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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!
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
This week Soph and I are reviewing the ‘Press Dough Ultimate Cookie Factory by Little Kids,’ by Little Kids. A couple of months ago, a representative from Little Kids contacted us to see if we’d be interested in trying out he pro (read full article)
To close out our week long homage to the strawberry, we demonstrate a dessert that is not only mouth-watering, but one that actually contains some nutritional value and not as much fat as more traditional desserts. We take a store bought (or home-m (read full article)
This week we demonstrate Alex’s very own secret recipe…well, the recipe is not so secret since we shared it on the recipe of the week, but Alex did develop it himself This recipe gets everyone involved with lots of stuff to do–fr (read full article)
Everybody knows that Easter is the time of year that families come together over hard-cooked eggs and get creative with dyes, stickers, shrinking sleeves and whatever else you can think of to make an egg pretty. I thought this year we’d get (read full article)
This week we share our experimentation with dehydration and making Beef Jerky. A few weeks ago, Alex shared his love of Beef Jerky–I knew then that we’d have to try making our own and record our efforts. I have made Jerky with our dehy (read full article)
We originally shared this recipe for Shrimp with Lemon Garlic Sauce back in January, but in honor of Kids Cook Monday, we’re sharing it again. It is one of our favorites. In addition to being healthy, it’s also easy to make as a family. (read full article)
Fish of any kind is always popular at the 2 Kids house, and tuna is one of our favorites–fresh or canned, baked or fried, Alex, Soph and I all love it. In the summer during prime grilling weather, we like to expand our burger palette by throwi (read full article)
In just a few days, St. Patrick’s day will be here and we all know that celebrating with green beverages is a popular tradition. Our family-friendly green beverage of choice is our Tropical Shamrock Smoothie. In this weeks episode we show you (read full article)
A couple of weeks ago, the kids and I decided to order and test some of Curious Chef’s products. They look fun and I was intrigued by the cutlery in particular. Overall, we loved the tools, the knives are great too, especially with Sophia. She (read full article)
A couple of weeks ago, Alex, Soph and I tried one of our Kitchen Chemistry Experiments–we made our very own fresh mozzarella cheese. Both of the kids love science, and learning about making cheese seemed right up their alley…plus I’ (read full article)
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