You know,  kids like parties, at least mine do.  They always want to know if we are going to have a Superbowl party, and several don’t even like football.  Here are a couple of recipes that kids can do for their own Superbowl party, so that when you are passing the Buffalo wings they won’t be staring at you with puppy eyes!
Ham & Cheese on Pretzel Sticks
Take cubes of ham  and carefully push onto small pretzel sticks. Repeat with cubes of cheese.
Fruit and Veggie Plate with Peanut Butter Dip 
Slices of Apple, Pear, and Banana,Celery, and Carrots
Mix dip:
1/2 c peanut butter
3 Tbs …read more

As you can imagine we do not eat breakfast cereal here much. Even on sale it is expensive because it takes at least 2 boxes to feed everyone- even with that they are hungry again in an hour.
Homemade granola is fun to make and kids love it. Because you are making it at home you can control what goes in it, and how much. Best of all, because this is a kid friendly recipe they can help and choose some of the ingredients. Chef Kyrie gives this recipe 4 stars.

Shiloh is nearly 12 and she can cook pretty well on her own. She raised over a hundred dollars in one month last year for missions, by making and selling whole wheat bread that she had made. She would carry the loaves in before church and they would be snapped up.
She is a confident cook because she has cooked for ages. Now she has Kyrie (4) help her and is passing on what she knows to her little sister. I love watching my girls cook together, and when all three of us are in the kitchen, or better, when …read more

Cooking with kids is such an important investment in their lives. Kyrie drags a stool over next to me and perches atop it helping to mix, tear, or frost with an on-going prattle..
Chef Mom?
Yes Chef Kyrie?
Are you ready for the stirring?
Not quite, Chef Kyrie.
O.k.Chef Mom.
I love these moments. I have older kids. Kyrie is the youngest of 8. I know from experience that this four year old desire to spend enormous amounts of time with me will be gone too soon.
So, here is another kid friendly recipe. The microwave makes it easy, although older kids could do it on …read more

A few days ago I was asked about recipes for kids. And then a day or so after that I was asked by someone else. After this had happened about fifty million several times I thought maybe I was seeing a pattern.
Ya think?
My kids all cook, even 4 year old Kyrie. It is just something we do. My mom was not a person that liked to cook and she did not like messes, so as a result I did not really step foot in a kitchen until I was married. There were a couple of months …read more