12 Recipes To Make With Your Kids
Charles Masters<br /> food styling by Chelsea Zimmer2/12Grilled Vanilla French Toast
Classic French toast can teach your child the basics of an egg custard and how to evenly cook in a sauté pan. As they improve their cooking skills, the recipe is easily embellished; whisk in different spices or flavorings to the egg mixture or try a different cooking technique, like grilling the French toast.
Photo by Rhoda Boone, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone4/12Guacamole with Aleppo Pepper
As much fun as we have smashing up avocados to make guacamole, kids have even more fun. Along with the onion, chile, and tomato, you can add tons of add-ins, such as nuts, fruits, or chopped up vegetables. Just remember, no lime required.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, and Ali Nardi5/12Grilled Corn, Zucchini, and Black Bean Quesadillas
Teach your kids to #wasteless with quesadillas, the ultimate use-up-the-leftovers dish. No matter how old they are, kids can help out with almost every step of making these from chopping up vegetables to opening jars of salsa.
Ben Fink6/12Cobb Salad with Balsamic Shallot Vinaigrette
This classic salad offers plenty of learning exercises to review with your children: teach them how to hard-boil eggs, make a vinaigrette, and pan-cook chicken breast. The salad can also be tossed together for a simper presentation.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne7/12Our Favorite Mac and Cheese
Kids can't get enough of this stuff. Lucky for you, we mined the Epi archives to develop the ultimate recipe. Use it to teach your kids the basics of white sauce (aka béchamel), boiling pasta, and making breadcrumbs. And you can turn a casserole dish of it into a dinner meal by adding a can of tuna and serving it with salad.
Tara Donne8/12No-Knead Pizza Dough
Everyone is a fan of pizza night! This no-knead dough comes together easy and the whole family can have fun putting together the pies. Tomato sauce might be traditional, but why not introduce your kids into something a bit more fun, like a carrot and fontina combo.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, food styling by Rhoda Boone9/12Our Favorite Spaghetti and Meatballs
There's just something about a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs that puts a smile on your face. It's also a great way to teach your kids about seasoning and the importance low-and-slow simmering. We spent hours in the test kitchen coming up with this ultimate recipe, which we guarantee will please.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, food styling by Katherine Sacks11/12Fudgy Double-Chocolate Brownies
Whether you're making dessert for the end of Sunday supper or to take to the neighborhood potluck, a pan of brownies is sure to earn approval from kids and parents alike. This recipe creates the ultimate fudgey texture by whipping the eggs, another lesson you can pass along to the kids.
