Kids Cooking – 5 Weeks of Recipes! {Summer 2022}

The school summer holidays are here and it’s time to not only keep our little ones entertained, but also fed! Our Summer of Kids’ Cooking Series to offer a helping hand.

Over the next five weeks we will be sharing two recipe videos each week that are perfect to cook with children. My thinking in planning this was:

Easy entertainment and they learn some life skills

You get dinner cooked one night a week!

Win win! I hope that this little course will be a start in teaching your kids about food and cooking, as well as something to keep everyone occupied in the long summer holiday. 

The recipes will all be relatively straightforward to help young ones get to grips with the basics. Each week you’ll be able to find a main course and treat for you to enjoy.

We will be sharing these recipes on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. I would love for you to join me there and show us your creations.

All of these recipes will be suitable for school age children. Obviously younger children will need much more help, while older children might be more independent. Use your own judgement as to how much they can do and keep a close eye on them.

Always be careful when using sharp knives and cooking with heat while cooking with children.

Let them take the lead where possible, especially with weighing out ingredients as this is all part of the learning! Talk them through it and keep things fun.

Don’t worry if the results are not perfect. This is about giving it a go, spending time together and picking up some new food knowledge. Cooking is all about trial and error.

It’s probably best not to start your cooking session while the kids are already hungry as it might not turn out well. Planning ahead will help to make it an easier experience.

Don’t be too disappointed if young children can’t concentrate on the whole task and get fed up. Just introducing them to cooking and piquing their interest in the first place is enough, and keeping things relaxed will only add to their positive association with cooking and food in general.

One final thing!

3 Million children in the UK are at risk of Holiday Hunger this year and so if you enjoyed our course, found it useful and can afford it, we’d love for you to consider making a small donation to FoodCycle. No pressure whatsoever to do so, but George, Harriet and I felt that this would be an opportunity for us to make a small change this year for other children who may be in need.

A £5 donation will provide a child with 3 home cooked meals in a safe, welcoming environment when they may have gone hungry otherwise.

FoodCycle is a national charity, based upon the simple idea that food waste and food poverty should not co-exist and that something powerful can be achieved through eating together. Every week, they open their doors and give a warm welcome to 1500 guests, across 41 projects, to enjoy a tasty and nutritious three-course meal in their local community.

(We will also be donating any profit from the views on this page.)

Please DONATE HERE

The Recipes

  Week 1:

Salmon Tacos  
Easy Loaded Cookies  

(Click here for Week 1 Shopping List)

Week 2:

 Sheet Pan Quesadillas  
Banana Muffins

(Click here for Week 2 Shopping List)

Week 3:

Tuna Pasta Bake  
Oatmeal Cookies

(Click here for Week 3 Shopping List)

Week 4:

 Paneer Tikka  
 Rolo Rocky Road

(Click here for Week 4 Shopping List)

Week 5:

 Sticky Sausage Tray Bake  
 Peanut Butter Bars

(Click here for Week 5 Shopping List)

Click here to print off your
CERTIFICATE & RECIPE TRACKER here
to tick them off as you of along!

In case you’d like to plan cooking along the videos will be shared on social media on the following dates:

Salmon Tacos (25th July 2022)

Loaded Cookies (27th July 2022)

One Pan Quesadillas (6th August 2022)

Banana Muffins (7th August 2022)

Tuna Pasta Bake (9th August 2022)

Oatmeal Cookes (11th August 2022)

Paneer Tikka (20th August 2022)

Rolo Rocky Road (21st August 2022)

Sticky Sausage Traybake (23rd August 2022)

Peanut Butter Bars (25th August 2022)