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Kids Cooking and Food Network

the Mom — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:12:21 +0000

On Saturday, November 7, Food Network had a cooking with kids day. I saw Paula Deen and the Barefoot Contessa. Paula was pretty good, Ina Garten, on the other hand was, let’s go with ‘interesting’. Now, I do like Ina Garten, she’s a great cook. I love when she has her parties and her recipes are delicious; BUT, arugula on pizza for kids? And, spicy olive oil…for kids?

Here’s the thing, 90% of adults really don’t want any form of lettuce on their pizza, and I can assure you that neither Alex nor Soph are usually begging for anything leafy on their pizza. In fact when I asked them, these are the faces I got:

My advice to Ina for future episodes with kids: share your ideas with them and maybe ask them what they like…? Just a thought.

I know that if you want something ‘new’ and ‘interesting’ in the recipe department some kids just aren’t gonna like it–even with our basic recipes one of the kids usually won’t eat it, BUT, one of them will, that’s the key. Plus, I know what foods they like, so when we make, say, pizza, I know that the topping options should probably vary beyond arugula and spicy olive oil. She did have cheese, so she gets point for that, but there should always be the ’safe’ option when kids are involved (mozzarella in this case, maybe cheddar for variety).

Anyway, Food Network, if you want, Alex, Soph and Mom are willing to guest star anytime (sans the lettuce pizza )

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Super Delicious Sites

the Mom — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:05:55 +0000

I’m always looking for recipes that would be feasible for the kids and I to cook together. I find tons of great recipes, but some of those I like are a bit complicated. To make the recipes two kids cooking friendly, I end up adapting various recipes to come up with something easy to cook with kids. But as I’m browsing the web for inspiration, I add many sites to my Google Reader list, so, during this season of thanks, I’m going to share some of them and offer them a great big ‘Thank You’ for inspiring the Mom here at Two Kids Cooking.

Thank You!

Bake at 350

Cooking During Stolen Moments

Barefoot Kitchen Witch

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MORE Cute Halloween Recipe Finds

the Mom — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:19:28 +0000

So, I’ve been surfing the web for Halloween-o-rama, because, and I know you know this by now, we LOVE Halloween. I’ve found a few more cute ideas that we’d like to share. (NOTE: I’m hiding some of them from Sophia or we’ll be making Halloween treats ’til Christmas )

From Epicurious, The Funny Bones are my favorite.

Aren’t the Yolkensteins adorable?

Foodnetwork Halloween Finds – Giada’s Halloween treats look perfect for making (and eating) with kids.

As I find more, I’ll add ‘em to this post, and if you have any you’d like to share, post them to the comments section.

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Also stop back on Saturday for our 2nd Halloween show–Zombie Fingers with Blood Sauce (see the recipe of the week).

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