Cooking with the Kids
I am so excited because next quarter my son will be taking Home Ec in middle school. Hopefully he will learn some kitchen basics, because he avoids it like the plague at home. My daughter, on the other hand, is obsessed with cooking - reads cook books during breakfast, Tivo’s half the Food Network shows each week, and is regularly found watching cooking videos on her favorite sites online.
Here are some of her favorites:
Spatulatta.com - this cooking site is for kids and by kids! The sister team of Isabella and Olivia Gerasole have done an amazing job of putting together fun videos of them preparing their favorite recipes, basic cooking skills, a quick reference on weights and measures, links, and even a shop. The girls just released their first cookbook, Spatulatta Cookbook, and my daughter is asking for it already.
Cooking Rocks! Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals for Kids - This has got to be my daughter’s favorite cookbook ever. Rachael Ray uses kid friendly ingredients and mixes them up with funky names like “A Nice Italian Girl’s Salad”, “Worms & Eyeballs” (a pasta recipe), “Candy Sushi”, and “Italian Flag Sundaes”. The book is full of fun illustrations, helpful hints, and plenty of “Rachael-isms.”
Cooking Mama - Cook all you want and never make a mess!! Cooking Mama is a fun game for Nintendo DS and Wii that challenges kids to follow recipes, virtually chopping, stirring, frying and baking. There is a nice variety of skill levels and even my 6 year old has fun with it.
One of my daughter’s favorite things to make are her own “specialty” - Oven Roasted Potatoes. She peels and dices potatoes and then places them in a gallon zip lock baggie. She adds a few teaspoons of EVOO (that’s Rachael speak for Extra Virgin Olive Oil), some salt and pepper, a little garlic salt and then gives it all a good shake. Next she spreads the potatoes out on a cookie tray and cooks them in the oven (on 350) for 30 minutes. They are seriously delish!!
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