[blindkid] easy recipes to have kids cook

Thu Jun 30 10:05:19 UTC 2011

One of my favorite sites is www. Mealmakeovermoms.com, and
www.allrecipes.com One thing she may be able to make with the exception of
the frying is the salmon cakes on that site. They are simple and fun.

Some of my first foods to make were Mac and cheese, spaghetti, and various
baked meats like shake and bake etc.

Again just look for kid cooking sights or easy recipes.

Casseroles may also be good as you can dump it all in pan and bake.

Bran

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Carol Castellano
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 1:33 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] easy recipes to have kids cook

We started with mashed potatoes.
Carol

At 08:51 AM 6/28/2011, you wrote:
>Thanks Brandy, my daughter does the basic kitchen help as her friends 
>do (or may be a bit more), she helps with baking, cracking eggs, 
>measuring, stirring, mixing, but I had not let her alone on the stove, 
>and she is apprehensive to be near it when things are hot, and has not 
>taken anything out of the oven. She has held her hand on top of a pan 
>until it heated, so she understands that process, as with the oven. She 
>clears the dishwasher whiningly. She knows what a recipe is and knows 
>how things come together in a kitchen. She makes her own pop corn and 
>pours her own juice or water. But now that its summer I would like for 
>her to make some dinner, and have the time to teach her some recipes to 
>make from start to finish.
>
>
>I really appreciate your input, it is very insightful and are giving 
>some great ideas. I liked the web link for the recipes someone 
>shared yesterday.
>
>
>Thank you so much
>
>
>Heidi
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brandy W <branlw at sbcglobal.net>
>To: 'NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)' 
><blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 10:06 pm
>Subject: Re: [blindkid] easy recipes to have kids cook
>
>
>Hi, What kitchen experience does your daughter have? Start with basic
things
>including: Can she spread something onto bread or toast? Can she measure
>simple ingreadence into a bowl? Can she use a knife to cut simple foods
like
>a carrot into coins? Is she able to use the microwave? Has she stirred
>cooking food on the stove? Can she pore from 1 container to another? Can
she
>crack an egg? Can she safely get something out of the oven?   Think what
>will my child need to cook any recipe she wishes not what recipes can she
>make. Does she understand that meals start with engreadence, and those
>things come together to make other things?
>
>Talk to her while you cook narrarating what you do and incorporate her when
>you can.
>
>Then find any kids cook book read her the helpful hints, and give her space
>to try. Remember that there isn't really a wrong or right way to do things,
>but as long as it is safe and gets the job done it is fine. I love to cook
>and would be happy to answer any questions about how I do this or that.
>
>It was making scrambled eggs as a child, pealing apples every holiday
season
>with my grandmother, making that afternoon snack while I waited for my mom
>to get home Making my own toaster pastries packing my lunches for school,
>and poring the milk into my cereal, the life experiences of making the same
>meals at the same time or earlier than my peers that have helped me to
>become a pretty good and adequate cook when compared to my sighted friends.
>
>
>In about an hour last night I was able to cook for a family of 6 salmon
>cakes from scratch including the pan frying in oil, 2 types of veggies and
>rice along with the clean up with the exception of the dishes we ate from.
>But in this recipe I had to measure liquids and solids, follow directions,
>safly measure and use the small amount of oil, Flip the cakes,  safly open
>the pot from the rice and many more tiny skills. I encourage you to start
>with recipes that only involve 1 or no new skills as following the recipe
is
>a skill in it's self.
>
>Some good first foods to cook are brownies from a box so you only need
water
>and eggs or maybe oil which you can refridgerate so it can be felt easier,
>Mac and cheese,
>Casadillas,
>Fancier sandwiches like subs of some kind,
>Scrambled eggs,
>Baked frozen things,
>Many pastas,
>Little home made pizzas
>Fresh fruit or veggie salads,
>Tacos,
>And her own meal prep when others are making their own.
>
>Hope this helps some.
>
>There is a FB page called cooking with kids that is botha blog and website.
>
>Bran
>
>
>"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll
>smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future
>worth living for."
>-Author Unknown
>
>Brandy Wojcik  Discovery Toys Educational Consultant and Team leader
>(512) 689-5045
>www.playtoachieve.com
>Follow me on Face Book at
>http://www.facebook.com/PlayToAchieve.DiscoveryToys
>
>Do you want to: *earn extra income?
>*get toys for free?
>*get sale updates on our award winning products that have never been
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>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of hpscheffer at aol.com
>Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 5:17 PM
>To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
>Subject: [blindkid] easy recipes to have kids cook
>
>
>Hi, I wanted to check and ask if any of you had suggestions of easy recipes
>to teach your kids to cook independently. My daughter is 12 and I would
like
>for her to learn to prepare some meals, may be there is a link or a site
for
>this?
>
>
>
>Thank you so much,
>
>
>Heidi
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