Category: cooking with kids
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Chopped Salad & Modern Children
Spring lasts for about three days in New England. Today is one of those days. The kids are in shorts but carrying a sweatshirt, the grass isn’t a giant muddy pit, and I’m busy assembling salad. “I’m actually warm!” says Will the 4-year-old. This is a small miracle because he’s notoriously cold all the time.… Read more
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Butter Bean Hummus & Helping Hands
This is my 4-year-old doing all of the cooking by himself. If his hands look rather large it is because a) I’m not a very good photographer and b) he is a giant child. People constantly ask what grade he is in. Soon they’ll want to know what hedge fund he manages [I will respond… Read more
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Train Cake, file under messy baking
Three blind cakes. See how they wait. See the swans the ugly ducklings turned into…listen as I mix my metaphors and nursery rhymes. But let’s face it – those old rhymes are creepy. Clearly, the farm is rodent-infested (and the rodents are blind – suspect farm is not organic). And the cupboard is bare and… Read more
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Cereal Muffins Part 2
Due to the interest, and despite the fact that Passover just started (and during Passover religious Jews don’t eat any leavened bread or bread products), I have received a lot of emails asking for LEFTOVER CEREAL MUFFINS. This is the recipe for a large crowd (aka my family) – they also freeze very well. Feel… Read more
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Real 30-Minute Meals
The Real Deal about 30-Minute Meals You can’t turn a page or flip a channel these days without being bombarded by a barrage of ever-decreasing cooking times for whole meals. Dinner in under an hour has turned to the thirty-minute meal. Soon we’ll be cooking for eight in under eight. For starters, let’s be honest.… Read more
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Blueberry Jam, Whole Wheat Spaetzle with Caramelized Onions, Spinach, and Leeks
To celebrate the launch of EMMA’S PANTRY, my line of organic jams, syrups, pickles, relishes, and granolas, I’ve been letting the kids try each new flavor as I make it. They have their stand-by favorites. Jamie’s a fan of the Apricot Butter, Daniel can eat a jar of Strawberry-Vanilla all by himself (yes, he has),… Read more