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Recipes for Kids

By Bisque , Aug 28 2008

My nephew needs something new in his food repertoire! It can't all be oatmeal, pasta and (in his words) crunchy.

I once tried giving him a red-sauced pasta with tuna, and he ended up eating all the noodles and none of the sauce. I'm trying to expand my culinary skills to something more kid friendly, more healthy and maybe the opportunity for him to try and help me make the food.

We did peanut butter cookies once, he liked pressing down on the dough but didn't want to eat it. :P I coaxed him to bite a little and he did, a little. I didn't want to force it to him.

Any appetizing ideas?

jomama replied at 1:45am on Aug 29 2008

Hi Bisque,

I don't know what it is about pasta - ALL kids love it.

Well, I am not the best cook in the world, but I've noticed that my nephews love it when I make mashed potato, brown gravy and grilled sausages. They just inhale it! And it's such a quick and easy meal. You can add steamed veggies as well or green salad.

6amor replied at 1:44am on Aug 31 2008

Nothing more fun than making homemade pizza and yes home-made pizza dough, as well! Your toppings can vary from healthy to premature clogged arteries. Having fruit for dinner with a fruit dip ,also with granola . I know we think of breakfast but it kind of breaks up the monotony.Baked sweet potatoes with cinnamon butter is awesome, too ,with mini meat loaves (made from muffin baking mold) . How about taco salad with tortilla chips.So many sites for healthy kid-friendly food. Eating Well.com, Cooking.com ,Network for a Healthy California ...

katehutch replied at 4:43pm on Sep 1 2008

My nieces and nephews like stuff out of a series of cookbooks from Gold Medal flour, something like Rainbow Bakery.

My niece, after watching Ratatouille, decided to make something she called Fruititoullie, which was assorted fruit slices with a honey-yogurt* dressing.

*Note: infants under 1 cannot have honey, so substitute if you've got little ones.

jomama replied at 4:15am on Sep 5 2008

Baked sweet potatoes with cinnamon butter sounds delicious 6amor. I'll definitely have to try that. And let your niece know that the Fruititoullie sounds yummy too katehutch.

This is an awesome topic Bisque. I think I'll have to keep checking back for more ideas.

:D
jomama

nsgoldie replied at 11:25am on Sep 14 2008

One word DIP my nieces and nephews love anything they can dip. Carrots, pizza, chicken tenders, fries, broccoli, fruit anything and everything. Whether its ranch dressing or yogurt (for the fruit) they love it. And be sure to make all meals fun!!!

RikiHalo replied at 1:19am on Oct 30 2008

My niece is a little hoover, but I've noticed she takes cues from Mom Dad on what to like. My sister and her husband HATE tomatoes,s o they never fed Wudge any. I offered her a bit of one off my salad, and she took it and was quite happily eating it until my sister looked over and said Wudge doesn't like tomatoes. Guess who spit tomato on Aunt Riki's lap?

She loves frozen waffles (even whole wheat ones), and fresh fruit popsicles are a favorite treat. Pasta must be in the kid programming, I've never seen a kid turn it down...