Archive for the 'cooking with kids' Category
Coconut Ice Cream
August 11th, 2010by Caroline
Even though it has been cold enough all summer in San Francisco to turn on the heat, one recent day we also turned on the ice cream machine. This recipe comes from The Ultimate Ice Cream Book, by Bruce Weinstein, and it is absolutely fabulous.
1/2 cup shredded sweetened coconut
1 c sugar
3 large eggs
1 t [...]
Strawbery Balsamic Cookie Crunch Ice Cream
August 5th, 2010by Caroline
I usually don’t have much trouble getting my kids into the kitchen; we make sushi together, we make muffins, we make cakes and pancakes — mostly I bake with the kids, because mostly I bake, period. But anything I’m making, they’re welcome to participate, and they’re typically eager to help.
Still, when a link [...]
Moon Pies for Rocket Boys
June 10th, 2010by Caroline
It’s all about rockets in our house lately. The boys are reading about Apollo 11 and the other moon missions, drawing rocket pictures, building cardboard and foil rockets, and making plans for their future lives as rocket scientists.
I play along as much as I can, but my kids understand two fundamental things about me: [...]
Sometimes Dinner Looks Like This
May 16th, 2010by Caroline
My family’s vegetarian, so our meals never fall into the classic “meat and two veg” pattern many of us grew up with, but most of our suppers still do offer something recognizable as a main dish and some other things that are clearly the sides. But not always.
I’ve written in the past about [...]
Snacks, disguised
May 12th, 2010by Lisa
You know the moment: dinner is not quite ready but the kids are starving. You don’t want to give them a snack because that would ruin everything. What do you do?
First, I enlist them. Even Finn, at 5, is old enough to set the table. And if they know that I’ll get dinner on [...]
Snacks, On Foraging
May 5th, 2010by Lisa
Basically, I find snacks overrated. When Ella, especially, was really young, I rarely gave her those mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks, mostly because then she wouldn’t eat her meals. Over the years, I’ve found that the best way to ensure my kids eat a healthy lunch (or dinner) is to minimize what I feed them [...]
Eat at Eli’s
March 24th, 2010by Caroline
One of my favorite preschool activities is “Dictation:” an adult sits with a piece of paper and a pencil, and asks the assembled kids a question: What do your parents do for work? What do you like to eat for breakfast? How do you get to school? The responses are unpredictable, creative, and often [...]
Reading & Writing Cookbooks
March 22nd, 2010by Caroline
The first cookbook I remember using as a kid is the square, green and pink Peanuts (as in the comic strip) cookbook, a batter-splattered copy of which I still keep on my kitchen bookshelf. It drew me in with its goofy cartoons, and the recipes led me to the kitchen. I made Lucy’s Lemon [...]
Baking with Boys: The Grant Loaf
March 12th, 2010by Caroline
Among the many cookbooks Ben owns, he’s currently drawn most to the beautifully photographed Cooking with Kids. It’s not quite as charming as Mollie Katzen’s Pretend Soup, nor as fun to read as Alice Waters’ Fanny at Chez Panisse, but it’s got a nice mix of simple (chocolate bananas) and more complicated recipes (cinnamon [...]
Cooking with Ben
March 11th, 2010by Caroline
I love Pete Wells’ Cooking with Dexter column, and this week’s installment spoke to me particularly. Wells, apparently, is a perfectionist, and his occasional cooking missteps make him storm and stomp – unless his five year-old son is around. Then, because like any parent Wells likes to model more constructive behavior, he checks his [...]