Kid-Friendly Cooking Thanksgiving Recipes?

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Permalink Reply by Laurie Zerga on September 28, 2009 at 3:31pm

I certainly do have SUPER kid-friendly recipes! First off I have always had my daughters help with cooking - boo hoo, now they are in college, so I teach other kids. Our favorite recipes have become part of a thanksgiving sides and pies class...I founded Chef-K, culinary health education for kids...so recipes are healthy AND kid-friendly. Here's a few tips:
Small children can help with lots of things:
1) scooping seeds out of squash with a spoon
2) cutting apples (get an apple corer - needs adult supervision)
see http://astore.amazon.com/chek09-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=7 for a sample
3) mix dry ingredients
4) help measure
5) arrange vegetables in a casserole

Below is a colorful, healthy, fun recipe to make for Thanksgiving. I'll have more Thanksgiving recipes shortly and in the meantime, I've still got Halloween ideas up at: http://chef-k.com/kids-of-all-ages/seasonal-recipes

Recipe: Squash with Apples and dried cranberries
Serves 8

Ingredients
• 2 Acorn Squash or ¼ large butternut squash
• 3 crisp apples (such as Fuji)
• ¼ cup orange juice + zest
• ½ cup vegetable stock
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 3 Tbsp pecans, chopped
• ¼ C dried cranberries
• 2 Tbsp butter + butter or oil
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven 400°F. Oil or butter a 9 ½ X 13 inch glass baking pan or aluminum pan.
2. Wash and halve squash, remove seeds. Cut halves into 1 inch slices
3. Wash and core apples. Cut in half and slice into 1 inch slices
4. Layer squash and apples alternating layers.
5. In small bowl, combine juice, stock, brown sugar, nuts and cranberries
6. Pour juice mixture over squash and apples.
7. Dot with 2 Tbsp butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper
8. First Stage cooking: cover with foil and bake 45 minutes. (This can be cooked to this point and refrigerated until ready to reheat and serve)
9. Remove cover and continue baking for another 15-20 minutes.
Note: If prepared a day ahead, bring squash to room temperature for 20-30 minutes, then remove cover and place in pre-heated 400 oven for 15-20 minutes or until heated through.


Nutritional Values
Nutrient Name Nutrient Value Unit % Daily Value
Calories 140
Total Fat 4.5 g 7%
Saturated Fat 2 g 10%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 10 mg 3%
Sodium 190 mg 8%
Carbohydrates 26 g 9%
Dietary Fiber 3 g 12%
Sugars 12 g
Protein 1 g
Vitamin A IU 10%
Vitamin C mg 30%
Calcium mg 4%
Iron mg 6%
% Daily Value is based on a 2000 calorie diet

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Biedny on September 28, 2009 at 4:58pm

Thanks! We'll try it out...My son will probably love it.

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