Elaborate recipes can be difficult to grasp when you have little ones in the house. If you have a child who loves to cook, try a few of our fun kid’s recipes sure to be all the yum without any of the mess . . .

Super Simple Rainbow Brite Popcorn
Create a salty and sweet treat perfect for snacking and snuggling on the sofa. Mix unbuttered popped popcorn with a bag of M&M’s for an unexpected treat. For even more fun, create a theme from your sweet surprise, pop in an old Rainbow Brite movie and print out one of our Rainbow Brite educational coloring pages.

“Seaweed and Octopus” Special
Don’t worry, mom. This dish is far from its name! Simply cook up a side of Ramen Noodles and pour them into a plate. Next, toss a hotdog into the microwave. Once it’s finished, allow it to cool a bit and then cut four small slithers into the bottom half to create legs. Spread the legs out on the plate to create the octopus (this will make him freestanding) and finish off your creation with mustard eyes! This dish is sure to become one of her favorite kid’s recipes ever!

Make this dish even sweeter with an under the sea movie like The Little Mermaid and print out a few of our Little Mermaid educational coloring pages to add to the fun!

Large Pancake
3 x Orange Slices
2 x Poached or fried Eggs
1/2 Cherry Tomato

Make the pancakes in advance and set them in oven to keep them warm. Poach or fry the eggs. To assemble the faces, place the pancakes on a plate, with eggs for eyes, orange slices for ears and
mouth, and a tomato half for the nose.

NOTE: For a lighter meal, omit the eggs and use apricot or peach halves for eyes and half a fresh cherry for a nose. Or, omit pancakes, assemble eggs directly on plate, and add a smile made from chopped, sauted potatoes.

Eggs; hard boiled
Black olives
Ritz crackers
Red food coloring

Cut hard boiled eggs in half lengthwise. Remove yolks and make filling for deviled eggs. Cut out small hole from bottom center of each egg (about 5/8" diameter.) Poke a black olive partway through each hole and hold in place by filling eggs with yolk filling. Place each egg, olive side up, on a ritz cracker. Paint red lines, resembling blood veins, with a toothpick on the eye.