An easy recipe to make with kids?!


Question: An easy recipe to make with kids!?
my friend and i have 4 siblings (3, 5, 7 and 8) and they love to cook
what is a fun, easy snack recipe that doesnt involve oven or stove for them!?
thanks :)Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Astronaut Pudding
1/8 cup any flavor instant pudding mix
1/4 cup milk (not low fat)

Put both ingredients into a zip-type bag!. Close the bag securely!. Gently knead mixture until pudding forms!. Snip off one of the corners and squeeze the pudding into your mouth!.





Funny Face Desserts


Recipe Rating:

Prep Time: 10 min
Total Time: 40 min
Makes: 4 servings, 1/2 cup each





2 cups cold milk
1 pkg!. (4-serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
Decorations, such as JET-PUFFED Miniature Marshmallows, chocolate chips, shoestring licorice, gummy worms or other assorted decorations



POUR milk into medium bowl!. Add pudding mix!. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended!.
SPOON pudding evenly into 4 dessert dishes or plastic or paper cups!. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until ready to serve!.
MAKE faces on pudding with decorations just before serving!.




KRAFT KITCHENS TIPS


Great Substitute
Substitute any flavor JELL-O Instant Pudding & Pie Filling for vanilla pudding!.

Special Extra
Use cut-up fresh fruit such as strawberries, blueberries and banana slices to make the funny faces on these adorable desserts!.






Dirt Cups


Recipe Rating:

Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 1 hr 15 min
Makes: 10 servings, about 1/2 cup each





2 cups cold milk
1 pkg!. (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 tub (8 oz!.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed
15 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, finely crushed, divided
10 paper or plastic cups (6 to 7 oz!.) or dessert dishes
10 TROLLI SQUIGGLES Gummi Candy



POUR milk into large bowl!. Add dry pudding mix!. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended!. Let stand 5 minutes!. Gently stir in whipped topping and 1/2 cup of the crumbs!.
SPOON pudding mixture into cups; top with remaining crumbs!.
REFRIGERATE until ready to serve!. Garnish with gummi candy!.






Lunch Art

For kids ages 3-6!.
Bet you never thought of white bread as a canvas to paint on, did you!? Use white bread as your canvas and turn your sandwich into a work of art lunch!









Paper cups
Milk
McCormick? Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye
Or
McCormick? Assorted NEON! Food Colors & Egg Dye
New paintbrushes (they must be new if you want to eat the bread)
White bread
Toaster


1!. Fill each paper cup with 2 tablespoons milk!.
2!. Add a few drops of food coloring to each cup!.

3!. Paint pictures and designs on the bread using the colored milk!.

4!. Toast lightly to help the paint dry, then make fun, zany sandwiches!.

Ask an adult if you can use the toaster!

Paint with even more colors - McCormick? Assorted Neon! Food Colors and Egg Dye contains neon purple, neon pink, neon green, and neon blue!.








Fruit Kabobs
Ingredients:
? strawberries,
? pineapple slices,
? watermelon,
? peaches,
? bananas,
? cherries,
? grapes and
? apples
? (or whatever fruit is in season)
Directions:
1!. Cut and wash fruit ahead of time as needed!.
2!. Can buy dowels sticks (at any grocery store) which may need to be soaked in water a few minutes before
use!.
3!. Arrange the fruit on the table in different plates and let the children choose some fruit to place on a
dowel stick for their fruit kabobs!. They may require help, depending on the age group!.
4!. Eat and enjoy!.






Fun Food Tips

Freeze a whole banana and then serve with a spoon! It tastes like banana ice cream!

Serve frozen peas or other vegetables right out of the freezer as finger food, - they're sweet!.

Puzzle sandwiches: Cut a sandwich into odd shapes that fit together like a puzzle!.

Serve crepes with many different fillings!.

Make and use sprinkles: Chop, grind, or mix together 1/3 cup granola, 1/3 cup nuts, and 1/3 cup wheat germ!. Sprinkle on yogurt, fruit, ice cream, cottage cheese!.

Serve shape pancakes: When frying pancakes, pour the batter into numbers, letters, or shapes!. Let your child choose some shapes to have you prepare!.

Try having breakfast foods for dinner, and leftovers from dinner for breakfast!.

Mix plain sparkling water with fruit juice and add chunks of fruit for decoration!.

Have a winter picnic on a blanket in the house!

Cut sandwiches, bologna, or cheese into shapes with cookie cutters!.

Prepare soft shell tortillas with melted cheese, chopped vegetables, meat, or refried beans!. Roll like a jellyroll or sprinkle flat like a pizza!.

Dip less desired foods in appealing dips: cheese dip, bean dip, sweet mustard, ketchup, cream dips, salsa, yogurt, honey, etc!.

Create international meals: plan a meal with a theme from another culture!.

Make a variety of healthy shakes loaded with fruit, yogurt, and honey!.

Bake a simple muffin or quick bread recipe with your child!. Have a tea party, using the baked goods for the treat!.

Make kabobs or "hors d'oeuvres" using pretzels for skewers, with meatballs, fruit chunks, cheese cubes, salami, etc!.

Make cinnamon apples: Cut apples into slices and place a small amount of cinnamon sugar on the plate!. Let your child dip the apples into the cinnamon!.

Same food, more fun: Prepare foods that you can eat with your fingers and then serve in muffin tins, pie plates, or allow your child to occasionally use a fancy plate or serving dish!.






PB & J Blossom Sandwiches: For each sandwich, cut two slices of bread into flower shapes with a cookie cutter!. Cut a hole in one of the slices by pressing a water bottle cap into the center!. Spread the peanut butter and jelly on the whole piece and place the slice with the hole on topWww@FoodAQ@Com

Peanut Butter Milk Shakes --

INGREDIENTS
1 cup milk
2 cups vanilla ice cream
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tablespoons sugar


DIRECTIONS
In a blender, combine all ingredients; cover and process for 30 seconds or until smooth!. Stir if necessary!. Pour into chilled glasses; serve immediately!.

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Apple Ladybug Treats --

INGREDIENTS
2 red apples
1/4 cup raisins
1 tablespoon peanut butter
8 thin pretzel sticks


DIRECTIONS
Slice apples in half from top to bottom and scoop out the cores using a knife or melon baller!. If you have an apple corer, core them first, then slice!. Place each apple half flat side down on a small plate!.
Dab peanut butter on to the back of the 'lady bug', then stick raisins onto the dabs for spots!. Use this method to make eyes too!. Stick one end of each pretzel stick into a raisin, then press the other end into the apples to make antennae!.

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White Chocolate Cereal Clusters --

INGREDIENTS
4 cups honey graham cereal
1 1/2 cups honey roasted peanuts
2 cups vanilla or white chips


DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, combine the cereal and peanuts!. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chips at 30% power for 3 minutes, stirring every minute until smooth!. Pour over cereal mixture; stir until well coated!. Spread onto a waxed paper-lined baking sheet!. Let stand until chocolate is set!. Break into small pieces!.

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Quick & Easy Layered Dessert --

INGREDIENTS
2 cups cold milk
1 pkg!. (4 serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 (10!.5 ounce) package pound cake, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1/2 cup chocolate syrup
1 (8 ounce) tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided


DIRECTIONS
Pour milk into bowl!. Add dry pudding mix!. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended!.
Arrange half of the cake cubes in 3-quart serving bowl!. Drizzle with 1/4 cup of the chocolate syrup!. Layer with 1 cup of the pudding and 1-1/2 cups of the whipped topping!. Repeat layers ending with whipped topping!.
Refrigerate until ready to serve!. Store leftover dessert in refrigerator!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Here are several great snack recipes that kids can help with:


1!. Ants on a Log

Ingredients:
Celery sticks
Peanut Butter
Raisins

Just fill the celery sticks with peanut butter and put the raisins on top for your ants!. If you don't want to use raisins you can use chocolate chips or we've ever used sprinkles!.!.!.colored ants!


2!. Apple Smiles Snack

Ingredients:
Apples
Peanut Butter
Miniature Marshmallows

Slice apples into wedges!. Smear peanut butter on one side of 2 wedges!. Stick a few marshmallows on the peanut butter on one of the apple wedges and top with the other apple wedge - peanut butter side down!.

When you look at this it looks like a smile, the red part of the apple are the lips and the marshmallows are the teeth!.


3!. Banana Pops

Slice the banana in half and insert a popsicle stick in the bottom!. Wrap the pop in plastic wrap!. If you want to get creative you can melt some chocolate and did the pop into it, and then roll it in some sprinkles, or nuts!.


4!. Bugs and Dirt

Ingredients:
Gummy worms
Raisins
Sprinkles
Chocolate graham crackers

Crush graham crackers in a bowl, place sprinkles, raisins, and worms to the mixture!. Just get some spoons and enjoy! My sons loved making this!. The raisins are your beetles, the sprinkles are your ants, and you even have some worms!.


5!. Little Pizzas

Ingredients:
English muffins
Pizza sauce
Cheese

You can toast the English muffin, and then let your child put on the sauce and cheese!. You can put some pepperoni slices on top if you like, or any other topping that your child likes, or cut up some vegetables like green or red pepper!. Heat in a 400 degree oven until cheese is melted!.


6!. Piggies in a Blanket

Ingredients:
1 can biscuits
1 package hot dogs

I slice the hot dogs in half!. Let your child roll out the biscuit flat and wrap the hot dog around it!. You can put a slice of cheese inside!. Just bake according to the directions on the can biscuit package!.

Enjoy!Www@FoodAQ@Com

It may sound simple, but I like making instant pudding with my kids!. We also make fresh fruit kebabs, where I cut up watermelon and strawberries and banana slices, etc!. and they thread them onto drinking straws!.

We also make popcorn together, which can be very fun!. (but you need a microwave!.)

Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Try this tropical fruit salad:

-Cut fruit into bite-sized chunks (apples, pineapples, kiwi, strawberries, etc!.)

-Mix lemon yogurt (2 cartons) , honey (2 tbs) and lime juice (2 tbs) together to make dressing

-Drizzle it over the fruit (try pouring into a plastic bag, cut off the corner, and pour over fruit salad)

Yum!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

POT O' DIRT (OREO/PUDDING DESSERT)
1 lg!. pkg!. Oreo cookies
1/2 stick butter
1 (8 oz!.) pkg!. cream cheese
1 c!. powdered sugar
3 1/2 c!. milk
1 pkg!. instant French vanilla pudding
1 (12 oz!.) carton Cool Whip
8 inch diameter (at top) new clay pot or plastic pot
Artificial flowers to insert into dessert

Crush well one whole package of Oreo cookies!. Set aside!. Cream together butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar!. In separate bowl, mix together milk and pudding mix, add to creamed mixture!. Plug hole in pot by placing a plastic container lid into bottom of pot!. Layer cookies and pudding mix!. End with cookies!. Refrigerate!. (Recipe should be cut in 1/2 for smaller pot!.) Decorate with flowers before serving!.

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*** they'll love getting dirt and worms***Www@FoodAQ@Com

you can get some fruit and vegetables and make animals out of them!. we did that with the preschool class that my high school teaches and the kids loved it!. they made crabs and lobsters and elephants!. it lets them use their imagination!. we called them critters!.

any kind of fruit or vegetable will work!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

PISTACHIO FLUFF

1 small pkg!. INSTANT pistachio pudding mix
1 9-oz!. carton Cool Whip, softened
1 8-oz!. can crushed pineapple, drained
3/4 c!. chopped nuts
1-2 c!. miniature marshmellows
Combine all ingredients well and chill several hours!. Serve as dessert or salad !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Lemon pudding is also goodWww@FoodAQ@Com

doesnt involve a stove!? how about pancakes!? that involves a gridle!. xD

but no seriously pancakes are awsome as a kid!. You can make little Mickey Mouse heads and everything!. I know I was crazy for making pancakes as a kid!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Edible Play dough

1/2 C peanut butter
1/2 C honey
1 C powdered milk

Just throw it all together and mush it up with your hands until its fairly smooth!. The oils from the peanut butter will keep it from sticking to the table and the kids' hands!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Fruit Cocktail Salad

1 can of fruit cocktail, drained (Use juice for something else)
1 envelope of Dream Whip

Whip the envelope of Dream Whip!. Add in the drained fruit cocktail!. Combine together until mixed!. Eat and enjoy!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Cheese cake!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

rice krispy treatsWww@FoodAQ@Com





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