Kid-Friendly Recipes

It is every parent’s wish to experience pain-free mealtimes, more so with finicky eaters. What if you could whip up dishes that, other than satisfying the taste buds of your kids.  Bring you closer together as a family? With these kid-friendly recipes, you can stop the hectic activity of preparing multiple meals.   Work on delivering one scrumptious meal that will endear everyone. From classic skillet chicken and potatoes to many more family favorites, these are the recipes that will become your go-tos. Kid-Friendly Recipes That Make Mealtime Fun

Ready to turn dinner from drudgery into delight? Now just think of the looks on your children’s faces. When they discover plates full of food that they’ve helped make. From beefy sliders to cheesy calzones, these meals are more than just about inside nourishment; these are about letting your kitchen become one big playground where your kids will find new flavors. Cooking is not just about putting up a meal on the table; it is bonding over, laughing with, and making memories that will last long after plates have been cleared. Kid-Friendly Recipes That Make Mealtime Fun

Engaging your kids in the kitchen will very likely make them try new foods.  But will also instruct them in some very important life skills. Cooking is great for stimulating creativity and developing a child’s fine motor abilities; it introduces simple mathematical concepts of measuring and counting. More than that, it comes up with a participative and meaningful way to discuss well-balanced nutrition. These recipes are not going to feed only good food to your family. But they are instilling an eternal love for cooking and good eating. Kid-Friendly Recipes That Make Mealtime Fun

Pizza Pasta Salad

What really makes this easy pizza pasta salad is a fantastic dressing that gets better over time. It is one of those dishes that is actually better when one eats the next day! I say the best, but I am talking about pepperoni, ripe tomatoes, creamy mozzarella cheese, and black olives, all rolled into one pasta salad mix. This is all pulled together with some tangy Italian dressing for a mouthwatering combination perfect for any time. Believe me, it’s the greatest pasta salad you’ve ever tasted!

This pasta salad makes a great option you can prep ahead for a simple weeknight dinner or lunch. Most pasta salads will stay good for up to 3 days, and you can customize this recipe with any of your family’s favorite pizza toppings and cooked pasta.

Ingredients

• Pasta: I’ll use fusilli, but any shape is fine!
• Cherry tomatoes: juicy and full of nutrients – fresh!
• Mozzarella: pearls or a fresh ball, cubed.
• Pepperoni: the classic topping for pizzas; add your favorite one.
• Black olives: or any other olives you may have on hand.
• Bell pepper: red, green, or both! We’ll add it chopped.
• Red onion: for flavour and a little crunch.
• Italian dressing

How to Make Pizza Pasta Salad

Outfit those ingredients in a large bowl, and let’s do this great pizza pasta salad. Here’s how to do it: Make the dressing If using my fabulous homemade recipe, you add everything to a lidded jar or dressing bottle, pop on the cover, and shake really well. Cook the pasta Cook it al dente. This is usually about 2 minutes less than the total time. Rinse

Once cooked, you strain all the water and then rinse the pasta with cold water in the colander; this removes the starch from pasta. It is a good step for cold pasta salads.

Transfer

You transfer the pasta in a big mixing bowl, or the bowl in which you are going to serve this pasta salad in.

Add veggies

To the pasta bowl add the tomatoes, mozzarella, pepperoni, olives, bell pepper, and red onion.

You can add 1 cup of the salad dressing and toss to mix the ingredients until everything is thoroughly covered with the dressing.

Chill

Refrigerate the pizza pasta salad for at least 1 hour until it is well chilled or overnight.

Salmon Nuggets

These nuggets are great-tasting, delicious, and healthy; the kids will develop a desire to eat more fish with this recipe. This recipe is easy, and with several essential tips featured in this post, you will learn to achieve the thing—yes, that crispy desired result—all baked in the oven. Kid-Friendly Recipes That Make Mealtime Fun

These crispy baked salmon nuggets are full of nutrition by offering a fun and healthy way for your kids to enjoy more fish. These homemade nuggets are loaded with Omega-3s, potassium, antioxidants, and healthy fats, just what the growing body needs. Best of all, they have that irresistible crispy and cheesy texture everyone loves, in every perfectly baked batch. Serve them for dinner or pack them in lunch, and pair them up with your favorite dipping sauce—it will quickly become the family favorite! Kid-Friendly Recipes That Make Mealtime Fun

Ingredients

• Salmon: You can use fresh or frozen salmon fillet.
• All-Purpose Flour: You can either use the regular one or gluten-free
• Salt and Black Pepper
• Eggs: These are very important in holding the breading onto the salmon pieces.
• Grated Parmesan Cheese: Adds great flavor and nice crunch. This also helps to mask fishy taste.
• Panko Bread Crumbs: If you’re going for that super crispy exterior, well, you absolutely can’t skip the Panko bread crumbs. If you need gluten-free, I suggest just making them with rice cereal in your food processor. It’s fast and gives these nuggets just the right crunch!

Fresh or Frozen Salmon

Either way, for this Salmon Nugget recipe, it works just fine. I like to use frozen; it’s easier to have in stock and, in most cases, tastes just as well as the fresh option. If you are using frozen salmon, you just need to thaw and then follow the recipe as usual.

If using fresh, be sure to remove the skin first by cutting into nuggets and then breading.

Preparation

Preheat

You start preheating the oven to 450F.

Prep a baking sheet

You place a cookie cooling rack on top of a baking sheet or line the baking sheet with parchment paper, to keep the nuggets from sticking.

Prepare the salmon filets

Dry off the salmon fillets with a towel, so the meat should be dry to let the breading stick. I usually gut the skin off and cut the salmon into nugget-shaped 1-inch pieces.

Line up the bowl

Prepare three bowls or trays: one with flour, salt, and pepper; another one with whisked eggs; and a third one with parmesan cheese and bread crumbs.

Coat the salmon pieces

You’ll be dipping the salmon pieces in each bowl: first the flour, then the eggs, followed by the breadcrumbs. You want to slightly press the panko-Parmesan mixture on the fish to really coat it well.

Get ready to bake

Once all salmon pieces are breaded, arrange them on the prepared baking sheet. For golden salmon nuggets, spray with olive oil spray over them or lightly using a brush with olive oil.

Bake

Bake salmon nuggets for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Serve

Time to enjoy these nuggets with your favorite sides!