Easy Recipes For Kids

Teach your children to cook

You'll find a lot of easy recipes for kids here at Easy French Food because we have a resident kid chef, Max, who is eager to share his recipes and tips with you. Max is our 10 year old son and the youngest in the family.

For years I resisted cooking with the kids. Every once in a while I'd let them create something, usually along the lines of Harry Potter inspired bierre beurre or sea biscuits, which were supposed to last for years onboard ship. But I never really encouraged them.

I think I was afraid of the mess. I already had enough of those going in other parts of the house. I needed my kitchen to be in some sort of reasonable order I suppose.

But then Max came along and he so much likes to cook, that I just couldn't resist him. It would have been unnatural. And the amazing thing I found out, it's fun to cook with a kid! Especially a kid that really wants to learn to cook. And as for the mess? We clean it up as we go. If he's stirring, I'm washing out a bowl. If I'm chopping, he's putting an ingredient away.

Things Max has learned along the way:

• How to use a knife
• How to read a recipe
• Improved his math skills (we're always going back and forth between French recipes and Mom's attachment to cups and tablespoons)
• Heightened his appreciation of food. He loves to guess the ingredients in a dish now.

Max's French Recipes for Kids

French Yule Log - Easy Christmas recipe made with yummy sweetened chestnut puree.

Chocolate Tart Recipe - This is a very simple tart filled with choclate ganache and decorated with candy. Sure to please everyone.

Easy Baked Fish - Learn how to cook using the French technique called en papillote. It's easier than you think!

Easy Brownie Recipe - Called Le Choco Fondant in French, these are basically brownies with a nice French name.

Easy Rice Pudding Recipe - You'll find rice pudding recipes all over the world. Here's a simple French style rice pudding, easily fixed by beginning chefs.

French Flan Recipe - What a great way to get your calcium!

Meringue Cookies - Super simple and a good start to learning the basic cooking technique of meringue making.

Sauteed Mushrooms - Called La Poelée du Bois in French, this sautéed mushroom and bacon dish is good for lunch.

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