Cooking with Kids

We're headed to small Harry Potter party tomorrow, and I am in charge of potions/dessert toppings.--read more

Hi everyone,

I'm new here. This time of year the kids are in the kitchen quite a bit with me; helping me with my baking marathons. I think this is true all over. I wanted to pass on a link to my baking website that has information about Food safety and kids. There are two links one is about a lesson plan for teaching food safety and the other is food safety coloring pages. here's my link.--read more

Josie just handed me my breakfast, a bowl of "Easy Oatmeal Surprise" from the kids' cookbook "Pretend Soup." I think I'm going to like having older kids, because this is delicious. I'm eating spoonfuls between sentences.

Josie turns 9 on Saturday. She came downstairs today, very chic in a pink denim skirt, faux layered top in two pink prints, powder blue socks and matching Chuck Taylors, and a bright pink scrunchie in her hair. She looked about 22 years old to me, and I immediately began googling area convent schools and shotgun retailers.

I was reading a book this morning with lots of Victorian illustrations of chubby little children, and I realized with a pang that I have no little children in the house any more, really, at least not chubby ones. Louisa has lost the last of her baby "chubbuss" as we call it. No more little rolls here and there or round cheeks. A couple of days ago I was looking at her legs as they were thrown across my lap and I was stunned: They were as skinny as her sister's! At first I was worried she was unwell but then I realized she's just sprouted an inch or more lately.

There's certainly nothing wrong with her lungs. She's outside wailing that she doesn't like the breakfast sister cooked...

My SIL got dd6 a Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Cake Maker for her birthday. Problem is, I can't find anyplace to buy the refills for it! Does anyone know of any recipies for this blasted contraption? It makes a tiny ice cream cake. Neat idea, just a pain in my rear now! LOL!