Falafel
Crispy Pan-Fried Falafel with Tahini Sauce
Pan-FriedmediumCleanup score 2 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.
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Kid steps: 7 of 12
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Kid steps: 5 of 9
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Kid steps: 4 of 9
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Kid steps: 3 of 7
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Falafel
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Air FryermediumCleanup score 2 of 5
Kid steps: 4 of 12
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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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