This recipe is part of the Kids Food Festival Halloween kitchen crafts and cooking class on October 31st, 2020! Get more information here!

Materials:  

• 4 skewers, chopsticks, coffee stirrers or other such tool, making sure utensil is appropriately age-safe for participating children
• 8 large marshmallows
• Food coloring (the Kids Food Festival loves Color Garden Natural Food Colors, found in the BFPL Digital Halloween Bash goodie bags!)
• 1 small bowl per color being used
• 1 paintbrush per color being used

Directions:

1. Pour food coloring into small bowls (one bowl per color – or, mix together to create unique colors!)
2. Slide two marshmallows onto skewer.
3. Paint marshmallows using Food Colors and Q-tips.
4. Set aside to dry.

To learn more about and to purchase Color Garden: 

www.colorgarden.net 

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This recipe is part of the Kids Food Festival Halloween kitchen crafts and cooking class on October 31st, 2020! Get more information here!

Materials:  

• 4 rice cakes (the Kids Food Festival loves Lundberg Rice Cakes and Stackers – found in the BFPL Digital Halloween Bash goodie bags!) 
• ½ cup whipped cream cheese 
• ½ cup canned pumpkin  
• Mixing bowl  
• Spoon 
• Pumpkin Eyes and Mouth: Handful of dried, dehydrated, or freeze-dried fruit (the Kids Food Festival loves Crispy Green Freeze Dried Fruit – found in the BFPL Digital  Halloween Bash goodie bags!) 
• Pumpkin Nose: red seedless grapes, halved or clementine segments
• Pumpkin Hair: shaved carrot or spiralized zucchini or beets  

Directions:

1. In small mixing bowl, combine whipped cream cheese and pumpkin.
2. Evenly divide mixture and spread on top of each rice cake.
3. Use dried, dehydrated, or freeze-dried fruit to create eyes and a mouth on each cake, halved grapes or clementines to create a nose, and shaved or spiralized vegetable for hair.

To learn more about and to purchase Lundberg:

www.lundberg.com 

Instagram: @LundbergFarms 

Facebook:  @Lundbergfamilyfarms

To learn more about and to purchase Crispy Green: 

www.crispygreen.com 

Instagram: @crispygreensnacks 

Facebook:  @crispygreen

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This recipe is part of the Kids Food Festival Halloween kitchen crafts and cooking class on October 31st, 2020! Get more information here!

Equipment:  

• Adult cutting board 
• Adult knife 
• Children’s cutting board (The Creative Kitchen suggests a small cutting board or reusable plastic or paper plate), 1 per child 
• Children’s knife (The Creative Kitchen suggests a plastic knife for younger children, while older children may be able to use a sharper knife), 1 per child 
• Large mixing bowl (The Creative Kitchen suggests individual, sealable plastic sandwich bags if individual portions are preferred – whether for hygiene or simply  because little chefs enjoy creating their own!) 
• Mixing spoon 

Ingredients:  

• 1 pound witches hair (cooked whole wheat spaghetti – use squid ink for extra  spooky witch hair!) 
• Eyeballs (1 cup black olives, pitted and ½ pound mozzarella bocconcini, or ½ pound  mozzarella cheese)  
• Zombie fingernails (2 orange bell peppers, washed) 
• 1 broomstick (zucchini or cucumber, washed) 
• Skeleton Tears (1 pint orange grape tomatoes, washed) 
• Olive oil, to taste  
• Salt and pepper, to taste 

Directions:

1. In large mixing bowl, place cooked witches hair and set aside.
2. If using bocconcini: Cut mozzarella into 1⁄4 inch pieces and slice olives and add to bowl, reserving a handful of bocconcini and a handful of olives to create eyeballs to place on top as garnish (see photo below).  Alternatively – If using traditional mozzarella: dice mozzarella and slice olives. Add to bowl.
3. Dice zombie fingernails and add to bowl.
4. Slice broomsticks into 1⁄4 inch round slices and add to bowl. Reserve a handful of round slices for adults to create “jack-o’-lanterns” by carefully using a paring knife to carve eyes and a mouth (see photo below).
5. Cut skeleton tears into quarters and add to bowl
6. Add olive oil to taste and stir to combine.
7. Add salt and pepper to taste and stir to combine.
8. Garnish with eyeballs and jack-o’-lanterns.
9. Grab a pitchfork and enjoy!

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The Creative Kitchen™, LLC, teaches children about food and how to cook in a fun, safe, and educational manner. Targeting families with children ages two to teen, the company focuses on teaching, writing creative content and curriculum, special events, recipe development, spokesperson work, webisode production and consulting to present educational and entertaining content through food-related activities. The founder, Cricket Azima, is an expert in cooking for and with children. She inspires kids to express themselves creatively through food and cooking, while complementing lessons with traditional educational material such as social studies, math, arts, science, and more. Visit www.thecreativekitchen.com for more information.

Popsicles for breakfast?! Sign us up! Looking for some new recipes to help refresh mealtime at home? Or maybe you’d like to find some nutritious recipes that your kids will not only enjoy eating (a tricky business, we know), but will actually want to help make? One of our most tried and true beliefs when it comes to kids and food is that cooking is a multi-faceted learning opportunity. When children are involved in the cooking process, including the selection of ingredients, they’re more likely to try new, unfamiliar foods!

We love supporting programs and resources that reinforce this philosophy, and that’s why we’re thrilled to share an amazing cookbook with you: The Healthy Junior Chef Cookbook from Williams-Sonoma. Providing recipes that are simultaneously delicious and nutritious, this cookbook will inspire kids to get creative in the kitchen and enjoy the entire cooking process! Remember those ‘breakfast popsicles’ we mentioned before? Yogurt Parfait Breakfast Pops are just one of the many fun and delicious dishes you’ll find in this book. The photography alone will have the whole family drooling, parents included (just look at that cover!). The easy to follow instructions, colorful illustrations, and expert cooking tips will keep both kids AND adults engaged in the kitchen and inspired to eat well – now who doesn’t want that?  

Grab a copy of The Healthy Junior Chef Cookbook here!

From the Mouth of a Kid:

I like to cook with this cookbook! It’s fun and yummy! I like the pictures!

From the Eyes of a Parent:

What a fun and easy way to get your kids involved in the kitchen (and still make something even mom and dad will enjoy)! I try to do this on my own on a regular basis, but sometimes it’s nice to have some concrete help and advice. We love each recipe we’ve tried so far, and my kids love planning out our meals for each week and picking out the ingredients we need. The recipes are easy enough to follow so my younger kids can participate, but interesting enough that my older ones are still engaged! Everything in this book is kid-friendly, but so delicious that parents will enjoy them as well. I’d recommend this book to any aspiring young chef, or even families like ours that just wanted our kids to get a little more excited about cooking. So far, my favorite recipe is the Chicken and Pineapple Kebabs, they’re perfect for summer BBQ’s! My kids’ favorite is the Homemade Fruit Roll Ups; they have a great time making those, and they’re so yummy too!

Flavorful Features:

There’s more than 70 recipes for everything from breakfast and snacks to main courses and desserts, all kid-friendly with easy to follow instructions. There’s also fun serving ideas included to keep the creative juices flowing! Recipes include: Zucchini Lasagna with Turkey Bolognese, Spaghetti with Cauliflower Pesto, Homemade Fruit Roll Ups, Broccoli Apple Lunchbox Slaw, and so much more. 

The Icing on the Cake:

Our favorite part about this cookbook is how each recipe is focused on the nutrition it provides, without sacrificing the fun and delicious flavors that kids love!

Mix it Up!

Get an extremely early start on holiday shopping with this book, perfect for any little chef who wants some more practice in the kitchen (not to mention some yummy meals and snacks the whole family can eat!).

More info here!

The Creative Kitchen™, LLC, teaches children about food and how to cook in a fun, safe, and educational manner. Targeting families with children ages two to teen, the company focuses on teaching, writing creative content and curriculum, special events, recipe development, spokesperson work, webisode production and consulting to present educational and entertaining content through food-related activities. The founder, Cricket Azima, is an expert in cooking for and with children. She inspires kids to express themselves creatively through food and cooking, while complementing lessons with traditional educational material such as social studies, math, arts, science, and more. Visit www.thecreativekitchen.com for more information.