Easy recipes for cooking with kids

I keep repeating myself, all the time, everytime I post a recipe – that theres a lot of cooking me and 3 year old Zoey do together. Now we are not talking about making curry or dal, but cooking chores that the kiddo can actually do. And aptly so, Mommygyan is a parenting blog, I had to share these recipes.

A lot of these recipes are desserts, and can make great Diwali sweets, kids would love to make.

Have you seen MasterChef Australia Junior? Arent those kids awesome. Before you ask me , let me assure you I am not raising a chef. But cooking is a great bonding time that my 3 year old enjoys to the core . Besides its a great exercise for fine motor skills, and co ordination

Sure it gets messy, but whisking the eggs, playing with the dough, pouring water in the food processor, making her own pizza, making her own sandwich, filling up cupcakes, making cookie batter, and theres lot more she does, enjoys it thorougly!

I can go on, about what we do at home, but let me cut short and give away some tips on how you could involve kids in the kitchen, trust me, they love to cook!

1 . Easy Peasy Marie Biscuit Truffles

I am inspired by Little Food Junction. And this is my take on easy, really easy truffles.

This recipe just needs 4 ingredients

Condensed milk

cocoa powder

marie biscuit 1 packet or less

dessicated coconut 1/2 cup

cocoa powder 1/3 cup

Method

Crush marie biscuit and place in mixing bowl

Add cocoa and coconut, stir together then add condensed milk

Mix the mass, help the kid if the mass gets difficult to manage

Ask kids to roll into balls.

Refrigerate for 30 mins. Your easy truffles are ready

Here I used the recipe minus the coconut. And I used gems for nose, chocos for ears. Sprinkler for eyes

2. Easy Mini pizza for kids

We do this all the time , the kid volunteers to assemble the pizzas

You would need

Whole wheat readymade mini pizza bases. I personally love the ones available at Nature’s Basket.The best so far!

Premade pizza sauce (Recipe coming up soon)

Grated Mozarella

sliced tomatoes

Method

Preheat the oven at 220 deg Celcius

Ask kids to assemble the pizzas.

Smear your regular pizza/cookie sheet with a little olive oil

Arrange the mini pizzas on pizza pan

Bake at 220 deg C for 8-10 mins

3. Easy Peasy chocolate chip cookies

This  is the go- to cookie recipe if I am making with my daughter.

You will need

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 3/4 cups  flour (maida)

1 tsp baking powder

1 cup  chocolate chips

 Method

Preheat the oven to 180 deg C .

In a mixing bowl mix butter sugar and vanilla extract, till well incorporated

Add egg. Mix

Add the dry ingredients.

Spoon onto cookie sheet, with distance between them since they flatten as they bake.

Bake  for 8-10 mins at 180 deg C, cool on wire rack.

Store in airtight container once completely cooled.

4. Worlds Easiest Chocolate cake recipe

Okay, I dont remember the source, must be some old book. But I remember hunting for the easiest chocolate cake recipe that Zoey (age 3) could make with very little assistance !

Here it goes

1 cup all purpose  flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt
1 cup caster sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
125g butter, melted
½ cup milk

Method

Throw all of this in a large bowl, and use an electric mixer to mix. Mix until everything is well incorporated. You could even use a food processor.

Preheat the oven at 180 deg C.

Pour batter in 8 ” prepared pan and bake for around 40 mins.

Dust cooled with powdered sugar if u wish!

Can it get easier than this??

5. Very easy Chicken Meatballs

Never happened to click a picture of these while making! Sorry!

Kids can make these easy meatballs, and you could fry these for them and the rest of the family!

1 kg minced chicken

1 cup breadcrumbs

2 eggs

lightly beaten

salt to taste.

Pepper to taste

2 cloves garlic

4 tbsp vegetable oil

For older kids you could add a spoonful of chilly sauce for some mild zing

Make meatballs of these.

Deep fry in oil for 2-4 mins

6. Very easy baked fish fingers

You would need 

1 egg , beaten

1/4 cup flour (maida)

3/4 cup bread crumbs

juice of1/2 lemon(optional)

1 tsp dried oregano

1 tbsp olive oil

400g skinless  white fish , sliced into  strips

salt to taste.

Method

marinate the fish with oregano and lemon juice, and salt for 10 mins

Dip the strips in flour.Dip in egg. Coat with breadcrumbs

Bake these, drizzling a tbsp of olive oil at 8-10 mins , turning halfway the other side.

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