to the brim with leftover holiday food. I, for one, am ready to move on from the traditional holiday meals, so all of my leftover turkey will be going into turkey enchiladas.
If you use low-fat cheese and fat-free sour cream, enchiladas do […]

The holiday season at our house is a time of indulgence. Platters of cookies sit out at all times, ready for eager mouths to grab a nibble. Meals lean towards the decadent and rich, dishes full of flavor and reserved for celebrations. After a while, though, it becomes too much. Even my young children are […]

It’s rare to see kids cooking on American TV. Occasionally one of the Food Network chefs will include a child or two in the food preparation, but most often food TV is a grown-up’s world.
Not so in New Zealand. New Zealand’s TV2 has a great short program, Cool Kids Cooking. Each under-10-minute episode features a […]

It is that time of year when we begin thinking about resolutions for the New Year! At some point between now and year end, our family will sit down and talk about our goals for 2007. I will most certainly revisit my 2006 good intention of going to a nice, sit-down dinner with my family […]

It just wouldn’t be Christmas without the aroma of baking cookies and vision of candy-striped sweets marching forth from my kitchen. And no cooking or baking experience is more tempting to my children than when the results involve cookie dough, frosting, moist cakes, and fresh-out-of-the-oven treats: “Honey, would you like to help me steam asparagus, […]

Chocolate candy treats are some of the easiest confections to make with children and the most adaptable to skill levels and ages.
Here is a Peppermint Bark recipe that my teenage son Noah and I came up with.  It makes a great holiday treat or, packaged creatively, a nice hostess gift.
Noah provided the inspiration after he […]

Growing up for me, Christmas was always different.  We never really made concrete plans for the day.  Some years grandparents would come and visit, and some years it was just me and my family.  Some years there were multitudes of gifts, and some years there were just a few carefully chosen treasures.  I think […]

Just like many families across the country, Nicholas and I will be leaving cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. Nicholas loves to make cookies, and any excuse will do. Santa’s hungry? Let’s get cooking. As soon as he hears me in the kitchen, he comes running in, drags the stepstool over to the counter and […]

It’s Holiday Tradition week at Kids Cuisine and the Well Fed Network. Each day we’ll be bringing you activities and recipes that bring our families together.
My tradition actually comes from my husband’s childhood. In the days leading up to Christmas, he and his mom would back batches of special cookies — candy cane cookies and […]