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Tag Archives: organic
Chicken Curry South African Style
South Africans love curry. So do folks from the UK. South Africa has a large and prosperous Indian community ( you may recall that Gandhi lived there for a while). So curry is part of the normal menu in a … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Slow Cooker, Tips
Tagged cauliflower florets, Cayenne, chicken, chicken stock, cilantro, coconut milk, cooking with kids, curry, grandma cooking with kids, green peas, onions, organic, salt, sweet potatoes, thighs, turmeric
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A new way to do Cauliflower and Broccoli – so that kids will LOVE them!
These tend not to be favorite vegetables although when they are cooked as below – they become really delightful and our grandsons love them! Give it a try! I have included some lower calorie options for you below – after … Continue reading
Its Banana Time at The Little Farm! YAY~
We grow our own bananas – and make banana bread. I have also adapted the recipe for banana bread to make papaya bread, and persimmon bread and banana date bread and more – and we do not like nuts in … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family
Tagged banana bread, bananas, cooking with kids, family, fruit, Little farm, organic, produce
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Nectarines and Peaches from the Little Farm – the taste cannot be compared to those from the market
If you have ever tasted fruit from the tree – you know the difference in taste from the pasty, cardboard, hard and tasteless fruit that is offered to us for purchase in supermarkets. Even organically grown fruit is put into … Continue reading
Blueberry Jam
It is that season again – and our Little Farm is bursting with blueberries. There is nothing as tasty as picking and eating them right from the bush. We are completely organic and it is amazing to taste the flavor … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Gluten Free, Jams, Little farm products, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged blueberries, blueberry jam, fruit, Grandma, healthy, Little farm, organic
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Tried a new recipe – tasted really good although a bit bland – so needed dressing up so I added more lemons -MUCH better! SO simple the kids can do it!
Slow Cooker Chicken This was sooo easy – the grandkids could have cooked it. So next time I will make it with them! It needed some more kick – so I added a bit to it – you may wish … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad, Slow Cooker
Tagged garlic, Lemon pepper chicken, olive oil, organic, rosemary, slow cooker
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Tagine Cooking – Middle Eastern Chicken – Cooking with Kids – this is an easy one
I bought some Tagine’s from World Market ( Cost Plus) recently to decorate an outdoor table -since I needed something that could take extreme heat, cold, water and sunshine – and Tagines which are middle eastern Dutch ovens do exactly … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit, Little farm products, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged chicken, cooking with kids, dried fruit, organic, Tagine cooking
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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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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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Cooking with kids to make Chicken Fingers – Healthy and pretty much fat free!
Our grandkids love chicken nuggets but most of those we find in restaurants are in batter and full of fat and carbohydrates that provide empty and unnecessary calories. This recipe is truly easy and lower in fat -using Panko breadcrumbs … Continue reading
Quiche – Cooking with Kids – the Shortcut Way!
Quiches are a food that our grandchildren love. The french name for this delightfully flexible ‘pie’ makes a fancy dish from simple cooking. Easy to make and serve – and always thrilling to eat – change the ingredients to meet … Continue reading
A vegetable kids will love – Green Peas with butter and mint – cooking with kids made easy – while playing Grandma Music!
I love fresh peas. We used to grow them in South Africa and as a child I would go to the vegetable patch and stand and eat the sweet delicacies right out of the pod. In this recipe you will … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged cooking with kids, food, grandma recipes, healthy, moms, organic, peas, snacks, vegetable, vegetarian
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Cooking with kids – Hearty Beef/Chicken/Turkey Bean Meal in One Pot – Tuesday Tips!
Hearty Beef/Chicken/Turkey Bean Meal in One Pot Cooking in one pot is so easy. My grandchildren love it too – cooking with kids has never been so easy as when creating a one stop meal in a single pot! You can … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Meat, Poultry, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged Cook, cooking with kids, eating, family meals, fast food, grandma meals, grandma music, ground beef, ground chicken, ground turkey, healthy food, low fat food. tomatoes, meals on one pot, oregano, organic, vegetarian
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Tuesday Tips – Second set of Amazing ideas sent to me anonymously – but OH SO HELPFUL when Cooking with Kids and More! YOU will say “Why didn’t I think of that?”
This is the second in the series of WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT??? I am not the most craft oriented person – in fact, I used to dread arts and crafts days at school and am not the grandma … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Other wonderful treats, Tips, Vegetables
Tagged baking, cleaning, crafts and arts, cupcakes, grow vegetables, growing, household tips, organic, tips
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