The idea of cooking with kids can be stressful! The mess, the time, the possible disasters! But once you give it a go, it is so much fun! Since my son was fifteen months old we have had him involved in the kitchen and we are not at the stage of showing him how to bake.
Here are 25 recipes you can cook with kids under five:
- Tacos Dice the tomatoes, grate the cheese and shred the lettuce
- Quiche Crack the eggs, dice the ham and grate the cheese
- Making Pasta Crack the eggs, sift the flow, roll the dough, put the dough through the machine
- Fruit Skewer Snacks Wash and dice the fruit, and threat it on to the sticks
- Cookies Help your kids measure the ingredients, mix, divide and squash them
- Pizza Ask your kids measure the ingredients, roll the dough, cut the ingredients and grate the cheese
- Chicken Nuggets Crack the eggs, roll the breast in crumbs
- Lasagna Cut ingredients, grate the cheese, measuring and laying the sheets
- Toasties Cutting and spreading the butter
- Salad Cutting, dicing, shredding and washing
- Making Bread Sifting, measuring, mixing, rolling dough, baking
- Meatballs Measuring, dicing, grating, cracking eggs, mixing, dividing and rolling
- Smoothies Dicing, peeling, measuring and blending
- Bacon and Scrambled Eggs with Hash Browns Cracking eggs, scrambling, measuring and grating potatoes
- Fried Rice Dicing, measuring and cracking eggs
- Hummus veggie sticks Slicing, cutting, washing and blending
- Pie Measuring, mixing, rolling, dicing and baking
- Making Butter Measuring, mixing, pouring and spreading
- Pretzels Measuring, mixing, rolling, cutting and twisting
- Porridge Pouring, mixing, using the microwave
- Bangers and Mash Sausages with mashed potatoes. Get the little ones scrubbing them, and those capable, peeling and cutting them up!
- Ice Blocks Dicing, slicing, peeling, blending and freezing
- Crackers with cheese tomato Slicing, spreading
- Ice Cream Pouring, mixing and more freezing
- Soup Cutting, dicing, mixing, pouring and boiling