Food Science

Cooking is a science and this section on our site is devoted to having kids try different food science experiments.

It is fun and learning wrapped up into one!

Mother's Day Cooking

Okay kids, here are some great ideas to cook for your Mom or/and Grandma's this weekend.
Mother's Day recipes
Fun ideas of what to do for Mom

Kid-friendly Recipes

Nutritious Kid-friendly Recipes

One of the things that parents spend a lot of time thinking about is making and preparing nourishing recipes for their little ones. While it can sometimes be difficult to always prepare nourishing recipes, especially when you have little time or are in a hurry after work, there are many nutritious recipes that you can create very quickly, here are some of them.



Applesauce

Almost all kids enjoy applesauce and applesauce is surprisingly painless to prepare and very delicious. All you need are 2 red apples, two teaspoons of sugar (brown sugar is fine), a couple of tablespoons of lemon and some cinnamon. Making applesauce is simple, just put your two red apples in a food processor, tossing out the core first. Process the apples and once they become chopped up into small pieces put them in a bowl; add your sugar, lemon juice and finally a few pinches of cinnamon. Voila, you have fresh and all natural apple sauce.



Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits

Here is a recipe that almost everyone will love. Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits are extremely painless to prepare and you can concoct numerous types of parfaits just by selecting different types of fruits. For this recipe you can begin with about 8 ounces of yogurt, some chopped up strawberries and some fresh granola. Just mix the yogurt and strawberries together and add the granola to the top. You can quickly improvise with this recipe, mixing in any type of fruits you like. In addition to adding granola, you can choose to add your favorite cereal, nuts, a few drops of chocolate or a gummy bear or two. This recipe takes only a second to make and will put a smile on all your little ones’ faces.



Mashed Potatoes

Mashed potatoes are tasty, fun to eat, and simple to prepare. They are also extremely healthy. You just need potatoes, some fresh milk, and a little butter. One of the ways to spruce up your mashed potatoes for little ones is to add a little food coloring, especially for the holidays. For instance, many people during St. Patrick’s Day make green mashed potatoes. For Halloween, you can add orange food coloring, etc. While you can simply spruce up mashed potatoes, this is one food that your kids will like because it tastes awesome. It is important to note that while you can buy mashed potato flakes, it is always better to use fresh potatoes.



Cinnamon French Toast

Are you seeking a healthy breakfast option? French toast is it! You can prepare French Toast very simply, just take white bread, or almost any variety of bread and place it into a combination of fresh milk and eggs that have been slightly beaten. Now cook it on a griddle with either a drop of butter or cooking spray and voila, you have French Toast. Rather than using high sugar syrups or fatty butter, choose instead to sprinkle yummy cinnamon. Many parents use fresh fruits as well, such as strawberries and raspberries to complete their creation.



This Article was written by Christine Steendahl of

Get ready for Cinco de Mayo

May 5 is Cinco de Mayo and just a good excuse to eat a yummy Mexican meal.
Here are some recipe ideas and information on Mexico
Mexican cooking

Cooking and Reading

One of our favorite sections at Kids Cooking Activities is Cook with Books. 
My kids are getting a little older but as they were toddlers and early elementary some really favorite cooking projects was reading a book and creating and cooking a project to go with the theme of the book.
Here are some books to use and cooking activities to go with them

Cook with Books

Kids cooking recipes

We have many people ask us for recipes that their kids can help cook dinner and recipes that are easy for the kids to start in helping with meal preparation. Taking these ideas to mind, we've come up with a Kids Cooking Recipes Series. 

Each ebook has over 30 recipes with photos  that are kid friendly, healthy and easy.

We're hoping these ebooks will be a great start for getting your kids helping cook dinner, lunch, breakfast and snacks for the whole family. Start your kids cooking recipes like these while they live at home with you and imagine how much better off they'll be when they move on to college and can plan, cook and feed themselves, friends and family later in life.

Something I've found that has made a difference for lunchtime, is a roomy, reusable lunch box set. I came across Easy Lunch Boxes and I love that the containers are washable and reusable. It also comes with a lunchbox that has enough room that I can add an apple or yogurt to the top container.

Although it is getting the end of the school year, we still will use these for picnic lunches, days at the pool, beach, road trips, airplane rides and summer activities. A little something that makes packing kids and going simpler!