Salsa
Fresh Chunky Tomato Salsa
Fresh TomatoeasyCleanup score 4 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.
13 recipes in Appetizers & Snacks
Recipes
Kid steps: 6 of 6
Tzatziki
Classic Cucumber Tzatziki
ClassiceasyCleanup score 3 of 5
Kid steps: 3 of 4
Hummus
Extra-Smooth Classic Hummus
ClassiceasyCleanup score 3 of 5
Kid steps: 5 of 8
Spinach Artichoke Dip
Hot Baked Spinach Artichoke Dip
BakedeasyCleanup score 4 of 5
Kid steps: 4 of 7
Muffuletta Sliders
Baked Muffuletta-Style Party Sliders
BakedeasyCleanup score 4 of 5
Kid steps: 5 of 10
Baba Ganoush
Smoky Baba Ganoush
ClassiceasyCleanup score 3 of 5
Kid steps: 3 of 6
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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