Cooking with Kids :: Fruit & Waffle Kebabs

Today I had the honor of performing cooking class for the preschoolers my kids school.  It was tons of fun and I was amazed that 50 preschoolers ages 2-6 were actually able to fully partake in this activity.  We started the activity by reading an animated book about food to set the mood that we love at my house and it was a hit with the kids.  We then transitioned to the tables for assembly of our own kebabs with a focus on healthy eating.

Our kabobs incorporated fruits and healthy spreads alongside waffles.  We learned how to make patterns and counted our fruit and the kids even got to practice fine motor skills by cutting!  Below is a kid-approved recipe for Fruit and Waffle Kebabs - try them tonite!

Note:  Any fruit will do! If you do not have strawberries or bananas please feel free to sub your favorite fruits!

FRUIT & WAFFLE KEBABS

Serving Size: 2 skewers                    

Servings Per Recipe: 4

Ingredients:

4 cups (prepared) of your favorite pancake batter mix

½ lb. Strawberries

4 Bananas

¼ cup Chocolate Spread, jelly, or your favorite spread

Cooking Spray

Instructions:

1.Heat waffle maker.

2.Combine all ingredients per the instructions of your favorite pancake batter mix.

3.Once waffle maker is to desired temperature, spray  waffle maker with cooking spray and pour ½  cup of batter on waffle maker.

4.Make 4 waffles.

5.Let waffles cool and then cut each waffle into 12 pieces.

6.Coat waffles with your favorite spread.

7.Assemble kebabs using a skewer until full ensuring an equal mix of waffles strawberries and bananas.

Breakfast Today: Frittata with Turkey Bacon, Onions & Colby Jack Cheese

This morning I needed breakfast in pinch, but we wanted a variation from our normal go-to breakfasts. When in doubt make a frittata! It goes down in history as being one of the quickest crowd pleasers there is - and people with think you spent more time than you did on the "quiche sans the crust."

Here was my quick recipe:

Ingredients:

6 large eggs

1/4 cup chopped large onion

1/4 cup chopped green pepper

3 pieces of turkey bacon (or your favorite bacon chopped* -- if using pork or beef bacon cook first in a separate pan then drain it and add to step 2)

2/3 cup colby jack cheese

1 teaspoon of unsalted butter

Pepper to taste

*For babies ensure that the bacon is chopped in very small portions smaller than a pea to avoid a choking hazard

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees

In a warm oven-safe skillet place melt the butter then sauté the bacon, onion and pepper until onions and peppers begin to soften

Combine the eggs, pepper and cheese in a separate bowl and beat then add to the pan

Once eggs begin to set up on the bottom transfer to the oven and cook until eggs are firm (about 10 minutes)

Transfer frittata onto a plate and serve

Serving size is 1/6 of the frittata

** For babies chop the frittata portion into bite-sized potions about the size of a pea