Cooking With Kids Thursday Linkup
In case you missed last Thursday’s brand new feature announcement, here it is again. From now on every Thursday I am running a fun family bloghop. There is so much that is fun about Cooking With Kids. My children love cracking eggs and the sensory nature of beating batter, reading recipes, measuring and – of course, the eating part too. Just this week after launching the idea and letting them know we would all be involved in cooking and baking for my blog thriftymommastips, they were inspired and their interest in cooking and helping in the kitchen was sparked again. I counted easily four different recipes this week that we made together. The key for us is keeping it simple and letting everyone share in choosing and creating the recipes. Many hands make light work, right? Oh and did I mention the fact that while we are baking or stirring or blending we are learning math, reading, sharing, cooperation, team work and – as one reader pointed out last week – science to!
Easy kids omelette |
This week we made several things together, but for now here is our easy omelette recipe.
Ingredients (serves two)
3 eggs.
1/4 cup of water or milk
margarine (1 tsp)
1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
(various other options to spice it up)
We experiment with bacon, ham, mushrooms, tomatoes, peppers, zucchini
Cook the bacon first if you want to add bacon. Drain it and let sit on paper towel. The adults should do the bacon always as it is too dangerous for children.
Crack three eggs into a bowl.
Heat frying pan on medium and add the margarine or butter. Whichever you prefer.
Stir the eggs and add the water or milk (we occasionally use water because of dairy intolerances)
Pour eggs mix into the pan and then sprinkle cheese on top.
Crumble the bacon and add.
Add zucchini or onion or tomatoes – there’s no end to the variations here.
When the mixture and egg congeals nicely then fold in half and cook a bit longer.
Cut in half and serve two people.
Easy and delicious lunch or brunch.
Rules for this are easy. Link up, post a recipe on your blog that is easy peasy for family to do together and make some new friends. You can take my button and post it every Thursday too to show you are part of the Cooking With Kids Bloghop Feature. Have fun!
9 Comments
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Multi-Testing Mommy
I am loving these posts!
Thanks for participating in SASS.
Today, I made Sugar Cookies with my kids – they just love to roll and play with the dough! My 6 year old LOVES to measure out dry ingredients, I think she would do it all day long if I let her LOL!
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Canadian Dad
LOL, if I want to add Bacon?! What kind of question is that? Of course I want to add bacon!
Thanks for the recipe, I’m digging all these recipes I’ve been gathering lately!
Chris @ Canadian Dad
Katrina Brady
Children always enjoy creating food in the kitchen. It makes them proud to say “I made this” and then you eat it with pleasure. It’s also a great way for them to try new foods when they are making it themselves SASS
Angie
I love omelets. This would be great for the kids to add in what they want. One of our favorite meals to make together is Chicken Stirfry. Everyone has a say of what goes in i–SASS
Little Miss Kate
Cooking with children is so important – it teaches them great skills, allows for some family time to connect and makes wonderful memories.
I can’t wait until DS is old enough to help me cook
Thanks for participating in SASS, hope to see you again next week
Melissa Say What?
Yum, eggs! As my 12 year old son gets older, I’m finding it more challenging to come up with activities where we can spend quality, FUN time together. I can’t believe it slipped my mind to have him help with cooking. I hope to start immediately so I can hop with you this week, but you can definitely expect me next week!! – SASS
mamawee
So easy – I should try it with my boys!
SASS
Deanna T.
Love this series! I so need helpful cook with kids tips. My four year old desperately WANTs to help in the kitchen, and I’m always at a loss as to what to do with her. -SASS