Kids CAN cook!

I love to cook and I love to share that with my boys. I have many friends who are hesitant to let their little ones in the kitchen with them, not sure of what they can handle. Believe me, they can handle a lot, you'd be surprised. Today I had two little kitchen helpers, now remember, they are 2 and 4. We set out to make a Tomato Basil Quiche that I found at the $5 dinners blog. The only difference we made was making a shredding potato crust, instead of a traditional crust. I did that for two reasons, all natural pie crusts are expensive and homemade ones are very high in fat and this dish already had enough. Anyway..I digress...

This is a picture of L and J putting salt and pepper on the potatoes we shredded in the food processor. We added a little oil mixed it up and they smashed them down. Then we baked it at 425 for 15-20 minutes.

Then we cut up a load of veggies! You can see that L, the 4 year old is cutting with a knife. I assure you no one was injured in the taking of this photo!

When the crust came out, we piled the veggies on and then poured the egg/milk/cheese mixture on top of it with some basil and more sliced tomatoes.

Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of the final product, but it looked delish and almost everyone liked it! The boys had a blast helping me in the kitchen.

They also helped make popsicles. They have blueberries, yogurt, a little sugar and KALE! You'd never know it and they LOVE them!

Have fun cooking with your kids this week!