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20+ Recipes To Cook With The Kids

by Katrina - The Organised Housewife July 2, 2020August 17, 2020
July 2, 2020August 17, 2020

Cooking with children is both fun and educational – here are some easy and fun recipes to cook with the kids on the weekend or school holidays.

I love to cook with my kids and have done so since they were very little. We have so much fun cooking together and it’s a great opportunity to not only create beautiful memories and have a good chat, but also for them to learn. Cooking with my kids has helped to build their basic skills like counting, measuring and reading, whilst also encouraging them to explore their senses, grow confidence, foster patience and explore a more adventurous palate. Here are a few recipes I’ve enjoyed cooking with my children over the years.

Watermelon Pizza

No-Cook Recipes For The Kids

Recipes that require no cooking are great for young children. In addition to not needing to worry about hot plates and ovens, these recipes often require a lot of mixing and kneading which is fun and tactile for little kids.

Mini No-Bake Brownie Batter Cheesecakes – um, yes please! I don’t know any child (or adult) who wouldn’t want to make and eat these tasty treats given the chance, and because they require no cooking, they’re perfect for the kids to make.

  Find this Mini No-Bake Brownie Batter Cheesecake recipe here.

No cook chocolate mouse cup recipe for kids

Banana Chocolate Energy Balls – bliss balls are an easy recipe for children to make, and these energy balls are both delicious and packed full of good stuff that will keep the kids going and going (hmm, on second thought maybe you don’t want to feed them these ones – LOL!).

  Find my Banana Chocolate Energy Balls recipe here.

Quick and tasty chocolate bliss ball recipe

S’more Pops – these marshmallow popsicles are such a simple idea and the children love them! A little dipping chocolate, marshmallows and a few bowls of crushed crackers and 100s & 1000s is all you need to make these tasty no-cook treats.

  Find this S’more Pops recipe here.

Smore pops to make with kids

Apricot Balls – these are a healthy, quick and easy-to-make recipe that’s perfect for after school snacks or even for adding to the kid’s school lunchboxes.

  Find my Apricot Balls recipe here.

Apricot ball recipe for kids

No-Bake Caramilk Cheesecake – this is a super yummy and easy recipe to make. You could even swap out the butternut cookie mix base for a chocolate one instead.

  Find my No-Bake Caramilk Cheesecake recipe here.

No-cook Caramilk Cheesecake

Healthy Recipes For The Kids To Cook

If the children make the food themselves, they will be more inclined to want to eat their hard work. Encourage them to create some snacks from fruit or veggies and you will be able to easily increase their healthy food intake for the day.

Mini Capsicum Pizzas – these pizzas have all the cheesy goodness of a normal pizza but without the heavy dough. Simple enough for the kids to help make, these pepper pizzas make a fabulous (and pretty healthy!) afternoon snack.

Mini Capsicum pizza snacks for kids

Fruit Skewers – threading fruit onto skewers is a fun activity that will keep the kids entertained for a while! Serve with dipping yoghurt or melted chocolate for a yummy morning tea snack.

  Find this Fruit Skewers recipe here.

Fruit skewers to make with the kids

Ham, Veggie and Noodle Lunchbox Bites – these bites take 2 Minute Noodles to a whole new level! It’s a fun recipe for the kids to help with as there’s grating and mixing that they can do, plus it’s packed with lots of healthy ingredients.

  Find my Ham, Vegetable and Noodle Lunchbox Bites recipe here.

Healthy lunchbox bite recipe for kids school lunchbox

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Sandwich – this sandwich will make any little kid stop in their tracks! Let them help you construct the caterpillar, and then you can devour it together.

  Find this The Very Hungry Caterpillar recipe here.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar recipe

Frittata Bites – when making these with kids, I would recommend chopping up all the meat and veggies and then letting the kids half fill up the muffin cups ready for the egg mix. I like to make a double batch of these and freeze some for school lunches. For more recipes to make with the kids (that are also great for school lunches!) check out my Lunch Box Recipes Cookbook.

  Find my Frittata Bites recipe here.

frittata bites recipe easy lunch ideas

Lunch Box Recipes Cookbook

Healthy Pikelets – pancakes and pikelets are a great place to start when teaching your children how to cook… and this recipe shows us that pikelets don’t need to just be stacks of cream, jam and maple syrup (although that’s good sometimes too!).

  Find these Healthy Pikelet recipes here.

15 Healthy Pikelet Recipes Your Kids Will Love

Tasty Treats The Kids Can Make

What kid doesn’t like to dip treats in chocolate, lick the bowl clean, or eat cake!? These recipes are the ‘sometimes foods’ that I would cook up with my kids when they were little –  and often the ones they enjoyed eating the most! 

Cinnamon Crumb Cake – I made this at home with the kids when we were all in self-isolation recently. One batch made the cake AND 12 muffins too! The kids (and me) devoured them.

  Find my Cinnamon Crumb Cake recipe here.

Cinnamon Crumb Cake Recipe

Butterfly Cupcakes – kids love to decorate cakes, and it’s a particularly great activity for little kids who aren’t yet big enough to help with the mixing and spooning. Just be prepared to eat some butterfly cupcakes that perhaps look a little different to these ones – LOL!

  Find this Quick and Easy Butterfly Cupcakes recipe here.

Butterfly cupcake recipe to make with kids

Marshmallow Balls – this recipe only requires a little bit of cooking, as the rest is fun rolling and tactile play that the kids can certainly partake in.

  Find my Marshmallow Balls recipe here.

Marshmallow ball snack treat recipe

Salted Caramel Popcorn Cake – this recipe is super easy and involves a few pre-bought supermarket cakes, and a little homemade cooking too. It’s a great one to make with the kids because it brings in the fun element of icing a cake, but without the boring ‘waiting for it to cook’ part – LOL!

  Find my Super Easy Salted Caramel Popcorn Cake recipe here.

Salted caramel popcorn cake

Ice-Cream Cone Cupcakes – yes, you read that right! The ultimate cupcake recipe meets ice-cream cone. What child wouldn’t want to help cook (and eat!) these tasty treats?!

  Find this Chocolate-Dipped Ice Cream Cone Cupcake recipe here.

Chocolate-Dipped Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Oreo Cookies – my children LOVE cookies and Oreos… so combine the two together and you have a pretty tasty recipe to prep with the kiddies.

  Find this Oreo Cookies recipe here.

Perfect golden chocolate cookies with Oreo biscuits

Let The Kids Make Dinner

My children have been helping make dinner since they were very young, and once they got old enough they started creating simple dinners like these ones on their own. I am so glad that I did this with them, because now that they’re older they regularly make dinner in our house.

Chicken Gnocchi Soup – obviously young children won’t be able to make this meal on their own, but it’s a great one to get them to help you with so that they can cook it for you when they’re a little older. There’s heaps more of these wholesome meal ideas in my Hearty Dinners Recipe Cookbook.

  Find my Chicken Gnocchi Soup recipe here.

Chicken gnocchi soup recipe

Hearty dinners recipe cookbook

Cheeseburger Taco – this recipe combines two children’s favourites! A cheeseburger and a taco, plus it’s easy enough that the kids can provide a good helping hand when cooking and constructing this meal.

  Find this Taco Cheeseburger recipe here.

Kids Can Make: Taco Cheeseburger

Homemade Pizza – my kids loved having pizza nights when they were younger – in fact, they still do! We all assemble our own topping and try to out-do each other in the creativity department. If you’re feeling up to it, you can even make your own homemade pizza dough.

  Find my Homemade Pizza Topping Ideas here.

Nothing beats homemade pizzas and they can be suited to everyone's tastes and needs. My kids love putting on their own toppings and it's a fun way to get the kids in the kitchen. Forget about ordering take-away and instead be inspired by some of these awesome pizza topping ideas and recipes!

Mini Pizzas – another fun option is to make mini pizzas so that each child gets to take ownership over their own pizza. These are also great for freezing and having on hand for school lunchbox snacks.

  Find my 2 Ingredient Pizza Base recipe here.

2-Ingredient-Pizza-Base

Kid-Friendly Pasta Salads – most kids love pasta, so getting them to try their hand at prepping a pasta salad means they’ll be making a meal that they will want to eat – without having to contend with hot ingredients!

  Find these 5 Quick and Easy Kid-Friendly Pasta Salad recipes here.

5 Quick and Easy Kid-Friendly Pasta Salads

What recipes will you be cooking with your children?


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