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Cooking With Kids Thursday: Healthy Thanksgiving Treats

November 10, 2011 by 1 Comment

I can’t believe how many great Thanksgiving treat ideas there are out there!  I would love to make all of them, as would my kids, but I don’t think that would be the healthiest decision I have ever made.  We would all have to go on a diet before we even got to Christmas!  That is why I love the treat ideas at Family Fun.  They have tons of kid friendly Thanksgiving treats and many of them are fairly healthy, like this Gobble Me Up platter.  Some of my kids’ other favorites are the Aut-yum Leaves and the Pumpkin Pie-sicles.

Here is what you need to make the Gobble Me Up Platter:

  • Apple
  • Clementine or navel orange
  • Pear
  • Dried apricot
  • Peanut butter or cream cheese
  • Mini chocolate chips
  • Nut (we used a cashew)
  • Dried cranberry

Here is how to make it -> Gobble Me Up Platter Tutorial 

  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon of water
  • Prepared pie crust
  • Mini chocolate chips or Peanut butter chips or nuts or jam or cream cheese
  • Raw sugar
  • Flour for work surface

Here is how to make them -> Aut-yum leaves tutorial

Here is what you need to make the Pumpkin Pie-sicles:

  • 2 1/2 lbs. butternut squash
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
  • 2/3 cup light cream
  • 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Here is how to make them -> Pumpkin Pie-sicles Tutorial

Here is where to go to see all the healthy and not so healthy Thanksgiving treat ideas -> Family Fun Thanksgiving Treats

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Cooking with Kids Thursday: Thanksgiving Treats

November 3, 2011 by 2 Comments

Thanksgiving will be here before we know it and what better way to get into the spirit than to bake some festive goodies with your kiddos!  Taste of Home has several really cute and delicious looking treats to get your holiday started right.  My favorites are the turkey cookies (pictured above) and the healthier fruit turkey.

Here is what you need to make the turkey cookies:

  • 48 sugar cookies (3 inches)
  • 1 package (12 ounces) chocolate and marshmallow cookies
  • 1 can (16 ounces) chocolate frosting
  • 1 cup vanilla frosting
  • Yellow and red paste food coloring

Here is how to make it -> Turkey Cookie Tutorial

 

Here is what you need to make the fruit turkey:

  • 1 large watermelon
  • 2 whole cloves
  • 2 medium cantaloupe, cut into 1-inch balls, divided
  • 1 red chili pepper
  • 4 medium navel oranges
  • 2 pounds green grapes
  • Wooden skewers (12 inches)

Here is how to make it -> Fruit Turkey Tutorial

Check out Taste of Home to see all of their Thanksgiving Treat Recipes.

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Cooking with Kids Thursday: Homemade Face Paint

October 20, 2011 by 1 Comment

This is another cooking idea that isn’t necessarily something you can eat, but your kids will still have a blast!  I think that the most important part of cooking with kids is that you are having fun and that they are learning how to follow directions and measure out ingredients.  It doesn’t always have to yield food.

This is also perfect timing for Halloween.  Most outfits are not complete without a little face paint and now you don’t even have to make that extra trip to the store to buy it or raid your make-up case, ruining your favorite tube of lipstick.  You just have to open your pantry.

Here is a recipe for homemade face paint:

3 Tbs Cornstarch
1 Tbs Flour
3/4 cup Karo light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
½ tsp. Liquid food coloring

Mix cornstarch and flour together in a bowl. Gradually stir in Karo syrup and water until smooth. Divide mixture into individual containers as needed and tint each one with the food coloring of your choice. Leave one batch un-tinted.

Follow this link to find several more homemeade face paint recipes -> Homemeade Face Paint Recipes

 

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Cooking with Kids Thursday: Donut Hole Acorns

October 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment

My daughter made these at preschool the other day and couldn’t stop talking about them.  She had so much fun making them so I thought I would share the recipe.  They are so easy to make, super cute, and only require 4 ingredients.

Here is what you need to make these Donut Hole Acorns:

* Donut holes

* chocolate frosting (or peanut butter)
* chopped nuts (or sprinkles)
* pretzel sticks
Here is the link that will show you how to make them thanks to Come Together Kids -> Donut Hole Acorn Tutorial
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Cooking with Kids Thursday: Pumpkin Seeds

October 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Growing up, I remember that part of carving pumpkins was always getting to eat the seeds afterwards.  I never really paid any attention to how my parents roasted the seeds, but I was always more than eager to be the taste tester.  Flash foward several years later and now I am the one carving pumpkins with my kids.  I have all the seeds, but haven’t a clue what to do with them.  So, I did a little searching and found two very yummy recipes for preparing pumpkin seeds.  Enjoy!

Here is what you will need to make Sweet and Salty Pumpkin Seeds:

-2 cups separated and dried pumpkin seeds (from your jack-o’-lantern)

-1/4 cup melted butter

-2 tbsp. sugar

-1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

-1/2 tsp. cumin

-1/4 tsp. kosher salt

Here is how to make them -> Sweet and Salty Pumpkin Seeds Tutorial

Here is what you need to make Chocolate Pumpkin Seed Clusters (my favorite!):

-8 oz. dark chocolate, chopped

-2 cups hulled and roasted pumpkin seeds

-wax paper

-2 cookie sheets

Here is how to make them -> Chocolate Pumpkin Seed Clusters Tutorial

 

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