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There are two things I know are true:
1) Everyone needs to eat
2) There is never enough time to spend with your kids
To help address these issues in my life, I started having my kids cook dinner with me whenever possible, and guess what? We have a ton of fun, my kids love cooking, and it gives us that much more quality time to spend as a family. Plus, my kids can cook, a healthy skill they’ll carry with them through their entire lives.
Alex, Soph and I are here to show how we do it. Many of our recipes are basic, and we all do our own ‘age appropriate’ tasks, but we do it together, and you can too!
It’ll be August tomorrow. We all knew it would arrive eventually, and for some of us it’s too soon (us=Alex and Soph). For others, though, it’s the beginning of the time when the garden starts sharing, and that’s a good thing. (read full article)
Yep, it’s another rerun, but we’re ending our summer filled with reruns with Aliens, Alien Treats that is Enjoy the show and be ready for the new episodes…they are coming…we promise! Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) Share and (read full article)
Every kids knows that when they get caught sneaking a cookie they are, at the very least, going to ‘the look’ from their mom, but more probably a scolding of sorts. They also know that if they get caught sneaking strawberries out of the f (read full article)
I love living in Minnesota. I can’t imagine having a year without continuous change every few months. Each season influences the food we crave. I will say my favorite season is fall; from the super tasty harvest, to the trees dressing up in my (read full article)
I know the last few weeks we’ve been really quiet and all you’ve seen from us is reruns, BUT, we’ve actually been pretty busy planning and taping new shows AND thinking up new stuff to help spread our enthusiasm for getting kids in (read full article)
This week we’re rerunning one of our Thanksgiving episodes–Turkey Meatballs. Meatballs are not only easy to make with kids, but they’re fun too. All that squishing of meat and forming into balls–need I say more. Enjoy the sho (read full article)
Alex and Soph LOVE shrimp. We eat a lot of it and their favorite way to cook it is with Lemon Garlic Sauce. As we shared when this episode originally ran in January 2010, this recipe is kind of like a shrimp scampi, but it replaces all that butter (read full article)
As I mentioned earlier this week, we’re on a little haitus…BUT, that doesn’t mean you won’t hear from us. We’re going to share a few of our favorite shows in reruns. We figure that since those TV shows do it, we can too (read full article)
On June 9th, Alex and Sophia will be officially out of school for the summer. With the arrival of summer vacation, we are going to taking a short vacation from the the show as well–Don’t worry, we’ll be back on July 3. While we̵ (read full article)
When the kids and I cook together, there are many times when we like to use fresh herbs. Since it’s planting time here in good ‘ole Minnesota, We’re planting our annual patio herb garden. Each year, at the end of the season, I try (read full article)
We’ve been a bit quiet for the last couple of weeks, but we have a good reason—we’ve been putting final touches on our new online Shop! We’re still adding stuff as we test it out, but we couldn’t hold back sharing it any longer. Soooo, you (read full article)
Walleye is the official state fish of Minnesota. It is also super tasty. So today Alex, Soph & I are sharing one way we Minnesotans like to eat our state fish–Pan Fried. Fishing itself is a fun way to spend the day together as a family. (read full article)
Cooking is: The preparation of food. The process or activity of preparing food for eating.*” That’s a pretty simple definition, right? There’s nothing in there about complicated techniques or exotic ingredients. Just plain and sim (read full article)
If we haven’t mentioned it, this past weekend was not only Sophia’s birthday, it was also the MN Fishing opener for 2010. So, in honor of all of the fisher people out there–including us–this is fish week! That means that our (read full article)
Since this is Soph’s birthday week, we’re sharing a recipe for one of her favorite vegetables. Soph and Alex both love beets. We usually don’t do anything too fancy with them, but for the show we’re showing everyone how we ma (read full article)
This coming Saturday, May 15, my baby girl will be turning 7. I don’t get to be with her because she is with her dad this week, but we’ll be partying it up in June at her Hannah Montana Pool Birthday Party. And, I think on Sunday, when s (read full article)
In honor of Mother’s Day, this week the kids and I demonstrate just how we make my favorite Tabouli recipe. And, as mentioned in the Recipe of the Week that featured Tabouli, the kid’s do not eat it. BUT, that doesn’t matter, cuz, (read full article)
It’s true, this weekend is Mother’s day, BUT, it’s also Stamp Out Hunger weekend. And, as a mother, the thought of any child (or adult for that matter) going without enough to eat, is just not good. Plus, it isn’t hard to (read full article)
If you haven’t stopped by Healthy Monday’s, ‘The Kids Cook Monday,’ yet, head on over and check it out. There are several healthy and easy to cook with kids recipes. Here at the Two Kids house, we’re sharing our Fruit K (read full article)
I admit it, I like aliens. If you were to ask Alex and Sophia if they know anyone who likes aliens, they’d answer without any hesitation, ‘Mom.’ Despite my fascination with visitors from outer space, I did not come up with this oth (read full article)
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