“We’re gonna eat healthier!”

Have you ever said that about your family and their eating habits?  So, you start out with a great plan–meals for each day of the week, each with balanced nutrition and lots of variety.   And then, on the first day of your healthy family eating adventure, your youngest refuses to eat more than one bite of the main dish and your significant other kindly shares how much they enjoyed the meal, BUT….

Time constraints, picky-eaters, food-allergies…they all can make feeding your family a healthy diet challenging.  This is exactly why ZisBoomBah decided to do the ‘Healthy Family Makeover Sweepstakes‘.

The Grand Prize is 3 Sessions with Nutrition and Fitness Experts, plus, each week they’re giving away $100 in free groceries!

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Happy Family Cooking AND Healthy Eating Everyone!

This tasty condiment recipe is good to eat and prepare. There is chopping, measuring, pouring and stirring–plenty of fun for kids and parents alike.

Once you’ve got everything mixed up, it goes great with Chicken, Turkey or Fish.

We hope you like it as much as we do.

Happy Family Cooking,

This week Alex and Soph explore a bit of Mad Kitchen Science by sharing some facts about States of Matter–Solid, Liquid, Gas. And, to bring it back to the kitchen, Soph share’s her Kids Kitchen Technique for melting chocolate.

Enjoy the show…Happy Family Cooking Everyone!

This recipe may seem less than kid-friendly, BUT, it’s great for kids of all ages. Lemons need cutting which is good for older kids; Cilantro needs rinsing, drying and tearing…good for younger kids; and garlic needs peeling and crushing which is fun for kids of all ages   The salt, garlic and olive oil rub is something younger kids can do too.

Sooo, don’t think the kiddies can’t get in on roasting a chicken because they certainly can!  We hope you like the recipe. This is one of Alex and Soph’s favorite ways to have a roasted chicken.

Happy Family Cooking Everyone!

This recipe is great for older kids working on knife skills. Younger kids can measure out the olive oil, lemon juice and spices. Other skills that will be used when whipping up this delicious salad include can opening, rinsing and stirring.

You can serve this salad as is, or add some leftover grilled or broiled chicken. We serve it in soft taco shells with avocado and a drizzle of sour cream.

Happy Family Cooking Everyone!
Kelly, Alex and Sophia

Finally a new Two Kids Cooking TV! In this episode, Alex and Soph share a simple recipe for chocolate valentine candies, plus some tips for making them look fancy!

Enjoy the show and Happy Family Cooking Everyone!

Kelly, Alex and Soph

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We do our best to bring you the information you’re looking for when it comes to cooking with your kids, family cooking, and having fun with food in general. BUT, there’s always room for improvement and we’re in need of some feedback.

We’re hoping you can help by taking our nine question survey. Plus, we’ll enter you in a drawing for a $25 Amazon Gift card for sharing your valuable opinions and time.

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We’re keeping the survey open through February 29, 2012 and the winner will be announced March 1, 2012. Sooo, spread the word and send this to your friends–we’d like their feedback too!

Thank You for Your Time and Input!!!

Happy Family Cooking,

Kelly, Alex and Sophia

We first shared this recipe on Two Kids Cooking TV a while ago…Enjoy!

It’s February, and that means Valentines day…another candy-filled holiday for the kids. BUT, despite the pre-made, packaged treats out there, there are still lots of sweets and non-sweets with a love-oriented theme that you can make with your kids to celebrate the holiday of love.

Now, I’d like to say that we are brimming with unique and creative Valentine themed recipes for you, but we really only have the one 2 Kids Recipe–Banana Berry Valentine Trifle (which you can see we’ve kidified for you to make the preparation super easy for the whole family).

Despite our laziness in developing creative love-themed delicacies, there are still a few out there from others that we admire and are now on our ‘Try It!’ list. Here they are….

Healthy Valentines Day Recipe Double Chocolate Brownie with Natural Pink Frosting
If you’re looking for a healthier version of a chocolate Valentines treat, This recipe from Food with Kid Appeal is the place for you.  We haven’t tried this one yet, but we will…yes we well ;D

Calzone Recipe for Kids
We love pizza, and these heart shaped Calezones with pizza filling are right up our alley.  This recipes has you making dough…which is cool if you’re inspired by dough making, but if you are not, you could use a refrigerated dough and cut it into a heart.  Either way, these are super cute for a kid-friendly, family Valentine dinner.

Valentines Day Cake Balls
So, we’ve never actually made cake balls…YET. My mom says we must. She says they’re great for making with kids and delicious for those who are inclined toward sugary awesomeness.  Mommy’s Kitchen always has great recipes, so when we finally take the cake ball plunge, these will be the instructions we follow.

Whatever your inclination, chocolatey, cake-alicious or heart-shaped savorey…any of these recipes would add to a perfect family Valentine meal.  Alex and Soph will be at their Dad’s on ‘the day’…but I think I feel a fancy ‘Saturday-before-the-holiday-dinner’ coming on

What are your favorite Valentine recipes to make with the kids? Let us know with a comment!

Happy Family Cooking Everyone,

Kelly, Alex and Sophia

To make it easier to make this kid-ified recipe with your kids, get an easy-to-read printable .pdf here.

Today we’re introducing a new concept here on Two Kids Cooking. It’s called ‘Kidification’. So what does ‘Kidification’ mean? Well, it means breaking down a recipe into techniques and tasks and coding them by age group so they’re super easy for kids to make!

Why, Kid-ify?

Because then, when the kids help with the recipe, they’ll instantly know, by color, which parts are best for them to help with. And, it helps adults by breaking the recipe down and providing suggestions when cooking it with the kiddies.

You’ll see we start with a chart that breaks down each of the Techniques and/or Tasks that the recipe involves. It also indicates the minimum age level recommended for the task. You’ll see that Yellow indicates kids 4 and up can do the task. Age 7 and older can do green tasks; 10 and older blue and the orange task are for 13 and older. If the task has a star (★), then it requires supervision as indicated for that age range. Some tasks can be done with varying level of supervision at different age levels, and that is indicated as well.

When you read through the instructions for the recipe, you’ll notice that each of the techniques/tasks for that instruction have been underlined and pulled out, as well as color coded.

We think if visually conveys which age groups can most easily cook the recipe while quickly showing what parts of the recipe are best for what age kids to help with.

As you read through the recipe, please let us know if you have any suggestions on making this kidification even more kid-ified!

Happy Family Cooking Everyone!

Kelly, Alex and Sophia

Ingredients
1 Angel food cake (we used a store-bought one, but you could make your own)
4 cups of fresh strawberries
4 whole Bananas
Whipped Cream (we used store-bought, but you could make your own)

Custard
1/8 tsp salt
4 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
2 egg yolks, lightly beaten
2 cups whole milk
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 Tablespoon butter
1 banana, mashed

Custard Instructions

Assembly
Before compiling your trifle…

Once the custard has cooled, you’ll be ready to assemble!

Serve immediately and Enjoy!