Resources – Recipes to do at Home
Family-friendly recipes to explore new ingredients and foods that you can make with your children.
If you want to further explore healthier eating with your children, check out our three new at-home programs Food Explorers Club, Farm to Book Storytime, and Food Exploration Project – Homeschooling.
Breakfast
Seasonal Frittata
Perfect for groups, this frittata is filling and endlessly customizable. Just toss in whatever seasonal veggies are on hand or your children’s favorites. You can also substitute the Parmesan cheese for a cheese you prefer and add prosciutto, ham, or sausage, if desired.
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Lunch
Chilled Cucumber and Tomato Soup
This recipe is great, as it allows your young chefs to practice many skills in their culinary skills toolbox to use as they slice and dice cucumbers, scallions, and tomatoes; measure water
and spices; zest and juice lemons; and tear fresh cilantro. Keep this recipe on hand for late summer when the gardens are bursting with ripe cucumber and tomatoes, and it’s too hot to turn on the oven!
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Caesar Salad with Chef Bobo’s Caesar Dressing
This is an excellent recipe for your budding chef to make on their own. By making homemade Caesar dressing, you get to control what in what’s in it – fewer preservatives, chemicals, and artificial flavoring. This recipe is adapted from one found in Chef Bobo’s Good Food Cookbook by Robert Serles. Chef Bobo is a great friend of Spoons Across America and is the Executive Chef at The Calhoun School. He’s a vocal proponent of good food for kids and for getting young people into the kitchen.
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Dinner
Vegetable Pizza with Homemade Sauce
It’s time for Pizza Night! Homemade pizza is easy to make and can be made almost as fast as you can get it delivered. Choose whatever toppings you enjoy, but try to pick some news flavors to allow your food adventurer to explore new foods. The no-cook sauce is simple to make as well and includes ingredients you’re likely to have in the house.
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Healthy Snacks
Garbanzitos
Garbanzitos are a healthy snack made from chickpeas. Let your child create their blend of spices and seasonings, and sprinkle it on chickpeas that are roasted until they become crispy and crunchy. The seasoning is healthy, delicious, and tastes like Doritos. This seasoning blend is also delicious on roasted vegetables and even meat! You can even shake the seasoning over popcorn.
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Healthy Desserts
Fresh Fruit Fool
A fool is an English dessert. Traditionally, a fruit fool is made by folding pureed stewed fruit into a sweet custard. However, this modern fool recipe skips the traditional custard and uses homemade whipped cream.
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