Cooking with children is fun and educational. But if you turn it into a party they will love you forever. Here is a brilliant post that shows you how to throw a Ravioli Party. It can even become the theme for a Birthday Party. The recipes have been extracted from Noodle Kidsby Jonathon Sawyer, published by Quarry Books (£15.99).
The method
Our family is big on the ravioli party. It turns…
This yummy recipe for APPLE TARTS WITH ALMOND FRANGIPANE was kindly donated to London Mums magazine and extracted from Kids Cook French by Claudine Pepin, published by Quarry Books (£12.99).
SERVES 8
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INGREDIENTS:
1/3 cup (68 g) almond paste
8 tablespoons (104 g) granulated sugar, divided
8 tablespoons (112 g) unsalted butter, room temperature…
This yummy recipe for Chicken breasts with garlic and parsley is extracted from Kids Cook French by Claudine Pepin, page 30, published by Quarry Books (£12.99), which is a great book that teaches you not just great recipe to feed the family but also some French in the process.
SERVES 4
INGREDIENTS:
3 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (each about 7 ounces [198 g]), cut into 1 to 1 ½…
Netflixdocumentary series Chef’s Tablefollows various world’s chefs in their culinary journey. The first one is my favourite of the group, Italian Chef Massimo Bottura. He mobilised masses using social media when two earthquakes hit his hometown Modena in May 2012.
The quake damaged 400,000 wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano crushing them into pieces. Concerned that this would…
Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli is married to actress Nikki. They have two children; Rocco, nine and seven-year-old Twiggy. Aldo Zilli talks to Sanjeeta Bains about London, family life and of course food, glorious food!
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I love Soho – it’s a great, bustling area and it’s where I opened my first two restaurants (Zilli Fish and Zilli…
Try this amazing recipe for Easter Iced Biscuits with your kids. They love messing up the kitchen with sugar and flour all over the place, don’t they? Great Easter activity at home.
Preparation: 1hr plus cooling time
Cooking time: 12 min
Makes: 10
Ingredients
75g (3oz unsalted butter, softened, plus extra to grease
100g (3.5oz) caster sugar 40g (1.5oz) condensed milk
I medium egg…
I totally love this recipe for German Apple Pancake, the so-called Apfelpfannkuchen. It is very simple to make even my 8-year-old son can make and has low flour and low sugar content. It is delicious and not so fattening actually. I got this recipe from an old acquaintance from Germany and it is apparently authentic.
Ingredients
50g butter, to be melted
2 tsp sunflower oil
2 large apples…
The importance of Valentine is totally overrated. In this piece you can find my suggestions for home-made Valentine themed family meals.
Valentine’s Day comes from an old tradition linked to both agriculture and religion. Traditionally, Spring begins on 14th February which celebrates St Valentine’s Day and in which it is said that birds choose their mates. In some parts of Britain the…
Great and simple recipe for roasted butternut squash soup. A satisfying supper for those chilly winter nights.
Suitable for vegetarians
Serves 4
Ready in 1 hour, 15 minutes
Ingredients
* 25g sunflower seeds
* 1 small butternut squash, about 700g, halved and with seeds scooped out
* 25g butter
* 1 small onion, chopped
* 1 large potato, peeled and diced
* 1 litre vegetable stock
* 142ml pot…
Having a fussy eating child can be extremely stressful. As a family nutritionist I have seen many parents in tears over this issue and most of my initial consultations are spent reassuring them that they are not bad parents and have not really done anything wrong. Cue a big surge of relief being lifted from their heavily burdened shoulders.
Now, I am not a child psychologist but I have had the…