Recipes For kids
Minichefs: how to make Graham crackers
We are delighted to introduce a new Spatula writer, and Minichef series contributor, Kristy Carlson. Kristy and her family will soon be moving to Burundi to pioneer the Long Miles Coffee Project (more on them soon). We hope you enjoy... Continue reading
Granola for your Mum (yum)
This recipe is incredibly simple and allows you to be completely flexible with the quantities of ingredients (a novel concept for a control freak like me). The quantities below are a guideline more than anything and of course you could throw... Continue reading
Minichefs: baked egg baskets and mixed berry parfait
With Mother’s Day coming up this Sunday (8th of May) some of our budding Minichefs got busy in the kitchen practising a Mother’s Day breakfast with their dad. This simple combo of a berry parfait and egg baskets caters for... Continue reading
Minichefs: Smartie hot cross buns
Minichefs spread its wings last week, to the leafy greenness of the Natal Midlands. We are lucky to know an awesome Consumer Studies teacher at St Annes, and while school was on holiday their kitchen was overtaken to create some cheerful... Continue reading
Minichefs: perfect cupcakes
When baking with little folk, cupcakes are a wonderful endeavor to embark on. But, rather than trying to co-ordinate multiple pairs of busy hands around one central mixing bowl, consider splitting your ingredients up and letting each of your minichefs man their... Continue reading
Minichefs: pita pockets
Pitas are a perfect vessel for inspiring lunches and easy picnics. Simply dice, slice and stuff a pocket full of goodness and embrace the middle eastern flat bread with its handy pocket (created by steam which puffs up the bread... Continue reading
Afternoon delight
Part of what makes us who we are is regularly stopping whatever we are doing and drinking tea together. If Yuppiechef was a body, social teas would be a lung. Or definitely a kidney. Today we downed tools and gathered on... Continue reading
Minichefs: moulded chocolate treats
Chocolate: from childhood and ongoingly this creamy friend beckons us from half-licked mixing bowls, temptation aisle at the supermarkets and the less-healthy variants of cereals and biscuits (wholewheat digestive biscuits are the enemy). All children should experience through words the world of... Continue reading
Minichefs: mango smoothies
If you have never made your own smoothies, you totally should. Healthy, filling, easy and tasty – what more is there, really? They lend themselves to experimentation with whatever is in season (at the moment, mangoes are it, which you... Continue reading
Minichefs: pizza for little people
With a bit of practice, the minichefs in your midst could be cooking you dinner. Here’s some inspiration for child-friendly pizza making (you’d be surprised how clever little fingers can be with guidance, but when sharp knives are used we... Continue reading
