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    Home » Family Friendly Recipes » Easy Recipes for Kids

    50 Healthy Recipes to Cook with Toddlers

    Apr 27, 2017 · 1 Comment

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    Do you cook with your toddler? Getting little ones involved in the kitchen can be such a great activity! Not only does it keep then entertained, but it's also a great way to encourage them to eat healthy foods and to try new foods too.

    I know from personal experience that cooking with a toddler can sometimes seem like a really daunting task though – the potential mess alone can feel hugely off-putting, but there are lots of easy ways you can introduce your toddler to cooking without any stress.

    Though it’s great to  cook a recipe together from start to finish, cooking with toddlers doesn’t have to be a big project every time. Trying to keep their full attention on the task at hand whilst trying to cook or bake can make the experience stressful, so I prefer a 'pop in and out' approach .

    Rather than keeping them in the kitchen and working through a recipe to the bitter end, I offer my boys little tasks so that they can help me as I'm going about my normal cooking routine.

    This means that they are more often helping me to prepare healthy family meals than baking cakes and biscuits (though we do of course do that sometimes too), a healthier approach to cooking which introduces them to a  much wider range of kitchen skills.

    Organix have put together a list of jobs for little chefs that makes a great starting point and below I've added some of the small kitchen activities and tasks that I gave my boys during their toddler years. I've always found that letting them help with meal preparation can give them a feeling of ownership of the healthy meals we are cooking together and really help encourage them to actually eat them too!

    Easy cooking tasks for toddlers - great ways to get toddlers helping in the kitchen

    • choosing which vegetables to use and/or fetching them from the fridge
    • pulling the seeds out of peppers
    • peeling the skins off a garlic clove (even if they don’t fully succeed, it will keep them occupied for ages!)
    • cutting up spring onions with scissors (under supervision)
    • transferring chopped vegetables into an oven tray or saucepan for you
    • pulling fresh herb leaves off of their stalks
    • pulling apart lettuce leaves to shred them for a salad
    • building a salad by putting all of the prepared ingredients into the salad bowl and mixing them up
    • grating cheese or vegetables like carrot – be careful with little fingers though!
    • stirring ingredients
    • whisking ingredients
    • spooning ingredients into cupcake cases or muffin tins.

    I've also pulled together a list of 50 healthier recipes to cook with your toddler. These recipes are all simple with plenty of opportunity for your little one to get hands on.  

    The list starts with savoury recipes because I believe that cooking with toddlers can be so much more than just making sweet treats together, though there's definitely  a place for treats too so you'll find some healthier sweet recipes further down the list as well.

    Top tips for cooking with toddlers and 50 easy healthy recipes to cook with younged kids - Eats Amazing UK

    50 Healthier Recipes to Cook with Toddlers

    Savoury Recipes

    50 healthy recipes to cook with toddlers - rainbow omelette cakes - Eats Amazing UK

    Rainbow Omelette Cakes - Eats Amazing

    Spiced Tofu Fingers - Tinned Tomatoes

    Roasted Carrot Houmous - Eats Amazing

    Baked Zucchini Fritters - The Petite Cook

    Homemade Pitta Breads - Eats Amazing

    How to make your own pitta breads - easy pitta bread recipe made with spelt and white flours

    Pesto Tomato Tart - Amuse Your Bouche

    Courgette Pizza Bites - Eats Amazing

    Quick Ciabatta Pizzas - Fab Food 4 All

    Carrot & Parsnip Soup - Eats Amazing

    Homemade Baked Beans - Snotty Noses

    Really easy homemade burgers recipe - so easy a young child can make them - with free kid friendly printable recipe sheet from Eats Amazing UK

    Homemade Burgers - Eats Amazing

    Easy Prawn Cocktail - Eats Amazing

    Savoury Carrot Flapjacks - My Fussy Eater

    Salmon Fishcakes - Eats Amazing

    How to make salmon fishcakes - super easy healthy recipe - Eats Amazing UK

    Butternut Squash Cheese Straws - Sneaky Veg

    Breaded Aubergine Slices - Eats Amazing

    Homemade Mayonnaise - My Kids Lick the Bowl

    Spinach & Tomato Corn Muffins - Eats Amazing

    Superhero Pasta Sauce - Taming Twins

    5 minute English muffin pizza recipe from Eats Amazing UK - so quick and easy! With free printable recipe for kids - build confidence in the kitchen!

    English Muffin Pizzas - Eats Amazing

    Easy Bread Rolls - More Than Just Carrots

    Cheddar & Poppy Seed Biscuits - Eats Amazing

    Squashed Tomato Pasta Sauce - Rainy Day Mum

    Easy Mini Quiches - Eats Amazing

    Easy recipe for kids - super simple mini quiches - great for picnics lunch boxes and party food with free printable recipe sheet from Eats Amazing UK

    Easy Cheese Oatcakes - Eats Amazing

    Cucumber Salad - Croque Maman

    Cheese & Tomato Omelette Muffins - Eats Amazing

    Easy Soda Bread - Charlotte's Lively Kitchen

    Breakfast Bagel Quiches - Eats Amazing

    Mini Cheesy Fish Pies - A Mummy Too

    Sweet Recipes

    Eats Amazing UK - Healthy frozen fruity yoghurt snack idea with free child friendly easy recipe sheet to print out - great for cooking with children!

    Frozen Fruity Yogurt Bites - Eats Amazing

    Banana Berry Smoothie - Kidgredients

    Rainbow Fruit Skewers - Eats Amazing

    Apple & Strawberry Muffins - A Mummy Too

    Frozen Banana Bites - Eats Amazing

    Eats Amazing UK - Frozen Banana Breakfast Bites Recipe - really easy recipe for kids with free printable recipe sheet - healthy breakfast idea

    Dairy and Gluten Free Thumbprint Cookies - Munchies & Munchkins

    Fruity Yogurt Baked Oats - Eats Amazing

    Healthier Chocolate Chip Cookies - My Fussy Eater

    Superhealthy Granola Bar - Eats Amazing

    Healthy Frozen Yogurt - Snotty Noses

    Rainbow fruity frozen yogurt bark recipe - fun and easy recipe for kids - perfect for healthy snacks and breakfast - Eats Amazing UK

    Rainbow Fruit Frozen Yogurt Bark - Eats Amazing

    Raspberry Banana Cookies - Healthy Little Foodies

    Raspberry Yogurt Mousse - Eats Amazing

    Gluten-Free Vegan Muffins - Le Coin De Mel

    Healthier Oat & Berry Muffins - Eats Amazing

    Quick and easy oat and berry breakfast muffins recipe made with frozen fruit straight from the freezer - Eats Amazing UK

    Homemade Granola - Eats Amazing

    Nut Free Chocolate Bliss Balls - My Kids Lick the Bowl

    Watermelon Pizza - Eats Amazing

    Banana Oat Cookies - Eats Amazing

    Berry coconut yogurt watermelon pizza - fun and easy healthy summer recipe for kids from Eats Amazing UK

    You'll also find loads more healthy recipe inspiration in the recipe section of the Organix website.

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    Do you have any tips for cooking with toddlers or a favourite toddler friendly recipe? Do comment below, or use #NoJunkJourney hashtag to in the conversation across social media.

    Grace

    Disclosure: This blog post was commissioned by Organix as a part of a series of posts for the No Junk Journey campaign.  I was compensated for my time, however all opinions expressed in this post are my own.

    I hope you found this post useful, please do pin it if you did! For more easy recipes for cooking with little ones, check out the Easy Recipes for Kids section here on the Eats Amazing blog or follow my Baby & Toddler Food Ideas or Easy Recipes for Kids Pinterest boards for fresh inspiration all the year around.

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    1. Mel says

      April 28, 2017 at 2:11 pm

      What an amazing selection of treats to make with children: I love it! Thanks for including our vegan muffins. My little lady loves making them! xx

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