Kids Cuisine

Our adventure this afternoon involved a partial package of won-ton wrappers and an open pantry and fridge to see just what we could stuff a won-ton with. As it turns out, the question should have been what can’t we stuff a won-ton with, because those little squares of pastry will hold just about anything […]

Shortly after my daughter’s first birthday in 2005, my local newspaper ran an editorial in which a columnist complained about parents taking their kids to Starbucks and disrupting her coffee break. She said something to the extent of, “I had to suffer through McDonald’s when my kids were young and you should, too.”
No. Just because […]

I have always wanted to grow my own vegetables. In fact, I’ve always wanted to make my own (fill in blank with name of any homemade food item here). But having kids is enough to give me that nudge. Not only do I want them to have the most local of local food, but I […]

“Why?”
That is, no doubt, the most often asked question from my five-year-old son.
“Why are you putting those cans in a separate container, and not in the garbage?”
“Why is the cardboard over there?”
“Why are you shutting the light off?”
Each time he asks a question, I answer him, and questions relating to being more environmentally friendly and […]

I may be going out on a limb here, but I doubt it. There a lot of noodle-crazy kids out there who wouldn’t touch a dish of macaroni with red sauce if it was the last plate of spaghetti on earth. And for every kid who wants his pasta “with butter, no sauce!” there’s a […]

That’s what my son said to me as we made the latest cookie to cross our kitchen counter. I had decided to make cookies, but I wanted something more interactive for my son than dumping a few ingredients in a bowl. I wanted hands on, with delicious final results. My first thought, of course, had […]

It would be easy to say that I should take a break, get out of the kitchen, and do some activities for Earth Day. But the truth is, the kitchen is the perfect place for me to be. It is the heart of our home - the place where we create delicious family meals and […]

I taught my Tasty Tidbits Cooking Class to a Girl Scout troop the other day and had a lot of fun! Yogulicious cups are a super duper healthy snack and so easy to make. One of the Girl Scouts made a flower design on the top of her cup. It was so cute!
Here is the […]

The cool thing about making lasagna is that it’s a bit of a cross between a food project and a craft project for kids. You get to cook, yes, but you also get to assemble, stack, arrange, and cut. Making lasagna is a lot of fun for kids.
Recently, my 5-year-old got her first go at […]

Cooking meals at home from basic ingredients is usually healthier than picking up processed and pre-packaged convenience food. But kids (at least my kids) seem to have an intrinsic preference for food that comes in packages.
So I wasn’t surprised at the shear excitement my 6- and 3-year-old sons displayed when they saw the stash of […]