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Kids Cooking Video: Healthy, 2 Ingredient Gelatin (Homemade Jello Recipe)
One of the greatest joys of my kitchen is watching my kids devour and truly enjoy real, nourishing food, especially when it’s not particularly kid-friendly in most people’s eyes. I’m proud of them for being counter-cultural. The second best kitchen moments in the Kimball household? Successfully making fun food that looks like other kids’ food...
Easy Snacks for Kids: Famous Homemade Granola Bar Recipe
Today I’m sharing our famous homemade granola bar recipe! This easy snack for kids has been a favorite recipe on Kitchen Stewardship for a long time and we are excited to show you how simple it is! This recipe can be adapted to be gluten-free, dairy-free, or nut-free. Plus we have a magic re-toasting trick...
Teaching Responsibility to Kids: Get Them in the Kitchen!
We’re all familiar with the stereotypical 30-year-old adult living in the basement, right? Contributing little inside or outside of the home and still relying on parents to cook, clean, and do the laundry? I think most of us would agree that is not what we want for our kids. Our goal as parents is to...
81: How to Sharpen Knives for Kids (and Why?)
Yes, we let kids use sharp knives! In fact, sharp knives are much safer than dull knives, because you don’t need as much pressure, therefore there’s less of a chance the knife will slip and hit something it shouldn’t. In today’s tutorial video, my kids and I demonstrate 3 different kinds of knife sharpeners, all...
78: Kids Learn REAL Texas Barbeque
When you start cooking early in the afternoon and have a professional firefighter running the pit…Mmmmm, mmmm, BEST meat we’ve ever tasted! Watching this video that my 14-year-old son Paul edited for us brings tears to my eyes, a smile to my face, and joy to my heart. It’s so special to connect with friends...
Top 10 Christmas Gifts for Kids Who Love to Cook
I’m practical to a fault, and I’m probably boring sometimes to my friends in real life. But when it’s time to put away the Christmas gifts, there’s a certain joy in NOT having to ask, “Oh boy…where can this go? Do we need to buy a tub to contain all the little pieces? Do we...
61: What Are the Best Kitchen Knives for Kids? {Review}
One question I get asked a lot here at Kids Cook Real Food™ is: “What are the best knives for kids?” On today’s Healthy Parenting Connector, we’ve got all our kid knives out and we’ll be going over the pros and cons of each to help you decide which knives will suit your needs best!...
50: Kids Cook Homemade Vanilla Pudding
What motivates kids to get in the kitchen? Wanting something good to eat and realizing they can make it themselves!! My daughter cuts up all sorts of lovely fruit (melons, apples, peaches) because SHE wants to eat them, and the whole family benefits. She also decided she wanted to make something fun and chose homemade...
46: Lesson for Kids: How to Make Homemade Caesar Dressing
My family eats Caesar dressing at an alarming rate, both on salads and as a dip for raw veggies, but most commercial Caesar is made with soybean oil, highly inflammatory and NO good for us! Today I teach my 10-year-old daughter how to make homemade Caesar dressing since it’s a little bit tricky of a...
40: Kids Demo Homemade Grain-free Pizza
When we went grain-free for a while, pizza night disappearing was one of the saddest parts! Then I found a crazy-good almond flour crust, and back it came! But then…baby #4 had an egg allergy, so I had to get the eggs out of the crust…and then daughter discovered a dairy intolerance, ay yi yi,...