3 Fun and Healthy Recipes To Make With Your Kids

Kids love imitating what their parents do. Cooking isn't an exception - if they see you prepare your daily meals in the kitchen, it's natural for them to feel curious and want to try it out. Cooking would be a great parent-child activity. Nothing would make a child happier than to eat a meal that he himself helped prepare.

Try these fun and healthy recipes to make with your kids:

Easy Homemade Pizza

What you need:

Your choice of bread

Pizza sauce

Butter

Sausages (sliced)

Cheese, grated

White onions, sliced

Red and/or green bell peppers, sliced

Tomatoes, sliced

Pineapple slices

Olives, sliced

Slice or place your bread on a baking sheet. Spread the pizza sauce and add a layer of grated cheese on top of each bread. Give your child the freedom and creativity to layer and decorate the pizzas using the different toppings. When all toppings are used up, toast the pizzas in a pre-heated oven (375C) until the cheese has melted.

Baked Cheesy Spaghetti Squash

What you need:

1/4 kg. chicken breast, minced and cooked

1 egg

Spaghetti squash

Sauce of choice (red or white)

Cheese, grated

Basil leaves

Oregano

Pepper Powder

Salt

What you need:

8 taco shells

1 can pinto beans, rinsed

1 bunch Romaine lettuce

1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

3/4 cup mild salsa

Place the pinto beans and 1/2 cup mild salsa in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in the microwave for 2-3 minutes. Ask your child to help you tear the lettuce into small pieces.

Lay out the taco shells on a serving plate and divide the bean and salsa mixture among the shells. Let your little one top each with the lettuce, remaining salsa and cheese. Serve immediately.

Have a great time in the kitchen with your child - experience a great bonding moment with these fun and healthy recipes!

Angela Kidd is an author and illustrator, a wife and a mother to 3 beautiful kids. In her spare time, she would personally create storybooks and coloring books for her children for fun and they loved it.. And so did she. Angela quit her job and created her own line of educational activity books for children of various ages, with the main goal of making learning fun! You can check out some of Angela's amazing books here.