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cooking with kids

20 Valentine’s Day Recipes to Make With Your Kids

February 7, 2018 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

If you have followed along on the blog for long, you know how much I love Cooking With Kids. It’s a passion of mine and one of the reasons why I started this blog. I love to share easy recipes you can make with your kids. I brainstormed with my fellow bloggers to compile a…

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20 Yummy and Fun Valentine's Day Recipes to Make With Kids. Cooking With Kids Recipe Roundup from aileencooks.com.

Filed Under: Cooking Recipes for Kids, Holiday Recipes, Recipes, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day Recipes Tagged With: cooking with kids, heart shaped recipes, kids in the kitchen, valentine's day recipes

Christmas Rice Krispies Treat Reindeer

December 13, 2017 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Make a batch of these adorable Christmas Rice Krispies Treats! They are decorated like reindeer with pretzels, candy eyes, and fun red noses – just like Rudolph! I had so much fun making these rice krispie treat reindeer with my kids. There is something about baking around the holidays that makes it feel like Christmas….

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Filed Under: Christmas Dessert Recipes, Christmas Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Holiday Recipes, Recipes, Rice Krispie Treat Recipes Tagged With: christmas, cooking with kids, kid-friendly food, reindeer, rice krispie treats

3 Fun Breakfast Ideas for Summer

June 14, 2017 By Aileen 1 Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

This post was sponsored by Sandwich Bros. All opinions are my own. Who’s kids are on summer vacation? This is our first official year with a summer vacation. Up until this point all of my kids were just home. This summer feels different because my oldest was in preschool all year. We’re adjusting to a…

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Fun Breakfast Ideas for Summer. Make these easy and delicious breakfast for kids using whatever fruit and vegetables you have on hand and Sandwich Bros. Egg and Cheese Sandwiches!

Filed Under: Breakfast Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: Breakfast, cooking with kids, easy meals, kid friendly, kids in the kitchen, summer vacation

15 Summer Recipes for Kids

June 9, 2017 By Aileen 1 Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Summertime is the perfect opportunity to get your kids cooking and baking. I’ve put together a list of 15 fun and yummy summer recipes for kids. This list of cooking recipes for kids mostly sweet treats with a few savory recipes thrown in, too. If you’re nervous about cooking with your kids, check out my…

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15 Recipes to Make With your kids this summer. Get your kids in the kitchen with these 15 fun cooking with kids recipes!

Filed Under: Cooking Recipes for Kids, Recipes Tagged With: cooking with kids, kids in the kitchen, summer activities

Cooking With Kids: Colorful Pita Pizzas

March 22, 2017 By Aileen Leave a Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Get your kids in the kitchen with this fun and flavorful colorful pita pizzas cooking recipes for kids. This is a great recipe for cooking with kids while trying new vegetables! We originally made this recipe in a cooking class through our local chapter of First 5. My kids had so much fun making these…

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Cooking With Kids: Colorful Pita Pizzas. Get your kids in the kitchen with this fun and flavorful recipe for kids. Recipe from aileencooks.com.

Filed Under: Cooking Recipes for Kids, Pizza Recipes, Recipes, Vegetable Recipes Tagged With: 30 minute meals, cooking with kids, pizza

Kid Friendly Chicken Noodle Soup

December 26, 2016 By Aileen 1 Comment This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Make this kid-friendly chicken noodle soup recipe with your kids tonight and let them try out their basic knife skills (butter knives will work). Then check out our full list of cooking recipes for kids. I didn’t plan on sharing this recipe for kid-friendly chicken noodle soup with you as a Cooking With Kids post,…

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Colorful Chicken Noodle Soup is the perfect healthy soup recipes to cook with your kids. Recipe from aileencooks.com. kids in the kitchen. cooking with kids. Recipes to make with kids.

Filed Under: Chicken Noodle Soup Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Chicken Soup Recipes, Cooking Recipes for Kids, Main Dish Recipes, Recipes, Soup Recipes Tagged With: cooking with kids, healthy recipes, healthy recipes for kids, kids in the kitchen, soup

Homemade Soft Pretzels

October 19, 2016 By Aileen 12 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Try this homemade soft pretzels and have fun while making a tasty treat! These homemade soft pretzels are butter and soft and give you that same flavor and texture as the pretzel shop!  Making homemade soft pretzels with kids Soft pretzels are something I’ve made with my kids a couple of times and have been meaning to…

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Cooking With Kids: Soft Pretzels. Get your kids in the kitchen with this fun recipe for soft pretzels. This recipe makes traditional salted soft pretzels and cinnamon sugar soft pretzels. Recipe from aileencooks.com.

Filed Under: Bread Recipes, Cooking Recipes for Kids, Freezer Meals, Recipes, Yeast Bread Recipes Tagged With: Bread, cooking with kids, family activities, kids in the kitchen, pretzels, snacks, yeast breads

Whole Grain Pancakes

May 13, 2016 By Aileen 19 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Are you looking for a healthy pancake recipe to make with your kids? Try this whole grain pancakes recipe and then check out our full list of cooking recipes for kids. For our family, Sunday breakfasts are all about that special breakfast. We make pumpkin pancakes, chocolate chip waffles, or french toast. It’s usually something sweet….

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Filed Under: Breakfast Recipes, Cooking Recipes for Kids, Pancake Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: Breakfast, brunch, cooking with kids, flax, kids in the kitchen, maple syrup, pancakes, sunday breakfast, whole grain, whole wheat

Cooking With Two Little Kids

May 9, 2016 By Aileen 18 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

See how this mom of two learned how to manage both kids in the kitchen. Then head over to our list of cooking recipes for kids. As you may have noticed, it’s been a while since I’ve posted a cooking with kids recipe. I had cooking with kids down when it was just me and…

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Cooking With Two LIttle Kids. How I have learned to cook with two toddlers! From aileencooks.com

Filed Under: Mom Life, Parenting Tagged With: cooking with kids, kids in the kitchen, toddlers, two kids

Cooking With Kids: White Chocolate Bark

November 13, 2015 By Aileen 12 Comments This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Over the weekend, we made White Chocolate Bark with our kids. My husband was home to help, which is good because this installment of cooking with kids was definitely a two-man operation. I have cooked with my two kids by myself plenty of times, but this recipe seemed to be a bit more chaotic. It…

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Filed Under: Cooking Recipes for Kids, Dessert Recipes, Recipes Tagged With: chocolate, cooking with kids, Dessert, kids

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