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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)
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)
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)
With the beautiful weather we’ve been having and Earth Day being tomorrow…Alex, Soph and I have been thinking grilling. Now, we live in a 3rd floor apartment that doesn’t allow grills on the patio, BUT, we have a broiler! That mea (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)
Smoothies are awesome. The are kind of like ice cream shakes as far as the kids are concerned, but, if you add lots of fruit and other healthy stuff, they’re good for you too! Since this is strawberry week here at the 2 Kids house, we’re (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)
This week’s Recipe of the Week is Tabouli. It is not a recipe of the week because our whole family loves it–the kids won’t eat it. Soph says she likes the taste, but not the feeling, and Alex, well he won’t even try it. The re (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)
My kids love fried chicken. Honestly, I do too. I know it’s not the best for us, but it sure is tasty. This recipe is one that Alex developed. It’s actually sort of a work in progress. Every time we make it he likes to try a new spice or (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)
Deviled eggs are pretty much a standard after Easter treat…I mean, all those hard-cooked eggs can’t go to waste, right? The nice thing about Deviled Eggs, besides their tastiness, is that they are one of those recipes to cook with kids t (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)
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