Kids Recipes | 2 Wired 2 Tired

Archive for Kids Recipes

Easy Cooking with Kids

By Tired Mom Tésa · Comments (8)

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

When I’m exhausted and stressed from a long day the last thing I want to do is make dinner. Even lower on the list is letting my two preschoolers help with dinner. They have a blast helping and I know it is a wonderful learning experience for them, but sometimes it creates such a mess!

Fortunately, I have stumbled upon one of the best products around to help alleviate this problem and keep all involved. Banquet Homestyle Bakes. They are tasty all-in-the-box simple meals that cost a mere $4.

The Creamy Chicken and Biscuits box comes with flour for the biscuits and two cans of stew. All you have to do is get out a bowl, let the kids dump in the biscuit mix. Mom measures the water, the kids get to dump it and they both stir.

After the biscuits are well mixed you get out an 8 X 8 pan and set it before the kids. Open both cans of stew and give one to each child. They both dump the stew in the pan. Then show them how to drop spoonfuls of the biscuits onto the stew and let them have at it for a couple of minutes. Oversee just a bit to make sure they don’t dip the spoon into the stew and then into the biscuit bowl, but otherwise they are on their own.

Next, pop it in the oven and you’re done. The kids are happy because they helped with dinner, you’re happy because all you have to do is wash one mixing bowl and two spoons.

After 30 minutes, dinner is served.

Betty Crocker also has a version of this meal as well – Complete Meals Chicken and Buttermilk Biscuits. We haven’t tried it yet, but I am happy to know there is another quick semi-healthy dinner out there for the kids to help “cook.”

What’s your favorite easy meal that you’re kids enjoy cooking too?

Nothing was received for this post. My family enjoys these meals and Kora & Logan enjoy helping make them so much I wanted to share them with readers of 2 Wired 2 Tired.

Comments (8)

Categories : Family, Recipes

Almost No Sugar Banana-Applesauce Muffins

By Tired Mom Tésa · Comments (5)

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Since I’ve been spring cleaning me, I’ve been on the look out for healthy recipes. Especially for snacks. I found a recipe for Banana Muffins and played with it a bit and was able to make a really good muffin with almost no sugar.

Kora & Logan were happy to help me make and eat them!

Almost No Sugar Banana Applesauce Muffins

1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
3 bananas, mashed
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup applesauce
1 egg
1/3 cup of butter, melted

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease muffin tin (10 cups).
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together the bananas, sugar, applesauce, egg and melted butter. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened. Spoon batter into muffin tin.
Bake in preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

Mashing the bananas:

Mixing the ingredients:

Batter:

Final product!

Comments (5)

Categories : Family, Recipes

Tags : Kids Recipes, Recipes

Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk Review & Giveaway – CLOSED

By Tired Mom Tésa · Comments (141)

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Congrats to our 3 winners! each win 2 coupons for a free half gallon of Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk and 2 coupons for $1.oo off. The first winner chosen by Random.org will also win a red Horizon branded ChicoBag and a branded Rubik’s Cube keychain.

Winner #1 Jessie C. has won 2 coupons for a free half gallon and 2 coupons for $1.00 off Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk and the red Horizon branded ChicoBag and a branded Rubik’s Cube keychain!

Winner #2 Sahm Sue has won 2 coupons for a free half gallon and 2 coupons for $1.00 off Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk!

Winner #3 Kayla has won 2 coupons for a free half gallon and 2 coupons for $1.00 off Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk!

You all have email. Please respond in 48 hours to accept the prize.

Thanks to everyone who entered and good luck next time!

*********************************************************

To say that Kora & Logan love chocolate milk is an understatement. They get as excited for chocolate milk as I do for pizza or Easter candy.

That’s why I was excited to hear that Horizon Organic is now offering Lowfat Chocolate Milk with DHA Omega-3. DHA Omega-3 is an important nutrient that is thought to help support heart, brain, and eye health. It’s good to know that Kora & Logan’s favorite treat just got a little bit healthier.

Buy It!

You can visit a www.horizondairy.com to locate a store near your that carries the Horizon Dairy products and to print coupons too.

Win It!

3 readers of 2 Wired 2 Tired will each win 2 coupons for a free half gallon of Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk and 2 coupons for $1.oo off. The first winner chosen by Random.org will also win a red Horizon branded ChicoBag and a branded Rubik’s Cube keychain.

To enter: Mandatory – Leave a comment below saying you would like to win with your email address if it’s not in your profile.

Extra Entries: Leave a Seperate Comment for Each (if you already do any of the following simply tell me so and that counts too)

For 1 Extra Entry: Follow me through Google Friend Connect
For 1 Extra Entry: Follow me on Twitter
For 1 Extra Entry: Vote for me on TopMommyBlogs (over on the top right sidebar – just click the image and you’ve voted)
For 2 Extra Entries: Add my blog to your blogroll
For 2 Extra Entries: Add my blog button to your site
For 2 Extra Entries: Retweet the giveaway by using the Retweet Button at the top of the post.
For 3 Extra Entries: Subscribe by RSS or Email

Giveaway Rules: Giveaway ends Monday, April 19th at 11:59 pm EST. Giveaway open to U.S. residents only. Winner will be chosen by Random.org. Must have a valid email in blog profile or leave email in comments. I will notify the winner in a post and by email. If winner doesn’t respond in 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen. Winner will receive their prize directly from the company.

Thank you to Horizon for providing coupons to try the product for this review. No compensation was received.

Comments (141)

Categories : Closed Giveaways, Giveaway

Tags : Kids Recipes

Lent Recipes for Kids – Seapak Popcorn Shrimp

By Tired Mom Tésa · Comments (3)

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Kora and Logan have never had shrimp. So I thought Lent was the perfect opportunity to give SeaPak’s Popcorn Shrimpa try. I went on SeaPak’s website and found an incredibly impressive recipe collection. Some of their Kid Approved recipes include: Casino Popcorn Shrimp Pizza, Butterfly Shrimp Parmigiana, and Fiesta Shrimp Tacos. Even though these all sounded and looked delicious, I decided to start simply. I cooked the shrimp in our toaster oven for 10 minutes and served them with some veggies.

They were a hit! Kora and Logan loved that the popcorn shrimp was practically bite-sized and quickly cleaned their plates.

It always makes me happy to find a new food for the kids to try and since the popcorn shrimp went over so well, I may get adventurous and try one of the hundreds of easy recipes on their site next week.

Thanks to SeaPak for providing a coupon for this review. No compensation was provided for this review.

Comments (3)

Categories : Recipes, Reviews

Tags : Kids Recipes, Lent recipes, SeaPak

St. Patrick’s Day Party Ideas

By Tired Mom Tésa · Comments (8)

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

I don’t get many magazine subscriptions, but one I won’t let lapse is Disney Family Fun. It’s always full of creative crafts, games, and recipes that are do-able for the non-Martha Stewart types like me.

This month’s issue of the magazine has a couple of simple ideas to make celebrating St. Patrick’s Day easy and fun. Here’s just a few:

St. Patty’s Day Platter: Use a colorful variety of fruits for a rainbow platter. Marshmallows can act as the cloud at the end of the rainbow, and bananas for the pot of gold!

Taste a Rainbow Cupcakes: Here’s what little leprechauns look forward to on St. Patrick’s Day: a magical snack that can add color to the grayest March afternoon. Pot of gold not included. http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/taste-a-rainbow-cupcakes-842128/

St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt: Follow fun all the way to a faux pot of gold. http://familyfun.go.com/playtime/st-patricks-day-scavenger-hunt-708446/

A subscription to Disney Family Fun is only $9.95 for 1 year at Amazon.com.

Thanks to Disney Family Fun for providing information for the post. No compensation was provided for this post I just thought they were cute St. Patrick’s Days ideas that I wanted to pass along.

Comments (8)

Categories : Reviews

Tags : Kids Recipes, Recipes, St. Patrick's Day

Fun with Fish Sticks

By Tired Mom Tésa · Comments (15)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The other day I wanted to make some fun food for the kids. They have a hard time eating tacos because they are so messy, so I made this variation:

FISH STICKS IN A BLANKET
Ingredients:
8 Van de Kamp’s® or Mrs. Paul’s® Fish Sticks, baked
4 Taco-sized Flour Tortillas
4 pieces, Cheddar Cheese (or use your favorite)
4 tablespoons ketchup
Directions: Bake the fish sticks according to package. Heat up the tortillas so they’re nice and toasty. Add 1 cheese slice in the center of each tortilla. Spread the ketchup around tortilla, add 2 fish sticks on top of the cheese, fold and roll the tortilla around the fish stick.

Kora loved it. Logan still had a hard time keeping the tortilla together, so he took it all apart and ate everything seperately. We had a nice, easy and fun family dinner using this recipe and will be making it again in the future.

For more Wordless/Wordful Wednesday fun visit: 5 Minutes for Mom, Seven Clown Circus, and Go Graham Go.

Thanks to Mrs. Paul’s and Van de Kamp’s for providing a coupon for the product used in this review. No compensation was provided for this review.