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Category Archives: Cheese
Chowder – a quick easy winter meal that is great when cooking with kids!
Chowder is not something that we ate in South Africa. So I didn’t grow up with it. But on our first visit to the USA we went to Boston and then later in life we went to Thailand – and … Continue reading
Using corn in soup -yummy! Cooking with kids and comfort food
Using corn – fresh is great but canned or frozen corn can work in soup too. This creamy corn soup is good all year round. Corn and flax growing at the Little Farm in the summer – bring on summer! … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Soups, Vegetables
Tagged chicken breast, cooking with kids, Corn soup, green onions, soup
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Holiday Fun – Happy Holidays! Take a few hours and read Recipe Books! Then choose one – like this Apple Goat Cheese Pizza and cook with the kids!
Kids seem to love pizza. This one is pretty sophisticated but since my grandkids love my homemade cheeses, it is a good one for the family lunch when they are over to visit. Try it out and let me know … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Starters, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged arugula, cooking with kids, dijon mustard, Feta, fuji apples, goat cheese, grandma recipes, lemon juice, Pizza, ricotta
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Camp Grandma – what my grandkids call our Little Farm – how I love that! Broiled Broccoli and Kale too!
We try to make our Little Farm the most wonderful place for kids – especially our grandkids and their friends. Certainly there are lots of jobs to do here – picking up the eggs from the quails ( 30 of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Fruit, Jams, Little farm products, Other wonderful treats, Poultry, Raising Children, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged Camp Grandma, cooking with kids, family, fruit, grandkids, Little farm, urban farming, vegetables
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It is FIG time at The Little Farm – so we serve Figs with our Goat Cheese – cooking with kids who love it!
We love the combination of goats cheese and fresh figs. Truly scrumptious. Here is some of our fig bounty this year – and the two older grandsons smashing the figs into the pot for jam. Yum!
Salmon with Goat Cheese and Capers – took me 15 minutes to make – so easy and fun when cooking with kids too
It was one of those weeknights when time was short – I got home at 6.15 and had dinner on the table by 6.45. Now that’s the kind of meal I like to make when I am tired! Here is … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Fish, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad
Tagged cooking with kids, easy fast meals, healthy cooking, low calorie meals, mid week meals, salmon
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Peppers, onions, zucchini or squash, tomatoes, bread crumbs and gruyere make a super one dish meal – easy when cooking with kids too
Do you remember the post on August 12th when I described how to add chicken pieces to a delicious vegetable mixture? http://rockingrandmamusic.com/fast-way-to-make-chicken-cook-up-veggies-when-they-are-in-season-freeze-then-add-chicken-pieces-in-a-skillet-for-a-quick-midweek-meal-cooking-with-kids Here is another variation on that recipe. To the veggie mixture instead of the chicken, add 1/2 cup 2% reduced-fat … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged bread crumbs, cooking with kids, Gruyere cheese, one dish meals, panko, peppers, summer squash, tomatoes, zucchini
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Tortillas and Wraps – YUM! Easy when cooking with kids – great family time recipes
Tortilla Recipes and Wraps Tortillas are so easy to make that you might as well try your own. You can make wraps as fast as you make sandwiches and you can buy the wraps from the store if you don’t want … Continue reading
Red Cabbage – two great recipes for cooking with kids – cabbage with feta and cabbage with raisins
We grow wonderful red cabbages in our Little Farm. Lots of them. And they are HUGE! So I am challenged in coming up with new recipes ( or adapting old ones) for using them. Here are two recipes that I … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged almonds, cooking with kids, feta cheese, healthy eating, organic, Red Cabbage
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A new way with Chicken – throw in some strawberries and arugula – and YUM a great salad for lunch or dinner
I adapted this recipe from COOKING LIGHT – my favorite magazine – to accommodate those who do not like eating cheese and chicken together. And my grandkids will eat this – but tend to eat the strawberries first, then the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Little farm products, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged arugula, cheese, chicken, cooking with kids, salad, strawberries
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Pocket Sandwiches – cooking with kids – easy for them or you to make for lunches!
Call them hot pocket sandwiches, pastries, piroshki, or calzones (though calzones are pizzas in a pocket, made with Italian spices and red sauce). They are very good and easier than you may think. There are three ways to make hot … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Meat, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged calzones, cheese, cooking with kids, meat, pies, pita, Pocket sandwiches, sandwiches, turkey
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I subscribe to Cooking Light Magazine – love their recipes – although there are too many ads ( I understand that’s needed for income)
I subscribe to Cooking Light Magazine – love their recipes – although there are too many ads ( I understand that’s needed for income) so I spent a lot of time flipping fast through the ads to get to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Recipes, Starters
Tagged cheese, cooking, Cooking LIght Magazine, cooking with kids, fresh goats milk, goat cheese, grandma meals, healthy, milking goats
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The Day after Xmas – known as Boxing Day in the UK and Colonies – a day to relax and recoup – and also make all those New Years Resolutions!
Boxing day – December 26th – a strange name until you know its genesis. Boxing Day ( according to Wikipedia – a amazing source of so much) is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradespeople would receive … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Desserts, Family, Philanthropy, Raising Children
Tagged Boxing day, cooking with kids, doing good, Grandma, holidays, jams, Philanthropy
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Lentil Soup – a filling meal for lunch with the kids on a cold and rainy day – quick and easy! Vegetarian too! Good for Cooking with Kids
I did not know that I was a big fan of lentils until I started experimenting with them. WOW! They are easy to cook and delicious to eat. And full of protein, fiber and lots of other good things. They … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Fish, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged basil, carrots, celery, cooking wtih kids, Lentil Soup, parsley, potatoes, soups, tomatoes, vegetarian
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Buy your Holiday Gifts now! From our Little Farm Company
Happy Holidays! This year we have wonderful holiday gifts for you to give – homemade goat cheese – chevre, camembert and feta as well as homemade jams – Pineapple Guava, Jujube, Grapefruit or Tangelo Marmalade, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Honey from … Continue reading
Biscuits – from Scratch! Cooking with kids – comfort food
The World’s Easiest, Quickest Scratch Biscuits Butter is 15% water. In the hot oven, when the heat reaches the butter, it melts and the water turns to steam. The steam makes the biscuits tall, light, and flakey. Pockets of butter … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged baking, biscuits, breakfast, comfort food, cooking with kids, family meals, grandma meals
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Great recipe for Cheese Spinach Strata – while listening to the finale of Swan Lake – and cooking with kids
I love eating bread and cheese – and here is a favorite recipe for both – in a STRATA – so easy to make – not low calorie certainly – and something that the children love to help me make … Continue reading
Beethoven, Bread, Biscuits and Rolls – Cooking with Kids – Cheesy Bread Tricks!
First put on some really smashing music – try Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony! WOW! Then bring in the kids and start to fill your home with yummy tastes and smells learning how to make Cheesy Breads, Biscuits, and Rolls Making cheesy bread … Continue reading
Love this chicken breast filling – makes it juicy and is low cal! Good also for Cooking with Kids
Chicken breasts can be dry. These are not. Use feta ( we make our own!) and tapenade which along with olive oil makes this yummy. Play the Potty Song for fun! I have adapted this from myrecipes.com. Ingredients 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Gluten Free, Poultry, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged capers, cheese, chicken breasts, cooking with kids, Feta, grandkids, Grandma, grandma music, lemon, music with kids, olive tapenade, onions, organic, spinach, tomatoes
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Camembert with Peaches – all wrapped in a Flour Tortilla – YUM when Cooking with kids!
I love quesadillas! And we make our own Camembert cheeses. So this combination adapted from myrecipes.com is truly a Little Farm Special. Cooking with Kids is our preference so you will see how to make this a kid friendly recipe … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Fruit, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged brown sugar, camembert, cheese, chives, honey, limes, peach, quesadilla
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