Homemade Salad Dressing
Whisked Balsamic Vinaigrette
Balsamic VinaigretteeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
Cooking with kids
104 recipes where a child can do real steps: measuring, stirring in a bowl, mashing, rolling, sprinkling. The kid steps never use a knife, a sharp tool or heat, and every recipe marks the grown-up steps.
New to cooking yourself? The first-time cook path is 10 easy recipes, in order, with the skills each one teaches.
104 recipes, page 1 of 5
Recipes
Kid steps: 5 of 5
Homemade Salad Dressing
Sesame Ginger Dressing
Sesame GingereasyCleanup score 5 of 5
Kid steps: 3 of 3
Homemade Salad Dressing
Greek Red Wine Vinaigrette
Greek Red Wine VinaigretteeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
Kid steps: 4 of 4
Salsa
Fresh Chunky Tomato Salsa
Fresh TomatoeasyCleanup score 4 of 5
Kid steps: 6 of 6
Coleslaw
Creamy Classic Coleslaw
CreamyeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
Kid steps: 4 of 4
Homemade Salad Dressing
Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
Chunky Blue CheeseeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
Kid steps: 4 of 4
Cold Brew Coffee
Smooth Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate
ConcentrateeasyCleanup score 4 of 5
Kid steps: 9 of 9
Tortilla Pinwheels
Turkey and Cheese Pinwheels
Turkey and CheeseeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
Kid steps: 7 of 8
Tortilla Pinwheels
Rainbow Veggie Cream Cheese Pinwheels
Rainbow VeggieeasyCleanup score 4 of 5
Kid steps: 7 of 8
Overnight Oats
Peanut Butter Banana Overnight Oats
Peanut Butter BananaeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
Kid steps: 6 of 7
Homemade Salad Dressing
Buttermilk Herb Ranch-Style Dressing
Buttermilk HerbeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
Kid steps: 5 of 6
Homemade Salad Dressing
Lemon Dijon Vinaigrette
Lemon Dijon VinaigretteeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
Kid steps: 3 of 4
Agua Fresca
Watermelon Agua Fresca
WatermeloneasyCleanup score 3 of 5
Kid steps: 3 of 4
Tzatziki
Classic Cucumber Tzatziki
ClassiceasyCleanup score 3 of 5
Kid steps: 3 of 4
Overnight Oats
Creamy Vanilla Overnight Oats
Classic VanillaeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
Kid steps: 3 of 4
How a recipe gets in
We read every step. A step is a grown-up step when it uses a knife or another sharp tool (grater, peeler, blender, food processor), anything hot (oven, stove, a hot pan or pot, the microwave), or raw meat or fish. A step that comes right after cooking stays a grown-up step until the food has cooled or the work moves to a cold bowl.
A recipe is a kid helper when it isn't a hard recipe, doesn't deep-fry, and at least 2 of its steps, and at least a third of them, are kid steps. On the recipe page each step says “Kid step” or “Grown-up” and why.
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