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Little pizzas using English muffins
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Grilled cheeses in the oven
Rice-a-roni. One pan , serve on paper plates with fine plastic forks.
A Dish I make family loves it 7 Burritos in a cake pan pour 2 jars of Alfredo sauce on top spread shredded cheese on top Bake 325 for 50 minutes put aluminum foil over it help the kids with the oven may not be for kids alone
Are you expecting the child to use a stove unsupervised? Even microwave ovens use should be supervised. Start instructing your children. Start with grilled cheese, stir fry, making sandwiches. My son could cook on a stove when he was 6. He wanted to write a book about all the different ways to make Ramon noodles when he was in grade school. Cooking is good bonding. Baking is math.
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I do. In a frying pan, 1 tbsp olive oil. 1 tbsp crushed garlic. Sautee until fragrant. Add grape tomatoes (at least a pint). Add a cup of white wine, juice of half a lemon and 1-2 tbsp of dried basil. Let simmer for 30 minutes. Cook angel hair pasta and mix together. For more substantial meal add shrimp or serve with pork chops
Chicken nuggets and vegetables on the side.
Just watch UK telly, jackets with baked beans , spaghetti hoops and fish fingers !!
He’ll I’ll take a copy for myself
Pizza…assembling
You bake…
Baked Potato Soup in a CrockPot. One bag of frozen hash browns, one 32 oz. box of chicken stock, one can of cream of chicken soup. Stir it all together and cook on high to get it going then down to low. Cook time is about five hours. An hour BEFORE serving, add a 8 oz. block of cream cheese (cut in smaller pieces) and stir it in until it is all blended. Serve with shredded cheese, chopped green onions, sour cream and bacon bits. You can also serve it with cornbread or homemade yeasty rolls (my fav). I use a liner in the pot for easy clean-up.
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Get electric frying pan put a package of lean hamburger meat and cut up sweet onion cook until meat and onions are done then add gravy and can of peas and carrots and can of peaches cream nlblets corn put over rice or mash potatoes.it is called goulash
Easy desert,pound cake,slice, than top with a half peach(can)than take ready whip go around the side of the peach . We call it egg on toast.
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Boil and cool those big manicotti pasta pipes?
Unwrap string cheese so your little can put one in each pasta then put them in a baking dish or pan. Then pour spaghetti sauce over it all and bake.
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Pancakes! My grandson and I have been making them for years and he claims we still make the best ones ever! Plus he learned measurements, how to use a whisk, a spatula and how to crack an egg without dropping it (truly laughable moments).
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There is a book… cooking with kids… I think. Lots of good simple recipes.
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Anything baked should be easy. Marinate chicken, or beef roast. Do you want an actual recipe for them to follow?
Yep…Chef-boyarde lol…why do kids love that crap so much. I can make them real yummy food and they turn thier noses up. But raviolis…let me tell u lol.
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Age pending, I found that my children love to help me cook. It doesn’t matter what it is they want to help. The easiest is the stuff you can throw in a crockpot and let cook on its own.
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Flatten biscuits out and put in pizza sauce pepperoni and cheese Bake
Easy Bake Oven and supplies!
Start with a jar of peanut butter & jelly ) and bread!
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How about breakfast for dinner once a week would be a good and easy start.
Mac and cheese, beans and wieners
2 slices of bread and a slice of balony
Pancakes made with Bisquik
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I feel like there we need more information. Are your kids smart? Is it a college fund or a bail fund?
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My daughter makes pancakes a lot. She is 14. She also makes hash browns and fried potatoes regularly
Not sure the age of the child, but both my niece & nephew could do Hamburger Helper solo at around 10/11. My other niece has been making deviled eggs & homemade guacamole since before 10. Scrambled eggs, grilled cheese, pancakes, homemade waffles even - especially with the Baby Dash! There’s alot they can do if taught & given a chance.
Betty Crockers
cookbook for kids. My kids got one when they were 7 and 5…meatloaf chili, etc. Once a week one kid would be responsible for choosing a meal to make and they should work on it together.
Depends on how comfortable you are with your kids are different items around the kitchen. Start there and ask them what they want for dinner and have them help make dinner or dessert. I have always had my nieces and nephews help in the kitchen with what I felt was safe for them to do. It gets them comfortable in the kitchen and familiar with everything. If it could be chopped with a butter knife that is what I let them do. Wash veggies and fruit. Stir if I was right there with them. Basting food they liked doing ( although I have gotten basted as well) mixing dough. Making cavatelli or meatballs. But these are also things my family did with us growing up. I have been in the kitchen since I was 2. And I along with my siblings and cousins just continue to do the same with the next generation of children.
Hot dogs are easy for kids, taught my grandson to make spaghetti which is easy. I poured the water off the pasta because it is a little dangerous, but, he handled everything else.
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Scrambled eggs. Grilled cheese. Baked potatoes (microwave). Hamburgers in the George Foreman.
Imperial sugar used to have a great cookbook for kids. Don’t know if they still have it but it’s worth checking on.
English muffin pizza. Our spaghetti and sauce on muffin, cover with mozzarella cheese, top with pepperoni. Bake til cheese melts
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Pizza noodles hot dogs pot noodles beans on toast scrambled eggs in the microwave grilled ham and cheese sandwich salad shop bought ready meals
Pigs and a blanket with macaroni / fruit cup
Spaghetti with broccoli and cheese /cantaloupe
Grilled cheese with sweet potato fries and a jello cup
Chicken nuggets and green beans /fruit cup
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Foil packages with hamburgers potatoes carrots onions and gravy
Mac and cheese, grilled cheese sandwiches, peanut butter and jelly, spaghetti
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My son learned basic cooking at Montessori school when he was four years old.
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grilled cheese, pancakes, salads, sandwiches, macaroni n cheese, meatballs.
Watch waffles and mochi on Netflix
Speghetti… my six yr old always helps me make speghetti
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