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Hey SuNnies! I`ve got a new project. I`m going to become a "Big Sister" (with the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization).

Anyway, my "little sister" wants to do some cooking. She is only 7 years old, and I want to find some simple recipes where she can be a big help, so she feels like she`s doing the cooking. I also want to teach her some math skills at the same time. (pretty easy to do, with measurements and stuff.) I figure we`ll do something classic, like chocolate chip cookies. But I also wouldn`t mind introducing her to something new and different.

Do you have any simple, kid-friendly recipes? Or links to websites with ideas for simple recipes for kids to make?


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Hmm, maybe a baked mac-n-cheese dish?  I bet kids would love that.  Oohy goohy goodness.      

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Travis Tschepen
Hibachi Bros. LLC

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Here, I had this site bookmarked.

I like www.kidshealth.org go into the kids site then click on recipes.  There are some really good ones!

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Leslie
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Rice Krispies treats:

http://www.ricekrispies.com/Cookbook.aspx

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Oleg Issers | StartupNation.com Web Team

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An apple pie, or chocolate chip cookies. It isn`t about the cooking or following the recipe, at that age. It`s about getting fingers all gooey, faces all sticky, and playing with dough. :-)

Thanks for the ideas, guys! And both of those websites look like they have some useful stuff. The girl said she wanted a big sister who "ate healthy" so I`ll have to be creative. We can do cookies and cakes a few times, but I bet she`s going to push my imagination on coming up with healthier versions of traditional favorites.

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So make a tofu pie..... :-)  With bean sprouts! Yeah....that`s the ticket!

Actually I make a really delicious chocolate tofu pie. Minus bean sprouts tho 

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Congratulations on becoming a Big Sister.  I hope it is successful for you.  Go slowly at first.  There will be issues that you don`t know about which will take time to figure out.

The cooking and baking is a great idea.  It is more about spending time together.  You can make soup (using fresh veggies, can of Swanson`s low sodium broth, chicken breast, noodles, etc.), which doesn`t even require measurements and concoct your own recipe (write it down).  Let`s see . . . put 1 can broth, 3 handfuls of carrot pieces, etc.  Read the labels together to see the difference in fat, sugar, sodium, etc.

With the holidays coming up, perhaps you could make a different kind of cookie each time, freeze them in your freezer, and then she can bring them home near the holiday for a treat for her family.
Why not spend time together looking for a recipe to do together?  That would involve reading skills!  It would also help find out what she likes and dislikes.

You could even develop your very own "cookbook" together! 

Make sure the child has no allergies!  Have fun.  Keep us informed of how it is going!